Using This Guide
Welcome to the Guide on Apps for Research & Writing!
This guide will cover apps that I find useful for research, ebook reading, and organizing references and notes.
Below are general apps for iPhones/iPads and Android devices recommended for students. Most are free, some cost money. Those that cost money are marked with 
The tabs along the top cover specific types of apps and give details on using them.
iPhone/iPad Apps
- EvernoteCreate text, photo and audio notes
● Auto-synchronize your notes to your Mac, PC, and Web
● Magically makes text within snapshots searchable
● All notes include geo-location information for mapping and search - DropboxDropbox is a free service that lets you bring your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily.
- JotNot ProDocument scanner for iPad. Take a picture of a document and turn it into a PDF or JPG and then send via email or fax.
- QR ReaderBarcode and QR code scanning app.
- Wolfram AlphaAn online service that answers factual queries directly by computing the answer from structured data, rather than providing a list of documents or web pages that might contain the answer as a search engine might.
Android Apps
- Xodo PDF Reader & EditorXodo is an all-in-one PDF reader and PDF editor. With Xodo, you can read, annotate, sign, and share PDFs and fill in PDF forms, open .docx/.pptx as PDFs, plus sync with Google Drive, Dropbox and OneDrive.
- EvernoteCreate text, photo and audio notes
● Auto-synchronize your notes to your Mac, PC, and Web
● Magically makes text within snapshots searchable
● All notes include geo-location information for mapping and search - DropboxDropbox is a free service that lets you bring your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily.
- Portable ScannerScan documents using your phone into PDF files. Scan documents using your phone into the ubiquitous PDF files. Image sharpening techniques used by Portable Scanner almost always result in a clear scan ideal for on computer viewing as well as printing. An ideal tool for on the go scanning.
- QR Droid Code ScannerBarcode and QR code scanning app
- Wolfram AlphaAn online service that answers factual queries directly by computing the answer from structured data, rather than providing a list of documents or web pages that might contain the answer as a search engine might.