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Student Technology Toolbox for Doing Research  Tags: bibliographic_management technology research_tools free_tools  

Free, online or Web 2.0 tools and browser plug-ins to help you do research and organize your assignments and research sources.
Last update: Oct 02, 2009 URL: http://subjectguides.esc.edu/toolbox  Print Guide  RSS Updates

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Disclaimer

The resources provided here were evaluated by library staff during the Fall of 2008. We believe they can be useful to support individual student and group work. This does not, however, represent an endorsement of any product. Feel free to try out any that might be useful to you.

NOTE: SUNY Empire State College does not provide help or support for installing or using any of these tools. Please read all the requirements and installation documentation before installing anything on your computer. Refer to the help/contact info on the vendor sites if you require help.

 

Highlighters

Use these tools to highlight text on any web page for later refererence or sharing.

 
 

Cite or Track Your Sources

  • RefWorks  
      
    online bibliographic management tool that helps you gather and organize citations and insert them in your papers (free to current ESC students, faculty & staff)
  • BibMe  
      
    Tool to build a works-cited page and download it in APA, MLA, Chicago style, etc.
  • Citation Builder  
      
    Choose the type of info, type in citation details and it formats it for you in popular styles like APA and MLA.
  • Citation Machine  
      
    Type in the information for a source and it will format it for you in whatever citation style you choose.
  • CiteMe for Facebook  
      
    Facebook application for using WorldCat to get formatted citations.
  • Diigo  
      
    Bookmark, highlight, clip and sticky-note any page and then share your findings.
  • EasyBib  
      
    Formats, alphabetizes, and prints a bibliography.
  • Evernote  
      
    Captures & stores highlighted info (web page text or images, audio, etc.) and makes it accessible and searchable online.
  • Google Notebook  
      
    Clip, collect and store information online as you do your research.
  • iBreadCrumbs  
      
    Recording toolbar for your web browser. Similar to what a DVR does for tv, iBreadCrumbs.com records all the web pages you visit while you research. Save, review, and share your research with friends or colleagues.
  • Zotero  
      
    A Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, format and cite your research sources.
 

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