This guide lists free, online tools that you can use to make online research easier. Not every tool works for every research project. Try a couple to see what works for you! Our CNU Librarians have used these tools before, so we are happy to help anytime!
"Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, annotate, cite, and share research." Zotero includes a free app & free web extension. You can download both onto your laptop for personal use.
"EndNote is a reference manager that helps you save time formatting citations, so you can focus on your research." You can use Endnote on the CNU Library computers at either campus.
Website, make a free account. "Miro is the online workspace that enables distributed teams of any size to dream, design, and build the future together. With Miro, you can take advantage of a full set of collaboration capabilities, make cross-functional teamwork effortless, and organize meetings and workshops: use video chat, presentation, sharing, and many other features."
Website. Make a free account. 5 free "literature maps" per month. --- "You can use Connected Papers to: get a visual overview of a new academic field, make sure you haven't missed an important paper, create the bibliography for your thesis, discover the most relevant prior and derivative works."
Website. Make a free account. 1 free "literature map" per account. --- "Discover academic papers through automated citation searching, visualize how the articles link to each other by tracing citation, share your Litmaps with colleagues, and let Litmaps monitor your searches in the background for new articles you might otherwise miss out on."
Website. No account needed. --- Use one article to find other related articles. Or, import articles from your citation generator and see how they connect to one another. Articles are "connected" to other articles they cite or are cited by.
Visual Anatomy is an interactive reference, and education tool for medical workers, students and even for anyone who does not have any medical background knowledge. Visual Anatomy Lite is free to download.
The Daily Dozen app includes free nutrition information and an interactive checklist of the 'dozen nutrients' recommended for daily consumption by Dr. Greger, the American Heart Association, and other health organizations. This app is designed to help users learn about nutrition and integrate this information into their daily lives.
Dr. Greger is the author of the books How Not to Die and How Not to Diet. In both books, Gregor explores and summarizes scholarly and medical research conducted in the field of nutrition.
"Chat on the go, have voice conversations, and ask about photos." Get AI-generated responses from Chat GPT via voice chat or typing. Download the mobile app or desktop version from this link.
