Introduction
This guide introduces a selection of essential apps designed to assist students with various aspects of academic life, from study planning to referencing.
Evernote: Detailed Note-Taking
Evernote helps students take detailed notes, sync across devices, clip web articles, attach files, and create to-do lists. A free version is available, with more features in paid plans.
My Study Life: Study Planning
My Study Life is a free tool that supports students in planning their study schedules, tracking classes, assignments, and exams. It allows for task organization and setting reminders.
Google Scholar: Research Assistance
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature across disciplines and sources. It's an invaluable tool for finding research papers, theses, books, and articles from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities, and other websites. Students can stay updated with recent developments in their field and cite sources directly.
Mendeley: Reference Management
Mendeley is a free reference manager and academic social network that can help students manage research papers, read & annotate PDFs, and collaborate with others online. It's particularly useful for organizing research, creating bibliographies, and inserting citations into documents.
Forest: Stay Focused
For students struggling with distraction, Forest offers an innovative solution. This app helps users stay focused on their tasks by letting them plant a virtual tree, which will grow while the task is being worked on. However, using the phone for another task will kill the tree, encouraging users to concentrate on their studies.
