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Research and study tools covers software that helps you gather sources, take notes, and organise a project. Listings include reference managers, citation helpers, collaborative whiteboards, encyclopedias, and search tools for papers and data. The formats they import and export matter, along with the citation styles they support and whether they keep your library in a format you can move later. A tool can speed up the work, but it does not judge whether a source is sound, so the reading is still yours. Some entries serve one discipline and others work across fields.
WBO is a free, open-source online collaborative whiteboard that enables multiple users to draw simultaneously on a large virtual board, with real-time state updates for all connected users and persistent board storage. It is suitable for use cases including art, entertainment, design and teaching. Public boards are accessible to all users and are ephemeral, while users can also create private boards with random or custom names shared via link.
WebWhiteboard is a web-based whiteboard tool for online collaboration. It supports brainstorming, idea sharing and project management, and does not require user sign-up to access. The tool is free to use.
Whiteboard.fi is a free online whiteboard tool for teachers and classrooms. It functions as an instant formative assessment tool that provides live feedback and an immediate overview of student progress, supporting use in both physical and remote classroom environments. The tool was created by Sebastian Laxell and Jaakko Virtanen and is operated by Digital Teaching Tools Finland Ltd, a Kahoot! company.
Wiki Timeline is an education and research tool that transforms Wikipedia articles into interactive historical timelines. It is designed for students, researchers, and history enthusiasts to compare historical events and figures, browse curated timeline collections, and access multilingual timeline content. Free sign-ups unlock optional premium features including ad-free browsing and viewed timeline history tracking.
WikiBoard helps explore knowledge, places, timelines, entities, or reference information from open sources.
WikiNearby is a tool created by BrandonXLF that finds Wikipedia articles near a user's location, another Wikipedia article, or a specified set of coordinates, with its source code hosted on GitHub.
Wikitia helps explore knowledge, places, timelines, entities, or reference information from open sources.
Wiktionary provides educational videos, lessons, tutorials, or self-learning resources.
Look up definitions and examples of English words.
WordSafety is a service that checks proposed names for unwanted meanings, swear words, or problematic associations across 19 languages, including phonetic matching to identify similar pronunciations that may be problematic. It does not log individual user search inputs, only recording aggregate counts of matches.
Create interactive learning activities.
Zbib is a free online citation and bibliography generator. It supports APA, Chicago, Harvard, MLA and 10,000 additional citation styles. The service does not require user accounts, display advertisements, or local software downloads.
StudyCraft is a multi-platform desktop study application. It automatically generates flashcard decks and tests from user-provided study materials, including PDFs, Markdown files, websites and GitHub repositories. The tool also supports study session progress tracking and integration with multiple large language model providers.
Study with spaced repetition flashcards.
CalculateCGPA provides educational videos, lessons, tutorials, or self-learning resources.
Cite This For Me provides educational videos, lessons, tutorials, or self-learning resources.
Edu VPN provides educational videos, lessons, tutorials, or self-learning resources.
EverybodyWiki helps explore knowledge, places, timelines, entities, or reference information from open sources.
Flashcard Machine is a free online service for creating, studying and sharing web-based study flashcards. It hosts a library of millions of user-created flashcard sets, and offers features including collaborative editing, image and audio support, multiple study modes and educational games. Users can access the service via mobile applications for iOS, Android and Kindle Fire devices, and share sets privately or publish them to the public library.
GradesCalculator is an online tool that calculates cumulative grade point average (CGPA) for students using the CGPA system. Users enter each semester's GPA and corresponding credit values to compute their overall CGPA. The site also provides access to related grade calculators and a paid professional CV building service for interns.
HatNote is a web platform that displays a daily updated ranking of the 100 most-visited English Wikipedia articles. Each listed article includes view counts, trend changes, and a brief descriptive summary.
Helium is a free, color-coded online student planner and academic calendar app available via web, iOS and Android. It lets users track classes, homework, grades and notes in a single interface, includes a built-in grade calculator, progress pace tracking, at-risk class alerts, and supports two-way sync with external calendar services.
KausalFlow provides educational videos, lessons, tutorials, or self-learning resources.
Math Notepad is a web-based mathematical editor for performing calculations and plotting graphs. It supports real and complex numbers, matrices, and units. The tool automatically updates dependent calculations when expressions are changed, and is designed for engineers, students, and pupils. It is powered by the math.js library and is the successor of SpeQ Mathematics.
