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Human Sciences: Apps for research

Welcome to the Humanities library. This is your one stop shop guide for everything the library has and beyond for your subjects needs; a wealth of information, easy to follow links and useful tips!

Writing

    Writer

Writer is a good writing app for android users. It is a perfect app for taking notes and writing a novel on your phone or tablet. You can easily use this app without the distraction of a traditional word processor. As most of the writers try to be as basic as possible. This app gives you a better way to write any notes, drama, poems, and others on your android phone. You can easily turn your thoughts into text, markdown support, and some statistics.

Docs to go (for Android only)

 

The Docs To Go Free Office Suite contains best-in-class document viewing & editing at no charge. Options for file access via cloud services (e.g., Dropbox, Google Drive, and OneDrive and SugarSync), desktop file sync via USB, and opening password-protected files are available via in-app purchase, or directly in the Premium Edition. Your download/purchase includes both phone and tablet versions.

    JotterPad

 

JotterPad is another good writing apps for android users. It is a plain text editor for creative writing. It is mostly used for writing novels, lyrics, poems, essay screenplay, and others. One of the best features of this app is word and character count. It has built-in English dictionary and also allows you to find phrase online. You can also share and export .txt, plain text, plain text/markdown to .rtf, and others using this app.

   

  Grammarly

 

The service goes beyond the basic spell check and grammar check built into the word processor, as Grammarly can identify correctly spelled words that are used in the wrong context. It scans your text for common and complex grammatical mistakes, spanning everything from subject-verb agreement to article use to modifier placement.

Taking notes

Evergreen  Evernote

 

Evernote is a app which let you to do your work effortlessly. You can easily write, collect and capture ideas as searchable notes, create to-do lists and others on your android phone. It has varity of formats you can easily use any of your favorite format. Evernote is a digital notepad which allows you to create a notes on your android device. It is easy-to-format word processor for all your thoughts as they come

Easy voice recorder

 

Easy Voice Recorder is a fun, simple and easy to use audio & voice recorder. Use it to reliably record your meetings, personal notes, classes, songs, and more, with no time limits!

   ColorNote

 

ColorNote is one of the most popular note-taking apps. It allows you to create text notes, lists, and more. Its namesake feature is the ability to change the background color of notes to help you stay organized. That's a feature many other note taking apps borrowed from this one. Some other features include calendar support, backup support to both internal storage and cloud storage, and more. ColorNote also has to-do list features as well. Best of all, it’s completely free

Presenting

Prezi

Prezi is a presentation software that uses motion, zoom, and spatial relationships to bring your ideas to life and make you a great presenter.

 

SlideShare

With SlideShare, you can discover and view presentations on topics ranging from technology and business to design and entertainment. Share your favorite presentations or save professional content to read offline or later. SlideShare is the world’s largest community for sharing presentations and professional business content