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iOS Apps for Study and Research: Research

Research Apps

EBSCOhost (Free)

With this app, you can conveniently access library-subscribed EBSCOhost database content from your mobile device.

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EBSCOhost eBooks (free)

This app allows you to "check-out" EBSCOhost eBooks for offline reading.

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ACS (American Chemical Society) Mobile App 

To access subscribed content, this app needs to be used in conjunction with MU's VPN, which can be accessed with Cisco's app, AnyConnect (more info).

​WDI DataFinder (Free)

Access data on global development indicators from The World Bank Group.

Research Highlights (Free)

Keep up to date with newly published research using this app (created by the publisher, Elsevier). 

​DuckDuckGo Search and Stories (Free)

DuckDuckGo is a search engine that doesn't track you or filter your search results.

Papers 3 (Free) 

Find, organize and read research articles.

PubMed for Handhelds (Free)

Conveniently search the PubMed database from your iOS device. Published by the National Library of Medicine.

Hot Articles (Free)

The bX Hot Articles app lists the 10 “hottest” scholarly articles by field of study. 

The Congressional Record (Free)

Browse editions of the Congressional Record from 1995 to present.

iSSRN (Free)

Access the Social Science Research Network from your iOS device (provides access to 260,000 research papers).