EndNote
Reference management for collecting sources and inserting citations and bibliographies into manuscripts.
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Research tools and resources
Browse research resources with official sources and selection notes.
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Research tools
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Zotero
An open-source reference manager for collecting, organising, annotating and citing research.
Primary source reviewed · 2026-10-13
SumatraPDF
A Windows document reader supporting PDF, e-book and comic-book formats.
Primary source reviewed · 2026-10-13
Academic Phrasebank
The University of Manchester resource organises academic phrases by research-paper sections and language functions.
Primary source reviewed · 2026-10-13
PubChem
An NCBI resource for finding and exploring chemical information.
Primary source reviewed · 2026-10-13
Astropy
A community-developed Python ecosystem for astronomy.
Primary source reviewed · 2026-10-13
IODP JRSO
The Texas A&M-hosted JOIDES Resolution Science Operator site provides ocean-drilling programme information and resources.
Primary source reviewed · 2026-10-13
IBM SPSS Statistics
IBM's statistical-analysis software for analysing data and building statistical models.
Primary source reviewed · 2026-10-13
PhET Interactive Simulations
The University of Colorado Boulder project provides interactive science and mathematics simulations.
Primary source reviewed · 2026-10-13
scikit-learn
A Python machine-learning library with tools for modelling, preprocessing and model evaluation.
Primary source reviewed · 2026-10-13
GRASS
An open-source geospatial processing project covering raster, vector, imagery and temporal analysis.
Primary source reviewed · 2026-10-13
Excalidraw
A collaborative whiteboard for sketching diagrams with a hand-drawn visual style.
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