The following tools are geared to helping with various steps of the research process, from brainstorming for search terms to citing sources.
- Brainstorming Made Simple create colorful mind maps online
- exploratree access a library of ready-made interactive thinking guides, print them, edit them or make your own.
- Mindmeister create, manage and share mind maps online and access them anytime, from anywhere
- Visual Understanding Environment (VUE) map relationships between concepts, ideas and digital content
- KnightCite easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources
- Noodlebib Express formats MLA, APA, and Chicago/Turabian styles for over 50 types of sources
- Son of Citation Machine free site that automatically produces MLA, APA, Turabian or Chicago style citations for a variety of sources (but not bibliographies)
- Style Wizard free site automatically produces MLA or APA style citations for 6 basic types of sources
- zotero free, open source utility that works in the Firefox browser to help users collect, manage and cite sources
- CiteULike free service for storing and sharing scholarly references
- Floppyit save text so you can open it anywhere
- Google Docs create and share your work online
- Scribd share your work, manage documents, create reading lists, rate and more
- Carrot2 Clustering Engine Search Results Clustering Engine. It can automatically organize small collections of documents, e.g. search results, into thematic categories.
- KwMap: A Keyword Map for the Whole Internet keyword refining tool, aiming to help you discover new keywords
- Visuwords: Online Graphical Dictionary look up words to find their meanings and associations with other words and concepts