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Mobile apps and resources for research and study
- LibAnywhere
- Apps for finding academic information
- Apps for managing your studies
- Apps for managing your information
LibAnywhere
Search the Library catalogue; Renew or reserve items; Review your account; See the latest headlines from our InformS blog; View opening hours; Contact a librarian. Anywhere you are, right away. Where to get hold of the app:
Alternatively, simply browse to https://www.libanywhere.com/m/758 to access these services through our LibAnywhere mobile website. Please note: You’ll need your Library barcode (for students, this is your Student ID barcode) and PIN to access your Library account. |
Apps for finding academic information
DISCOVERY
Mobile site: http://ezproxy1.hw.ac.uk:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=mobsmart
Mobile App: Click the EBSCOhost iPhone and Android Applications link at the bottom of the page from within DISCOVERY and follow the prompts.
Discovery search allows Heriot-Watt University students and staff to find books, journals, journal articles, reports, electronic books, market reports, newspaper articles etc easily and quickly using a single search box. Find articles and papers from over 50,000 journals and 20,000 conferences.
- Limit results to full text or peer reviewed
- Sort by relevance or date
- Retrieve full-text results in HTML and/or PDF formats
- Save results for offline access at a later date
- Email results to self or others
- Retrieve their most recent 25 search results
- Browse a “cover flow” display of search results
A-Z list of databases
Below is a list of the databases available via the Library with information on their mobile app or site. A full list of the databases the Library subscribes to is available from the A-Z list of databases.
ACS Mobile App
Mobile App: Download ACS Mobile at the Apple iTunes Store and the Android Market.
- Access to new ACS ASAP Articles, personalized across the entire portfolio of 39 peer-reviewed ACS Journals.
- An indexed list of more than 35,000 research articles published annually, complete with graphical and text abstracts.
- A feed of the "Latest News" from Chemical & Engineering News Online.
- Interface to full-text article access (via wireless or Virtual Private Networks (VPN)) for users at institutions that subscribe to ACS Journals.
Annual reviews
Mobile site: http://www.annualreviews.org/
you can pair your mobile device with the Annual Reviews website. This enables you to access the full text of journals when off campus.
Cambridge Journals Online (CJO Mobile)
Mobile site: http://m.journals.cambridge.org
Mobile devices are detected and automatically directed to CJOm.
EBSCO
Mobile site: http://ezproxy1.hw.ac.uk:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=mobsmart
Mobile App: Click the EBSCOhost iPhone and Android Applications link at the bottom of the page from the database you wish to search and follow the prompts.
Databases:
- AP NewsMonitor Collection
- Applied Science & Technology Full Text (H.W. Wilson)
- Business Source Premier
- eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
- EconLit
- ERIC
- GreenFILE
- Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
- MEDLINE
- PsycARTICLES
- Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
- PsycINFO
- Regional Business News
- SPORTDiscus
- World Textiles
Emerald
Mobile site at http://www.emeraldinsight.com/mobile/
- Search and browse an online library of almost 10,000 journal articles.
- Manage your marked lists and saved searches on-the-go
- E-mail links and share content via Facebook and Twitter.
- Log-in to read fulltext content through the integrated browser. Most content is available in easy-to-read PDF versions.
The Emerald app is available for the iPhone, the iPod Touch and the iPad. Currently there is not an Android app. Download from Itunes.
IEEE Xplore Mobile
Mobile site: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/mobile/about.html
Search journals, conference proceedings and standards, and view all search results. You can also refine your search using multiple facets for more targeted results. Scroll to the bottom of the search results page to view the selections.
JSTOR
Mobile site: http://mobile.jstor.org
Search using the mobile site and email the citations to yourself so you can read the articles later on a computer. Zoom in to see pages if you are using a network recognized as having access to JSTOR and your phone supports zooming. JSTOR Mobile works on iOS, Android, and BlackBerry devices.
RSC Mobile app for iOS (iPad, iPhone and iPod) and Android
RSC Mobile provides readers with access to search more than 30 RSC journals from the RSC Publishing Platform.
- Full text HTML and PDF access via wireless networks for subscribing institutions/organisations
- The latest news from our RSC Publishing Platform
- Saving articles for offline reading
- Share your favourite content via email, Twitter or Facebook
ScienceDirect
Mobile app: Available for the iPhone, iPad, Android and Blackberry.
To register in the SciVerse ScienceDirect iPhone app you will need to provide your username and password as registered at sciencedirect.com. To access the full spectrum of content, you will need to register online within your library's network.
SciFinder Mobile
Mobile site: http://scifinder.cas.org/mobile
- Explore by Research Topic
- Explore by Substance ID
- Explore by Author Name
- Explore by Company Name
- Review Keep Me Posted Alerts
- Review Saved Answers
SpringerLink
Mobile App: Available for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Download from iTunes.
Taylor & Francis Online Mobile
Mobile site: http://www.tandfonline.com/page/help/mobile
- Available via iPhone, Android, Blackberry and tablet devices.
- Users can browse, read and search.
- Login and share links to content via social networks and email.
- Create favourites list which is simultaneously saved on Taylor & Francis Online.
Web of Knowledge
Mobile site: http://m.webofknowledge.com
The mobile version has the ability to search within individual products (Web of Science, Biosis, Inspec, etc.), as well as, the All Databases Search.Other features include: sort, refine, email, add records to EndNote® Web, link to full text, OpenURL, view times cited counts, citation score card, search history.
Apps for managing your studies
Book search
Mobile app: Available for the iPhone and Android
The iphone and android app allow you to scan a book's barcode and check its availability at Heriot-Watt Library.
- Lecturers – if you are recommending a book to students, these apps are a quick and easy way of checking if it’s in the library.
- Students – ZBar can email you a link to information about the book you are reading, which could be useful for keeping a record of your research.
You can also use this app to check the cost of books in online bookshops like amazon, e.g., if you are thinking about purchasing your own copy of a useful library book.
Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring all your photos, docs, and videos anywhere. This means that any file you save to your Dropbox will automatically save to all your computers, phones and the Dropbox website.
Evernote lets you take notes, capture photos, create to-do lists, record voice reminders
- Sync all of your notes across the computers and devices you use
- Create and edit text notes, to-dos and task lists
- Save, sync and share files
- Record voice and audio notes
- Search for text inside images
- Organize notes by notebooks and tags
- Email notes and save tweets to your Evernote account
- Connect Evernote to other apps and products you use
- Share notes with friends and colleagues via Facebook and Twitter
- Access your document list
- Edit your spreadsheets
- Share your files
- Upload files
- Edit your documents
- View your documents, PDFs, images etc.
- Convert photos to text (Android app only)
mobile site: m.google.com/calendar
Access events scheduled on your Google Calendar and manage events and reminders. On some devices, you can create new events, add guests, respond to invitations, and set reminders.
Online to-do list and task management.
Apps for managing your information
Mobile site: https://www.myendnoteweb.com/touch/EndNoteWeb.html
You can access your references on your mobile phone. Please note: the mobile site only allows you to view your endnote libraries and you are unable to edit your references.
Mobile app: available for iPhone, iPad, and iPod. Download from the iTunes App Store
- Read your papers offline
- Share citations via e-mail straight from your mobile device
- Keep up to date with research groups