Apps & Tools

Find

• EzProxy Bookmarklet Install and use the EzProxyBookmarklet. This bookmarklet will proxy licensed library resources for you.
  
• Google Scholar & Findit@MU The MU Libraries are part of Google Scholar’s Library Links program. This means MU students, faculty and staff can use Findit@MU to connect to library-licensed resources in Google Scholar from off campus.
  
  
• Browser Extensions Install the unpaywall or the Open Access Button to find freely available articles..
  
  

Manage and Cite

• EndNote Download and use an advanced tool to format your citations in thousands of formats. Free for students.
  
• Zotero Download and use this free tool for creating citations and inserting them into your paper.
  
  
• Mendeley  Free reference manager and academic social network
  
  

Stay Updated

• Database Alerts Database alerts let you run a search and be notified when new content is added to the database that fits your search.
  

More

• Citation Builder Create citations in seconds in APA or MLA format.
  
• Search Strategy Builder Interactive tool designed to teach you how to create a search string in a way research databases understand.
  
• Recordings and Tutorials
   
• LibX Plugin The plugin is no longer supported. See, EzProxy Bookmarklet, and Google Scholar & Findit@MU above.