AlmoutasemAljahdli

Mahmoudaboaljadaiel

Apps and Mobile Connection for Academic Research

Internet andthe communication technology the likes of smartphones, tablets and hand heldmobile computing devices have significant changes how people work. The effectsof the disruptive technology are extensively felt in the academic world aswell. integration of technology for learning, education and academic researchis a new concept which has been invested heavily upon by Universities and Research organizations like Harvard University, MIT and AC Nielson.

With the easeof access provided by the world wide web and its integration with smartphoneand tablets academic researchers find it increasingly convenient to connect toacademic resources. Online libraries of journals and other academic publicationlike Harvard Online and EBSCO Host provide specialized mobile applicationswhich can be installed on android and iOS based mobile phones and tablets. MIT's WorldCat Mobile is a similar application designed specifically to accessacademic publications like books, while PubGet is a search engine which allowsresearchers to access peer reviewed journals like PubMed and Jstor to read inPDF version on their hand held mobile devices and smartphones.

Using mobileapplications for academic research enables users to be more efficient with theresearch process becoming more convenient. The integration of technologies andindustry-academic collaboration helps in providing new avenues of academicresearch that can proliferate advancement in the academic field presently thereare a number of mobile application and connections to registered academicresource databases which allow end users to create their profiles and haveaccess to customized services from the comfort of their mobile phone.