Free research tools
Tools for the parts of a dissertation or literature review that do not need an account. Each one is free to use without signing up, and each shows where its numbers come from.
Dissertation Word Count Calculator
How long your literature review and every other chapter should be for your word limit and level, how many sources to cite, and how many themes to plan, from published university guidance.
Open the toolReference Checker
Paste a reference list to see which references are real, which details are wrong, and which papers are retracted, checked against Crossref and OpenAlex.
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When you have your papers
Litrevu is a research assistant for the papers you have already gathered. Upload them, ask what the literature says about your question, and draft cited passages you review and revise, with every citation linked to the passage it came from.
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