Find Academic Mobile Apps and Sites

A number of Oxford Dictionaries and Thesauruses available as apps for mobile devices and systems, created by trusted partners of Oxford Dictionaries. Categories of apps include English dictionaries, thesauri, bundles, and bilingual dictionaries.

The Macquarie Complete Australian Dictionary app answers the needs of users on matters of spelling, pronunciation and usage for the complete record of English as it is used in Australia, from the colourfully colloquial to the highly technical. For iOS devices only.

The complete Encyclopaedia Britannica for iPhone and iPad, with enhanced features such as Search & Browse, View, Quizzes, LinkMap, and Personalize.

The mobile-friendly website of Wikipedia - the free online encyclopaedia that generally allows anyone to edit any article.

A list of mobile apps developed by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) which includes ABS Stats for iOS, ABS Stats for Android, and Run That Town for iOS - A strategy game built on real 2011 Census data.

It provides a data-rich compendium of country indices and rankings on the economy and society; a country comparison tool, Chartmaker, that lets you create your own charts from the data; new content from The Economist newspaper, updated weekly; and more.

Use this app to access the International Monetary Fund (IMF) publications on your iPad or Android devices (downloadable from Google Play). Data includes International Financial Statistics, Regional Economic Outlooks, and specific datasets covering investment, official reserves, financial soundness, government finances, etc.

A suite of apps developed by the World Bank ranging from World Bank Group: A to Z to World Bank MacroStats to Go, available for iPhone/iPad or Android.