📚 Student Path

Humanities & Social Sciences Path

Research, writing, and citations done right. Spend less time formatting, more time thinking.

📍 Your Path

1
Research
Perplexity

Perplexity AI

Free

AI-powered research with sources. Way better than raw Google for academic queries.

2
Reference Management
Zotero

Zotero

Free & Open Source

Save papers, auto-generate bibliographies. Works with Word and Google Docs.

3
Writing Assistant
Grammarly

Grammarly

Free Tier

Catches grammar, clarity, and tone issues. The safety net every essay needs.

4
AI Brainstorming
Claude

Claude

Free Tier

Deep thinking for essay outlines, argument structure, and complex analysis.

5
Notes & Organization
Notion

Notion

Free for Education

Organize readings, lecture notes, essay plans. Link everything together.

6
Presentations
Canva

Canva

Free for Students

When you need slides that don't look like default PowerPoint.

🗂️ Complete Stack Summary

Perplexity
Perplexity AI
Research
Free
Zotero
Zotero
References
Free
Grammarly
Grammarly
Writing
Free Tier
Claude
Claude
AI Brainstorming
Free Tier
Notion
Notion
Notes
Free
Canva
Canva
Presentations
Free

💡 Pro Tips

🔍

Always verify AI-generated claims with primary sources. Perplexity and Claude are brilliant research assistants, but they can hallucinate. Your tutor will check.

📎

Use Zotero from day one. You'll thank yourself at dissertation time. Retroactively building a reference library is painful, starting early is effortless.

💰

Grammarly free is enough, don't pay for Premium as a student. The free tier catches the errors that matter. Save your money for coffee.

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