Mobile Apps for Research & Education: Reading

Access and read your Amazon Kindle books even if you don't have a Kindle. Automatically synchronizes your last page read between devices. Delete a book when you're done and Amazon keeps your copy online for later retrieval. Adjust the text size, add bookmarks, and more. For Android phone or tablet, iPad, iPod Touch, iPhone, Mac, Windows 8 PC or tablet, BlackBerry, or Windows Phone. Free.

iBooks includes the iBookstore, where you can download the latest bestselling books or your favorite classics – day or night. Browse your library on a beautiful bookshelf, tap a book to open it, flip through pages with a swipe or a tap, and bookmark or add notes to your favorite passages. iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad. Free.

Flipboard is a personal news magazine filled with everything being shared across the Web, from breaking news to stories on world events, sports, travel and more. Simply pick a few topics and your Flipboard is instantly populated with the news you care about and is customizable. For iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch & Android. Free.

When you find an interesting article, video or web page that you want to read, watch or view later, put it in Pocket. Once it’s in Pocket, it automatically syncs across to your phone, tablet and computer so you can view it anytime on any device, even without an internet connection. For iPhone, iPad Touch, iPad. Pocket for Android Free.

Super-robust PDF reader with advanced reading, annotating, markup and highlighting capabilities, excellent file manager, text file reader and editor, audio/video player, Safari-like viewer for MS Office and iWorks files. Syncs with Google Docs, Dropbox and more. Create your own hierarchy of folders to save your documents into. Highly recommended for reading & annotating scholarly articles. iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad.

A simple tool to save web pages for reading later. Save web pages for later offline reading, optimized for readability on your iPhone or iPod touch's screen. Featured by Apple and critically acclaimed by top blogs, newspapers, and magazines. iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch.

Read, Listen, View, Download, Annotate almost anything you want on your iPad and iPhone. Files, documents, music, videos, books, any content is at home in Documents by Readdle. *App Store Editors' Choice in 70+ countries

Feedly is a fun, stylish way to read and share the content of your favorite websites, feeds, & social networks. (Scroll to the bottom of the page to find links to download Feedly for iPhone, iPad (iOS) & Android.) Free.

Download eBooks and audiobooks (NYTimes Bestsellers and more) from your library directly to your smartphone, iPad/tablets, and eReaders. OverDrive Media Console gives you on-the-go access to eBooks and audiobooks from your public, school, or college library (GFU users, free access via your public library card). For iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and Android and more. Free.