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Scrible

Modern research platform for school and work

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Scrible is a research and writing platform for school and work. It lets users save webpages, PDFs and other files to a cloud library, organize them with tags, search the library full-text, annotate articles in the browser, comment on webpages, and share annotated articles. It offers a Chrome Extension, a PDF viewer/annotator, 1-click citations and bibliographies in MLA/APA/Chicago styles, an Outline Editor, a Google Docs Add-on (Scrible Writer), and classroom features for educators including class libraries, Google Classroom sync, assignments and analytics. Users can sign up and sign in with a Google account.

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