outliners & doc writers

Ghostwriter
A distraction-free Markdown editor for Windows and Linux
Stylish. Open source. Free.

https://wereturtle.github.io/ghostwriter/


Atomic Scribbler
free software to plan your novel, prepare and maintain research material, then write that novel scene by scene in a modern Windows application that has a similar look and feel to Microsoft Word.
Outliner. Note & research manager.

https://www.atomicscribbler.com/


Writemonkey
Writemonkey is a Windows zenware* writing application with an extremely stripped down user interface, leaving you alone with your thoughts and your words. It is light, fast and free. With an array of innovative tools under the hood and full Markdown* support, it helps you write better.

https://writemonkey.com/index.php


Plume
A Scrivener alternative.
This software gives you an outliner, a distraction-free mode, a note manager and much more.

http://plume-creator.eu/

Plagiarism checkers

new:
https://plagiarismcheck.org/


as a reference finder:
http://lifehacker.com/use-a-plagiarism-checker-to-get-references-for-a-resear-1479402411?utm_campaign=socialflow_lifehacker_facebook&utm_source=lifehacker_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

or not:

• Dustball
• Plagiarism DetectP
• Plagiarism CheckerP
• PlagiarismaP
• CopyscapeP
• PlagiumP

Bibliography

WIKINDX is a free Virtual Research Environment (an online bibliographic and quotations/notes management and article authoring system) designed either for single use (on a variety of operating sytems) or multi-user collaborative use across the internet.
 http://wikindx.sourceforge.net/

Bibliographix is the free high end reference manager for Microsoft Windows. 
http://home.mybibliographix.com/

fixing the new research workflow

I search
I open tabs
capture the interesting pages / articles /urls /selections with Evernote's WebClipper

I add an entry to myBrain with the conclusions.

but then: how to fix them into a text, an article, a presentation... an outliner? word processor?