Freenode ##research Resources to do personal research. How to build up on research. How to do meaningful research. Please contact [itchyjunk] on freenode in ##research if you are intreasted in self researching or building tools and resources to do so.
If you are new to IRC (Internet Relay Chat), you can use freenode's handy webclient: http://webchat.freenode.net?randomnick=1&channels=%23%23research&prompt=1&uio=d4
Biblograpyhy tool (recommended by mefistofeles): https://zbib.org/
List of pre-prints by field: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preprint#Servers_by_field