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Library Resources

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Academic Archive or Library

Add free, open Archive Web Site Kind of access Location Other Info Language
Arxiv at Cornell University Library http://arxiv.org/ open Browser arXiv is an e-print service of 538,000 articles in the fields of physics, mathematics, non-linear science, computer science, quantitative biology and statistics English
California Legacy Project http://californialegacy.org/ open Browser over 500 California Legacy Project Radio Anthology scripts, and in machinima English
CogPrints - Cognitive Science ePrint Archive http://cogprints.org/ open Browser an electronic archive for self-archive papers in any area of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Linguistics, and many areas of Computer Science, Philosophy, Biology, Medicine, Anthropology, as well as any other portions of the physical, social and mathematical sciences that are pertinent to the study of cognition. English
eTexts at Adelaide University http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/ open Browser Free web books online English
Google Books http://books.google.com/ open Browser Google Book Search English
ibiblio http://www.ibiblio.org/ open Browser ibiblio.org - the public's library and digital archiv English
MIT Classics http://classics.mit.edu/Browse/index.html open Browser Bringing the wisdom of the classics to the Internet since 1994 English
My Open Archive http://www.myopenarchive.org/ open Browser Open Archive in Japanese Japanese
Online Literature Library http://www.literature.org/authors/ open Browser The online literature library English
PLoS One http://www.plosone.org/home.action open Browser An interactive open-access journal for the communication of all peer-reviewed scientific and medical research English
PLoS Biology http://www.plosbiology.org/home.action open Browser A peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by the Public Library of Science
Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page open Browser Over 100,000 titles are available at Project Gutenberg Partners, Affiliates and Resources English
Twitter Biomedical Journals https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=tecO4mLvNETuMvVDokltQIA&gid=0 open Browser English
University of Pennsylvania's Online Books http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/ open Browser Listing over 35,000 free books on the Web English
World Digital Library http://www.wdl.org/en/ open Browser The World Digital Library (WDL) makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world. Multilingual


Academic Bibliography and Resources

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Webnographers.org http://www.webnographers.org open Browser A central hub for those interested in ethnography and anthropology of the internet - bibliographies, ideas, library, tools, directories. mostly English so far


Dictionaries

Add free, open Encyclopedias Web Site Kind of access Location Other Info Language
The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ open Browser English


Encyclopedias

Add free, open Encyclopedias Web Site Kind of access Location Other Info Language
Encyclopedia of Life http://www.eol.org/ open Browser An electronic page for each species of organism on Earth? English
Wikipedia http://wikipedia.org/ open Browser The free encyclopedia 70 languages and growing


How-To Manuals

Add free, open How-To Manuals Web Site Kind of access Location Other Info Language
wikiHow http://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page interactive The How-to Manual That You Can Edit
Maps http:// non-credit, so far Browser Activities and learning resources


Maps

Add free, open Maps Web Site Kind of access Location Other Info Language
Google Earth http://earth.google.com/ interactive Google Earth Viewer Activities and learning resources
Maps http:// non-credit, so far Browser Activities and learning resources


Math Books

Add free, open eBooks Web Site Kind of access Location Other Info Language
Free Mathematics Books http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/mathematics.php open Browser E-Books for free online viewing and/or download English


Medical References

Add free, open eBooks Web Site Kind of access Location Other Info Language
University of Michigan Medical Gross Anatomy http://anatomy.med.umich.edu/anatomytables/anatomy_tables.html open Browser University of Michigan Medical Gross Anatomy Tables English

Mobile Device Collections

- includes audiobooks, ebooks, audio language courses, streaming music, films, images, etc. which can be used on mobile devices. These collections can either be downloaded from the library websites on user's own mobile devices or libraries lend mobile devices with the collections already on them.

Add free, open Mobile Device Collections Web Site Kind of access Location Other Info Language
Crouch Fine Arts Library at Baylor University audio streaming databases http://www.baylor.edu/lib/FineArts/index.php?id=52075 open Browser Music files from these databases can be downloaded on user's mobile devices English
The C/W MARS library network in Massachusetts http://cwmars.lib.overdrive.com/A7EA430F-765D-4306-AB3D-E2ED2ECB8016/10/344/en/Default.htm open Browser offer ebooks and audiobooks via the OverDrive service, also for the Mac. English
Duke University Libraries digitized image collections http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/ open Browser available through the DukeMobile iPhone app (over 32,000 images) English
New York Public Library ebooks and audiobooks http://ebooks.nypl.org/35E3E0ED-BCEE-4291-A3E6-5D5F6D514269/10/257/en/Default.htm open Browser ebooks and audiobooks via the OverDrive service, also for the Mac. English
University of Alaska Fairbanks - Audiobooks http://listenalaska.lib.overdrive.com/F7F1D30D-101C-4CC6-A9F1-E5DE9F846DA3/10/337/en/Default.htm open Browser ListenAlaska web portal English
University of Virginia Library Electronic Text Center http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ebooks/ open Browser English
IEEE Xplore Mobile Digital Library http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/mobile/ open Browser IEEE Xplore documents directly on your mobile device. You can view up to [only] TEN (10) article abstracts per search. To view full-text articles, send the article links to your e-mail address. English

Music for Kids

Add free, open eBooks Web Site Kind of access Location Other Info Language
Music for Kids http://www.sfskids.org/templates/splash.asp open Browser Symphony music education online for kids English


Online Textbooks

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California Learning Resource Network (CLRN) - Free Digital Textbook Initiative http://www.clrn.org/FDTI/index.cfm open Browser a list of standards aligned free digital textbooks for high schools that cover the course content in mathematics and science subject areas. English


Online Texts

Add free, open eBooks Web Site Kind of access Location Other Info Language
Classic Book Shelf http://www.classicbookshelf.com/library/ open Browser The literature network - We currently have over 1900 full books and over 3000 short stories and poems by over 250 authors. Our quotations database has over 8500 quotes. English
Dave McKay's Philosophy Books http://davemckay.co.uk/philosophy/ open Browser Philosophy texts English
E-Books Directory hhttp://www.e-booksdirectory.com/ open Browser E-Books Directory is a daily growing list of freely downloadable ebooks, documents and lecture notes found all over the internet. You can submit and promote your own ebooks, add comments on already posted books or just browse through the directory below and download anything you need. English
EPubs http://www.epubbooks.com/ open Browser EPUB formatted eBooks which will allow users of modern eBooks readers to have the best possible reading experience. English
Free Books http://www.free-books.org/index.php open Browser A lifetime of free audio ebooks and chapters English
Free Books - Australia http://www.e-book.com.au/freebooks.htm open Browser Many book collections in the public domain may be freely accessed here English
The Free Library http://www.thefreelibrary.com/ open Browser News, Magazines, Newspapers, Journals, Reference Articles and Classic Books English
Online Text http://www.online-literature.com/ open Browser English
Planet Book http://www.planetebook.com/ open Browser Classic literature for download as free eBooks English
Poem Hunter http://www.poemhunter.com/eBooks/ open Browser Free Poetry Ebooks E-books English
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Science Resources & Tools

Add free, open Resources Web Site Made by Kind of access Location Other Info Language
Periodic Table http://www.galaxygoo.org/biochem/PeriodicTable.htm Galaxay Goo non-credit, so far Browser Activities and learning resources


Second Life Teaching and Learning Resources

Add free, open eBooks Web Site Kind of access Location Other Info Language
SalamanderWiki - Second Life Resources http://www.eduisland.net/salamanderwiki/index.php?title=Main_Page open Browser a folksonomy of practical and theoretical applications, builds and designs in the Virtual World of Second Life for the purposes of teaching and learning English
Second Life Tours http://secondlife.iste.wikispaces.net/sltours open Browser Second Life Tours English

Template for New Sections or Resources

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Books http:// non-credit, so far Browser Activities and learning resources
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