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Revision as of 23:05, 8 September 2009
Welcome to World University and School Wiki and School Library Resources
which anyone can add to or edit.
The Global, Virtual/Digital, Open, Free, {potentially Degree- and Credit-Granting},
Multilingual University & School
where anyone can teach or take a class or course
- Add or browse a free, open Library Resources.
Library Resources
- Add free, open listings below.
Academic Archive or Library
Add free, open Archive | Web Site | Kind of access | Location | Other Info | Language |
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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, with some 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 |
International Children's Digital Library | http://en.childrenslibrary.org/ | open | Browser | A Library for the World's Children | 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
Add free, open Archive | Web Site | Kind of access | Location | Other Info | Language |
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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 |
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The Free Dictionary | http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ | open | Browser | English |
Encyclopedias
Add free, open Encyclopedias | Web Site | Kind of access | Location | Other Info | Language |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
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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 | |
International Children's Digital Library | http://en.childrenslibrary.org/ | open | Browser | A Library for the World's Children | 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 |
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Music for Kids | http://www.sfskids.org/templates/splash.asp | open | Browser | Symphony music education online for kids | English |
Online Textbooks
Add free, open eBooks | Web Site | Kind of access | Location | Other Info | Language |
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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 |
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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 |
open | Browser | English |
Science Resources & Tools
Add free, open Resources | Web Site | Made by | Kind of access | Location | Other Info | Language |
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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 Resources | Web Site | Kind of access | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags
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Global Kids' Digital Media Initiative - "Education" search | http://www.holymeatballs.org/mt/mt-search.cgi?IncludeBlogs=1&search=education | Browser | Global Kids has been explores how to bring a youth development model around global issues into an island within this teen grid, including education-wise | English | education, virtual worlds, Second Life
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ISTE Eduverse Talks | http://www.iste-eduverse.org/ | Browser | highlights innovations in educational technology, in both real life and Second Life. | English | education, virtual worlds, Second Life | |
Learning in Second Life | http://twitter.com/learninginworld | Browser | where educational institutions are using Second Life as a cost-effective platform to augment an existing curriculum or explore new mode | English | education, virtual worlds, Second Life | |
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 | education, virtual worlds, Second Life |
Second Life Education Programs' manager, Claudia Linden of Linden Lab | http://twitter.com/claudialinden | Browser | shares great examples and ideas about education in Second Life | English | education, virtual worlds, Second Life | |
Second Life Education Roundtable | https://blogs.secondlife.com/community/learninginworld | non-degree | Second Life | Linden Lab’s Learning Inworld blog where we explore how teachers, students, and administrators—within educational institutions—are using Second Life as a compelling and cost-effective platform to augment existing curriculum and practice new models of learning | Multiple Languages | education, virtual worlds, Second Life
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Second Life Educational Events' Calendar, Where You Can Teach, Too | http://secondlife.com/events | non-degree | Second Life | Select 'Education;' Teach and learn virtually in Second Life via educational events' calendar | Multiple Languages | education, virtual worlds, Second Life |
Second Life Educators' Email List | https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators | non-degree | Second Life | This list is for educators interested in or currently using Second Life, and we will be using it to send out information we feel is of interest to educators and academic | Multiple Languages | education, virtual worlds, Second Life |
Second Life Tours | http://secondlife.iste.wikispaces.net/sltours | open | Browser, Second Life | Second Life Tours | English | education, virtual worlds, Second Life |
Sim Teach | http://simteach.com/sled/db/ | open | Browser, Second Life, virtual worlds | Resource Database for Second Life Educators - Keep track of educational content and organizations in the popular virtual world. | English | education, virtual worlds, Second Life |
Template for New Sections or Resources
Add free, open Library | Web Site | Kind of access | Location | Other Info | Language |
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Books | http:// | non-credit, so far | Browser | Activities and learning resources | |
open | Browser | English | |||
open | Browser | English |