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|Anthropology Library at UC Berkeley. |
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|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 |
|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 |
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|Applied Math and Science Education Repository |
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|A portal of educational resources and services built specifically for use by those in Community and Technical Colleges but free for anyone to use. AMSER is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) as part of the National Science Digital Library |
|A portal of educational resources and services built specifically for use by those in Community and Technical Colleges but free for anyone to use. AMSER is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) as part of the National Science Digital Library |
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|CogPrints - Cognitive Science ePrint Archive |
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|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. |
|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. |
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|DASH - Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard |
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|A central, open access repository for the scholarly output of faculty and the broader research community at Harvard. |
|A central, open access repository for the scholarly output of faculty and the broader research community at Harvard. |
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|eScholarship provides a suite of open access, scholarly publishing services and research tools that enable departments, research units, publishing programs, and individual scholars associated with the University of California to have direct control over the creation and dissemination of the full range of their scholarship. With eScholarship, you can publish the following original scholarly works on a dynamic research platform available to scholars worldwide: |
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|British Library - Opening access to UK theses. |
|British Library - Opening access to UK theses. |
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|Harvard University - Example: http://pds.lib.harvard.edu/pds/view/14115881?n=1&imagesize=1200&jp2Res=0.125 |
|Harvard University - Example: http://pds.lib.harvard.edu/pds/view/14115881?n=1&imagesize=1200&jp2Res=0.125 |
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|ibiblio.org - the public's library and digital archiv |
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|Universal Access to Human Knowledge; Wayback machine; Permanent access for researchers, historians, scholars, people with disabilities, and the general public to historical collections that exist in digital format; includes texts, audio, moving images, and software as well as archived web pages in our collections, and is working to provide specialized services relating to training, education, or adaptive reading or information access needs of blind or other persons with disabilities |
|Universal Access to Human Knowledge; Wayback machine; Permanent access for researchers, historians, scholars, people with disabilities, and the general public to historical collections that exist in digital format; includes texts, audio, moving images, and software as well as archived web pages in our collections, and is working to provide specialized services relating to training, education, or adaptive reading or information access needs of blind or other persons with disabilities |
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|The Internet Public Library |
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|The Internet Public Library is a public service organization and a learning/teaching environment; Ask an IPL Librarian Reference Service. |
|The Internet Public Library is a public service organization and a learning/teaching environment; Ask an IPL Librarian Reference Service. |
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|International Children's Digital Library |
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|A Library for the World's Children |
|A Library for the World's Children |
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|LibriVox: Acoustical Liberation of Books in the Public Domain |
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|Free audiobooks: volunteers record chapters of books in the public domain and release the audio files back onto the net. Our goal is to make all public domain books available as free audio books. |
|Free audiobooks: volunteers record chapters of books in the public domain and release the audio files back onto the net. Our goal is to make all public domain books available as free audio books. |
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|Bringing the wisdom of the classics to the Internet since 1994 |
|Bringing the wisdom of the classics to the Internet since 1994 |
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|National Science Digital Library |
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|Nation's online library for education and research in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics; K-12 and higher education. |
|Nation's online library for education and research in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics; K-12 and higher education. |
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|Connects thousands of researchers and provides a platform for sharing new and preliminary findings with colleagues on a global scale. Post pre-print manuscripts, posters and presentations on Nature Precedings to claim priority and receive feedback on your findings prior to formal publication. |
|Connects thousands of researchers and provides a platform for sharing new and preliminary findings with colleagues on a global scale. Post pre-print manuscripts, posters and presentations on Nature Precedings to claim priority and receive feedback on your findings prior to formal publication. |
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|The Online Archive of California (OAC) provides free public access to detailed descriptions of primary resource collections maintained by more than 150 contributing institutions including libraries, special collections, archives, historical societies, and museums throughout California and collections maintained by the 10 University of California (UC) campuses. |
|The Online Archive of California (OAC) provides free public access to detailed descriptions of primary resource collections maintained by more than 150 contributing institutions including libraries, special collections, archives, historical societies, and museums throughout California and collections maintained by the 10 University of California (UC) campuses. |
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|Online Literature Library |
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|The online literature library |
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|A peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by the Public Library of Science |
|A peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by the Public Library of Science |
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|An interactive open-access journal for the communication of all peer-reviewed scientific and medical research |
|An interactive open-access journal for the communication of all peer-reviewed scientific and medical research |
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|Over 100,000 titles are available at Project Gutenberg Partners, Affiliates and Resources |
|Over 100,000 titles are available at Project Gutenberg Partners, Affiliates and Resources |
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|a free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the United States National Institutes of Health (NIH) and is developed and managed by NIH's National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) in the National Library of Medicine (NLM). |
|a free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the United States National Institutes of Health (NIH) and is developed and managed by NIH's National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) in the National Library of Medicine (NLM). |
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|Twitter Biomedical Journals |
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|University of Pennsylvania's Online Books |
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|Listing over 35,000 free books on the Web |
|Listing over 35,000 free books on the Web |
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|World Digital Library |
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|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. |
|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. |
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=== Academic Jobs Wikis === |
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| A wiki for tracking searches in various categories for academic (i.e. faculty) positions. Please post listings by subject area |
| A wiki for tracking searches in various categories for academic (i.e. faculty) positions. Please post listings by subject area |
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| material on conference presentation, the transition to assistant professor, mentorship, and academic couples. |
| material on conference presentation, the transition to assistant professor, mentorship, and academic couples. |
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| Make academic research more accessible and interactive” by “[enabling] users to easily post and discuss human-readable summaries of academic papers and literature reviews online. |
| Make academic research more accessible and interactive” by “[enabling] users to easily post and discuss human-readable summaries of academic papers and literature reviews online. |
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| The first collaborative photo encyclopedia - lets photographers and photo enthusiasts collaborate and enrich images to be useful for the whole world wide web. |
| The first collaborative photo encyclopedia - lets photographers and photo enthusiasts collaborate and enrich images to be useful for the whole world wide web. |
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| Freebase is a large collaborative knowledge base. It is an online collection of structured data harvested from many sources, including individual 'wiki' contribution. |
| Freebase is a large collaborative knowledge base. It is an online collection of structured data harvested from many sources, including individual 'wiki' contribution. |
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|Organize, share, and discover research papers! Mendeley is a research management tool for desktop & web. You can also explore research trends and connect to other academics in your discipline. |
|Organize, share, and discover research papers! Mendeley is a research management tool for desktop & web. You can also explore research trends and connect to other academics in your discipline. |
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|A central hub for those interested in ethnography and anthropology of the internet - bibliographies, ideas, library, tools, directories. |
|A central hub for those interested in ethnography and anthropology of the internet - bibliographies, ideas, library, tools, directories. |
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|Encyclopedia of Life |
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|An electronic page for each species of organism on Earth? |
|An electronic page for each species of organism on Earth? |
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|dedicated to advancing the study of economics, markets, and liberty. It offers a unique combination of resources for students, teachers, researchers, and aficionados of economic thought. |
|dedicated to advancing the study of economics, markets, and liberty. It offers a unique combination of resources for students, teachers, researchers, and aficionados of economic thought. |
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|The Institute of International Studies promotes interdisciplinary research in international, comparative, and policy studies on the Berkeley campus of the University of California. Established in 1955, the Institute focuses today on the following intellectual themes: Peace and global security in the 21st century; Environment, demography, and sustainability; Globalization, development, and human rights; Technological change and the transformation of the global economy |
|The Institute of International Studies promotes interdisciplinary research in international, comparative, and policy studies on the Berkeley campus of the University of California. Established in 1955, the Institute focuses today on the following intellectual themes: Peace and global security in the 21st century; Environment, demography, and sustainability; Globalization, development, and human rights; Technological change and the transformation of the global economy |
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|TED is an academic organization dedicated to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design |
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|8 textbooks; A place where you can find and customize content. Physical Sciences, Optics, Elements and the Periodic Table, Behavior of Gases, Mathematics, Advanced Geometry, Functions, Trigonometry, Life Science, Human Biology, Living Systems, Genetics |
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|a Wikimedia community for creating a free library of educational textbooks that anyone can edit. Wikibooks began on July 10, 2003; since then Wikibooks has grown to include over 38,073 pages |
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|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. |
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|A home for your books. Enter what you’re reading or your whole library. It’s an easy, library-quality catalog. A community of 900,000 book lovers. LibraryThing connects you to people who read what you do. |
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| highlights innovations in educational technology, in both real life and Second Life. |
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| where educational institutions are using Second Life as a cost-effective platform to augment an existing curriculum or explore new mode |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Resource Database for Second Life Educators - Keep track of educational content and organizations in the popular virtual world. |
| Resource Database for Second Life Educators - Keep track of educational content and organizations in the popular virtual world. |
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Revision as of 23:06, 12 February 2010
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 | Labels |
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AnthroHub | http://anthrohub.lib.berkeley.edu/ | open | Browser | Anthropology Library at UC Berkeley. | ||
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 | |
Applied Math and Science Education Repository | http://amser.org/ | open | Browser | A portal of educational resources and services built specifically for use by those in Community and Technical Colleges but free for anyone to use. AMSER is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) as part of the National Science Digital Library | 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 | |
DASH - Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard | http://dash.harvard.edu/ | open | Browser | A central, open access repository for the scholarly output of faculty and the broader research community at Harvard. | English | |
eScholarship | http://escholarship.org/ | open | Browser | eScholarship provides a suite of open access, scholarly publishing services and research tools that enable departments, research units, publishing programs, and individual scholars associated with the University of California to have direct control over the creation and dissemination of the full range of their scholarship. With eScholarship, you can publish the following original scholarly works on a dynamic research platform available to scholars worldwide: | English | |
eTexts at Adelaide University | http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/ | open | Browser | Free web books online | English | |
Ethos | http://ethos.bl.uk/Home.do | open | Browser | British Library - Opening access to UK theses. | English | |
Google Books | http://books.google.com/ | open | Browser | Google Book Search | English | |
Harvard Page Delivery Service | http://hul.harvard.edu/ois/systems/drs/pds.html | open | Browser | Harvard University - Example: http://pds.lib.harvard.edu/pds/view/14115881?n=1&imagesize=1200&jp2Res=0.125 | English | |
ibiblio | http://www.ibiblio.org/ | open | Browser | ibiblio.org - the public's library and digital archiv | English | |
Internet Archive | http://www.archive.org/index.php | open | Browser | Universal Access to Human Knowledge; Wayback machine; Permanent access for researchers, historians, scholars, people with disabilities, and the general public to historical collections that exist in digital format; includes texts, audio, moving images, and software as well as archived web pages in our collections, and is working to provide specialized services relating to training, education, or adaptive reading or information access needs of blind or other persons with disabilities | English | |
The Internet Public Library | http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/hum45.70.00/ | open | Browser | The Internet Public Library is a public service organization and a learning/teaching environment; Ask an IPL Librarian Reference Service. | English | |
International Children's Digital Library | http://en.childrenslibrary.org/ | open | Browser | A Library for the World's Children | English | |
Library of Congress | http://www.loc.gov/index.html | open | Browser | English | ||
LibriVox: Acoustical Liberation of Books in the Public Domain | http://librivox.org | open | Browser | Free audiobooks: volunteers record chapters of books in the public domain and release the audio files back onto the net. Our goal is to make all public domain books available as free audio books. | 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 | |
National Science Digital Library | http://nsdl.org/ | open | Browser | Nation's online library for education and research in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics; K-12 and higher education. | ||
Nature Precedings | http://precedings.nature.com/ | open | Browser | Connects thousands of researchers and provides a platform for sharing new and preliminary findings with colleagues on a global scale. Post pre-print manuscripts, posters and presentations on Nature Precedings to claim priority and receive feedback on your findings prior to formal publication. | ||
Online Archive of California | http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ | open | Browser | The Online Archive of California (OAC) provides free public access to detailed descriptions of primary resource collections maintained by more than 150 contributing institutions including libraries, special collections, archives, historical societies, and museums throughout California and collections maintained by the 10 University of California (UC) campuses. | English | |
Online Literature Library | http://www.literature.org/authors/ | open | Browser | The online literature library | English | |
PLoS Biology | http://www.plosbiology.org/home.action | open | Browser | A peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by the Public Library of Science | ||
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 | |
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 | |
PubMedCentral | http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/ | open | Browser | a free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the United States National Institutes of Health (NIH) and is developed and managed by NIH's National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) in the National Library of Medicine (NLM). | 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 Jobs Wikis
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Academic Jobs Wiki | http://acawiki.org/Home | A wiki for tracking searches in various categories for academic (i.e. faculty) positions. Please post listings by subject area | |||||
Jobs in Academe | http://sterneworks.org/Academe/ | Streneworks.org | material on conference presentation, the transition to assistant professor, mentorship, and academic couples. |
Collaborative Knowledge Bases
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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AcaWiki | http://acawiki.org/Home | AcaWiki | All ages | Make academic research more accessible and interactive” by “[enabling] users to easily post and discuss human-readable summaries of academic papers and literature reviews online. | |||
Fotopedia | http://www.fotopedia.com/ | Fotopedia | The first collaborative photo encyclopedia - lets photographers and photo enthusiasts collaborate and enrich images to be useful for the whole world wide web. | All ages | |||
Freebase | http://www.freebase.com/ | MetaWeb | Freebase is a large collaborative knowledge base. It is an online collection of structured data harvested from many sources, including individual 'wiki' contribution. | All ages | |||
Mendeley Research Networks' Public Collections | http://www.mendeley.com/collections/33560/ICP-Diagnostics-Pipeline/ | open | Browser | Organize, share, and discover research papers! Mendeley is a research management tool for desktop & web. You can also explore research trends and connect to other academics in your discipline. | English | ||
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 |
Knol | http://knol.google.com/k | Browser | dedicated to advancing the study of economics, markets, and liberty. It offers a unique combination of resources for students, teachers, researchers, and aficionados of economic thought. | English | |
Library of Economics and Liberty | http://www.econlib.org/index.html | Liberty Fund, Inc. | Browser | English | |
Wikipedia | http://wikipedia.org/ | open | Browser | The free encyclopedia | 175 languages and growing |
How-To Wiki 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 |
Ideas (Academic)
Add free, open Maps | Web Site | Kind of access | Location | Other Info | Language |
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Conversations with History | http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/conversations/ | Institute of International Studies: University of California, Berkeley | Browser | The Institute of International Studies promotes interdisciplinary research in international, comparative, and policy studies on the Berkeley campus of the University of California. Established in 1955, the Institute focuses today on the following intellectual themes: Peace and global security in the 21st century; Environment, demography, and sustainability; Globalization, development, and human rights; Technological change and the transformation of the global economy | English |
TED Talks | http://www.ted.com | TED is an academic organization dedicated to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design | |||
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 |
Natural History References
Add free, open Natural History References | Web Site | Kind of access | Location | Other Info | Language |
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North American Insects and Spiders | http://www.cirrusimage.com/ | open | Browser | A catalog of over 7,000 high-resolution close-up pictures of live, wild insects and spiders with descriptions and natural history. | 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 |
CK-12's FlexBook Tool | http://www.ck12.org/flexr/ | open | Browser | 8 textbooks; A place where you can find and customize content. Physical Sciences, Optics, Elements and the Periodic Table, Behavior of Gases, Mathematics, Advanced Geometry, Functions, Trigonometry, Life Science, Human Biology, Living Systems, Genetics | English |
Connexions | http://cnx.org/ | open | Browser | 1 textbook; a place to view and share educational material made of small knowledge chunks called modules that can be organized as courses, books, reports, etc. | English |
Curriki | http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/ | open | Browser | 2 textbooks; Curriki is an online environment created to support the development and free distribution of world-class educational materials to anyone who needs them | English |
English / Language Arts | open | Browser | Need free, world-class elementary level textbook | English | |
English Language Development | open | Browser | Need free, world-class elementary level textbook | English | |
Foreign Language | open | Browser | Need free, world-class elementary level textbook | English | |
Health Course | open | Browser | Need free, world-class elementary level textbook | English | |
History-Social Science | open | Browser | Need free, world-class elementary level textbook | English | |
Mathematics | open | Browser | Need free, world-class elementary level textbook | English | |
Science | open | Browser | Need free, world-class elementary level textbook | English | |
WikiBooks | http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page | open | Browser | a Wikimedia community for creating a free library of educational textbooks that anyone can edit. Wikibooks began on July 10, 2003; since then Wikibooks has grown to include over 38,073 pages | English |
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Online Texts
Add free, open eBooks | Web Site | Kind of access | Location | Other Info | Language |
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California Legacy Project | http://californialegacy.org/ | open | Browser | over 500 California Legacy Project Radio Anthology scripts, with some Machinima | English |
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 | http://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 |
Gigapedia | http://gigapedia.com/ | open | Browser | lots of free quality ebooks! | English |
Library Thing | http://www.librarything.com/ | open | Browser | A home for your books. Enter what you’re reading or your whole library. It’s an easy, library-quality catalog. A community of 900,000 book lovers. LibraryThing connects you to people who read what you do. | English |
Online Text | http://www.online-literature.com/ | open | Browser | English | |
Planet Book | http://www.planetebook.com/ | 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 |
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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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Discover Second Life | http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Discover | Browser | A simple list of ways to discover cool stuff in Second Life. | English | education, virtual worlds, Second Life | |
Global Kids' Digital Media Initiative - "Education" search | http://www.holymeatballs.org/mt/mt-search.cgi?IncludeBlogs=1&search=education | Browser | Global Kids 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 | |
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 | |
Metaverse Journal | http://www.metaversejournal.com/ | Browser | site devoted to bringing an Australian perspective to virtual worlds | 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 in New Zealand | http://slenz.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/slenz-update-no-131-august-24-2009/ | Browser | 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 |
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 |
Virtual Worlds Roundtable | http://www.virtualworldsedu.info/slroundtable/ | open | Montclair State University | links to transcripts of the weekly meeting of the SL Education Roundtable as well as transcripts of the annual EDUCAUSE Virtual Worlds sessions. | English | education, virtual worlds, Second Life |
Template for New Sections or Resources
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Twitter for Learning
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Internet Papers | https://twitter.com/internetpapers | Edu-Tweets | Internet Papers | Many Levels | English |