Library Resources
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
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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 | hundreds of California Legacy Project Radio Anthology scripts | 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 eBooks | Web Site | Kind of access | Location | Other Info | Language |
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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
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 |