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<big>'''Welcome to {{SITENAME}}''' and School Library Resources</big><br />
which [[Help:Editing|anyone can add to or edit]].
<br />The Global, Virtual/Digital, Open, Free, {potentially Degree- and Credit-Granting},
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Multilingual University & School
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where anyone can teach or take a class or course
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* Add or browse a '''free, open''' Library Resources.
==Library Resources==
* Add free, open listings below.
===Academic Archive or Library===
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!<span style="white-space:nowrap;">Add free, open Archive</span>
!Web Site
!Kind
!Location
!Other Info
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|Arxiv at Cornell University Library
|http://arxiv.org/
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|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
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|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
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|eTexts at Adelaide University
|http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/
|open
|Browser
|Free web books online
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|Google Books
|http://books.google.com/
|open
|Browser
|Google Book Search
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|ibiblio
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|open
|Browser
|ibiblio.org - the public's library and digital archiv
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|MIT Classics
|http://classics.mit.edu/Browse/index.html
|open
|Browser
|Bringing the wisdom of the classics to the Internet since 1994
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|My Open Archive
|http://www.myopenarchive.org/
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|Browser
|Open Archive in Japanese
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|Online Literature Library
|http://www.literature.org/authors/
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|Browser
|The online literature library
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|http://www.plosone.org/home.action
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|Browser
|An interactive open-access journal for the communication of all peer-reviewed scientific and medical research
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|PLoS Biology
|http://www.plosbiology.org/home.action
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|A peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by the Public Library of Science
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|Project Gutenberg
|http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
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|Browser
|Over 100,000 titles are available at Project Gutenberg Partners, Affiliates and Resources
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|Twitter Biomedical Journals
|https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=tecO4mLvNETuMvVDokltQIA&gid=0
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|Browser
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|University of Pennsylvania's Online Books
|http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/
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|Browser
|Listing over 35,000 free books on the Web
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|World Digital Library
|http://www.wdl.org/en/
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|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
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===Dictionaries===
{|
!<span style="white-space:nowrap;">Add free, open Encyclopedias</span>
!Web Site
!Kind
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!Other Info
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|The Free Dictionary
|http://www.thefreedictionary.com/
|open
|Browser
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|English
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===Encyclopedias===
{|
!<span style="white-space:nowrap;">Add free, open Encyclopedias</span>
!Web Site
!Kind
!Location
!Other Info
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|Encyclopedia of Life
|http://www.eol.org/
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|Browser
|An electronic page for each species of organism on Earth?
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|Wikipedia
|http://wikipedia.org/
|open
|Browser
|The free encyclopedia
|70 languages and growing
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=== How-To Manuals ===
{|
!<span style="white-space:nowrap;">Add free, open How-To Manuals</span>
!Web Site
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!Location
!Other Info
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|wikiHow
|http://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page
|interactive
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|The How-to Manual That You Can Edit
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|Maps
|http://
|non-credit, so far
|Browser
|Activities and learning resources
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===Maps===
{|
!<span style="white-space:nowrap;">Add free, open Maps</span>
!Web Site
!Kind
!Location
!Other Info
!Language
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|Google Earth
|http://earth.google.com/
|interactive
|Google Earth Viewer
|Activities and learning resources
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|Maps
|http://
|non-credit, so far
|Browser
|Activities and learning resources
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===Math Books===
{|
!<span style="white-space:nowrap;">Add free, open eBooks</span>
!Web Site
!Kind
!Location
!Other Info
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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
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===Medical References===
{|
!<span style="white-space:nowrap;">Add free, open eBooks</span>
!Web Site
!Kind
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!Other Info
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|University of Michigan Medical Gross Anatomy
|http://anatomy.med.umich.edu/anatomytables/anatomy_tables.html
|open
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|University of Michigan Medical Gross Anatomy Tables
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===Music for Kids===
{|
!<span style="white-space:nowrap;">Add free, open eBooks</span>
!Web Site
!Kind
!Location
!Other Info
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|Music for Kids
|http://www.sfskids.org/templates/splash.asp
|open
|Browser
|Symphony music education online for kids
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===Online Textbooks===
{|
!<span style="white-space:nowrap;">Add free, open eBooks</span>
!Web Site
!Kind
!Location
!Other Info
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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.
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===Online Texts===
{|
!<span style="white-space:nowrap;">Add free, open eBooks</span>
!Web Site
!Kind
!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.
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|Dave McKay's Philosophy Books
|http://davemckay.co.uk/philosophy/
|open
|Browser
|Philosophy texts
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|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.
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|Free Books
|http://www.free-books.org/index.php
|open
|Browser
|A lifetime of free audio ebooks and chapters
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|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
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|The Free Library
|http://www.thefreelibrary.com/
|open
|Browser
|News, Magazines, Newspapers, Journals, Reference Articles and Classic Books
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|Online Text
|http://www.online-literature.com/
|open
|Browser
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|Planet Book
|http://www.planetebook.com/
|open
|Browser
|Classic literature for download as free eBooks
|English
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|Poem Hunter
|http://www.poemhunter.com/eBooks/
|open
|Browser
|Free Poetry Ebooks E-books
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|open
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== Second Life Resources ==
{|
!<span style="white-space:nowrap;">Add free, open eBooks</span>
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|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
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===Science Resources & Tools===
{|class="infotable sortable"
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!Web Site
!Made by
!Kind of access
!Location
!Other Info
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|Periodic Table
|http://www.galaxygoo.org/biochem/PeriodicTable.htm
|Galaxay Goo
|non-credit, so far
|Browser
|Activities and learning resources
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===Template for New Sections or Resources===
{|
!<span style="white-space:nowrap;">Add free, open Library</span>
!Web Site
!Kind
!Location
!Other Info
!Language
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|Books
|http://
|non-credit, so far
|Browser
|Activities and learning resources
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|open
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