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Librarian Chick's New Additions!

 

3/23/09

Academic Earth - Thousands of video lectures from the world's top scholars

Academic Info - Online degrees, online schools and student resources

Direct Textbook - Check textbook prices on your phone via Twitter

First Tutors - Search to find UK private tutors in your area

QuizMaster Manager - An Open Source project that lets users create, edit and manage quizzes

RN to BSN - An easily searchable database of RN to BSN degree programs

 

3/1/09

arXiv.org - E-prints in physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance and statistics

BooksShouldBeFree - Free MP3 audio books you can browse by category

eBook Hood - An online library of electronic books available in various ebook formats

FreeBookSpot - The online source of free downloadable ebooks

Getfreeebooks - A site where you can legally download free books

 

 

2/26,27/09

5 Caps - Provides free college course and dormitory reviews

Arts & Letters Daily - A regularly updated listing of articles, books, essays and ideas from The Chronicle of Higher Education

BooksInMyPhone -Formatted ebooks that you can read from any java enable mobile phone

ClichéSite - The largest collection of clichés, phrases and sayings with definitions and explanations

Harvard University Library OCP - Online access to historical resources from Harvard's renowned libraries, archives, and museums

Jim Kalb's Palindrome Connection - A collection of palindromes and links to similar resources

ManyBooks.net - Free eBooks for your PDA, iPhone, or eBook reader

Medical Assistant Schools - A searchable database of nationally accredited Medical Assistant schools in the US

RN to MSN - A directory of nationally accredited programs offered by more than 470 schools

PhET - Free physics, chemistry, biology, earth science and math simulations

Programming Ebooks - A listing of freely available programming related ebooks

Pulse-Project - Audio and video lectures for both general and specialised audiences, delivered by eminent academics

Quotefolio - Quotes, sayings, proverbs and adages

SimpleTuition - Find and compare student loans

SlapAStory - Write, submit, read and discuss short stories online

SmartTutor Freebies - Free educational games and activities for children

The Poet Sanctuary - A safe and enjoyable haven for fans of poetry

World History Sources - Reviews describe online primary–source archives, evaluate resources, and provide classroom suggestions

 

2/8/09

Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy - 3D images of human anatomy

BrainFlips - Create and share flashcards with audio, text, images and video

HowTo - Access free books, with no registration, no fees, no catch

Infobarrel - Community contributed information and how-to guides

Memoryplay - A fun customizable memory card game

Places and Spaces - Maps designed to help understand, navigate and manage physical places and abstract information spaces

Wired-Marker - A permanent indelible highlighter that you use on Web pages 

 

1/4/09

Memidex - A dictionary/thesaurus including extensive cross-referencing, complete inflections, and frequent updates

The Open Letter Project - An online collection of open historical letters, contemporary letters and users can write their own

 

1/3/09

Accredited Online College Degrees - Assists you in finding information regarding higher education

Learning Vocabulary Fun - Test preparation and vocabulary building made fun

LookyBook - View, talk about, and buy from a diverse and rapidly expanding collection of picture books

Newspaper Index - Free access to newspapers from all over the world

SpellingCity - Online spelling games that make practicing for tests fun

 

12/29/08

CollegeView - Free resources to those hunting for colleges and financial aid

Butterscotch - A video site about technology with computer tips and tutorials

 

11/08/08

Applied Language Solutions - Free text, email and website translation tools

Business Schools - Worldwide business schools directory

Dictionarist - A talking dictionary which can provide translations with pronunciation and sound in over a dozen languages

ExamToolkits - A complete resource for gaining information on your next exam

Labmeeting - Scientists can upload, search, organize, and retrieve their research papers and recommend them to colleagues

PolicyMap - An online Geographic Information System that enables users to create custom tables, charts and maps

Tutor Hunt - Connecting private tutors and students for free

 

9/5/08

Edmodo - A microblogging platform where teachers and students can exchange notes, links, files, alerts, assignments, etc.

Gimao - Group knowledge and information management

 

9/1/08

Drill Dictionary - A free multilanguage dictionary, text reader and vocabulary building tool

History and Politics Out Loud - A database of multimedia documenting and delivering authoritative audio relevant to American history and politics

Howjsay - An English pronouncing dictionary with instant sound

Jotcloud - Sticky notes for the web

NoteMesh - A free service that allows college students in the same classes to share notes with each other

Stikkit - Organize notes and data — share, collaborate and comment on ideas

 

8/29/08

CampusBooks - Comparison shop for textbooks to find the lowest prices on any book in print

Math Expressions - Offers online math tutoring using videos, study tips and practice questions

 

8/12/08

Babiloo - An open source free OS independent dictionary

Claroline - An Open Source eLearning platform that allows teachers to build online courses and collaborative activities on the Web

Childsplay - A suite of educational games for young children with additional plugins

dokeos - Build e-courses using templates, Word and Powerpoint documents

GCompris - An educational software that offers over 50 games and activities for children ages 2 to 10

JaLingo - A free OS independent dictionary application

StarDict - A cross-platform and international dictionary software

 

8/11/08

Adult Learn - An aggregator of educational institutions in a diverse array of concentrations

Engineering Degrees Online - Get your Engineering Degree online

Mathway - A step-by-step math problem solver

 

8/8/08

authorSTREAM - Online PowerPoint presentations and slideshow sharing

Global Text Project - Open content electronic textbooks

Microsoft Photo Story - Create slideshows with special effects using your digital photos

Slideshare - Share your presentations privately or publicly

Vega - An independent broadcaster of informed scientific visual and audio media

 

8/7/08

Kids Open Dictionary Builder - A free, open simple dictionary for students to use that anyone can contribute t__o__

Spinscape - A collaborative mind mapping software that offers a new way of gathering and managing information

The Dusty Library - Public domain books, poems and short stories

 

8/2/08

EOL - Encyclopedia of Life is a site with a goal to document all species of life on Earth

Knol - A site that hosts many knols — units of knowledge — written about various subjects

Perseus Digital Library - An evolving library documenting the history, literature and culture of the Greco-Roman world

PoducateMe - Practical solutions for podcasting in education

 

7/15/08

Bookbyte - Sell a used college textbook or buy a new or used college textbook at a great price

Graspr - An online video community that offers high quality instructional content on a wide range of topics

 

7/7/08

BookLamp - A service that matches readers to books through an analysis of writing styles

 

6/29/08

bubbl.us - Free brainstorming web application with colorful mind maps that you can embed on your web site

Funschool - Fun and educational activities and games for kids

Gliffy - Create all types of diagrams, flow charts, floor plans, wireframes and more online

Jottit - Create simple websites and collaboritive blogs that are easy to edit and share

KidsVid - An instructional web site that helps teachers and students use video production in the classroom

Mind42 - A browser based online mind mapping application

Mindomo - Create, edit mind maps, and share them with your colleagues or your friends

Project Draw - Create custom flowcharts, diagrams and graphs online and share them, export them, or convert to PDF or image

RecallPlus Lite - A study-based mind mapping software that tests students on their notes

ScienceHack - A unique video search engine for science videos

Viewpoints Education Reviews - The inside scoop on what you should and should not expect when searching for the right college

WiseMapping - Create, edit and access your mindmaps from anywhere over the Web

yEd - Quickly and effectively generate drawings and to apply automatic layouts to a range of different diagrams and networks

 

6/22/08

Exploring Life's Origins - A timeline of life's evolution

Fact Monster - Atlas, almanac, dictionary, encyclopedia and much more from Information Please

GCFLearnFree - The freedom to learn what you want, when you want, absolutely free

MatchCollege - A free website that provides in-depth statistical information regarding colleges, universities and trade schools

Open-Site - A free Internet encyclopedia that is edited by volunteers, freely available under the GNU Free Documentation License

webcast.berkeley - Every semester, UC Berkeley webcasts select courses and events for live viewing and on-demand replay over the Internet

WEbook.com - An online publishing platform that allows writers, editors, reviewers, illustrators and others to join forces

 

5/28/08

Cramster - A global online study community

New Free Books - Links to free, legal, complete eBooks still covered by copyright

Textbooks - Find the best deals on college textbooks, other books, music and movies

TuitionU - A community of students, parents, teachers, and professionals that have conversations regarding all aspects of higher education

 

5/22/08

bab.la - A free collaborative dictionary, language quizzes and a language forum featuring user-generated content

 

5/14/08

CENSUS of Antique Works of Art - An interdisciplinary research database containing documentation centering on the reception of antiquity

Fonetiks - Online pronunciation guides to 9 varieties of the English language and 9 other languages

Poetry Magic - A resource about the theory and craft of writing poetry

Purplemath - Practical algebra lessons

The Biology Project - An interactive online resource for learning biology developed at The University of Arizona

The Free Library - A free, searchable archive that provides access to a daily-updated collection of 4 million articles from classic works of literature and leading periodicals

Visual Calculus - Tutorials, quizzes and interactive modules

 

4/27/08

BEOLINGUS - German, Spanish, Portuguese and English translation and dictionary tool

BEYOND - Confronting the big questions of existence raised by scientific advances and facilitating new research initiatives

College Degree - Find the best colleges that offer online courses and degrees

Connotea - Free social reference management for researchers, clinicians and scientists

Footnote - Discover, interact and share millions sources from a repository of the world's greatest archives of historical documents

HomeSchooler Network - Cver 5,000 innovative lessons, activities, and inspirational articles to help you in your homeschooling life

Instacalc - Fast and powerful calculation, unit conversion, analysis and charting tools

lib.rario.us - A place to catalog your media collection, whether it be books, DVDs, CDs

LibWorm - A search engine, a professional development tool, and a current awareness tool for people who work in libraries

Literacy Center Education Network - Serving aproximately 1.5 million free lessons a day to children in more than two hundred countries

Physlets - Flexible Jave applets designed for science education

Primary Resources - Free teaching resources, lesson plans, ideas and worksheets for primary and elementary teachers

Word Count Tool - Free online tool to count the number of words - just copy and paste

 

4/16/08

Animal Photos - Creative Commons photos of animals that can be used for web sites, school projects and presentations

Directory of Open Access - Open access scientific and scholarly journals that use a quality control system to guarantee the content

Exploratorium - The museum of science, art and human perception

Howtopedia - A collaborative platform for practical knowledge and simple technologies

Ink Textbooks - Free textbooks and supplemental content from professors and students from around the globe

KnowledgeForge - A digital open knowledge community that provides the facilities and tools to create everything from textbooks to maps

LocalCensus - Free statistical information about the United States of America and all of its cities, zip codes, and counties

Open Text Book - A registry of open textbooks and text book material

SFSKIDS - A fun site for kids to learn about music from The San Franciso Symphony

SoYouWanna - Teaches you how to do all the things nobody taught you in school

SpongeFish - Sharing your advice, lessons, tips, tutorials, and how-to's has never been easier

The Assayer - One of the web's largest catalogs of free books where users can submit reviews.

Thinkature - Free unlimited workspaces for real-time collaboration online

ThinkQuest - A world-renowned resource for educational sites and web-based lessons created for students, by students

Wikiversity - Students and teachers are invited to join the project as collaborators in teaching, learning, and research

 

4/14/08

WikiCliche - Meanings and origins of clichés, proverbs, idioms, phrases, and sayings

 

4/8/08

AmphibiaWeb - An online system that allows free access to information on amphibian biology and conservation

Avibase - A database about birds, containing over 3.5 million records about 10,000 species and 22,000 subspecies

BabyMint - Save towards a child's college tuition or for other major life events without incurring out-of-pocket expenses

eduFire - A community of people teaching and learning languages through a combination of video, voice and text chat

Encylcopedia of Life - An ongoing collaborative to document all species of life on Earth

Greek Gods Family Tree - A unique tree graphing the genealogies of the Greek Gods

NSDL - An online library for education and research in science, technology, engineering, mathematics

Upromise - Learn how to earn, save, and pay for college

 

4/3/08

4shared - Upload, download and share music, books, video and more with 5 BG of free space

Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts - About 14,000 classic public domain documents from American and English literature as well as Western philosophy

Dictionarist - A free online multilingual and talking dictionary service which can provide translation in

Figure Drawing Ebooks - A library of free rare and valuable figure drawing books in PDF format

Free Book Notes - A guide to free book notes, summaries, literature notes, and study guides for over 1600 books, plays, and poems

The Etext Archives - Home to electronic texts of all kinds, from the sacred to the profane, from the political to the personal

 

3/19/08

100 Words - This is an exercise in disciplined creativity in which you must write exactly 100 words at a time

Confusing Words - A collection of words that are troublesome to readers and writers

K12OS.org - News, links, resources and discussion to help promote the use of open source software in schools

My Book Buyer - Sell used text books and ship them for free

Open Learning Initiative - A collection of openly available and free online courses and course materials that enact instruction for an entire course

Science Toys - Use common household materials to make toys that demonstrate fascinating scientific principles

Take Lessons - Find a local instructor that teaches music, singing, acting or dance

WebMD - Award winning authority on health and medicine information

Wordie - Lets you make lists of words and phrases that you like or hate

Word Spy - Devoted to lexpionage, the sleuthing of new words and phrases

 

3/9/08

A Journey to a New Land - A site exploring the first peopling of the New World funded by the Virtual Museum of Canada

Cackleberries - A safe place for kids to play educational games online

Free Educational Teaching Resources - Free games and educational software by Adrian Bruce

French Assistant - Free French language lessons with audio

STARTDL Puzzles - more than 36 different educational puzzles including Anagrams, Word and Number Games, Trivia

The Book Page - Provides free on-line classic and not-so-well known books, articles and more

Thinkfinity - Thousands of lesson plans, educational games and activities from Verizon

 

3/5,7/08

ChestofBooks - Free online books on various topics

Teachbits - A listing of free resources for teachers by teachers

UNEP/GRID-Adrenal Maps and Graphics Library - Search and explore vast amounts of global and regional data through an interactive interface

Planet eBook - Free classic literature to download and share

Miscellaneous Mathematical Utilities - This page contains links to several javascript mathematical utilities

My Notes Tiddlywiki - A note-taking and organizational software

 

2/20/08

Visual Dictionary - Explore the 15 major themes to access more than 6,000 images

GameGoo - Educational spelling and reading games

PhotoSoup - Create word search puzzles with tag-photo pairs taken from Flickr

Play Music - Learn about symphonies and compose your own music

Intaractives - strategies, content, and activities that can enhance and improve students' skills in a variety of curricular areas

Visible Body - A complete and fully interactive, 3D human anatomy model

 

2/16/08

TeachersFirst - a rich collection of lessons, units and web resources

Numbernut - If you are looking for math information, this site is for you!

Schoolr - Many types of reference and research tools in one handy location

The Virtual Smithsonian - A virtual tour through the Smithsonian Insitute

SchoolTube - Safe, effective video production and online video sharing

 

2/14/08

Eclipse Crossword - An easy and free way to create crossword puzzles in seconds

Essentials of Music - Information about classical music

Creating Music - An online creative music environment for children of all ages

DSOkids - The Dallas Symphony Orchestra's magical doorway to a world of musical fun and learning

Play Music - Learn about symphonies and compose your own music

Sebran's ABC - Software that teaches letters, numbers, simple math, and rudiments of reading

Lightning Bug - Helping you write a story from beginning to end

The Learning Toolbox - Learning resources for parents, teachers and secondary students with learning disabilities and ADHD

NatureServe Explorer - An authoritative source for information on more than 70,000 plants, animals, and ecosystems of the United States and Canada - An authoritative source for information on more than 70,000 plants, animals, and ecosystems of the United States and Canada

Science Animations - Science animations, movies and interactive tutorial links

Scientific Commons - The largest communication medium for scientific knowledge products which is freely accessible to the public

 

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