Student Learning Resources List

Research Database links:

• http://www.questia.com/Index.jsp
• http://www.eric.ed.gov/

Resources: Student Research Resources ToolKit

Academic and Scholar Search Engines and Sources

• http://www.ScholarSearchEngines.com/

Academic Software

• http://www.sprysoft.com

Adobe Reader

• http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

Advanced Online Scientific Calculator

• http://www.alcula.com/calculators/scientific-calculator/

All the Web

• http://www.alltheweb.com/

Alta Vista

• http://www.altavista.com/

AnswerU

• http://www.answeru.com/

A Research Guide for Students by I. Lee

• http://bydewey.com/

AskAsia.org

• http://www.askasia.org/

Bartleby – Great Books Online

• http://www.bartleby.com/

Best Free Reference Web Sites

• http://snipurl.com/l81o

BibblyWiki

• http://www.giffmex.org/bibblywiki.html

BibMe – Fully Automatic and Free Bibliography Maker

• http://www.bibme.org/

Big6 – Information Skills for Student Achievement

• http://www.big6.com/

BigWords.com – Textbook Centric Price Comparison Site

• http://bigwords.com/

Biographical Dictionary

• http://www.s9.com/biography/

Biotechnology School Explorer

• http://biotechnologyschools.org/

Bookboon – Download Free Student and Travel Books

• http://bookboon.com/

Bookrags – Book Summaries and Study Guides for Students

• http://www.bookrags.com/

Business Intelligence Resources

• http://www.BIResources.info/

Business Resources: Finding Company, Industry, Trade Information

• http://www.lib.usm.edu/~instruct/guides/busgd.html

BuzzWack – The Buzzword Compliant Dictionary

• http://www.buzzwhack.com/

CampusBooks.com – Compare Prices on New and Used College Textbooks

• http://www.campusbooks.com/

Carmun – Open Source Academic Community

• http://www.carmun.com/

Centre – Free Student Information System

• http://www.miller-group.net/

Chegg – Cheap Textbook Rentals, Search for Used Textbooks and Rent College Textbooks

• http://www.chegg.com/

CiteULike

• http://www.citeulike.org/

CITIDEL

• http://www.citidel.org/

CliffsNotes

• http://www.cliffsnotes.com/

Clipart ETC

• http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/

Cogito – Connecting Youth Thinkers Around the World

• http://www.cogito.org/

College Surfing – Find the School That Is Right for You

• http://www.collegesurfing.com/

Top 10 Free Educational Software

#1 OpenOffice

• http://www.openoffice.org/

#2 7-zip

To open rar, zip, and tar files without being prompted to register, Download 7-zip for a fast light weight compressor/decompressor of files.

• http://www.7-zip.org/

#3 Foxit Reader

Download foxit reader so you can download pdf files and read them instantly. Adobe acrobat frequently crashes and makes my fast computer sound like its grinding away while lagging horribly trying to process the monster program.

• http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

#4 GraphCalc

Replace your graphing calculator with your computer. http://gcalc.sourceforge.net/

#5 HotKeyBind

Similar to winkey. Allows you to quickly and efficiently configure quick keyboard shortcuts to a variety of tasks.

• http://hotkeybind.sourceforge.net/download.html

#6 Media Player Classic

Used with plugins this is a fast light weight tool to watch all kinds of video formats. In recent years many hackers have targetted windows media player because of many glitches in the way it processes

streaming media. MPC uses much less memory making it way faster for students who like multitasking.

• http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/

• http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm http://www.free-codecs.com/download/QuickTime_Alternative.htm

#7 GAIM

Are you a hardcore instant messenger? With gaim. all at once, you can connect to AIM and ICQ (Oscar protocol), MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, IRC, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu, SILC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, Lotus Sametime, and Zephyr networks. Gaim supports plugins!

• http://gaim.sourceforge.net/about.php

#8 Emule / Frostwire / Azureus

The p2p trio can help get archived tutorials and instructional materials. P2P software CAN be educational. I found it very useful for learning french and finding sheet music (searching archives on emule). Be sure to check copyrigths before you download something =P. This combination of freeware is probably the most efficient.

• http://www.emule-project.net/home/perl/general.cgi?l=1&ga=1&rm=download
  
• http://www.frostwire.com/

• http://azureus.sourceforge.net/download.php

#9 AntiVirus

This will help suppliment #8. Believe it or not there are now large and commercially competitive freeware antiviruses. For individual files you want to scan for viruses try  Jotti Malware Scan and Virus Total.

• http://www.clamwin.com/

• http://www.free-av.com/

#10 Winkey

Little known powerful file that allows you to configure the windows key in windows. You can go to your favorite sites, open common files, and play your favorite music at the combination of two keys.

• http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,5506-order,1-page,1-c,alldownloads/description.html

Commercia Windows Programs Replacable With Open Source

• http://osswin.sourceforge.net/

Windows Freeware “Open CD”

• http://www.theopencd.org/

• http://www.opensourcefreecd.org/

Opensource Educational Software

• http://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/trove_list.php?form_cat=71

Open Source Scheduling Freeware

To-do lists, calendars and such. http://sourceforge.net/search/index.php?words=flash+cards&sort=score&sortdir=desc&offet=0&typeof_search=soft&form_cat=18

Flash Card Programs

Many students learn material with flash cards. There’s been thousands of flash card like programs made to help you memorize content quickly and easily. In fact, I even made an  online quiz maker myself in php, though it’s not the most straight forward to learn.

• http://pauker.sourceforge.net/pauker.php?target=download&lang=en
• https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=96660&package_id=103333&release_id=469803

• http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=129676

• http://sourceforge.net/search/index.php?words=Flash+Cards&sort=score&sortdir=desc&offset=0&typ e_of_search=soft&form_cat=18
  
• http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=159201&package_id=179020&release_id=422216

• http://sourceforge.net/projects/popquiz/
  
• http://sourceforge.net/projects/quiz/
  
• http://www.google.com/search?q=free%20quiz%20maker

• http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=free+quiz+creator&btnG=Search
  
• http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=free+quiz+generator&btnG=Search

Misc Links

• http://sourceforge.net/top/topalltime.php?type=downloads
• http://directory.fsf.org/education/
  
• http://www.opensourcewindows.org/