FREE ONLINE RESOURCES
FREE ONLINE RESOURCES FOR YOU: E-BOOKS, E-JOURNALS, NEW SEARCH ENGINES AND INTERNET SITES TO LOCATE FREE FULL TEXT RESOURCES: REVISED NOV 13, 2006
PART I: E-BOOKS or E-DOCUMENTS: CAN READ THE FULL TEXT OF THESE E-BOOKS or E-DOCUMENTS:
SECRETS OF RESEARCHING FREE MATERIALS ON THE INTERNET (FREE, FULL TEXT WEB COLLECTIONS):
http://www.suffolk.edu/sawlib/webcollect.htm#other
ONLINE BOOKS:
The Online Books Page is a searchable and browseable collection of over 25,000 English language works in various formats that are all free for personal, noncommercial use. One can search by Author and Title.
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/lists.html
E-BOOKS:
Includes 2000 Classic texts and Study Guides to the most read books.
http://www.bibliomania.com
Other E-BOOKS listed at: http://www.resourceshelf.com/category/resources/e-books/
CALIFORNIA DIGITAL LIBRARY: HUNDREDS OF FREE E-BOOKS OFFERED:
http://texts.cdlib.org/escholarship/
DIGITAL BOOK INDEX: The Digital Book Index a database of over 80,000 fiction and nonfiction e-books from over 1,800 publishers. Many categories of books are listed, including reference, history, children's, and African American studies. One needs to register to use the service, but registration is absolutely free and takes just seconds.
http://www.digitalbookindex.com/about.htm
The TEXTBOOK REVOLUTION
(Provides free online textbooks in many subject areas, an amazing site!)
http://www.textbookrevolution.org
Digital Librarian: A Librarians Choice of the Best of the Web:
(Includes all Subject Fields)
http://www.digital-librarian.com/
Digitized Resources for Literature and Literary Criticism:
http://www.digital-librarian.com/literature.html
PROJECT GUTENBERG:
18,000 FREE EBOOKS: These books can be downloaded for free
http://www.gutenberg.org/
IIP PUBLICATIONS:
Free Publications on a number of different issues.
http://www.america.gov/products/pubs/
FOREIGN PRESS CENTER
Includes CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE REPORTS on the Middle East, Egypt, global affairs and hot topics of the day.
http://fpc.state.gov
DOCUTICKER:
A Search Engine to the latest NGO Reports and Think Tank Documents
http://www.docuticker.com
ELDIS:
Full text links to NGO reports, especially those that deal with Africa and the Middle East.
http:/www.eldis.org
BOOKS ON BUSINESS FROM THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION:
The Small Business Administration offers free E-Books and Publications on How to Start your Own Business, How to Finance a Business, How to Manage Your Business, How to Market, How to Write a Basic Business Plan,, etc. Although these resources are primarily meant for U.S. Citizens, nonetheless, there are a lot of useful ideas and suggestions that will easily apply to any international business or company.
http://www.sba.gov
AMERICAN AND ENGLISH LITERATURE: THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE:
Considered the most important work of literary history and criticism ever published, the Cambridge History contains over 11,000 pages, with essay topics ranging from poetry, fiction, drama and essays to history, theology and political writing. The set encompasses a wide selection of writing, on even non-English works.
http://www.bartleby.com/cambridge/
PART II: FREE, ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE USA:
http://info-pedia.americancorners.or.kr/ENG/index_eng.html
PART III: FREE E-JOURNALS:
ELECTRONIC JOURNALS AND OTHER WEB BAED RESOURCES CATEGORIZED BY SUBJECT AREA:
http://ejw.i8.com/
ELECTRONIC JOURNALS:
http://www.america.gov/journals/journals.htm
ARABIC LANGUAGE EDITIONS OF ELECTRONIC JOURNALS:
http://www.america.gov/journals/journalsarab.htm
ACCESS TO E-JOURNALS:
FreeFullText.com provides direct links to over 7000 scholarly periodicals which allow some or all of their online content to be viewed by ANYONE with Internet access for free
WEB JOURNAL OF CURRENT LEGAL ISSUES: http://webjcli.ncl.ac.uk/admin/wjclidex.html
FREE E-JOURNALS ARRANGED BY SUBJECTS AND THEMES:
Includes access to the best web sites and free E-Journals in over 40 different academic disciplines.
http://ejw.i8.com/
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LIBRARIES: SCHOLARLY JOURNALS DISTRIBUTED VIA THE WORLD WIDE WEB;
This directory provides links to established Web-based scholarly journals that offer access to English language article files without requiring user registration or fees.
http://info.lib.uh.edu/wj/webjour.html
INTERNET PUBLIC LIBRARY:
Access To E-journals By Topic And Subject
http://www.ipl.org/div/serials/
SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH NETWORK (SSRN)
http://www.ssrn.com/
RePEc ECONOMICS WORKING PAPERS:
http://repec.org/
VOICE OF THE SHUTTLE: ACCESS TO THE BEST ACADEMIC WEB SITES AND EJOURNALS IN THE HUMANITIES, POPULAR CULTURE, MEDIA STUDIES AND WORLD LITERATURE, INCLUDING ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE:
An Outstanding Five Star Resource!
http://vos.ucsb.edu/
PART IV: LINKS TO FREE ONLINE DISTANCE LEARNING AND QUALITY EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS
MERLOT:
MERLOT stands for Multi Media Educational Resources for Learning and Online Teaching.) Resources submitted by professional educators from a variety of institutions.
http://www.merlot.org/Home.p
See especially the’s new section for the latest educational resources:
http://www.merlot.org/home/WhatsNew.po
MIT’S OPEN COURSE SOFTWARE: FREE FULL ACCESS TO ONLINE COURSES AT MIT, THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.
Includes links to Lecture Notes from Professors, Student Projects, Syllabus of each Course, Reading Assignments and tests. An amazing full-text resource!
http://ocw.mit.edu
RESOURCES FOR BUSINESS:
BUSINESS RESEARCH SEARCH ENGINE:
http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=002776323165742539942%3Asy6ljfnnvtg
BUSINESS RESEARCH SEARCH ENGINE SEARCHES 16 SITES, INCLUDING:
http://www.library.ohiou.edu/subjects/businessblog/
http://blog.fastcompany.com/
http://www.library.ohiou.edu/subjects/businessblog
http://www.ia-blog.com
http://www.blogspotting.net
ALSO TRY:
A subject specific search tool for BUSINESS RESEARCH that covers 25 business or business related sites:
http://rollyo.com/businessresearch/basic_biz_research/
RESOURCES FOR SCIENTISTS:
BIODIRECTORY:
Free Online Resources in Biology, Chemistry, and Medicine.
http://www.biodirectory.com/
BioWizard:
A free subject portal with many interesting features.