Ely Library Citation Guide - Westfield State College's Ely Library provides summaries and links to information on the most common documentation styles used for research papers. The site is a good place to find citation examples and double-check your work.
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Saturday, May 22, 2010
Netvibes
Netvibes - This alternative to traditional web portals is perfect for students who want to get all of the information they search for on a daily basis on one web page. Some of the things you can assemble on Netvibes include favorite email accounts, blogs, search engines, instant messengers, social networks and podcasts.
PDF Online
PDF Online - This PDF creator can convert most types of documents into PDF files. Conversions take just a few seconds and finished documents come out perfect every time.
E-Books Directory
E-Books Directory is a daily growing list of freely downloadable ebooks, documents and lecture notes found all over the internet. It covers various categories of subjects. 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.
Friday, May 21, 2010
Study Guides and Strategies
A public service put in place to help learners to succeed since 1996. Follow this link to see the amazing resources.
Virtual Training Suite
The Intute Virtual Training Suite provides free internet tutorials on using the web for education and research, written by qualified librarians and lecturers. Simply work through the materials in your own time at your own pace. Pick the tutorial for your subject.
A Research Guide for Students
The goal of this site is to provide all the necessary tools for students to conduct research and to present their findings. The site also provides guidelines on: How to write an A+ research paper, How to effectively deliver a presentation, How to format a research or term paper, How to quote passages, How not to plagiarize and a host of others as you go through this site.
Practical Foundation of Mathematics
Practical Foundation of Mathematics is a textbook published in 1999 by Cambridge University Press. There are options to buy it online as well as read it online.
Free Online Computer Science and Programming Books
This is a link to free online computer science, mathematics, engineering and programming books, textbooks and lecture notes, all of which are legally and freely available over the Internet.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Florida State University Department of Mathematics
The Florida State University Department of Mathematics provides free access to mathematics related resources to the online community. Avail yourself of this wonderful opportunity today.
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Gateway for Free Journals
700 Free E-journals covering Subjects like Business & Managment, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Engineering, Environmental Sciences, General Works, Health Sciences, Information Technology, Library Science,Life Sciences, Material Science, Mathematics, Media and Communication, Physics & Social Sciences. Choose the relevant ones for your situation.
Textbook Revolution
Textbook Revolution is a student-run site dedicated to increasing the use of free educational materials by teachers and professors. At Textbook Revolution, you’ll find links to textbooks and select educational resources of all kinds. Some of the books are PDF files, others are viewable online as e-books. Most books are aimed at undergraduates, but there are at least a few resources at every level, from kindergarten to post-doc. All of the books are offered for no-cost (gratis) by their respective copyright holders. Beyond that, each book is as individual as the author behind it.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Bentham Open Access
BENTHAM OPEN publish over 250 peer-reviewed open access journals. These free-to-view online journals cover all major disciplines of science, technology, and medicine. The Open Journal series is accessible to anyone with a PC at no charge. J.C. Jones appeal to scholars across the disciplines to consider the Open Journal series as a forum for their work.
Directory of Open Access Journals
This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. We aim to cover all subjects and languages. There are now 5015 journals in the directory. Currently 2061 journals are searchable at article level. As of today 395210 articles are included in the DOAJ service.
BUBL Link - Catalogue of Internet Resources
The BUBL Link is a catalogue of internet resources provides by the University of Stracthclyde, it includes 12,000 resources covering all academic areas. Part of its uniqueness is that the categories used are based on Dewey decimal Classification.
You Send It - storage tool
Seriously, when you think of sending big files up to 1GB, you know very well that YAHOO and GMAIL do not allow up to this amount. Why can't you take a trip and try this one out yousendit.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Other File Storage and Transfer Websites You Could Use
Check through del.icio.us to see other storage facilities that are available on the 'Net. Particularly with the increasing use of digital camera, you will surely need these storage sites to keep and share your photos as well as files. ESNIPS and YOU SEND IT are some of them.
Computer Literacy
Improve on your basic computer and internet literacy skills. Navigate through this site to pick up bits and pieces of information while using and working around computers
Open and Free Online Tutorials
Baycon Group provides tutorials on a growing list of computer - related topics. All tutorials are indepth, comprehensive, online and best of all absolutely FREE. Why not take advantage of this tutorials and improve your computer literacy skills in word processing applications? Follow this link and see the amazing resources on Microsoft Word Basics, Microsoft Excel Basics etc
Getting Help on Microsoft Productivity Software
The other day I was bogged down with Microsoft Word. You mean, you too you are having difficulties in getting the best out of MsWord? I was trying to do Mail-merge. That feature that allows you to mass-mail personalized letters to contacts. I got round it. Not only that, I also learnt how to better search for tutorials.
Let me show you quickly what I did.
I discovered that Universities in developed countries especially U.S. routinely post tutorials on software on their websites which include MsWord.
- I also recognized that with Google, you could limit your search to university websites only by simply adding site:edu to the keywords
- More importantly, Google also allow for search for synonyms of words. The one that was of value to me then was tutorials. So, in order to capture other web sites with keywords like HELP, TIPS, TRICKS, GUIDE ... I simply used the searched for synonyms of TUTORIALS by adding this ~ with the keyword i.e. ~tutorials
- I decided to to focus on MsWord 2003. I typed in the full name and the edition together as a phrase i.e. "Microsoft word 2003". In most search Engines you must use "..." in order to search for the exact phrase.
- Finally, I also needed to specify Mail Merge because that was the area of interest.
- The final search terms used in Google looked more like this
"Microsoft Word 2003" ~tutorials site:edu "Mail merge" - I got what I wanted.
- Try searching for tutorials on MsPowerPoint
You may click here for a comprehensive search on Google tutorials
Mathematics - Modules
Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching provides free access to MEP Help Modules. Ilan Samson and David Burghes do expositions on misconceptions in people's understanding of mathematics which ultimately give rise to errors. The authors have identified 24 of those most commonly found and of these, the first 8 are listed . The others will follow as they become available. Each of the documents to which these titles are linked provides an explanation of how the misconception arises so easily, together with some exercises aimed at reinforcing the correction needed. It is hoped that a study of the reason, together with practice of the exercises, will help to eliminate these errors.
Wolfram Mathematics Resource
Wolfram MathWorld is a free resource from Wolfram Research built with Mathematica Technology created by Eric Weisstein with contributions from the World's Mathematical community. It boasts of the web's most extensive mathematics resource. Pay a quick visit to the site by following this link.
The Electronic Library of Mathematics
I was going through the web to search for resources that could be of help to my users and I discovered this amazing and rich sites The Electronic Library of Mathematics. It contains online journals, articles, collections, monographs and other electronic resources in the field of Mathematics. All electronic forms and access is generally free, except for some periodicals with a "moving wall" i.e., a certain delay period after which resources become free.
Calculus to Algebra
Paul's Online Math Notes is a complete set of free, online (and downloadable) notes and / or tutorials for classes that he teaches at Lamar University. They are made accessible to anyone that wants to learn mathematics regardless of location. He takes subjects which range from Calculus to Algebra and a host of others. He also made available study skills that could help you in learning the subject. Follow this link to see the wonderful site.
PurpleMath - Algebra
PurpleMath forums help students to gain understanding and self-confidence in algebra. The forums exist in the hope of helping learners grow in mathematical knowledge and inner strength. The forums are free-access and are "staffed" by volounteers. For best success, don't wait until the last minute or until you're "totally lost" ,start asking questions as soon as you find yourself feeling "stuck". Why not learn more of algebra ?
If you are tired of looking through page after page trying to find a useful site that might have something useful on algebra, Follow this link that has some internet resources that had been reviewed by PurpleMath.
If you are tired of looking through page after page trying to find a useful site that might have something useful on algebra, Follow this link that has some internet resources that had been reviewed by PurpleMath.
Calculus and Trigonometry
Improve your understanding of calculus and trigonometry by following these links. Calculus is basically just very advanced algebra and geometry and trigonometry which is the branch of mathematics that deal with triangles, circles, oscillations and waves; it is absolutely crucial to much of geometry and physics.
Personalized Services
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We want to help you save your precious time, therefore if you want to enjoy personalized services that will bring the news to you without physical contact with the library, notice boards etc., Kindly furnish us with your Email address. If you also want to learn how to use the available free news readers and blog lines to bring the news to you, we shall be willing to assist you. It's so simple.
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Open and Free Online Tutorials
I have benefitted immensely from the professional ingenuity of my mentor Mr. Samuel Eyitayo, FNLA. With him I have been able to understand the complexities of using web resources to complement existing services in the library. With dogged determination I have overcome the monster called "limitations". You too can do the same.
In this blog, I shall always be willing to share some of the things I have learnt from following his blogs. They are the minutest things we don't consider in the course of carrying out our research works.
He says "one of the quickest ways of enhancing professional practices via the Internet is by running self-taught free online short courses". But you may wonder how could one get such courses? Very simple...
- Visit Youtube.com and enjoy free lectures - but there is the problem of bandwidth for professionals in the third world. Search through Google, there are about 558,000
- Visit any social bookmarks. My favourite is Delicious.com. Check out some of the ones I got. How? I visited www.delicous.com. Conducted a search using the following keywords: free online courses. That is it!
- You could also try out Google search on the same keywords. The result is huge! (122,000,000)
- Here is another search results (99,000,000) using the following keywords: Free OR open courses
- Any other trick?
Mathematics - Guideline for Study
Many people get nervous at the thought of studying or using math. In most cases, the more mathematics you do, the less scary it becomes. There are also some certain faulty beliefs that contributed to poor performance in the learning of mathematics, University of Alabama, Center for Teaching and Learning has tried to correct some of these misconceptions that has undermine students' abilities. The Center has provided Mathematics: Guidelines for Study.
Reference Source - Mathematics
An annotated collection of high quality Internet resources, selected by Internet Public Library staff for their usefulness in providing accurate, factual information on a particular topic or topics. It covers subjects like Algebra, Calculators and Tables, Calculus and Advanced Mathematics, Geometry and Trigonometry, Mathematicians, Probability and Statistics. It is so exciting. Follow this link to see the resources.
Reference Source - Physics
This is an annotated collection of high quality Internet resources, selected by Internet Public Library staff for their usefulness in providing accurate, factual information on a particular topic or topics. It covers subjects like Astrophysics, Atomic and Nuclear Physics, Electricity and Magnetism, Modern physics, Physicists. Follow this link
Reference Source - Education
This is an annotated collection of high quality Internet resources, selected by Internet Public Library staff for their usefulness in providing accurate, factual information on a particular topic or topics. It covers subjects like Adult Education, Alternative Education, Early Childhood and Pre-School, Education Blogs, Higher Education, Teachers and Administrators and a host of others. Follow this link
Encyclopedia, Dictionaries etc
This is an annotated collection of high quality Internet resources, selected by Internet Public Library staff for their usefulness in providing accurate, factual information on a particular topic or topics. This site provides quick answers to factual questions and basic research tools, such as Dictionaries, Encyclopedia. Follow this link
Education Softwares for Various Subjects
The understanding of mathematics is necessary for a sound grasp of ethics, follow this link to see free and open source educational softwares that could improve your knowledge of mathematics and other subjects.
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