DICTIONARIES:
| yourDictionary.com | OneLook� Dictionaries Search | Merriam-Webster dictionary/thesaurus and more |
ALMANACS:
| Geographical almanac by the CIA |
QUOTATIONS:
| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996 | Bartlett, John. 1919. Familiar Quotations |
ENCYCLOPEDIAS:
| Wikipedia open source encyclopedia | Encarta.msn.com | Encyclopedia.com | Encyclop�dia Britannica | Yahoo! Reference - The Britannica Concise | Encyclopedia Search Page |
| Human Knowledge Foundations and Limits |
ONLINE BOOKS:
| Free programming and computer science books, ebooks and lecture notes |
Old Gardening Books Online (Free) | Read Print free online library | The Online Books Page
| Free PDF eBooks - Download
| DigitalBookIndex HOMEPAGE 25,000+ FREE eBooks, eTexts, On-Line Books, eDocuments | CanonicalTomes
| Malaspina.com - Great Books Site Menu
| Blackmask Online (ebooks, many free) the Baen Free Library
| PROJECT GUTENBERG Free Books On-Line
| Internet Book List Main | Technical briefs on a wide range of useful subjects are available at ITDG | KnowBetter Lending Library |
FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
| Internet FAQ Archives -� Online Education |
LAW:
(sorry: none available at this time)
TUTORIALS:
| SoYouWanna.com | Continue2learn - Your online learning specialist | Knowledge Hound, The How-To Hunter! | AIM Manufacturing Videos How Everyday Things are Made |
ONLINE OR DISTANCE LEARNING:
| Online Degree Finder; Find campus and online degree programs nationwide
| Distance learning and get online college degree, Accredited degree for MBA, Computer science |
DegreeFinder - Distance Learning and Online Learning Database Search | Distance Education to earn an online degree or certification with WGU |
| Academic Info - Educational Subject Directory - Online Degree Programs - Admissions Test Preparation |
MIT Everyware Every lecture, every handout, every quiz. All online. For free. Meet the global geeks getting an MIT education, open source-style By David Diamond; wired.com; Issue 11.09 - September 2003, and Learn for free online; 22 September, 2002; news.bbc.co.uk
| MIT OpenCourseWare Home [second link if the first doesn't work] | MIT OpenCourseWare Master Course List |
INTERACTIVE ONLINE HELP/ADVICE OR FORUMS
| AllExperts.com (free Q & A service) | Parenting for Less |
Efficient Living Tips |
ANSWERS OR POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS FOR A PRICE
Google Answers Ask a question. Set your price. Get your answer.
MISCELLANEOUS REFERENCE SOURCES:
| My Virtual Reference Desk (includes My Facts Page and FastFacts 1998) | The Educator's Reference Desk Resource Guides | Martindale's 'The Reference Desk' - International Art, Business, Science & Technology | How Stuff Works | LibrarySpot - encyclopedias, maps, libraries and more | Bartleby.com Great Books Online -- Encyclopedia, Dictionary, Thesaurus and hundreds more | Acronym Finder | Calculator or Unit Conversion | Gluing Guide | PowerReporting.com | Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics | the PALEOMAP Project | Census Bureau Home Page | Scientific American 15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense | Recipes Archive | Martindale's 'The Reference Desk: Calculators On-Line' | Census Finder - Links to all the FREE census online |
Statistical Resources on the Web | World Time Zones |
Vital Records Information for United States (birth, death or marriage certificate) | rebecca's guide to the perplexed (references) | The Ultimate Field Guide to the U.S. Economy | How To Remove 250 Stains From Clothes And Textiles | Brewer's Phrase & Fable | Yahoo! Education | The Worst Case Scenario Website | AllReaders.com Precision Book Search |
SPECIALIZED INFORMATION FOR SAVING MONEY
| Frugal and Fashionable Living Magazine |
TIGHTWAD CENTRAL... Dedicated to empowering people via personal economics. Finances, Frugality and Freebies. Income Secrets and |
Tight-Wad Links
SOURCES FOR HARD TO FIND BOOKS OR OTHER ITEMS (USUALLY FEE-BASED)
| Abebooks New Books, Used Books, Rare Books, Out-of-Print Books |
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Other library-type resources include MeL Best of the Internet, The Old Timer's Page (low cost grassroots tech), and Questia - An Online Library of Books and Journals.
Other online reference sources (among other things) may be found in my own portal page.
It may be that establishing ways to facilitate connections between willing tutors and earnest students would help improve many nations (and the world) rapidly in many ways, and for minimal costs.
Jerome Rabow has written a how to guide for potential tutors and government agencies which might be interested in setting up such programs. It also includes a problem-solving section. The title of the book is Tutoring Matters-- Everything You Always Wanted to Know About How to Tutor [shop for this].
The book is based on Rabow's and his students' own documented experiences in tutoring over ten years.
-- UCLA prof touts tutoring manual as cure for social ills; Reuters/CNN.com; August 18, 1999
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MentorNet - The E-Mentoring Network for Women in Engineering and Science may also be a helpful resource in this vein.
AwesomeLibrary.org (K-12 Education Directory) appears to handily package some of the information available free from many sources online.
Virtual universities and distance learning possibilities include African Virtual University, Malaysian Unitar (University Tun Abdul Razak), and the Indian IGNOU (Indira Gandhi National Open University).
-- First-Rate Ed for Third World
by Lakshmi Chaudhry; 26.Aug.99; Wired Digital Inc
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LABX.COM [second link if the first doesn't work] sells used scientific equipment and laboratory instruments which could be useful for schooling or training in various subjects.
For many non-English speakers, learning English as a second language could possibly benefit you in many ways, as English seems to be becoming the business language of choice worldwide, and much of the world wide web is routinely offered in English translations. So you in theory expand your potential opportunities in both business matters and accessing internet libraries of information by learning to speak, read, and write English. Another advantage can come from your dual language skills allowing you to serve as translator for native English speakers visiting your country, or needing to communicate via phone with people in your area. You may also find a local business wishing to send you on trips to other nations to perform translations or other tasks for them.
Adolescence seems all too often to be a difficult time for both parents and children, and frequently for reasons beyond the control or comprehension of either. The troubles of this time can especially affect a teen's education or other training preparing them for adulthood. For these reasons I implore both teens and their parents to try to be especially tolerant and forgiving of one another during this time, and offer up some tidbits of research which will hopefully help both to make it through this period successfully. Good luck!
Miscellaneous other online resources dealing with free or low cost education:
(None available at this time)
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