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== Books and Literature ==
== Books and Literature ==
* Find connections between your favorite authors at [http://www.literature-map.com/ Literature Map]  
* Find connections between your favorite authors at [http://www.literature-map.com/ Literature Map]  
* [http://faculty.georgetown.edu/irvinem/theory/pomo.html Approaches to Postmodernism]
* [https://www.theoi.com/ Theoi] is an encyclopedia of Greek gods/goddesses (and [https://pantheon.org/ Encyclopedia Mythica] offers pronunciation guides!)
* [http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/ Digital Comic Museum] features public domain comics from the Golden Age


===...About Art===
===...About Art===
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== Historical Media ==
== Historical Media ==
* Find open-source and copyright-free media at [https://search.creativecommons.org/ CreativeCommons search]
* Find open-source and copyright-free media at [https://search.creativecommons.org/ CreativeCommons search]
* [https://dp.la/ Digital Public Library of America] amazing resource of historic materials
* [http://www.bl.uk/ The British Library] has digitized many historic texts and images
* [http://europeana.eu Europeana] historical documents and ''lots'' of art
* [http://www.jewsfww.london/ Personal record] of London Jews in WWI
* [http://www.ancient.eu/ Ancient History Encyclopedia] is a curated resource with plenty of maps, articles, and images of historical media.
* [http://www.ancient.eu/ Ancient History Encyclopedia] is a curated resource with plenty of maps, articles, and images of historical media.


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* [http://academicearth.org/ Academic Earth], free online courses
* [http://academicearth.org/ Academic Earth], free online courses
* The [http://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/ Open Textbook Library] at the University of Minnesota
* The [http://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/ Open Textbook Library] at the University of Minnesota
== Documentaries and Videos ==
* [https://freedocumentaries.org/ Free Documentaries]
* [http://www.snagfilms.com/ SnagFilms] lots of free documentaries here, too, as well as low-budget short films to inspire
* [http://www.ted.com/ TED]—always worth your time
* [http://www.cinemetrics.lv/index.php Cinemetrics], an incredible database of cinema data: length, average shot length, number of shots. Also offers free software to measure your own videos


== Self-improvement, Organization ==
== Self-improvement, Organization ==
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* [https://habitica.com/static/features Habitica], an online app to help you learn better habits
* [https://habitica.com/static/features Habitica], an online app to help you learn better habits
* [http://votesmart.org/ Vote Smart] provides the voting record and positions of government officials
* [http://votesmart.org/ Vote Smart] provides the voting record and positions of government officials
== Game Building ==
* [https://www.mudlet.org/ Mud] allows you to create and play immersive, multiplayer, pure-text RPGs


== Tech Tools ==
== Tech Tools ==
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==See Also==
==See Also==
[[Open Journals]]
[[Open Journals]] & [[Digital Archives]]


[[Category:Open Source]]
[[Category:Open Source]]
[[Category:Research]]
[[Category:Research]]

Latest revision as of 19:03, 1 January 2021

Books and Literature

...About Art

Historical Media

Science Materials

Free Education!

Self-improvement, Organization

  • TiddlyWiki, an absurdly simple personal wiki
  • Habitica, an online app to help you learn better habits
  • Vote Smart provides the voting record and positions of government officials

Game Building

  • Mud allows you to create and play immersive, multiplayer, pure-text RPGs

Tech Tools

Webpage Design

  • Don't Fear the Internet is a beautifully clear series of tutorials (written and video) that can guide you in how these webpage things work
  • Web design in 4 minutes. It shouldn't work, but this is a really great introduction.
  • If you liked that, check out his code on GitHub.

I Like Processing.

These are Almost Tools.

See Also

Open Journals & Digital Archives