Going to school online can be a great experience, especially if you have the right resources. Here we’re offering some tools and sites to utilize in order to make your online learning experience great.

Free Tools:

• Wordweb: This is a great alternative to a paper dictionary or thesaurus. You can access the helpful tool online or offline. It’s free to download, and it gives you references for the words usage, the definition of the word, and even proper annunciation.
• iCyte: Save your notes and highlights on articles, posts, and webpages with this easy to use tool. It’s better than a bookmark, and it keeps you organized when you’re doing research for school.
• Dropbox: This site is a virtual file storage unit. Just like google docs, it’s free to use, but this tool is great because you can access it from anywhere; your mobile phone, smartphone, laptop, desk top, any computer away from your home. It makes your documents mobile because they’re stored in a private area on the internet.
• Writewith: Great collaboration tool for students working on writing projects. This tool helps tracking in real-time document changes, tasks, discussions, and more.
• CiteULike: Here you can share scholarly articles, and use the tool to store, organize and share results of a search.
• Ta-da List: This is an online resource for task management.
• Ottobib: Need help creating a bibliography for a paper? This site does it for you, all you do is enter the ISBN number from the back of the book and it will generate a bibliography for you in the style you need (MLA, APA, etc.)
• Remember the Milk: Another task organizer that can sync with your phone, and e-mail.

Pay-for-use Tools:

• Questia: Robust online research library. There is a small monthly fee associated with the library.
• MindMeister: Collaborative online mind mapping system. This system is great for group projects. You can brainstorm, share ideas, and plan projects.
• Noodletools: Software that teaches students how to best work through their research process.

General Online Resources:

• Internet Public Library: Free online library with unlimited access to volumes of information.

Social Groups for Students:

• ResearchGATE: A place for science researchers, both students and professionals, to collaborate and network.
• SciSpace: Social network for scientists; non-scientists are welcome to join this group.