Student+Resources

Here are some great (free) web resources for students to use.

This page is still under construction

Also be sure to check out the Electronic Databases page There is a map in its home page that makes your navigation quite easy. Just click on any part of the world you want to research, and you will be directed to a page where you can narrow down your search. You can select the country, the time period, the topic, the type of materials you are looking for whether is it print, maps, books, manuscripts, sound recordings...etc, and finally choose the language of your choice. ||
 * [[image:world digital library.png link="@http://www.wdl.org/en"]] || World Digital Libraryis a library that is hosted in the cloud and that provides significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world. The content is free of charge and can be accessed in several language formats.
 * [[image:Quixey.png width="215" height="130" link="http://www.quixey.com"]] || [|Quixey]  Just like any other search engine, Quixey has a search bar where you can enter in your query. Except unlike other search engines, Quixey produces results of applications, of both the mobile and desktop variety, that match your search.

The beauty of this website is that you can now easily find applications for all types of platforms in one, easy-to-use place. Plus, you can filter down results based on the platform, which can shorten the time you spend searching for the right application and increase the time you spend using it. Best of all, if your budget is tight like mine, you can filter results to only show free applications! ||
 * Test Prep (SAT, CLEP, AP, etc) from [|LearningPod.com]

media type="custom" key="22928526" || Learningpod offers thousands of AP-level questions on these subjects: - Biology - Environmental Science - European History - Human Geography - Macroeconomics - Psychology - Physics - U.S. History - U.S Government & Politics - World History

All quizzes are self-scoring with explanations. Learningpod also has almost 1,000 math questions for grades 4, 8 and 12.

It's easier to use than any other online learning tool. And it's free! (requires free registration) ||
 * Photos & Images - Public Domain || * Pixabay - over 65,000 quality public domain images browsable by category and searchable []
 * Public Domain Pictures - over 30,000 free images organized by category - []
 * Wikimedia Commons - over 16 million freely usable media files, although some media files require the owner to be cited []
 * Public Domain Photos - 5,000 photos and 8,000 clip art images free for personal and commercial use
 * Stock Xchng - royalty-free stock photo website with over 350.000 photos by more than 30.000 photographers []
 * **Pics4Learning** - over 20,000 images specifically organized for teachers and students [|http://pics.tech4learning.com/] ||