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European-American University offers the following online learning resources in the hope that they will be helpful. We do not claim endorsement by any site listed.

Resources for the Independent Researcher
If you undertake research through the European-American University program, chances are you will be highly self-directed and independent in your approach. This is a strongly positive attribute of studying via distance learning that will stand you in excellent stead in terms of self-development.

Today, the phenomenon of the scholar working independently is becoming increasingly accepted and valued as part of the wider academic community. We strongly recommend our students become members of the National Coalition of Independent Scholars or a similar body in their own country, which can assist in ensuring that their research enters the academic mainstream where such an outcome is considered desirable. Here are some more external resources for the independent scholar that may be found helpful.

N.C.I.S.' invaluable list of links for independent scholars
H-Scholar: The H-Net Discussion Network for Independent Scholars and Scholarship (sponsored by N.C.I.S.)
Independent Scholars of South Asia (I.S.O.S.A.)
National Women's Studies Association Independent Scholars Task Force
Independent Scholars of Australia Association, Inc.
Independent Scholars of Asia, Inc.
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships for Independent Scholars
Vancouver's Academy of Independent Scholars
Online community for independent scholars and artists
The Autodidact Project by Ralph Dumain
The Independent Scholar: Internet Resources in Medieval Studies by Dr Brad Eden, University of Nevada
Secrets of Guerrilla Scholarship by Sheldon Greaves, Ph.D.
Independent Scholars (Germany)

Libraries, archives and e-books online
The British Library
Yahoo: Academic Libraries
The National Academies Press "Read 2,500 books on-line free!" Books in various fields can be read free on-line or purchased. Categories include science, health, medicine, environment, international issues, education, public policy, technology. Not all books have full free access on-line; others have excerpts or summaries available.
AHDS History - UK historical data resources - may be closing to online users soon
AHDS Literature, Languages and Linguistics
AHDS Performing Arts
AHDS Visual Arts
American Religion Data Archive
Ebrary
The ACM Digital Library - full text of every article published by ACM, including over 50 years of archives.
Blackmask - free e-books in English and other languages. Content is mostly public domain, so recommended for classics, 19th century and early 20th century fiction, literature, translations, historical works, mythology, folklore, esoteric, etc. Texts are available in various formats including MS Word. 
American FactFinder - US census information
Questia - subscribe for a full university library on-line - books and articles complete with subject guides and on-line research tools.
CiteSeer - Scientific Literature Digital Library - particularly strong in computer and information science.
Association of Commonwealth Universities Library Resources
Library of Congress Online Catalogue
LOC Portals to the World
Making of America Books - around 8500 books and other texts on American social history.
The On-line Books Page from UPenn
American Rhetoric
The Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies
Book History Online
OCLC Online Computer Library Center - covers many fields of study, not just computing.
Tradepub - free trade and professional publications on-line. Mostly restricted to addresses in the USA and Canada.
The WWW Virtual Library
The Political Graveyard - The Internet's Most Comprehensive Source of U.S. Political Biography
Law Library of Congress - Links to U.S. Federal law resources
The Ronald Reagan Library - Speeches of President Ronald Reagan
Bible Crosswalk - Bible study tools "designed to facilitate in-depth study and exploration of God's Word."
NATO Online Library - Links to online versions of NATO publications; forms to order hard copy versions.
Online Medieval and Classical Library - a collection of some of the most important literary works of Classical and Medieval civilizations.
Electric Library "Your personal research librarian!" - a search engine to locate online resources
The Avalon Project at Yale Law School - "Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy"
Archiving Early America "A unique array of original newspapers, maps and writings come to life on your screen just as they appeared to our forebears more than 200 years ago."
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History "Books, essays, journals, and educators' guides in American history"
The American Colonists Library:  A Treasury of Primary Documents "Primary Source Documents Pertaining to Early American History"
The Papers of George Washington - A grant-funded project at the University of Virginia to publish a complete edition of Washington's correspondence.
LIBWEB - a search engine to locate online resources from libraries in over 100 countries.
University of Buckingham Library - useful for business, humanities, law & general reference.
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica - considered one of the best reference sources for philosophy.
Academic Info
Education Planet
UNESCO Libraries Portal
LibWeb International Library Portals Online
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
Project Gutenberg Online Books
HighBeam Library Research
Awesome Library Online
ERIC from the US DoE - covers education resources
HR Gateway - Human Resources library
Internet Health Library
Intelihealth
Nutrition Navigator from Tufts University
Athealth.com - mental health info and resources
Teaching Portal - Useful information and e-books on developing e-learning.
Classics in the History of Psychology from York University, Canada
Web of Science
Biology Libraries
Resurgence Magazine Online
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
EpistemeLinks.com

Dictionaries and other reference
Xrefer
Quotez
Free Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia
Dictionary
Onelook Dictionary
On-Line English Grammar
Free Translation Online
Perry Castaneda Searchable Map Collections
Internet Public Library: Newspapers
Infoplease
Refdesk
Itools
Quoteland
Yourdictionary
Encyclopedia.com
Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia. When researching a controversial subject, the entries found on Wikipedia may not be written by well-qualified experts, may require additional verification, and may be strongly biased. Discrimination and common sense are needed to use this resource.
Eoffice -   Reference (dictionaries, encyclopedias etc); Medical reference (encyclopedias, major health sites etc)
Oxford Dictionary Online
Free Curricular Center
One Planet-Many People Searchable Atlas
Bartleby Reference Materials Online
Evaluating Information found on the Internet
Free Online Tutorials

Freeware and software
ZoneAlarm - Free personal firewall
Website Free Stuff
Openworld Learning's new freeware and shareware authoring tools
The Javascript Source
Atlantis - powerful freeware/shareware WP  Don't have MS Word®?  Want to dump Microsoft®? Have an old Windows® computer and want Word®-compatible files? New laptop & can't afford new software? Try this! It will run from a floppy!
LuxuriousityPhoto (TM) Luxuriousity sell a program similar to Adobe Photoshop® - but at a tiny fraction of the price - save hundreds of pounds/dollars! They ship anywhere on CD-ROM. Other useful programs/tools available.
Open office - free open source MS Office®-compatible suite - WP, spreadsheet, database, graphics etc. This suite is also sold commercially as Star Office and Star Office manuals are obtainable from Amazon and computer bookshops.
Xumbrus -  sells StudentWord®, a Microsoft Word® Add-In that gives you the power to write your paper in less time, with less stress, while achieving superior grades.
Accent - Multilingual WP software - An inexpensive Word®-compatible WP program that lets you write in English, Arabic, Hebrew, Greek, Russian and practically all important European languages. Lots of advanced features, looks like Word®. Needs English or Hebrew Windows 95/98® or higher.
Citation - a powerful and easy to use bibliographic database system and notes organizer for research writing.
Kovach Computing Services - for Simstat - cheap stats software $45.
Novice News - Free e-zines for computer novices full of hints and tips, and collections of free software and free e-books.
Smart Software - software recommendations, free mp3s and free e-books
On-line project management software
Meeting Manager
jv16 PowerTools - freeware
Registry tools including free download - Registrar Lite
King Stairs Software - inexpensive task management and cardindex software. Download free trial versions. Free handy desktop calendar.

Academic writing and study techniques
The Elements of Style
Style Summary Site (APA style)
Stanford University Research Guidelines
Preventing Plagiarism from Le Moyne College

Used book dealers
Bookfinder
Bibliodirect
Used Book Central
Abebooks

E-learning
Bookwolf - Free notes on classic and modern literature
British Council links to free on-line courses
Universalclass - e-learning on many subjects
Free on-line course: Integrity 101: The Remarkable Benefits of Thinking and Learning With Nature
http://www.ecopsych.com/integrity1instr.html
Edirections -  Distance learning course enabling you to start your own office cleaning business.  Make money to pay for your studies?

Various learning and research tools
Google Scholar - find journal articles!
Research it
Find Articles
Grey Day
Study Web
Wannalearn
About.com
ScienceNet
Greenpeace
Geometry - the online learning center (covers most subjects) When researching a controversial subject, the entries found on Geometry will not always contain viewpoints both for and against the topic, and not all entries are by well-qualified experts. Discrimination and common sense are needed to use this resource.
Johnstonia - A collection of resources for liberal arts and general university study from a retired professor. Includes free public domain e-texts and articles on literature, German arts, etc.
InvisibleWeb - "Although most of the most popular search engines such as Google, Lycos, etc. do a great job of locating material, there's much material on the web that these search engines can't locate. To get to that extra material, try using InvisibleWeb. InvisibleWeb will locate material that other search engines won't."
Google - a popular search engine
Writers Net - includes resources page

Internet auctions - buy and sell equipment, books, software etc.

eBay
Delcampe