Dec 8, 2009 0
“Goodreads is the largest social network for readers in the world. We have more than 2,600,000 members who have added more than 64,000,000 books to their shelves. A place for casual readers and bona-fide bookworms alike, Goodreads members recommend books, compare what they are reading, keep track of what they’ve read and would like to read, form book clubs and much more.”
-William Overbeeke
Dec 8, 2009 0
Have you ever wondered how a certain word was pronounced, but can’t seem to find a sound file or video online of someone pronouncing it? Do you know how to pronounce a name or word that is special to your region? “All the words in the world. Pronounced…. Forvo is the largest pronunciation guide in the world, the place where you´ll find millions of words pronounced in their original languages.” Join the community and add words, pronounce words, or listen to and learn pronounciations of words. There can be multiple pronunciations for each word, and the place the user who pronounced the word is from is shown on a map so you can compare dialects.
-William Overbeeke
Dec 4, 2009 0
Everybody knows about Google Translate, but did you know it’s been recently updated? With far, far more accurate translation than it used to have, more languages, the ability to translate as you type, and the ability to suggest better translations makes it now my translation tool of choice.
-Caleb Kuntz
Nov 18, 2009 0
“The Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL) seeks to build up the church by making classic Christian literature widely available and promoting its use for edification and study by interested Christians, seekers and scholars. The CCEL accomplishes this by selecting, collecting, distributing, and promoting valuable literature through the World Wide Web and other media.”
-William Overbeeke
Nov 13, 2009 0
LibraryThing is a free, immense tool. You can catalog book collections in two simple steps. If you and your spouse, or friends, have different book collections but want only one account you can create new “collections” or “libraries” within your account. LibraryThing allows you to export all of your books into an expansive Excel sheet, where you can sort all of your books anyway you want. LibraryThing lets you rate, review, and research books you are interested and/or own. This is a great tool for any book lover or library looking for a new way to catalog books.
-Steven Chevalia
Nov 13, 2009 0
EasyBib is a place you can go to for quick and reliable citations of any material. The only drawback is that you have to be a paid member in order to be able to use their Chicago and APA citations, but all MLA citations are completely free. Once you have added a couple of books to cite, EasyBib remembers what you have already cited and will allow you to export your final bibliography straight into MS Word.
-Steven Chevalia
Nov 9, 2009 0
Toastmasters International is the worlds largest speaking organization for business men and women. Toastmasters helps you become comfortable speaking in front of small and large groups in a variety of different speech settings. Toastmasters has seen many famous faces join its ranks and is among the most celebrated organizations in the world today.
-Steven Chevalia
Nov 4, 2009 0
Wordie is a rather odd tool, along the lines of flickr or twitter hashtags, except designed for words and phrases, not pictures or topics. It brings up some rather bizzare word relationships, and allows one to categorize, tag, or make lists of words.
-Caleb Kuntz
Nov 4, 2009 0
“The Internet Public Library is a public service organization and a learning/teaching environment founded at the University of Michigan School of Information. It was designed to provide students and professionals in the library and information science (LIS) profession a place to explore and learn about the practice of librarianship in the digital age.”
Daniel Laninga
Nov 3, 2009 0
“A place to discover and publish e-books. Discover: On Feedbooks you’ll discover thousands of public domain books and original books from new authors that you can read on any mobile device. … Publish Turn your book into a high quality e-book with our publishing service or contribute to our collection of public domain titles. Feedbooks can distribute e-books to a whole ecosystem of reading platforms and reach a global audience of millions of users.”
-William Overbeeke
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