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* 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]
* [http://faculty.georgetown.edu/irvinem/theory/pomo.html Approaches to Postmodernism]
* [http://www.glossa-journal.org/ ''Glossa''] open-access linguistics journal ([http://www.wired.com/2015/11/editors-of-the-journal-lingua-protest-quit-in-battle-for-open-access/ formerly ''Lingua'')]
* [http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/ Digital Comic Museum] features public domain comics from the Golden Age


== Tech Tools ==
===...About Art===
* ''[http://eloquentjavascript.net/ Eloquent Javascript]'', open source textbook on Javascript for beginners and advanced coders.
* [https://archive.org/details/guggenheimmuseum&tab=collection Guggenheim Museum's books at archive.org]
* Amazing book by Daniel Shiffman on the mathematical principles of nature and how to represent them in code: ''[http://natureofcode.com/ The Nature of Code].''
* Daniel Shiffman's [https://github.com/shiffman/A2Z-F16/blob/gh-pages/README.md Programming from A to Z]. Worth your time.
* [http://raw.densitydesign.org/ RAW] turns spreadsheet data into vector graphics
* Turn your Google Drive folder [http://alicekeeler.com/2015/08/16/pdf-my-google-drive-folder/ into a PDF].
* Use Git to get your code to others easily [https://try.github.io/levels/1/challenges/1 tutorial/intro here].
* [http://www.dontfeartheinternet.com/ 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.
 
===I Like Processing.===
* Learn Processing through an [http://natureofcode.com/ interactive book].
* Learn Processing (and JavaScript) through a series of outstanding videos [https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=shiffman here].
* Learn Processing through some [http://hello.processing.org/ intro videos].
* Processing [http://www.openprocessing.org/ examples and code].
 
===These are ''Almost'' Tools.===
* [http://stella.sourceforge.net/ Atari 2600 VCS emulator]
*  Run Windows 95 [https://win95.ajf.me/ in your browser]
* [https://sciencevsmagic.net/castles/#7u7uqqqqLS0t3 Castles Made of Castles]


== Historical Media ==
== Historical Media ==
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* [http://www.bl.uk/ The British Library] has digitized many historic texts and images
* [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://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.


==Science Materials==
==Science Materials==
* [http://www.eol.org/ Encyclopedia of Life] seeks to collect information and pictures of all forms of life on Earth
* [http://www.eol.org/ Encyclopedia of Life] seeks to collect information and pictures of all forms of life on Earth
* [https://www.plos.org/ PLOS], Public Library of Science, nonprofit publisher of scholarly works and academic papers
* [http://biorxiv.org/ BioRxiv], biology research
* [https://osf.io/view/socarxiv/ SocArXiv], sociology research
* [https://arxiv.org/ arXiv], open access to 1,180,311 e-prints in physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance and statistics
* [https://peerj.com/ PeerJ], peer-reviewed, open-access articles on life-, bio-, health sciences and computer science.
== Open-source Scholarship ==
* [https://doaj.org/ Directory of Open-Access Journals] disseminates free academic papers
* [https://shareok.org/ ShareOK], shared resources between OU and OSU
* [https://commons.mla.org/ MLA Commons], repository of open access materials
* [https://www.openlibhums.org/ Open Library of Humanities] open-access, peer-reviewed articles from classics, modern languages and cultures, philosophy, theology and history, to political theory, sociology, anthropology, film and new media studies, and digital humanities.


== Free Education! ==
== Free Education! ==
* [https://www.coursera.org/ Coursera], (mostly) free online education on any topic
* [https://www.coursera.org/ Coursera], (mostly) free online education on any topic
* [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


== Documentaries and Videos ==
== Documentaries and Videos ==
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* [http://www.snagfilms.com/ SnagFilms] lots of free documentaries here, too, as well as low-budget short films to inspire
* [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.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 ==
== Self-improvement, Organization ==
* [http://tiddlywiki.com/ TiddlyWiki], an absurdly simple personal wiki
* [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 ==
* ''[http://eloquentjavascript.net/ Eloquent Javascript]'', open source textbook on Javascript for beginners and advanced coders.
* Amazing book by Daniel Shiffman on the mathematical principles of nature and how to represent them in code: ''[http://natureofcode.com/ The Nature of Code]''
* Daniel Shiffman's [https://github.com/shiffman/A2Z-F16/blob/gh-pages/README.md Programming from A to Z]. Worth your time
* [http://raw.densitydesign.org/ RAW] turns spreadsheet data into vector graphics
* Turn your Google Drive folder [http://alicekeeler.com/2015/08/16/pdf-my-google-drive-folder/ into a PDF]
* Use Git to get your code to others easily [https://try.github.io/levels/1/challenges/1 tutorial/intro here]
* [https://dirtymarkup.com/ Dirty Markup] will clean up your code
 
===Webpage Design===
* [http://www.dontfeartheinternet.com/ 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 [http://jgthms.com/web-design-in-4-minutes/ this] is a really great introduction.
* If you liked that, check out [https://github.com/jgthms/web-design-in-4-minutes his code] on GitHub.
 
===I Like Processing.===
* Learn Processing through an [http://natureofcode.com/ interactive book]
* Learn Processing (and JavaScript) through a series of outstanding videos [https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=shiffman here]
* Learn Processing through some [http://hello.processing.org/ intro videos]
* Processing [http://www.openprocessing.org/ examples and code]
 
===These are ''Almost'' Tools.===
* [http://stella.sourceforge.net/ Atari 2600 VCS emulator]
*  Run Windows 95 [https://win95.ajf.me/ in your browser]
* [https://sciencevsmagic.net/castles/#7u7uqqqqLS0t3 Castles Made of Castles]
 
==See Also==
[[Open Journals]]


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

Latest revision as of 00:50, 10 December 2018

Books and Literature

...About Art

Historical Media

Science Materials

Free Education!

Documentaries and Videos

  • Free Documentaries
  • SnagFilms lots of free documentaries here, too, as well as low-budget short films to inspire
  • TED—always worth your time
  • 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

  • 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

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