Posted by Site Administrator on November 30, 2009 - No Comments

If you think you’re going to get a serious understanding of ethics just from taking a couple of b-law courses, you’re mistaken. Entrepreneurs, managers and ambitious business professionals need to master all kinds of subjects relating to ethics, including ethics theory, philosophy, human nature, group behavior, moral psychology, leadership and more. These 100 ethics blogs will introduce you to all kinds of ethics discussions and debates.

Ethics Theory and Philosophy

Business students who are also passionate about philosophy and the theories of ethics will want to check out these blogs to gain a deeper understanding of human behavior, the law and the nature of good vs. evil.

1. Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog: This popular philosophy blog comments on academia and intellectual culture.
2. Bosphorous Reflections: Barry Stocker’s Weblog: Barry Stocker’s blog tackles some heavy issues and philosophers, from Foucault to Aristotle.
3. The Brooks Blog: Thom Brooks is a a political and legal philosopher at the University of Newcastle who focuses on American and British law, ethics, and crime and punishment.
4. PEA Soup: PEA stands for philosophy, ethics and academia.
5. Ethical Werewolf: You’ll get posts that reference classic and modern philosophers as well as commentary on politics.
6. Ethics Etc: Head to this blog for discussion about contemporary ethics and philosophy.
7. Experimental Philosophy: This blog comments on major business and economy stories as well as the world of philosophy.
8. Gender, Race and Philosophy: The Blog: Writers and philosophers address issues relating to gender and race.
9. Unideal Observers: A graduate student from Bowling Green State University blogs about ethical theories, reason, and more.
10. Public Reason: Those interested in political philosophy and ethics on a grand scale will want to follow this blog.
11. The Garden of Forking Paths: Read this blog for posts about Agency Theory, including ethics, moral psychology and more.
12. Think Tonk: Recent posts on Clayton Littlejohn’s blog cover justifications and apologies, politics, death, and judgment.

Business and Law

Learn about business accountability, copyright, entrepreneurship, international business law, and more.

13. The Business Law Blog: Topics covered here include entrepreneurship, small business break-ups, and more.
14. The Conglomerate: You’ll find posts about business, law, the economy and society on The Conglomerate.
15. Law Blog – WSJ: The WSJ’s law blog focuses on business cases.
16. China Law Blog: The China Law Blog covers Chinese b-law.
17. Technology and Business Law: Sujatha Ganesan is a business and tech lawyer in the Silicon Valley and writes about copyright, b-law in India, and more.
18. Business Law: Hanna Hasl-Kelchner blogs about b-law for AllBusiness.com.
19. ContractsProf Blog: Learn all about contracts law when you follow this law professor blog.
20. Moral Panics and the Copyright Wars: Learn all about copyright law and business here.
21. Legal Ethics Forum: Topics here include terrorists’ rights, Ponzi schemes and more.
22. Sentencing Law and Policy: This popular blog is written by law professors and considers legal ethics, the Constitution, and crime and punishment.

Watchdog Blogs

These watchdog blogs and investigative blogs track government policies, ethics scandals, unethical spending, and sketchy business and politics.

23. Balkinization: Balkinization calls out world leaders, government policies, and entire societies as it considers the state of the world and where we’re headed.
24. Talking Points Memo: TPM is known for investigative journalism and uncovering ethical and controversial issues in business and politics.
25. Above the Law: If you want to know which big law firms are in trouble or what they’re paying their associates, follow this blog.
26. theWatchdogBlog.org: Public Citizen’s Congress Watch publishes this blog that tracks spending in government.
27. Watchdog: Newsday has a watchdog blog here.
28. NiemanWatchdog: The Nieman Foundation at Harvard University asks the questions it thinks "the press should ask."
29. Consumer Watchdog: This blog stands up for consumers and follows business investigations and more.
30. Texas Watchdog: Time Magazine remarked that this blog pursues "feisty investigations."
31. Tax Watchdog: The Detroit News’ blog calls out big tax scandals and legislation.

News

Keep up with the latest ethics cases, research findings and more by following the blogs in this list.

32. Practical Ethics: Get updated commentary and news stories from the ethics discussions around the world.
33. The Becker-Posner Blog: Gary Becker and Richard Posner post intelligent, detailed commentaries about the future of society and the economy, as dictated by the leaders of today.
34. Public Ethics Radio: Listen to reports about war theory, property rights, terrorism, health care, torture and more.
35. ACS Blog: The American Constitution Society blogs about criminal justice, democracy, voting, liberty and equality, and the First Amendment.
36. Althouse: Ann Althouse points out all the politically incorrect and ironic news stories of the day.
37. Times Topics: Ethics: Track stories about all kinds of ethics theories, laws and issues here.
38. Religion and Ethics Newsweekly: PBS’ blogs cover ethics issues in religion, culture, art, literature, politics, war and more.
39. Chicago Tribune Ethics: The Chicago Tribune archives all of its stories about ethics here.
40. ScienceDaily Ethics News: Browse videos, articles and blogs from the ethics pages at ScienceDaily here.
41. Code Words: The Society of Professional Journalists talks ethics here.
42. Ethics in the News: The Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington track legal and ethics cases on their blog.
43. Ethical Issues in the News: Ethical topics here include migration, health care coverage, and headscarves.

Morality and Psychology

You’ll learn more about how people make decisions, what motivates people, and the basics of psychology from these blogs.

44. PoliPsych.com Blog: Study drug laws, moral confabulation, moral foundations and more when you follow PoliPsych.
45. Edge: Edge brings together brilliant minds to discuss human nature, passions, anthropology, society and psychology.
46. The Splintered Mind: Follow this blog for "reflections in philosophy of psychology," from Eric Schwitzgebel, philosophy professor at UC Riverside.
47. Mind Hacks: Writer Tom Stafford tries to find out what’s going on in your brain.
48. Cognitive Daily: Recent posts here include "What your Facebook page says about you" and "Men often treat their friends better than women do."
49. Neuromarketing: If you want to know which kinds of people make the best sales team or how to address failure, read this blog.
50. Channel N: If you want to learn more about human behavior, watch the videos on Channel N.
51. Psychology Today blogs: If you want to understand the way people think, act and judge in today’s society, read these blogs.
52. We’re Only Human: Wray Herbert’s blog addresses everyday choices and psychology issues.
53. Psyblog: Psyblog is a good reference for anyone wanting an accessible means of understanding the latest psychology and ethics research.
54. World of Psychology: Learn all about depression, anxiety and other psychological disorders that you may encounter in the business world.
55. The Situationist: This social psychology blog tackles human behavior.

Economics

Study economics ethics here.

56. EconLog: The Library of Economics and Liberty blogs here.
57. Economic Logic: This blog tries to prove that "there is economics in everything."
58. Mises Economics Blog: This economics blog deconstructs the (projected) value of money, wealth and a free market.
59. Economics and Ethics: Study economic theory, practice and policy here.
60. Economics One: John B. Taylor’s blog considers government, economic risk, economic policy, jobs, failure and ethics.

Corporate Ethics and Crime

From white collar crime to corporate social responsibility, these blogs cover the good and bad of corporate ethics.

61. Crane and Matten Blog: The Crane Matten Blog addresses corporate social responsibility and business ethics.
62. White Collar Crime Prof Blog: Professors from Stetson University College of Law discuss white collar crime.
63. Talk Left: the politics of crime: This leftist blog reports on virtually everything, especially game playing in Washington and courtrooms.

Leadership and Entrepreneurship

If you intend to be a leader or manager, you’ll need to make sound ethical decisions in all aspects of business, from HR to marketing to customer service to finance.

64. OpenBusiness: If you want to know more about open business culture, head to this blog to make sure you’re doing everything right.
65. The Practice of Leadership: Learn how to influence the world through your own leadership.
66. Leadership is a Verb: Here you should find inspiration to be a leader and mentor who values diversity.
67. The Ethical Optimist: This blog favors "public relations with a conscience" and can be a good model for your own company.
68. Work Matters: Learn how to be accountable, fair, productive and considerate.
69. Great Leadership: Dan McCarthy shares leadership tips for decision-making, motivating and more.
70. Servant Leadership Blog: This blog considers real leadership to come from serving others.
71. Leadership at Work: John Baldoni blogs for Harvard Business Publishing here. Recent posts include "Use Humility to Improve Performance" and "Three Questions to Remove Ego from Decision Making."

Environmental Ethics

If you think that sustainability and environmental ethics don’t relate to you and your future career in business, you’re dead wrong. Read these blogs to promote green business, learn about new environmental laws and guidelines, and attract customers at the same time.

72. Cruel Mistress: Learn about the issues impacting the environment, from businesses, societies and individuals.
73. The Intersection: Discover Magazine’s blog discusses the intersection between humans and the environment.
74. GreenBiz.com: This is a terrific resource for studying how the environment and environmental issues affect business practices today.
75. FabianPattberg.com: Follow Fabian’s blog to learn about corporate social responsibility and sustainability.
76. Strategy for Sustainability: Learn how to make a business more sustainable even during "turbulent times."
77. Marc Gunther: Marc Gunther is a writer, speaker and consultant on business and sustainability.
78. Grist: Grist shares environmental news, legislation, trends and business issues.
79. Walk Softly Blog: This blog shares tips for small businesses who want to adopt sustainable practices.
80. Green Inc.: The NYT’s Green Inc. follows energy and green business.
81. The Good Human: You’ll find tips for making any office more eco-friendly here.

Technology

As technology continues to dominate many of the ways in which we do business today, you’ll want to understand tech laws, ethics cases, privacy issues, and more.

82. Deeplinks: Get news roundups, Internet crime, bloggers’ rights and terms of abuse stories here.
83. hearsay culture: This blog from the Stanford University radio show considers the relationship between modern technology, Internet issues and society.
84. Concurring Opinions: If you want to learn more about tech law, head to this blog.
85. Madisonian.net: Madisonian.net is another law, tech and society blog written by professors from top law schools around the country.
86. Public Knowledge: This public interest blog shares information about your rights and the laws surrounding digital culture.
87. Technology and Marketing Law by Eric Goldman: Follow this blog when you’re studying about Internet marketing and branding.

Society

Continue to study human behavior, human relationships and anthropology when you check out these blogs.

88. Philosophy Talk: The Blog: This postmodern philosophy blog considers how we all relate to one another.
89. International Cognition and Culture Institute Blog: From evolution to the way we grieve, this blog studies human and animal nature.
90. anthropologi.info: As you study news from the anthropology world, you’ll learn a lot about civilization’s ethical history too.
91. Culture Matters: Culture Matters is another anthropology blog and considers how the field is used to study society.
92. Savage Minds: Recent posts on this anthropology and psychology blog covered Fort Hood, ethical gossip, and moral obligation.
93. Religion, Philosophy and Ethics Course: All readers are invited to join in the discussion led by students at the University of Gloucestershire.

Miscellaneous

You’ll find blogs relating to biomedical and science ethics, philosophy and religion, and more in this list.

94. In Living Color: Animal ethics, ethics news, philosophy and religion are all discussed on this smart blog.
95. Bioethics: If you want to enter into a health sciences or biological field, you’ll want to read this blog.
96. Crooked Timber: Crooked Timber explores the issues and human errors that make us the imperfect specimens we are, from politics to economics to social justice.
97. The Research Ethics Blog: This ethics blog follows human research subjects.
98. Walking on the Theoretical Side of Life: This blog covers a range of topics, including the relationships between aesthetics and ethics and between the classical and modern worlds.
99. Neuroethics and Law Blog: Study "legal and ethical issues related to the mind and brain" here.
100. Brain Ethics: Study health care and science ethics at Brain Ethics.

Posted by Site Administrator on November 24, 2009 - No Comments

If you just can’t get enough college football, you don’t have to wait for game day to roll around to read articles, find out the latest rumors and make your picks for your fantasy football teams. Here are 100 Twitter feeds that will make it easy to follow your favorite teams and ensure you have the inside scoop on everything college football related.

News

Check out these feeds to learn about the latest news in college football.

1. @CollegeFootball: Check with this feed regularly to get the latest NCAA football news.
2. @CollegeF00tball: Read interesting stories about college football through the links in this feed.
3. @College_FB: Here you’ll find tweets from the College Football Observer.
4. @Lv_NCAA_FOOTBLL: The news from this feed will help to keep you in the loop.
5. @CollegeFB__News: This news feed focuses on information about the players.
6. @si_ncaafb: Get your college football news through Sports Illustrated with this feed.
7. @cfbhighlights: Learn about some of the biggest and best highlights of this week’s games through this feed.
8. @College_Sports: Start following this feed to read updates about your college team.
9. @footballncaa: This feed will ensure that you never miss an important story on college football.
10. @CFTalk: Chat it up about college football through this feed and accompanying website.
11. @CFBHeadlineNews: Whether you play fantasy football or just want to follow your favorite teams, this feed will make sure you know what’s going on.
12. @AP_Top25: This feed is full of updates about the top 25 college football games each season.
13. @Big12SportsNow: Check out this feed to keep up with all of the Big 12 teams.
14. @TheACCFootball: Find out what’s going on with the ACC in this feed.

Football and More

These feeds offer some great football news but also cover other college or professional sports.

15. @NCAADoubleAZone: This is the official feed of the NCAA, and you’ll find stories on everything college sports related.
16. @NCAA: Keep up with what’s going on in college football, basketball and more through this feed.
17. @InsidetheNCAA: Find inside information on college sports through this feed.
18. @ncaablotter: Read about everything NCAA here, from baseball to hockey to, of course, football.
19. @SportsJabber: This feed will help you keep up with news on all kinds of college sports.

ESPN

If you like to get your sports coverage from ESPN then try out one of their many college football feeds.

20. @ESPN_SEC: Check with this feed for updates about the teams in the SEC from ESPN reporter Chris Low.
21. @ESPN_BigTen: Here, Adam Rittenberg writes about all the latest news on the Big Ten teams.
22. @ESPN_BigEast: East coasters can find all the important college football info they need from writer Brian Bennett here.
23. @ESPN_Big12: Follow this feed from Tim Griffin to make sure you know what’s going on with the Big 12.
24. @ESPN_ACC: Fans of ACC teams will appreciate the posts on this feed by reporter Heather Dinich.
25. @ESPN_Pac10: The West coast shouldn’t feel left out as this feed offers frequent updates on the Pacific 10 teams from Ted Miller.
26. @ESPN_Others: If your favorite teams don’t fall into any of these categories, not to worry, ESPN has you covered with this feed.
27. @schadjoe: Read tweets by Joe Schad, ESPN’s National College Football Reporter, on this feed.
28. @espn4d: Get ESPN reporter insights from ESPN columnist Pat Forde here.
29. @cbfowler: Check out this feed to read college football posts by ESPN host and commentator Chris Fowler.

Stats and Scores

Use these feeds to find out schedules, scores and player information.

30. @ncaafscores: Stay up-to-date on football scores by following this feed.
31. @ncaastats: Keep up with how your favorite team is stacking up with this stats-filled feed.
32. @ncaa_palace: This feed will let you know when and where your favorite teams are playing.
33. @NCAAFootball: Here you’ll find scores for all the latest games.
34. @StatSheet: Check with this feed to find out fun new ways to visualize sports stats.

Commentary

Get a fresh take on the games you love to watch with these commentary-filled feeds.

35. @cftailgate: Visit this site for football news, blog information, and general discussion.
36. @BCSisBS: This fan has strong opinions about which teams rule and which, not so much.
37. @RootZooNCAAF: Try following this feed for news, rumors and football analysis.
38. @NCAAGridironGab: Check out this feed not only for news but commentary, predictions and tasty tidbits as well.
39. @DailyTailgate: This daily sports newsletter will help ensure you stay informed about all things college football.
40. @fanblogs: Find tips, news and more on this football fan feed.
41. @GameDayFootball: Here you’ll find tips on fantasy football, news, and helpful commentary.
42. @MattZemek_CFN: Learn more about college football from this columnist at CollegeFootballNews.
43. @DrSaturday: Matt Hinton writes Yahoo’s college football blog called Dr. Saturday and you can find his commentary here.
44. @MrCFB: Get updates on college sports from broadcaster and writer Tony Barnhart here.
45. @slmandel: This writer for Sports Illustrated shares his thoughts on college football through this feed.
46. @davidpollack47: Learn about former college player David Pollack’s take on college sports here.

Fan Feeds

Check out these feeds from true college football fans.

47. @CFCafeteria: This twitterer loves college football (with the exception of the BCS) and tweets about it here.
48. @NCAAFanHouse: Join these fans in talking about the teams they love the most on this feed.
49. @Kyle_Fisher115: This feed is home to posts about football, life and more.
50. @OverThePylon: If you want to keep up with a fan of Ball State football, follow this feed.
51. @bcondotta: This feed will help you learn what’s going on with the Washington Husky football program as well as other West Coast teams.
52. @JeffCaves: Check up with this site to find out about Idaho sports, including football.
53. @40AcresSports: This Texas Longhorns fan feed will help you learn everything you need to know about the team.
54. @footballfringe: Follow this feed to learn about all the goings-on in college football.

Teams

If you want team specific coverage try one of these feeds. If you don’t see your team, don’t worry, nearly every team has a feed and they just couldn’t all be included on one list.

55. @OhioStFootball: Those who love Ohio State will love the team support on this feed.
56. @BlockONation: Here you’ll find fan posts on OSU.
57. @oklafootball: Supporters of the Sooners will find team information and more on this feed.
58. @MSUFootball: Check with this feed for information about the Michigan State Spartans.
59. @beckerjerry: Here, fan Jerry Becker supports his favorite team, the Tennessee Volunteers.
60. @MUTigersdotcom: Follow Mizzou athletics on this sports-focused feed that’s not just limited to football.
61. @UWBadgersdotcom: On this feed you’ll find official news from UW Athletics, including football.
62. @BurntOrangePost: This feed is supposedly maintained by the Texas Longhorn’s mascot.
63. @USC_Trojans: Get into the spirit of supporting the USC teams by following this feed.
64. @TCU: Find information on the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs through this Twitter feed.
65. @TheIowaHawkeyes: With no professional sports teams in the state, this college team inspires some fervent followers that you can find here.
66. @Spartan_FB: Spartan fans should make sure to follow this feed that provides loads of team information.
67. @ECUAthletics: Get up-to-speed on what’s going on with the ECU Pirates here.
68. @Aggie_Athletics: With tweets on football and more, this site is a great place for true Aggie fans.
69. @michigan_fball: Here you can find information about this heavy-hitting football team.
70. @kywildcats: This feed is the unofficial way to keep up with all the sports happenings of the Kentucky Wildcats.
71. @VolNation: Tennessee Volunteers fans should check back with this feed regularly to get the latest news.
72. @HuskersGameday: This feed is a great place to get Nebraska Cornhuskers football coverage.

Coaches

Get into the mind of your favorite college football coach through these Twitter feeds.

73. @Play4brew: Follow this feed to learn about the moves of Minnesota Gophers Football Coach Tim Brewster.
74. @RonZook: If you like U of I football, you can follow the head coach’s tweets here.
75. @UM_CoachRod: Here you’ll find the feed of Michigan Wolverines Football Coach Rich Rodriguez.
76. @JayPaterno: Penn State University’s assistant football coach tweets here.
77. @BretBielema: If you’re a Badgers fan, make sure to follow this coach’s feed.
78. @BoPelini: Check out this feed for information straight from Nebraska Cornhuskers Football Coach Bo Pelini.
79. @mizzoufootball: Get into the Tiger spirit with this feed from head coach Gary Pinkel.
80. @CoachSherman: Aggie fans can find updates about their team on this Texas A&M Aggies coach feed.
81. @CoachSnyder: Marshall University Thundering Herd Football Coach Mark Snyder posts tweets here.
82. @NDHFC: If you want to learn more about what the Notre Dame team is up to, check out this feed from coach Charlie Weis.
83. @CoachUrbanMeyer: Florida Gators Football Coach Urban Meyer posts his thoughts here.
84. @LSUCoachMiles: Learn more about LSU Tigers Football Coach Les Miles here.
85. @LaneKiffinUT: Try this feed for information on the Tennessee Volunteers.
86. @rollwiththetide: All of the University of Alabama Crimson Tide football coaches post here.
87. @MarkRicht: Georgia Bulldogs Football Coach Mark Richt uses this feed to share information about the team.

Fantasy Football

If you like to play fantasy football on the college level, then these feeds can be a great way to keep yourself in the loop and make sure you do well each week.

88. @MyFantasyLeague: Check out this feed to learn more about this website and the moves you should be making to ensure fantasy victory.
89. @CFFInsider: Make sure you’re in the know when it comes to fantasy football by following this feed.
90. @CFBRumorCentral: Learn rumors about who will play and who won’t, gameplans, recruits and more here.
91. @fyifootballplay:If you’re worried that some of your starters might not play because of injuries, check with this feed to find out for sure.
92. @vincemullins: Follow this feed from the founder and Fantasy College Football Analyst at Fantasy College Blitz.
93. @FF_Today: This feed offers both professional and college fantasy football content.
94. @BrianCFFInsider: This writer from CFFInsider maintains this fun feed.
95. @philsteele042: Get some big tips from Phil of Phil Steele’s College Football Preview.
96. @CFootball: This feed will give you news about college football and tips about how to improve your fantasy team.

Miscellaneous

From talking about some of the best college players to ever grace the game to letting you know about new recruits, these feeds offer a range of information on football.

97. @collegehof: Here you can find tweets from the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Indiana.
98. @CH_ColFootball: This group meets up to specifically talk about and watch college football.
99. @FOOTBALLRECRUIT: Watch videos and read stories about the most promising college football recruits here.
100. @BFeldmanESPN: Check out this ESPN blog to learn more about the world of college football recruiting and more.

Posted by Site Administrator on November 18, 2009 - No Comments

As a proud iPhone owner, you’re probably aware (and obsessed) with all the cool ways you can use your cell. From surfing the internet and touch-screen texting to navigating your way around cities, and oh yeah, making calls, the Apple iPhone is one of the most fascinating technological wonders of our time. But did you know it could save the world? That’s right: with the help of the following applications, your phone can provide daily tips for going green, calculate your carbon footprint, find the nearest organic market, and even help you charge your phone in a more energy-efficient manner. These awesome applications are perfect for the earth-conscious student.

Top 10

Green iPhone owners have raved for years about how great the following applications are. Based on usability, cost, and effectiveness, these t10 apps are the hands-down best.

1. Go Green: Displays a tip each time you launch it. Piece of pie.
2. Green Tips: Displays a tip at launch. Hit the refresh button for more tips.
3. The Green Lemur: By far the most full-featured of these three. Search, add tips to favorites, or browse by category.
4. Meter Read: Somewhat manual in usage (but then, no one said saving the planet would be easy), use MeterRead to log your electric meter’s reading. You can log your readings and use them to predict your electrical consumption, and thus, your upcoming bill. Try to be more efficient, and maybe the next time you check the meter, your readings will hit below the projected usage.
5. greenMeter: Uses the accelerometer to determine the drag and resistance of your car/driving habits in real time. There are several usage meters to monitor, though real-time MPG has been my favorite. Really helps tune your driving for better efficiencies and fewer pointless emissions.
6. shopgreen: By title, this doesn’t sound like it fits here, but it does. To use the app, just answer some questions about how you maintain your life. Answers that are good for the environment are tallied (like air-drying your clothes, or changing the furnace air filter), and the amount of CO2 you’ve saved is calculated. As a bonus, the CO2 savings gets you discounts at local, participating retailers for your efforts.
7. 3rd Whale: Much like other location-aware shopping apps, 3rdWhale finds you businesses nearby (select walking, biking, or driving distances). So what makes it green? The resulting businesses are supposedly eco-friendly, allowing you to patronize those taking care of the world around us.
8. Yowza: Yowza presents one of the more interesting ideas of the bunch. Also location aware, it brings up coupons for retailers nearby. So not only could it save you some cash, but it’s claim is that you can use the digital coupon right on your phone’s screen, rather than printing more paper that will just get tossed out.
9. Green Charging: This application ensures you do not overcharge your phone.
10. Green Wars: Now you can take on the challenge of earning green while going green. Green Wars is a new take on the classic DOS and TI-83 game Drug/Dope Wars. This simple but enjoyable buy-low-sell-high game can also help you learn a thing or two about how you can save green by going green in your own life.

Calculating Your Carbon Footprint

Make sure you’re not walking around in clown shoes. And don’t just calculate the size of your footprint, find out ways to reduce your imact as well.

11. Carbon Calc: Input your driving, flying and home energy use to get a handle on your carbon footprint, then browse and purchase carbon offsets. This app doesn’t take into account public transportation, food consumption and other activities with impactful carbon footprints.
12. Carbon Pulse: Helps you monitor emissions from your driving habits, keep up with pledges to live more sustainably, and give you clean tech news to keep you motivated for shrinking your carbon footprint. Integrates Twitter and Facebook so you can share your successes with friends.
13. iCarbon: This app is perfect for calculating your carbon footprint and getting suggestions on how to reduce your impact.
14. Green You: Factors in transportation, housing, foods, goods and services to come up with your carbon footprint, then helps you devise and stick to a plan for reducing it. Tracks your progress over time.
15. G.Warming Personal Calculator: Looking at your car, home and air travel information, calculates your carbon footprint and compares it to US citizens, but can also be used to compare to other countries.

Offset Your Carbon Footprint

We aren’t all earth saints, but we can all make a difference. Whether you’re guilty of leaving your car running idle, not recycling, or keeping your computer plugged in all day, there are plenty of ways to make up for lost time.

16. Carbon Offset Your Phone: Part of the proceeds goes toward offsetting the carbon footprint of your iPhone. The app then gives you updated environmental news, videos and tips for reducing your carbon footprint.
17. Carbon Catcher: A carbon offset tool, you pay for credits and then offset your carbon-intensive activities throughout the day. Offset travel, meals and fuel, and learn about the impacts of your activities.
18. ShopGreen: Geared specifically towards shoppers. Calculate your carbon footprint, take steps to reduce it, and the more you reduce it, the more you earn location-specific deals at sustainable businesses.
19. Green Outlet: Works as a substitute for power monitor. Enter in your appliances and estimated usage, and it predicts your energy bill. It provides ideas on where you can cut back energy use by showing you which appliances are costing you the most. You can also buy carbon offsets through TerraPass.
20. Kilowatts Electric Meter Reader: Monitor your home’s electricity use in real time by taking precise measurements of your meter. Does not work with digital electric meters, only conventional meters since in order to take the reading, you need to time the rotation of the dial. Helps you monitor and improve energy use.
21. Kill-o-watts: Enter your appliance information and energy usage statistics, and Kill-O-Watts tells you how much energy your appliances are consuming and what it costs you. Choose from 120 appliances on record, or create your own specific appliance. Compare energy stats of appliances before purchasing, and get tips for curbing energy use.
22. GasWaterPower: Get a quick, at-a-glance look at your home energy consumption. The developers purposefully made this as simple as possible. You enter your own info for this app; it can’t read your meter.
23. My Usage Mobile: If you have a smart meter, this app allows you to check out your home energy and water usage data anytime, helping you better manager your carbon footprint, your resource usage, and your monthly bills.
24. iGuides Energy Tips: Access tons of tips for reducing energy use in your home, including heating and cooling, insulation, windows, and more.
25. SolarPV: Find out what solar PV system you need to be able to go off grid with your electricity. Includes system size, number of panels, amount of space, cost estimate and helps you design the perfect PV system for you.

Home Solar Power Systems

Yes, believe it or not, your phone is capable of a LOT more than you ever dreamed. Like allowing Cortexa users to control air conditioning and lights using their iPhone as a remote.

26. Cortexa: In conjunction with Cortexa home automation system, you can automate your home, controlling lighting, heating and cooling, etc. to minimize energy use.
27. Power Saver Home: Calculate how much money you can save each year by changing out your light bulbs. Provides estimated energy savings, time span for realizing a return on investment, and the lifespan of new CFL bulbs.
28. Green Charging: Launch the app when you start charging your phone, and it’ll notify you with sound and vibration when your battery is fully charged so that you’re sure to unplug your charger when finished.
29. i am green: Make changes to your phone and computer settings to conserve battery life, charge your phone less, and reduce your carbon footprint. Plus, a tree is planted when you buy the app. Take quizzes, compete on energy savings with people around the world, and get tips and notifications.
30. CFL Light Bulb Savings Calculator: In three quick steps, you can calculate how much money you’ll save by converting light bulbs to CFLs. You can customize the calculations to ensure it is accurate, including your location, electricity pricing, cost of purchasing bulbs and so on.
31. Wind Speed Converter: If you use wind chargers – handheld chargers or personal wind turbines – this could be handy. It converts wind speeds between the most common units.

Getting Around

This is where being green is the hardest. Most people drive every day, which can have a devastating impact on the world in which we live. So make a difference, and start with these:

32. Velo: For cities that have bike sharing programs, this app helps you immediately locate nearby bikes or free spaces to park your bike.
33. Bike Your Drive by REI: Using your phone’s GPS, this app calculates how much gas you saved by not driving, how many calories you burned, and carbon you saved. You can geotag photos you take along your ride, find out speeds, elevations and a lot more. In other words, your ride becomes even more interesting.
34. MyBikeInfo: Keep track of every part of your bike, including measurements, so finding replacement parts is a breeze. Perfect for people who take apart their bikes often for travel. Also includes a bike news RSS feed.
35. Path Tracker: Track your walks, including time traveled, average speed, elevation and more. Good for tracking not only walks but also hikes, runs, bike routes and so on.
36. AroundMe: The app quickly identifies where you are and shows you the nearest bank, hotel, movie theater, restaurant, market and so on. With nearby businesses so easy to locate, you might be more inclined to walk or bike to what’s close, rather than drive to what isn’t.
37. Nearby: Easily an app that can be customized for green thanks to user generated content, Nearby gives you location-based notes, photos and stories about everything close to where you are. An excellent way to explore your city and find out things you had no idea existed, but were right around the corner from you.
38. AirYell: Find out what businesses are around you, pin down what you’re searching for, and then access a map that traces the best route for you to take to get there.
39. New York Nearest Subways: Using your phone’s camera, this augmented reality app shows you exactly where the nearest subway is and helps you navigate through the underground lines. Hold your phone in front of you and start walking.
40. iTrans: Search train and subway stations, find schedules, access maps, and find the nearest stations with this app. iTrans has apps for several major cities, including New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, London and more.
41. UniBus: Based on public Google Transit Feed Specification (GTFS), it estimates arrival times of buses, subways and trains. Supports multiple cities across United States, Canada and Australia.

Hypermiling

If you’re going to drive, do it right. Gone are the days of gas-guzzlers and ten miles to the gallon. Start hypermiling today: all you need is your car and your iPhone.

42. Zipcar: If you’re a member of Zipcar, this app helps you locate and reserve a car from anywhere. View upcoming reservations, get directions to your car, and more.
43. AccuFuel: Instantly see how your driving habits affect your fuel efficiency so you can hypermile more effectively. Track multiple vehicles.
44. Traffic: Avoid traffic by retrieving the current traffic conditions and incidents in the area and overlay them on a map, or display them in a customized listing.
45. PrimoSpot Parking: Find places to park your bike. (And car.) Works in Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn and Boston areas. Anything that makes parking easier so you’re not driving around spewing GHGs, or that makes cycling simpler, gets a thumbs up.
46. CarStat: Track all the stats of your car, from fuel consumption to mileage so that you keep your car in fuel-efficient condition.
47. iGas Up: An accurate collection of U.S. retail gas and diesel prices. Launch the app and see the 10 cheapest U.S. stations closest to your current location. If you’re still using a gas-powered car, this is a way to save money.
48. GasBag Pro: Similar to iGasUp, find cheap gas stations nearby. It’s the fully-featured version of GasBag that has no ads, a larger map, and a faster load time. It also adds the ability to track multiple cars in the logbook.
49. GasHog: Enter the odometer reading of your car, the amount of fuel added and the total cost every time you add fuel, and GasHog automatically calculates the fuel economy of your last tank, as well as historical averages.
50. CarCare: Track your gas mileage statistics and get regular reminders about car maintenance so your car stays in tip top shape for fuel efficiency.

Travel

Whether by air, train, bus, or bike, these apps provide the best tips for living green and loving the earth.

51. Twavel: Make green travel choices and shows how even little differences you make add up to a big footprint. Built-in social networking so you can share and get tips from other green travelers.
52. OffMaps: Download new maps for wherever you are onto your phone, and access them offline. Unlimited maps, for anywhere in the world. Access Wikipedia and save notes within the maps so you can create your own travel book on your phone.
53. hiCard: Ditch the carbon footprint of sending paper postcards while you’re traveling. The app lets you send e-cards with photos you take on your phone.
54. Lonely Planet Travel Guide: Save trees and forget about the paper books. Get all your Lonely Planet guides on your phone. Guides are available for all the popular destinations of the world.
55. Hiking Calculator: Calculate your hike’s duration, find out how much water you should pack with you, and calories burned (so you know how many organic snacks to take.)
56. iLocate Parks: Find information about all the parks in the area, plus directions for getting to them. Whether you’re on vacation or at home, you’ll know where green spaces are located.
57. DrinkingWater: The idea for this one is great for helping people ditch bottled water – find all the free drinking fountains in the historical center of Rome. We’d love to see this app expanded to more places so it’s easier to find free drinking water anywhere.
58. Bluewalks Walking Tours: Forget the bus tours – grab your phone and go for a guided walk. Travelers and locals guide you through tours focusing on architecture, books, movies or whatever suits your interests. You can create your own walking tour for others to enjoy as well.
59. TrackMyTour: Make sure everyone on your trip knows where each other is located. When you’re on a bike tour, hiking trip, walking tour or other activity, you can ping other people in your party so no one gets lost.

Nurturing Nature

From hiking and biking to identifying birds, trees, and flowers, students who care about the earth will likely love these nature-friendly iPhone apps.

60. Peterson Field Guide to Backyard Birds: Get to know your feathered friends. Grab this app and head outside. App comes with images, recorded bird songs and calls, quizzes, and will filter species for your geographic area, among many other features.
61. Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Prey: Many of the same features as the Backyard Birds guide, this one focuses specifically on raptors.
62. Trees: Featuring 35 trees found in North America, head out into the woods and see what arboreal species you can identify.
63. Treeld: Specific to the UK, this app will help you identify trees native to Britain. You’re asked a series of questions about the tree to help ensure you’re identifying it correctly. It’ll tell you in percentages the likeliness that the identification is accurate.
64. Wildflowers: This app is probably more popular in the spring. It features 68 flower species common to North America. It’s a great way to know what you’re looking at the next time you see a flower you like.
65. Whale Song Project: Streams the songs of the whales in Kihei Harbor. Live whale music, on your phone – so cool. The project is dedicated to bringing awareness to whales, and app purchases help to keep the project going.

Eco News

These days, green is everywhere, even in the U.S. Congress. Don’t miss a minute of green news; let your phone keep track of everything you need to know.

66. GenGreenTips: Get a tip for going green on your phone, fresh each morning.
67. The Green Brief: Get tips for green living, and even better, get green news from leading sources sent straight to your phone. Stay current on green happenings.
68. Get Green: Daily tips for the green life covering a vast array of topics, from eco-friendly workplaces to low footprint Halloween decorations. Filters tips to come up during appropriate seasons and holiday events so you get relevant information for what’s happening right then.
69. Green Spot Lite: Get news, podcasts, editorials and more on sustainable green living. From organic gardening to sustainable business to eco-friendly design all from all the major news sources, including CBS, CNN, USA Today, Yahoo and more.
70. Ecoki: Get eco news delivered to you daily, including reviews, vegan recipes, lifestyle news and tips.
71. iNews Green Tech: Get the latest green tech news on your iPhone. You can save it for offline reading, email stories to friends, and add news feeds. Sources include CNET, Scientific American, Yahoo, and more.
72. Green Living: O’Reilly Media has put out this manual that helps making eco-minded decisions easier. Loaded up with advice for work habits, home routine changes, shopping and other areas of life where we could use a little help greening up.
73. Green Book Lite: A fat reference guide and tips resource for green living. Easily accessible information, and shows how even tiny steps can make big impacts.
74. Discovery Channel: Get video clips from Myth Busters, Man vs. Wild and other great shows, plus news, photo galleries, quizzes and other cool earth-oriented information.
75. Huffington Post: Huffington Post maintains an excellent green news section, which you can access through this app. Stay on top of the latest in green happenings.

Green Thinking

Being green isn’t a trend, it’s a lifestyle. To be a tree hugger, you have to think like one first. Let these apps help you make the jump into greenness.

76. Recycler: Know which plastics are recyclable, and navigate the sometimes confusing recycling stream. Helps you keep track of which can be recycled by your pick up.
77. A Real Tree: When you buy this app, a real tree is planted in one of 12 countries fighting deforestation, including Brazil, Zambia, Haiti and others around the globe. The app developers are in partnership with the United Nation Environment Programme (UNEP).
78. iPhorest: Every time you plant a virtual tree on your phone, a real one is planted. The effort is a partnership of iPhactory, EcoLife and The Conservation Fund. Plant your tree, watch it grow and flourish, and know that there are real trees out there doing the same thing every time you plant a new one on your phone.
79. iRecycle: Earth 911 helps us recycle more effectively with this app. Access information on over 100,000 recycling centers nationwide where over 200 materials can be dropped off. Get directions to the nearest facilities, and call them directly from the search results.
80. Ecofinder: Specific to the San Francisco, California area – but we’re hoping the idea will spread. With the help of app developers, the city has created a tool that tells residents what materials can be recycled, what recycling resources are available, and the easiest ways to dispose of various materials.

Good Green Times

Nobody said saving the earth would be easy, but it sure can be fun.

81. ECOcal: An interactive daily calendar of the earth and stars, with lots of interesting facts about wildlife and astronomy. Beautifully illustrated.
82. Save Our Snow: Clif Bar wants you to ski smartly to save the planet. It ranks ski resorts based on sustainability, as well as gives loads of information on ski conditions at those resorts.
83. GreenGames: An oxymoron in name and premise, this game nevertheless may prove to be a good time. Buy low, sell high is the goal, and it focuses on sustainable products like reusable shopping bags. Plays on green consumerism.
84. Geocaching Toolkit: For geocachers, get your waypoints, decrypt hints quickly, and easily make calculations that will get you from cache to cache.
85. H20 Mission: Learn about water pollution with this fun game. The goal is to keep pollutants out of the water supply, or send it to recycling if it becomes too contaminated while still collecting enough water to sustain yourself.
86. EarthLite: Cool earth trivia. Play with your friends, or just grow your brain.
87. Star Walk: This augmented reality app guides you as you look at the stars. Point your phone at the night sky and learn what constellations, planets and individual stars you’re seeing.

Consuming

As a consumer, you will be faced with choices to buy cheap and deadly or green and healthy. From choosing biodegradable products to organic fruits and vegetables, to fair trade coffee, you’ll likely need some help finding the right groceries. Lucky for you, iPhone owner, your best green friend is by your side.

88. Greenpeace Tissue: Not sure which toilet paper or tissue paper is made from sustainably harvested wood or recycled paper? This app will tell you, helping you find which brands contain the most recycled content so you can make a decision that saves trees.
89. Find Green: Quickly find businesses and stores that are the most sustainable so you shop more conscientiously. Contains a database of over 56,000 businesses across 23 major industries, with more being added.
90. GoodGuide: While shopping, this app will guide you through just how green a product is. Search its massive database of over 70,000 products for everything from soap to soy milk. Find out what is in the product, and how healthy it is for you and the environment.
91. Coupon Sherpa: Leave paper behind and get your coupons on your phone. The barcodes show up on your screen, which you show at checkout. We wish the coupons were a little broader in terms of how green the products are. But paperless where possible is a good thing.
92. GarageBuy: Brings eBay to your mobile, allowing you to search for, bid on and track purchases. We especially like it for helping to buy secondhand from indie retailers.
93. Craigslist: Craigslist is heaven for a greenie. Search, browse, post and respond to Craigslist items. Loads of great features make it easier to find and keep track of items you need or are donating or selling.
94. Local Reuse: Keep items in the consumer stream. Use the app to donate or call dibs on an item within your neighborhood. Post and search within geographical area, category, description, and includes images.
95. Gorgeously Green: Shopping for sustainable cosmetics and personal care products is easier with this app, walking you through the hazards of choosing beauty products. Tells you where it’s most important to buy organic, and the toxic materials that are in various products.
96. Cruelty Free: Easy shopping guide that shows you which companies and products are cruelty free. Lists over 200 US and Canadian companies that don’t use animal testing.
97. Greenopia: Specific to Los Angeles area, but a great idea for app developers to take to other locations. Easy guide for area’s green businesses. Access directories of over 1,000 shops and products, and access reviews. Browse your surroundings with an aerial map.
98. GoOrganic: Enter your zipcode to find stores near you where you can pick up a free coupon book of organic products and foods.
99. Locavore: A tool for people who want to buy local foods and goods. Shows you local retailers, farmers’ markets, restaurants that buy from local farmers and so on.
100. Soleil Organics: If you can’t get to a farmers’ market and you’re stuck in a grocery store, and you’re on a shoestring budget, this app will tell you when you should splurge on organics, and when you can skip it.

Posted by Site Administrator on November 15, 2009 - No Comments

While libraries and bookstores can be great places to find books that will assist you in improving your health, mental well-being, success and professional status, you don’t have to leave the house to find great reads on those topics. There are a number of free ebooks out there that offer just as much great information and won’t take any of your time or money to acquire. Here are a list of 100 you can download and read to work on yourself and your career.

Fitness and Health

If you want to learn to treat your body better and get healthy, these books will be right up your alley.

1. 365 Tips for Healthy Living: In this book you’ll find a healthy tip for every day of the year.
2. Winning the Weight Loss Battle: If you’re trying to lose weight, download this book for some helpful advice.
3. How to Stop Smoking Forever: Smoking is terrible for your health, so stop struggling with quitting by getting guidance from this book.
4. Fitness: The Guide to Staying Healthy: Learn how to get yourself in shape and stay that way with this free book.
5. Flab to Fab in Only 15 Minutes a Day: Getting in shape doesn’t have to take up all your time as this short workout book advises.
6. Health and Fitness Nutrition: This ebook offers some useful advice on eating right and getting in shape.
7. How to Boost Your Metabolism: Learn how to make your body burn more calories with the information in this ebook.
8. The Busy Woman’s Fitness Solutions: Even if you have little time to work out, this book will show you how to make fitness a part of your life.
9. The Best Exercises You’ve Never Heard Of: Check out this book to learn the exercises you should be doing but might not know about.
10. Big Fat Lies: This book explores many of the myths and lies spread about weight loss programs and products.

Leadership

Learn to improve your leadership and management skills through these ebooks.

11. Leadership Series: Go through this series of books to learn more about improving your leadership skills.
12. Inspiration: This ebook offers some thoughts on inspiration and how it can make you a better leader.
13. A Force for Change: How Leadership Differs from Management: Learn the difference between just managing people and truly leading them from this book.
14. A Passion for Excellence: The Leadership Difference: Find out some of the qualities that make a great leader in this book.
15. Strategic Leadership And Decision Making: Read through this book to get some insights into how to be a great leader at work.
16. Prescription Leadership: The 9 Practical Skills Needed For Health Professionals To Thrive In The 21st Century: If you’re in the health care field, this book can offer you some great tips on getting ahead–many of which translate into other fields as well.
17. The Leadership Lexicon: Find out the areas where you need to establish competency to be a leader as well as get tips on how to get yourself there with this book.
18. Self Leadership and the One Minute Manager: Increasing Effectiveness Through Situational Self Leadership: You can’t lead others until you get a handle on yourself, and this book will show you how.
19. The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Speaking in Public With Confidence: If you get the chills just thinking about public speaking, this book can help you learn some tricks to make you a more self-assured speaker.
20. Power Speaking: The Art of the Exceptional Public Speaker: Learn how your public speaking can inspire and lead with the pointers from this ebook.
21. Remarkable Leadership: Unleashing Your Leadership Potential One Skill at a Time: If you want to learn to be a leade,r this book will help you expand on the qualities you already have.

Organization and Simplicity

These free reads will help you get your life in order.

22. Clutter 101: The Definitive Guide To De-Cluttering Your Life: Finally clear out all that old junk and get your home or office in order with tips from this book.
23. Living Naked: Personal Transformation Through Bare Simplicity: This ebook will help you learn to live a much more simple kind of life.
24. Conquer Clutter and Organize Your Life: Get a handle on all the stuff you have with the advice you’ll find here.
25. Neat & Simple Feng Shui Tips for Creating a Space You Love!: This guide will help you reorganize, clean and decorate your space according to the Feng Shui way.
26. 89 Ways to Simplify Your Life: Check out this ebook to get some ideas on how to live a life of simplicity.
27. Live Simple: Radical Tactics to Reduce the Clutter, Complexity, and Costs of Your Life: Learn what benefits simplifying your life can have emotionally, physically and even financially.
28. Focal Point: A Proven System to Simplify Your Life, Double Your Productivity, and Achieve All Your Goals: This ebook will teach you how to focus and get rid of all the extraneous distractions in your life that could be holding you back.

Finances

From managing your money to making a small fortune, these books will help you make sound financial decisions.

29. Thriving On Less: Simplifying In A Tough Economy: This ebook will teach you how to be happy spending less–essential in tough times.
30. How to Become a Billionaire: Get some sage advice on building your personal fortune from this free book.
31. Think and Grow Rich: Check out this text to understand the mindset needed to manage money wisely.
32. Money and Abundance: Unlocking Your Abundance: Use the knowledge gleaned from this book to better deal with the money you have.
33. Acres of Diamonds: This book will explain some of the principles of how to be successful with money.
34. Science of Getting Rich: Here you can learn some basic principles that could have you building a personal fortune.
35. The Get Rich Slowly Guide to Roth IRAs: Learn how to invest in your future wisely with this free book from the well-known blog.
36. Plan Z: How to Survive the Financial Crisis: If you’re struggling in this economy, this book can give you some tips that can help you make it through.
37. Tips for Change: Try out this ebook to learn some essential money-management skills.
38. No Credit Needed Debt Reduction Guide: Those with a seemingly endless mountain of debt can learn how to fight it with this ebook.
39. Investing Made Simple: Investing doesn’t have to be complicated and only for the professionals, as this book proves.

Productivity

Try out these books to learn to get more done in less time.

40. Single-Minded Focus: Learn how to hone in your attention to one task at a time and be more productive in the process.
41. 84 Tips on Overcoming Procrastination: Procrastination is the enemy of productivity, and you can learn to fight it with tips from this ebook.
42. Slow Down Fast: A Revolutionary How-To Guide For Being Productive, Efficient, and Effective: This book explains how slow and steady may help you win the productivity race.
43. Maximum Productivity: Get some tips on maximizing your productivity potential from this free book.
44. Time Management Top Tips: Here you’ll find some great tips to help you more effectively manage your time.
45. Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity: This ebook will teach you the principles of the Getting Things Done method.
46. Six Sigma For Quality And Productivity Promotion: If you’re interested in Six Sigma, you should read this book for more information on what it stands for and what it has to offer.
47. Total Productivity Maintenance: A Route To World-Class Performance: Learn how to improve your performance at work through increasing your productivity.

Relationships

Build better relationships at work and at home with guidance from these reads.

48. Change How You Communicate: Do you struggle to communicate with your loved ones and coworkers? This book offers advice that can help you change your communication methods and improve your relationships in the process.
49. The Woman’s Relationship Bible: Women of all ages can find sage advice on relationships in this book.
50. How to Get a Girlfriend: If you’re a single man who doesn’t want to be alone any longer, try reading this dating book for some advice.
51. How to Make Friends: Whether you’re lonely or you just want more friends, this book offers some helpful advice on seeking out and keeping new pals.
52. Love is All About You!: Learn why a great relationship begins with yourself in this free ebook.
53. 97 Steps to a Happy Relationship: This ebook offers some advice on building a better relationship one step at a time.
54. How to Make People Like You in 90 Seconds or Less: Some people flounder in social situations while others excel. Learn the tricks that make some people so likeable in this book.
55. Better Love Next Time: How the Relationship that Didn’t Last Can Lead You to the One that Will: Breakups are hard, but this book will teach you how they can serve as great lessons for finding a partner who’s truly right for you.
56. Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time: Build up your success in business with some tips from this book on networking and relationship building.
57. How to Instantly Connect with Anyone: 96 All-New Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships: Whether you’re on a date or are trying to make a sale, this book offers you some advice on building strong relationships from the start.
58. The Lost Art of Listening: How Learning to Listen Can Improve Relationships: If you’re more of a talker than a listener, learn from this ebook why you should take a step back and listen more often.
59. What Smart Couples Know: The Secret to a Happy Relationship: Those having trouble in their relationships can find some advice and guidance in building trust, and coming together as a couple from this ebook.

Attitude and Stress

These ebooks will show you how to destress and change the way you think about yourself and your life.

60. Developing the Success Mindset: Learn how to change how you think, and achieve success in the process, from this ebook.
61. Train Your Brain: Check out this book to learn how to improve your memory and think differently.
62. 50 Ways to a Positive Consciousness: A negative attitude may be hurting your happiness, so this ebook promise to teach you how to think positively.
63. Stress Is For Suckers: This ebook will help you learn how to cut stress out of your life.
64. The Beautiful Calm Meditation Ebook: Improve your meditation skills with a little help from this ebook.
65. How to Practice the Art of Life Balance: With work, friends, family, school and other commitments, life can get pretty busy. This book offer some advice on achieving a balance between the different aspects of your life.
66. Being Humble: Confidence is great, but when it develops into arrogance trouble can be afoot. This ebook will help you learn the art of being humble.
67. The Confidence Booster: If you need a surge of self-esteem and assurance, try reading this book for some ideas.
68. 50 Simple Stress Relief Strategies: Learn some easy ways that you can battle the stress in your life from this text.
69. Don’t Stress…Your Life is Calling!: Many events in life can seem overwhelming and incredibly stressful, but this book asks you to relax and embrace the process of life instead.
70. Think Positive: Try out this book to learn to battle your negative thoughts and take on a positive mindset.

Motivation and Affirmation

If you need some help getting motivated or feeling confident that you can accomplish your goals, give these books a try.

71. Motivation 101 Tips: If you’re in short supply of motivation, tap into the tips offered in this ebook.
72. Pushing Your Limits: Learn how to stop settling and achieve your personal goals from this book.
73. When You Can Walk on Water, Take the Boat: This ebook will help you get motivated and feel good about what your abilities are.
74. Road Blocks to Happiness and How To Overcome Them: For many people, finding true happiness isn’t an easy task. This book will help you learn how to overcome obstacles and find your true place in life.
75. 101 Motivational Quotes: The quotes in this book are chosen to help you get motivated and feel productive.
76. The Daily Drucker: 366 Days of Insight and Motivation for Getting the Right Things Done: If you’re struggling to get started on a big project or something important in your life, this book offers a tip a day to get you moving.
77. The Power of Self-Esteem: An Inspiring Look At Our Most Important Psychological Resource: Build up your reserve of self-esteem with a little help from this free book.
78. Motivation for the Demotivated: If you’re just not feeling it, this book offers some ways that you can get inspired, pull yourself together and start acting.
79. The Art of Self Encouragement: Learn how to support your own efforts at change and progress with advice from this book.
80. Top 10 Tips for Self Improvement: The basic tips in this book will have you getting started on the road to being a better you.

Achieving Dreams

Everyone has dreams, and these books will give you the push you need to finally achieve them.

81. 4 Steps to Create the Life You Desire: This ebook will teach you to stop wishing for a different life and starting making your life better.
82. 5 Simple Steps to an Awesome Life: Learn how to make your life a little more awesome with the basic advice from this ebook.
83. Opening Doors: A Mini Guide to Blissful Guide to Blissful Living: When one door closes another opens, and this book teaches you to embrace change and live more blissfully.
84. Passion: Read this ebook to learn how to define and harness your passion.
85. Confidence & Courage Tips…To Help You Realize Your Dreams: If you can’t seem to muster the confidence to follow your dreams, this book offers some tips that will have you feeling assured and ready to take on the world.
86. The Essentials of Personal Growth: Read this ebook to better understand how to grow and change as a person.
87. No More Shyness: Those who have struggled to come out of their shells can read this ebook to learn how to put the shyness aside and become confident.
88. 16 Weeks to Your Dream Business: Entrepreneurs can get some insights into building a business that lasts from this ebook.
89. Coach Yourself to Success : 101 Tips from a Personal Coach for Reaching Your Goals at Work and in Life: No matter what your goals are, this ebook offers you a hundred plus tips on how to be your own biggest fan and finally achieve your dreams.
90. Sun Tzu For Success: How to Use the Art of War to Master Challenges and Accomplish the Important Goals in Your Life: This ebook takes a look at the ancient text by Sun Tzu and shows you how the lessons can be learned to fight your way to success.

Career Goals

Work towards getting that promotion, finding a job you love, or even changing careers altogether with helpful advice from these books.

91. Career Satisfaction From Within: This ebook will help you find out how to be more satisfied with where you are in your career simply by changing your mindset.
92. Work Happy The Google Way: Learn why employees at Google are so happy and what you can do to make your workplace happier as well.
93. Quit Your Day Job: Have a dream? This ebook encourages you to pursue it.
94. Goal Setting: Learn how to set and pursue your goals for work, or anything else, in this ebook.
95. The New Boss: How to Survive the First 100 Days: If you’ve finally gotten that promotion, learn how to deal with all the problems that often affect new managers and execs with help from this ebook.
96. Negotiate to WIN – The 21 rules for successful negotiating: Whether you’re negotiating for a raise or a business deal, get some pointers on how to be a stronger player in negotiations from this ebook.
97. The Successful Introvert: How to Enhance Your Job Search and Advance Your Career: This ebook is catered towards those who are simply shyer or less assertive, but who still want to get ahead in the working world.
98. Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies For Reinventing Your Career: Learn how to make a successful career change from this ebook, with some less than usual tips on how to get it done.
99. The 15 Second Principle Short Simple Steps To Achieving Long Term Goals: This ebook will give you some guidance on how to start working towards your goals, little by little.
100. The Seasons of Your Career : How to Master the Cycles of Career Change: Nothing ever stays the same, and you can learn how to manage changes in your career and your industry with advice from this ebook.

Posted by Site Administrator on November 11, 2009 - No Comments

You already know that the Internet is one of the most convenient, effective means of researching and finding information for your classes, but did you know that in some cases it can replace all of your hefty textbooks and reading assignments too? With ebooks, you can read, stream, and listen to lessons, classic literature, poetry and reference books on the Internet or your mobile device. Here are 100 useful links for ebook lovers.

Free

These ebooks are all free, so you can download as many as you want without having to set up a textbook budget.

1. Gutenberg: Project Gutenberg was the first to supply free ebooks, and today they have almost 30,000 free titles in stock.
2. Free-eBooks.net: Besides browsing topics like biography, fan fiction, games, history or tutorials, you can submit your own ebook, too.
3. ManyBooks.net: You can conduct an advanced search, type in a title or author, browse categories or select books by language, from Finnish to Bulgarian to Catalan to Swedish.
4. DailyLit: Get free downloads sent to your e-mail by RSS feed.
5. iBiblio: Find archives, ebooks, tutorials, language books and more from iBiblio.
6. Authorama: This public domain book site has a wide variety of ebooks for free, by Lewis Carroll, Emerson, Kafka, and more.
7. askSam: Search free ebooks and archives in categories like literature, political, government reports, and legal and judicial.
8. Bartleby: Whiel Bartleby charges for some titles, it has a free ebook store here.
9. bibliomania: You will find over 2,000 classic texts from bibliomania, plus study guides, reference material and more.
10. Baen Free Library: You can download ebooks for HTML, RTF, Microsoft Reader and for Palm, Psion and Window CE.
11. eReader.com: eReader.com has many classic lit selections for free.
12. Read Print Library: These novels, poems and poems are all free.
13. Fictionwise: Fictionwise has plenty of fiction, plus nonfiction books, mobile downloads and audio files.
14. ebook Directory: From children’s books to IT books to literature to reference, you’ll find lots of free titles and book packages here.
15. Planet PDF: Planet PDF has made available classic titles like Anna Karenina and Frankenstein for free.
16. Get Free Ebooks: This website has free ebooks in categories like from writing to environment to fiction to business, plus features and reviews.
17. FreeBookSpot: Search by title, ISBN or author, or browse categories like Chinese, Geosciences, hardware, and others.
18. Globusz: There are no limits on the number of free books you can download on this online publishing site.
19. eBookLobby: You’ll find lost of self-help, hobby and reference books here, plus children’s fiction and more.
20. Bookyards: This online "library to the world" has over 17,000 ebooks plus links to other digital libraries.
21. The Online Books Page: You’ll be able to access over 35,000 free ebooks from this site, powered by the University of Pennsylvania.
22. Starry.com: These novels and anthologies were last updated in 2006, but you’ll still find an interesting selection of online and virtual novels.

eBook Readers

Get reviews and product information for all kinds of ebook readers, including the Kindle.

24. E-book Reader Matrix: This wiki makes it easy to compare ebook reader sizes, battery life, supported formats and other qualifications.
25. Amazon Kindle: Learn about, shop, and discover titles for the Kindle here.
26. Abacci eBooks: All the books here are for Microsoft Reader.
27. eBook Reader Review: TopTenReviews lists reader reviews from 2009.
28. List of e-book readers: Learn about all of the different e-book readers from Wikipedia.
29. E-book readers at a glance: This guide reviews and compares the new, cool readers.
30. Free iPhone ebook readers head-to-head: Reality Distortion ranks iPhone ebook readers.

About eBooks

These links will connect you to ebook news, new title releases and ereader information.

31. TeleRead: This blog shares news stories about ebooks and digital libraries.
32. MobileRead Forums: Learn about new ebook releases, clubs and readers.
33. E-book News: Technology Today has made room for a whole section on e-book news.
34. Ebook2u.com: Get the latest headlines about readers, troubleshooting, titles and more.
35. eBook Authors: Get news and releases here.
36. The eBook coach: Learn how to write a successful ebook.

Audio and Mobile

Get ebooks on your iPhone, iPod, BlackBerry, Palm or other mobile device.

37. Feedbooks: You can download books for any mobile device here.
38. Mobipocket: Find ebooks and an ebook reader for PCs, Smartphones, BlackBerry, Palm, Windows mobile and more.
39. Stanza: If you want to read an ebook on your iPhone, use Stanza.
40. Books in My Phone: Read ebooks on a java-enabled phone when you download them here. You can also manage a reading list.
41. Barnes & Noble eBooks: Get NYT titles, new releases and more for your iPhone, BlackBerry or computer.
42. MemoWare: Get literature, poetry, and reference books for your PDA.
43. Audible.com: Here you can download books to your iPod or mp3 player.
44. iTunes: iTunes has audiobooks for iPhones and iPods.
45. LibriVox: Get free audio book files on this site, or volunteer to record your narration for other books.
46. eReader.comMobile: Get the mobile-friendly version of eReader.com here.

Business and Education

Turn to these ebook lists and resources for help with classes and your career.

47. Open Book Project: Students and teachers will find quality, free textbooks and materials here.
48. BookBoon.com: Students can download free textbooks, from economics to biology to study abroad here.
49. Digital Book Index: This site has over 140,000 titles, including textbooks and a pending American Studies collection.
50. Classical Authors Directory: Get lesson plans, audio files, ebooks and more from authors like Washington Irving, Benjamin Franklin and Homer.
51. The Literature Network: Find classics, from Balzac to Austen to Shakespeare, plus educational resources to go along with the plays, short stories and novels.
52. Free-books.org: You can download lots of history and literature books and texts here.
53. OnlineFreeEbooks.net: All kinds of business, hobby, education textbooks, and self-teaching books are available for free on this site.
54. Free Ebooks and Software: Learn how to do your own taxes and more from the books here.
55. The Franklin Free eBook Library: This is a great site for downloading classic literature and poetry, history books and texts, reference materials, and more.
56. eLibrary Business Ebooks: Get emarketing, how-to, and other business ebooks here.
57. Free Business eBooks: This guide has links to all kinds of free business ebooks.
58. Data-Sheet: Data-Sheet finds ebook pdfs.
59. Pdfgeni.com: Type into the search box the type of book you want to read, like business education or vampire fiction.
60. Ebook Search Engine: Simply type in your search and choose to have results displayed as PDFs or Word documents.
61. PDFse: Look for ebooks, especially in science, reference and education, here.
62. Ebook Engine: This engine brings up free ebooks.
63. eBook Search Queen: You can search ebooks by country here.
64. ebookse.com: Browse by category or type your search into the box to bring up your query.
65. Addebook: Free Ebook Search Engine: This tool is Google’s ebook search engine.
66. Boocu: Boocu can pull up thousands of ebooks and digital resources.

Twitter

Keep up with ebook news, new titles, ereaders, and more by following these Twitter feeds.

68. @AnEbookReader: Get tech reviews, accessories news and more for ereaders and ebooks.
69. LibreDigital: This company helps people find what they want to read and watch, on any medium.
70. @e_reading: This feed comments on Kindle news and more.
71. @RogerSPress: Roger publishes ebooks and has been reading them for 10 years already.
72. @DigiBookWorld: Read about the latest trends in digital publishing.
73. @ebooksstore: Follow @ebooksstore for interesting ebook news and releases.
74. @ebookvine: This feed is all about Kindle.
75. @vooktv: Now you can watch books on high-quality video online.
76. @ebooklibrary: This is a feed for anyone who wants to learn more about free ebooks.
77. @ericrumsey: Eric is a librarian who loves ebooks, his iPhone and the Internet.
78. @namenick: Nick Name is an ebook addict and mobile fiction writer.
79. @KindleZen: Get the latest in Kindle news and hacks.

Tech eBooks

Get programming, design and other tech assistance when you head to these ebook resources.

80. FreeComputerBooks.com: Find magazines and IT books for reference and general interest.
81. OnlineComputerBooks.com: Find free computer ebooks on networking, MySQL, Python, PHP, C++ and more.
82. KnowFree.net: KnowFree has mostly tech books for download, plus some business titles.
83. FreeTechBooks.com: This site has downloads in categories like artificial intelligence, functional programming and parallel computing.
84. Zillr: From graphics to Linux to Office to Cisco, you’ll find all kinds of computer and tech books here.
85. Tech Books for Free: From the web to computer programming to science, you’ll find all sorts of tech ebooks here.

Poetry

Find poetry ebooks and collections here.

86. everypoet.com: Read classic poetry on this site.
87. Greatest Poems: Here you will find a collection of 365 of the greatest poems ever written.
88. PoemHunter.com: Download poems in PDF format here.
89. Poetry: You’ll find poetry ebooks for download on this site.

Kids

Share these interactive ebook resources with young students.

90. International Children’s Digital Library: The ICDL is a colorful site devoted to children’s ebooks.
91. ebook88: On this site, there’s a Christmas Bookshelf, and plenty of other kids’ ebook links.
92. Children’s Storybooks Online: Find kids’ storybooks, home schooling materials, and more.
93. Tumble Books: This Tumble BookLibrary features fun, animated, talking picture books.
94. Raz-Kids.com: This is another interactive kids’ book site that helps kids learn to read.
95. Children’s Books Online: the Rosetta Project, Inc.: Here you’ll find loads of books and translations for kids.
96. Read.gov: From children’s classics to in-progress digital books, Read.gov has excellent ebook resources.
97. Storyline Online: The Screen Actors Guild Foundation presents Storyline Online with streaming videos of actors reading children’s books.

Miscellaneous

From social networking and ebooks to bundles of books, turn here.

98. Scribd: This ebook finder and social network shares what people are currently reading, and lets you upload your own book.
99. Diesel: Diesel has 500,000 ebook store downloads, including custom bundles, mobile downloads and some free titles.
100. eBooks.com: Get NYT bestsellers for $9.99 each, plus all kinds of academic ebooks, non-fiction and more.

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If you feel that you’re destined to be an intellectual long after you graduate from college, you’re going to have to work a little harder to keep up with high brow culture and scholarly debates on your own. These 100 blogs will help you jump in on the discussions influencing the art, literature, political and culture worlds, even without the support of your professors and fellow classmates.

Art

From ancient art to modern art critics, you’ll find it all here.

1. jameswagner.com: New York writer and arts calendar editor James Wagner posts pictures of art works and artists while commenting on the politics of art.
2. Two Coats of Paint: Get the background stories and reviews of painters and their works, plus exhibition news.
3. NEWSgrist: Consider the politics of art in the digital age when you read New York artist Joy Garnett’s profiles and reviews.
4. Bearded Roman: Study classic art and classical art traditions here.
5. Happy Famous Artists: This counter culture art blog is for the "intelligensius anarchus."
6. Art21 Blog: Keep up with exhibitions from San Francisco to China to Argentina while reading reviews, profiles and international art trends.
7. Art Ravels: Art lovers of all types will love browsing posts on this blog, which covers Picasso, New York art fairs, film, books, auctions, Shakespeare and more.
8. Art Fag City: Get news from the New York City art world here.
9. Edward Winkleman: Get in-depth, smart commentary about international artists, art awards, art culture and more.
10. artcritical.com: This online art magazine brings you contemporary art news, features about iconic artists, and more.
11. Regards curieux: This blog from Lemonde.fr covers new art, theatre revivals, opera, music and other cultural exhibitions of note.
12. Art Market Blog: Nicholas Forrest’s art market blog covers the international market.
13. The Warhol Influence: From sex to fame, find out how Warhol’s influence is still around.
14. Painting History: Learn about "history painting," our the paintings of major historical events.
15. Art Deco: Fans of the 1920s and 1930s will appreciate this art deco blog.
16. Illicit Cultural Property: This blog is written by "a legal academic studying art" and addresses current research in all three.

Politics and Law

These political and legal thought blogs will help you analyze current events more deeply.

18. Public Reason: Public Reason is "a blog for political philosophers" that invites academic political scientists and students to join in the discussion.
19. Legal Theory Blog: This blog discusses various political theory debates, from intellectual property to Constitutional theory to ethics, the environment and economics.
20. Intro to Political Theory Blog: Political science students contribute to posts about Machiavelli, Locke, MLK, political action and more.
21. LexMonitor: Get summaries of posts from law blogs across the web, including articles about judiciary law, law school, and more.
22. Poliblogger: This blogger believes that "politics is the master science."
23. PrawfsBlawg: This law professor blog values intellectual honesty above all else.

History

These history blogs cover manuscripts and the history of books, as well as culture, European history and beyond.

24. Wynken de Worde: Read about the history of books and early modern culture here.
25. diapsalmata: This blog is written by a PhD student at Duke’s English department and covers early modern history, cultural history, book history and more.
26. BibliOdyssey: View illustrations from historical manuscripts and old books.
27. Bavardess: From feminism to manuscripts to the French Revolution, you’ll find all kinds of interesting posts about history here.
28. History News Network: The HNN is a great resource published by George Mason University that features breaking news, blogs, book reviews and more.
29. History of American Women: This blog has a massive archive of biographies and posts about the women behind the Declaration of Independence, American Revolution, and more.
30. Strange Maps: Find random, strange historical maps from The Turkish-Islamic Empire, 19th century London, and beyond.
31. Paleoglot: Study etymology of ancient worlds here.
32. Iconoclasm: Here you can read about early Christian iconoclasm and ancient archaeology.
33. bookn3rd: This book history blog features high quality images of old manuscripts.

Society and Culture

From entertainment and pop culture to design trends to sociology, these blogs celebrate the lifestyle trends that determine different societies, from the ancient world to now.

34. Social Science Statistics Blog: Discuss findings and analysis from the Institute for Quantitative Social Science here.
35. Culture Blog!: SFGate’s culture blog comments on everyday events but also greater issues that shape our views on sexuality, design and more.
36. Good Prattle: "The art of conversation" is the topic of choice on this blog, which interviews Hollywood actors.
37. The Cool Hunter: Follow this blog to make sure you’re in the know when it comes to fashion, art, gadgets, kid stuff, travel, design and more.
38. Vulture: New York Magazine’s Vulture blog stalks pop culture, from Broadway to TV to music.
39. Culture Pundits: Read all kinds of culture blogs and arts websites from this culture HQ.
40. The Celtic Anthropology/Culture Blog: From dance to magazines to sports to music, get all things Celtic from this blog.
41. CuLT cultural studies blog: This blog discusses Poe, Italian neo-realism, Marxism, Samuel Beckett, feminism and other revolutionary thinkers and movements.
42. The Memes of Production: This blog is part cultural studies group part commentary on society, covering media, academia, literature, music, trivia and the Internet.
43. Sociology Lens: Sociology Lens is the blog for the review journal Sociology Compass.
44. A Very Public Sociologist: This blog comes with "a militant twist" and covers Internet culture, Foucault and everything in between.
45. anthropologi.info: Get news about sociology and anthropology studies, reports and issues.
46. Culture Matters: On this blog, you’ll find out how to apply the study of anthropology to learn more about the modern world.
47. Us and Them: This blog discusses races, ethnicity, nationalism and identity.
48. Culturetopia: This podcast recovers NPR’s best arts and culture stories from the week.

Languages

Whether you want to learn a new language or just learn about the idiosyncracies of languages, turn to these blogs.

49. Omniglot: Get words of the day and overviews of foreign languages and literature, from Luxembourgish to Greek to Welsh to Turkish.
50. Languagehat.com: Get random musings on the history, culture and grammar of ancient Greek, Russian and more.
51. Language Log: From learning languages to coding a la The Da Vinci Code, this blog studies everything language.
52. A Way with Words: This public radio show speaks about all things language-related, from slang to pronunciation.
53. Fritinancy: Read about all the quirks of the English language on this blog.
54. Confessions of a Language Addict: This blogger muses on the relations between Dari and Irish, keeps up with his own language learning challenges, and shares historical overviews of all types of languages.
55. Wordlustitude: Get a weird word of the day, like "colleague-icide" or "cluster-sexual-intercourse."
56. Naked Translations: Get English to French translations, culture guides, and more.
57. Brave New Words: Brave New Words is a blog about translation.
58. Slang o’ The Day: Get slang words of the day from American English, British English, computer slang, and more.

Literature

From classic literature to poetry to the modern publishing industry, get reviews, news and more.

59. largehearted boy: This music and lit blog covers book news and reviews.
60. NPR Books Podcast: Get book reviews, author interviews and book news here.
61. Nonprofit Literature Blog: Read about literature and poetry that celebrates philanthropy.
62. Esther’s Classic Literature Blog: Esther Lombardi writes about Kafka, Tolstoy and other iconic authors.
63. Pepys’ Diary: Read daily journal entries from Samuel Pepys.
64. Maud Newton: Maud posts about politics, literature, and culture.
65. bookgasm: On bookgasm, you’ll find "reading material to get excited about."
66. Literature Blog: Get entertaining, well-written book reviews from various bloggers here.
67. The Blog of Innocence: Find book reviews, meditations, essays and other narratives here.
68. AustenBlog: Jane Austen lovers keep up with Austen-inspired works, TV specials and more.
69. The Shakespeare Geek Blog: Find all kinds of Shakespeare-related topics, including reviews, sonnets, and news.
70. The Elegant Variation: This Guardian ranked blog features interviews with authors like Philip Roth, plus reviews and news.
71. Nathan Bransford – Literary Agent: Nathan blogs about the publishing industry.
72. Books Blog: A Conspiracy of Smart People: Albany’s TimesUnion.com publishes this book blog that reviews new and older books.
73. The Penguin Blog: Penguin UK blogs about booksellers, book reviews and more.

Philosophy

These philosophy blogs comment on literature, political theory, culture and more.

74. Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog: Read about the academic profession of philosophy, philosophy news, and poetry, just for good measure.
75. Cato Unbound: Check out the discussion on Cato Unbound, a "trading floor in the intellectual marketplace" that covers political theory, economics and more.
76. Aristotle’s Feminist Subject: Read this blog if you’d like to discover how Aristotle was actually a chauvinist.
77. Philosophy, et cetera: This blog tries to answer all of life’s questions.
78. PEA Soup: PEA Soup’s contributors post about philosophy, ethics and academia.

Writing

Whether or not you’re a writer, you’ll find intriguing insight into the daily lives of writers, the publishing industry and the creative craft here.

79. Writing the Renaissance: This young writer and Princeton alumna chronicles her historical fiction writing project about 16th century France.
80. The Plotmonkeys: The four plotmonkeys talk about writing fiction.
81. Paperback Writer: This blogger has also written 44 books.
82. Wordswimmer: Learn about the writing process from different authors.
83. The Urban Muse: Susan Johnston writes The Urban Muse, full of tips for writers and "adventures" about the creative lifestyle.
84. Poetry Hut: Poetry Hut keeps you briefed on poetry news, trends and new releases.
85. Books: The Guardian’s book blog is a must-read for keeping up with the publishing industry, new titles and reviews.
86. The Best American Poetry: Discover the best American poets from today and yesterday.
87. Write for Your Life: Get practical writing tips if you want to start your own project.
88. Editorial Ass: Here you’ll discover all the ins and outs of the publishing industry.

Film

Study film beyond Hollywood by checking out these blogs.

89. L’Oeil sur l’Ecran: This is another blog from LeMonde, commenting on films old and new.
90. Category D: This film and media studies blog includes posts about the technical side of film making, film history, and criticism.
91. The Case for Global Film: This group blog mostly ignores Hollywood filmmaking.
92. Parallax View: Get film reviews of more obscure titles, as well as classics.
93. The Seventh Art: The Seventh Art is a serious film blog covering Hitchcock, Polanski, "camera obscura" and more.

Music and Performance

These blogs cover opera, dance, theatre and music.

94. The Official Weblog of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mozart answers readers’ letters on this high brow humor blog.
95. La Scena Musicale: Canada’s classical music and opera magazine blogs here.
96. Opera Chic: Learn what’s new (and chic) in the opera world.
97. Open Studio 455: Ballet dancers and trainees with the San Francisco Ballet blog here.
98. The Jazz.com Blog: You’ll learn about performances, artist news and everything else about jazz.
99. Steppenwolf: Go behind-the-scenes with one of the most famous American theatre companies.
100. West End Whingers: This blog covers all that’s going on in London’s West End district.

Posted by Site Administrator on November 8, 2009 - No Comments

Students of the past spent most of their academic time in the library, pouring over encyclopedias, and sifting through pages of data. It’s easy to get lost in a text-heavy reference book, amidst numbers and figures; this is especially true for science majors, whose art and skill revolves around specific numbers and very precise information. Fortunately for today’s scientist, much of the information that was once found only inside the walls of a library is now available online. These awesome science search engines will help you find what exactly what you’re looking for, as well as remind you how much fun research can really be.

Top Ten

These are the most popular, reputable, and reliable science search engines on the Web.

1. Biolinks: A search engine for scientists. Find fast and direct hotlinks to scientific journals, companies, Medline Resources, associations and societies, publishers, meetings guide, software resources, national organizations and career opportunities.
2. PSIgate: PSIgate is a free service that offers access to high quality Web resources in the physical sciences; astronomy, chemistry, earth sciences, materials sciences, physics, and science history and policy.
3. Scicentral: Directory of science and engineering online resources.
4. Science.gov: Science.gov is a gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results.
5. SciTechResources.gov: Catalog of U.S. Government science and technology Web site resources.
6. Strategian: Guide to quality information in biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, medicine, physics, and psychology.
7. Energyfiles: Virtual collections of energy science and technology information. Provides access to energy-related databases and Web sites. This product has a powerful distributed searching tool which allows users to search for information without having to know which source to use.
8. Chemedia: Portal of science and technology in Spain and Latin America.
9. INIS Web Services: A database of annotated links to Web sites on the Internet that are related to various fields of nuclear science and technology and the IAEA’s work.
10. Scinet Science Search: Delve into this science search engine and directory, which allows users to research a wide range of subjects, from agriculture to technology. Users can rate sites and leave comments.

Astronomy

If it’s the universe you love, you’ll be happy to see all the data you need combined in these great engines and databases.

11. About Astronomy and Space: Guide to space and astronomy resources and information.
12. Astrobiology Web: An online guide to the origin, evolution, and distribution of life in the Universe as well as all other aspects of space exploration.
13. Astronomy Net: Directory of astronomy resources, searchable forums and searchable lists of organizations providing astronomy services.
14. Astronomy Resources: Search for educational astronomy information and links in over 50 categories.
15. AstronomyLINKS: Astronomy and space directory, links, booksmarks and more.
16. Brian’s Space Hotlist: Directory of links to quality space information intelligently organized into a number of topics, and annotations make it clear what each site listed is about.
17. Cosmobrain: Astronomy and astrophysics directory.
18. Links to Astronomy: Portal to all those who are nuts about space sciences: from the infinitely small (particle physics) to the infinitly big (cosmology).
19. SpaceRef: Space directory and search engine. Includes space exploration and missions, a space calendar of events, and interactive space news.
20. Top 20 Astronomy: Online directory for astronomy education including solar systems, galxies, cosmology, astrophysics, radio, organizations, and more.

Biology

These directories and databases link to sites, scholarly sources, and professional publications that highlight the most fascinating biological research.

21. Bio Netbook: Searchable database of links for biology.
22. Biofinder: Biology directory for professionals.
23. BiologyBrowser: Serves as a starting point for anyone seeking biology information on the Internet. BiologyBrowser features free resources and useful links, and provides a forum for connecting hundreds of researchers and information scientists worldwide.
24. BIOME: Offers free access to a searchable catalogue of Internet sites and resources covering the health and life sciences.
25. BioScience Links: A directory of important Internet resources in the biological sciences. Biochemistry, biotechnology, molecular biology, software, methods, journals and other links are presented.
26. BioSites: A virtual catalog of selected Internet resources in the biomedical sciences.
27. BioTech Science Resources: Directory of biomedical resources.
28. BioDataBases: Catalog of molecular genetic database links.
29. Cell and Molecular Biology Online: Directory of resources for cell and molecular biologists.
30. Genamics: Directory of resources for molecular biology and biochemistry.
31. Harvard Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology: Biology links.
32. National Biological Information Infrastructure: Provides access to data and information on the nation’s biological resources.
33. Vadlo: Vadlo is brought to you by two biology scientists who wish to make it easier to locate biology research related information on the web.
34. Elephant Information Repository: Elephant links, elephant news, elephant conservation, and an in-depth look at the elephant.
35. Kingsnake.com: Portal for reptile and amphibian hobbyists.
36. Zoology Resources: A directory of Internet resources on Zoology.
37. ZooWeb: Directory of zoos and aquariums.
38. Plants National Database: A single source of standardized information about plants. This database focuses on vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories. The database includes names, checklists, automated tools, identification information, species abstracts, distributional data, crop information, plant symbols, plant growth data, plant materials information, plant links, references, and other plant information.
39. Scott’s Botanical Links: Provides useful botany education resources at the undergraduate college and advanced high school (AP-Biology) level. Sites are rated based on educational value, completeness and scientific accuracy.
40. Internet Directory for Botany: Index to botanical information available on the Internet.

Earth Science

Here, you’ll find all the resources you need to write your best essay or thesis about earth science.

41. Athena Earth Sciences Resources: Directory of earth sciences resources.
42. Geoindex: Selects, gathers, edits, and links to Earth resources available online.
43. Geologia.com: Geology and nature. Earth science on the net.
44. Geosource: Directory of resources for human geography, physical geography, planning, geoscience and environmental science. Provided by Utrecht University Library.
45. Mineralogie: Annotated links to internet resources, especially for mineralogists, petrologists, crystallographers, geologists.
46. Links to Earth-Science Resources: A commented list of links to a selection of the best Earth-Science resources on the Internet.
47. NASA’s Global Change: Directory of information about Earth science data, including a broad coverage of global warming, the oceans, atmosphere, hydrosphere, solid earth, biosphere and human dimensions of global change.
48. UMASS Lowell Weather Links Directory: Provided by the Department of Earth, Environmental and Atmospheric Sciences Meteorology Program, University of Massachusetts-Lowell.
49. Wind and Sea: Selected links to science and policy sites organized by topic and alphabetically within topic. All of these sites have been reviewed and annotated by a technical information specialist of the NOAA Central Library staff.
50. NCSE Online: Improving scientific decision making through research.

Mathematics

Love it or hate it, math is a huge part of science, so get the research help you need with these useful tools.

51. Math Forum: Resource for teachers, students and parents looking for web sites across the Internet on math topics.
52. Math Links: Searchable library of mathematics and math-related web links.
53. Math Online Database: This is an abstracting and reviewing service for applied and pure mathematics.
54. Mathnet: Provides a collection of mathematical resources.
55. Penn State Math Department: Guide to sites dealing with mathematics.
56. Math Virtual Library: Directory of Mathematics-related resources.
57. Math Gate: An Internet resource catalogue for Mathematics.
58. Yahoo! Science: Here’s a directory of science resources and Web sites.
59. Calculus.net: Offers a directory to calculus and other mathematics resources.
60. Calculus Resources: Links to mathematics archives.

Physics

Keep your research and studies in motion with the assistance of these reliable physics search engines.

61. About Physics: Physics sites on the web ranging from quantum physics through relativity to philsophy of physics and biographies of famous physicists. A resourse for homework help, physics discussion board, resourses for science teachers.
62. Internet Pilot to Physics: Physics news, jobs, and resources.
63. Physics Encyclopedia: Carefully selected and structured lists on Internet physics resouces.
64. PhysLINKS: The guide for physics on the Web.
65. PHYSNET: Portal to physics of the ISN and the EPS. Worldwide network of Physics departments and documents – provides a set of information services for physicists.
66. Physics Virtual Library: Directory of physics resources.
67. Physics.org: Searchable database of resources from the Institute of Physics which matches user queries to handpicked sites. Also includes Physics Life animation.
68. Physics Central: Targeted at non-scientists and created by the American Physical Society. Regular features include news, ask an expert, pictures, current research, people, and links.
69. UF Dept. of Physics: Find information about academic programs, courses, news, job opportunities, and more.
70. UMD Physics: Find what you’re looking for by searching through these physics archives.

Weather

Follow these links to resources created for the most devoted meteorologists.

71. WeatherNet: WeatherNet provides access to thousands of forecasts, images, and the Net’s largest collection of weather links.
72. Weather Post: Over 3,600 cities covered worldwide! Enter a city, state or country for detailed forcast information, weather images and historical weather data.
73. Weather Search: Get a 5 Day Weather Forcast for over 800 cities.
74. World Climate Data Search: The data here is climate data, not current weather data. This means the data shows historical averages. It is a guide to what the weather will be typically be like, not what it is like right now.
75. Weather.com: The Weather Channel’s searchable Web site.
76. Langenberg: Up-to-date weather database, using CNN and Weather Underground.
77. National Weather Service: Official US weather, marine, fire and aviation forecasts, warnings, meteorological products, climate forecasts and information about meteorology.
78. Weather Underground: Weather Underground provides weather information for worldwide locations, including current conditions, and hourly forecasts.
79. Yahoo! WeatherSearch: Satellite maps, news, video and more.
80. CNN Weather: Get current conditions & 5-day forecasts plus radar, satellite, and temperature maps.

Chemistry

Use these search engines for your next big assignment, and you’ll be amazed at how much time you save.

81. Chemistry Springboard: Directory of analytical chemistry resources on the Internet.
82. ChemDex: Directory of chemistry on the WWW.
83. ChemFinder: An index to chemical information on the Internet, with structures and physical properties, searchable by name, structure, CAS Number, and physical properties.
84. Chemical Analysis: Matches those in need of chemical analysis with a database of labs and consultants from around the world. Also provides a links index, an analytical book store, literature referral service, and a forum designed specifically for chemists.
85. Chemist Links: A huge index of Chemistry resources arranged into 75 chemical categories.
86. Information for Chemistry: Chemistry and sciences resource compendium by field and by topic.
87. OJOSE: With OJOSE you can find, download or buy scientific publications (journals, articles, research reports, books, and more) in up to 60 different databases.
88. SciTopia: Search over 3.5 million documents, plus patents and government data.

Social Sciences

From anthropology to archaelogy, these engines are geared toward students of social sciences.

89. Research Resoures in Social Science: Directory of links to information for social science researchers.
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We’ve all had teachers who changed our lives, or at least the way we see the world. But aren’t you curious to know what it would be like to be taught by some of the most iconic, though fictional, teachers of all time? From high school teachers in middle America to larger than life professors in film and literature, here are 10 teachers we wish we’d had.

1. Dr. Henry Walton Jones, Jr., Indiana Jones: Besides his dashing good looks, Dr. Henry Walton Jones, Jr., or Indiana Jones, is a true adventurer who isn’t afraid to get down and dirty for his work. Who wouldn’t want to tag along on one of Jones’ crazy trips around the world? Dr. Jones proves that studying ancient civilizations and digging up dusty old artifacts isn’t boring at all.
2. John Keating, Dead Poets Society: Robin Williams played John Keating in Dead Poets Society, the new, non-conformist teacher at the all boys’ Welton Academy. Keating, who teaches English, transforms the typical curriculum by taking the boys outside, asking to be called "O Captain, My Captain!" and inspiring his students to start a literary club. Keating serves as a mentor and academic tutor that the boys worship, even though their parents and administrators feel differently.
3. Ms. Norbury, Mean Girls: Ms. Norbury, played by Tina Fey, is Lindsay Lohan’s dorky, down-and-out math teacher in Mean Girls. She has to work at a bar in a mall to make ends meet, is in the middle of a divorce, and is even the subject of a cruel rumor that accuses her of being a drug dealer. Ms. Norbury, though, is a "pusher," and gives even her meanest students a second chance. Plus, she helps Lohan’s character escape her grounding punishment and make it to the Spring Fling.
4. Dr. Ross Geller, Friends: David Schwimmer’s Dr. Ross Geller on the major TV hit Friends was kind of a dork about dinosaurs, but he still managed to land the hottest girls on the show — including a student — and even got to present his thesis at a convention in Barbados. Ross was a complete softie, totally adorable, and wholly passionate about his love of paleontology.
5. Sean Maguire, Good Will Hunting: Robin Williams plays another teacher we’d love to have, this time a community college professor in Good Will Hunting. Williams’ character, Sean Maguire, counsels Matt Damon’s Will Hunting — a young janitor genius from Maguire’s old neighborhood — and helps him heal from his abusive childhood, open himself up to a realistic romantic relationship, and understand that his intelligence is a gift that he has a right to be proud of.
6. Professor Robert Langdon, The Da Vinci Code: Dr. Robert Langdon, the principal character in Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code, is a professor of religious iconology and symbology at Harvard. The quietly clever and analytical Langdon, also played by Tom Hanks in the movie version, seems to be an open-minded, chronically curious teacher who is humble, highly intelligent, and passionate about his work. Plus, if he really liked you, you might get to travel as his research assistant on adventures around the world.
7. Professor Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter: If Professor Dumbledore was your headmaster, you wouldn’t just be a lucky student, you’d also be a wizard. But if you brought Dumbledore into the real world, you’d have a caring mentor who respects his students and helps them succeed in their personal lives as well as in their academic pursuits.
8. Professor Roy Hinkley, Gilligan’s Island: Better known as just The Professor, Roy Hinkley on Gilligan’s Island was virtually the only potential love interest for Mary Ann and Ginger, and usually the only character who came close to finding a way off the island. His seeming encyclopedic mind would come in quite useful, and we’d love to have the patient, strapping (but dense) professor on hand if we were trying to solve any kind of difficult problem, shipwrecked or otherwise.
9. Professor Charles Kingsfield, The Paper Chase: Although Professor Kingsfield is seen as a sort of villain, or at least a bully, in The Paper Chase novel and film, he’s a driving source of inspiration, ambition and personal development for the story’s main character John Jay Osborn, Jr. The Harvard Law contracts professor is practically a dictator and ends up being the father of Osborn’s new girlfriend, but he’s also admired for his work ethic and own professional achievements.
10. Katherine Ann Waston, Mona Lisa Smile: Katherine Ann Watson is an art history teacher from Oakland, CA, who travels across the country to teach the most privileged girls in the country at Wellesley. She is accused of being too liberal among the socially conservative administration and alumni, but many of the students come to appreciate her progressive thinking. Watson is almost too harsh in her criticism of Wellesley, but she is ultimately open to accepting the fact that some of her students feel comfortable reconciling domesticity with higher education.