CDX Online automotive textbook and encyclopedia

Ian Andrew and Ron Beaumont

Five-star offering covering all things automotive, with some Spanish content.

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Our Ocean Planet: Oceanography in the 21st Century

Robert Stewart

An introductory online-only web textbook for students studying oceanography or other earth science topics.

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Macrohistory: Prehistory to the 21st Century

Frank Smitha

This exhaustive website covers just about everything from a historical perspective. The site is packed with hundreds of lengthy pages summarizing world events succinctly. There is a good site search feature, it’s easy to browse and navigate, and there is a very well-done timeline that lets you see events year by year. A few unobtrusive google ads support the site.

What really makes this site stand out are all the extras. They’re not the kinds of things you’d expect to find. There are no teacher guides or lecture notes. Instead, there is a huge collection of maps that’s indexed in two different ways. There’s a link to a history forum. There are book reviews of dozens of history books. There are opinions on world events. There are links for further reading after most sections. And there’s plenty more—it’s a site well worth exploring for any student or history buff, and would be a great addition to an entry-level history course’s syllabus.

Submitted by Prof. John Horgan

From the author:

In my narratives I try to describe what happened while appreciating the need of readers to make of facts what they will. I describe ideas and beliefs as well as events, in story fashion, without favor or hostility. And I try to avoid the distortion and superficiality that results from including only those facts that pleases everyone.

I appreciate anyone challenging whatever I write as fact or fail to include. The site has benefited from the scrutiny of professional scholars and others. I would appreciate your help no matter how small, and you are most welcome to tell me of books – yours or those of others – that have details that I could use.

I’ve tried to keep my opinions separate from my historical narrative. The site has a separate opinion section. My book summaries are for adding historical information rather than critiques on authors.

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The History Guide

Steven Kreis

The History Guide has been created for the high school and undergraduate student who is either taking classes in history, or who intends to major in history in college.

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Europe in Retrospect: A Brief History of the past 200 years

Raymond F Betts, University of Kentucky

A thorough coverage of modern European History with no frills.

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Digital History

Steven Mintz, Univ. of Houston

An incredibly thorough and well-organized book on US History from Native Americans through 9-11.

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Outline of US History

US State Department

A short book on US History from the first Native Americans through the 2004 elections, brought to you by the US State Deptartment.

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Education Improvement Internet Library

Walter Antoniotti

The Education Improvement Internet Library has free material to help students learn, teachers teach, and everyone improve our educational system.

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Englishpage.com

Perhaps the single most useful resource on the web for students learning English as a second language.

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Personal Finance Internet Library

Walter Antoniotti

Personal Finance Internet Library has free information arranged by age of user beginning with elementary school. Also has free budgeting software, a free Internet financial planning book, free budget material, government help, college course notes, and links to finance organizations.

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Educational Audio-Video Internet Library

Walter Antoniotti

Educational Videos Internet Library has free materials on Mathematics, Science, Computers, Software, Excel, Business, Economics, and Fun Stuff. Also has well done Audios, some that can be downloaded into iPods.

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Elementary Algebra, 3e, from Totally Free Math

Wesner, Nustad, Mahler, and Ailawadi

A free version of an established print algebra textbook.

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Stratospheric Ozone

A broad overview of the fundamental science related to the study of stratospheric ozone.

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Virtual Courseware for Earth and Environmental Sciences

Resources for studying earthquakes and global warming.

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Geology Labs Online

Three online geology exercises: earthquakes, dating, and rivers

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Kerala Information Technology

A high school primer on IT from the government of Kerala, India, with a strong emphasis on open source software.

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Kerala Geography

This book from the government of Kerala, India, has a particularly broad view of geography, covering topics as diverse as the evolution of man, the international monetary fund, accounting, and plate tectonics.

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Kerala History

A high-school history textbook from the government of Kerala, India. Not particularly useful as a textbook, but a good lesson in how history is taught in different cultures.

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Kerala Biology

A high-school bio book from the government of Kerala, India.

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Kerala Mathematics

A high-school algebra and geometry book from the government of Kerala, India.

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Kerala Chemistry

A high-school chemistry book from the Government of Kerala, India.

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Kerala Physics

A high school physics book from the government of Kerala, India.

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Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE)

If you’re looking for info on geology, geography, soils, volcanos, hurricanes, tsunamis, astronomy, the sun and solar system, or any other earth and planetary science topic, this is a great place to start.

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Virtual Chembook

Charles E. Ophardt, Elmhurst College

An online-only book that’s used by the author for three 100-level classes: Organic and Biochemistry, Environmental Issues, and Demo Labs.

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Biology Lessons at SDSU

An excellent, if somewhat dated, set of lessons in biology from San Diego State University.

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Test-Prep Mathematics

Pamela Cohen and Walter Antoniotti

A book for people who want to quickly study basic high school mathematics.

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About.com

About.com has hundreds of guides to just about everything you could want.

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About.com: Geology

Andrew Alden

Hundreds of informative articles which will help students and amateur geologists at any level.

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Internet Basics for ESL Students

Jim Schweizer

This online-only “14-Lesson Introduction to Using Computers and the Internet for Students of English as a Second Language” is exactly what it says it is.

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Internet TSL Journal

A free monthly online journal for ESL/EFL teachers.

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HyperMath

Rod Nave, Georgia State University

HyperMath is a growing collection of examples of applied mathematics with links to their applications to problems in physics and astronomy.

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HyperPhysics

Rod Nave, Georgia State University

An excellent computer-only based physics site, designed to follow concepts of physics through links.

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Jan's Illustrated Computer Literacy 101

Jan Smith

Computer course for beginners in this well-done online only textbook, also available in spanish.

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Geological Society of America Free Teacher Resources

All things GSA, with lesson plans and lots of links.

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Discovery Channel's Lesson Plan Library

A well done site that offers lesson plans for K-12 teachers, most in .PDF form.

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Roller Coaster Physics

Tony Wayne

A fun physics text for younger students based on the design of a roller coaster.

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Physics, 1st Ed.

Multi-Author

A part of the South African Free High School Science Textbook Project for students in Grades 10-12

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Earth/Space Science Web Textbook

Daniel Freeman

This is a proof of design concept, intended to illustrate to schools, school districts, teachers, universities, and colleges, that an interactive textbook of this type can be designed and delivered via the Internet.

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Chemistry, 1st Ed.

A part of the South African Free High School Science Textbook Project for students in Grades 10-12

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