Generally Useful Tools

Google Scholar:  the poor man's Elsevier

Google NGrams:  search literature for word counts

WordNet:  Semantic relationships between words in an online database

BaseCamp:  organize your project in a useful way

Research.gov:  site to search awards from Federal Agencies

NationMaster:  a massive data source with ways to graphically compare nations.

Sci²:  science of science policy tool

NetLogo:  agent-based modeling tool

Insight Maker:  web-based social dynamics and agent based modeling

WhenIsGood:  scheduling resource

SCImago Journal Rank:  mapping and ranking for academic journals

 

 

 

Education Resources

Field Learning Assessment Guide:  resource for assessment

Student Assessment of Learning Gains:  on-line assessment tool

Simple Team Experience Assessment Measure (STEAM):  peer evaluation

National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science

National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics

TurnItIn.com:  plagiarism software (subscription service)

Hack Education:  education and technology blog

What Works:  clearinghouse of education studies at Department of Education

Women in Engineering Proactive Network:  gender issues in engineering education

ASEE Manuscript Central:  submission and review Site

Ethics CORE:  tools for ethics in science & engineering

Engineering Education Brain:  my database for engineering education (restricted)

Interactive Knowledge Networks for Engineering Education Research

AIChE Concept Warehouse:  conceptual understanding tools

Journal of Engineering Education 🔒:  research journal for engineering education

EDGE:  games for learning

Prezi:  presentation tools on the web

Piazza:  open discussion board for students

AccessEngineering:  database of engineering teaching resources

Modeling Social Complexity in Education:  SRI project

Capstone Design Community:  Resources for teaching capstone design

Systems Thinking Map:  Books on systems thinking

Deep Insights Anytime Anywhere (DIA2):  Data analysis tool for engineering education and NSF

The Chronicle of Higher Education:  Higher education news

Cognitive Edge:   Narrative data collection and analysis tool

Online Ethics:   Ethics resources online.

IEEE Standards University:   Everything you wanted to know about standards but were afraid to ask...

Voyant:   Free text analysis visualization software

Faculty Diversity Dashboard🔒:   Resources on diversity for faculty

 

Science Resources

SOS Mathematics Tables:  CRC tables on-line

IUPAC Gold Book:  chemical formulas

Wire Gauges:  exactly what it sounds like...

Unit Converters:  exactly what it sounds like...

Web Elements:  periodic table of the elements

Molecular Spectroscopy Site:  mm and FIR spectroscopy searchable database
Physics:  APS spotlight on recent results

Mathworks:  Matlab site

StatSoft Statistics Textbook:  on-line statistics text

Statista:   Lots of useful statistics for reesarch.

 

WorldCAT:  access to journals through Bucknell's library

Moodle 🔒:  open-source closed-course management system

My Bucknell 🔒:  faculty site at Bucknell

Academic Advising:  all I wanted to know about advising but was afraid to ask...

                    🔒  study abroad information

Links to Courses:  search for open courses

Qualtrics Survey Tool 🔒:  exactly what it sounds like...

Bucknell ABET Site 🔒:  online site for department accreditation

Bucknell University Dashboards 🔒:  lots of useful information about Bucknell students

ECE Faculty Site 🔒:  ECE faculty resources (restricted)

ECE Scheduling Worksheet 🔒:  View and set course time spreadsheet (restricted)

Connecting to the Plotter:  instructions to plot posters

Curriculum Planning 🔒:  edits to the academic catalog (restricted)

                    🔒  making changes to courses and adding new courses

                    🔒  making changes to the major

                    🔒  approving changes

                    🔒  CoE room schedules

Schedule-Fast:  site for students to find available electives

Supplemental Pay:  request salary support from grant or other sources

FileLocker:  secure, encoded file transfer

Course Information:  registrar's site to look up courses

Bucknell Dashboards:  institutional information at a glance

Dean's Dashboards🔒:  information for chairs and deans.

Bucknell Outcomes:  more institutional information at a glance

Advising 🔒:  useful advising links (restricted)

                    🔒  approve course overloads

URC Review Site 🔒:  files for candidates under review (restricted)

Bucknell Matlab Portal 🔒:  Matlab resources for Bucknell

                     

 

Philosophy & Spirituality

Naturalism.org:  essays on the philosophy of naturalism

Druidry.org:  a modern druidry revival without all the memorization

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy:  in-depth and comprehensive

Wi-Phi:  philosophy videos, fun to watch...

Zen Habits:  practical advice for living more mindfully

The Dark Mountain Manifesto:  when Hubris meets Nemesis...

 

News

CNN:  the Budweiser of news...

BBC:  like CNN only real news.

Sites that feature good news:

DAILYGOOD

GOOD WORLD NEWS

WHAT'S WORKING

 

 

Music

Pandora:  streaming radio

Grooveshark:  make your own playlists. Mine are here and here.

Live Ireland:  streaming Trad from Ireland

Shorty & Slim:  my hometown band

Music Map:  similarity between bands

 

Making, Hacking, and Computers

CoolText:  graphics generator for web pages

Lifehacker:  useful information about life and computers

NoScript:  add-on to block scripts in Firefox

Google Code:  developer tools from Google

Eloquent JavaScript:  learn JavaScript on your own from this site

Open Source Hardware:  An open-source hardware list from Mouser

Quirky.com:  A lottery for your idea for a consumer product.

Convertfiles.com:  Video format converter, useful when you don't have the codec.

STL file viewer:  Check out the stl file before you waste filament.

Freedom:  Pay service to control access times to social media and web sites

MultiSim Live:  Electronics simulation

Bucknell Maker Access:  Makerspace access control portal

Bucknell Makers Site:  Links to Makerspace sites at Bucknell

   - The MakerE - Electronics themed Makerspace

  🔒 MakerStock - Online parts for Bucknell Students

   - Mooney Lab - Fabrication space in the basement of Dana Engineering

   - 7th Street MakerSpace - Makerspace at 7th St. cafe and craft center

   - Maker Portal - Homebrew site to manage equipment access

Bucknell Dozuki Site:  Tutorials for Bucknell Makerspaces

Bucknell Glowforge:  To send files to the Glowforge

OnShape:  Free online CAD that acts like SolidWorks

MakerCase:  Easily design cases using an online tool

Maker Pro:  lots of cool electronics Making projects

Plega GitHub 🔒:  Coding site for one of my side projects

 

Travel / Weather / Business

radar.weather.gov:  the government's original source of weather

Oklahoma Mesonet: monitor this site during August before you relocate...

Kayak:  comprehensive travel search site

 

Shopping

Woot:  fun until some rich Texans sold out to Amazon

Think Geek:  all the junk you never knew you needed

Pegasus Publishing:  nerd nirvana

Amazon Outlet:  for when you want to save money and can buy refurbished...

Web Comics

Order of the Stick:  geek humor

ZenPencils:  wisdom of the ages as a comic

 

Service

Journal of Engineering Education 🔒:  Editor's portal

IEEE Transactions on Education 🔒: Editor's portal

Murmurations 🔒: Editor's portal

 

 

 

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