Essential Links for Students

As a college student, I know what it’s like to scour the Internet for information.  Sometimes it can be pretty easy but most of the time it is quite time consuming and can only add to the already huge workload that I’m required to juggle.  Here are a few links that I’ve stumbled upon over the past few weeks that should prove useful to students at any level (especially college).

• Cramberry- Directly from their website: “Say hello to Cramberry, a new web application that uses flashcards to help people study for exams, learn a new language, remember important things like birthdays or names, and much more. Getting started with Cramberry is simple, and usually takes less than a minute.”
• Pick-A-Prof- Directly from their website: “Pick-A-Prof is a socio-academic utility that helps college students make educated decisions about professors and classes.  By combining an extensive amount of academic information directly from university records along with social networking data, Pick-A-Prof gives you virtual snapshots of classes from how professors teach to which sections friends are going to take.”
• The 10 Best Websites to Swap Books, CDs, DVDs & Games- MakeUseOf has compiled a list of the best websites that can be used to swap anything ranging from books to video games.  Students will be able to take advantage of this list in order to find new textbooks and to locate bartering items that they want to receive.
• Free Software For Your Flash Drive- Software can be expensive but thanks for this list of free software, students of all ages can save some money when upgrading or maintaining their computer.  There is a wide variety of software included in this list, including OpenOffice which can be used instead of Microsoft Office.
• 69 Free or Open Source Tools for Students – Online College lists a plethora of resources that students can use to accomplish a variety of things, ranging from social networking to research.  There area ton of great applications and websites on this list that will definitely have an impact on the life of a student.
• 10 Online Learning Tools for Students- MakeUseOf generated this list of essential resources for students.  It is broken down by subject and has a lot of good information to offer.  A majority of the links on this page would be very useful to college students.

What are some websites that you visit that help you succeed at your studies?  Let everyone know by commenting on this post!