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Infographic: Write It Down. 21 Brilliant Productivity Tools Every College Student Must Use. If you ask a college student about productivity, he won't have much to say.

21 Brilliant Productivity Tools Every College Student Must Use

And you really can't blame him. He leads a dynamic life where academics and fun go hand in hand, with the latter becoming a more important activity most of the times. However, with the advent of internet and web 2.0, a college student now has access to so many amazing tools that he could finish up his work as well as enjoy life to the fullest without the guilt. The following list mentions 21 such tools which could skyrocket the productivity of college students when it comes to doing research, communicating with fellow students and dealing with assignments.

Research and Taking Notes 1.Questia Questia is an excellent online research tool which features a huge web based library of magazines, books, journals, papers, articles and much more. Although you need to pay about $19.95 per month for its membership, you could save on books and magazines you buy if you subscribe to it. 2.Free Book Notes 3.Wikipedia 4.Notely.

10+ Web Tools To Save Your Butt In School. It’s a new year, and the beginning of a new semester in school.

10+ Web Tools To Save Your Butt In School

Students who didn’t do so hot last year have probably made a New Year resolution to improve their grades. To help you all with the next semester, I’ve decided to make a list of extremely helpful web tools that will make school easier for all the struggling students out there. Enjoy, and good luck with the new semester. 1. PinkMonkey / Shmoop Everyone already knows about Sparknotes and Cliffnotes, but there are very few who have used PinkMonkey. Another website you’ll like is Shmoop. Similar Sites: Sparknotes, Cliffnotes, LitSum, GradeSaver, Bookrags 2. One of the things I hate most about school is that for every paper you turn in, professors insist that you cite your sources. Luckily for you, there are a lot of websites that will put together a bibliography for you. My favorite site for this is BibMe.

Similar Sites: EasyBib andOttobib. 3. Similar Sites: Quizlet, StudyStack 4.TadaLists. Learn Right, Not Rote. The Crisis of Credit Visualized - HD. Writing Tools. Where to Download Textbooks. Quick Links Save 50% by Downloading Textbooks Here: Due to the tighter economy, college students' budgets are being pinched more than ever. Even as tuition continues to rise, the biggest complaint by students and others alike seems to be geared toward the outrageous cost of textbooks. Across the blogosphere, there appears to be more and more ‘How to Save Money on Textbooks’ articles being written in an effort to alleviate the problem. So it seems, in these tough times, people are looking to help one another by offering advice on where to shop for textbooks. 160 Free Textbooks: A Meta Collection. Free textbooks (aka open textbooks) written by knowledgable scholars are a relatively new phenomenon.

160 Free Textbooks: A Meta Collection

Below, find a meta list of 200 Free Textbooks, and check back often for new additions. Also see our online collection, 1,700 Free Online Courses from Top Universities. Boundless - Free Textbooks. TextbookRevolution. HackCollege - Student-Powered Lifehacking.