Business Education: Class Notes - Business Education Resources

Business Student Resources
General

Online Apps

Google Docs
Create, store and share documents and spreadsheets on the web
http://docs.google.com

Google Labs
Google labs showcases ideas still in Beta.
http://labs.google.com/

Office Live Workspace
Store 1000+ Microsoft Office documents in one place Share files—you control who can view and edit Works with Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/office_live/default.aspx

Open Source Software and Freeware

Open Office
OpenOffice.org 2 is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose.
http://www.openoffice.org/

GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program)
has many Photoshop features- Open Source Software
www.gimp.org

IrfanView-
Opens just about any image, manipulate images, changing size color depth, set it to play slide shows- Freeware
www.irfanview.com

Compatibility and Viewers for Microsoft Office

Interactive Guides to the Office 2007 interface
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/HA102295841033.aspx

Microsoft Compatibility Pack for 2007 File Formats
Open, edit, and save documents, workbooks, and presentations in the file formats new to Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007.
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats

Powerpoint viewer
This download is for users who don't have Microsoft PowerPoint®; it allows them to view PowerPoint 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/
details.aspx?FamilyID=428d5727-43ab-4f24-90b7-a94784af71a4&DisplayLang=en

Word viewer
This download is for users who don't have Word; it allows them to open and view Word 2003 documents.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/
details.aspx?familyid=95e24c87-8732-48d5-8689-ab826e7b8fdf&displaylang=en

Sites with Freeware, Shareware and Trial Software

Tucows
www.tucows.com

CNet.com
http://www.downloads.com

Study Tools

Calculators.com
http://www.calculator.com/

Calander
http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/

Dictionary.com
http://dictionary.reference.com/

Dictionary.com - Translations
http://dictionary.reference.com/translate/text.html

References

Encarta Encyclopedia
http://encarta.msn.com/

Bartleby.com
publishes the classics of literature, nonfiction, and reference free of charge
http://www.bartleby.com/

How Stuff Works
http://www.howstuffworks.com/

Looksmart- Find Articles
http://articles.findarticles.com/?tb=art

Citing References

APAStyle.org
http://www.apastyle.org

Slate Citation Machine
... free service, fill out a form get back a formatted citation
http://citationmachine.net/

Technology References

CNET
http://www.cnet.com/

Webopedia Online Dictionary for Computer and Internet Terms
http://www.webopedia.com/

NetLingo -- Everything you need to know about the Internet. Includes a comprehensive dictionary of Internet terms
http://netlingo.com/index.cfm

Crabby Office Lady columns
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/CH101495151033.aspx

Urban Legend Reference Pages
largest collection of urban legend debunking articles, before you foreward to your friend check here first
http://snopes.com/