E-Library
Use the links in
the Selected Websites below to find freely available information on the Web.
OPEN COURSEWARE CONSORTIUM
The Open CourseWare Consortium is a worldwide community of hundreds of higher
education institutions and associated organizations committed to advancing
OpenCourseWare and its impact on global education. An OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a free and open digital publication
of high quality college and university‐level educational materials. These
materials are organized as courses, and often include course planning materials
and evaluation tools as well as thematic content. OpenCourseWare are free and
openly licensed, accessible to anyone, anytime via the internet. The search index currently contains 5,910 courses from
62 sources and 25 languages, and growing! Click here to visit this
site
ELDIS
"ELDIS is a gateway to information on development issues, providing free
and easy access to wide range of high quality online resources."
Concentrates on providing links to full text freely downloadable documents,
with thorough abstracts created by Eldis. Also includes:
ilissAfrica
(Internet library sub-Saharan Africa)
A portal that offers an integrated access to relevant scientific conventional
and digital information resources on the sub-Saharan Africa region. Information
scattered on private or institutional websites, databases or library catalogues
are brought together in order to facilitate research.
Intute
A gateway to Internet resources useful for HE teaching and research work,
"created by a network of UK universities and partners". Not
maintained since July 2011, but will be available for three years. Several
sections are relevant to development studies, including:
World Bank
Details of World Bank activities, including:
World Development Reports
This is an invaluable guide to the economic,
social and environmental state of the world produced by the World Bank.
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