Operation CHARM is an online repository of free car and truck service manuals, described as spanning many makes and models from 1982 through 2013. The site states that the data will be available free of charge permanently. The project also releases the database and code powering the site publicly so that an equivalent site could be set up.
Academic Torrents is a BitTorrent-based distributed system for sharing large research datasets, operated as a product of the Institute for Reproducible Research, a U.S. 501(c)3 nonprofit. It is intended to let researchers replicate and distribute data without the high costs of commercial hosting providers. The site states it makes over 419.44TB of research data available.
Explanations is a series of articles aiming to let people play with fun parts of computers, such as graphics, compression and audio. Its tagline is "Play, don't show". The series was previously known as Xplain and focused on the X11 window system and protocol. The source code for all demos is available on GitHub under the MIT/X11 license.
CELT, the Corpus of Electronic Texts, is a digital humanities resource at University College Cork covering Irish history, literature and politics. It provides a searchable online textbase of contemporary and historical Irish documents, including literary and historical material. The project states that it keeps publishing scholarly electronic texts gratis and invites volunteers to help with proofreading.
A directory linking to free computer, programming, mathematics and technical ebooks, lecture notes and tutorials from around the world. Entries are categorized, and the site provides an advanced search engine.
WOW! eBook is a site for free download of online PDF eBooks, magazines and video tutorials. Listed titles include technology and software development books with paperback page counts, publication dates and ISBNs.
The Open Textbook Library is a catalog of open textbooks licensed by authors and publishers to be freely used and adapted. It offers 1887 open textbooks, supported by the Open Education Network, and lists new and forthcoming titles.
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Academic Torrents is a BitTorrent-based distributed system for sharing large research datasets, operated as a product of the Institute for Reproducible Research, a U.S. 501(c)3 nonprofit. It is intended to let researchers replicate and distribute data without the high costs of commercial hosting providers. The site states it makes over 419.44TB of research data available.
Explanations is a series of articles aiming to let people play with fun parts of computers, such as graphics, compression and audio. Its tagline is "Play, don't show". The series was previously known as Xplain and focused on the X11 window system and protocol. The source code for all demos is available on GitHub under the MIT/X11 license.
CELT, the Corpus of Electronic Texts, is a digital humanities resource at University College Cork covering Irish history, literature and politics. It provides a searchable online textbase of contemporary and historical Irish documents, including literary and historical material. The project states that it keeps publishing scholarly electronic texts gratis and invites volunteers to help with proofreading.
A directory linking to free computer, programming, mathematics and technical ebooks, lecture notes and tutorials from around the world. Entries are categorized, and the site provides an advanced search engine.
WOW! eBook is a site for free download of online PDF eBooks, magazines and video tutorials. Listed titles include technology and software development books with paperback page counts, publication dates and ISBNs.
The Open Textbook Library is a catalog of open textbooks licensed by authors and publishers to be freely used and adapted. It offers 1887 open textbooks, supported by the Open Education Network, and lists new and forthcoming titles.
