RSS Feed. CIA Library - The Central Intelligence Agency has a library, an online directory of Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments, maps and a World Fact Book that offers information on countries all over the world. Bartleby - Bartleby is an online reference library that publishes literature, reference books, poetry and much more. It is the perfect site for anyone who wants free and unlimited access to great books online. Google Books - This beta tool from Google is a great way to locate books and research material on every subject imaginable. MORE >>

Piles of books, clippings, manuscripts, notes, All sorts of lost treasures buried in them.». Similarly, while it can be popular to sign up to every RSS feed under the sun, it makes sense to only select the very best ones that repeatedly have good content. Sort your RSS feeds by priority into folders, and hit the most important folder first. Use a tool like FeedRinse to subtract recurring RSS items that you know you aren’t interested in for a given feed.». Steven Hodson , WinExtra.com: «When it comes to RSS I tend to do two things. Wikipedia. MORE >>

Eloqua's Grande Guide to Wikipedia. I've found myself doing more work in Wikipedia for various clients of late, and let me tell you, I find the entire environment nerve-wracking. Wikipedia is its own sandbox and if you don't pay attention to the rules, you'll hear about it. On top of that, I've had to create a Wikipedia page for a client, which is a whole other kettle of fish when it comes to writing (hint: hark back to college research papers -- ugh). So I was *really* happy that Eloqua came out with their fabulous guide, The Grande Guide to Wikipedia. MORE >>

Ebook - An ebook is an electronic version of a printed book. Google Reader - Google Reader is an RSS reader that allows you to aggregate various blogs and sites and collect updates to new content in one location. Podcast - A podcast, or non-streamed webcast, is a series of digital media files, either audio or video, that are released episodically and often downloaded through an RSS feed. RSS Feed - RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated content such as blogs and videos in a standardized format. MORE >>

Wikipedia: History of personal learning environments. Entries RSS. Comments RSS. books (10). Sims Learning Connections. Living at the intersection of People, Technology, and Content — with a passion for Knowledge and Learning. About. Inspiration. Open Content. Personal Learning Environment (PLE). Synonyms: personal knowledge management (may be closer to relate term than truly synonym…hard to say as neither term has a generally accepted definition). Resources. Introductions and Summaries. Primarily maintainted by Mark van Harmelen. Definitions. By Author. MORE >>