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Tools A - K  |  TOOLS: L-Z

These further stand-alone tools are for individuals to work and learn more effectively with others - as well as on their own.

Key:
B=Social bookmarking and web clipping tools
C=Calendar/event scheduling tools  M=Mind mapping tools
 N=note taking/sharing/anotation/whiteboarding tools
R=(re)search tools  O=Other collaboration tools
Free tools are shaded grey
= a Top 100 Tool, click on the star for more info

L B C M N R O
laterloop
Read web pages later on your phone or anywhere
Free, Hosted
x          
Lexisum
Browse wikipédia as you type and impress your colleagues with excellent prints.
Free, Hosted
        x  
LibraryThing
Catalogues your books online
Free/£, Hosted
          x
linkaGoGo
provides instant access to your bookmarks
Free, Hosted
x          
Lino
Manage your tasks (to-do), share your idea with your friends, collect photos from everyone who attended a party, and whatever you want to do!
Free, Hosted
          x
Listhings
Personal dashboard for storing notes
Free, Hosted
      x    
localendar
Free online calendar

Free, Hosted
  x        
Lumifi
Lets you gain insight into your research, organise your information and collaborate with others
Free, Hosted
        x  
M B C M N R O
Many Eyes
View your data, ask questions, and share your discoveries.
Free, Hosted
        x  
Mapul
web based software allows you to create completely organic looking mind maps
Free, Hosted
    x      
marro.ws
online web clipping/social bookmarking tool in which you can snip valuable items (text and image) from a web site easily
Free, Hosted
x          
MeetOMatic
Simple meeting scheduler
Free, Hosted
  x        
MeetwithApproval
Arrange a meeting or event. Work out which day is good for everyone and keep track of who is coming.
Free, Hosted
  x        
Mendeley
Organise, share and discover research papers
Free, Download/Hosted
x       x  
Microsoft OneNote
Gather your information in one place, find what you need fast, and share your notes and information
£, Free Trial, Download
      x    
Mind42
Collaborative mind mapping in your browser
Free, Hosted
    x      
Mindmeister
upports all the standard features of a classic mind mapping tool - only online, so a collaborative mind mapping tool
Free/£, Hosted
    x      
Mindomo
The visual way to get your things done
Free, Hosted
    x      
Minggl
Interact with all your contacts from one place, including status updates, friend categories, private messages, and scatter messages across the web with the Notes feature
Free, Download
x         x
Mixin
Make the most of your social time by making it easy to see what your friends are doing and when they are available
Free, Hosted
  X        
MynoteIT
take, edit and share notes online
Free, Hosted
      x   x
MyStickies
place little yellow squares of digital paper anywhere and everywhere you feel like in the whole wide web. Along with the ability to put sticky notes on webpages
Free, Hosted
x     x    
N B C M N R O
Netvouz
Organize your bookmarks in folders and tag each bookmark with keywords. Access them quickly on your own personalized bookmarks page.  Share them or password protect them
Free, Hosted
  x        
Netvibes Universes
customised versions of Netvibes that can be published for public access. 
Free, Hosted
          x
Notable
Quickly and easily give feedback on design, content, and code on any page of a website or application without leaving your browser.
Free/£, Hosted
      x    
notebook G
online organizer. No software to install. Nothing to manage. Ditch the sticky notes, scraps of paper, and spiral notebooks.
Free, Hosted
          x
NoteCentric
keeps your notes organized and readily available online. Your notes are always in one place, so you don't have to worry about synchronizing them
Free, Hosted
      x    
Notefish
Notefish makes Internet research simple. Save information from the web into a single online Notefish page, then organize and share!
Free, Hosted
x     x x  
Notely
has all the tools a student could need, schedule, calendar, note-taking, homework planner and more.
Free, Hosted
  x   x    
NoteMesh
Service that allows college students in the same classes to share notes with each other.
Free, Hosted
      x    
Notepub
save, share, and search your notes
Free, Hosted
      x    
NoteScraps
a random information manager for Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows XP. NoteScraps is a place to store and find all the random notes that you will never remember and may never need until the time when you desperately need it right now.
Free/£, Download
      x   x
Num Sum
Easy, sharable spreadsheets
Free, Hosted
          x
O B C M N R O
OfficeCalendar
Share Microsoft Outlook Calendar and Contacts with Office Calendar
£, Free Trial, Download
  x        
oSkope
a visual search assistant that lets you browse and organize items from Amazon, Ebay, Flickr, Fotolia, Yahoo!Image Search and YouTube in an intuitive way
Free, Hosted
        x  
Ottobib
Make a bibliography. It's free, easy and OttoMatic
Free, Hosted
        x  
P B C M N R O
Pageflakes
aggregate all kinds of resources and tools on your web-based desktop.  Share your page with others
Free, Hosted
          x
Pinboard
Fast, bloat-free bookmarking with a spare user interface
£, Hosted
x          
Plazes
Share your location and stay connected with your friends.
Free, Hosted
        x  
Popscreen
organize and share your favorite tv shows, movies, webcasts, news , music and viral videos from hundreds of sources in one location.
Free, Hosted
x          
Postica
the fastest and easiest way to create and distribute your notes, reminders and files
Free, Hosted
      x    
Privnote
Send notes that will self-destruct after being read
Free, Hosted
      x    
putplace
gathers all your valuable digital stuff — photos, documents, email, music, videos — from all your PCs and laptops. It backs up everything, securely stores it, and organises it all so you can find or share your files from anywhere
£, Free trial, Hosted
          x
Q B C M N R O
Quikmaps
Draw pictures and label things on Google maps
Free, Hosted
           
R B C M N R O
reddit
a source for what's new and popular online. vote on links that you like or dislike and help decide what's popular, or post your own!
Free, Hosted
x          
refbase
This database lets you manage and share your academic literature
Free, Hosted
x       x  
Remember the Milk
Keep track of your tasks; share and publish task lists
Free, Hosted
          x
RescueTime
Ridiculously easy time management
Free/£, Hosted
          x
Rollyo
Roll your own search engine
Free, Hosted
        x  
S B C M N R O
Save This
save, organise and share links to your favourite web pages
Free, Hosted
x          
ScheduleOnce
Simple service to help you find a time for for your meeting
Free, Hosted
  x        
Scholarpedia
Peer reviewed encyclopedia written by scholars from all around the world
Free, Hosted
        x  
Screen Calculator (Ambleside School)
Large online calculator
Free, Hosted
          x
Scuttle
Web-based social bookmarking system. Allows multiple users to store, share and tag their favourite links online.
Free, Open source, Download
x          
Scriblink
Brainstorm on your online whiteboard
Free, Hosted
      x    
Second Brain
Save, share and discover great bookmarks
Free, Hosted
x          
Senduit
File sharing service
Free, Hosted
          x
Shelfari
Create a virtual shelf to show off your books, see what your friends are reading and discover new books
Free, Hosted
          x
ShortText
a simple tool to post text online, with minimum fuss
Free, Hosted
      x    
SimplyBox
Quickly and visually share content
Free, Hosted
x          
Smub
Post, share and bookmark instantly from your mobile
Free, Download
x          
SNIPPit
Leave your text notes in a personal space in a simple and graphical way
Free, Hosted
      x    
Springnote
allows you to create pages, to work on them together with your friends, and to share files
Free, Hosted
      x    
Springpad
a free personal organizer to save and use just about anything — recipes, products, restaurants, ideas, notes, articles, and more
Free, Hosted
      x    
Spurl
on-line bookmarking service and search engine. It allows you to store and quickly access again all the interesting pages you find on the web from any Internet connected computer
Free, Hosted
x          
Stickis
Write Stickis on any web page. Read what your crowd of friends and bloggers have written right there
Free, Hosted
      x    
StudyRails
online study tool for effective study habits; can send weekly updates to tutor, advisor etc
£, Free Trial, Hosted
           
Stumbleupon
Discover the best of the web
Free, Hosted
x       x  
Stumpedia
Social search engine that relies on human participation to index, organise and review the world wide web.
Free, Hosted
        x  
Surfulater
you'll never lose important information you find on the Web or have to worry about Web sites or pages disappearing, never to be found again.
Free, Hosted
x       x  
T B C M N R O
Tagzania
Create, tag and share your maps
Free, Hosted
          x
Technorati
Searches blogs by keywords and links
Free, Hosted
x       x  
Text2Mindmap
Converts text lists to a mindmap
Free, Hosted
    x      
thagoo
Tagged search engine that uses popular social bookmarking sites as a reference to give reliable and popular results
Free, Hosted
x          
Timebridge
Send a single email to coworkers, clients, or friends and TimeBridge finds a meeting time everyone can make
Free/£, Hosted
  x        
TimeToMeet
A simple visual way to find a common time with other people
Free, Hosted
  x        
todofrog
an online list management site. It allows you to create, edit, re-order, and share lists or keep them private. Access from any computer in any location via the Web.

Free, Hosted
          x
Toodledo
Web-based to do list
Free, Hosted
          x
Topicle
a search engine community. Every Topicle search engine only searches handpicked URLs, instead of the whole Web
Free, Hosted
x       x  
Touchgraph
Powerful visualization solutions let you discover and explore the relationships in data
£, Free Trial, Download/Hosted
    x      
Trailfire
Place comments on any web page
Free, Hosted
x     x    
Twine
The Smartest Way To Organize, Share and Discover Information About Your Interests
Free, Hosted
x          
Twitternotes
Take notes anywhere using Twitter
Free, Hosted
      x    
TwoBrains
collaborate by sharing resources, comments, thoughts and ideas with one another. It combines social bookmarking and shared goals to support a community of learning
Free, Hosted
x          
U B C M N R O
UberNote
Organize with tags and search your own personal archive on the web
Store your private data or share with your friends

Free, Hosted
      x    
Umapper
Create embeddable Flash maps
Free, Hosted
          x
Up2Maps.net
See and publish your research data on Thematic Maps & Share results with the World Community
Free, Hosted
        x  
W B C M N R O
Web2.0calc.com
Online calculator
Free, Hosted
          x
Web2Wave
share your bookmarks portfolios (Webfolios)
Free, Hosted
x          
Webnote
a tool for taking notes on your computer. It allows you to quickly write something down during a meeting, class, or any other time that you have a web browser available
Free, Hosted
      x    
Webnotes
Personal: share interesting or useful websites; Academic: organise and maintain research papers
Free/£, Hosted
x       x  
When is Good
An easy way to find out when everyone is free for your next meeting or event.
Free/£, Hosted
  x        
Wikiosity
Create a reading list from Wikipedia and share it
Free, Hosted
        x  
WIKINDX
Bibliographic and quotations/notes management and article authoring system
Free, Open Source, Download
        x  
Wikipedia
Collaborative encyclopaedia
Free, Hosted
        x  
wiki upload
file hosting and sharing
Free, Hosted
          x
WikiWorldBook
Online Address Book. Users can be found via a Google Search (of their name) and messaged without having to reveal their email address
Free, Hosted
          x
Windows Live Calendar
Manage your time, coordinate schedules, works with Outlook calendar
Free, Hosted
  x        
Wink
People search
Free, Hosted
        x  
WiseMapping
Create and share mind maps
Free, Hosted
    x      
Wonderfile
web based tagging system for sharing and storing files of any type.
Free, Hosted
          x
Wordle
Generate “word clouds” from text you provide; useful to visualise themes, etc, share wordles
Free, Hosted
        x x
Wridea
a web service first to avoid ideas being forgotten, then to organize and improve those ideas by giving you the opportunity to share your ideas with friends and necessary tools to improve your ideas by yourself and individually.
Free, Hosted
          x
Wuala
File hosting and sharing service
Free, Hosted
          x
X B C M N R O
Xmind
coolest brainstorming and mind mapping software and the best way to share your ideas.
Free/£, Open source, Hosted
    x      
xThink Online Calculator
Scientific calculator
Free, Hosted
          x
Y B C M N R O
Yahoo Maps
Maps and driving directions
Free, Hosted
          x
yoName
People search across social networks, blogs and more
Free, Hosted
        x  
Yoono
Browser extension to enable easy sharing
Free, Download
          x
YourGMap
Google Maps with your locations
Free, Hosted
          x
Z B C M N R O
Zapr
Simple sharing from your computer
Free, Hosted
          x
ZigTag
It allows you to save your favorite websites by tagging them with keywords, which you can then use to retrieve the pages again at a later date
Free, Hosted
x          
Zinkmo
Synchronise bookmarks across computers and browsers
Free, Hosted
x          
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