Online courses

https://online-learning.harvard.edu/catalog/free

https://www.futurelearn.com/

https://www.businessoffashion.com/memberships/packages (30 days - $1 packages available)

Facebook Blueprint: https://www.facebook.com/business/learn

Book Downloads

1. For free book PDFs
https://z-lib.org/

1.5 To find new books and similar books to your favourite authors and titles:
https://www.gnooks.com/

2. For free book downloads
https://b-ok.org/
https://b-ok.cc/

3. For free magazine downloads:
https://magazinelib.com/

4. In need of any book(.pdf) relating to any subject/field or topic?
Go to your browser and type:
www.pdfdrive.net
You will get access to millions of  books you need, for free.
Unlimited free downloads.

5. For non fiction book summaries
https://blas.com/


5. SOME USEFUL  WEBSITES  ONLINE EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT

www.khanacademy.org
www.academicearths.org
www.coursera.com
www.edx.org
www.open2study.com
www.academicjournals.org 
codeacademy.org
youtube.com/education

6. BOOK SITES

www.bookboon.com
http://ebookee.org
http://sharebookfree.com
http://m.freebooks.com
www.obooko.com
www.manybooks.net
www.epubbud.com
www.bookyards.com
www.getfreeebooks.com
http://freecomputerbooks.com
www.essays.se
www.sparknotes.com
www.pink.monkey.com


10. SEARCHING FOR PEOPLE
■ AnyWho (www.anywho.com)
■ InfoSpace (www.infospace.com)
■ Switchboard (www.switchboard.com)
■ WhitePages.com (www.whitepages.com)
■ WhoWhere (www.whowhere.lycos.com)

11. SEARCHING FOR THE LATEST NEWS
■ ABC News (www.abcnews.com)
■ CBS News (www.cbsnews.com)
■ CNN (www.cnn.com)
■ Fox News (www.foxnews.com)
■ MSNBC (www.msnbc.com)
■ New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
■ USA Today (www.usatoday.com)

12. SEARCHING FOR SPORTS HEADLINES AND SCORES
■ CBS SportsLine (www.sportsline.com)
■ CNN/Sports Illustrated (sportsillustrated.cnn.com)
■ ESPN.com (espn.go.com)
■ FOXSports (foxsports.lycos.com)
■ NBC Sports (www.nbcsports.com)
■ The Sporting News (www.sportingnews.com)

13. SEARCHING FOR MEDICAL INFORMATION
■ healthAtoZ.com (www.healthatoz.com)
■ kidsDoctor (www.kidsdoctor.com)
■ MedExplorer (www.medexplorer.com)
■ MedicineNet (www.medicinenet.com)
■ National Library of Medicine
(www.nlm.nih.gov)
■ Planet Wellness (www.planetwellness.com)
■ WebMD Health (my.webmd.com)

14. JOURNALS
http://www.indexcopernicus.com Multidisciplinary
http://www.ajol.info/ - African Journal Online
www.africanjournalseries.com -
www.devconsortservices.com.ng
www.doaj.org - directory of open access journal
www.sabinet.co.za - South African Journals.
www.oajse.com - Open Access Journal Search Engine
http://www.lub.lu.se/en.html - Lund University
http://www.dovepress.com/ - Free Scientific & Medical Materials
http://www.copernicus.org/ - Access & Publication

15. ACADEMIC SEARCH/WEB RESEARCH TOOLS/REFERENCE MANAGERS
http://academic.research.microsoft.com - Multidisciplinary
http://www.scirus.com
www.scholar.google.com
http://dbis.uni-trier.de/DBL-Browser/ - Digital Bibliography Library Browser
http://academic.live.com - Live Search Academic
http://www.science.gov/ - USA government for Science
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/index - Computing & Information Sciences
http://www.mendeley.com/ - academic social network/collaboration
http://www.worldcat.org/ - Multidisciplinary
http://libserver.cedefop.europa.eu - Voc & Tech Education
http://inspirehep.net/ - Stanford physics information retrieval system
hsystemv  www.ssrn.com/ - Social Science Research Network.

Being a strong woman

Stop asking for permission from others; they won’t necessarily care about what you do, or they’ll have an agenda for making you choose one thing over another. They won’t thank you for following their advice, and you’ll end up doing things you never wanted to do. Pull back into your own agenda. Figure it out.

Beat Lethargy and grogginess

Try these strategies to feel more energetic throughout the day:

First, splash cold water on your face to give yourself a jolt of energy. This might involve taking a cold shower before you leave home. (Research has shown that people who take cold showers take fewer sick days, too.) If you’re pressed for time, drinking a glass of cold water could have a similar effect.

Various research has shown that timing your coffee correctly can also help maximize your alertness. The key is to drink coffee when your cortisol levels are at their lowest. People commonly refer to cortisol as the “stress hormone” -- it’s a chemical compound that boosts your energy. For the average person, cortisol levels spike between 8 and 9 a.m., according to neuroscience Ph.D. candidate Steven Miller.Avoid adding caffeine to the mix during that peak cortisol time -- you’re better off boosting your alertness levels once the cortisol peak is over, to avoid becoming jittery. So, save the coffee until the 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. window -- or about three to five hours after wake-up.

Google Search hacks

1. Want to find a quote or a song when you know only some of the words? Use the asterisk (*). And be sure to put in quotes. For example: "ask not what * * do for you".

2. You don’t need to reach for the phone when you need a timer or a stopwatch. Just type it into Google. Even better you can specify the length in your search term. Example: “20 minute timer”.

3. Confused about your current IP address? Just enter “IP address”.

4. You probably know this one, but you can get precise flight info by typing the details directly into the search box.

5. No, you don’t have to deal with a clunky time zone converter. Just type in the time at the other location, and Google will tell you what time it will be in India. For example: 2:00 pm Buenos Aires.

6. Want to know the weather. Just type ‘weather’ followed by the city. Specify a day if you’re looking for info in advance.

7. Google Search can dig up info from your own personal data, so long as you use services such as Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Photos. Try searching for “my trips,” “my flights,” “my appointments,” “my reservations,” “my purchases,” “my bills,” or “my photos.” With some of those, you can get even more specific: “my AT&T bills from 2018,” “my photos from france,” “my photos from February 2016,” and so on. As long as you have matching data in a compatible Google service, you’ll get results right then and there.

8. Perhaps you’ve done an exhaustive search for a product or some information on a website you’d thought would have what you needed. Surely there are other sites out there that could give you what you’re looking for. In these cases, Google can tell you what websites are comparable to the one you’ve been sifting through. Search “related:URL” with or without additional keywords to find results from similar sites. (Again, use lowercase for text preceding the colon, and no space between the colon and the URL.)

9. Track a package: Skip some steps and track a package right from Google. If you have the tracking number handy, just Google it. If Google doesn’t recognize it as a tracking number, try Googling “track package,” then typing or pasting the number into the field that comes up. You may not need to click “Find Carrier” if the search returns options. A shortcut to this is highlighting and right-clicking (or holding down “control” as you click if you’re using a Mac) a tracking number, e.g. in your email.
While many carriers email you the tracking number with a convenient button or link, this is still a useful feature if you just have the number.

10. Find a page that links to your website: Maybe you have a blog or website and you’re wondering whether others are linking out to it. Short of looking at Google analytics or another traffic-monitoring source, you can find out who’s driving visitors to your site by searching your URL with the following syntax: “link:example.com” (any URL -- and with no space between the colon and URL). The URL can be a home page or a longer webpage URL.

11. Search for a specific type of file: If you know you’re looking for a PDF, Excel spreadsheet, PowerPoint presentation or another type of file that’s been uploaded to the web, you can search “filetype:PDF,” “filetype:xlsx,” “filetype:ppt” etc. It’s a quick way to find reports from agencies, examples of presentations on certain topics and more.

12. Search within a numerical range such as time/price: There are two ways to do this. Search for something, then click “Tools” under the search bar. You can specify a period of time using the drop down that says “Any time” (that’s the default), from “past hour” to “past year,” or pick a custom range. Or, you can specify a range of years generally using the following syntax: “2014..2016.” Google will then show you results from these years. The “..” works for other numerical ranges, too, such as price.

13. Who among us hasn’t come across a sprawling number and stared at it blankly while trying to figure out how to say it aloud? Search for any number followed by “=english”—”53493439531=english,” for example—and Google will spell out your number for you in plain-English words.

14. Trying to stay on beat? Google “metronome,” and the search site will give you a fully functional metronome with a slider to start any beat-per-minute setting you need.

15. Search or browse through hundreds of old print newspapers at Google’s hidden newspaper archive site. The selection is pretty hit-and-miss, but you just might find what you’re after.

16. Trying to reach a site that’s temporarily down or permanently offline? Type “cache:” followed by the site’s address directly into Google. That’ll take you to a recently saved version of the site hosted on Google’s own servers.

17. You can search any site through Google to find whatever you need: Simply type in the term you want followed by “site:” and the URL—”site:fastcompany.com,” for example—and you’ll get a list of results that’s practically guaranteed to be better than whatever the site’s own internal search function would give you. (The example I tried is I searched for ready to eat in the nirapara site by typing in ready to eat "site:http://www.nirapara.com")

18. 

Robin Sharma's 6 rules for superior energy and stamina

1. Eat less
Eat until you have had enough but not until you are feeling full because the digestive process is one of body's most energy consuming processes and when you eat less food, you'll find you have a lot more energy.

2. Nothing post 8pm
If you are going to eat at 10pm, you are going to find that you are not going to sleep as well and you are going to wake up feeling tired. Having a lot of energy is so important to having a leadership without a title and playing at your best.

3. Don't eat white food
Cut back on sugar or cut out sugar, secondly pasta, third bread. Anything that is white, put it away and replace it with things like fruits and vegetables, more water and protein.

4. Drink more water than you would ever imagine drinking
We want to be very well hydrated. It will not only make you a more clear thinker, it will give you the energy you are looking for and keep you strong amidst a really busy world at a pace that's faster than ever before.

5. Daily movement - exercise
In a healthy body, resides a healthy mind and you want to be - especially in these turbulent times - a clear thinker so you can make clear decisions. So you want to be exercising and moving your body  definitely every day because that will not only give you the endorphin rush so you are feeling good in stressful times but it will give you the energy you are looking for.

6. Replacement foods
If you like sweet things, maybe replace it with mueseli or cereal or fruits. That will give you the sugar fix and yet it will prevent you from feeling that you are not enjoying life and depriving yourself.

Just remember that in these turbulent times, we need lots of energy to run more quickly, to do all we need to do and Robin Sharma's six rules for great energy, superior energy will be helpful to me. 

Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOHxfIyx7Bg

Home sweet home - assorted tips

TIP WHILE HAVING HOMAM AT HOME TO AVOID TOO MUCH PUGAI 

வீட்டில் ஹோமங்கள் செய்யும் போது ஒரு டேபிள் பானை (Fan) ஜன்னல் ஓரமாக வெளிப்பக்கம் பார்த்து வைத்துவிட்டால் புகை உள்ளே பரவாது.

HOW TO AVAOID HEAT COMING INTO HOUSE

வீட்டு ஜன்னல்களுக்கு கரும் பச்சை, கருநீலத்தினால் ஆன திரைச் சீலைகளைப் பயன்படுத்தினால் வெயிலின் உஷ்ணம் உள்ளே வராது.

ROOM SPRAY TECHNIQUE

எரிந்து கொண்டிருக்கும் பல்பின் மேல் இரண்டு சொட்டு சென்டைத் தெளியுங்கள். அறை முழுக்க கமகமவென்று வாசனை பரவும்.

WHEN ELECTRICITY GOES OFF, HOW TO INCREASE CANDLE LIGHT REACH

மின்சாரம் தடைப்பட்டிருக்கும் போது மெழுகுவர்த்தியை ஏற்றுவோம். மெழுகுவர்த்தியின் வெளிச்சத்தை அதிகரிக்க மெழுகுவர்த்திக்கு பின்புறம் முகம் பார்க்கும் கண்ணாடியை வைக்கவும். இரு மடங்கு வெளிச்சம் கிடைக்கும்.

  

CONTROL SMOKE AT HOME

வீட்டில் புகை அதிகமாக காணப்படுகிறதா? அறையில் ஈரத் துணியை தொங்க விட்டால் புகை காணாமல் போய் விடும்.

AGARBATHI TIPS

88. வாசனை கம்மியான ஊதுவத்திகள் மீது சிறிது யூபிகோலனைத் தடவிய பின் ஏற்றி வைத்தால் வீடு முழுவதும் வாசனை தூக்கும்.

PRESERVE TOOL BOX FROM RUST

டூல் பாக்ஸில் ஒரு சாக்பீஸ் கட்டி அல்லது கரித் துண்டை போட்டால், அது ஈரப் பசையை உறிஞ்சி டூல்ஸ் துருப்பிடிக்காமல் இருக்க உதவும்.

CURRY LEAF PLANT/TREE - POUR SOUR CURD OR BUTTERMILK AS PLANT FEED

கருவேப்பிலைச் செடிக்குப் புளித்த தயிர் அல்லது மோர் விட்டால் நன்கு செழிப்பாக வளரும். தயிர் பாத்திரத்தின் உள்ளே தண்ணீர் விட்டுக் குழப்பி அந்நீரையும் விட்டு வரலாம்.

REVIVE DRIED INK PAD

ரப்பர் ஸ்டாம்ப் பேட், இங்க் காய்ந்து போய்விட்டால் நீலம் சில சொட்டுகள் விட்டால் அழகாக பதிய வரும்.

HOW TO GET RID OF PAINT SMELL IN NEW HOME

புது வீட்டில் பெயிண்ட் அடித்த வாடை போக மறுக்கிறதா? ஒரு பக்கெட் நிறைய தண்ணீரை நிரப்பி அறைகளில் வையுங்கள். வாடை போய்விடும்.

DRIVE NAIL IN WALL EASILY

ஆணி அடிக்கும் போது நுனியில் தேங்காய் எண்ணெய் தடவினால் சுவரில் சுலபமாக இறங்கும்.

HOW TO PREVENT MATCH STICKS FROM TURNING SOFT DURING RAINY SEASON

மழைக்காலங்களில் தீப்பெட்டியிலுள்ள குச்சிகள் நமத்து போகாமல் இருக்க பெட்டியினுள் நான்கைந்து அரிசியைப் போட்டு ஒரு டப்பாவில் போட்டு மூடிவிட்டால் குச்சிகள் எளிதில் தீப்பற்றும்.

HOW TO MEND BROKEN PLASTIC BUCKET

உங்கள் பிளாஸ்டிக் பக்கெட் ஓட்டையாகி விட்டால் அதைக் கவிழ்த்து பழைய டூத் பிரஷைத் தீயில் காட்டி உருகும் திரவத்தை அந்த ஓட்டை மீது படியச் செய்யவும். ஓட்டை அடைபடும்.