Full A-Z List of Library Resources

The A–Z directory represents the complete inventory of library resources. Quality distinctions and instructional guidance are managed through separate curated lists and governance review.

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A

Academic Writing Advice – University of TorontoNEW
Literature-review and academic-writing guidance.
Type: Writing Guide
Best for: Research Skills

Accounting Commons
Over 16,000 scholarly articles on accounting
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

AgEcon Search [MIX][REPO][DISC]
Economics, business, applied management research
Type: Research Repository
Review: Mixed
Best for: Business; Management; Research Skills

All About Circuits
Electronics theory and practice with free textbooks, tutorials, projects, and circuit calculators
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

American Mathematical Society (AMS)
Mathematics resources (some open); includes free ebooks on mathematics history and theory
Type: Society / Publications
Review: Yes (journals/books; some OA)
Best for: Computer Science; STEM General

Android Developers Training
Official Android development courses from Google covering mobile app development for Android platform
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

Ansible Documentation & Learning
IT automation and configuration management documentation with learning paths and use cases
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

APA StyleNEW
Official APA citation, reference, and paper-format guidance.
Type: Citation / Writing Standard
Best for: All Programs

Archive of American Television [NP][MEDIA]
Oral history interviews
Type: Media (Video)
Review: No
Best for: Media/Design; General Education

arXiv [MIX][REPO][DISC]
Free distribution service and open-access archive for 2,000,000+ scholarly articles and preprints in computer science, mathematics, physics, engineering, statistics, and quantitative finance
Type: Research Repository (Preprints)
Review: Mixed (not peer-reviewed; preprints)
Best for: Computer Science; Software Engineering; STEM General; Research Skills

Automotive Engineering Commons
Over 500 full-text scholarly open access articles
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

AWS Training & Certification – Free Digital Training
Free AWS cloud training courses covering infrastructure, services, architecture, security
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

AXELOS / ITILNEW
Official ITIL service-management framework and certification information.
Type: Professional Standard
Best for: Technology Management

B

Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) – Research Papers & Publications [JM]
Jamaica economic/financial research; policy reports
Type: OA Reports / Working Papers
Review: Yes (reports; some peer-reviewed papers)
Best for: Business; Management; Research Skills; Caribbean/Jamaica Studies

BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine) [DISC]
Search across 400M+ documents from 11,000+ repositories and publishers
Type: Discovery / Search Engine
Review: N/A (discovery)
Best for: All Programs

BBC Online Media / Archives [NP][MEDIA]
Multimedia archives
Type: Media (Video/Audio)
Review: No
Best for: Media/Design; General Education

BCcampus Open Textbooks [BOOK][OER]
Open textbooks (incl. business, STEM)
Type: OA Books / Open Textbooks
Review: Yes (reviewed textbooks)
Best for: Business; Management; STEM General; Faculty Development

C

Caribbean OER Hub (OER Commons – OAS) [OER][CAR]
Caribbean-focused OER sharing/collaboration space
Type: OER Hub / Community
Review: No (varies)
Best for: Education; Faculty Development; Caribbean/Jamaica Studies

CERN Document Server [MIX][REPO][DISC]
Science and computing-related publications
Type: Research Repository
Review: Mixed
Best for: Computer Science; STEM General

Chemistry Commons
Almost 28,000 scholarly open access articles on chemistry
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

CISA Cybersecurity Resources
U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency resources: threat intelligence, alerts, advisories, best practices
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

Cisco Networking Academy Educational Resources
Official Cisco CCNA curriculum materials, networking fundamentals, labs (VTI has Cisco IT Academy access)
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

Citation MachineNEW
Supplemental citation-generation tool.
Type: Citation Tool
Best for: Research Skills

CiteSeerX [DISC]
Computing & information science literature search
Type: Discovery / Search Engine
Review: Mixed (indexes)
Best for: Computer Science; IT; Software Engineering

Civil Engineering Database (ASCE)
Thousands of journals, papers, and books indexed from American Society of Civil Engineers
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

Commonwealth of Learning (COL) [OER]
OER and open/distance learning resources; Caribbean projects
Type: OER / Capacity Building
Review: N/A (guidance/training)
Best for: Faculty Development; Education; Technology Management

CompTIANEW
IT certification and career resources.
Type: Certification / Career Resource
Best for: IT; Technology Management

CORE [DISC]
Aggregated 300M+ open access research papers from repositories and journals worldwide
Type: Discovery / Aggregator
Review: Mixed (indexes)
Best for: All Programs

Core Historical Math Monographs
Cornell University Library Historical Mathematics Monographs
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

Creative Commons Search [NP][DISC][MEDIA]
Find CC-licensed media
Type: Media Search (CC)
Review: No
Best for: All Programs

D

DART-Europe E-theses Portal
European open theses
Type: Theses & Dissertations Portal
Review: Mixed
Best for: All Programs

Digital Commons Network [REPO][DISC]
Over 4 million open access scholarly articles from 330+ university repositories
Type: Research Repository / Aggregator
Review: Mostly
Best for: All Programs

Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) [MIX][REPO][JM]
Caribbean cultural, historical, research materials; OER for Caribbean Studies
Type: Digital Library / Repository
Review: Mixed
Best for: Caribbean/Jamaica Studies; General Education; Media/Design; Research Skills

Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) [BOOK][DISC]
10,000+ open access peer-reviewed books from Springer, Brill, MIT Press, and 400+ publishers
Type: OA Books (Directory)
Review: Yes (directory of peer‑reviewed books)
Best for: All Programs; Faculty Development

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) [JRN][DISC]
19,000+ quality controlled peer-reviewed open access journals, all subjects, all languages
Type: OA Journals (Index)
Review: Yes (indexes peer-reviewed journals)
Best for: All Programs

Docker Documentation & Training
Containerization platform documentation, tutorials, and best practices for modern application deployment
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

DupliCheckerNEW
Supplemental plagiarism-checking tool referenced in academic-integrity guidance.
Type: Academic Integrity Tool
Best for: Academic Integrity

E

EBSCO Open Dissertations (OpenDissertations.org)
ETDs discoverability platform
Type: Theses & Dissertations Portal
Review: Mixed
Best for: All Programs

Economics Commons
Almost 49,000 open access scholarly articles on economics
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

EDGAR – SEC Database
Free public access to corporate information and financial statements filed with the U.S. SEC
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

Education Commons
Over 300,000 scholarly articles from 300+ institutions
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

Electrical and Computer Engineering Commons
Over 28,000 full-text scholarly articles on electrical and computer engineering
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

Elsevier Open Archive [PR][REPO]
Archived journal articles (delayed OA)
Type: Publisher Archive (Hybrid)
Review: Yes
Best for: STEM General

Engineering Commons
Over 170,000 scholarly articles on all aspects of Engineering
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

Engineering Formulas (eFunda)
Free access to engineering formulas and calculators
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

English Language and Literature Commons
Over 38,000 scholarly open access articles
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

EPI Certified IT SpecialistNEW
Professional IT specialist certification information.
Type: Certification Resource
Best for: IT Careers

ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) [DISC]
Education research database with peer-review and full-text filters
Type: Discovery / Database
Review: Yes (filterable)
Best for: Education; Faculty Development; Research Skills

EXINNEW
Professional certification resources for IT, digital, and security disciplines.
Type: Certification Resource
Best for: IT Careers

F

Fast.ai Courses
Free comprehensive deep learning and machine learning courses making AI accessible to all
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

Figshare [MIX][REPO][DISC]
20+ million research outputs: datasets, figures, code, supplementary materials with DOIs
Type: Research Repository
Review: Mixed
Best for: Computer Science; STEM General; Research Skills

Free Books Centre [MIX][BOOK][DISC]
Free technical books across STEM/business
Type: Ebook Directory
Review: Mixed
Best for: Computer Science; IT; Software Engineering; Business; STEM General

Free Computer Books [MIX][BOOK][DISC]
CS/IT books, tutorials, lecture notes
Type: Ebook Directory
Review: Mixed
Best for: Computer Science; IT; Software Engineering

freeCodeCamp
Interactive coding tutorials and free certifications covering HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, React, databases, and more
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

Freepik [NP][MEDIA]
Vectors, illustrations, images (attribution often required)
Type: Media (Images/Vectors)
Review: No
Best for: Media/Design; All Programs

G

GitHub SkillsNEW [OER]
Hands-on learning for Git, GitHub, development workflows, and collaboration.
Type: Technical Learning Resource
Best for: Software Engineering; Programming

Global Services Sector Career Pathway – JamaicaNEW [JM]
Career resources supporting Jamaica’s global services sector.
Type: Career Resource
Best for: Technology Careers

Google Cloud Skills Boost (Free Tier)
Google Cloud Platform training with hands-on labs and courses (free tier available)
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

Google Scholar [DISC]
Scholarly literature discovery across all disciplines
Type: Discovery / Search Engine
Review: Mixed (indexes)
Best for: All Programs

Google Technical Writing Courses
Technical writing fundamentals courses from Google covering documentation, style, clarity, audience
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

Government of Jamaica Open Data Portal [DATA][JM]
Datasets from Jamaican ministries/agencies
Type: Open Data Portal
Review: N/A (data)
Best for: Technology; IT; Business; Research Skills; Caribbean/Jamaica Studies

GPTZeroNEW
AI-writing detection tool referenced in academic-integrity guidance.
Type: Academic Integrity Tool
Best for: Academic Integrity; Faculty Development

H

HackerOne Hacker101
Free web security training platform with video lessons and capture-the-flag challenges for bug bounty education
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

HBS Working Knowledge
Business practice insights
Type: Business Insights (Practitioner)
Review: No (not a peer-reviewed journal)
Best for: Business; Management; Faculty Development

HEART/NSTA TrustNEW [JM]
Jamaica training, career, and workforce-development information.
Type: Career / Training Resource
Best for: Career Development

I

IBM IoT (Internet of Things) Learning Resources
Internet of Things fundamentals, architectures, platforms, and use cases for connected devices
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

IDEAS (Research Papers in Economics)
Largest bibliographic database for Economics with 3,800,000+ items
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

IEEE Access [PR][JRN]
Engineering & computer science research
Type: OA Journal (Single title)
Review: Yes
Best for: Computer Science; Software Engineering; IT

IntechOpen Books [BOOK]
Engineering, technology and science books
Type: OA Books (Publisher)
Review: Mostly
Best for: Computer Science; IT; Software Engineering; STEM General

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Publications [BOOK]
Development, economics, Caribbean policy reports
Type: OA Books / Reports
Review: Yes (reports; some peer reviewed)
Best for: Business; Management; Caribbean/Jamaica Studies; Research Skills

International Organization for Standardization (ISO)NEW [STD]
International standards information across technology, management, security, and quality.
Type: Standards
Best for: All Programs

Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) StandardsNEW [STD]
Internet standards, RFCs, and standards-development resources.
Type: Standards
Best for: Networking; Cybersecurity

IRENA (International Renewable Energy Agency) Publications
International renewable energy reports, statistics, best practices, policy guidance with Caribbean regional focus
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

ITU (International Telecommunication Union) Standards
International telecommunications standards including fiber optic specifications and testing procedures
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

J

Jamaica Labour Market Information System (LMIS)NEW [JM][DATA]
Career-development and labour-market information for Jamaica.
Type: Career / Labour Market Data
Best for: Career Development

Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS) [PR][JRN]
Peer-reviewed research software
Type: OA Journal (Single title)
Review: Yes
Best for: Computer Science; Software Engineering

JURN [DISC]
Indexes free OA journals and theses
Type: Discovery / Search Engine
Review: Mixed (indexes)
Best for: All Programs

K

Kaggle Learn
Free data science micro-courses covering Python, machine learning, data visualization, SQL, competitions
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

Kali Linux Documentation
Penetration testing Linux distribution documentation covering security testing tools and ethical hacking
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

Knowledge@Wharton
Business analysis and commentary
Type: Business Insights (Practitioner)
Review: No (not a peer-reviewed journal)
Best for: Business; Management

L

Library of Congress Digital Collections
Millions of digitized items including books, images, maps, audio, video from the largest library
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

LibreTexts [MIX][BOOK][OER]
Interactive/adaptable textbooks and learning materials
Type: OER Platform (Textbooks)
Review: Mixed
Best for: Computer Science; STEM General; Faculty Development

Linux Foundation Training – Free Courses
Introduction to Linux, open source software, and system administration training resources
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

M

Management OER Guide – Southern Connecticut State UniversityNEW [OER]
Curated open educational resources for business and management.
Type: OER Guide
Best for: Business; Management

MDPI Books [BOOK]
Open access academic books
Type: OA Books (Publisher)
Review: Mostly
Best for: STEM General; Business; Management

MDPI Open Access Journals [JRN]
Multi-disciplinary OA journals
Type: OA Journals (Publisher)
Review: Yes (journal peer review; varies)
Best for: STEM General; Business

Mendeley Reference ManagerNEW
Reference-management and citation-organization software.
Type: Research Tool
Best for: Research Skills

MERLOT [OER]
Curated collection of free and open online teaching and learning resources with peer reviews
Type: OER / Teaching Materials
Review: Mixed (learning object review)
Best for: All Programs; Faculty Development

Ministry of Labour and Social Security – Electronic Labour ExchangeNEW [JM]
Jamaica employment and labour-market services.
Type: Career Resource
Best for: Career Development

MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) [OER]
Openly-licensed course materials across STEM incl. CS/EE
Type: OER / OpenCourseWare
Review: N/A (learning materials)
Best for: Computer Science; Software Engineering; STEM General; Faculty Development

MIT Theses (DSpace) [REPO]
MIT theses and dissertations
Type: Institutional Repository
Review: Mixed
Best for: STEM General; Business

MITRE ATT&CK [STD]
Adversary tactics & techniques knowledge base
Type: Standards / Knowledge Base
Review: N/A (knowledge base)
Best for: Cybersecurity; IT; Software Engineering

MongoDB University
Free MongoDB database courses with official certifications covering NoSQL, data modeling, administration
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

MyBibNEW
Online citation-generation and bibliography tool.
Type: Citation Tool
Best for: Research Skills

N

National Academies Press [BOOK]
Research reports (science, engineering, education, policy)
Type: OA Books / Reports
Review: Yes (reviewed reports)
Best for: STEM General; Management; Faculty Development

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Over 1,200 working papers annually on major economic issues; free access to papers after 5 years
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

National Library of Jamaica – Digital Collections [NP][MEDIA][JM]
Thousands of digitized Jamaican materials: historical photographs, maps, newspapers, manuscripts, rare books
Type: Media (Images/Primary Sources)
Review: No
Best for: Caribbean/Jamaica Studies; All Programs

Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)
Global thesis/dissertation search
Type: Theses & Dissertations Portal
Review: Mixed
Best for: All Programs

NIST Computer Security Resource Center (CSRC)
Computer security publications, standards, and guidelines covering cryptography, access control, security testing, and more
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0 (PDF) [STD]
Official cybersecurity risk management framework; industry-standard approach to managing cybersecurity risk
Type: Standards / Guidance
Review: N/A (standard)
Best for: Information Technology; Software Engineering; Technology Management

NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) Publications
Solar PV research, technical reports, installation standards, performance data, grid integration from U.S. Department of Energy
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

O

O*NET OnLine [NP][DATA]
Occupations, skills, competencies (incl. IT roles)
Type: Career / Workforce Data
Review: No
Best for: Technology Management; IT; Career Development

OAPEN [BOOK]
Scholarly books (esp. humanities/social science; some interdisciplinary)
Type: OA Books (Platform)
Review: Yes (publisher-vetted books)
Best for: Business; Management; All Programs

OASIS (OER Search)
Meta-search tool for 57+ OER sources with 159,459+ records
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

OER Commons [MIX][OER]
Network for teaching and learning materials with 350,000+ resources, open textbooks, full courses, and curriculum alignment tools
Type: OER Platform
Review: Mixed
Best for: All Programs; Faculty Development

Official Scrum Guides
Official Scrum framework documentation from Scrum.org covering agile methodology, roles, ceremonies, artifacts
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

OMICS Open Access Journals [JRN]
OA journals (claimed)
Type: Journals Platform (Concern)
Review: Questionable
Best for: STEM General; Business; Management

Open Access Theses and Dissertations (OATD)
OA theses/dissertations index
Type: Theses & Dissertations Portal
Review: Mixed
Best for: All Programs

Open Book Publishers [PR][BOOK]
Scholarly monographs & textbooks
Type: OA Books (Publisher)
Review: Yes
Best for: Business; Management; STEM General

Open Library [MIX]
Books catalog; mix of public domain and controlled access
Type: Digital Library / Catalog
Review: Mixed
Best for: All Programs

Open Research Library [MIX][BOOK]
Scholarly ebook discovery
Type: OA Books (Platform)
Review: Mixed
Best for: All Programs

Open Science Directory [MIX][DISC]
Directory of journals indexed from multiple sources
Type: Directory
Review: Mixed
Best for: All Programs

Open Textbook Library [BOOK][OER]
Reviewed open textbooks across disciplines
Type: OA Books / Open Textbooks
Review: Yes (faculty reviews)
Best for: All Programs; Faculty Development

OpenAIRE ExploreNEW [DISC][REPO]
Discovery platform for open publications, datasets, software, and related research outputs.
Type: Open Research Discovery
Best for: All Programs

OpenAlex [DISC]
Open catalog of 250M+ scholarly works with full-text links when available
Type: Discovery / Research Index
Review: N/A (index)
Best for: All Programs; Research Skills

OpenDOAR (Directory of Open Access Repositories) [DISC]
Quality-assured directory of 6,000+ OA repositories
Type: Directory / Discovery
Review: N/A (directory)
Best for: All Programs; Research Skills

OpenLearn (The Open University) [OER]
Free courses incl. computing, cyber security, digital skills
Type: OER / Open Courses
Review: Mixed
Best for: IT; Digital Skills; Faculty Development; Career Development

OpenStack Documentation & Resources
Open source cloud computing platform documentation, deployment guides, and learning resources
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

OpenStax [BOOK][OER]
Peer-reviewed open textbooks (core undergraduate)
Type: OA Books / Open Textbooks
Review: Yes (peer-reviewed textbooks)
Best for: STEM General; Business

Openverse [NP][DISC][MEDIA]
CC-licensed images and audio search
Type: Media Search (CC)
Review: No
Best for: All Programs

OSF Preprints [REPO][DISC]
Network of community preprint servers
Type: Research Repository (Preprints)
Review: No (preprints)
Best for: STEM General; Research Skills

OWASP Top 10 Web Application Security Risks [STD]
Web application security risks guidance; comprehensive OWASP project site includes additional testing tools, secure coding practices, and documentation
Type: Standards / Guidance
Review: N/A (standard)
Best for: Software Engineering; Information Technology

P

Paperity [MIX]
OA journals and papers
Type: OA Aggregator
Review: Mixed
Best for: All Programs

PDF Drive [DISC]
PDF search for books; not an OA publisher
Type: Search Engine (PDF files)
Review: No / Unclear
Best for: All Programs

Pexels [NP][MEDIA]
Free stock photos/videos
Type: Media (Images/Video)
Review: No
Best for: Media/Design; All Programs

PIOJ Library Open Online [MIX][JM]
Reference service + access to research material & e-books (PIOJ)
Type: Digital Library / Portal
Review: Mixed
Best for: Business; Management; Caribbean/Jamaica Studies

Pixabay [NP][MEDIA]
Free stock photos/videos
Type: Media (Images/Video)
Review: No
Best for: Media/Design; All Programs

Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) – Publications [MIX][DATA][JM]
Jamaica socio-economic reports, ESSJ, JSLC, policy research
Type: OA Reports / Statistics
Review: Mixed
Best for: Business; Management; Caribbean/Jamaica Studies; Research Skills

PLOS ONE [PR][JRN]
Broad science and engineering research
Type: OA Journal (Single title)
Review: Yes
Best for: STEM General

PMI (Project Management Institute) Open Educational Resources
Project management resources, PMBOK Guide excerpts, and professional development materials from PMI
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

Pressbooks OER by DisciplineNEW [OER][BOOK]
Open educational resources and textbooks organized by discipline.
Type: OER / Open Books
Best for: Business; Management

Professor Messer CompTIA A+ Training
FREE complete CompTIA A+ video course (220-1101, 220-1102) with comprehensive study notes and practice questions
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

Professor Messer Network+ Training
FREE complete CompTIA Network+ video course with study notes covering networking fundamentals
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

PubMed Central (PMC) [PR][JRN][REPO]
Free full-text biomedical and life sciences journal archive
Type: OA Journals / Archive
Review: Yes
Best for: STEM General; Research Skills

Purdue OWLNEW
Academic writing, citation, and APA formatting guidance.
Type: Writing / Citation Guide
Best for: All Programs

Q

QuetextNEW
Supplemental plagiarism-checking and citation-support tool.
Type: Academic Integrity Tool
Best for: Academic Integrity

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SAGE Open [PR][JRN]
Social sciences; interdisciplinary
Type: OA Journal (Single title)
Review: Yes
Best for: Business; Management; Education

SANS Reading Room
3,000+ cybersecurity white papers covering penetration testing, digital forensics, malware analysis, incident response
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

Saylor Academy [OER]
Free online college-level courses; links to openly-licensed textbooks
Type: OER / Open Courses
Review: Mixed
Best for: Business; Management; Computer Science; Career Development

ScienceDirect
Peer-reviewed journals and books (Elsevier)
Type: Publisher Platform (Subscription/Hybrid)
Review: Yes (journals/books)
Best for: STEM General; Business

ScienceOpen Solar Energy Research
Open access research platform with thousands of solar energy and photovoltaic technology articles
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

Scientific Research Publishing (SCIRP) [JRN]
OA journals (claimed)
Type: Journals Platform (Concern)
Review: Questionable
Best for: All Programs

Scribbr APA Citation GeneratorNEW
Supplemental APA citation-generation and writing support.
Type: Citation Tool
Best for: Research Skills

Semantic ScholarNEW [DISC]
Academic literature discovery engine with citation and related-paper features.
Type: Discovery / Search Engine
Best for: All Programs

SkillsCommons [MIX][OER]
Free OER from 700+ U.S. community colleges for job-driven workforce development; $1.9B DOL investment. Covers IT, cybersecurity, and software
Type: OER Platform (Workforce)
Review: Mixed
Best for: IT; Software Engineering; Technology

SmallSEOTools Plagiarism CheckerNEW
Supplemental plagiarism-checking tool referenced in academic-integrity guidance.
Type: Academic Integrity Tool
Best for: Academic Integrity

SnortNEW
Open-source network intrusion detection and prevention resources.
Type: Cybersecurity Tool / Documentation
Best for: Cybersecurity; Networking

Springer Nature Open Access BooksNEW [BOOK]
Publisher information and access pathways for open-access books.
Type: OA Books (Publisher)
Best for: All Programs

SpringerOpen (Springer) [PR][JRN]
OA journals across STEM and beyond
Type: OA Journals (Publisher)
Review: Yes
Best for: All Programs; Faculty Development

SSRN [REPO][DISC]
Working papers (business, economics, IS, policy)
Type: Research Repository (Preprints)
Review: Mixed (often not peer-reviewed)
Best for: Business; Management; Research Skills

STATIN Jamaica – Publications [DATA][JM]
Official Jamaica statistics publications (PDFs)
Type: Government Data / Reports
Review: N/A (data/reports)
Best for: Business; Management; Research Skills; Caribbean/Jamaica Studies

SuricataNEW
Open-source network threat-detection engine and technical resources.
Type: Cybersecurity Tool / Documentation
Best for: Cybersecurity; Networking

T

Taylor & Francis Books Open Access [PR][BOOK]
OA books & chapters across disciplines
Type: OA Books (Publisher)
Review: Yes
Best for: All Programs

TED [NP][MEDIA]
Talks on technology, design, business
Type: Media (Video)
Review: No
Best for: All Programs; Faculty Development

The Fiber Optic Association (FOA) Reference Guide
Official fiber optic technology reference covering cables, connectors, testing, installation standards (VTI programs approved by FOA)
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

The Free Library
Classic works and periodicals; general reference
Type: General Reading / Reference
Review: No / Mixed
Best for: All Programs

The Lens (patents + scholarly works) [MIX][DISC]
Patent + scholarly search/analysis; innovation & tech management
Type: Discovery / Innovation
Review: Mixed
Best for: Technology Management; Business; Management; Software Engineering

The Odin Project
Complete open source full-stack web development curriculum: Ruby, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Node.js, frameworks
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

The Online Books Page [MIX][BOOK][DISC]
Directory of publicly accessible ebooks
Type: Ebook Directory
Review: Mixed
Best for: All Programs

Thesis Commons (OSF)
Open theses/dissertations sharing
Type: Theses & Dissertations Platform
Review: Mixed
Best for: All Programs

U

U.S. Small Business Administration Business GuideNEW
Guidance for planning, launching, managing, and growing a business.
Type: Business Guidance
Best for: Business; Entrepreneurship

UNC Writing Center – Literature ReviewsNEW
Academic writing guidance for literature reviews.
Type: Writing Guide
Best for: Research Skills

UWISpace (University of the West Indies) Institutional Repository [MIX][REPO][JM]
Research output from UWI Mona (Jamaica); Caribbean scholarship, theses, articles, reports (UWI)
Type: Institutional Repository
Review: Mixed
Best for: All Programs; Caribbean/Jamaica Studies; Research Skills

V

Vimeo (Creative Commons videos) [NP][MEDIA]
CC-licensed videos
Type: Media (Video)
Review: No
Best for: Media/Design; All Programs

Virtual Trade Policy Portal (UWI / Shridath Ramphal Centre) [DATA][JM]
Caribbean trade policy portal + open data API documentation
Type: Open Data / Policy Portal
Review: N/A (policy/data)
Best for: Business; Management; Caribbean/Jamaica Studies

VMWare Documentation Center
Official VMWare product documentation covering vSphere, ESXi, virtual infrastructure, networking
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

W

W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Web accessibility standards (WCAG), guidelines, and resources for creating inclusive digital experiences
Type: Resource
Review: Mixed
Best for: General research

Wikibooks [NP][BOOK][OER]
Community-created textbooks
Type: OER / Community Textbooks
Review: No
Best for: All Programs

Wikimedia Commons [NP][MEDIA]
Publicly accessible media repository
Type: Media (Images/Video)
Review: No
Best for: All Programs

Wiley Online Library [PR]
Journals and articles; includes OA content
Type: Publisher Platform (Subscription/Hybrid)
Review: Yes
Best for: All Programs

Wireshark DocumentationNEW
Official documentation for the Wireshark network protocol analyzer.
Type: Technical Documentation
Best for: Networking; Cybersecurity

World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (OKR) [BOOK]
World Bank open access research outputs and knowledge products
Type: OA Books / Reports
Review: Yes (reports; working papers)
Best for: Business; Management; Technology Management; Research Skills

Writer AI Content DetectorNEW
AI-writing detection tool referenced in academic-integrity guidance.
Type: Academic Integrity Tool
Best for: Academic Integrity

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No resources currently listed under X.

Y

YouTube [NP][MEDIA]
Video platform (educational channels)
Type: Media (Video)
Review: No
Best for: All Programs

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Zenodo (CERN/OpenAIRE) [MIX][REPO][DISC]
Open repository for publications, datasets, software; DOI minting
Type: Research Repository
Review: Mixed
Best for: STEM General; Research Skills; Computer Science; Software Engineering

ZoteroNEW
Free reference-management software for organizing and citing research sources.
Type: Research Tool
Best for: All Programs

ZoteroBib (ZBib)NEW
Free browser-based bibliography and citation generator from Zotero.
Type: Citation Tool
Best for: Research Skills