FREEBIES!

1. Programmes:

Why pay for expensive software when you can get most of them free. Below are some of the sites where you can find most of the programmes you need for free.

Here are some useful programmes that you can download off this site:

YAMS
Here's an extremely useful programme for sending your newsletters and urgent appeals. Features include: text or html messages sent individually. Address list is kept in separate folder which can be easily updated and managed. Download  yams40.zip [477kb]
Arachnophilia
This HTML development tool imports, automatically converts fully formatted text, tables, outlines from any application. Download Aarachnophilia5.2a [1.7 MB]

WSFTP_LE
This program allows for single file transfers and auto-resume of failed downloads. You can perform remote file edits, CHMODs on UNIX boxes and file moves.  Download WSFTP_LE5 [690 KB]

IrfanView
IrfanView is a very fast, small, compact and innovative graphic viewer. Download iView385 [800 KB] and Plugins [4 MB]

XENU Sleuth
Xenu's Link Sleuth (TM) checks Web sites for broken links. Download  XENU.zip [230K]

Kill Pop-ups
Fed-up with the small windows that keep popping up when visiting certain sites? Here's a small programme that helps you take care of those annoying pop-ups. Download PopOops [67kb]
   

2. Drivers:

We often lose or misplace our installation drivers CDs or diskettes and get into serious trouble when we have to reinstall Windows. Here's a place where you can find practically any driver you need - http://www.driverguide.com/guide/intro.htm. [Username = drivers and Password = all]. The DriverGuide 2.0 Beta Search programme is very effective.

 

3. Websites:

For those of you who are designing your organisations' websites, here are some places where you could download scripts and tools to help spice up you sites.

 

4. eMail:

Many of us travel in the course of our work but would like to remain accessible through eMail. Below are some sites that offer free eMail accounts with both Web and POP access. This is very useful if you want to integrate the email messages into your emailbox when you return to your office.

 

5. Documentation & Library

CDS/ISIS for Windows
CDS/ISIS is a menu-driven generalised Information Storage and Retrieval system designed specifically for the computerised management of structured non-numerical data bases. CDS/ISIS is able to manipulate an unlimited number of data bases each of which may consist of completely different data elements. More information on CDS/ISIS and download links are on the next page

Biblioscape
BiblioExpress is a simple reference manager for researchers. It is the freeware edition of Biblioscape. BiblioExpress can be used to collect literature references of different types, to explore bibliographic resources on the Internet, as well as to serve as a free viewer of bibliographic data. BiblioExpress can format records in several popular styles, including ACS, APA, and MLA. BiblioExpress is designed to be small and efficient. You can run BiblioExpress from a floppy disk.
BiblioExpress 2 [530 Kb] | BiblioExpress 3.1 [3 MB] | Biblioscape 5.4 [12.6 MB]

 

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