15 Useful Websites For Students In South Africa

There are so many websites on the internet but a lot of them are not helpful and don’t offer value to students. But there are those few that are relevant and very useful to students.

Here they are and trust us;  when you finish reading, you will want to bookmark them now.

1.Youth Village

This site is a platform that focuses extensively on facilitating better access to developmental information across South Africa with core focus on the youth.  Youth Village focuses extensively on making available rich content on Employment, Entrepreneurship, Youth Health, Education and the Youth Services Database Platform to help facilitate development in the lives of the African youth.

2. Spark Notes
When you need to catch up on reading that you missed or want to gain a better understanding of specific books. The site offers literary, summaries, essay help and timelines.

3. Open Book Project
The Open Book Project is designed specifically for the academic community. Students can find free textbooks and other open-source education materials.

4. Ref Desk
This award winning site is a great place to find and check facts. Ref Desk has an enormous collection of reference materials, searchable databases and other great resources that can’t be found anywhere else.

5. Back pack
Back pack is the ultimate organizational Web app for college students.

6. Text Swap
Text swap is a free textbook exchange service for students who want to be able to trade their used textbooks online.

7. Internet Public Library
The internet Public Library is an online reference service that offers everything from free dictionaries and encyclopedias to books, magazines and newspapers.

8. Study Hacks
Study hacks are dedicated to demystifying student success. This college blog has become one of the best places on the web to get study advice and academic strategies that actually work.

9. Questia
Students can read more than 5000 free books online when they visit Questia’s online library. The site offers rare and classic books.
10. Speak like
This instant messaging service is great for students who want to network with people from other countries. Speak-life translates communications across different languages with just a few easy clicks.

11. Encyclopaedia.com
If you need an online encyclopaedia that allows you to cite reputable sources, this is a great place to look. Encyclopaedia.com pulls search results from more than 100 reputable encyclopaedia and dictionaries including sources like the Oxford University Press.

12. ipl2
Launched in January 2010, the ipl2: information you can trust, merged the collections of resources from the Internet Public Library (IPL) and the Librarians Internet Index (LII) websites.

13. Ref Seek
Currently in a public beta, Ref Seek is a web search engine for students and researchers that aim to make academic information easily accessible to everyone. It searches more than one billion documents, including web pages, books, journals and encyclopaedia.

14. World Cat
This search tool lets you browse the collection of libraries in your community and thousands more around the world for popular books. You can also discover many new kinds of digital content such as downloadable audio books.

15. Rate my professor
This site is greater for college students who are planning their class schedule. It features ratings for more than one million professors around the world.