Collaboration
Survey Monkey is a web-based survey creation and distribution site, with free and paid plans that allow users to create surveys and collect responses through a link, email, Facebook, or being embedded in a website or blog. Survey Monkey also allows for the collect and analysis of data.
Organizing
ScrapBook is a Firefox extension, which helps you to save Web pages and easily manage collections. Major features are: * Save Web page * Save snippet of Web page * Save Web site * Organize the collection in the same way as Bookmarks * Full text search and quick filtering search of the collection * Editing of the collected Web page * Text/HTML edit feature resembling Opera's Notes
Search
LibX is a Firefox or Chrome plugin that enables direct access to the user's library's resources, including support for Google Scholar, CiteULike, COinS, and xISBN. Users can search their library catalog(s) and databases through a search bar or through a context menu. Presently it is no longer supported on Chrome (and maybe also Firefox) but it is supported by Internet Explorer. The latest release was in 2013 so it might not be compatible with recent releases of Internet Explorer.
Library Lookup is a bookmarklet that can look up whether a book is available in the user's local library, based on information about that book on a separate website (e.g. Amazon). Supported library systems are listed here.
Storage
PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source object-relational database system running on all major platforms. It supports native programming interfaces for C/C++, Java, .Net, Perl, Python, Ruby, Tcl and ODBC among others. Features: fully ACID compliant full support for foreign keys, joins, views, triggers, and stored procedures (in multiple languages) includes most SQL 2008 data types, including INTEGER, NUMERIC, BOOLEAN, CHAR, VARCHAR, DATE, INTERVAL, and TIMESTAMP supports storage of binary large objects, including pictures, sounds, or video multi-Version Concurrency Control (MVCC) Highly customisable
Google Scholar searches books and scholarly articles (and optionally patents, legal opinions, and legal journals).
Creation
Pro Tools is audio creation and production software. With Pro Tools it is possible to compose, record, edit, and mix music or sound for pictures and video with out havingto use a variety of software. Features: - over 70 groundbreaking virtual instruments, effects, and utility plug-ins - over 8 GB of audio loops - view, edit, arrange and print MIDI data as music notation - Supports files up to 4 GB
Search
Google Books provides full, free PDF scans (and web-viewable versions) of public domain books and magazines, free previews of some books and magazines under copyright, and the option to purchase digital editions of available items to save and read on Google Play, their e-reading platform. You can also find a local library based on your zip code that has the item available. Reader reviews of the items are available and you can contribute your own. Search for authors, titles, as well as keywords and Google will return results with matches in the title/text of the item. There are permalinks to available pages. Highly useful for finding items that contain your keywords in its text. It has the Google Ngram Viewer as part of its service. The Ngram Viewer is a service connected to Google Books that graphs the frequency of word usage across their book collection
Search
DeeperWeb was a browser add-on that adds a tag cloud to Google search results. It grouped and sorted the results obtained from google search for further exploration. It provides tags related to the search item and helps the user refine the search. As of 2016, it is no longer available.
Creation
Autodesk 3ds Max (formerly 3D Studio MAX) is an open source graphics software tool used by video game developers, motion picture studios and architectural visualisers for modelling and animation projects. One of the most advanced 3D modelling tools in the industry, 3ds Max has been utilised by many CGI-animated films such as Avatar and 2012 to generate computer graphics alongside live acting. Features: Create parametric and organic objects with polygonal and freeform tools Character Studio enables life-like virtual character animation Scene Explorer provides hierarchical views of complex scene data and analysis Wide range of creative textures, planar mapping and layering options MAXScript built-in scripting language automates repetitive tasks and assists with new tool and interface development Multiple user collaborations Customisable and intutive user interface