Thats a post which I can write about 100 pages...
I'll tell you my life long research (lol, exaggeration)
Well for excellent synopsis and papers try www dot scitopia dot org.
(remember, it is a phrase search, so search sensible phrases)
Its an excellent site, gives you clustering too.
For downloading books,
use
www.gigapedia dot com
Free books, almost all
How to do it: First create your free a/c
then login
then in search write book(s) you need to search-word search,
remember to select gigapedia in the drop down menu box just adj. to search
try google scohlar dot com
its for students only.
cnet for app. download
newyorktimes.com for staying uptodate. I have subscribed for their news letter.
If you have an Ipod, subscribe to podcasts.
for MSinUS, try msinus dot com, also rankings are authentically provided on
www.usnews dot com/rankings
even i am looking for gk sites. specifically I am looking for some site which gives interesting historiic stories around the world, or big political decisions, etc, etc...
I have purposefully not written links which can be clickable. If only ppl could read it....