

Software that is free, online and useful for students. And a bonus, downloaded software means offline accesibility. Take a look at our list to see what software best suits your needs.
I want to….
… write an essay
AbiWord https://www.abisource.com/
OpenOffice https://www.openoffice.org/
… add references to my essay
Menderley https://www.mendeley.com/
Zotero https://www.zotero.org/
… make a presentation
OpenOffice https://www.openoffice.org/
… make a spreadsheet
OpenOffice https://www.openoffice.org/
… edit some photos
GIMPShop https://www.gimpshop.com/
… play music or films
VLC Media Player https://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html
… play music and create playlists
MusikCube https://musikcube.com/
… organise accounting
TurboCASH 5 http://turbocash.ning.com/page/landing
GnuCash https://www.gnucash.org/
… protect my computer against viruses
ClamWin http://www.clamwin.com/
… attend an online course
Coursera https://www.coursera.org/
… listen to an inspirational talk
TED Talks https://www.ted.com/
… have access to academic journals
Academia.edu https://www.academia.eu/
Open Library of Humanities https://www.openlibhums.org/
… read academic books
Library Genesis https://gen.lib.rus.ec/
Google Books https://www.books.google.com/
Project Gutenberg https://www.gutenberg.org/
Open Library https://openlibrary.org/
Open Textbook Library https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/
Open Educational Resources https://oercommons.org/