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Introduction

This wiki page has links and information of academic interest.

Also see: http://blog.nsays.in/2014/12/5-best-proofreading-tools-get-error-free-articles

Office

• http://ubuntu.sun.ac.za/wiki/index.php/WPS_Office
• http://ubuntu.sun.ac.za/wiki/index.php/Libre_Office
• http://ubuntu.sun.ac.za/wiki/index.php/Open_Office
• http://www.unixmen.com/how-to-install-onlyoffice-on-ubuntu
• http://ubuntu.sun.ac.za/wiki/index.php/Microsoft_Office

LaTeX

LaTeX is a high-quality typesetting system; it includes features designed for the production of technical and scientific documentation. LaTeX is the de facto standard for the communication and publication of scientific documents.

Some templates for thesis's are here:

http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/SUNScholar/LaTeX

AIMS Localised System

Installing all of aims-desktop pulls codecs, latex, texmaker, scipy, R, Rstudio, Sagemath, Ipython, and more

• https://launchpad.net/~aims/+archive/ubuntu/aims-desktop

After opening an internet connection, type the following, one-by-one, in a terminal to configure your computer for the AIMS desktop:

sudo -E apt-add-repository -y ppa:aims/aims-desktop

sudo -E apt-get update

sudo -E apt-get install aims-desktop-setup

sudo -E aims-desktop-setup

Now restart your computer/laptop.

The Open Campus

• http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/OpenCampus

Project Management

• https://opensource.com/business/15/1/top-project-management-tools-2015
• http://www.libreplan.com
• http://openatrium.com

PDF Readers

• http://i-librarian.net
• http://utopiadocs.com

References Management

• https://www.zotero.org
• https://www.refme.com

Local Offices

• http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/Stellenbosch_University/Research_Office
• http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/Stellenbosch_University/Postgraduate_and_International_Office

Library Help

• http://library.sun.ac.za

Ubuntu Scientists

• https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-scientists

Campus Financial System

• Tera Term Setup
• XTerm Setup

Thesis Catalogs

• http://scholar.sun.ac.za
• http://www.netd.ac.za
• http://www.phddata.org

Thesis References

• http://www.refbase.net
• http://opencitations.net
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BibTeX
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citation_style_language
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_reference_management_software
• http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Bibliographic_Software_and_Standards_Information
• http://mahbub.wordpress.com/2007/03/04/comparison-of-free-bibliographic-managers
• http://code.google.com/p/citations-gadget
• http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/SUNScholar/Research_Article_Metrics

Research Funding

• http://nexus.nrf.ac.za

Conferences

• http://conferences.sun.ac.za
• http://www.berlin10.org

Online Open Access South African Journals

• http://www.journals.ac.za
• http://www.aosis.co.za
• http://www.scielo.org.za
• http://www.ajol.info

Mathematics

• Sagemath

Python

• http://ipython.org
• http://www.pythonlearn.com
• http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/scipy-scientists
• http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/numerical-python
• http://www.leettips.org/2013/02/top-10-free-python-pdf-ebooks-download.html

Basic

• http://beginnersguidetogambas.com

Database Management

• http://xlinesoft.com/phprunner
• http://www.hkvstore.com/phpmaker
• http://xataface.com
• https://www.nubuilder.net
• http://www.dadabik.org

Computing Clusters

For info about possible computing clusters send an email to Christiaan Brand or ask around the ESL laboratory in the E&E building.

• http://www.chpc.ac.za
• http://www.sanren.ac.za
• http://www.eduroam.org
• http://www.eu-emi.eu

Links

• http://www.scientificlinux.org
• http://www.duraspace.org
• http://www.dspace.org
• http://www.bibapp.org
• http://www.openscience.org/links
• http://code.google.com/p/ardesia