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Home | Locating Grants | Writing Proposals |Other Resources

This page is devoted to tools that might make locating or writing grants easier. There are a variety of online gizmos which can automate tasks such as creating an online hotlist, capturing portions of text, locating surveys, or creating your own online survey. Take a look and see if anything here can solve a problem. If you think we've missed something, please use the KNE Feedback form to tell us about it.

* Tests and Surveys

  1. Zoomerang Basic Membership (Free) but limited to 30 questions per survey, allows multiple pages, reports on maximum of 100 responses per survey, survey data stored for only 10 days after survey launch, and limited analysis capability.

  2. Free Online Surveys allows you to create a questionnaire of up to 20 questions and receive up to 50 responses over a 10 day period. If you go over any of these restrictions then you results will still be collected and stored but you will be unable to view them until you upgrade.

  3. OpinionPower.com quick polls and surveys are free and available for 30 days. They collect the data, store it, show online totals in a graph, and send all the results to you.

  4. InfoPoll free survey software. You will be required to register and provide valid and complete contact information. Downloads will be negated if you choose to opt out of this requirement. An Infopoll representative will contact you to inquire about experience with the product.

  5. ETS Test Collection: The collection is the largest in the world. It was established to make information on standardized tests and research instruments available to researchers, graduate students, and teachers. Poke around in the research section too for cool reports.

  6. SurveyMonkey A basic subscription is totally free and includes all of the basic features of SurveyMonkey. Unlike other services, there are no annoying banner ads on your surveys. All of your survey responses remain absolutely private. Basic subscribers are limited to a total of 10 questions and 100 responses per survey.

* Create Resources

  • Filamentality consists of a FREE fill-in-the-blank format that generates a hotlist for you. You log in thus saving your page, edit whenever you want, we keep it on our server free for one year.
  • TheFreeSite: Get free stuff (banners, chat freebies, counters, e-mail freebies, FAQ, fonts, games, graphics, Java, postcards, pranks, prizes & contests, reminders, samples, screen savers, software, sounds, web space, webmaster freebies) from.
  • Create a Graph lets you create four different graphs and charts (area, bar, pie, line). You can also select colors and many other variables.
  • iFigure provides links to online calculators and worksheets. These are interactive, educational tools that provide information to help in planning, solving and making decisions for a multitude of problems and tasks
  • Simple Interactive Statistical Analysis: SISA allows you to do statistical analysis directly on the Internet. Click on one of the procedure names below, fill in the form, click the button, and the analysis will take place on the spot.
  • VassarStats: user-friendly tools for performing statistical computation.
* Research Resources
  • Finding Data on the Internet helps you check facts and download reputable data on crime, economics, education, public safety, campaign contributions and more. Includes statistical calculators too!

  • Theory Into Practice (TIP), the down and dirty guide to 50 major theories of learning and instruction. These theories can also be accessed by learning domains and concepts.

  • The U.S. Department of Education has a wide variety of resources and publication. There is a small hotlist on Research & Statistics.  You might also want to check out publications in the Annual Plans and Reports section as well as other ED publications

  • And let's not forget the revived ERIC (Education Resources Information Center). ERIC provides free access to more than 1.2 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials and, if available, includes links to full text.

  • Census Bureau Home Page for population, housing, economic, and geographic data.

  • Information Please, the online-dictionary, internet encyclopedia, atlas, and almanac

  • Google Scholar Currently in beta testing, Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research.


  • APA Style Frequently Asked Questions from the official website.

  • OWL at Purdue University: Using APA Format provides general info with examples.

  • APA Research Style Crib Sheet by Russ Dewey, Georgia Southern University.



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