Free and Useful Research Software/Tools

• Zotero (Add-on to Firefox that can record citation information as you research on the web)
• YouSendIt (Allows you to send file attachments up to 100 mb for free)
• MindNode (Mind mapping software for Mac)
  
• Noesis (specialized search of philosophy sources in the public realm of the internet)
• BibDesk (Mac reference mananegment software, allows you to catalogue electronic texts)

Tips for Beginning the Study of Philosophy

• How to Write a Philosophy Paper (A Guide by Jim Pryor)
• How to Write a Philosophy Paper 2 (A Guide by Carla Bagnoli)
• How to Read Philosophy Texts (Another Guide from Jim Pryor)

Helpful Philosophy Links

• Philosophical Gourmet Report (Rankings of Graduate Philosophy Programs)
• Criticisms of the Philosophical Gourmet Report
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Episteme (Collection of thousands of philosophy related links)
• Philosophy of Mind Dictionary
• American Philosophical Association
• Tanner Lecture Series at University of Utah (Full Lecture Papers)

Philosophy Resource Lists from Major Programs

• Philsophy Resource List from Harvard
• Philosophy Resource List from Loyola- Chicago
• Philosophy Resource List from New York University

Resources for the Study of Bioethics

• National Institutes of Health Bioethics Collection
• University of Pennsylvania Bioethics Center
• Kennedy institute of Ethics Resource Collection (Contains extensive topical bliographies)
• American Medical Association Ethics Collection
• Virtual Mentor (cases studies and respected commentary from AMA website)
• ASBH (American Society for Bioethics and Humanities)
• Center for Disease Control (CDC)
• WHO (World Health Organization)
• Health and Nutrition Statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau

Resources for the Study of Ethics (General)

• Ethics Updates (A great collection of all things "ethics" by Lawrence Hinman)