A collection of useful and free tools are available from the website from the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University.

I'll make this short and hopefully, sweet.

Poll builder

Online poll building tool. Follow the bouncing ball. Single question with up to five voting choices.

Scribe

Downloadable software for taking and organising notes for research

Syllabus Finder

A search engine for syllabi from US universities and colleges

Scrapbook

An application allowing users to create collaborative, on-line scrapbooks

Survey Builder

A tool that builds on-line surveys, especially applicable to oral histories

I have tried all of these tools and have found them easy to use, reliable and useful.

A bargain at twice the price. :-)