# Resources overview

An essential plug-in for Eclipse IDE applications is the resources plug-in (named org.eclipse.core.resources). The resources plug-in provides services for accessing the projects, folders, and files that a user is working with.

For more information on workspace resources, check out some of the following documents:

- Resources and the workspace
- Resources and the local file system
- Resource properties
- Project-scoped preferences
- File encoding and content types
- Linked resources
- Resource markers
- Modifying the workspace
  - Batching resource changes
  - Tracking resource changes
  - Concurrency and the workspace
- Incremental project builders
- Derived resources
- Workspace save participation
- Project natures
- Resource modification hooks
- Refresh providers