Traditional
The Assayer-- Ag, Arch, Bus, Comp, Ed, Hist, Pol Sci, Lang, Law, Lib Sci, Lit,
Math, Med, Military, Music, Phil, Psych, Rel, Science, Soc Sci, Tech,
Awesome Library--
literature collection sorted by elementary and middle school and college.
Asksam-- US Government reports, , judicial,
legislative, legal & political documents.
BookCrossing --“the
world’s biggest free book club”
Bookins
-- offers a simple system to swap books and their mailing system is the
best.
BookMooch--is a free community for exchanging books
where donating books earns book exchange points.
Books-On-Line--
Generalities,
Geography, History, Language, Math/Science, Psy, Phil,
Lit/Rhetoric, Religion, Social Science, The Arts, Tech
Bartleby.com-- extensive with featured collection such as quotations,
biographies, The Harvard Classics, The Shelf of Fiction,
The Oxford Shakespeare...
Bibliomania.com--literature
related library of reference articles, interviews, books, biographies,
classic non-fiction and religious texts, study guides
Childrens Books Online
- is a collection of illustrated children’s books.
Digital Book Index-- many areas with both free and for sales listed
EBOOK Library--
from the University of Virginia,
stresses literature with some history and philosophy
Google Book Search
-- has digitized over one million books to read online.
Memoware
-- has free ebooks and documents designed for handheld devices.
Project Gutenberg
has 20,000 free e-books in their catalog and claimed 2 million
downloads last month.
The Hart Library--
Lit, Youth, Hist, Geog, Soc Sci, Ref, Non Eng, Sci, Phil, Rel
The Online Book Page
from the University of Pennsylvania
has an extensive collection.
The Online Books Page: Archives and Indexes
has material not indexed individually in
Online Book Page.
The Online
Library of Liberty--
classic art, economics,
history, law, literature, music, philosophy, political theory, religion,
science, sociology, war/peace
Web Book Publications-- well rounded
collection, has science fiction,
easy to use
Wikibooks
- offers over 30,000 open-content textbooks.
World Public Library
over 500,000 PDF books and documents ranging from textbooks to
classic literature.
World Wide School Library
content
search, Geog, Hist, Non-Eng, Psy, Phil, Rel, Soc Sci, Sci, Tec, youth
General Nontraditional
Collections
Directory of Free Online Books--
some publications can be searched for a content word
or phrase
ibiblio -- interactive library where you
collect, critique your own collection of software, music,
literature, art, history, science, politics ...
Internet Archive-- a multimedia library with texts,
videos, audios, and music.
manybooks.net
has electronic
e-books for hand held devices.
University of California Press--
covers many topics from academic presses,
allows a within book search for some book, some books may
be purchase
University Collections
Columbia University Digital Collection.
Harvard University Library
Yale University Digital Collections.
Princeton University Library Digital Collections.
Cornell University Library
The Online Books Page
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Reference Collections
Almanacs
Infoplease Almanacs--
world, u.s. history/government, biography, sports,
arts/entertainment, business, society/culture, health/science
The Old Farmer's Almanac--
astronomy, weather forecasts, gardening, food, recipes,
gardening tips, and outdoors
Fast Facts--
statistical information primarily on the
United States and Canada
50 States Capital Cities and Information Links--
almanac
information for the 50 states, commonwealths, and territories
Atlases
Atlas
from InfoPlease--maps, profiles of 193 countries and the
50 U.S. states.
Atlas of Cyberspaces
Perry-Castaneda
Library Map Collection has maps by location, history topics, current
events, and an extensive list of map internet sites.
Dictionary/Thesaurus/Glossary
Dictionary.com
Financial Dictionary from InvestoWord.com specializes in financial
terms.
FOLDOC Computing Dictionary
Dictionary of the History of Ideas
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary and Thesaurus also has material to help people build their
vocabulary.
Glossarist is
a searchable glossary directory.
Over 2200 Special
Purpose Glossaries from Dr. Frank Dietz.
quotationspage
Encyclopedias-General
Wikipedia-- being
put together by people from around the world
Encyclopedia.com--
a traditional encyclopedia where you can
search by word or letter.
Online Encyclopedia-- many useful and
contemporary topics
Encyclopedias-Subject Specific
The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics
History of Economic Thought
Encyclopedia of Law and Economics
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Special
Web Links By College Major
Other Sites for
Booklovers
Audiobook
Free Online Books
Book Mooch
FrugalReader
Paper Back Swap
Title Trader
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