Academic Archives & Sites 

	AskOxford.com  huge database, the Oxford English Dictionary OED Oxford English Dictionary Online  60m words of text, 750k terms, past thousand years, illustrated with 2.4m quotations
	RefDesk.com -- quick page, index of indexes, excellent
	Berkeley-Sun Site LibWeb    3,000+ libraries in 90+ countries, up-dated daily at midnight Pacific Standard time.   Catalogs & Indexes:  including Digital Collections  of various works ready to read & Social & Government Data from 1990 Census
	Booklist   American Librarian Association review of books being published each month with 5,000+ reviews each year, claimed to be the leading choice of librarians
	Books Online:   ebookdirectory.com  perhaps the largest collection                  on the web of free e-books & links. Alex Library  classics & philosophy & links  American History  with many links,  American Literature  all about American literature American Memory by the Library of Congress, original history              including a "Today in History Page"  Argos:  Ancient & Medieval Internet Searches             - - - - - - - - - - Ancient Author Pages:  Thomas More (1478-1535) & Thomas More Society  ~  Erasmus (1469? - 1536)  ~           - - - - - - - - - - Modern Author Pages:    Jane Austen  ~ C. Dickens 1  ~ C. Dickens 2            Dostoevsky  ~  Willa Cather  ~  Author C. Doyle            W. Faulkner  ~  Hawthorne  ~  Longfellow  ~            Melville  ~    E. A. Poe  ~ Complete Shakespeare            L. Tolstoy  ~  Twain 1  ~  Twain 2             - - - - - - - - - - Bartleby.com  a huge archive with easy/searchable                    access to references & works like these:           American Heritage Dictionary            American Heritage Book of English Usage            Barlet's Quotations   ~   Simpson's Quotations            Boston Cooking School Cook Book by Fanny Farmer           Cambridge History of English & American Literature           Columbia Encyclopedia   ~   Complete E. Dickson            Gray's Anatomy   ~   Harvard Shelf of Fiction           Oxford Bk English Poetry   ~   Robert's Rules of Order            Roget's Thesaurus  ~  Strunk's Elements of Style            B.T. Washington's Up From Slavery            Well's Short History of World  ~           Yale Book American Poetry            - - - - - - - - - - Bibliobyts  searchable directory ~  UR10 E-books ~    Bibliomania 80 classic novels, 400+ short stories, more  BookRadio.com  audio interviews, bk reviews ~    Bookwire.com Reading Room  ~  Relic Books  ~  Bubl.com  huge site of links to e-books, perhaps the best first stop  Columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/bartlett for quotes  Concordance of Great Books ~ ClassicTexts.com  1,500 works, 500+ authors, a massive       collection with some pieces that do appear to be       unique to this group's resources, available on cd too ~ Classics  440 classics, ready to read, by MIT ~ CyberRead.com  large & easy archive of popular classics ~ E-Text.org  primarily e-magazines on the fringe of society  ~ 1stBooks.com  few over 3,000 works on line ~ Fordham Univ. History Sourcebooks Project a huge listing ~ Great Books Online  huge archive of classics & more ~  Great Speeches  perhaps the largest online archive of famous       speeches of persons from the last two centuries, a PBS site ~    History at Horus Web Links  perhaps the largest & most comprehensive source of history on the web ~  Internet Public Library  a huge archive ~   Irish Literature  including G.B. Shaw, Stoker, Swift & Wilde ~ Lynch's Literary Resources on the Net   huge set of links ~  Microsoft Ref. Downloads  including  FrontPage 2000,              Win. 98,  Win. 2000 , Office 2000 & PhotoDraw 2000 ~ Oxford Text Archive  download hundreds of works ~ PinkMonkey.com  hip Cliff's Notes & 2k+ classics & docs Project Gutenberg a massive project linked worldwide        with archives around the world, ready to download ~ RefDesk.com -- quick page, index of indexes, excellent ~ Worlds of Late Antiquity  works from, on ancient world ~
	Book Archives:  these are super-sized archives still working & sometimes require special protocols to enter--  Alexandria Digital Library ~ Digital Earth  ~  Digital Library Bibliography  ~  Global Mapping Perseus Project  ~  Project Gutenberg  ~  ARL Digital Initiatives  Fordham Univ. History Sourcebooks Project  ~
	Brittainica Online  something on everything, with an award winning index to links to just about everything
	CIA Publications  info from CIA on the world (big brother IS watching)
	Christian & Religion:  See Christian/Religion Links ~ Beliefnet.com ~
	Dictionaries:  YourDictionary.com  200+ languages, 50+ specialties ~ OneLook.Com  2.5m in 256 dictionaries  - - - - - - - - - - - AskOxford.com  huge database, the Oxford English Dictionary OED Oxford English Dictionary Online  60m words of text, 750k terms, past thousand years, illustrated with 2.4m quotations AllWords.com  ~  American Heritage Dictionary ~ Law Dictionary ~ HeySmarty.com  ~  Encyclopedia.com ~ Association for Geographic Information with Glossary ~ NASA's Astrophysics Dictionary  (wait, wait -- its big) GeoMan's Earth Science  ~  Internet Jargon  ~ Literary Terms Dictionary  ~  Poetic Terms ~   Mathematics Dictionary & Resource ~ Medical/Science Dictionary and More (See Medical Sites below) Mental Health Dictionary  ~  Music Dictionary  ~ Mythology Dictionary  ~  Nelson Political Science Dictionary  Political Dictionary  ~  Jane's Military Dictionary ~ Sailing/Nautical 1 ~ Sailing/Nautical 2 ~ Nautical Law ~ Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy  ~  Space Science ~ Science & Technology Dictionary  130k+ entries in 130 fields ~ RefDesk.com -- quick page, index of indexes, excellent ~ Theological Dictionary  ~ WorldWideWords.org ~ Weather Dictionary ~ Click to go Christian/Religious Links for more
	Discovery.com  something for every curious person ~
	E-Journals   dedicated to all of the online e-journals,  see its Directory of Journals
	I-Explore    ongoing past explorations & travels around the world
	Image Finder from Berkeley   from newspapers, Smithsonian, state collection, searchable by word
	InfoPlease.com    information almanac of people, culture, etc., & full access to Columbia Encyclopedia
	Find Law.com Supreme Court Opinions ~ See below Omnibus Help Section:  Law
	History:  Horus Web Links perhaps the largest & most comprehensive, for a taste, check out Israel on the Ancient Directory;  this site is sponsored by the Univ. of Calif. Riverside ~ Civil War Center a huge resource of the period ~ HistoryChannel.com  you name it, there is something for everyone  favorites are:  Modern Marvels  &  Famous Speeches ~ PBS.org on everything ~ PBS Middle East Timeline excellent ~ Preservation.com on everything ~  Smithsonian Institution  incredible, of course ~ This Day in History  which also includes a data base to find out what happened on your birthday or any day~ UniversityProducts.com  leading archival company ~
	HUMBUL Resource for OnLine Scholarly Works   a United Kingdom site of incredible depth on every possible academic topic, pointing users to online references ranging from linguistics to medieval history, but especially notable is the Encyclopedia of Early Church History;  unfortunately, you have to have special membership to access the larger archives
	Law Dictionary  ~  Law Encyclopedia  from Nolo.com ~
	LegalLanguage.com  huge store of legal resources
	Librarian's Index to the Internet ~
	Library of Congress   this is one reason to be on line, access to the bibliographic data of one of earth's largest archives ~
	LibrarySpot.com   links to major libraries, newspapers, foundations, reference works, etc. for just about anyone ~
	Medical Textbooks for Healthcare Providers by Virtual Hospital   topic list leading to detailed medical descriptions on anatomy, surgery, travel medicine, etc., that then lead you the online textbook on various parts of the major topic;  NOTE:  these are major textbooks for physicians, fascinating, comprehensive, detailed, but not to be used at home for self-diagnosis & Textbooks small listing of some of the major text
	National Academy Press   1,500+ online, by category
	National Geographic.com    Like you would expect, huge, colorful, unlimited
	News & Newspapers:  Concentric.com reputed to be the largest collection of newspapers in the world:  choose a country, like US, then a state, like Texas to find what appears to be all the major papers in Texas;  also including an easy links page to the Top Ten in US.  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CNN.com  & CNN Politics ~ Christian Sc Monitor ~  Christian B. Network ~ Life Magazine ~ News.com ~  Time Magazine ~ USA Today ~   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Austin Chronicle ~ Dallas Morning News ~ Houston Chronicle ~ LA Times ~ San Francisco Chronicle ~ Star Tribune Minn/St. Paul ~ New York Times ~  Washington Post ~
	New York Times Book Review
	Northwestern University's Online Library Tree    huge tree to what appears to be every major library & serials group
	OneLook.com   instant access to 600+ dictionaries & 6 million+ terms, with the ability to create your on dictionary & links to other sites
	OmniGlot.com for alphabets
	PBS.org    Public Broadcasting System archive of news, research, culture, expeditions, nature, the earth;  Building Big  a sub-site for curious that allows virtual building of a bridge or dam, complete with structural and material analyses
	Photography:  Alinari.com the world's oldest photography archive w/ 3.5m+, only you have to have a subscription or university pass to get into it~ CityGallery.com ~ Daguerre.org by Daguerreian Society ~ International Directory of Photography Historians a huge list ~ Library of Congress Daguerretypes ~  Light Impressions Direct.com for archiving everything ~  Photo Education Around the World ~ PhotographyMuseuem.com ~  Preservation.com  on everything ~ Royal Photography Society ~ StereoView.org home of Nat. Stereoscopic Assn. ~ UniversityProducts.com  leading archival company ~
	Project Gutenberg    an attempt to digitally archive the world's best literature;  you have to go to an ftp site, then select;  then you can download any of the works
	PreciousHeart.net   working bibliographic archive of everything written on crisis, grief, death & divorce;  plus author's books online
	Publishers Catalogues    listings of the publishers of the world
	Questia.com   academic research on line to 50,000+ books, magazines & journals for review and search by word or paragraph, including religious volumes -- and in the next three years after that, hoping to host 250,000 volumes on line, though a subscription is necessary, you can still see the parts of most works
	Religion & Christian:  see Christian/Religious Links  ~  Beliefnet.com
	Roget's Internet Thesaurus   Yes, on-line
	Smithsonian Institution  incredible ~
	Schøyen Collection  ancient manuscripts from 5-10k B.C. to modern period

	Theater:  Precinemahistory.net  outlines the history of cinema from 900 BC FirstLook.com  a huge site devoted to "first look" at everything it seems in the movies, media, multi-media, games, etc.
	Theban Mapping Project  since 1978 seeks completely map Thebes in ancient Egypt, site filled with 2,000+ images and interactive maps
	Translation Language-to-Language Dictionary   plus, download free a language to language translating program
	Wall Street Journal
	World Library of e-Books Online -- simply, a huge archive
	United Nations Development Program
	Yahoo! Libraries    a great one stop jumping point, listing library collections by topic, like academic, military, dance, prison, philatelic, religion, science, etc.

Omnibus Help Sites 

	Two Sites of GREAT NOTE  -- 1 > - Guru.com see to believe,                            boasting 200k+ gurus on everything - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 > - Vanderbilt University Resource Links  you will not believe where this dull opening page of 10 categories will take you:  simply, everywhere important on earth (Vanderbilt has organized US Government links better than the Government itself, & that's only one category);  top of the list to emphasize it - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
	Auto/Truck Prices:  NADA Guides  Kelly Blue Books  IntelliChoice.com  Edmonds.com  CarPrices.com  Autosite.com
	Biography.com   boasting 25k bio's, 12k videos of past & present persons
	Card Games at pagat.com  rules of cards games, 100's of the world
	Christian & Religion:  see Christian/Religious Links  ~  Beliefnet.com
	Computer & Internet Info:  ItKnowledge.com  Intel sponsored & probably the largest internet data base on raw computer knowledge to read on-line or buy FreeSkills.com  has several paths to on-line computer training Boardwatch Magazine  CNET:  Computer Network  internet technology & business Hotwired.lycos.com/Webmonkey  for authoring, design, more Hacker - Security Info:  HackerWhacker.com  ~  Microsoft Security          CERT.org  ~  AntiOnline.com  ~  SecuriTeam.com  ~          SecurityPortal.com  ~  SecuritySearch.net  ~  ShieldsUp  ~        Anti-Trojan.org           HTML Goodies.Earthwebl.com  &  HTML Colors   Librarian's Guide to Internet  by Berkeley University, very broad ~ NetSurfer Digest  reviews sites & updates PC World  reviews of computer hardware, programs, everything Virtual Web Library  ~  Web Developing Site Web Developer Virtual Library  a web master's school Wired Magazine  premier web magazine ~ World's Best Web Sites  ~  Zdnet             a premier download site for programs, utilities &            all facets of information on computers, internet & www usage,            see also Zdnet's Top 100 Sites
	ConsumerWorld.org    2,000+ links & info, perhaps the most comprehensive index of business/consumer sites & site directories on the web, neatly organized & speedy
	Cost of Living Calculator
	Dictionary YourDictionary.com  incredible, 200+ languages, 50+ Specialty Dictionaries, everything on words in what seems like every language, plus articles, thesaurus, synonyms, etc.
	DoItYourself.com  for every kind of repair
	E-Cards & Greetings Sites Free:  All-Yours.net  ~ Amazon.com E-Cards ~ AwesomeCards.com ~ A1.ecards.com ~ BlueMountain.com ~ CardCentral ~ Care2.com ~ CGreetings.com ~ DailyZen.com ~ E-Greetings  ~ Epso 3D & Video E-Cards ~ ExpressIt.com ~ GeoCities  ~ Just-So.com ~ MessageMates.com ~ MP3 Music Cards ~ My Post Cards  ~ 1001 E-Cards ~ PostCardLinks.com  ~ Regards.com ~ Retroactive Tasteful Cards  ~  Wanderer's 50's + 60's Cards ~ Yahoo Cards  ~ Y'all Com Cards ~
	EConsultant.com    Searchable directory of net's 1,000 top sites
	E-mail Finders:   Internet Address Finder  ~  Lycos WhoWhere  ~ Yahoo People Finder
	Events:  WhatsGoingOn.com  special events around the world Ticketmaster.com  for, well, you know
	Flying:  Landings.com  a premier site on flying, w/ comprehensive airport guide & much more, incredibly rich site BeaPilot.com  ~ Flight Training ~ Aviation Internt News ~ Aircft Shopper ~ Aircft Dealer Ntwk ~ Aircft Dealer ~ US FAA ~ NASA ~ US Airforce ~ Learjet.com ~ Cessna.com ~ Helicopter Assn ~ National Aeronautics Assn ~ Nat Air Transportation Assn ~ Nat Assn Flight Instructors ~  Nat Business Aviation Assn ~ Gen Aviation Manuf Assn ~
	Freeskills.com   learn new skills, including computer skills
	Gallup.com  service of Princeton, the leading Polling group in US
	Genealogy:  Ancestry.com  claiming 650m+  ~  USGenWeb.org  WorldGenWeb.org  ~  Gneanet.org  ~  Rootsweb.com  Genealogy.org  ~  FamilySearch.org (LDS)  ~  ~
	Guru.com (see to believe, boasting 200k+ gurus on everything)
	Handspeak.com  see & learn sign language symbols w/ movement
	Hotel-Motel Reservations:  See Travel Info below
	Home Making:  MarthaStewart.com  for cooking, crafts, decorating & just about everything to do with the home Cooking.com  for that recipe & advice
	How Far Is It?   distance between any two cities, instantly
	Infospace.com    index & directory of directories, with search ability
	Law:  LawOffice.com  ~  Martindale Lawyer Locator  ~  Law Guru  Law.com  ~  Nolo.com  ~  AdmiraltyLaw.com  ~  CNN.com/law  ~  Findlaw.com on actual laws & their Legal Forms archives has   has forms for every legal need & search engine
	Maps & Earth Images:    Expedia  ~  Exploritorium  ~  MapQuest.com  ~ Maps On Us  ~  National Geographic Map Machine  ~   US Geological Service  ~  TerraServer Images  ~  ZipTo.com   National Road Conditions  ~  Lonely Planet.com (like Israel) Wolinsky's Map Happy Links  which is one large collection Global Mapping
	Mathematics Dictionary & Resource
	Music:   Music Education Links  ~  Sibelius Academy Music on Net a huge site with links            around the world to music sites,            see its Sibelius Music Libraries List  Yahoo's Music List  ~  Rice Univ. Music  Lester Levy's Sheet Music (29k pieces before 1923)  ~   Music Library Clearinghouse  ~
	Mind Harbor.com    general index to thousands of business sites, including airlines, media, shipping, TV, news domestic & foreign, car rental, investing, research, etc., all neatly organized with a speedy web site -- quite a resource
	MSN.com  Microsoft Network -- a world class sets of links
	News & Newspapers:  click to go above to Academic Archives
	NPR.org  National Public Radio's site, full of educational & cultural info
	Pets.com  your one stop place, with ask-a-Vet &  Zoo search
	Patents.com  see also IBM's Patent & Search Index  European Patent Office  ~
	Patrish's Websites   over 500 favorite sites by category
	Phone #'s:  Bell Big Yellow Pages  Anywho by AT&T  ~  Infospace.com  ~ Switchboard.com (nationwide listings with addresses)  ~ 555-1212.com (national & international directories & e-mail lists)  ~
	Religion & Christian:  see Christian/Religious Links  ~  Beliefnet.com
	Search Engines & Web Portals:   Alta Vista  ~  Ask Jeeves  ~  Excite  ~ Google  ~ MSN ~ Northern Light  ~  Yahoo! ~  HotBot  ~   About.com  ~  WebCrawler  ~ SearchMil.com (for military sites)  ~  Yack (for live events on web)  ~ Yahoo! ~ Forumon.com (search 300k+ forums)  ~  Tile.net & Listz (for mailing lists)  ~ Infospace.com Guru.com (see to believe, boasting 200k+ gurus on everything)
	Science & Technology Dictionary  130k+ in 130 fields
	ScienceWise.com    perhaps the most comprehensive index of grants for science, research, education, etc., on the web, yet not that easy to navigate
	Skills:  FreeSkills.com  has a huge list of on-line skills ~
	Smithsonian Institution  incredible ~
	StrongNumbers.com  site with links to every "blue-book" on the market  about price info for nearly everything -- incredible
	Travel Info:    Expedia everything in travel:  boasting explicit descriptions ~  Flight Arrival-Depart ~ TheTrip.com ~ Travel city ~  Frommer's Budget Travel  ~ Fodors.com the leaders ~ Go-Israel:  Israel Ministry of Tourism ~ CNN.com/Airport  MetroScope:    major links in major cities:              Atlanta  ~  Chicago  ~  Cincinnati  ~  Dallas              Detroit  ~  Jacksonville  ~  Los Angeles  ~              Memphis  ~  Miami  ~  New York  ~  Philadelphia  ~              San Francisco  ~  Seattle  ~ Hotel-Motel Reservations:  ASA.net  for worldwide ~             A1-Discount-Hotels.com ~ Motels.com  ~
	UnCover   current awareness & document delivery, search 4,000+ articles instantly by word search for full bibliographic info
	Yahoo! Listings  a premier portal to websites, well organized & categorized, full & comprehensive -- hard to beat as a one stop portal to many of the above sites & many more
	Weather:  Weather.com  ~  WeatherUnderground.com  ~ WeatherLabs.com  ~  CNN.com/weather