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dictionaries & references | languages | books online | art online | maps & mapping | collecting


    dictionaries & references
  1. dictionary.oed.com: OED Online, but you have to go through a library with a subscription...
  2. spl.org Seattle Public Library and kcls.org King County (Washington) Library, two good public librarys
  3. lib.washington.edu/research/dic.html: Language Dictionaries at UW
  4. uwasa.fi/comm/termino/collect/index.html: "Terminology Collection Online Dictionaries "
  5. library.cmu.edu: Carnegie Mellon University Libraries
  6. utm.edu/research/iep:  The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  7. dictionary.com: dictionaries, thesauri, more
  8. rhymezone.com: search for rhymes, read famous documents, find quotations, and more
  9. kirjasto.sci.fi/calendar.htm: a "Calendar of Authors" from a couple of guys with too much time on their hands

    languages
  10. babelfish.altavista.digital.com/babelfish/tr: language translator
  11. itools.com: "Quick access to the best Internet tools" including language search, translation, and more
  12. travlang.com: Travel and Language Services,a 4-star site, with lots of good things
  13. chinookjargon.home.att.net: Chinook jargon, "Selected references for students and scholars"
  14. iLoveLanguages.com "is a comprehensive catalog of language-related Internet resources."

    books
  15. dmoz.org and google.com directory give us nearly the same "Arts/Literature/Electronic_Text_Archives"
  16. books.google.com
  17. bartleby.com: "Great Books Online, publishes thousands of free online classics of reference, literature and nonfiction"
  18. vlib.org: The WWW Virtual Library
  19. malaspina.org/home.htm: Great books--great Scott!--also gives access to online art collections, and more
  20. digital.library.upenn.edu/books: The On-Line Books Page
  21. bodley.ox.ac.uk/oxlip, the Bodlian library, and ota.ahds.ac.uk, the Oxford Text Archive,
    both from the University of Oxford
  22. nap.edu/topics.php?browse=1:  The National Academies Press says"Read more than 3,000 books online free"
  23. ipl.org:  The Internet Public Library
  24. loc.gov: the Library of Congress
  25. etext.lib.virginia.edu/collections, part of the UVA Digital Initiatives Program, provides "...40,000 on- and off-line humanities texts" (but many will need an account)

    art
  26. bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart: Digital Archive of Art Online Images from Boston College (largely American & European 19th & 20th century painting & sculpture)
  27. kaladarshan.arts.ohio-state.edu: Huntington Archive of Buddhist and Related Art
  28. artchive.com, The ArtArchive, with another way in at artchive.com/ftp_site.htm
  29. website.lineone.net...: ascii art--remember that?
  30. artarchives.si.edu: Smithsonian Collections at the Archives of American Art
  31. ibiblio.org: the Web Museum, with for example, ibiblio.org/wm/paint/tl/japan, Japanese art
  32. masters-of-photography.com, "Masters of Photography,"and wga.hu: The Web Gallery of Art "Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque...16.200 reproductions..."

    maps and mapping
  33. nationalatlas.gov: superb, new (to me) U.S. gateway site from the Department of the Interior
  34. terraserver.microsoft.com: "The World's Largest Online Database" -- worldwide maps and aerial photos
  35. memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/census.html: scanned national atlases from the Library of Congress, some historical, some newer
  36. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_information_system: geographic information systems (GIS) from wikipedia
  37. gis.com: more on GIS
  38. cyndislist.com/maps.htm: is about geneology, but look around -- lots of map links
  39. geography.about.com/od/findmaps/Maps.htm: map links from About.com
  40. maps.google.com/maps?output=html and earth.google.com:
  41. tsunami.geo.ed.ac.uk/local-bin/quakes/mapscript/home.pl: World-Wide Earthquake Locator, Version 5.1
  42. MapsOnUs.com for finding your way
  43. cgrer.uiowa.edu/servers/servers_references.html: Maps and References has lots of links (if they're good)
  44. lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html: the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, including some online
  45. un.org/Depts/Cartographic/english/index.htm: "Cartographic Section Maps and Geographic Information Resources..." from the United Nations

    collecting
  46. bookfinder.com: maybe the single best book metasearch
  47. rarebooks.org: tutorials, lists, and more
  48. massmedia.com/~mikeb/rcb: the rec.collecting.books FAQ
  49. eskimo.com/~recall/index.html:Recollection Books, and their great Seattle Used Bookstore Guide
  50. powells.com: "The Largest New and Used Bookstore in the World"
  51. antiqbook.com/info/resources/index.html: "A Guide to Antiquarian Book Resources..."

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