WWW Sites for Reference and Research
Updated 9/27/99
Here are a number of sites for general reference including several cited by
PC Magazine (2/6/96) in its listing of the Top 100 WWW Sites.
- H-Net: Humanities and Social
Sciences OnLine.
- WWW
Virtual Library:An encyclopedic collection of sites.
- The New Hacker's
Dictionary: A collection of slang terms used by various subcultures of
computer hackers.
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Resources by Subject: A comprehensive site listing of e-resources from
the Van Pelt Library of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Scholarly
Societies: From Waterloo University the Scholarly Societies Project has
been created to facilitate access to information about scholarly
societies across the world.Incudes a listing of the WWW sites of 932
scholarly societies.
- The On-Line Books Page: This
site features thousands of English works available on-line as well as a
comprehensive collection of links to other sites for both English and
foreign language works.
- A Web of On-Line
Dictionaries: From Bucknell University.
- Archives
and Manuscript Collections: From Columbia University.
-
Bartlett's Familiar
Quotations: The classic collection in searchable format.
-
Hypertext Webster
Interface: "This hypertext Webster interface provides a point-and-click
client interface for accessing the various Webster's dictionary services on the
Internet." An extremely useful site that allows you to look up both definitions
and thesaurus entries.
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Roget's
Thesaurus: The digital version of the standard work.
- Alta
Vista Translation Service: A useful (and potentially humorous) site for
translating from English to several European languages and vice versa.
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Shakespeare: The
complete works of The Bard of Avalon in HTML format with glossary of Elizabthan
English and links for individual scenes, synopses, and characters.
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Versification: Versification is a refereed electronic journal
dedicated to advancing interdisciplinary research into literary prosody.
- Expansive Poetry and Music
Online: An e-journal devoted to contemporary arts.
- Citing Electronic Resources:
- Evaluating websites:
- Library
Catalogs:A listing of over 1000 library catalogs available online with
instructions on telnet access.
-
Internet Public Library: From the
University of Michigan.
- Bibliotheks-Verbund Bayern:
The
online version of the "Bayerischer Verbundkatalog" from the Bayerische
Staatsbibliothek.
-
Women's Studies
Librarian: A useful bibliographical resource from the University of
Wisconsin.
- AAUW: "The American Association of
University Women is a national organization that promotes education and
equity for all women and girls."
-
University/College Home Pages: From the University of Florida.
- Historic
Universities: Documentary accounts of famous universities from the
University of Pennsylvania Archives.
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SHARP: The Society for the History
of Authorship, Reading & Publishing is a new
organization for scholars working in all areas and aspects of the history of
print culture.
- Internet Encyclopedia of
Philosophy
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History of Science,
Technology and Medicine: A subsite of the World Wide Web Virtual Library
containing a wide range of research and reference materials related to the
history of science-related developments.
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City Net: An extensive travel guide to travel
destinations ranging from the great cities of the world to small villages and
hamlets in out-of-the-way places. Includes maps, photos, guides and other
useful travel information.
- Languages for
Travelers
-
German Language Resources:
Verzeichnis der deutschsprachigen abfragbaren Kataloge und Institutionen. Siehe
auch:
- DESKTOP REFERENCE: A handy collection of useful
information, including area codes, zip codes, and online colleges and
universities.
- Page
Spinner: This is a rather effective HTML editor for the MAC platform.