| BIOGRAPHIES |
Centurions <http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/programmes/centurions/> : Biographical information on the century's greatest artists, listing the hundred most significant writers, painters, architects, film-makers, designers, sculptors and poets of the twentieth century. From BBC History Online
The Classical Music Pages <http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/classmus.html> : This page includes information on classical music- its history, biographical information about composers (with portraits and short sound examples), explanations of the various musical forms and a dictionary of musical terminologies. It is designed to be of use for everyone from "beginners" to the music professional.
Composers <http://www.lib.virginia.edu/MusicLib/resources/composers.html> : Good webliography of sites. This list includes Web-accessible libraries, research centers, and Web sites devoted to research on selected composers. From the University of Virginia
| CITING ELECTRONIC INFORMATION |
Citation Styles <http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html> : This is an excellent compendium of citation types. Included are guidelines from the MLA - Modern Language Association , APA - the American Psychological Association, The Chicago Manual of Style, and CBE - the Council of Biology Editors. Provides citation styles for referencing www sites, e-mail messages, discussion group postings, listserv and newsgroup messages, real-time communications (MOOs, MUDs, IRCs), telnet sites, FTP sites, gopher sites, etc. These are chapters available on the web from the book Online: a Reference Guide to using Internet Sources, by Andrew Harnack and Eugene Kleppinger.
The Economist Style Guide <http://www.economist.com/editorial/freeforall/library/styleguide/toc.html> : This style guide is based on the Economist Style Book, which is given to all Economist journalists. The Style Book was written by John Grimond, foreign editor of The Economist.
Guide to Citation Style Guides <http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/journalism/cite.html> : Metasite of electronic style guides. From Journalism Resources at the University of Iowa
Noodle Tools <http://www.noodletools.com/> : NoodleBib and NoodleQuest are two utilities available on this site created by Debbie and Damon Abilock. The first is a form which takes the users' input and formats the content into ALA style bibliography. This bibliography can be saved in RTF format. NoodleQuest is an aid to assist users in adding precision to internet searches.
Walker/ACW Style Sheet <http://www.cas.usf.edu/english/walker/mla.html> :
| COPYRIGHT and INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY |
MUSIC And COPYRIGHT LAW <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Music/musiclaw.html> : This site offers a substantial body of links and is devoted to Music Copyright. Of interest to music librarians. See also the bibliography of Music Copyright Sources at the University of Oregon.
| DICTIONARIES |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language. Fourth Edition <http://www.bartleby.com/61/> : Over 90,000 entries feature 10,000 new words and senses, 70,000 audio word pronunciations, 900 full-page color illustrations, language notes and word-root appendixes.
| DIGITAL LIBRARIES |
Books on the Internet <http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Etext.html> :
Electronic Literature Directory <http://directory.eliterature.org/> : The Electronic Literature Directory provides an extensive database of listings for electronic works, their authors, and their publishers. The descriptive entries cover poetry, fiction, drama, and nonfiction that makes significant use of electronic techniques or enhancements. Search may be by type of electronic media, such as hypertext, recording, animated text, online generated text, and other multimedia.
| ELECTRONIC BOOKS |
Bibliomania <http://www.bibliomania.com/> : Hundreds of searchable full text works of classic fiction, popular fiction, short stories, drama, poetry, dictionaries, research and religious texts, including Brewer's Phrase and Fable, and Reader's Handbook, Webster's Dictionary, The Koran, The Hobson Jobson Dictionary of Anglo-India Terms, Simonds History of American Literature, Dictionary of Synonymes, Dictionary of Quotations, Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. Roget's Thesaurus, A Dictionary of Quotations, etc. Search for specific authors, titles, extracts, etc.
Classic Bookshelf <http://www.classicbookshelf.com/> : Readers using this site to read books can adjust the font to their comfort level through an innovative java applet. Using the applet at the bottom of the viewing window, users can control the text size, font, and background color, picking a combination that makes reading easiest.
Electronic Literature Directory <http://directory.eliterature.org/> : The Electronic Literature Directory provides an extensive database of listings for electronic works, their authors, and their publishers. The descriptive entries cover poetry, fiction, drama, and nonfiction that makes significant use of electronic techniques or enhancements. Search may be by type of electronic media, such as hypertext, recording, animated text, online generated text, and other multimedia.
The Online Books Page <http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/lists.html> : Index from the University of Pennsylvania includes more than 12,000 English works in various formats. All should be free for personal, noncommercial use. You can: Search the Listings by Author and Title, Browse the New Listings, Browse by Author, Browse by Title, Browse by Subject and Browse serial archives See also Books in progress or requested.
| ENGLISH LANGUAGE |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language. Fourth Edition <http://www.bartleby.com/61/> : Over 90,000 entries feature 10,000 new words and senses, 70,000 audio word pronunciations, 900 full-page color illustrations, language notes and word-root appendixes.
Anagram Server <http://www.wordsmith.org/anagram/index.html> : Fill in form with any word. Your word is converted into other words using the same letters
ARTFL Project: Webster Search Form <http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/webster.form.html> :
The Book of Clichés <http://utopia.knoware.nl/users/sybev/cliche/> : Common and overused expressions
Brewer'sDictionary of Phrase and Fable <http://www.bibliomania.com/Reference/PhraseAndFable/> : This classic work of reference - described as a browser's joy - has been in popular demand since 1870
Cliché Finder <http://www.westegg.com/cliche/> : Search engine for clichés. A cliché is something that lots of people say, nd it conveys some sort of idea or message. A cliché is a metaphor characterized by its overuse.
The CMU Pronouncing Dictionary <http://www.speech.cs.cmu.edu/cgi-bin/cmudict> : The Carnegie Mellon University Pronouncing Dictionary is a machine-readable pronunciation dictionary for North American English that contains over 100,000 words and their transcriptions. The dictionary is also available fow download via ftp
Dictionaries, Thesauri, & Glossaries <http://mel.lib.mi.us/reference/REF-dict.html> : Meta list of dictionaries from the Michigan Electronic Library
The Economist Style Guide <http://www.economist.com/editorial/freeforall/library/styleguide/toc.html> : This style guide is based on the Economist Style Book, which is given to all Economist journalists. The Style Book was written by John Grimond, foreign editor of The Economist.
English Literature on the Web <http://lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/EngLit.html> : A webliography of literature sites, organized along the following topics: General / British Authors / E-text Archives / Medieval (& Anglo-Saxon) / 17th Century (& Renaissance) / 18th Century (& Restoration) / 19th Century (Romantics & Victorian) / 20th Century / American Authors
Homophones in English <http://www.stir.ac.uk/epd/celt/staff/higdox/wordlist/homophon.htm> :
Human Language Page <http://www.june29.com/HLP/> : The Human-Languages Page is a comprehensive catalog of language-related Internet resources with over 2000 links. Included are online language lessons, translating dictionaries, native literature, translation services, software, language schools, etc.
Lexical FreeNet; Connected Thesaurus <http://www.lexfn.com/> : Type one or two words and choose from the following options - Show related: Find words related to the first word - Connection: Find connections between the words - Show reachable: Find words reachable within n links - Intersection: Find words reachable from both words - Rhyme coercion: Find related words that rhyme - Spell check: Find words spelled similarly to the first - Substring: Find words containing the first as a substring. Restrict results to: Common words, Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs
Merriam Webster Online <http://www.m-w.com/> : Merriam-Webster OnLine provides a free, searchable on-line dictionary and thesaurus, word games, a word of the day, and many other English language and vocabulary reference tools and resources
Oxford English Dictionary <http://www.hti.umich.edu/dict/oed/> :
Roget's Thesaurs <http://www.thesaurus.com/> : Free online Roget's Thesaurus of English words and phrases.
The Semantic Rhyming Dictionary <http://www.link.cs.cmu.edu/dougb/rhyme-doc.html> : Submit your word and get a rhyming one. User can select to omit obscure words.
TEAMS Middle English Texts <http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/teams/tmsmenu.htm> : The goal of the TEAMS Middle English text series is to make available to teachers and students Middle English texts which occupy an important place in the literary and cultural canon but which have not been readily available in student editions. The National Endowment for the Humanities has supported the creation of this website through a grant to sustain the Middle English Texts Series.
Word Play <http://www.wolinskyweb.com/word.htm> : Sites that feature fun with words. Excellent compilation of sites for English language rules, oddities, anagrams, origins, slang, etc.
WordNet - a Lexical Database for English <http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/~wn/> : WordNet was developed by the Cognitive Science Laboratory at Princeton University. English nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are organized into synonym sets, each representing one underlying lexical concept. Different relations link the synonym sets.
World Wide Words: Exploring the English Language <http://www.quinion.com/words/> : World Wide Words is devoted to the English language - its history, quirks, curiosities and evolution. The Words site is organised into sections, each with its own index. Maintained by Michael Quinion
| FREE DATABASES on the WEB |
The Aria Database <http://www.aria-database.com/> : The Aria Database is a diverse collection of information on over 1000 operatic arias. Designed for singers and non-singers alike, the Database includes translations and aria texts of most arias as well as a collection of MIDI files of operatic arias and ensembles.
| FRENCH LANGUAGE RESOURCES |
Catalog Collectif de France <http://www.ccfr.bnf.fr/> : This site, a project of the French Ministries of Culture and Education, and the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, is in two parts: institution (Repertoire des Bibliotheques) and document search (Localisation de Documents). Repertoire des Bibliotheques allows users to search 3,900 institutions (Bibliotheque) by name, location, and by type of library. Search results offer contact information, a short history, and a description of the collections.. Searching the Collections in permits users to identify institutional holdings by materials type, language, and publication date.
| GOVERNMENT |
Political Studies Resources <http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk> : A collection of political studies web resources
| HISTORY |
18th Century History <http://www.history1700s.com> : History1700s.com is a guide to some of the most informative and useful Web sites that cover the 18th century in all its glory.
The American Revolution <http://www.americasrevolution.com> : A guide to some of the most informative and useful Web sites that cover the American Revolution.
History Guide <http://www.historyguide.de/start.php> : The History Guide / InformationsWeiser Geschichte is a subject gateway to scholarly relevant websites in history maintained in cooperation by a Network Subject Gateways History
| JUDAICA |
Judaica Libraries and Archives on the Web <http://www.bibliomaven.com/> : This page serves as a one-stop reference to the web pages of research-level Judaica collections in libraries and archives. It is a resource for learning more about Judaica collections and the cultural institutions which house them, as well as Jewish culture, history, and literature.
| LIBRARY CATALOGUES |
Catalog Collectif de France <http://www.ccfr.bnf.fr/> : This site, a project of the French Ministries of Culture and Education, and the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, is in two parts: institution (Repertoire des Bibliotheques) and document search (Localisation de Documents). Repertoire des Bibliotheques allows users to search 3,900 institutions (Bibliotheque) by name, location, and by type of library. Search results offer contact information, a short history, and a description of the collections.. Searching the Collections in permits users to identify institutional holdings by materials type, language, and publication date.
| LITERATURE |
AllReaders / All Readers <http://www.allreaders.com> : This site is a search engine for books. Search by any element of plot, theme, character, or setting. There are four basic search engines: sci-fi, romance, mystery / thriller and literature. Each of those presents different levels of questions allowing users to get to exactly the genre of book sought. More than 2,000 criteria are categorized. Along with the title there isl a list of the top 10 books with those specific matching characteristics.
Bibliomania <http://www.bibliomania.com/> : Hundreds of searchable full text works of classic fiction, popular fiction, short stories, drama, poetry, dictionaries, research and religious texts, including Brewer's Phrase and Fable, and Reader's Handbook, Webster's Dictionary, The Koran, The Hobson Jobson Dictionary of Anglo-India Terms, Simonds History of American Literature, Dictionary of Synonymes, Dictionary of Quotations, Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. Roget's Thesaurus, A Dictionary of Quotations, etc. Search for specific authors, titles, extracts, etc.
Books on the Internet <http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Etext.html> :
Classic Bookshelf <http://www.classicbookshelf.com/> : Readers using this site to read books can adjust the font to their comfort level through an innovative java applet. Using the applet at the bottom of the viewing window, users can control the text size, font, and background color, picking a combination that makes reading easiest.
Electronic Literature Directory <http://directory.eliterature.org/> : The Electronic Literature Directory provides an extensive database of listings for electronic works, their authors, and their publishers. The descriptive entries cover poetry, fiction, drama, and nonfiction that makes significant use of electronic techniques or enhancements. Search may be by type of electronic media, such as hypertext, recording, animated text, online generated text, and other multimedia.
English Literature on the Web <http://lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/EngLit.html> : A webliography of literature sites, organized along the following topics: General / British Authors / E-text Archives / Medieval (& Anglo-Saxon) / 17th Century (& Renaissance) / 18th Century (& Restoration) / 19th Century (Romantics & Victorian) / 20th Century / American Authors
Litengine <http://www.litengine.com/> : LitEngine is a highly selective literary search engine offering on-line information about this century's most important authors and poets. LitEngine has catalogued thousands of links to sites containing primary material by and about leading literary figures. Each writer's site is divided into major categories, including novels on-line, short stories, poems, essays, book reviews, photos, bios, etc.,
Literary Resources on the Net <http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/> : Maintained by Jack Lynch of Rutgers -- Newark, this site is a collection of links to sites on the Internet dealing especially with English and American literature, excluding most single electronic texts, and is limited to collections of information useful to academics
NovelGuide / Novel Guide <http://www.novelguide.com/> : Novelguide.com is a free source for literary analysis on the web. We provide an educational supplement for better understanding of classic and contemporary literature through Chapter Summaries, Character Profiles, Metaphor Analysis, Theme Analyses, and Author Biographies.
The Online Books Page <http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/lists.html> : Index from the University of Pennsylvania includes more than 12,000 English works in various formats. All should be free for personal, noncommercial use. You can: Search the Listings by Author and Title, Browse the New Listings, Browse by Author, Browse by Title, Browse by Subject and Browse serial archives See also Books in progress or requested.
Poetry Archives <http://www.emule.com/poetry/> : The Poetry Archive strives to be the largest collection of FREE classical poetry on the internet. Users can search through our database of poetry by author, title, and first line of poem.
Representative Poetry On-line <http://www.library.utoronto.ca/utel/rp/intro.html> : Representative Poetry On-line, version 2.07, includes 2,200 English poems by over 340 poets from Caedmon, in the Old English period, to the verge of copyright in the twentieth century. The texts of the poems are normally based on the books or manuscripts in which they originally appeared.
Shakespeare's Sonnets <http://www.shakespeares-sonnets.com/> : All the sonnets are provided here, with descriptive commentary attached to each one, giving explanations of difficult and unfamiliar words and phrases, and with a full analysis of any special problems of interpretation which arise. Other features are added gradually as the site expands.
| META SEARCH ENGINES |
Listen: The music download directory <http://www.listen.com> : listen.com is a music download directory for finding downloadable music on the Internet in various formats such as MP3, MS Audio, Liquid Audio, or a2b.
| MULTIMEDIA |
Listen: The music download directory <http://www.listen.com> : listen.com is a music download directory for finding downloadable music on the Internet in various formats such as MP3, MS Audio, Liquid Audio, or a2b.
| MUSIC |
The Aria Database <http://www.aria-database.com/> : The Aria Database is a diverse collection of information on over 1000 operatic arias. Designed for singers and non-singers alike, the Database includes translations and aria texts of most arias as well as a collection of MIDI files of operatic arias and ensembles.
BBC Music Magazine <http://www.bbcmusicmagazine.com/> : Good source of classical music reviews. Includes orchestral, opera, choral, chamber, instrumental, etc. From BBC America
Classical Music Navigator <http://www.wku.edu/~smithch/music/index2.htm> : This site is arranged along five subject areas: Composers, Basic Library of Notable Works, Geographical Roster, Index of Forms and Styles of Music, and Glossary. Currently, 444 composers are listed.
The Classical Music Pages <http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/classmus.html> : This page includes information on classical music- its history, biographical information about composers (with portraits and short sound examples), explanations of the various musical forms and a dictionary of musical terminologies. It is designed to be of use for everyone from "beginners" to the music professional.
Classical Music Resources <http://www.lib.duke.edu/music/resources/classical_index.html> : Metasite for classical music resources from Duke University. Includes: Composer Homepages / Chronologies and Necrologies / National and Regionally Oriented Pages / Organizations and Centers for Scholarly Research / Electronic Journals and Newsletters / Genre-Specific Pages / Databases
Composers <http://www.lib.virginia.edu/MusicLib/resources/composers.html> : Good webliography of sites. This list includes Web-accessible libraries, research centers, and Web sites devoted to research on selected composers. From the University of Virginia
Jazz/Blues Archives, Collections and Museums <http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/cja/jazzarch.html> : Links to institutions that have archives, collections or museums of jazz or blues music
Listen: The music download directory <http://www.listen.com> : listen.com is a music download directory for finding downloadable music on the Internet in various formats such as MP3, MS Audio, Liquid Audio, or a2b.
MUSIC And COPYRIGHT LAW <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Music/musiclaw.html> : This site offers a substantial body of links and is devoted to Music Copyright. Of interest to music librarians. See also the bibliography of Music Copyright Sources at the University of Oregon.
Music Artist Information Search Center <http://www.musicsearcher.com/> : Search or browse alphabetically for biography and/or discography, as well as pictures and links to sites about your favourite artist
| PSYCHOLOGY |
Developmental Psychology <http://www.biol.unt.edu/developmentalphysiology/> : This "community" web site is by and for developmental physiologists and developmental physiology students studying the ontogeny of physiological processes at the molecular through organismal levels
| REFERENCE AND MISCELLANEA |
Classical Music Resources <http://www.lib.duke.edu/music/resources/classical_index.html> : Metasite for classical music resources from Duke University. Includes: Composer Homepages / Chronologies and Necrologies / National and Regionally Oriented Pages / Organizations and Centers for Scholarly Research / Electronic Journals and Newsletters / Genre-Specific Pages / Databases
| RELIGION |
The Catholic Encyclopedia <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/> : On-line version of a classic—the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia.
Judaica Libraries and Archives on the Web <http://www.bibliomaven.com/> : This page serves as a one-stop reference to the web pages of research-level Judaica collections in libraries and archives. It is a resource for learning more about Judaica collections and the cultural institutions which house them, as well as Jewish culture, history, and literature.
Virtual Religion Index <http://religion.rutgers.edu/vri/index.html> : Metasite for most religion sites on the internet
Wabash Center Internet Guide for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion <http://www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/Internet/front.htm> : A selective, annotated guide to a wide variety of electronic resources of interest to those who are involved in the study and practice of religion: syllabi, electronic texts, electronic journals, websites, bibliographies, listserv discussion groups, liturgies, reference resources, software, etc.
| REVIEWS and PRODUCT GUIDES |
AllReaders / All Readers <http://www.allreaders.com> : This site is a search engine for books. Search by any element of plot, theme, character, or setting. There are four basic search engines: sci-fi, romance, mystery / thriller and literature. Each of those presents different levels of questions allowing users to get to exactly the genre of book sought. More than 2,000 criteria are categorized. Along with the title there isl a list of the top 10 books with those specific matching characteristics.
BBC Music Magazine <http://www.bbcmusicmagazine.com/> : Good source of classical music reviews. Includes orchestral, opera, choral, chamber, instrumental, etc. From BBC America
| SEARCH ENGINES |
Noodle Tools <http://www.noodletools.com/> : NoodleBib and NoodleQuest are two utilities available on this site created by Debbie and Damon Abilock. The first is a form which takes the users' input and formats the content into ALA style bibliography. This bibliography can be saved in RTF format. NoodleQuest is an aid to assist users in adding precision to internet searches.
| SOCIAL SCIENCE |
NESSTAR - Networked Social Science Tools and Resources <http://www.nesstar.org/> : NESSTAR is an infrastructure for social science data dissemination via the Internet. Nesstar Explorer offers an end user interface for searching, analysing and downloading data and documentation. Nesstar Server offers tools and resources for making data and documentation available via the Internet.
| THESAURI |
Lexical FreeNet; Connected Thesaurus <http://www.lexfn.com/> : Type one or two words and choose from the following options - Show related: Find words related to the first word - Connection: Find connections between the words - Show reachable: Find words reachable within n links - Intersection: Find words reachable from both words - Rhyme coercion: Find related words that rhyme - Spell check: Find words spelled similarly to the first - Substring: Find words containing the first as a substring. Restrict results to: Common words, Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs
Roget's Thesaurs <http://www.thesaurus.com/> : Free online Roget's Thesaurus of English words and phrases.
| TRANSLATION |
Human Language Page <http://www.june29.com/HLP/> : The Human-Languages Page is a comprehensive catalog of language-related Internet resources with over 2000 links. Included are online language lessons, translating dictionaries, native literature, translation services, software, language schools, etc.
| WEB UTILITIES |
Noodle Tools <http://www.noodletools.com/> : NoodleBib and NoodleQuest are two utilities available on this site created by Debbie and Damon Abilock. The first is a form which takes the users' input and formats the content into ALA style bibliography. This bibliography can be saved in RTF format. NoodleQuest is an aid to assist users in adding precision to internet searches.
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