Links to Books and Reading Resources classified by the Dewey System
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000-099 (Generalities) |
100-199 (Philosophy & Psychology) |
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000 (Generalities)  |
Alex
Catalogue of Electronic Texts on the Internet
Alex helps users find and retrieve full text documents
on the Internet. It currently indexes over 1800 books and shorter texts
by author and title. Allreaders.com Categorizing books by plot, character, setting and writing style to make books searchable. Includes book reviews in may genres. Amazon.com It's Earth's biggest bookstore. American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language From Bartleby.com. Antiquarian Book Dealers of Indiana A guide to used, out-of-print and rare book sources throughout the Hoosier state. BookBrowser A collection of fiction reading lists designed to help avid fiction readers find books and authors. Lists are arranged by genre, location, series and anything else they can come up with. Book Sale Finder Look for book sales, book fairs, book auctions and other book events all across the U.S. Booknotes "America's finest authors on reading, writing, and the power of ideas." BookPage Reviews of recently published books, along with author interviews and more. Updated monthly. Also available free at the library. Booktalk "All the buzz about books." Book TV.org Explore non-fiction books here. Book TV airs on C-SPAN 2 each weekend from 8 a.m. Saturday to 8 a.m. Monday. Born To Read : How To Raise a Reader Hints and tips on the joy of sharing books, from the American Library Association. The Center for the Book From the Library of Congress. Learn about the center's projects and other book events. Fiction Resources Fiction related news, books and web resources. International Children's Digital Library Over 500 free children's books from the University of Maryland and the Internet Archive. Internet Public Library Reading Room This room contains bookshelves to browse for entertaining reading, and links to sites providing other full texts. NPR : Books Here are those books you heard about on National Public Radio. Overbooked Specializes in literary and genre fiction information. Includes author web pages, annotated lists of nonfiction, fiction and mystery books which received starred reviews, themed booklists, featured titles lists and hot lists of hard cover US fiction releases. The Parents' Guide to the Information Superhighway For parents who have begun to see that computers and online services will be or already are a part of children’s at school, at community centers, at home, or at the library—and who are looking for some guidelines and advice. (PDF, 341 KB) Acrobat Reader required. Reader's Circle Free online directory for book clubs. Roget's II New Thesaurus, Third edition From Bartleby.com. Vintage Books Reading Group Guides Designed "to enhance a group's reading and discussion of a book." Includes a description of each book, questions, discussion topics, and more. The Writer's Almanac from American Public Media with Garrison Keillor. Read the day's entry or listen using RealPlayer. |
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100 (Philosophy and Psychology)  |
Classics in the
History of Psychology An internet resource developed by
Christopher D. Green,
York University, Toronto, Canada Guide to Philosophy on the Internet From Peter Suber, Philosophy Department, Earlham College. The I Ching on the Net "The I Ching or 'Book of Changes' is an ancient Chinese divination manual and book of wisdom. Especially since the 1960's, its poetic text and extraordinary symbolism -- to say nothing of its strange effectiveness in divination -- have gained it a following in the West." The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Most of the articles in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy are original contributions by specialized philosophers around the internet; these are identifiable by the author's name at the foot of the article. Others are are temporary, or "proto articles," and have largely been adapted from public domain sources. They are identifiable by the inclusion of the initials IEP at the close, and will in time be replaced by original articles. Islamic Philosophy Online Links to General Information, Current Research and Events, The Philosophers, Featured Articles, and more. Metaphysics by Aristotle, from the University of Adelaide Library, Australia. Philosophy Texts Online List of links compiled and maintained at Monash University, Australia. St. Thomas Aquinas Aquinas's search for God: Faith meets Philosophy. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy From Stanford University. |
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200 (Religion)  |
Audio Bible
Listen to the Bible being read, both Old and New Testaments. RealAudio
required. Bible Gateway A free service for reading and researching scripture online -- all in the language or translation of your choice. The Book of Mormon The official scriptures of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Buddhist Scriptures Links for Buddhist studies from the Buddhist Dharma Education Association and BuddhaNet. Hindu Scripture Links from Hindu Resources Online. The Koran Made available by the University of Michigan. New American Bible From the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Torah.org "Shalom, and welcome to the Project Genesis Web Site -- your Torah Cyberspace Center!" |
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300 (Social Sciences)  |
The 9/11 Commission Report Aesop's Fables From Making of America, University of Michigan. Bulfinch's Mythology Want those stories of gods and heroes? You'll find 'em here. The Citizen's Almanac From U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services [PDF file]. Fairy Tales and Children's Literature Free public domain books by various children's authors from the Classic Literature Library. Grimm's Fairy Tales The Project Gutenberg Etext Fairy Tales. | Acrobat Reader required. PBS Parents - Reading and Language |
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400 (Language)  |
American
Heritage Spanish-English Dictionary, 2nd ed. From
Yahoo. The Black Book of Carmarthen (Llyfr Du Caerfyrddin) Currently housed at the National Library in Wales, the Black Book of Carmarthen (Peniarth MS 1) is a manuscript dating to the middle of the thirteenth century. It is believed to have been the work of a single scribe at the Priory of St. John in Carmarthen. Welsh text with English translation. Books From the Past An online collection of Welsh books of national cultural interest which have long been out of print. Some are in English. Celtic Literature Collective This is an attempt to collect as many possible medieval texts produced in the "Celtic" countries, or on Celtic themes (hence the inclusion of Continental Arthurian works). Some works are actually links off-site; others are provided at the CLC. Chinese Languages Dictionaries, language forums, and links from Chineselanguage.org. Common Errors in English by Paul Brians. English as a Second Language Help Desk from Washington State University. Guide to Grammar and Style by Jack Lynch. Heroic Romances of Ireland ed. by Arthur Herbert Leahy; from sacred-texts.com. Language Learning Library "Your informational source for learning a language." Includes Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Italian, French, German and Portuguese. Modern English Grammar by Daniel Kies, Department of English, College of DuPage. Non-Sexist Language by Carolyn Jacobson, graduate assistant, English Department, University of Pennsylvania. Word2Word Links to free online language courses. From Abenaki to Xhosa. |
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500 (Natural Sciences and Mathematics)  |
The Book Page
provides free
on-line classic and not-so-well known Science books, articles and more.
Chemistry: WebElements Periodic Table by Dr. Mark J. Winter. Complete Works of Charles Darwin Online - Univeristy of Cambridge Fourth Dimension: Tetraspace copyright by Garrett Jones. M-theory, the theory formerly known as Strings from Cambridge Relativity. National Academies Press 3,000+ free online books from the National Academy of Sciences. The Official String Theory Website by Patricia Schwarz. Online Mathematics Textbooks from the School of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology. |
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600 (Technology and Applied Sciences)  |
The Art of Unix Programming
by Eric Steven Raymond. Compleat Idiot's Guide to Getting Started (in world band radio) | Acrobat Reader required. ESL Computer Book from the Halifax Immigrant Learning Centre, Nova Scotia. | Acrobat Reader required. HTML Code Tutorial by Idocs Inc. Introduction to Linux : A Hands On Guide by Machtelt Garrels. Resumes, Applications, and Cover Letters by Olivia Crosby. |
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700 (The Arts)  |
Chopin Early Editions
A collection of digital images of early printed editions of musical
compositions by Frédéric Chopin. Created by the
University of Chicago Library. National Portrait Gallery from the Smithsonian. Star Theory Music Book Free text in music theory and orchestration. |
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800 (Literature and Rhetoric)  |
American
Writers : Journey Through History Companion site for C-SPAN's
special television series for 2001. American Writers II : The 20th Century Companion site for C-SPAN's special television series for 2002. Bibliomania Free online literature and study guides. More than 2000 classic texts available. Bartleby.com Links to many authors and some of their classic works: T.S. Eliot, Agatha Christie, Bernard Shaw, Emily Dickinson, Thomas Paine, Thomas Hardy, etc. Includes Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. that can be searched by keywords. A Celebration of Women Writers From Shirley Abbott and Abigail Adams to Zitkala-Sa (a.k.a. Gertrude Simmons Bonnin) and Helen Zimmerman. The Complete "Father Brown" Stories by G. K. Chesterton, from the University of Adelaide Library, Australia. The Complete Literary Works of Mark Twain From the Classic Literature Library. The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection Free public domain E-books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle from the Classic Literature Library. The EServer Poetry Collection Great Writers & Poets Links to literary prize winners, and a growing list of home pages for specific writers. Of Ages Past "The On-Line Magazine for Historical Fiction" The Oxford Shakespeare From Bartleby.com. These 37 plays, 154 sonnets and miscellaneous verse constitute the literary cornerstone of Western civilization. Project Gutenberg Thousands of classic books in "etext" form. The Reader's Corner Mystery, Romance and Fantasy. With book lists and plenty of links. The Romance Reader Reviews of the latest romance novels, plus columns and features about books and authors. The Writer's Almanac from American Public Media with Garrison Keillor. Read the day's entry or listen using RealPlayer. |
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900 (Geography and History)  |
The Labyrinth : Resources
for Medieval Studies. The Sinking of the Titanic (1912) by Jay Henry Mowbray. The World Factbook. |
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