Libraries and Books

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A union catalog from the Research Libraries Group designed specifically for undergraduates using the Web—and the libraries that support them.

The U.S. Library of Congress

The Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution and also the largest library in the world, with nearly 128 million items on approximately 530 miles of bookshelves.

The British Library

The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom and one of the world's greatest libraries.

ibiblio

Home to one of the largest "collections of collections" on the Internet, ibiblio.org is a conservancy of freely available information.

INFOMINE

A large database of scholarly resources available online.

Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg is the oldest producer of free electronic books (eBooks or etexts) on the Internet.

Public Library of Science

The Public Library of Science (PLoS) is a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a public resource.

Smithsonian Institution Libraries

The Smithsonian Institution Libraries (SIL) forms a vital part of the research, exhibition, and educational enterprise of the Smithsonian Institution.

Bibliomania

A collection of free online literature, with more than 2,000 classic texts.

Duke University Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Special Collections Library

The Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University preserves historical documentation in many forms and subject areas.

Gutenberg Digital

To celebrate this anniversary, the State and University Library of Lower Saxony is presenting its priceless vellum Gutenberg Bible in online format.

International Children's Digital Library

A project funded by the National Science Foundation and the Institute for Museum and Library Services to create a digital library of international children's books.

Virtual Technical Reports Center

Gloria Lyles Chawla
The Institutions listed here provide either full-text reports, or searchable extended abstracts of their technical reports on the World Wide Web. This site contains links to technical reports, preprints, reprints, dissertations, theses, and research reports of all kinds. Some metasites are listed by subject categories, as well as by institution.

Wright American Fiction

This is a collection of 19th century American fiction, as listed in Lyle Wright's bibliography American Fiction, 1851-1875.

Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive

"The Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive is an Internet-accessible, fully searchable database of digitized versions of rare and unique library and archival resources on race relations in Mississippi."

Perseus Digital Library

Digital library based at Tufts University providing access to primary and secondary sources in the humanities.

The Jewish Virtual Library

"...the most comprehensive online Jewish encyclopedia in the world, covering everything from anti-Semitism to Zionism. So far, more than 10,000 articles and 5,000 photographs and maps have been integrated into the site."