Encyclopaedia Britannica Merriam-Webster's Dictionary
Roget's Thesaurus
Books Online - Many classics that can be downloaded. The Gutenberg Project - Resource for manuscripts.
The British Library - "Turning the pages." Leaf through great books and manuscripts.
Arts and Letters Daily - A wonderful daily digest of articles on literature, philosophy, science and much more.
NOVA Science Programming on air and online. Seen in more than 100 countries, NOVA is the most watched science television series in the world and the most watched documentary series on PBS. Full of rich information about current developments, with teacher resources.
Literary Quotations
Bartlett's Quotations
The Quote Garden
The Quack Watch - A site that seeks to debunk many claims for cures.
Urban Legends - Sophisticated rumors that spread, and how to debunk myths.
Source for Facts on the Web
Everything About Everywhere - A website that provides a handy way to graphically compare nations. You can generate graphs with ease on all kinds of statistics and can select exactly which countries you want to include.
Overseas Travel - Travel information for most countries issued by the U.S.A. State Department.
The Perry-Castaeda Map Collection at the University of Texas - A map collection that covers the world's political, physical and topographical landscape. Maps for all the major world cities.
Answers Corporation / Gurunet - A virtual library that delivers instant facts about any word or phrase on your screen. It goes beyond search to display authoritative definitions and facts for over three quarters of a million topics. The ultimate reference tool, GuruNet gives you quick accurate answers in a nutshell.
Google Scholar - Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research. Use Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web.