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Just as the atmosphere envelops our planet and provides breatheable
air, the Noosphere links together all the minds - all thoughts,
communications, information. For the most part, it is an unmanageable
mess. The sites below, discovered during my years on the Net, take the
first step towards helping me make sense of it all.
Local Libraries
Cleveland Public Library
(Catalog)
(Eastman branch)
Cuyahoga County Public Library
Lakewood Public Library Renew: (216) 226-8275 ext.150
General
Everything2 is a wholly remarkable online encyclopedic database.
Filled with writings from thousands of fierce, bright minds, it literally
intends to someday envelop the whole of human knowledge.
iTools.com has a wide array of research tools on any topic.
Internet Scout Project
Atlas of Cyberspace attempts to present the Net's complexity in visual formats.
Search Engines
How to Choose a Search Engine or Directory
Search Engine Watch reviews of, and tips about search engines.
WebSearching site on About.com
Research Sites
ACM Digital Library - knowledge base for the Association for Computing Machinery.
Books
Free Books
The Assayer "... is site for user-contributed book reviews,
with a special focus on reviewing free books."
Book Search Engines
These sites interconnect with all online book sellers, and help you find
the lowest prices on any book.
AddAll.com the most comprehensive book price search engine.
Textbookprices.com similar to above, but textbook-specific.
Online Libraries
NetLibrary is exactly what it sounds like - an online repository of e-books.
Lib.ru an astounding collection of Russian prose and science fiction.
They also have a (limited) section of
English translations.
Audiobooks
Audible.com audio book vendor.
By Dmitri Zagidulin.
Last Updated: Jun 30, 2003