Sid's
Collection of References and Resources
The
3 Rs Etc. Readin-Ritin-Rithmetic
Also History, Philosophy
etc., etc., etc.
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Sid note October
2008
The links in this page were collected
over the past 11 years. There now are so many more in-depth resources on
the internet that this listing may seem quaintly redundant. However, you
can always try your own topic searches starting at the ENGINE
ROOM or try WIKIPEDIA or the WWW VIRTUAL
LIBRARY. Happy clicking... |
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The
HEAVY HITTERS
A select compilation of links to the
biggest and best LISTS-of-LISTS
and REFERENCE / RESOURCE PORTALS |
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DAMN
INTERESTING
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About the website - Excerpt: |
"... Damn Interesting was founded,
designed, and developed by Alan Bellows in September of 2005. (They) occasionally
post bits which could be described as “news,” (but their) primary aim is
to collect and dispense damn interesting facts and ideas, whether they
appeared in the past, the present, or the (anticipated) future. (They)
don’t have a regular posting schedule .... each new article appears as
soon as (they) decide that it’s shiny and delicious." |
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Bartleby.com
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Reference
Verse Fiction Nonfiction
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Bartleby.com began as a personal research
experiment in 1993 and within one year published the first classic book
on the Web: Whitman’s Leaves of Grass. Since
its incorporation in 1999 and the release of preeminent contemporary reference
works, Bartleby.com becomes the most comprehensive reference publisher
on the web, meeting the needs of students, educators, and the intellectually
curious.
Try The
Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. |
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Project
Gutenberg
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CleverKeys
is free software that provides instant access to definitions at Dictionary.com,
synonyms at Thesaurus.com, facts at Reference.com and more - from
almost all Windows or Mac OS programs, including word processors, Web browsers
and most e-mail programs. With CleverKeys, the answers are just a click
away. Learn more, or download CleverKeys for free! Copyright
© 2008, Lexico Publishing Group,
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Word
Spy
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"This Web site is devoted to lexpionage,
the sleuthing of new words and phrases. These aren't 'stunt words' or 'sniglets,'
but new terms that have appeared multiple times in newspapers, magazines,
books, Web sites, and other recorded sources." |
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ARCHIVING
EARLY AMERICA |
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George
Washington's
THANKSGIVING
PROCLAMATION - 1789 |
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AMERICAN
DOCUMENTS |
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REARVIEW
MIRROR An extensive collection of American History vignettes.
Here's
a sample - Has a submarine in it too. Presented by THE
DETROIT NEWS. |
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The
History Net "Where history lives on the net"
History
Net ARTICLE INDEX |
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WORLD
HISTORY COMPASS
An excerpt (with some paraphrasing)
copied from the WHC website:
"About World History
Compass
World History Compass is provided as
a free service..... Its immediate goal is to provide links to history sites
anywhere in the world. While it's probably impossible to link to every
site.... WHC offers enough links to at least get you going on the right
trail. Hopefully, WHC is making a small contribution to the study of history.
....the design of WHC as simple and
straightforward as possible. The focus is on content and ease of use. ...simple
searching capabilities (have been added). At this time searching is limited
to words and phrases. ....more sophisticated searching (will be added)
at a later time.
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Sites dealing with propaganda, conspiracy
theories, religious or ethnic hatred will not be considered." |
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The
Papers of Jefferson Davis |
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Dixieland
Web Ring |
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The
Art of Being a Redhead |
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Adam
Smith via McMaster
University Archive for the History of Economic Thought |
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Internet
Anagram Server |
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BIBLIOFIND
Find old, rare out-of-print books |
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LIBRARY
WEB RESOURCES FOR ENGLISH |
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Mae
West's Quotable Quotes |
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Index
of Children's Literature |
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Hyper
History |
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Quotes
R Us |
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The
Book of Cliches |
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American-British
British-American Dictionary |
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Irish
History on the Web |
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International
Lyrics Server |
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Your
Dictionary.com |
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Classic
Short Stories |
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CivilWarTraveler,com |
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On-Line
Resources For Writers |
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The
Heinlein Society |
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Ayn
Rand |
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WritersNet:
Internet Resource for Writers,
Editors, Publishers and Agents |
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Historical
Documents |
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The
National Book Foundation |
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Word
Play |
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The
History Net |
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Language
Automation |
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Library
of Congress Home Page |
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James
Madison Center Site Index |
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Thomas
Jefferson on Politics and Government |
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The
Avalon Project : Alphabetic Author/Title List of all the Avalon
Project Documents |
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INDIANA
HISTORICAL SOCIETY |
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Declaration
Foundation |
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Constitution
and Ammendments
Cornell Law School |
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D I C T I O N A R Y
S E A R C H
Celebrating 12 years! Founded
April, 1996
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"A search engine
for words and phrases: If you have a word for which you'd like a definition
or translation, (it will) quickly shuttle you to the web-based dictionaries
that define or translate that word. If you don't know how to spell the
word, (it will) help you do that too. No word is
too obscure: More than 5 million words
in more than 900 online dictionaries are indexed by the OneLook® search
engine." (Their statement - slightly modified) |
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Merriam-Webster's WORD
OF THE DAY |
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ACADEMIC FREEDOM...
F
I R E: The Foundation For Individual Rights in Education, Inc.
About
F I R E || THE
SHADOW UNIVERSITY || The
Shadow University - Web Links
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AEI
Books from American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy
Research (AEI) |
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Book
of the Week Archives from Ashbrook
Center for Public Affairs at Ashland University Review
the books listed above then go to your local library and order them. |
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Internet
Acronym Server |
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The
History Place |
2009-Andrew
Wyeth dead at 91 |
The
U.S. CIVIL WAR CENTER A page dedicated to collecting everything
on the net about the Civil War |
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GREETINGS
FROM THE PAST Holiday picture postcards from the early 20th Century
with the stories to go with them. More like this
from I WITNESS HISTORY
A collection of stories related by the old people who lived them |
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Civil
War Virtual Archive Web Ring |
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ROMAN-BRITAIN.ORG |
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British
History - England, Britain, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Wales, Scotland |
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Athena
Review - Journal of Archaeology, History, and Exploration |
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The
World of the Ancient Britons |
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LEWIS
CARROLL Home Page |
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The
POETRY ARCHIVES |
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ERRORS
IN ENGLISH Outstanding: Many Related links |
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SHAKESPEARE |
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MLA STYLE |
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NY
Times - BOOKS |
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THE
ELECTRIC BOOK |
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Oregon
Trail History |
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World
Wide Words |
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Webster's
Dictionary
via ARTFL Project |
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The
Wind in the Willows Complete via U of Va |
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The
Wind in the Willows Wikipedia |
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Naval
War College Press OnLine Portal |
Information about access via the United
States Naval War College Press website:
Visit the new Naval War
College Press Online Portal for downloadable pdf's of Review articles,
book reviews, and essays since 2001 and most of our Newport Papers. We're
testing this portal as a way of making the site more useful to readers--let
us know what you think.
Note: You may see a warning, "There
is a problem with this website's security certificate." Simply click "Continue
to this website." It is perfectly safe--the portal's security certificate
is valid.
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CIA
Access CIA World Fact Book and MAPS |
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PRESIDENTS
and FIRST LADIES |
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Presidents
who Served in the U.S. Navy |
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Child
Labor In America via the History Place |
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Literature
and Culture of the American 1950s |
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SciSeek
- SCIENCE SEARCH |
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REPUBLIC
of VERMONT Wikipedia |
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Science
Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. |
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PERSEUS
BOOKS GROUP |
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Algonquin
Round Table via Wikipedia |
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"Algonquin
Round Table" - Google Search |
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Teaching American
History
via Ashland university
Document
Library: "...a list of letters, speeches, documents,
web sites, books, and articles on signifcant people and events in American
political thought and history. Rather than being a comprehensive list of
available resources, it is meant to be a list of the best resources available
on the given subject." |
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Also see their SUBJECT
INDEX and THE
HYPERTEXT PROJECT
American
Documents
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When in the course of human events,
it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which
have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the
earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of
nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind
requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident:
That all men are created equal; that
they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that
among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that, to secure
these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just
powers from the consent of the governed; that whenever any form of government
becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter
or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation
on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them
shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.
Prudence, indeed, will dictate that
governments long established should not be changed for light and transient
causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown that mankind are more
disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves
by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train
of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object, evinces
a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it
is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards
for their future security.
Declaration
of Independence July 4 1776 |
Core
Documents of U.S. Democracy via GPO
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