http://portico.bl.uk/
This site gets better all the time. A link to the Library's gopher server
is now supplemented with cool up close examination of top exhibits like
The Magna Carta, details of forthcoming exhibitions and the new building
at St Pancras.
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http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/
A small number of important classical and medieval literary works are
housed here, including Chaucer and Hesiod, Homer and Homerica. Although
in most instances the texts are quite long, they are all managable. What
would be useful, though, is some accompanying material to help put them
in context.
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http://www.ipl.org/
This rather nifty site claims to be the first public library of and
for the Internet community. It works like a real library so for example
if you step into the Reading Room, you can dig out books, magazines, journals
and ezines (in various languages). A quick peek in the Exhibit Hall reveals
things like photography collections and sound files . The Library needs
to expand - for example, only five of Charles Dickens' books are listed
- but it's still a handy resource.
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http://maps.netcarta.com
NetCarta WebMaps let you view the entire content of a site in the form
of a map (well, a directory tree) so you don't have to wait for each page
to load in your browser. First you'll need to download a map viewer, such
as CyberPilot (which works alongside your browser). Then you open the map
and double-click the map object you want to see - this will then appear
in the browser. This site contains a trial version of CyberPilot and, of
course, a library of the maps themselves. Its a nice idea, but by the time
you've downloaded the browser, obtained a map and so on, you might as well
have flipped through the site anyway.
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http://www.his.path.cam.ac.uk/library/library.html
This is a great place to start looking for all things medical. It's
a guide to the Medical Library's collections and facilities. Of course,
there's also a collection of online information, with access to reference
books, online journals and so on. You can find details of the training courses
on offer at the library and there are plenty of useful links to other organisations,
electronic journals, newspapers, and reference guides.
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http://frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/libweb/innovate.html
Only the most dedicated and dull of Net-savvy librarians will find these
links exciting, but if you're looking to improve your own Internet library
services, then you could do worse.
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http://fas-www.harvard.edu:80/libraries/cabot/cabot.html
This Harvard University library's new Internet presence is an ideal
place to start any scientific research. Apart from information about the
library's catalogue and policies, there's links to the Harvard Computing
Review, Elektra and other online student publications as well as to other
campuses and external databases.
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http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Experimental/vatican.exhibit/Vatican.exhibit.html
Visit several virtual 'rooms' in the Vatican, including a library, a
music room and a nature room.
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http://lcweb.loc.gov/homepage/lchp.html
Apart from the US Government information and reference library sections
you'd expect, there are illustrated electronic versions of the library's
recent exhibitions, as well as the start of the Global Electronic Library.
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Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu
This archive contains hundreds of thousands of words, ranging from the
complete works of Shakespeare to the script of a lost episode of Star Trek.
Only pornographic images are banned. Consequently, it warns that some material
may be offensive. Despite fairly extensive trawling, the most offensive
stuff seen so far was some truly appalling poetry. It can also be accessed
via FTP at the same address.
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