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The Digital Universe Foundation is spearheading a little project to compile the most reliable Web resources of a certain kind.

People often ask us, when they hear about what the Digital Universe is up to, "How can I help?" Well, here's our answer: construct this list, please! It's a yeomanly way to help this worthy project get off the ground.

And notice, the result will be useful not just to the DU, but to the world in general! We will release the list free to anyone to use, of course; consider it in the public domain.

To get involved in this little project, simply:

• Create an account on this wiki, and please use your own real name as your username (that's DU policy).
• Use Google or some other search tool to locate Web resources that meet the criteria below.
• Edit this page (follow the examples provided) and add the resources.

The reason we're doing this is in order to pre-populate Digital Universe portals with "deep links" into existing databases or highly structured websites, which have been compiled by experts.

Criteria for choosing links (please read):

• The editors of the Web resource should be considered genuine experts in their field--e.g., who publish in professional journals. Resources compiled by persons who have chosen not to cite their credentials, or who are not really experts, should not be listed.
• At this point, the resources we list should be relatively wide-ranging, not narrowly focused--in other words, specialized to the level of subdisciplines, maybe, but not dissertation topics. They should be collections of content, not just a single page of content, no matter how useful.
• Collections of Web links are fine, but so are encyclopedias, atlases, libraries, etc.
• The URL you provide here should be the top of the category scheme, or the download page, of the resource. If there are different entry points to different parts of a very large database, please link to the various entry points separately.
• Please don't include undifferentiated lists of links. The data in the resources you link to should be clearly structured: pre-sorting content into clear and commonly-used categories is important, as is consistent format. Imagine a spider going through the website--it has to be able to get a lot of useful metadata from the structure of the website. If a resource uses Dublin Core or is otherwise pre-processed, that's best.
• Mere search engines (that cannot also be explored through a category tree) are not appropriate. We are looking for resources that can be usefully spidered.
• The resource should be free. We shouldn't have to sign up or buy anything in order to view it.

It follows that there are many things this list is not.

What the list is not:

• a collection of random Web links
• a collection of links that contributors happen to like or recommend
• a "best of the Web" collection: there are many really excellent websites that will not be included on the list, because they do not fit one of the above criteria

The result will, in time, be a sort of "master database" that is free for everyone to use. Kind of cool if you think about it. It's really one of the main reasons I'm on board.

Feel free to use the "discussion page" to talk about how to compile this list, and move resources that don't meet the above criteria (but are still reasonably credible) on collections of alternative resources.

--Larry Sanger, DUF Director of Collaborative Projects

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Contents 1 Resources collected by media type 2 General Resources 3 Arts & Humanities 3.1 Classics 3.2 Rhetoric (classical and Renaissance) 3.3 Dance 3.4 Fine Arts 3.5 Film 3.6 Literature 3.7 Music 3.8 Philosophy 3.9 Theater and Drama 4 Natural Sciences and Mathematics 4.1 Astronomy 4.1.1 Cosmology 4.1.2 Extragalactic astronomy 4.1.3 History of astronomy 4.1.4 Interstellar medium 4.1.5 Stellar astronomy 4.2 Biology 4.2.1 Neuroscience 4.3 Chemistry 4.4 Earth Sciences 4.5 Mathematics and Statistics 4.6 Physics 4.6.1 Acoustics 4.6.2 Atomic, molecular, and optical physics 4.6.3 Biophysics 4.6.4 Condensed matter, solid state, and material physics 4.6.5 General Relativity 4.6.6 High Energy Physics 4.6.7 Low Temperature Physics 4.6.8 Nuclear physics 4.6.9 Particle astrophysics 4.6.10 Philosophy and history of physics 4.6.11 Space physics 5 Social Sciences 5.1 Anthropology 5.2 Archaeology 5.3 Economics 5.4 Linguistics and Languages 5.4.1 Germanic and Slavic Linguistics 5.4.2 Romance Linguistics 5.5 Geography 5.6 History 5.6.1 US State History Online Resources 5.7 Political Science 5.8 Psychology 5.9 Religious Studies 5.10 Sociology 6 Applied Arts & Sciences 6.1 Business and Industry 6.2 Communication 6.3 Computers 6.3.1 Hardware 6.3.2 Internet / Web 6.3.3 Networks 6.3.4 Operating Systems 6.3.5 Software 6.4 Education 6.5 Engineering 6.5.1 Engineering Societies and Organizations 6.5.2 Engineering web resources and aggregators 6.6 Family & Consumer Sciences 6.7 Health 6.7.1 Search pages 6.7.2 Health in the news, media 6.7.3 Health Institutes 6.8 Law 6.9 Library & Information Science 6.10 Public Affairs 7 Other 7.1 Anomalous Phenomena 7.2 Games 7.3 Hobbies 7.3.1 Animals 7.3.2 Indoor 7.3.3 Outdoor 7.3.3.1 Basketball 7.3.3.2 Cricket 7.3.3.3 Football 7.3.3.4 Soccer 7.3.3.5 Others 8 Other languages 8.1 Hungarian 8.1.1 General resources

Resources collected by media type

These would be compendia of resources of a particular media type, such as books, videos, lectures, raw data, and so on, that span many different disciplines

• The Online Books Page - probably the best collection of links to books online

General Resources

• Century Dictionary

Arts & Humanities

Classics

• Perseus Project

Rhetoric (classical and Renaissance)

• Silva Rhetoricae: The Forest of Rhetoric

Dance

Fine Arts

• Web Gallery of Art
• ASU Art History Resources

Film

• Internet Movie Data Base (IMDB)
• Great Directors Critical Database
• Movie Review Query Engine (MRQE)
• Film on the Web

Literature

• Electronic Text Collections in Western European Literature

• Gutenberg catalog of electronic texts.

• Blake Archive

• Blake Digital Text Project

Music

• Worldwide Internet Music Resources.

• Computer music links.

Philosophy

• Erratic Impact Philosophy Research Base

• Ethics Updates

• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

• PhilSci Archive University of Pittsburgh

• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

• Arisbe: The Peirce Gateway

• Charles S. Peirce Writings

Theater and Drama

Natural Sciences and Mathematics

• The National Science Digital Library
• The National Science Foundation
• science.gov

Astronomy

• Ask an astronomer.

• Astronomical Society of the Pacific web links on astronomy.

• Collection of astronomy links from Sonoma State University.

• DMOZ astronomy directory.

• NASA Breaking news.

Cosmology

• NASA's introduction to cosmology.

• National Research Council briefing on cosmology.

Extragalactic astronomy

History of astronomy

Interstellar medium

Stellar astronomy

• Outline of stellar astronomy.

Biology

• BioMed Central
• About.com of Biology
• On-Line Biology Book
• biologynews.net
• PLoS Biology is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by the Public Library of Science
• Biology Browser

Neuroscience

• Brain Explorer
• The Journal of Neuroscience
• Society for Neuroscience

Chemistry

Earth Sciences

• Cornell Lab of Ornithology
• Bird Note, Community Based Birding & Science Resource
• Ecology Communication and Resource site
• Ecology and Society
• US Natural Resources Conservation Service
• Berkeley Center for Sustainable Resource Development

Mathematics and Statistics

• Wolfram Mathworld - Self-styled as "the web's most extensive mathematics resource"

Physics

• The American Physical Society.

• Physics and Astronomy news. Physlink.com

• Physics Central.

Acoustics

• Acoustical Society of America general acoustics links.

• Acoustics.org.

• Architectural acoustics support links.

• Concert hall acoustics links.

Atomic, molecular, and optical physics

• Directory of Atomic Physics on the Internet.

Biophysics

Condensed matter, solid state, and material physics

• Material Science and Nanotechnology (from Nature magazine).

• Society of Rheology

General Relativity

• General relativity sites on the web.

High Energy Physics

• Current high energy experiments.

• High Energy Physics virtual phonebook.

Low Temperature Physics

Nuclear physics

• ABC's of nuclear science.

Particle astrophysics

• Astronomy & Astrophysics encyclopedia entries on cosmic rays in the heliosphere.

• Cosmic ray, gamma ray, and neutrino experiments.

• Ground-based cosmic ray data.

• Long Term Science Review Panel (UK) report on particle astrophysics.

• The Pierre Auger Observatory.

• Stanford Linear Accelerator cosmic ray information page.

Philosophy and history of physics

• American Institute of Physics Center for History of Physics.

Space physics

• Space Physics online textbook.

Social Sciences

Anthropology

• Africa south of the Sahara: selected Internet resources
• Anthropology resources on the Internet
• Bibliography of Agriculture in Papua New Guinea
• NativeWeb
• PapuaWeb

Archaeology

Economics

The Austrian School (People dynamically take actions) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mises_Institute

Linguistics and Languages

• Ethnologue: Languages of the World (needs review by a linguist: is a database of content, not of links)
• Linguist resource lists
• General Linguistic Resources

Germanic and Slavic Linguistics

• Dmoz Germanic linguistic resource list

Romance Linguistics

• UCLA Romance L&L resource list
• Romance Language resource list

Geography

• CIA World Factbook
• National Geographic Online

History

• African American Registry
• Internet African History Sourcebook
• Internet Ancient History Sourcebook
• Internet Medieval History Sourcebook
• Internet Modern History Sourcebook
• State Dept. Archives Foreign Relations Series

US State History Online Resources

• Arkansas State Archives
• Connecticut History resources
• Illinois History online
• Kansas History online resources
• Nebraska State Archives
• New York State History online
• Utah State History
• Washington State History online
• West Virginia State History online

Political Science

Psychology

• American Psychological Association (APA)
• Psych Teaching Resources
• Psychology Metasites
• Resources for School Psychology
• Psychwatch.com
• IPL Psychology metasite

Religious Studies

• The Association of Religion Data Archives

Sociology

• The American Sociological Association
• Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology
• Sociolog, Comprehensive Guide to Sociology On-Line
• Electronic Journal of Sociology
• Understanding the World Today: Social, Political and Economic Change
• Resources for Methods in Evaluation and Social Research

Applied Arts & Sciences

Business and Industry

• AeANet - Advancing the Business of Technology
• Harvard Business Online / Harvard Business Review
• Segal / Sibson Perspectives Insights for Today's Business Leaders

Communication

Computers

• The Computer History Museum - The Timeline of Computer History - this source needs to be reviewed and verified

Hardware

Internet / Web

• W3 Schools
• World Wide Web Consortium

Networks

Operating Systems

Software

Education

Engineering

Engineering Societies and Organizations

• American Society for Engineering Education
• Engineering Council UK
• Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
• Institution of Mechanical Engineers
• Institution of Civil Engineers
• Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International

Engineering web resources and aggregators

• EEVL Internet Guide to Engineering, Mathematics and Computing
• TechXtra

Family & Consumer Sciences

Health

• World Health Organization
• Health.com
• WebMD
• Health On the Net Foundation
• National Center for Health Statistics
• healthcentral.com
• medicinenet.com
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Search pages

• Medline Plus
• Healthfinder
• allrefer.com
• Health A to Z

• KidsHealth.org
• Women's health issues and concerns
• Men's health

Health in the news, media

• Cnn.com
• The New York Times
• BBC
• MSNBC
• aol.com
• Times
• Los Angeles Times
• Washington Post
• Discovery Health TV

Health Institutes

• MayoClinic.com
• National Institutes of Health (US Department of Health and Human Services)

Law

• Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute
• Nolo - Articles, legal forms, self-help books

Library & Information Science

Public Affairs

• Judicial Watch, Inc., a conservative, non-partisan educational foundation, promotes transparency, accountability and integrity in government, politics and the law.

Other

Anomalous Phenomena

Games

Hobbies

Animals

• Dogpatch - Dogs: Articles and links on sports, breeds

Indoor

Outdoor

Basketball

Cricket

• Cricinfo.com-news and statistics about cricket.

Football

Soccer

Others

• Extreme Ironing.

• Rockclimbing.com

Other languages

Please add original name of the site and English translation.

Hungarian

General resources

• Magyar Elektronikus Könyvtár, Hungarian Electronic Library

Feel free to hunt through this collection of unsorted links for "gems" (that fit the criteria).