2026-07-07 A Dictionary of English Slang and Colloquialisms of the UK | British Slang Peevish.co.uk hosts a sprawling dictionary of British slang and colloquialisms, cataloguing over 7000 informal expressions from across the UK with regional annotations and etymological context. Features include an A-Z browseable index, articles on Cockney rhyming slang and other linguistic topics, a bibliography, and monthly additions of newly documented slang terms.
2026-07-07 A directory of links to helpful web sites for school librarians. Maintained by retired school librarian Linda Bertland, this long-running directory compiles hundreds of curated links covering every aspect of school librarianship, from information skills lesson plans and collection development to technology, cataloging, and professional development. It serves as a comprehensive go-to reference for working school librarians seeking resources on everything from fake news instruction to makerspace planning.
2026-07-07 A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods An interactive reference chart organized like the periodic table of elements, cataloging over 100 visualization methods including pie charts, mind maps, Venn diagrams, timelines, and more exotic types like hyperbolic trees and flight plans. Hovering over each element reveals a tooltip definition, making it a handy at-a-glance guide for anyone working in data visualization, information design, or graphic facilitation.
2026-07-07 AIspotting AIspotting is a curated directory of guides and tools for identifying AI-generated content across visual art, writing, and other media, helping people protect themselves from AI fraud and misinformation. It also collects resources for artists to protect their work from being used in AI training, along with recommendations for AI-free creative platforms.
2026-07-07 Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts The Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts, created by Eric Lease Morgan in 1994, is a curated collection of public domain and open access documents focused on American and English literature and Western philosophy, designed to support a liberal arts education. Visitors can browse thousands of texts by author, title, or tag, with links to repositories like Project Gutenberg, HathiTrust, and the Internet Archive.
2026-07-07 Amy Bruckman's Papers Georgia Tech professor Amy Bruckman's academic papers archive covers her research on online communities, constructionist learning, MUDs, virtual worlds, and identity in cyberspace. Papers span topics from gender-swapping on the internet to educational uses of text-based virtual reality environments like MOOSE Crossing, making it a rich snapshot of early internet social research.
2026-07-07 ART HISTORY RESOURCES ON THE WEB Research Resources: Dr. Christopher L.C.E. Witcombe's comprehensive art history reference hub compiles hundreds of links to research resources, image databases, online journals, bibliographies, and visual resources covering art from prehistoric times through contemporary works worldwide. With a detailed site index spanning every major period and region of art history, it serves as an essential starting point for students and scholars doing serious art historical research.
2026-07-07 ASL Typesetting Office The ASL Typesetting Office provides LaTeX and TeX style files for authors submitting to publications of the Association for Symbolic Logic, including the Journal of Symbolic Logic and the Bulletin of Symbolic Logic. Maintained by Reinhard Kahle, the site offers document classes, BibTeX stylefiles, proof packages, and guides to help researchers format their work to ASL's exact typesetting standards.
2026-07-07 Avalon Project - Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy Hosted by Yale Law School's Lillian Goldman Law Library, the Avalon Project is a massive digital archive of primary source documents spanning law, history, and diplomacy from ancient times through the 21st century. Researchers and history enthusiasts will find everything from ancient texts to the Nuremberg Tribunal records, organized chronologically and by collection.
2026-07-07 BOWest Library - Electrical Circuit Theorems A comprehensive reference page from BOWest covering the full range of electrical circuit theorems, including Ohm's Law, Kirchhoff's Laws, Thevenin's and Norton's Theorems, Millman's Theorem, and Star-Delta transformations. Each theorem is presented with clear notation, formulas, and derivations, making it a handy technical reference for students and engineers alike.
2026-07-07 BOWest Pty Ltd - Library Index BOWest Pty Ltd hosts a comprehensive technical reference library covering electrical engineering topics including circuit theorems, formulae, and electrical machines. Organized as a text-based index spanning Ohm's Law through Thevenin's Theorem and three-phase power, it is designed for both students and practicing engineers who want to draw their own diagrams while reading through the material.
2026-07-07 Chinese Characters Etymologies Zhongwen.com offers a comprehensive Chinese-English etymological dictionary focused on traditional Chinese characters, tracing the pictographic and historical origins of each character. Learners of Mandarin and linguistics enthusiasts alike will find it invaluable for understanding how Chinese writing evolved from ancient pictographs through sources like the Shuowen.
2026-07-07 Comparing Heights A handy interactive tool by MrInitialMan that lets users compare the heights of up to ten figures side by side, supporting both imperial and metric measurements. Artists and writers will appreciate the size code feature, which saves and restores comparison configurations via a shareable URL.
2026-07-07 Computational Epistemology Lab Home Page The Computational Epistemology Laboratory at the University of Waterloo, led by Professor Paul Thagard, serves as a research hub for cognitive science and philosophy of mind. Visitors can access downloadable software tools like COHERE, ECHO, and DIVA written in LISP and Java, alongside curated bibliographies and a glossary for cognitive science research.
2026-07-07 Consumer World Consumer Resources: Consumer World is a comprehensive directory of over 2000 links covering everything a savvy shopper or consumer needs, from product reviews and price comparisons to government agencies, scam alerts, and legal rights. First launched in 1995, it covers automotive buying guides, credit and banking resources, travel deals, and consumer complaint resources all in one place.
2026-07-07 Cosma's Home Page Cosma Shalizi's sprawling academic homepage offers a remarkable archive of book reviews, research notes, lecture materials, and personal essays spanning mathematics, statistics, science, and more. The Bactra Review alone contains over 130 wide-ranging book reviews, making this a genuinely rich intellectual resource built over decades.
2026-07-07 Cyndi's List - Personal Research Cyndi's List is a massive genealogy link directory maintained by Cyndi Ingle, featuring over 317,000 categorized and cross-referenced links to genealogy resources worldwide. This particular section focuses on personal research pages, organizing individual family trees, blogs, wikis, and shared ancestry publications alphabetically for easy browsing.
2026-07-07 Cyndi's List - Surnames, Family Associations & Family Newsletters Cyndi's List, maintained by Cyndi Ingle since 1996, is one of the web's most comprehensive genealogy link directories, organizing over 317,000 curated links across hundreds of categories including surnames, DNA projects, family associations, and newsletters. This particular section focuses on surname research, offering alphabetically sorted links to family-specific sites, social networking resources, surname mapping tools, and DNA studies for researchers tracing their family history.
2026-07-07 Dictionnaire ancien français (médiéval) • Lexilogos Lexilogos, created by Xavier Nègre, is a comprehensive reference portal aggregating dictionaries and lexicons for Old and Middle French from the 9th through the 16th centuries, including the renowned Godefroy dictionary and the DMF. Researchers and language enthusiasts will find an impressive collection of searchable historical dictionaries, travel narrative corpora, and scholarly lexicographic resources covering medieval French dialects and Romance languages.
2026-07-07 digitalresearchtools / FrontPage Digital Research Tools (DiRT) is a wiki-based directory cataloging software and resources to help humanities and social science scholars conduct research more efficiently, covering everything from citation management to text analysis and data visualization. Organized by research activity, it offers both a browsable tool directory and in-depth reviews exploring practical applications for academic researchers.
2026-07-07 DMF 2023 The DMF 2023 (Dictionnaire du Moyen Français) is a scholarly lexicographic database covering medieval and middle French vocabulary with lemmatization tools for researchers and linguists. Hosted by ATILF (Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française), it serves as an authoritative reference for anyone studying the French language from the 9th to the 15th centuries.
2026-07-07 dopetalk Dopetalk is a harm reduction forum and community for drug users, offering information, peer support, and links to resources like Erowid, DanceSafe, and PsychonautWiki. Founded in December 2014, it emphasizes safe use practices and strictly prohibits solicitation or dealing, positioning itself as an educational and supportive space rather than a marketplace.
2026-07-07 Early Modern Texts Early Modern Texts offers freely accessible, reader-friendly editions of major philosophical works from the early modern period, spanning thinkers like Descartes, Hume, Kant, Locke, and Spinoza through the 19th century. Prepared by the late philosopher Jonathan Bennett, the texts were carefully modernized for clarity while preserving the original arguments, and the site also includes audio book versions and e-book downloads.
2026-07-07 Educational Websites Cybrary Man is a massive curated directory of over 20,000 educational web links personally selected by veteran educator Jerry, organized for teachers, students, parents, and administrators. The site spans every subject area and grade level from Pre-K through higher education, making it an extraordinarily comprehensive portal for anyone involved in learning or teaching.
2026-07-07 Electronic Careers and Web Resources The Vocational Information Center's Electronics Career Guide is a comprehensive reference hub listing dozens of electronics-related job titles, from Avionics Technician to Broadcast Engineer, with links to salary data, skill requirements, and training pathways. With over 360 links covering career descriptions, certification resources, tutorials, and industry schools, it serves as a thorough one-stop guide for anyone exploring a career in the electronics field.
2026-07-07 Encyclopedia Mythica Encyclopedia Mythica is one of the oldest and most comprehensive online references for mythology, folklore, and religion, boasting over 11,420 articles spanning Greek, Norse, Roman, Maori, Arthurian, and dozens of other traditions. Running since 1995, it offers a searchable database with daily deity and feast day features, making it an invaluable scholarly and casual resource for anyone exploring world mythologies.
2026-07-07 Erowid Erowid is a comprehensive non-profit harm-reduction and educational resource documenting the complex relationship between humans and psychoactive substances, covering everything from cannabis and LSD to pharmaceuticals and research chemicals. With over 60,000 pages of content spanning chemistry, law, personal experiences, spirituality, and culture, it stands as one of the most exhaustive references on psychoactives ever assembled on the web.
2026-07-07 ESL Miniconference / Letters from Our Readers ESL MiniConference Online is a long-running newsletter and community hub for English as a Second Language teachers, featuring reader letters, profiles, and news from TESOL professionals around the world. Founded and edited by Dr. Robert Bruce Scott, the site archives correspondence and announcements spanning over a decade, offering a fascinating window into the global ESL teaching community.
2026-07-07 Example 1 A bare-bones page presenting a dictionary entry for the word 'example,' drawn from the Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48, with multiple historical definitions and citations. The only personal touch is a brief sample usage listing favorite actresses, suggesting this is little more than a placeholder or test page hosted on HostGator.
2026-07-07 Explore the history and making of butter Butter: A richly written educational exhibit exploring the history, global traditions, composition, and making of butter across human civilizations. From ancient Mesopotamia to modern French farms, this webexhibits.org feature treats butter as a cultural and culinary artifact worthy of deep exploration.
