arts + humanities
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History
- History Channel
- EyeWitness to History
- history through the eyes of those who lived it
- The History Net at About.com
- Where History Lives on the Web
- All Empires
- web-based community for world history, an exciting forum for history filled with people from all around the world
- MacroHistory
- description of events and ideas from prehistory to the 21st century - stories that you can connect into a big picture
- WhoWhatWhen
- WhoWhatWhen is a database of key people and events from 1000 A.D. to the present. Create graphic timelines of periods in history and of the lives of individuals.
- Step into History
- Over 550 places in the United States where you can see life as it was...
- The American Civil War
- The American Civil War Homepage gathers together in one place hypertext links to the most useful identified electronic files about the American Civil War (1861-1865).
- Timelines
- Timelines.com is the first web site that enables people like you to collaboratively record, discover and share history. It's history recorded by the people, for the people.
- Timeline Index
- People, Periods, Places and Events in a chronological context
- HistoGrafica
- a community-driven website with high aims - making a large amount of historical pictures easily accessible in one place on the web. Everyone can share and describe their old pictures on HistoGrafica and help expand this free archive.
space
- SpaceWeather.com
- News and information about meteor showers, solar flares, auroras, and near-Earth asteroids
- space.com
- The Nine Planets
- overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each planet and the major moons in our solar system
- NASA Home Page
- Maps of the Solar System
- WikiSky
- Interactive Sky Map
- Orbiter
- Orbiter is a free 3D space flight simulator using real physics
- Music of the Spheres
- Stellarium
- Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. It is being used in planetarium projectors. Just set your coordinates and go.
- WorldWide Telescope
- enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope, bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world. Experience narrated guided tours from astronomers and educators featuring interesting places in the sky.
encylopedia & world factbook
- Reference Desk
- whatis.com
- Information Please
- On-Line Dictionary, Internet Encyclopedia, & Almanac Reference
- www.britannica.com
- Encyclopedia.com
- Encyclopedia Mythica
- mythology, folklore, and religion
- Countrywatch.com
- up-to-date news and information on each of the 192 recognized countries of the world.
- LibrarySpot.com
- Encyclopedias, maps, online libraries, quotations, dictionaries & more.
- CIA World Factbook
- GeoHive Global Statistics
- geopolitical data, statistics on the human population, Earth and more.
- Almanac.com
- The Old Farmer's Almanac
- Guinness World Records
- Tasty Data Goodies
- where curious people explore all kinds of data
- StateMaster
- Huge database of US statistics. Reference site contains states statistics, maps, flags, graphs and pie charts.
- NationMaster
- a massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations.
reference
- Reality Clock
- calculator.com
- Librarians' Index to the Internet
- a searchable, browsable collection of over 16,000 high-quality Websites
- Internet Public Library
- WorldOfQuotes
- Quotes and Proverb Archive.
- Oldpoetry
- Classical Poetry Discussion
- Famous Quotes and Authors
- ThinkExist
- Finding Quotations
- Reference & Encyclopedia Resource