If you have been exposed to the internet for any length of time, you have more than likely heard of the analogy comparing the internet to a huge library. Well, I have found a few websites that are truly a digital library, providing classic literature, reference, and archives of all sorts.
The first site is a reference site of sorts: www.ibiblio.org. This site contains a plethora of reference information on topics from literature and theology to technology and mathematics. This site also offers scholastic news articles and many radio stations of a public nature.
The next two sites go together in their main purpose: www.librivox.org and www.gutenberg.org. The purpose of these sites is to disseminate classic literature in audio and print format respectively. Project Gutenberg (as the name implies) provides literature in print format. For the literary works used on this site copyright is not an issue, as all of the offerings have entered the public domain. Librivox is an extension of Project Gutenberg. Taking the print literature from Gutenberg, librivox uses millions of worldwide volunteers to read the literature and provide it in audio format for download on their website. All your favorite Mark Twain and L. Frank Baum are available for free in print and audio format.
The final website is a very general archive of all sorts of content: www.archive.org. To start out with, the Internet Archive offers a video library including many things from educational videos to full-lengthpublic domain movies. They also have a library of audio content which includes music, audio books, and much more. Like any good library, the Internet Archive has many thousands of articles on many subjects. In my opinion, the most valuable feature of the Internet Archive is the Wayback Machine (the name harkens to Adventures of Peabody and Sherman). This is a feature that allows you to search for versions of almost any website that may have existed in the last 15 or so years.
Check out all of these great useful websites. You might find something of interest to you.
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