Free Online Books

You can find more free online books than you could read in a hundred lifetimes. Any thing from the great classics to computer and technical books.

Free Audio Courses and Lectures from UC Berkeley

Download free audio courses and lectures from UC Berkeley from iTunes.

Study Guides, Test Prep Guides and Practice Tests

SparkNotes has a nice selection of free online study guides as well as SAT and ACT prep guides and practice tests.

Wiley Publishing now offers many of their famous literary synopses free online. Tip to students: Only use these for review and study after you have read the book -- teachers can spot a CliffsNoter with ease!

American Verse Project

The University of Michigan has a site for poetry lovers with a large number of poetry works.

Bartleby.com

They claim to be the most comprehnsive research site on the Web, and they may not be far off in that claim. The site is organized into major sections including -- Verse, Fiction, Nonfiction, Quotations, and Reference.

Baen Free Library

Baen offers free original science fiction and fantasy books in a variety of formats.

Bibliomania

A nice collection of online books that you can access for free.

Ebrary

Ebrary offers free access to more than 5,000 full-text books. Unlike public domain collections, most titles were published within the past two years. You need to download a small plug-in to view the books. (Windows and Mac)

Ebook Library

The University of Virginia offers 1,200 ebooks for the Microsoft Reader. They also have a link to download the free Microsoft Reader.

Electronic Text Center

The University of Virginia has an extensive collection of online texts in many languages.

Gray's Anantomy

The classic reference work is now online and available free.

Guinness World Records

Guinness has put their records information online and you can search and browse those crazy records to your heart's content.

Internet Classics Archive

MIT offers this collection of 441 titles from classical literature with powerful search capabilities.

The Internet Public Library

The Internet Public Library has over 17,000 online texts and they also have a number of other online library related services. (international)

Merck Manual

The Merck Manual of Medical Information--Home Edition is online and free. It's very much like the professional edition, but in plain english instead of laced with medical terminology.