Really Hot Online Libraries & Archives: Bookmark #3

Here is our third offering for all booklovers, students, and researchers. Below are topnotch places over the net that you could instantly access and browse for inexhaustible information on different subjects and topics.

• IPL2. This is actually two sites in one. This is the result of the alliance between the Internet Public Library (IPL) and the Librarians' Internet Index (LII). The site provides links to numerous resources such as online encyclopedias, almanacs, biographies, calculation & conversion tools, genealogy, census data & demographics, calendars, style & writing guides, and other useful tools.

• FORGOTTENBOOKS. A site where you can read books online on such topics as: philosophy, science, religion, sacred texts, including esoteric subjects such as - alchemy, freemasonry, occult, etc. Free download is allowed in low quality PDF, but membership is required for high quality PDF download.

• INTERNET CRIME ARCHIVES. This site hosts a huge collection of crime related true stories gathered from law enforcement reports as well as from news agencies. Included are archives on killer cults, mass murderers, cannibals, serial killers, and many more.

• THE NOBEL PRIZE INTERNET ARCHIVE. The Nobel Prizes were originated by the Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel in 1895. The prizes were requested by Nobel, in his last will, to be awarded to those who would be able to bestow "the greatest benefit on mankind", by their works in chemistry, physics, physiology or medicine, literature, economic, and peace. The site provides information about all the winners in all categories.

• INTERNET POETRY ARCHIVE. A site that offers the poetic works of a number of contemporary writers for free (or for a little fee). Included in the archive are works of Nobel prize winners Seamus Heaney and Czeslaw Milosz.

• INTERNET ARCHIVE. One of the great sites that hold massive collections of digital materials that include texts, movies, music, audio recordings, etc.

• LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. This is the online counterpart of the research library of the United States Congress - the Library of Congress. It makes available a tremendous collections of study and research materials that are browseable in different categories that include: art & culture, religion & philosophy, world history & cultures, government, law & politics, etc.

• INTERNET SACRED TEXT ARCHIVE. Another great site that hosts stupendous collections of electronic texts that range from religious to mythological, legendary to occult, folkloric to esoteric, etc., etc.

• DOORWAY PAPERS. A site that hosts the complete works of Arthur C. Custance - an oriental scholar, research scientist, and evangelical Christian, par excellence. His writings combine scientific research and Biblical insight in the pursuit of truth. Examples of his great works include Journey Out of Time, The Seed of the Woman, The Sovereignty of Grace, among others. His writings are available for free online reading or download, as well as in hard copy for minimal costs.

• CONCORDANT PUBLISHING CONCERN. A site that competently presents the universalistic perspective of the Sacred Scriptures. The traditional dogma of 'eternal hell' is not only challenged but refuted (click here to view their complete discussion of the question).

Don't just read. But read and THINK. "Prove all things; hold fast that which is good; abstain from every form of evil." Enjoy and God bless!