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There is a vast number of subject resources on the Web, the problem being where to find them. In order to assist you, we have collected together the following sites as representing the most valuable subject specific resources available. If you are looking for more general guides or sites covering the world's classic texts, please go to our General Subject Guides.

| [Agriculture] | [Archaeology] | [Art/Design] | [Astronomy] | [Business/Law/Economics] | [Engineering] | [Environment] | [History] | [Humanities] | [Literature] | [Mathematics] | [Medicine] | [Music] | [Politics] | [Sciences] | [Social Sciences] |

Agriculture & Botany

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Agricola - The US Department of Agriculture's gateway to AGRICultural OnLine Access.

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CSIRO Australia - scientific and industrial research from Australia.

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Flora Guide - large metasite offering thousands of agricultural and botanical links.

Archaeology

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Archaeology Data Service - site of the Archaeology Data Service, including links to full text journals and books.

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Current Archaeology - website of the UK's leading archaeological magazine.

Art & Design

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ADAM, the Art, Design, Architecture & Media Information Gateway

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Artcylopedia: - a guide to fine art on the Web

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Electronic Journals in Art History and Art - Case Western Reserve directory of full text journals.

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RUDI: Resource for Urban Design Information

Astronomy

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Astronomy Online

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European Space Agency

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NASA's Official Site and Astrophysics Data System - includes access to abstracts and full text journals.

Business & Economics

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BizEd Business and Economics Information Gateway

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Encyclopedia of Law and Economics

Engineering

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Civil Engineer's Mega Bookmark - links to over 1,000 resources for the civil engineer.

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Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library - high quality engineering resources from the Resource Discovery Network.

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Engineering E-journal Search Engine - searchable database of over 150 full text engineering journals.

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Recent Advances in Manufacturing - indexed contents of journals in manufacturing.

Environment

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EPA Publications Search - database of full text publications from the US Environmental Protection Agency.

History & Politics

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American Memory - the American Memory Historical Collections based at the Library of Congress.

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Business History - comprehensive resource for business history.

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Center for Defense Information - US military research site covering global conflicts.

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CIA World Fact Book - the definitive guide from the Central Intelligence Agency.

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Erik Herron's Guide to Central and Eastern Europe on the Web and Erik Herron's Guide to Eurasia and the Baltics on the Web - comprehensive sites covering the former Soviet Union and its satellites.

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Foreign Relations of the United States - official documentary historical record of major US foreign policy decisions.

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The Gulf / 2000 Project - provides a wealth of information on the eight countries of the Persian Gulf region.

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Hanover Historical Texts Project - a developing collection of digitised original texts.

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History Today - detailed list of recommended web sites.

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Human Rights Watch - site monitoring human rights worldwide.

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Internet Medieval Sourcebook - Fordham University's comprehensive dedicated site.

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Marxists Internet Archive - comprehensive resource for Marxist research.

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National Security Archive - research resource on international affairs and an archive of declassified U.S. documents.

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Nationalism Project - detailed bibliographical resource for the study of nationalism.

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Online Medieval and Classical Library - collection of some of the most important literary works of Classical and Medieval civilization.

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Victorian Studies on the Web and Victorian Web - complete resources on the Victorian age.

Humanities

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All-in-One Biblical Resources Search - gateway to biblical studies resources.

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Arts and Humanities Data Service - UK site devoted to preserving and promoting the use of scholarly digital resources.

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Educational Resources Information Center - US site devoted to education, including many full text resources.

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HUMBUL Gateway to Humanities Resources - high quality resources for the humanities from the Resource Discovery Network.

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Voice of the Shuttle - wide ranging coverage of humanities research.

Literature

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Cambridge History of English and American Literature - the complete eighteen volumes of this classic work.

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History of the English Language - substantial collection of links to sites devoted to the study of the English language.

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Jane Austen - a comprehensive collection of links. Also see Works for the full text of six novels.

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Charles Dickens

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T.S. Eliot - site includes full text.

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Elizabeth Gaskell

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Ted Hughes

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Jack London

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The Wilfred Owen Multimedia Digital Archive and The War Poems and Manuscripts of Wilfred Owen

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Bertrand Russell Archives - dedicated site from McMaster University.

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Shakespeare sites are very prevalent, two of the best being at Sydney and MIT .

Mathematics

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Mathematics Preprints - full text articles on algebraic number theory and K-theory from the University of Illinois.

Medicine

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BioMedNet - registration required.

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CHID Online - Combined Health Information Database.

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E-Medicine - full text medical textbooks.

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LOCATORplus - the US National Library of Medicine's catalog of books, journals and audiovisuals, and access points to other medical research tools, including Grateful Med , Medlineplus and PubMed .

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Medical World Search - medical intelligence at your fingertips.

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OMNI - a gateway to high quality biomedical Internet resources.

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PsycPort - psychology resource from the American Psychological Association.

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PJ Online - website of the Pharmaceutical Journal.

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WebMedLit - 'easy access to the best medical journals on the web.'

Music

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DW3 Classical Music Resources - comprehensive site devoted to classical music.

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Music Search

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Sibelius Academy - extremely comprehensive collection of music related resources.

Sciences

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Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology - 'the largest scientific dictionary ever compiled'.

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CSIRO Australia - scientific and industrial research from Australia.

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FishBase - key data on the biology of all fishes.

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Genamics Journal Seek - major resource for scientific research that covers over 30 individual disciplines, and includes access to full text journals.

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HighWire Press - full text science journals from Stanford University Libraries.

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Natural Science - wide ranging site devoted to the 'scientifically informed non-specialist audience'.

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OSTI - the United States Office of Scientific and Technical Information, providing access to services such as peer reviewed journal literature on PubScience and the preprints gateway Preprint Network.

Social Sciences

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Research Guide for the Social Sciences - guide to resources based in the UK.

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SOSIG - Social Science Information Gateway - provides access to high quality Internet sites relevant to social science education and research.

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Social Science Research Network - eight specialized research networks for the social sciences.

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