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Free Information
Introduction
One of the goals of the World Wide Web is to share information at no cost. Here are some useful sites that meet this criteria. They provide books and other information for free.
Children's Books
The following sites allow you to download children's books for free or read them online. Some are illustrated and there is also a nice variety written in different languages.
--www.childrensbooksonline.org
--www.magickeys.com/books/links.html
--www.icdlbooks.org
Technical Books
--Open Book Project provides a variety of technical books. In their own words, "The Open Book Project is aimed at the educational community and seeks to encourage and coordinate collaboration among students and teachers for the development of high quality, freely distributable textbooks and educational materials on a wide range of topics. The advent of the Internet and the World Wide Web are making collaboration among educators on a global scale possible for the first time. We want to harness this exciting technology to promote learning and sharing."
Wiki Sites
The "wiki" sites provide a wealth of free information. These include:
--Wikipedia - online encyclopedia
--WikiBooks - textbooks
--Wikiversity - online courses and research materials
--Wiktionary - multilingual dictionary and thesaurus
--Wikisource - source documents)
Introduction
One of the goals of the World Wide Web is to share information at no cost. Here are some useful sites that meet this criteria. They provide books and other information for free.
Children's Books
The following sites allow you to download children's books for free or read them online. Some are illustrated and there is also a nice variety written in different languages.
--www.childrensbooksonline.org
--www.magickeys.com/books/links.html
--www.icdlbooks.org
Technical Books
--Open Book Project provides a variety of technical books. In their own words, "The Open Book Project is aimed at the educational community and seeks to encourage and coordinate collaboration among students and teachers for the development of high quality, freely distributable textbooks and educational materials on a wide range of topics. The advent of the Internet and the World Wide Web are making collaboration among educators on a global scale possible for the first time. We want to harness this exciting technology to promote learning and sharing."
Wiki Sites
The "wiki" sites provide a wealth of free information. These include:
--Wikipedia - online encyclopedia
--WikiBooks - textbooks
--Wikiversity - online courses and research materials
--Wiktionary - multilingual dictionary and thesaurus
--Wikisource - source documents)
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