World Languages

• NEW: Less Commonly Taught languages Project
• Foreign Languages for Travelers
• Human Languages 97/08/02
• NEW: The sci.lang FAQ
• Tongue twisters in many languages

International Phonetic Alphabet

• IPA home page
• a.u.e ASCII IPA ~ earlier version
• Evan Kirshenbaum: The IPA in ASCII
• ASCII IPA for Americans ~
• Cours de phonétique (English also available)

Dictionaries and Translation

• FreeTranslation.com
• LingWhat? (determines what language a document is in)
• Multilingual Resources (many foreign-language dictionaries)
• links to dictionaries and reference works in many languages (Research Institute for the Humanities in Hong Kong)
• more dictionaries (Germany)
• ECHO's Eurodicautom: translations of technical terms, phrases, and abbreviations in the EU's official languages
• International Slang Dictionaries (not for the easily offended)
• The Alternative Dictionaries (slang)
• Babelfish translator at Altavista
• Google language tools translation
• NEW: online dictionaries and translators

Languages: Classical

• Allen & Greenough's Latin Grammar
• Perseus Project: Greek lexicon
• Perseus Project: Latin lexicon
• Later Latin Society

Languages: Linguistics

• John Lawler's linguistics articles  and his World of Words (Lawler's excellent links page)
• The Lexicon of Linguistic (linguistic terms defined)

English language

Curiosities

• "Phonetic" alphabets (alfa, bravo, charlie/able, baker, charlie) 97/08/10 ~
  the silly version
• Bierce, Ambrose: Devil's Dictionary
• E-Prime"
  • E-Prime
  • Speaking in E-Prime: An Experimental Method for Integrating General Semantics into Daily Life
  • E-Prime: A Layman's Personal Perspective
  • English Prime: To Exist or Not to Exist
  • E-Prime: English without the verb to be
• NEW: Cliché finder
• Clichesite.com
• NEW: Collective Nouns page
• Elsewhere.org: The Postmodernism Generator
• Internet Anagram Server
• Bob's Quick Guide to the Apostrophe, You Idiots (38 KB GIF) ~ The World's ~ Plural's
• Brewer's Dioctionary of Phrase and Fable 1898 ed. ~ bibliomania ~ 1894 edition at infoplease

Commonwealth English

• Cornerstone's Canadian English Page
• NEW: Truely Canadian Dictionary of Canadian Spelling
• NEW: British-American dictionary
• English2American
• Chris Ray's English-to-American dictionary
• NEW: American-British/British-American dictionary
• NEW: Neil Gardner's US-UK dtctionary
• British National Corpus

English: Dictionaries

• NEW: dict.org -- consults online dictionaries
• NEW: Hypertext Webster -- consults online and classic dictionaries
• Urban Dictionary
• Webster's New World College Dictionary
• Random House Webster's College Dictionary
• Webster's Revised Unabridged (1913 edition)
• NEW: OED newsletters
• Online Plain text English Dictionary (really intended for download)
• A Web of On-Line Dictionaries
• Roget's Thesaurus ~ and another version
• Casey's Snow Day Reverse Dictionary
• Alternative Dictionary (slang, mostly mildly vulgar)
• abbreviations used in chat rooms
• Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1894 edition)
• Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition) (good search interface)
• Wordorigins.org: Etymologies and Word Origins

Computer technology: Vocabulary and language

• On-line Dictionary of Computing ~ the faster Princeton mirror
• Jargon file 4.4.7 entries all in HTML
• The jargon file (Hacker's Dictionary) 4.0.0 original format (big files) ~ searchable version of 3.2.0
• What do BTW, FAQ, FYI, IMHO, RTFM, and other acronyms mean?
• Netlingo ~ Chat Acronyms (including a lot I've never seen)
• NEW: Whatis searchable glossary of computer technology "from software to telecom"
• Webopedia

English dictionaries: Acronyms

• WWW Acronym Server
• Abbreviation and Acronym Dictionary from the American Society of Indexers
• NEW: Acronym Finder
• Environment-related Acronyms

English: Usage

• alt.usage.english Web pages (redirects to here)
• alt.usage.english FAQ ~
  HTML-ized version ~ U.S. mirror ~
  ZIPped HTML version ~ U.S. copy
  NEW: a.u.e Audio Archive
• Citing URLs etc. from Columbia Guide to Online Style
• English usage and common mistakes (from the Grammar Slammer) ~ Hyphenated Compound Words
• Robert Bley-Vroman: Quaker plain speech
• Paul Brians: Common Errors in English Usage (huge site)
• Katzoff, S. (NASA) Clarity in Technical Reporting (PDF), linked from here
• John Lawler's English grammar FAQ
• Richard Mitchell: The Underground Grammarian (Less Than Words Can Say, etc.)
• The Word Nerds

English usage: style guides and helpers

• Online! Citation Styles Index
• list of citation style guides
• Duke U citation guide (excellent: covers the alternatives)
• TC3 List of Citation Guides
• APA Style: Electronic References and URLs (good plain, common-sense approach)
• Copyediting-l Style FAQ Index
• GFP FAQ (Gender-Free Pronouns FAQ)
• Guide to Grammar and Writing
• Jack Lynch's Grammar and Style Notes (85 KB)
• Bill Walsh: The Slot/Curmudgeon's Stylebook ~ index
• Writer's Reference Shelf

• The Comenius Group's Virtual English Language Center
• Grammar Hotline Directory
• The Grammar Lady
• H.W. Fowler: The King's English (1908) 96/07/07
• NEW: Lydbury Grammar Clinic (U.K.)
• Plain Language Online
• Purdue University Online Writing Lab (lots of good handouts) 97/10/15
• U of Victoria Style Guide

English usage: columns

• Editorial Eye 97/10/15 ~ What's new
• Evan Morris: The Word Detective 97/10/15
• Michael Quinion: World Wide Words ~ U.S. mirror
• NEW: online columns from Richard Lederer ~ Terry O'Connor ~ Jed Hartman ~ Collins Cobuild ~ OED newsletters ~ Michael Quinion
• NEW: Resources for Poets and Writers

Humanities

History

• On This Day in history (date selectable)
• Hyper-history (timelines of events and people)

Psychology and social science

• Myers-Briggs Type Inventory 96/05/08
• emotional support
• Intentional communities
• Memetics
• Urban legends archives (too slow 97/08/02)

Philosophy, religion, ethics

• Skeptics Society
• Unitarian Universalist Assn
• soc.religion.christian FAQ
• "Church" -- American atheists writing on Christianity ~ "Where Jesus Never Walked" (Nazareth didn't exist in the first century)
• The God Simulator

Genealogy

• U.S. National Archives genealogical resources

Law and government

• LawRunner from Internet Legal Resource Guide (front-end to Alta Vista for legal research)
• international law resource
• Dual citizenship FAQ
• Brett Weiss: How to find a lawyer ~ Bankruptcy FAQ
• Martindale-Hubbell on line (lawyers by location and specialty, with ratings)
• NEW: West's version of same
• Consumer Law Page
• NEW: Lawyers.com: lawyers by location and specialty, with biographies

Law: Politics

• Politics Now ("mother lode"—wsj) (can't connect 97/08/02)
• All Politics ("next best"—wsj)
• American Voter from Congressional Quarterly (links to floor votes)
• Elecctronic Voting

Law: Fundamental documents

• Federal Info Exchange (links to all Federal government servers)
• Founding Documents ~ U.S. Constitution by articles ~ U.S. Constitution with annotations ~ U.S. Constitution in one page
• NEW: Iroquios League constitution
• NEW: The Founders' Constitution US Constitution with many historical source materials
• National Archives Charters of Freedom
• NEW: Select Documents of English Constitutional History

Law: Legislation

• FindLaw U.S. Code and CFR 96/09/07
• CFR at Cornell
• CFR Search at GPO
• US Public Laws from US Archives
• CFR from US Archives
• NEW: Findlaw: links to state laws
• THOMAS: legislative information
• COIN (telnet): bills, Federal Register, pending regulatory actions
• FTC: Fair Credit Billing Act plain-language summary
• FTC: Fair Credit Reporting Act plain-language summary
• Fair Credit Reporting Act as modified by Consumer Reporting Reform Act of 1996
• FTC: Fair Debt Collection Practices Act plain-language summary
• cardreport.com Statute Of Limitations For Debts
• House of Representatives: status of bills and full text of U.S. Code
• Senate

Court decisions

• Federal Courts Info Center
• Federal Courts Finder
• Supreme Court Decisions from Cornell ~ historic Sup Ct decisions by topic
• NEW: Findlaw.com -- searchable Supreme Court decisions (more?)
• Supreme Court decisions from Fedworld
• Rowan v U.S. Post Office, 397 U.S. 728 (1970) (obscenity at discretion of recipient)
  form 1500 for above

Law libraries and resources

• Cornell U Law Library
• Auburn U Law Library (supposedly more up-to-date copy of U.S. Code than at Cornell, but less easy to search; also lots of government documents)
• eLaw Central

• Steven Imparl: Internet Law meta-index (info about Internet law)
• NEW: Carl Oppedahl's Web Law FAQ (Internet issues)
• Citizen's Guide to Rights of Americans
• Nolo Press Self-Help Law Center
• Mark Eckenwiler's Legal Research FAQ (vintage 1995)
• Electoral College
• FindLaw: Internet legal Resources
• U WA generic legal forms ~ and Law Guru
• Bob Hirschfeld: Pro se tutorials
• Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press guide to taping phone calls and conversations
• Ohio Revised Code
• Pro Se Litigants ~ NEW: ABA Pro Se page
• NEW: ABA Pro Bono page
• Tenant Net: tenant law in many states 97/09/07
• NEW: John Carr on Automobile speed limits
• Lectric Law Library: legal lexicon
• Legal help on the Web: Law.com ~ Dictionary at Law.com ~ FreeAdvice.com ~ FindLaw.com ~ Ask Auntie Nolo
• NEW: Law Talk Online
• Sussman, Bernard: Refuting Idiot Legal Arguments like "admiralty courts", "sovereign citizen"
• U.S. Treasury: What is legal tender?

Copyright:

• Brad Templeton's Copyright Myths 98/07/07
• What to do when you get a cease-and-desist letter
• Terrence Carroll's huge Copyright Resource Page
• CETUS: Fair use of copyright works (aimed at a university setting)
• copyright.com: A Practical Guide to Copyright Compliance for Business Professionals
• EFF: Copyright Primer
• Gigalaw: What is "Fair Use" in Copyright Law?
• "How do I copyright my software?"
• Hodges, Wilfrid: Mathematical Copyright
• Lorelle on Wordpress: What Do You Do When Someone Steals You Content

U.S. Government: General info servers

• NEW: First Gov – official USG search site
• FedWorld clearinghouse of gov't information including IRS forms and pubs
• Library of Congress Global Electronic Library ~ Copyright office ~ LC Marvel search engine (gopher)
• U of MI gopher: U.S. Gov't Manual, email addresses, more
• GSA server: much consumer info
• Wash & Lee U gopher: many Federal WAIS databases
• FinanceNet: government finance review
• Social Security Admin for earnings info, look for PEBES
• NEW: Federal guidelines on searching and seizing computers