Project Gutenberg
: This is an American initiative to place all books with expired copyright online, so that they can be downloaded and read. http://www.gutenberg.orgAmerican Book Exchange
: This is a global network of second hand book dealers, so you can search for rare or cheap titles. Originally just one international site: http://www.abebooks.com there is now a UK based one http://www.abebooks.co.uk. There may also be sites for other countries if you look?Green Metropolis: Buy and sell your second hand books extremely cheaply and help the environment at the same time. http://www.greenmetropolis.com.
Book Crossing: This fanastic novel new idea is great! A way to share books for FREE! http://www.bookcrossing.com.
Love Reading: http://www.lovereading.co.uk related to: Love Film: http://www.lovefilm.co.uk.
Free Delivery on Books. Huge Discounts on Millions of Books The Book Depository: http://www.BookDepository.co.uk
Book Giant: What can I say, it's another Book Club. http://www.bookgiant.co.uk
Another you could also try is: The Soft Back Preview http://www.etsp.co.uk
Don't forget Amazon, http://www.amazon.co.uk or http://www.amazon.com
The Books Online site doesn't appear to be there anymore, but going to Google: http://www.google.com and performing a search on Books Online will point you to enough sites.
For any of my ex-students that still visit these pages (as I don't teach full-time anymore), here is a link back to the Visual Basic Books page.
D and M Books: Comics and annuals bought. Childrens books & comics bought. Pre 1970 in good condition. http://www.dandmbooks.com
My Comic Shop: Web's Largest Comic Store. World's largest selection of back issue comic books. Free shipping. http://www.MyComicShop.com
Other Useful Reference Material . . .
. . . can be found at:
Delicious: http://www.delicious.com - This is a great online site for bookmarks if you're often on different PCs and want to log into your favourite sites, etc. This is known as a Social Book Marking tool.
Wikipedia: http://www.wikipedia.org - A fantastic on-line encyclopaedia that can actually be edited by contributors from all over the world.
Encyclopaedia Britannica: http://www.britannica.co.uk
Encarta: http://uk.encarta.msn.com
Dictionary: http://dictionary.reference.com
Thesaurus: http://thesaurus.reference.com
Encyclopaedia: http://www.reference.com http://www.encyclopaedia.com http://www.encyclopedia.com
One Across: http://www.oneacross.com - for crossword, anagram and quiz clues, etc.
Don't forget, there is always my Search Engines page: Search Engines.
Books and book plates, etc., can be purchased from My Home Library: http://myhomelibrary.org.
The Internet Movie Database: A tenuous link, but nonetheless, a good site. Especially if you are a media student. In which case, you probably already know all about it anyway. The Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com. Others you could look at are:
Crazy About TV: http://www.crazyabouttv.com and
TV Cream: http://tv.cream.org.
Here is a useful list of sites containing acronyms:
To find this list, the terms used for the search engine, were: "Computer Glossary".