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.
Book Mooch: In the same vane as BOOK-CROSSING! http://www.bookmooch.com is slightly different in that people give away books, but the recipient pays postage. You can earn points from the books you give away to get more books from the site.
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".