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E-Reference

Online News Resources in English Around the World

 

British:

Financial Times: http://www.ft.com/home/asia

The Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk

Times: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news

The Independent: http://www.independent.co.uk

BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk

 

Canadian:

National Post: http://www.nationalpost.com

The Globe and Mail: http://www.theglobeandmail.com

CBC: http://www.cbc.ca/news 

 

American:

New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com

Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com

The Christian Science Monitor: http://www.csmonitor.com

USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com

New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com

Newsweek: http://www.newsweek.com

Time: http://www.time.com/time

ABC: http://abcnews.go.com

NBC: http://www.nbc.com

 

  

Hong Kong:

South China Morning Post: http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP

 

 

Australian:

The Australian: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/

Encyclopaedia

 
Is the oldest English-language encyclopaedia.
由网民撰写的百科全书。
 
Dictionary
 
Offers search across 992 online English dictionaries at once.
Free online dictionary from Cambridge University Press.
A dictionary of current English idioms and idiomatic expressions
Searchable directory of thousands of glossaries and topical dictionaries containing terms and definitions on hundreds of subjects.
Find synonyms and word suggestions in this free online searchable thesaurus that features 260,000 synonyms and cross-references in an easy-to-use format, succinct word definitions, and an innovative hyperlinked category index.

 
Language Tools
 
English-Chinese dictionary by Baidu.
Translation of text and web pages between multiple languages.
Offers free Korean-English-Korean online dictionary and free translation service.
Translation between English, Japanese and French.
Two-way dictionary between English and French/Italian/Spanish
 
E-books
 
Project Gutenberg is the first and largest collection of free electronic books (eBooks or etexts) on the Internet. The collection of more than 21,000 eBooks whose copyright has expired in the USA was maintained and developed by hundreds of volunteers’ work and donation. Most of the Project Gutenberg eBooks are older literary works that are in the public domain in the United States. More than 50 Books would be added every week, all of which are free download.
古登堡项目是网络上第一家、也是最大的公益型数字图书馆。21,000种版权过期的电子图书全部依靠志愿者的劳动和捐款来维持和发展。古登堡项目大部分电子图书都是美国进入公共领域的古典文学作品。每星期都会再新增50多种,全部可以免费下载。
Contains electronic books on literacy works, history and philosophical works.
Contains ebooks on government and politics, economics, and education subjects.
Has over 51,000 humanities texts in twelve languages. Some texts are available for public access.
Includes art, science, history, music, religion and fiction topics. Some books are available to the public.
A free online text book project.
Contains electronic texts on arts and humanities in over 25 different languages.
全球最大的中文数字图书馆。
方正Apabi数字图书馆提供73000余种中国出版的电子新书,内容主要包括社会科学、计算机类和精品畅销书籍,学科涉及文学艺术、语言、历史、经济法律、政治、哲学、计算机等多个类别。

 
E-journals
 
Covers scientific and scholarly journals.
Is a gateway to open access journal worldwide.
Has the list of web-based scholarly journals by University of Houston Library.
 
Academic Internet Directories
 
Selected Internet resources covering all academic subject areas.
Aggregates Internet resources on science and technology, arts and humanities, social sciences and health and life sciences for education and research purposes.
A guide to selected resources across all the main academic areas.
Features a searchable, subject-categorized directory of authoritative websites; links to online texts, newspapers, and magazines; and the Ask A Question online reference service.
Free online course materials from the world.
Contains selected and annotated Internet sites and mailing lists.
Provides access to scientific journals and public science databases.
 
Video Search
 
Is a popular video sharing website. Users can search, upload, view and share video clips.
 
购书网
 
 
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