~ Early Web Links ~

Kate Monk's Onomastikon is a massive dictionary of names from cultures and historical periods spanning the entire globe, originally compiled to help role-players find authentic character names. Preserved and re-hosted by Roger after the original site went offline, it covers everything from Celtic and Saxon England to Melanesia, the Ancient World, and the Americas, with historical background notes alongside male, female, and family names.

A curated Oxford University LibGuide collecting free online resources for local history research, compiled by the Bodleian Libraries' continuing education department. Researchers will find links to British History Online, the Victoria County History, county record societies, historic environment databases, and open-access journal repositories all in one place.

Created by educator Elaine M. Doolittle, M.Ed., this carefully curated link directory points elementary students, parents, and teachers to vetted educational websites covering dozens of topics from Ancient Civilizations to Earth Science. With hundreds of organized links spanning subjects like Math, Language Arts, Social Studies, and Science, it serves as a trusted gateway to quality online learning resources for young learners.

Jon Shemitz built this sprawling, neutral homeschooling resource over more than a decade, compiling over 140 pages of non-commercial information without pushing any particular methodology or ideology. Homeschooling parents will find extensive guides, vendor listings, file downloads, and discussion links covering virtually every aspect of educating children at home.

MindScape is a mental health reference site that catalogs a wide range of psychological disorders, from personality and mood disorders to dissociative and psychotic conditions, with brief, accessible descriptions of each. Visitors will also find links to crisis helplines, therapist finders, and self-help tools, making it a practical starting point for anyone seeking to understand mental health conditions.

The Little Directory of Calm curates links to websites that meet strict requirements: no ads, no tracking, no pop-ups, and no auto-playing media, making it a peaceful alternative to the noisy modern web. Spanning dozens of categories from creative writing and digital art to web development and open science, it serves as a thoughtfully filtered gateway to the quieter corners of the internet.

The NIST/SEMATECH e-Handbook of Statistical Methods is a comprehensive online reference produced by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, covering statistical techniques used in science, engineering, and manufacturing. It serves as an authoritative guide for practitioners needing rigorous, well-documented methods for data analysis, quality control, and process improvement.

Shadow Libraries is a curated directory of pirate library resources, aggregating links to free ebook sources like Anna's Archive, LibGen, Internet Archive, and more. It organizes access methods by type including direct downloads, torrents, IRC channels, Telegram bots, and online reading platforms, making it a handy one-stop reference for free digital book access.

Greg McVerry is a digitally networked scholar based in East Haddam, CT, whose site INTERTEXTrEVOLUTION explores the intersections of literacy, digital learning, and making through articles, blog posts, poetry, and podcasts. Organized around the motto 'Make. Hack. Play. Learn.', the site reflects his academic and creative philosophy that learning is interest-driven, production-based, and deeply tied to digital tools and networked communities.

Georgia Tech professor Amy Bruckman's academic papers archive covers her research on online communities, constructionist learning, MUDs, virtual worlds, and identity in cyberspace. Papers span topics from gender-swapping on the internet to educational uses of text-based virtual reality environments like MOOSE Crossing, making it a rich snapshot of early internet social research.