~ Early Web Links ~

A curated link collection exploring words from other languages that have no direct English equivalent, covering concepts from German, French, Spanish, and more. Part of the ds106 open course community, it invites visitors to illustrate these untranslatable words using images as a creative challenge.

A specialized web tool by Ben Bullock that lets users draw kanji characters by hand with a mouse and have them automatically recognized, making it invaluable for looking up unfamiliar Japanese characters. The site also offers multiple lookup methods including multiradical, four-corner, and SKIP codes, with support for over a dozen interface languages.

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.

R. Chris Fraley, a psychologist at the University of Illinois, presents a thorough overview of adult attachment theory and research, tracing its origins from John Bowlby's work through modern empirical findings on intimate relationships. Visitors can also take online quizzes to assess their own attachment styles and explore links to self-report measures like the ECR-R and ECR-RS.

The Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts, created by Eric Lease Morgan in 1994, is a curated collection of public domain and open access documents focused on American and English literature and Western philosophy, designed to support a liberal arts education. Visitors can browse thousands of texts by author, title, or tag, with links to repositories like Project Gutenberg, HathiTrust, and the Internet Archive.

Dan Brickley's early tilde.club homepage offers a handful of curated links spanning endangered languages research and a digitized philosophy seminar he personally converted to HTML using MS Word macros on a 286 PC running DRDOS. The page is a charming artifact of early web DIY culture, with Dan's hands-on archival work making it a quirky footnote in web history.

Early Modern Texts offers freely accessible, reader-friendly editions of major philosophical works from the early modern period, spanning thinkers like Descartes, Hume, Kant, Locke, and Spinoza through the 19th century. Prepared by the late philosopher Jonathan Bennett, the texts were carefully modernized for clarity while preserving the original arguments, and the site also includes audio book versions and e-book downloads.

BOWest Pty Ltd hosts a comprehensive technical reference library covering electrical engineering topics including circuit theorems, formulae, and electrical machines. Organized as a text-based index spanning Ohm's Law through Thevenin's Theorem and three-phase power, it is designed for both students and practicing engineers who want to draw their own diagrams while reading through the material.

Zhongwen.com offers a comprehensive Chinese-English etymological dictionary focused on traditional Chinese characters, tracing the pictographic and historical origins of each character. Learners of Mandarin and linguistics enthusiasts alike will find it invaluable for understanding how Chinese writing evolved from ancient pictographs through sources like the Shuowen.

Consumer World is a comprehensive directory of over 2000 links covering everything a savvy shopper or consumer needs, from product reviews and price comparisons to government agencies, scam alerts, and legal rights. First launched in 1995, it covers automotive buying guides, credit and banking resources, travel deals, and consumer complaint resources all in one place.