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Search Engines

• Google
• MSN
• alltheweb
• Yahoo
• Google Book Search

Dictionaries

• LEO
• Merriam-Webster
• OED

Wikipedia

• Wikimedia Commons
• de.wikipedia
• en.wikipedia

Databases

• DBIS Research databases available in Germany

=Cultural Institutions

• British Council

Linguistics

Literature and Culture

Bibliographies & Databases

• ABELL — Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature, 880,000 records, monographs, periodical articles, critical editions of literary works, book reviews and collections of essays published anywhere in the world from 1920 onwards.
• ESTC — English Short Title Catalogue
• EZF Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek Freiburg
• IMDb Internet Movie Database
• MLA Standard Research Bibliography
• PAO — Periodicals Archive Online
• ZDB — Zeitschriftendatenbank, Titel- und Besitznachweise, 1,2 Mio. Titel in allen Sprachen von 1500 bis heute, keine Aufsatztitel.

E-Sources

• EEBO — book production 1473-1700
• ECCO — the book production of the 18th century
• Gutenberg
• LRC
• Corpus of Middle English texts
• MOML
• MOME
• Munseys
• The Times 1785-1985
• TLS
• Web Gallery of Art

Bibles

• Bible (King James)
• Bible (commented modern)

Important Libraries

• BLC — British Library Catalogue
• BVB — Bayerischer Verbundkatalog
• GBV — Gemeinsamer Verbundkatalog Bremen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, Thüringen, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz
• KVK — Karlsruher Virtueller Katalog
• OLIS — Oxford University's online union library catalogue

History

• Dynasties
• DNB — Dictionary of National Biography

Research Sites

• C18 18th century mailing list and more
• H-Net
• H-Albion
• Muse
• SHARP

Tools

• £ Calculator if you have to do sums in old English currency
• Calendar
• Ecclesiastical Calendar
• Prices & Wages
• World Units

Didactics & Language Aquisition