Links — Hunter V. McClure

Libraries & Archives

LibGenLibrary Genesis. Shadow library of books and papers.
Anna’s ArchiveMetasearch across the major shadow library collections.
SLUM: The Shadow Library Uptime MonitorTracks the availability of shadow library mirrors in real time.
Open LibraryInternet Archive’s open catalogue of books, many available to borrow online.
Shadow LibrariesOverview and directory of shadow library resources.
textz.comFree texts in philosophy, theory, and critical thought.
Project GutenbergOver 70,000 public domain books freely available online.
Library of CongressThe national library of the United States; extensive digital collections.
Sci-HubFree access to academic papers and journals.
Marxist Internet ArchiveExtensive archive of Marxist and socialist texts.
The Anarchist LibraryArchive of anarchist and libertarian socialist writings.
MonoskopWiki and resource for art, culture, and media studies.
Z-LibraryLarge shadow library of books and articles.
St. John’s College Digital ArchivesDigitized materials from St. John’s College collections.
SJC Meem Library CatalogThe library catalog for St. John’s College, Santa Fe.
Books by JohnniesWorks published by St. John’s College alumni and faculty.
JSTORDigital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources.
Oxford English DictionaryThe definitive historical dictionary of the English language. Via Meem Library proxy.
EtymonlineOnline Etymology Dictionary — the history of English words.
Johnson’s DictionaryFull text of Samuel Johnson’s 1755 dictionary, searchable online.
LibraryThingCatalogue and community site for personal libraries.
National Security ArchiveDeclassified government documents obtained through FOIA requests.
UbuWebFree archive of avant-garde film, sound, and text.
Wayback MachineInternet Archive’s snapshot service — the memory of the web.
Whole Earth IndexArchive of the Whole Earth Catalog and related publications.
Napoleonic GuideComprehensive reference on the Napoleonic Wars: battles, biographies, and primary sources.
Chinese Text ProjectDigital library of pre-modern Chinese texts with tools for searching and cross-referencing.
Sir Thomas Browne LibraryCollected works of the seventeenth-century physician and prose stylist Sir Thomas Browne.
The Diary of Samuel PepysThe complete diary of Samuel Pepys, published daily as it was written, with annotations.
The Victorian WebWide-ranging scholarly resource on Victorian literature, history, art, and culture.
MDBG Chinese DictionaryFree online Chinese-English dictionary.
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryThe standard reference Sanskrit-English dictionary, online.

Philosophy

Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyAuthoritative, peer-reviewed encyclopedia of philosophy.
Internet Encyclopedia of PhilosophyFree, peer-reviewed encyclopedia of philosophy and philosophers.
Philosophy Documentation CenterPublisher and archive of philosophy journals and reference works.
Philosophy PagesReference site covering philosophers, terms, and major texts.
The Philosophy Teaching LibraryNotre Dame’s teaching library for philosophy texts and resources.
Contemporary ThinkersEssays and resources on major contemporary philosophers.
Great ThinkersA guide to the history of political philosophy.
The Leo Strauss CenterArchives of Strauss’s lecture transcripts and related materials at Chicago.
The Benardete ArchiveWorks and lectures of Seth Benardete, classical scholar and philosopher.
George Anastaplo’s BlogWritings by the Straussian legal philosopher George Anastaplo.
Plato and His DialoguesBernard Suzanne’s study of the structure of Plato’s dialogues.
The Dramatic Order of Plato’s DialoguesOverview of scholarly views on the ordering and dating of Plato’s works.
Aristotle WebsiteResources and texts related to Aristotle’s philosophy.
Ancient Commentators on AristotleProject translating Greek and Latin commentaries on Aristotle into English.
Stoics.comResources on Stoic philosophy.
Freddoso’s Summa TheologiaeAlfred Freddoso’s new translation of Aquinas’s Summa Theologiae.
The Encyclopédie Collaborative Translation ProjectCollaborative English translation of Diderot and d’Alembert’s French Encyclopédie.
Electronic EnlightenmentScholarly edition of Enlightenment correspondence, linking letters across figures and nations.
Kant’s Critique of Pure ReasonOnline resources for studying Kant’s first Critique.
Hegel.netPortal for Hegel scholarship and resources.
Notes on the Phenomenology of SpiritA close reading and annotation of Hegel’s Phenomenology.
Science of Logic MapVisual map of the structure of Hegel’s Science of Logic.
Kierkegaard.orgKierkegaard texts, biography, and resources.
The Nietzsche ChannelTexts, letters, and secondary literature on Nietzsche.
Heidegger WebsiteResources on Heidegger’s thought, including texts and bibliography.
Existential PrimerIntroduction to existentialist and phenomenological philosophy.
foucault.infoArchive of Foucault’s texts, interviews, and secondary literature.
Online Library of LibertyLiberty Fund’s free digital archive of classical liberal thought.
Founders’ ConstitutionDocumentary collection on the Constitutional founding, edited by Kurland and Lerner.
Avalon ProjectYale Law School’s digital library of law and diplomacy documents.
Constitution SocietyResources on constitutional history and political theory.
Natural Law, Natural Rights and American ConstitutionalismResource site on natural law theory and American founding.
The History of Economic ThoughtEncyclopedic coverage of economic thought from antiquity to the present.
Founders OnlineNational Archives’ searchable edition of the papers of the American founders.
Panagiotis KondylisSite dedicated to the work of the Greek-German political philosopher.
Encyclopedia of PsychoanalysisLacanian psychoanalytic concepts and terms.
The Gifford LecturesArchive of the prestigious Gifford Lectures on natural theology.
Interpretation — A Journal of Political PhilosophyScholarly journal in the Straussian tradition of political philosophy.

Classics

Perseus Digital LibraryThe essential digital library for Greek and Latin texts with morphological tools.
The Internet Classics Archive441 classical texts in translation, freely available.
The Latin LibraryLarge collection of Latin texts from antiquity through the Renaissance.
LOGEIONChicago’s combined Greek and Latin lexicon lookup tool.
Encyclopaedia RomanaJames Grout’s thorough encyclopaedia of Roman history and culture.
LacusCurtius — A Gateway to Ancient RomeExtensive collection of Roman texts, maps, and reference works.
Silva Rhetoricae: The Forest of RhetoricComprehensive guide to classical and Renaissance rhetoric and figures of speech.
Thesaurus Linguae GraecaeComprehensive digital library of ancient Greek texts from Homer to 1453 CE.
Bibliotheca AugustanaDigital library of texts in Latin, Greek, and other ancient and medieval languages.
AttalusTranslations and resources for ancient Greek and Roman history.
Corpus CorporumRepository of Latin texts from antiquity to the modern era, hosted at Zürich.
Ancient-Greece.orgReference site for ancient Greek history, geography, and culture.
Ancient Language InstituteIntensive instruction in ancient Greek and Latin.
Loeb Classical LibraryGreek and Latin texts with facing English translations. Via Meem Library proxy.
A Digital Tutorial for Ancient GreekOnline supplement to Chase and Phillips’ Greek grammar.
Textkit Greek and LatinFree classical language learning resources, grammars, and texts.
Clarendon Aristotle SeriesOxford’s scholarly translations of Aristotle with detailed philosophical commentary.

Arabic

Semitic Roots RepositoryDatabase of Proto-Semitic roots and cognates across Semitic languages.
Quran BrowserSide-by-side Quranic text with multiple translations and tafsir.
Quran.comArabic text with translations, transliterations, and recitations.
Quranic Arabic CorpusMorphological annotation and syntactic treebank of the entire Quran.
Quranic Root Words — Kuran.WikiList of all root words in the Quran with frequency and occurrences.
Aratools Arabic-English DictionarySearchable Arabic-English dictionary with root and pattern analysis.
Al-Maktaba al-ShamelaThe largest digital library of classical Arabic Islamic texts.
Living Arabic ProjectComprehensive dictionary of Modern Standard and dialectal Arabic.
Tafsir Al-Mizan‘Allamah Tabataba’i’s philosophical exegesis of the Quran in English translation.
Sunnah.comSearchable collection of hadith from the major collections.
Muhammad Asad’s QuranMuhammad Asad’s acclaimed translation and commentary, The Message of the Qur’an.
Lane’s LexiconEdward Lane’s monumental Arabic-English lexicon, digitized and searchable.
Al-Waraq Arabic Books DepositoryLarge searchable database of classical Arabic texts.
Brock’s Quran ReaderAn interlinear Quran reader designed for close linguistic study.

Religion

BibleGatewayBible in dozens of translations, with search and parallel reading tools.
Catena Bible and CommentariesScripture with linked patristic and medieval commentaries in catena form.
Early Jewish LibraryTexts from the Second Temple period including Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, and Dead Sea Scrolls.
SefariaLiving library of Jewish texts — Torah, Talmud, midrash, and more — in Hebrew and English.
Full Zohar OnlineComplete text of the Zohar in Aramaic with English translation.
Early Christian LibraryCollection of early Christian texts from the first four centuries.
Christian Classics Ethereal LibraryDigitized library of classic Christian texts.
New AdventCatholic Encyclopedia, Church Fathers, Summa, and other Catholic reference works.
Documenta Catholica OmniaVast collection of Catholic theological and ecclesiastical documents.
ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval StudiesReference resources for medieval studies including primary texts and encyclopedia entries.
Access to InsightTheravada Buddhist texts, teachings, and resources.
The Gnosis ArchiveGnostic scriptures, texts, and resources on Western esoteric traditions.
The Alchemy Web SiteExtensive archive of alchemical texts and imagery.
Sacred Text ArchiveLarge free archive of religious and spiritual texts from around the world.

Mathematics & Science

The Feynman Lectures on PhysicsCaltech’s free online edition of Feynman’s legendary undergraduate physics lectures.
arXiv.orgOpen-access preprint server for physics, mathematics, computer science, and related fields.
nLabWiki for mathematics from the perspective of category theory and homotopy type theory.
MacTutor IndexSt. Andrews’ history of mathematics archive with biographies and topic essays.
The Euler ArchiveDigital repository of Euler’s collected works and correspondence.
Euclid’s Elements GuideDavid Joyce’s annotated and interactive edition of Euclid’s Elements.
Wolfram MathWorldComprehensive mathematical encyclopedia.
Explained VisuallyInteractive visual explanations of mathematical and statistical concepts.
Astronomy Picture of the DayNASA’s daily astronomical photograph with explanation by a professional astronomer.
WIKISKY.ORG — Interactive Sky MapInteractive map of the sky with object identification.
PAT — The Free, Open Source, Portable AtlasLightweight offline atlas application.
Project EulerChallenging mathematical and programming problems for computational exploration.
The Galileo ProjectRice University’s information resource on the life and work of Galileo Galilei.
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science LibraryDigital resources and research at the intersection of science and history.
Euclid’s Elements GuideDavid Joyce’s annotated and interactive edition of Euclid’s Elements.
Iconographic Encyclopædia of Science, Literature, and ArtDigitized plates from the 1851 Iconographic Encyclopaedia.
Nuclear Weapon ArchiveTechnical history and documentation of nuclear weapons development.
NUKEMAPInteractive tool for visualizing the effects of nuclear weapons on any location.

Technology

Folklore.org: The Original MacintoshAndy Hertzfeld’s collected stories from the development of the original Macintosh.
The Unix Heritage SocietyPreservation of early Unix source code and history.
Computer History MuseumMuseum and archive dedicated to the history of computing.
BitsaversArchive of old computer manuals, software, and documentation.
Jargon FileThe original hacker culture dictionary.
BYTE Magazine ArchivesArchived issues of BYTE magazine, a foundational personal computing publication.
The Geocities GalleryBrowsable archive of the original Geocities website neighbourhoods.
Introducing Humdog: Pandora’s Vox ReduxHumdog’s influential 1994 essay on identity and community online.
Web Design MuseumCollection of archived websites documenting web design history from 1991–2006.
T E X T F I L E S D O T C O MJason Scott’s archive of text files from the BBS era.
The Digital AntiquarianJimmy Maher’s history of computer games and digital culture.
Uses ThisInterviews with interesting people about the tools they use to do their work.
ciechanow.skiBartosz Ciechanowski’s beautifully interactive visual explanations of technical topics.
Butterick’s Practical TypographyMatthew Butterick’s essential guide to typography for writers.
The Old NetBrowse the early web through period-accurate browser emulation.
WibySearch engine for the old web — simple, text-based personal sites.
ProtowebReconstruction of the early web as it appeared in the 1990s.
Free Software FoundationAdvocacy organization for free software and user computing freedoms.
Electronic Frontier FoundationDigital civil liberties organization defending freedom online.
The Art of Unix ProgrammingEric S. Raymond’s classic text on Unix philosophy and practice.
Operating Systems: Three Easy PiecesFree, well-regarded textbook on operating systems fundamentals.
The Linux Documentation ProjectGuides, HOWTOs, and FAQs for Linux.
explainshell.comPastes a shell command and explains each part.
The Missing Semester of Your CS EducationMIT’s course on practical computing tools most CS curricula leave out.
LWN.netIn-depth coverage of the Linux kernel and free software ecosystem.
Gwern.netGwern Branwen’s long-form essays on psychology, statistics, technology, and culture.
Joel on Software ArchiveJoel Spolsky’s influential essays on software development and management.
Paul GrahamEssays on startups, programming languages, and related topics.
Idle Words — Maciej CeglowskiMaciej Ceglowski’s essays on technology, travel, and the internet.
CommonMarkThe standard specification for Markdown syntax.
Markdown Cheat SheetQuick reference for Markdown syntax.
QuartoOpen source scientific and technical publishing system built on Pandoc.

Music

ARP 2600 ManualOfficial manual for the ARP 2600 synthesizer.
SyntorialInteractive ear-training course for synthesizer sound design.
Synth Secrets — Sound On SoundGordon Reid’s classic tutorial series on synthesis and sound design.
Welsh’s Synthesizer CookbookRecipes for recreating classic synthesizer patches and sounds.
Museum of Endangered SoundsArchive of disappearing technological sounds — dial-up modems, old ringtones, etc.
Every Noise at OnceAlgorithmically-generated map of the entire Spotify genre landscape.
Conserve the SoundOnline museum of disappearing and endangered sounds from old devices.
SynthtopiaNews and reviews covering synthesizers and electronic music.
Vintage Synth ExplorerDatabase of vintage synthesizers with specifications and reviews.
VCV RackFree, open source modular synthesizer software.
Learning SynthsAbleton’s interactive introduction to synthesizers.
120 Years of Electronic MusicHistory of electronic musical instruments from the 1880s to the 1990s.
MODWIGGLERCommunity forum for modular synthesizer enthusiasts.
Music Thing ModularTom Whitwell’s DIY Eurorack module designs and synthesizer culture writing.
Electric DruidTom Wiltshire’s resources on analogue electronics and synthesizer DIY.
Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic MusicComprehensive, opinionated interactive history of electronic music genres.
Encyclopedia of Electronic MusicReference encyclopaedia of electronic music.
Krautrock.comResource site for German experimental and kosmische music.
GNOSISMagazine and archive dedicated to contemporary experimental and electronic music.
Smithsonian FolkwaysSmithsonian’s non-profit record label and archive of folk, world, and traditional music.
A Soft MurmurAmbient sound mixer — rain, thunder, waves, and other background noise.