Element K (formerly Ziff-Davis University, an extensive technical training site for the computer-literate)
www.elementk.com/

Ellis Island (find your immigrant ancestors in the Ellis Island database, and find out more about the island and the people who came to America through it)
www.ellisislandrecords.org/

eMind (online learning targets for accounting, banking, IT, insurance, and securities)
www.emind.com/

Emode (tests of all sorts)
www.emode.com/

Empire State Building
www.esbnyc.com/index2.cfm

Emplive (online site of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's interactive rock&roll museum)
www.emplive.com

eNature (a National Wildlife Federation-acquired site that maintains a compendium of info on wildlife, habitats, and outdoor activities)
www.enature.com/

Encarta (online version of Microsoft's CD-based encyclopedia; the free access areas cover a great deal of turf, but it's $40/year to access the whole thing)
encarta.msn.com/

Enchanted Learning (tons of fun things for kids on this site)
www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html

Encyclopedia of Monsters, Mythical Creatures and Fabulous Beasts (just what it says, and a fascinating read)
webhome.idirect.com/~donlong/monsters/monsters.htm

Encyclopedia Mythica (online encyclopedia of all things mythical)
pantheon.org/mythica/

English Server (site devoted to disseminating thousands of documents, most related to the arts or humanities)
eserver.org/

Entertainment Weekly (online presence of the magazine)
www.ew.com/ew/

epGuides (more television episodes listed here than even the most devoted couch potato can absorb)
www.epguides.com/

Ephemeranow.com (site dedicated to the advertising and illustration art of mid- century America)
www.ephemeranow.com/

Epicurious Food (large site, associated with Bon Appetit and Gourmet magazines, with streaming video tutorials for adventurous cooks, recipes, and wine recommendations)
www.epicurious.com/

eWeb University (compendium of online courses from a variety of sources)
www.ewebuniversity.com/

Experience Music Project (Paul Allen's huge interactive rock & roll site)
www.emplive.com/

Explore Mars (Flash-based interactive simulator that emulates being on a base on Mars)
www.exploremarsnow.org/

Exploratorium (large, highly interactive online museum)
www.exploratorium.org/

eSylvan (online tutoring; pricey but reliable)
www.esylvan.com/

Fact Finder (one-stop source of basic trivia and facts)
www.iwon.com/home/search/factcity_tutorial

Fact Monster (factoids pertaining to geography, history, sports, math, and science, along with an almanac, online games, and more)
www.factmonster.com/

Fahrenheit to Celsius Converter (and vice versa)
www.wbuf.noaa.gov/tempfc.htm

Fast Food Facts (interactive food finder for American fast food outlets, giving calories, fat, and other info)
www.olen.com/food/

FastWeb.com (large site primarily devoted to scholarship info)
www.fastweb.com/

Fathers Network (online community of fathers, with a heavy focus on special-needs parenting)
www.fathersnetwork.org/

Federal Election Commission (government site focusing on campaign finance, but with good breakdowns of the Electoral College and voter statistics)
www.fec.gov/

Fedworld (excellent gateway site to the myriad government Web sites)
www.fedworld.gov/

Festival Finder (hunt down music festivals across North America)
www.festivalfinder.com/

Filmcritic (online listing of more than 3000 reviews and feature stories written by a variety of film critics)
www.filmcritic.com/

FilmWise (lots of interactive quizzes and trivia for film mavens)
www.filmwise.com/

FinAid! (devoted to the fine art of nailing down financial aid)
www.finaid.org/

Find A Grave (excellent ancestry research site, with over 2.8 million gravesites registered)
www.findagrave.com/

Find Articles (database of thousands of print articles from over 300 publications)
www.findarticles.com/

Findforms (find legal forms of all kinds here)
www.findforms.com/

FindTutorials (both a search engine and index of Web sites that offer teaching and tutorials on everything from macrame to chaos theory) www.findtutorials.com/

First Flight Centennial (site that honors the Wright Brothers' achievements, and provides info about the Wright Bros. museum, the Memorial, and the Outer Banks)
www.firstflightcentennial.org/

FirstGov (directory of the people and offices in the federal branch of the US Government)
www.firstgov.gov/

Fitness Online (configurable site that provides info on exercise, nutrition, and health and wellness)
www.fitnessonline.com/

FleetKids (site for young entrepreneurs)
www.fleetkids.com/

Foliage Network (updated info on the changing seasons and Nature's related displays of foliage and color)
www.foliagenetwork.com/

Food Network (online home of the cable TV network)
www.foodnetwork.com/

Footnote TV (good site for TV watchers who don't catch the references on their favorite shows)
www.footnotetv.com/

Footnotes to History (lots of fascinating sidebars and footnotes to history)
www.buckyogi.com/footnotes/

Fragx (site that publishes creative writing, etc)
www.fragx.com/

Free E-Books (mostly classics, most formatted for Microsoft Reader)
ebooks.bn.com/ms_reader/special_features/free_ebooks.asp

FREE: Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
www.ed.gov/free/

Free Koran (read the Koran online)
www.freekoran.com/

FreeDeckPlans (hundreds of free DekBrands designs, most of which can be built in a day)
www.freedeckplans.com/

Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room
foia.fbi.gov/

FreeSkills (good training site with over 250 full online training courses, all free)
www.freeskills.com/

Freeware Humpherlinks (good source site for kids' links, downloads, and more)
www.humph3.freeserve.co.uk/

Froguts (virtual frog dissection)
www.froguts.com/

Fun School (games for children from preschool age to sixth grade)
www.funschool.com/

FunBrain (lots of educational and entertaining activities for kids and adults alike)
www.funbrain.com/

Games Kids Play (good source to find out about all those neato outdoor kid games like Dodge Ball and Red Rover, along with car games, etc.)
www.gameskidsplay.net/

Gander Academy's Theme-Related Resources (huge, varied site with material on all kinds of topics)
www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/themes.html

GangRule (history of organized crime)
www.gangrule.com/

The Garden Helper (gobs of gardening info, much of it oriented to less experienced users)
www.thegardenhelper.com/

The Gateway (government-sponsored source site for Internet-based lesson plans and educational resources)
thegateway.org/

Generous Books (good site to help set up and run a book discussion club)
www.generousbooks.com/

Geo-Globe (excellent interactive geography site)
library.thinkquest.org/10157/

George Harrison: All Things Must Pass (well-done biographical and musical site by the late ex-Beatle)
www.allthingsmustpass.com/

GetCrafty (resources for crafters)
www.getcrafty.com/

GetBig (site for body-building and fitness, especially targeted for those looking to pump themselves up)
www.getbig.com/

GetNetWise (good site for info on safe Net surfing)
www.getnetwise.org/

Ghostsites (screenshots of thousands of expired and dead Web sites, mostly preserved for ironic and humorous reasons)
www.disobey.com/ghostsites/index.shtml

GIST TV (schedules, gossip, and more about television)
www.gist.com/tv/

Globewide Network Academy (one of the first, and largest, sources of online learning)
www.gnacademy.org/

Grimm Brothers (undiluted Grimm Brothers fairy tales)
www.nationalgeographic.com/grimm/

GNOD ("Global Network of Dreams"; an experiment in AI that lets users input their favorite music, movies, or Websites and be directed to new ones that GNOD recommends. Interesting, but it struck me on my last visit as more of a sophisticated marketing ploy than anything else)
www.gnod.net/

GoCollege (another extensive info site for colleges)
www.gocollege.com/

Gods, Heroes, and Myth (informative source site)
www.gods-heros-myth.com/

Google University Search (spidered results from university web sites)
www.google.com/options/universities.html

Guggenheim Art Museum (combines slide shows of displays with original Internet art)
www.guggenheim.org/

Guidestar (guide to charities -- who they are, how much they donate, etc)
www.guidestar.org/

Guinness World Records
www.guinnessworldrecords.com/home.asp

Handspeak (good site for learning American and International Sign Language)
www.handspeak.com/

Harlem Live (Web magazine produced by teens living around New York City between ages 13 and 21; includes news, investigative articles, opinions, personal essays, photography, and poetry)
harlemlive.org/

HBO4Kids (site helping kids learn the value of a dollar, and how to earn a few)
www.hbo4kids.com/

The Heart - An Online Exploration (good site for info about the human heart)
sln.fi.edu/biosci/heart.html

Heavens-Above (excellent site for tracking satellites and other astronomical info)
www.heavens-above.com/main.asp

Helping.org (site correlating the myriad non-profit organizations out there)
www.helping.org/

Herman the Worm (great site for learning about earthworms and the ways they interact with our environment)
www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/worms/index.html

The Hidden Song Archive (find those hidden CD tracks)
www.hiddensongs.com/

High School Hub (large site linking to numerous sites of interest to high school students and teachers)
highschoolhub.org/hub/hub.htm

Historic Hotels of America (lots of info on both their history and their current accessibility)
www.historichotels.org/index.htm

History of the Internet
www.let.leidenuniv.nl/history/ivh/frame_theorie.html

History/Social Studies Web Site for K-12 Teachers
www.execpc.com/~dboals/boals.html

History's Women: The Unsung Heroines
www.historyswomen.com

Hobbes' Internet Timeline
www.zakon.org/robert/internet/timeline/

Holiday Lesson Plans and Activities
www.mrdonn.org/holidays.html

Holidays on the Net (lots of info and resources for holiday celebrations)
www.holidays.net/

Hollywood Stock Exchange (buy and sell the futures of your favorite film stars)
www.hsx.com/

Home and Garden Television (site for the popular cable TV channel)
www.hgtv.com/

Home Arts (page devoted to the stay-at-home parent)
www.homearts.com/

Home Energy Saver (advice on how to make your home more energy-efficient)
www.homeenergysaver.lbl.gov/

Home Sewing Association (all things sewing, lots of projects)
www.sewing.org/

Horror Writers Association (lots of info about horror fiction and authors)
www.horror.org/

Houghton Mifflin Education Place (lots of educational activities and games)
eduplace.com/

How Stuff Works (just what it says; very comprehensive)
www.howstuffworks.com/

HubbleSite (lots of graphical presentations and info about the Hubble Space Telescope -- some beautiful stuff here)
hubble.stsci.edu/

Hyperart (cutting-edge showcase of digital art)
hyperart.com/

Hyperhistory (historical time line that lets you view specific people, history, or events)
www.hyperhistory.com/

I Know That (good information and activities site for kids, teachers, etc.)
www.iknowthat.com/Welcome/Welcome.htm

Ice Magazine (keep up with new music releases)
www.icemagazine.com/

Identity Theft Resource Center (go here if someone has stolen your identidy for fradulent purposes)
www.idtheftcenter.org/

Idiom Site (informational site for American idiom and slang)
www.idiomsite.com/

IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
www.computer.org/annals/

iFilm (lots of info about films past and present)
www.ifilm.com/

iGrandparents (large site devoted to grandparents and grandparenting, including a section on getting your grandfolks involved with the Internet)
www.igrandparents.com/

Infection Detection (kids' site; fun facts about microbes, etc.)
www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/infection/index.html

Infoplease (tremendous information resource, whether you need an encyclopedia, almanac, dictionary, or atlas)
www.infoplease.com/

Information Outpost (good information site that lets you submit queries to human researchers)
www.informationoutpost.com/page.cfm

Inner Body (good educational site for the body's inner workings)
www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html

Insects on the Web (great site for kids and adults who are interested in the wide, wide world of bugs)
www.bugbios.com/

Interactive Star Chart (wonder what constellations are overhead right now? find out here)
www.mystarslive.com/

International Space University (renowned online graduate school granting diplomas in various aerospace and science fields)
www.isunet.edu/

Internet Movie Database (IMDB -- everything you wanted to know about films and the film industry)
www.imdb.com/

Internet Plasma Physics Education Experience (learn about fusion reactions, electricity, and more)
ippex.pppl.gov/

Internet Public Library
www.ipl.org/

Internet Public Library Pathfinders Subject Index (research and category guides to the IPL database)
www.ipl.org/div/pf/

Internet Web Archive (thousands of gone-but-not-forgotten Web sites are archived here -- you know you gotta go)
www.archive.org/index.html

Internships (find out about public and private intern opportunities)
www.internships.com/

Internet ScamBusters (a site devoted to debunking the waves of Internet myths and frauds circulating throughout the Net)
www.scambusters.com/

IPEDS College Opportunities Online (government site that lists over 9000 colleges, universities, and vocational schools, with pertinent info on each)
nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cool/

IRS Tax Forms (free for the download)
www.irs.gov/formspubs/index.html

Itools (lots of language and research tools here)
www.itools.com/

J.R. Mooneyham's Illustrated Speculative Timeline of Future Technology and Social Change
kurellian.tripod.com/

Janes (online version of the classic guide to military hardware)
www.janes.com/

JASON Project (online home of the famous Jason oceanographic exploration)
www.jasonproject.org/

Jef Raskin's Home Page (home site of the legendary Mac designer and computer geek extraordinaire)
www.jefraskin.com/

Jeff's All Things Robot Links (fascinating site for info on robots old and new)
www.jeffbots.com/realbots.html

Jim Loy's Home Page (a true Renaissance man; this guy has links and info on just about any topic you might think of)
www.jimloy.com/

Joseph Wu's Origami Page (great site for those interested in this ancient art form, with info for both novices and the experienced paper folder)
www.origami.vancouver.bc.ca/

Journal of Applied Treknology (hard-core Trekkies will die for this site)
www.treknology.org/

JunkScience (a site devoted to debunking the fraudulent and mythical aspects of popular scientific beliefs; be warned, they seem to have a political agenda also)
www.junkscience.com/

Junior's Juke Joint (great blues site, not only music but cultural goodies)
www.deltablues.net/

Jurassic Park Institute (all things dino)
www.jpinstitute.com/

Just Give (good site for info on hundreds of non-profit charities)
www.justgive.org/

Kaplan Colleges (online coursework in business, IT, paralegal, and criminal justice)
www.kaplancollege.com/

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
school.discovery.com/

Keith's Astronomy and Astrophotography Page
home.HiWAAY.net/~krcool/Astro/Astro2.htm

Kids Domain (large fun and educational site for kids of all ages)
www.kidsdomain.com/

Kids' Space (large educational site for younger kids)
www.kids-space.org/

KidsClick (good resource site for online resources for children)
www.kidsclick.org/

The King Center (home site of The Martin Luther King Center for Nonviolent Social Change)
www.thekingcenter.org/

Kitchen Math (how much is a dollop? a pinch? find out here)
www.kitchenmath.com/

KiteBuilder (excellent how-to site)
www.kitebuilder.com/

Knowing Poe (site for Edgar Allen Poe information)
knowingpoe.thinkport.org/

KnowPlay (links to a variety of search engines, reference sites, and more)
www.kplay.cc/

Langtolang (quick and easy translation service)
www.langtolang.com/

Language Cop (online editing service -- send in your text and Language Cop fixes grammatical and syntax errors)
www.languagecop.com/

Language Tools (a wide selection of thesauruses, dictionaries, and Web-based translators)
www.itools.com/lang/

The Lazy Gourmet (self-explanatory; lots of recipes and shortcuts)
www.bkmarcus.com/blog/2004/11/lazy-gourmet.html

Learn 2 Type (just what it says)
www.learn2type.com/

Learn It Online (nice article from Windows Magazine covering the different aspects of online learning)
content.techweb.com/winmag/help/2000/elearning/default.htm

Learn2.com (tutorials on nearly everything imaginable are available here)
www.learn2.com/

The Legacy Project (examines losses experienced by societies as a result of past tragedies through war, genocide, ethnic conflict, and population displacement)
www.legacy-project.org/

Legal Affairs (online home of the legal magazine, oriented towards the layman)
www.legalaffairs.org/

Library of Congress Online Catalog (if you're hunting for a book and only have partial information, this is the site to begin with)
catalog.loc.gov/

LibrarySpot (links to all sorts of reference sites)
www.libraryspot.com/

Lileks (fun nostalgia site)
www.lileks.com/

Links to Free Teacher Resources
www.emunix.emich.edu/~vhughes/Free/

List Organizer (lists for everything from traveling to planning a dinner party)
www.listorganizer.com/

Little Explorers (foreign language site for elementary kids)
www.enchantedlearning.com/dictionary.html

Logos (online translation site, serving over two dozen languages)
www.logos.it/dictionary/owa/sp?lg=EN

Looney Tunes Home Page (now this is a necessity!)
looneytunes.warnerbros.com/

LoveToKnow Encyclopedia (free online encyclopedia based on the Encyclopedia Brittania)
1911encyclopedia.org/

Malaspina Great Books (survey of the world's great thinkers and their works)
www.malaspina.com/

MaMaMedia (free site that lets kids create puzzles, games, pictures, and stories, post them for other kids to play with, play provided educational games, even participate in moderated message boards and go to prescreened Web sites on related topics)
www.mamamedia.com/

Mammoth Cave National Park
www.nps.gov/maca/index.htm

Mapping Your Future (plan your child's future here)