The Internet Public Library. This is the Internet's free library. Michigan Electronic Library. Like The Internet Public Library, this is a great source of ready reference material such as dictionaries, almanacs, fact books and the like. In addition to providing electronic texts itself, the Library also closely monitors developments in electronic information delivery.
Electronic texts are available for downloading from many sites.
An excellent starting point is The E-text Archives , which provides comprehensive information about a range of material available in electronic format. If you are interested in gaining access to electronic texts, this is a good place to start, as it contains links to many important sites, including Project Gutenberg , one of the best known E-text sites.