5 Online Libraries for Online Research

Studying online can save you time and money. Here’s why. Most online libraries are 100% free which will save money you received from your scholarships and grants for other things like paying rent or paying for your actual tuition.  Online research can also save you time because unlike in physical libraries where you have to search for books or articles that match your subject; online, all you have to do is type in keywords and select your reading material from a list.  Many online libraries are even state and college approved to be used for reference material by students like you! Here are the top five online libraries for research.

Research Guide for Students

A Research Guide for Students is an easy to search guide to all things research including how-to’s for writing papers, documentaries, Style Guides and much more. The website also contains a great deal of informative articles in their virtual library. Articles are arranged by the Dewey Decimal system for easy search and range in study topics from Computers/Reference, Psychology/Philosophy,  Religion, Mythology, Social Sciences, History, Language, Science, Math, Technology, Health, Business, Arts, Music, Sports, Literature and Geography.  In some cases, actual free lessons are linked to the article so that the student may learn about the subject matter.   

Library of Congress

The Library of Congress is one of the largest libraries in the world so it only makes sense that the Library of Congress Online is a great place to research. The online library has multiple sections of research and reference books as well as copyright information, photo archives, presidential archives and much more. This information is available freely to the public and may be searched on the site and referenced in research papers.

Internet Public Library

The Internet Public Library is a branch of the physical public library that you would normally walk into to check out a book. While there aren’t quite as many books available, the internet version has a large collection of books and reference material in most study areas. This material is available for free via the website and may be searched for by author, title or initials. Reference material is housed in 12 categories with more than 50 sub categories.

InfoMine

While InfoMine was not created by a school or government institution, it is sponsored by several universities as a reference material source. The website provides a great deal of free information and study material in the areas of politics, economics, history, science, agriculture and more.  However, the site is mainly devoted to providing significant information about the mining industry. The site also offers paid subscriptions in order to receive email lessons/information/news and much more.

Biomed Central

Biomed Central is a website devoted almost exclusively to providing free information for medical students.  The site hosts a variety of information including articles, books and news on medical incidents, diseases, and etc.  Also, there are a group of doctors in the medical field who regularly review all of Biomed Centrals content to ensure that it is fit for use as reference and study material