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Wikisource
online multilingual library that collects open-content source material
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peer-reviewed open-access journal
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Wiktionary
free online multilingual dictionary
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Wikiversity
online multilingual collaborative project for learning materials
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Wikiquote
free multilingual online collection of quotes
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Wikibooks
free multilingual online collection of textbooks
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MediaWiki
free and open-source wiki software, developed by the Wikimedia Foundation
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Wikidata
free multilingual online knowledge graph
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Wikimapia - Let's describe the whole world!
Wikimapia is an online editable map - you can describe any place on Earth. Or just surf the map discovering tonns of already marked places.
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Free eBooks | Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg is a library of over 75,000 free eBooks. Choose from ebook formats or read online. No fees, no registration, no ads.
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Curlie - The Collector of URLs
Curlie directory - Collector of URLs
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Standard Ebooks: Free and liberated ebooks, carefully produced for the true book lover
Free and liberated ebooks, carefully produced for the true book lover. Download free ebooks with professional-quality formatting and typography, in formats compatible with your ereader.
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Client Challenge
non-profit educational organization
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RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
RePEc is a central index of economics research, including working papers, articles and software code
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dict.cc | German-English dictionary
dict.cc German-English dictionary - English-German translations.
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Learn to Code for Free
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LibriVox | free public domain audiobooks
public domain audiobook project
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MusicBrainz - the open music encyclopedia
online music metadata database
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Wikidot - Free and Pro Wiki Hosting
Polish wiki hosting corporation
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Client Challenge
distributor of eBooks and other digital media
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