Finding Darwin Information on the Web

• Darwin's Written Works
• The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online [Cambridge University, UK]
  A single site for all of Darwin's published and unpublished writings, including a major catalog of Darwin's publications and manuscripts worldwide.
• Darwin Correspondence Project [Cambridge University, UK] - Searchable database of Darwin's complete correspondence, including annotations and biographical material.
• Works about Darwin and Evolution
• Darwin Exhibit [American Museum of Natural History, New York]
• Darwin's obituary [New York Times, April 21, 1882, p.5]
• Darwin Biography and Resource List [from LucidCafe.com]
• How did evolutionary theory develop? [Natural History Museum, London]
• Evolution 101 and How does evolution impact my life? [University of California Museum of Paleontology]
• Photos
• Darwin's Landscape Laboratory including a panoramic virtual tour
• Darwin's home, Down House [from EnglishHeritage.org]
• The C. Warren Irvin, Jr. Collection of Charles Darwin and Darwiniana [University of South Carolina]
• Photos from AboutDarwin.com
• Video & Audio
• Professor Eakin Lectures as Charles Darwin
  Professor Emeritus Richard M. Eakin of the UCB Dept. of Zoology lectures as Charles Darwin [Requires Windows Media Player, from the UC Berkeley Media Resources Center]
• Darwin's Legacy [Stanford University's Continuing Studies]
• Darwinvaganza [podcast from Radiolab, WNYC]
• Science Podcast on Darwin [from The World, radio program from PRI, the BBC, and WGBH]
• For Kids
• Evolving Planet [Field Museum, Chicago]
• How to Make Your Own Darwin Stickers [Swarthmore College]
• Tools
• Academic Earth - Free lectures from Berkeley, Yale, Stanford and more.
• Google Books - Search the full text of thousands of digitized books.
  • Books in copyright are partially viewable in "preview" or "snippet" mode; out-of-copyright books can be read in their entirety.
• Google Video - Find videos across the Web.
• Internet Archive - Established to "provide universal access to human knowledge." Find out-of-copyright full-text books, historic photographs, moving images, audio/music files, etc.
• iTunes Free software from Apple that provides a searchable store containing some free audio and video offerings. Try searching for "iTunes U" (for university lectures) or "UC Berkeley lectures."
  • See example screenshots for iTunes U or UC Berkeley Lectures.
• MIT OpenCourseWare - Free lecture notes, exams, and videos from MIT.
• Project Gutenberg - Over 28,000 free, full-text out-of-copyright books.
• YouTube - Find videos
  • UC Berkeley's YouTube Channel - Find lectures, talks, events and more.
• WorldCat.org - Find books and other materials in libraries near you.

 

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