The Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/
The Internet Public Library is the first public library of the Internet. Librarians at the University of Michigan run the service. They find, evaluate, select, organize, describe, and create quality information resources. It contains a directory of thousands of online texts, browsable and searchable by author, title, and Dewey Decimal system. You can ask a reference question, relax in the reading room, or search the catalog.

William Shakespeare
http://www.bartleby.com/people/Shakespe.html
This site has the text of Shakespeare's writings along with some commentary. In addition to the 37 plays, 154 sonnets, and miscellaneous sonnets and poems, there are more than 1500 quotations from Bartlett's and writings about Shakespeare, including essays and commentaries and the famous "Tales from Shakespeare" by Charles and Mary Lamb that weaves Shakespeare's words with their own for easier understanding.

Newslink
http://newslink.org/
If you want the full story on almost anything, you'll find links to newspapers and magazines from around the world at this site. More than 3,400 U.S. newspapers and 2,000 non-U.S. papers are available. Pick a story and see how different papers cover it. Are some papers more sensational than others? Do reporters outside of the U.S. view things differently? This is the place to start finding out.