Below is a collection of general astrological resources that you may find informative and helpful.
Please note: Kepler College is not responsible for the content on these pages. They are being provided for your information only.
General Resources
Astronomy Software
Digital Book Collections
EuroDocs: Online Sources for European History
Selected Transcriptions, Facsimiles and Translations. In addition to modern material and texts specific to individual countries, this collection includes: Prehistoric & Ancient Europe Medieval & Renaissance Europe Europe as a Supranational Region
Online Reference Service: IPL – the Internet Public Library & Librarian’s Internet Index
An online reference service - The LII is a publicly-funded, database-driven Web site and weekly newsletter currently managed by The Califa Library Group.
Perseus Digital Library (Greco-Roman & more)
Since planning began in 1985, the Perseus Digital Library Project has explored what happens when libraries move online. Two decades later, as new forms of publication emerge and millions of books become digital, this question is more pressing than ever. Perseus is a practical experiment in which we explore possibilities and challenges of digital collections in a networked world. Perseus maintains a web site that showcases collections and services developed as a part of our research efforts over the years. The code for the digital library system and many of the collections that we have developed are now available. Our flagship collection, under development since 1987, covers the history, literature and culture of the Greco-Roman world. We are applying what we have learned from Classics to other subjects within the humanities and beyond. We have studied many problems over the past two decades, but our current research centers on personalization: organizing what you see to meet your needs.
The National Academies Press
Lots of books and articles to buy, but they also have access to 3000 books available online for free. Many of the books they offer also allow you to browse the table of contents and even a full chapter for free.
University of Pennsylvania’s Online Books
An ongoing project with over 20,000 free books that are available without violating copyright. This is another good starting point for accessing online books as not only does the University of Pennsylvania upload books onto its own site, but it has pointers to books found in other online collection. Not all books in the collection are designed for direct download. See also their Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text and Image http://dewey.library.upenn.edu/sceti/flash.cfm?CFID=2499730&CFTOKEN=40244214 which has virtual facsimiles of rare books and manuscripts in their collection.
Online Calculators
Online Libraries
Alexandria iBase Project
This is a preview of the growing Alexandria iBase Project catalog. The AIP is being created as a resource for all astrologers everywhere. It's intent is to provide research capability to find books located in astrological libraries around the world and to make immediately available copyright released digital materials. Kepler College is one of the sponsors for the AIP, along with the Urania Trust, StarCycles and others.
Peer-review & Scholarly Journals
Directory of Open Access Journals
Huge listing for multiple areas, including Agriculture and Food Sciences, Arts and Architecture, Biology and Life Sciences, Business and Economics, Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Sciences, General Works Health Sciences, History and Archaeology, Languages and Literatures, Law and Political Science, Mathematics and Statistics, Philosophy and Religion, Physics and Astronomy, Science, General Social Sciences, Technology and Engineering
PubMed Central (PMC) – biomedial & life sciences
The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.
Registry of Open Access Repository Material Archiving Policies (international list)
This is an excellent collection of links to online repositories for institutions around the world
SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System
Approximately 300,000 free full-text articles maintained by Harvard University.
Stanford’s HighWire Press – Full-text science articles
Advertises itself as the world's largest, free full-text science archive.
Podcasts
Collection of previous community webinars offered by Kepler and now available for viewing online.
This is a protected site. The password is currently: kweb15
References
Astrology Research.Net
The RGCSA is an independent research group, which has been set up to monitor standards of research in astrology and promote the use of sound scientific methods in empirical studies. The group aims to stimulate and facilitate the critical study of astrology as judged by the disciplines of social statistics, sociology, psychology, and cultural studies, and to provide the basis for inter-university and international collaboration on research into astrology.
Bartleby – reference books
This internet publisher has a large number of reference books along with literature and non-fiction titles, including Strunk's Elements of Style, Columbia Encyclopedia, Harvard Classics and poetry collections. The books in the main section are set up for online reading rather than download, although there are a significant number of free ebooks that can be downloaded in eReader formats.
Chinese Philosophical eText Archive
The archive is based at Wesleyan University, and gratefully acknowledges support from Wesleyan, the Mansfield Freeman Center for East Asian Studies, and the New England Council of the Association of Asian Studies. You will find three kinds of materials here: Electronic versions of Chinese philosophical texts created by the Confucian Etext Project; Electronic versions of Chinese philosophical texts from other sources, to some of which we have made minor improvements; and Information on and links to more information on the preparation and use of these texts.
Digital International Astrology Library (DIAL)
A Repertory of Ancient Astrological Works collected by Patrice Guinard, PhD
Encyclopedia Mythica
Please enter the award-winning internet encyclopedia of mythology, folklore, and religion. Here you will find everything from A-gskw to Zveda Vechanyaya, with plenty in between.
Freemasons, Templars, Rosicrucians
This section contains books written from 1723 to 1924 about the various societies where esoteric knowledge was shared through specific "secret" socieities.
History of Astronomy Commission
This website contains latest news and reports as well as further information on the Commission‘s structure, Working Groups, aims, history, recent activities, etc, and archival materials and documents.
International Society for Archaeoastronomy and Astronomy in Culture
Information on symposia and their journal
Skyscript Study Library – Online astrology texts
Skyscript has collected links to resources all over the web.
The Catholic Encyclopedia
Online version of a great resource. It proposes to give its readers “full and authoritative information on the entire cycle of Catholic interests, action and doctrine.”
Specialized Collections
Al-Islam – Ahlul Bayt Digital Islamic Library Project
A multimedia site on Islam and Islamic beliefs
Early Americas Digital Archive (documents from 1492 to 1820)
The Early Americas Digital Archive (EADA) is a collection of electronic texts and links to texts originally written in or about the Americas from 1492 to approximately 1820. Open to the public for research and teaching purposes, EADA is published and supported by the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH) under the general editorship of Professor Ralph Bauer, at the University of Maryland at College Park. Intended as a long-term and inter-disciplinary project in progress committed to exploring the intersections between traditional humanities research and digital technologies, it invites scholars from all disciplines to submit their editions of early American texts for publication on this site. Texts may be submitted with or without introductions and annotations, as fully marked-up .xml documents or as "plain-text" files. Full credit will be given to contributing guest editors for their work.
Religious Studies Web Guide – links to resources about world religions
Links to websites with information about the various religions of the world
The Digital Scriptorium – Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts
The Digital Scriptorium is a growing image database of medieval and renaissance manuscripts that unites scattered resources from many institutions into an international tool for teaching and scholarly research. It bridges the gap between a diverse user community and the limited resources of libraries by means of sample imaging and extensive rather than intensive cataloguing.
The World of Dante – a multimedia research tool
The World of Dante is a multi-media research tool intended to facilitate the study of the Divine Comedy through a wide range of offerings. These include an encoded Italian text which allows for structured searches and analyses, an English translation, interactive maps, diagrams, music, a database, timeline and gallery of illustrations. Many of these features allow users to engage the poem dynamically through the integrated components of this site.
