This is a compiled list of general areas of interest, material free on the Internet.

Free e-books

Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts
Collection of public domain documents from American and English literature as well as Western philosophy.

Bartleby
A multitude of titles.

Bookboon
Free textbooks online.

DOAB
Directory of Open Access Books.

Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia
Online texts and downloadable e-books.

Laddaner.nu
A multitude of known titles.

Lifty
A large collection of fiction.

OAPEN Library
Open Access publishing of new titles primarily in the humanities and social sciences.

The Online Books Page
Index of electronic books in English.

The National Academies Press
Books in pdf-format for free downloading.

Project Gutenberg
Older classic literature.

Project Runeberg
Older classic Scandinavian literature.

Dissertations

DiVA
Dissertations in full text from a selection of Scandinavian universities.

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

Acapela
Multilingual text to speech portfolio.

English - Swedish; Swedish - English, dictionary
Dictionary

The Quotations page
Collection of over 23 000 quotations.

Wikipedia
The free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.