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1. FreeOfficial Document System of the United Nations

The ODS covers all types of official United Nations documentation originating from duty stations worldwide, including selective documents of the regional commissions: Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and Economic Commission for Europe (ECE). Comprehensive coverage starts in 1993. Older United Nations documents are added to the system on a daily basis. Selective coverage of General Assembly and Security Council documentation currently reaches back to 1985. The ODS also provides access to the resolutions of the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council and the Trusteeship Council from 1946 onwards.

2. FreeOld-maps.co.uk

Landmark Information Group: Digital historical map archive of 19th century Ordnance Survey maps of Britain. To locate a map, enter a place name, address or coordinate (OS Grid Reference) then click the Search button. Alternatively go to the County Gazetteer to select a place name.

3. FreeOld News Copy

Index of Victorian newspapers which is constantly growing and covers almost every item published in a particular edition of a newspaper. Including advertisements, shipping lists, market reports, court reports and all general commentary. Index covers various editions from the 1840's through to the 1920's and will be continually expanded.

4. FreeOlympic Medal Winners

Official website of the Olympic movement: The Olympic medal winner database is compiled using data taken from official publications containing Olympic results produced by the Organising Committees at the end of each edition of the Games.

5. FreeOMNI: Organising Medical Networked Information

OMNI, published in the UK, is a free catalogue of hand-selected and evaluated Internet resources in the fields of health & medicine, nursing, animal health, biomedicine, the natural world and agriculture, food & forestry.

6. FreeOnline Australian Newspapers

onlinenewspapers.com: Australian newspapers for information on local issues, politics, events, celebrations, people and business. Looking for accommodation, shopping, bargains and weather then this is the place to start. Information about holidays, vacations, resorts, real estate and property together with finance, stock market and investments reports; also look for theater, movies, culture, entertainment, activities and events all covered in Australian newspapers.

7. FreeOnline Books Page

University of Pennsylvania Library: The Online Books Page is a website that facilitates access to books that are freely readable over the Internet. Major parts of the site include: an index of thousands of online books freely readable on the Internet; pointers to significant directories and archives of online texts; special exhibits of particularly interesting classes of online books; and information on how readers can help support the growth of online books.

8. FreeOnline Conversions

AskNumbers.com: This website provides online conversions for different kind of metrics such as length and distance; weight and mass; volume; temperature; date and time; pressure; area; computer storage; energy and work; power; torque; circular and angle; frequency; force; electrical; radiation; speed; density; light; acceleration; viscosity; flow rate; sound; data transfer; currency; clothing and shoe sizes; and cooking.

9. FreeOnline Dictionary of Playground Slang

This dictionary is home to words known as Playground Slang. It began simply as a collection of slang children used in school to describe their world. Over time the collection has expanded to carry nearly 3,000 terms including colloquialisms and idioms etc.

10. FreeOnline Newspapers by Country

World's largest listing of newspapers on the web, searchable by country and then by publication.

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