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• The Nobel Foundation E-Museum -- The home page of the Nobel Prize Foundation includes the latest news on the centennial celebrations, related links and an electronic museum.

• History of the Nobel Foundation -- A section of the larger Nobel Foundation site, this page gives details about Nobel Prize history.

• Nobel Prize search -- Search the Nobel Prize site for laureates or other information by entering key words on this search engine.

• Alfred Nobel's will -- Read the documentation of Alfred Nobel's last wish, for his estate to be turned into a fund that would offer monetary prizes to those who made a significant contribution to mankind.

• The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences -- This independent organization supports research in mathematics and the natural sciences and selects the laureates in physics, chemistry and economics.

•  Karolinska Institutet -- The Karolinska Institutet, a medical university located in Stockholm, Sweden, selects the laureates in physiology or medicine.

• Central Bank of Sweden -- The Central Bank in Sweden selects the laureates for economic sciences.

• The Swedish Academy -- The Swedish Academy selects the laureates for literature.

• The Norwegian Nobel Committee -- The Norwegian Nobel Committee, located in Oslo, Norway, selects the annual winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.