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Some recommended follow up websites are as follows:

http://soils.usda.gov/technical/classification/ taxonomy/
This is on the site for the United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Center (NRCC). It contains a downloadable version of the Soil Taxonomy (Soil Survey Staff 1999) with maps and photographs, and lots of other useful information on soils.

www.soils.org/
The official website of the Soil Science Society of America. Includes a useful glossary of soil science terms.

www.cbr.clw.csiro.au/aclep/asc/soilkey.htm
This site gives the Australian system of soils classification, with maps and colour images of sample profiles.

www.soils.org.uk/
The web page of the British Society of Soil Science, has many good links to soil information and online resources.

www.fao.org/
The pages of the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) give a wealth of information relating to soils, food production and international concerns.

www.usda.gov/ and www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/land/
The web page of the United States Department of Agriculture and the associated Natural Resources
Conservation Service contains information on soils and resources in an American, but also a world, context.

http://lime.isric.nl/index.cfm?fuseaction=dsp_menu &menuid=2
The International Soil Reference and Information Centre site, hosted at Wageningen University, presents pages giving an introduction to soil science and soil use and misuse.