Baum, like AA Milne and Tolkien, has suffered (in terms of critical analysis) by having his stories become cult items. Most web sites, therefore, tend to be enthusiastic fan sites.  Typical are:

• The International Wizard of Oz Club
• Lawrence Weisberg
• Jim Whitcomb
• Eric Gjovaag.

More comprehensive and scholarly sets of resources can be found at the ISLMC page from James Madison University, while:

• Linda McGovern presents a detailed biographical essay
• Henry Littlefield wrote a seminal "Parable on Populism"
• James Parker's paper finds Theosophy in Oz
• The French ricochet-jeunes site has information about Baum and his stories as well as versions and adaptations (and quite a number of other historical authors)
• and many more studies can be found here. 

Texts

• Project Gutenberg has 18 Oz stories on file,
• Electronic Literature Foundation has 15 
• Electronic Text Center a few as well
• The Online Books Page is a gateway to many online editions

And, as the movie is now inextricably etched into most people's perception of the story, compare Warner Brothers' Wizard of Oz site with the critical analyses above. 

And lastly, why not do a bit of searching. The ubiquitous Google or Alta Vista build good results from your search. Try "l frank baum" as a name, as well as descriptors such as children's literature, author/s, or history in various combinations along with oz, wizard of oz, glinda and so on.

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