J D wrote:

Is there an online
study guide where a person can obtain the information required to get a ham
license?

Some of these are not online study guides, but instead old fashioned
paper books:
http://www.arrl.org/catalog/lm/
http://www.hamtestonline.com/
https://secure.qrz.com/store/w5yi/index.html
http://www.hamradio-online.com/firstlicense.html

Free practice exams available at:
http://www.eham.net/exams/
http://www.qrz.com/testing.html


You can download the question pools at
http://www.arrl.org/arrlvec/pools.html