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AcqWeb

http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/law/acqs/acqs.html

This site contains a list of links to information that is especially useful for acquisitions librarians. Some of the links include Telnet links to searchable databases such as OCLC, RLIN, WLN, Dialog, Lexis/Nexis, LOCIS, and HYTELNET; links to Web sites for publishers, vendors, and library associations; links for newsletters and journals; and links to general reference resources.

Building Digital Libraries on the Web

http://www.texshare.edu/TexShareServices/Professional/digital.html

Provides links to various digital libraries, hardware/software needed to establish digital libraries, and copyright information. This page is helpful for someone wanting to establish a digital library or wanting to keep abreast of the new technologies for digital libraries and other Web searching. Also includes Web searching capabilities.

Celebrate Libraries

http://www.gale.com/gale/cl.html

This site was established for National Library Week and contains information about Log On Day at Gardiner Public Library in Maine, the library of the year in Charlotte, NC, a quiz about libraries and their history, trivia about libraries, a link to "Who Reads What?" which details the reading interests of various celebrities, and information about joining FOLUSA (Friends of Libraries USA). This site is still under construction and plans to include information about library funding and links to other library-related sites in the future.

Internet Public Library

http://www.ipl.org/

Includes resources for children, teenagers, and adults. The reference center allows one to ask questions of a live librarian (not a computer). The youth services and teen divisions have links to both books and other resources, such as writing contests, college information, science projects, and author question-and-answer sessions. A section is also devoted to information for libraries and other information professionals. Other features include tutorials, an exhibit hall, reading room with browsable full-text resources, links to Web search engines, and a MOO (Multi-User Object Oriented) environment for browsing the library.

Librarians' professional resources

http://www.cfcsc.dnd.ca/links/lib/index.html

Provides list of links to other library-related sites, arranged into categories of "indexes", "topics in library science", "types of libraries and collections", and "computers and libraries".

The Library of Congress

http://www.loc.gov/

Provides access to the Library of Congress online catalog through Telnet searches of LOCIS, Gopher searches of LC MARVEL, the Library of Congress FTP site, and the Library of Congress Z39.50 Gateway. Other databases available for searching include Vietnam Era Prisoner of War/Missing in Action database, Task Force Russia database, Global Legal Information Network (GLIN), THOMAS (full-text legislative information), and the National Digital Library.

Library Resource List
http://www.state.wi.us/agencies/dpi/www/lib_res.html


This site contains lists of links to other sites, arranged into the categories of Reference Resources, New Sites and Search Engines, Government Resources, Library Sites, Professional Information, and Libraries, the Net and the NII (National Information Infrastructure).

National Archives and Records Administration

http://www.nara.gov/

Includes both searchable and browsable services for locating government information via the Government Information Locator Service (GILS). Has links to the Federal Register, the National Archives and Records Administration Library, and the presidential libraries.

OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.

http://www.oclc.org/

Contains information especially useful for librarians and other information professionals. Has links to OCLC documents and forms, a search engine for searching OCLC information, and demonstrations of OCLC services. Actual logon to some OCLC services is available by subscription only.

School Libraries on the Web: A Directory

http://www.voicenet.com/~bertland/libs.html

Contains a browsable list of school library Web pages, arranged alphabetically by state. Also contains links to school libraries in Australia, Canada, Japan, and Sweden.

Smithsonian Institution Libraries

http://www.sil.si.edu/

Includes links to the various Smithsonian Museums, a search engine for locating information within the Smithsonian, information about visiting Washington, DC, information about how to become a member of the Smithsonian, a map showing the locations of most of the Smithsonian Museums, and a browsable shopping area.

Understanding Call Numbers

http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/education/hcc/library/callno.html

This site explains how to read Library of Congress classification call numbers to locate materials on the shelves.

WWW Library Directory

http://www.llv.com/~msauers/libs/libs.html

Click on a country name to be presented with a list of links to libraries in that country. Most of the countries currently represented are European (both East and West) and North American, although there are a few Asian, Middle Eastern, and South American countries also. Also has links to other library-related resources.