Libraries

A Guide to Libraries on the Web

Many university libraries have Web sites, but those on the list that follows have extraordinary Web sites, with exceptional links to other research resources. Most of the addresses are to the “Reference Desk” area of the libraries, but you can go back into the main sites of the libraries as well (usually by clicking a button labeled “Home Page”).

• The Berkeley Public Library
• Columbia University's Bartleby Library
• The Electric Library
• Galileo: Georgia Library Learning Online
• The Internet Public Library
• The Internet Public Library Reference Center
• The Library of Congress
• Mansfield University Library
• Michigan Electronic Library
• Milwaukee Public Library -- provides information, access to computer resources, books on every subject, and many special services.
• The New York Public Library
• Nova Southeastern University Library
• State Libraries of the USA
• Stetson University's duPont-Ball Library
• University of California at San Diego Library
• The University of Oregon Library's ORBIS, a library catalog that combines information from 11 academic libraries into a single unified database.
• University of Minnesota's Rodney A. Briggs Library
• WebCATS: Library Catalogues on the World Wide Web

• Libweb, a listing of more than 1,000 libraries in more than 45 countries on six continents.
• lib-web-cats: Search for libraries that are online and connect to their online catalogs.
• LibrarySpot: The best of libraries, newspapers, encyclopedias, maps, and more. Web address: http://www.libraryspot.com/

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