Libraries,
Publications and Research
Bookwire All about books and publishing: news, features, lists of literary events, and thousands of annotated links to book-related sites.
abebooks.com Excellent site for locating rare, used or out of print books for sale. Also useful for informal appraisals of your own rare books by checking the rare book database. Over 20 million titles.
The
Internet Public Library is a valuable reference source for reading or
research. The /reading/books/
website extension takes you to the Online
Texts Collection-over 13,000 online titles that can be browsed by author,
title or Dewey Decimal Category. The
/ref/Que/PF extension takes you to Pathfinders-home-grown
guides written by IPL staff which help you get started doing research on a
particular topic, both online and at your local library. Topics range from
“Antiques and Collectibles” and “Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder”
to “War in the Former Yugoslavia” and “Western Philosophers.”
Library of Congress
Access to the Library's catalogs, the Thomas site of Congressional
activity, the copyright office, on-line exhibits, library news, a learning page
for students and teachers, and a lot more.
BookTV The goal of this site is to complement BookTV, weekend programming on C-SPAN2. Each weekend, Book TV features 48 hours of nonfiction books from 8am Saturday to 8am Monday. This web site will enhance information on those books, provide an opportunity to watch or listen to programs you might have missed, and provide additional information not available on the network.
OnlineNewspapers.com
The world's largest listing of online newspapers - nearly 5,000 newspapers from
all over the world. Titles are listed alphabetically and grouped by
country.
Webster's
Dictionary Online Everything
you need to know about words, including dictionary/thesaurus and cross-word
puzzles, word games.
Washington
Post
The
online version of The Washington Post.
New
York Times
The online version of The New York
Times.