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Chapter 51: Finding Sources

Web Links

Web Links

• Especially for researchers
  Research tools, online bibliographies, subject lists, and indexes to periodicals and abstracts, from the Library of Congress.
  
  
• Gateway to library catalogs
  Access to hundreds of library catalogs at one site, from the Library of Congress.
  
  
• Keyword and subject searching: A comparison
  Advice on keyword searches, from Duke University.
  
  
• Bloglines
  An index of thousands of blogs on nearly every imaginable topic.
  
  
• blogwise
  A searchable index of blogs covering nearly every imaginable topic.
  
  
• Google Images
  Searchable database of cartoons, photographs, and other images.
  
  
• Library of Congress, American Memory
  Maps, photographs, and prints documenting the American experience.
  
  
• Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Online Catalog
  Images from the library's collection, including those available through American Memory.
  
  
• New York Public Library Digital Gallery
  Maps, drawings, photographs, and paintings from the library's collection.
  
  
• ArtSource
  Sources on art and architecture.
  
  
• Popular Culture: Resources for Critical Analysis
  Sources on advertising, fashion, magazines, toys, and other artifacts of popular culture, from Washington State University.
  
  
• Image Resources
  Sources on the visual and performing arts, from the Yale University Arts Library.
  
  
• WWW Virtual Library
  Links to hundreds of indexes around the world.
  
  
• BUBL LINK
  Academic Web resources organized by subject, from Strathcylde University.
  
  
• INFOMINE
  Searches of scholarly Internet resources in the arts, humanities, sciences, and business and economics, along with links to journals and other resources, from the University of California.
  
  
• Internet Public Library
  Extensive reference sections and searchable online books and journals, from University of Michigan.
  
  
• Librarians' Index to the Internet
  A collection of subject-related links compiled by librarians, from The Library of California.
  
  
• Library of Congress
  Access to collections and services, legislative information, copyright information, FAQs, a search catalog of over 120 million items, and special presentations.
  
  
• Encyclopedias
  Links to online editions of general and specialized encyclopedias, from the Internet Public Library.
  
  
• Bartleby.com
  Excellent set of links to dictionaries and many other reference works and literary texts, from Bartleby.com.
  
  
• Dictionaries
  Links to online dictionaries, from the Internet Public Library.
  
  
• Almanacs
  Links to online almanacs, from the Internet Public Library.
  
  
• Biographies
  Links to online biographies, from the Internet Public Library.
  
  
• Internet discussion and information lists
  A searchable index of e-mail newsletters and discussion lists, from Tile.Net.
  
  
• Usenet Info Center Launch Pad
  A searchable index of newsgroups, from Usenet Info Center.
  
  
• Usenet discussion forums
  Discussion and newsgroup archives, from Google.
  
  
• The World Factbook
  Information and statistics about every country in the world, from the CIA.
  
  
• FedStats
  A centralized collection of government statistics, from FedStats.
  
  
• U.S. information
  Links to local, state, and federal government information, from Infoplease.
  
  
• Official federal government information
  Official information from the U.S. Government Printing Office.
  
  
• Ask an expert
  A site that connects users with experts in many fields, from Pitsco, Inc.
  
  

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