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Final Project Guide to references resources online for Academic Libraries The resource is in partial fulfillment of the requirements For ILS 504 Reference Materials and Services, Fall 2009

Submitted by

Hanem A Ibrahim Instructor Dr. Elsie Okobi Southern Connecticut State University

Fall 2009

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Final Project This is my final project for ILS- 504, I tried to select web reference resources for college student, and faculty of staff. Through these pages you’ll find links to different types of resources that Help finding the answer for their Reference questions. • Library Catalogs • Bibliographies • E- Books • Indexes • Guides/ review and selection guides for reference tools • Scholarly journals • Image databases • Subject resources in Humanities, Literature, Sciences • Ready Reference Tools

library catalogs 1- OCLC Online Union Catalog You can find any book and the libraries that hold a copy of it … http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/. 2- The library of Congress catalog One of the best online catalogs… http://catalog.loc.gov/ 3- The British Library This is the home page of the British Library website. Use this site to search our catalogues, order items for research, view exhibitions and link to ...

www.bl.uk/

4- Libdex : You can discover the directory of library across the world as well as an extensive collection of books. Read, write & reviews your favorite readings… http://www.libdex.com/ 5- Full-Text Online Library Over 76,000 full-text books & 2 million articles. Research online Questia is the first online library that provides 24/7 access to the world's largest online collection of books and journal articles in the humanities and social sciences, plus magazine and newspaper articles.

www.Questia.com/Online_Library

Bibliographies OEN Bibliography in a searchable database. Contains the annual bibliographies from 1973 to 2005—over 20,000 entries—with new items added annually. http://www.oenewsletter.org/OENDB/index.php 2- c18 Bibliographies On-Line 1-

A typical bibliography gives standard scholarly editions, bibliographies,

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reference works, biographies, and the major works of criticism. They'd range from nearly comprehensive for the most minor authors to extremely selective for the big names. Annotations would be brief, just enough to give newcomers a sense of what's important

http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/C18/biblio/ 3- Online Articles & Bibliographies about Sociology of Religion This collection of links offers access to many sociology of religion articles available on the web. Articles are listed by author's last name

http://hirr.hartsem.edu/sociology/articles.html

Online Indexes and Databases 1- New York Public Library Databases and Indexes Online You can browse one of the best collection of book, Articles and more… http://www.nypl.org/databases/index.cfm?act=2&free=yes 2- The Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI) Source for over 275,000 journal article citations about Central America, South America, the Caribbean, Mexico, Brazil, and Hispanics/Latinos in the United States.

http://hapi.ucla.edu/web/index.php?token=91d6feada78c069080e208dc4e3ba587 3- Online Indexes and Databases The University of British Colombia collection http://toby.library.ubc.ca/resources/onlinelist.cfm 4- ICPR: Online Indexes Online Indexes. information about the subjects covered by these indexes... http://www.in.gov/icpr/2355.htm

E-books Here are some websites for E-Books 1- Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page This is the place where you can download over 30,000 free ebooks to read on your PC and many portable devices, including the Kindle, Sony Reader, iPhone or other device 2- eBooks3 http://www.ebooks3.com/ Here you can read whole books free of charge. Click on the book of your choice to start reading. The online Books page http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/

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Listing over 35,000 free books on the Web - Updated

Internet Directories These are some of the directories to reference works online 1- The Internet Public Library It is a public service organization and a learning/teaching environment founded at the University of Michigan School of Information and hosted by Drexel University's College of Information Science & Technology http://www.ipl.org/ 2- Librarians' Internet Index (LII) It is a publicly-funded website and weekly newsletter serving California, the nation, and the world. http://lii.org/

3- Google directory http://www.google.com/Top/Reference/

The web organized by topic into categories… 4- Web Subject Directories http://www.searchengineshowdown.com/dir/ Subject directories include human-selected Internet resources and are arranged and classified in hierarchical topics. Most search engines and portals have a subject directory component or partner. Use these for with broad topics and to find a few good sites on a particular topic

Scholarly Journals online Here are some websites of scholarly Journals 1- Project MUSE's Project MUSE’s anticipates the needs of delivers essential resources to all members of scholarly community http://muse.jhu.edu/ 2- JournalSeek - A Searchable Database of Online Scholarly Journals Genamics JournalSeek is the completely categorized database of Scholarly Journal information available on the Internet.

http://www.google.com/search? hl=en&source=hp&q=scholarly+journals+online&aq=1&oq=sc holarly&aqi=g10 3- JSTOR

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It is a not- for- profit service that helps scholars and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive of over 1000 academic journals and other scholarly content.http://www.jstor.org/?

cookieSet=1 4-The Academic Leadership Journal The most recent issue has just been posted. Please browse through and enjoy our newest additions.

http://www.academicleadership.org/

Images Here are some important websites that offer Images

1- Google Images

Google Images. The most comprehensive image search on the web. Images www.google.com /

2- Storing Images in Database A database help Storing images in Databases www.codewalkers.com/ 3- AltaVista -Image Search AltaVista provides the most comprehensive search experience on the Web! www.altavista.com/image /default 4-

EIKON Image Database The EIKON Image Database for Biblical Studies is a faculty-library initiative at Yale Divinity School that provides digital resources for teaching and ... research www.yale.edu/divdl/eikon

5- USC-SIPI Image Database A collection of digitized images in TIFF format. Catalogue in PDF. Previews and images free on-line, database on magnetic tape can be purchased. www.sipi.usc.edu/database/

The Human knowledge online 1- Computer science, information & general works Computer science – History http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~shallit/Courses/134/history.html

Computer programming, programs, data http://www.lecturefox.com/computerscience/ 2- Library & information sciences http://www.loc.gov/aba/

Library & information science – Dictionaries http://lu.com/odlis/odlis_c.cfm#collecdevel

Library – Directory organization

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http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/pla/plaevents/plaatalaannual/index.cfm

library- organization http://www.ala.org/

Library operations Descriptive cataloging http://www.loc.gov/aba/cataloging/policy/ http://www.db.dk/bh/lifeboat_ko/CONCEPTS/descriptive_cataloging.htm

Dewey Decimal Classification http://www.oclc.org/dewey/

General libraries http://plgdb.freac.fsu.edu/imf.jsp?site=geolib

British library http://www.bl.uk/

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Encyclopedias & books of facts General encyclopedic work Encyclopedias in American English :

http://www.encyclopedia.com/ Associations, organizations & museums

http://www.museumstuff.com/ Organizations in North America

U S. Museum http://www.museumstuff.com/museums/usa.php

News media, journalism & publishing Newspapers in North America News papers – Connecticut http://www.connpost.com/

4-Religion Religious Web Sites Links to Church and Religious sites in Ireland and around the world. . . The Irish Theological Association offers these sites to aid in searching for more ... 5-Social sciences Social science – bibliographies

http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/IBSS/

Social science -Dictionaries

http://bitbucket.icaap.org /

Sociology & anthropology Anthropology – bibliographies

http://www.library.yale.edu/anthropology/library.html

Sociology – dictionaries

http://www.glossarist.com/glossaries/humanities-socialsciences/sociology.asp

Political science

http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/romans/polsci/

Public finance

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http://www.public-finance.com/index2.htm

Law

http://lawlib.wlu.edu/LJ/ Public administration

Public Administration – journal: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118519412/home? CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0

Educations

http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml Commerce, communications, transport

Communications; Telecommunication

http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/CGS020.htm

Customs, etiquette, folklore American Folklore http://www.americanfolklore.net/ 6-Natural sciences & mathematics

Dictionaries & encyclopedia Bibliographies of works on specific subject http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~deboor/bib/bib.html Botany: http://www.jaknouse.athens.oh.us/ferns/bookfern.html Earth science: http://www.lbk.ars.usda.gov/wewc/biblio/bar.htm

Arithmetic Astronomy & allied sciences Physics Chemistry & allied sciences Earth sciences Botany -Medicin http://www.nlm.nih.gov/

7-Fine Arts 1-

Art cyclopedia: The Fine Art Search Engine

The Guide to Great Art on the Internet Artcyclopedia Guide to Fine Art ... Notable links -- sites with especially rich content or high-quality images, ... www.artcyclopedia.com/ 2-

Fine Art Sites - Digital Directory of Fine Art and Artists Sites

Fine Art Sites is a thematic art directory with links to many great artists online art galleries. Here you will find great picture galleries ... Photography - Figurative & Nude Art - Contemporary Art www.fineartsites.org / 8-Languages and Literatures A guide to databases and other resources in English Language and Literature. English Language and Literature (LibGuide) 9-History, geography, and biography

Serial publications Gazetteer http://www.gazeteer.com/gazeteer/v2/index.aspx

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Atlas, Maps http://www.nationalatlas.gov/natlas/Natlasstart.asp Historical Geography http://www.historical-geography.net/

World historyworld war II http://connections.smsd.org/veterans/wwii_sites.htm Geography & travel Geography http://www.geography.com/ Human Geography http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/sub_humangeo.html World Geography http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/ Egypt – Geography http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/africa/eg.htm Biography, genealogy, insignia

This range is reserved as an optional location for biographies, which are shelved alphabetically by subject's last name women biography http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/women_american_revolution/ Stalin biography http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/stalin_joseph.shtml

History of ancient world; Egypt http://www.ancient-egypt.org/ General history of Europe

General history of Europe; British Isles General history of Europe; England & Wales British history – Encyclopedia http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Britain.html Central history of North America

General history of North America; United States United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 http://www.civil-war.net/

Ready Reference resources Online Bibliographies http://lii.org/pub/htdocs/search? search=bibliographies;action=show;searchtype=keywords http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/dada/biblio/index.html Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/index.html WorldCat http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/ Newspapers - LibrarySpot.com http://www.libraryspot.com/newspapers.htm Encyclopdias & Dictionaries Encyclopedia Smithsonian: The Smithsonian from A to Z http://www.si.edu/encyclopedia_SI/ Encyclopedia - Britannica Online Encyclopedia

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http://www.britannica.com/ Longman English Dictionary Online http://www.britannica.com/ Free Online Dictionaries http://www.freedict.com/ Online English to Spanish to English Dictionary http://www.freedict.com/onldict/spa.html OneLook Dictionary Search http://www.onelook.com/ Dictionary and Thesaurus - Merriam-Webster Online http://www.merriam-webster.com/ alphaDictionary * Free English Online Dictionary * Word Games http://www.alphadictionary.com/index.shtml Top of Form

Cambridge Dictionary Online: Free English Dictionary and Thesaurus Cambridge University Press - Cambridge Dictionaries Online Cambridge University Press

Museums in the United States http://www.museumstuff.com/museums/usa.php British History: Main Index http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Britain.html Symbols.com - Home http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Britain.html http://symboldictionary.net/?page_id=2006... http://symboldictionary.net/?page_id=2006Bottom of Form

Almanacs, Hand books, Fact books

Almanacs: World Almanac, Farmers Almanac, CIA World Fact Book & More - LibrarySpot.com http://www.libraryspot.com/almanacs.htm Record book Census Bureau: RepairClinic.com - Free appliance repair help and maintenance tips. http://www.repairclinic.com/RepairHelp/RepairHelp.aspx Biographies

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Biography from Answers.com http://www.answers.com/topic/mark-twain Top of Form

Biographies: Biography, Famous People, Biographical Information - LibrarySpot.com http://www.libraryspot.com/biographies/ Infoplease: Encyclopedia, Almanac, Atlas, Biographies, Dictionary, Thesaurus. Free online reference, research & homework help. — Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/people.html biography.com http://www.biography.com

My web site includes all the tabs for these reference tools, and a copy of this final project document @ http://ibrahimh1.tripod.com