Library Science Resources

Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America - With a mission to promote ethical standard and professionalism in the antiquarian book trade, this site allows you to search for book holdings among various dealers.

Access Pennsylvania Database - Holdings of libraries of all types in PA.

ALA-LC Romanization Tables - Provides links to the scanned text of the 1997 edition of the ALA-LC Romanization Tables: Transliteration Schemes for Non-Roman Scripts.

Amazon.com - One of the largest suppliers of books, Amazon.com allows you to search for books, find similar titles, and read reviews before ordering books that you can get at a discount.

American Library Association - Periodicals, fact sheets, links to library science information, and other useful information for libraries and those interested in libraries and library science.

Barnesandnoble.com - The web presence of a major brick and mortar book seller.

Book Collecting - A highly useful site for aspiring book collectors everywhere, or those just interested in what all the letters mean.

Cataloging Resources - Maintained by Southern Illinois University, this site contains information on cataloging systems of various media and genres.

Directory of Libraries and Information Sources in the Philadelphia Area - Sponsored by the Philadelphia Chapter of the Special Libraries Association.

Directory of Online Resources for Information Literacy - A guide to informational resources available online pertaining to information literacy.

Great Books Index - An index to the great books in English Translations with links to online editions if available.

Ingenta - A searchable database of articles many of which can be purchased, the successor to CARL Uncover.

Intellectual Freedom - "The [ALA] Office for Intellectual Freedom is charged with implementing ALA policies concerning the concept of intellectual freedom as embodied in the Library Bill of Rights, the Association’s basic policy on free access to libraries and library materials. The goal of the office is to educate librarians and the general public about the nature and importance of intellectual freedom in libraries."

Internet Library for Librarians - Provides nice indexing to many sites that are useful to library staff.

Library Cats Map - By Iron Frog Productions from research for the documentary film Puss in Books: Adventures of the Library Cat.

Library Index - Look up a library here.

Library of Congress Homepage - Search the catalog of the world's largest library. The easy to use site provides an endless resources for librarians, archivists, and the general public.

LISNews.com - Library and book-related news on the net.

New Jour - Archive of electronic journals and newsletters.

Plagiarism - Site of Snowden Library, Lycoming College.

Search Jake - Search this site to learn which database indexes, abstracts, or provides full text to a particular journal.

Special Library Association - Website of the international association representing information professionals, the SLA provides information and the latest information for those working in that field.