Online Facts: Books and Library Catalogs
- Books
in Print gives publication information for books,
audio recordings and videos, currently available from American
publishers. Also included is information for books that have gone
out of print within the last ten years. Many records include brief
reviews from sources such as Publishers Weekly, Choice, Kirkus
Reviews, and Library Journal. (ChRiv-px)
- Copyright
Search is the Library of Congress's searchable database
of holders of copyright over books, music, serials, documents
etc. registered from 1978 to date. Can be searched by Title, Author,
Claimant, Standard Numbers, etc.
- Publisher's Catalogs. Additional information
about books and publishing, including forthcoming books, can be
found through publishers' catalogs, available on the Publisher's Catalogues Home Page.
- BookWeb,
from the American Booksellers Association, is a directory of bookstores
that can be searched geographically or by specialty.
- Library Catalogs
- Federal
Depository Library Directory a searchable directory
of the nearly 1350 Federal Depository Libraries. Includes
detailed address information, links to Websites, depository
series holdings and personnel.
- Hytelnet
is Peter Scott's compilation of Telnet links to library catalogs
worldwide. This site--currently maintained at Northern Lights.com--is
organized by geographic region.
- LibDex
is Peter Scott's compilation of 17,000 Web based library catalogs,
searchable or organized by geography,
or by Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC)
vendor.
- Quick Catalog Links to:
- The
On-Line Books Page presents over 15,000 online
public domain English language books. The criteria for
this site specify
that there can be no charge for access to these publications,
either in the form of advance fees, shareware fees, or
requirement
that the user provide personal information.
- Internet Archive Texts Collection is an open access facsimile collection of over 175,000 texts.
- WorldCat
is the OCLC Online Union Catalog in a user friendly version. It
contains more than 32 million records of items owned by libraries
around the world, including the Boston University Libraries. Every
item in the catalog has a listing of libraries owning it. It contains
records for books, journals, musical scores, computer programs
and much more. (It does not include records for individual articles
or stories in journals, magazines, newspapers or book chapters.)
New records are added daily. (ChRiv-px)