ILS-504 -Final Project- Hanem Ibrahim.

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
1- 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
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/

3- 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-social-
sciences/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