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Librarians' Internet Index

http://lii.org/pub/htdocs/about_overview.htm

Librarians' Internet Index (LII) is a publicly-funded website and weekly newsletter serving California, Washington state, the nation, and the world.

Every Thursday morning we send out our free newsletter, New This Week, which features dozens of high-quality websites carefully selected, described, and organized by our team of librarians. Topics include current events and issues, holidays and seasons, helpful tools for information users, human interest, and more.

You can subscribe to our newsletter by email or RSS, or read us on the Web. We have close to 40,000 subscribers, many from our funding states of California and Washington.

You can also search and browse our website for the best of the Web. We have tens of thousands of entries, also maintained by our librarians, and organized into 14 main topics and nearly 300 related topics.

International Association of School Librarians (IASL)

http://www.iasl-slo.org/iaslinfo.html

The mission of the International Association of School Librarianship (IASL) is to provide an international forum for those people interested in promoting effective school library media programs as viable instruments in the educational process. IASL also provides guidance and advice for the development of school library programs and the school library profession. IASL works in cooperation with other professional associations and agencies.

Membership is worldwide, and includes school librarians, teachers, librarians, library advisers, consultants, educational administrators, and others who are responsible for library and information services in schools. The membership also includes professors and instructors in universities and colleges where there are programs for school librarians, and students who are undertaking such programs.

Library of Congress

http://www.loc.gov/index.html

Library Catalogs. Print, multimedia, and online resources. Access the Library's entire catalog, as well as subject and name authority files.

American History. Historic maps, photos, document, audio, and video.

Exhibitions. Presentations of treasures from our collections, past and present.

Global Gateway. Multilingual resources on world culture.

Tomas. Legislative information: current and historical.

New York Public Library

http://www.nypl.org/branch/books/

Sign up for information about new books, emailed straight to your inbox.

Links to lists:
New York Reads – Staff Picks – Book Sizzle – Business – Lifestyles – Mystery – New Fiction – Past & Present – Romance – Science & Nature – Science Fiction – Teen Scene

Bestsellers
NY Times Fiction Bestsellers – NY Times Nonfiction Bestsellers – Fiction Hardcover – Nonfiction Hardcover – Mass Market – Trade Paperback

Award Winners
Last Year's Top Twelve Fiction Titles – Last Year's Top Twelve Nonfiction Titles – Fiction ALA Notable Books – Nonfiction ALA Notable Books – ALA Black Caucus Selections – Edgar – The Great Books Foundation – Hugo – James Beard KitchenAid Book Awards – Nebula – National Book Awards for Fiction – National Book Awards for Nonfiction – National Book Awards for Poetry – Oprah Book Club Selections – PEN/Faulkner Awards – Pulitzer Award for Biography – Pulitzer Award for Fiction – Pulitzer Award for History – Pulitzer Award for Nonfiction – Pulitzer Award for Poetry

Award Winners for Teen Readers
ALA Top Ten Young Adult Books – Jefferson Cup Awards – Printz Awards

Award Winners for Children
Last Year's Top Twelve Children's Books – Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards – Buckeye Children's Book Awards – Caldecott Medal – Cooperative Children's Book Center – Coretta Scott King Awards – National Book Award for Young People's Literature – Newbery Medal – Mitten Awards

Chicago Public Library

http://www.chipublib.org/008subject/008subject.html

The Internet sites listed in the categories below are recommended by librarians at the Chicago Public Library and are selected based on their quality and utility in answering common questions asked at CPL reference desks:

Almanacs, Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, and Directories – History – Architecture, Art and Music – History Fair – Biographies – Holidays – Books, Literature, and Poetry – Homework Help – Business & Company Information Law – Careers & Jobs – Parenting Resources – Chicago Area Directory of Organizations – Reader Resources – Children's Resources – Reference Shelf Consumer Information – Science Fair, Science and Technology – Copyright, Patents & Trademarks – Senior Citizens Internet Resources – Education & Scholarship Information – Small Business & Start-up Information – Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Concerns – Statistics – Genealogy – Stocks & Investments – Government – Taxes – Grants and Funding – Teacher Resources – Health & Medicine - Teens.

Seattle Public Library

http://www.spl.org/default.asp?pageID=collection_db

The Databases and Web Sites Collection is a collection of subscription databases and free web sites selected, monitored, and organized to meet the interests of Seattle Public Library's users. Subscription databases require a library card and PIN from the library, but scores of valuable free sites are listed here in the following categories:

Reference: Magazines & Newspapers – Phone books – Directories – Encyclopedias & dictionaries – Search engines.

Other categories: Art & Music – Automotive & transportation – Biography & genealogy – Books & reading – Business & finance – Children – Consumer information – Education – Government – Health & medicine – Home, pets & garden – Jobs & careers - Languages – Literary/ESL – Local history – Maps & travel – Science & technology – Seattle & local resources – Teens.

HuriSearch

http://www.hurisearch.org

HuriSearch is a very useful resource for human rights researchers and advocates, librarians, researchers, academic staff and students, journalists, diplomats and staff of international organizations - in fact anyone who is interested in human rights and needs an effective Internet search tool. HuriSearch searches the content of over 3000 human rights websites, with a total of more than 2.7 million pages.

The European Library (The Hague, Netherlands)

http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/portal/

The European Library gives free access to the combined resources of Europe's national libraries. Soon museums, archives, and other cultural institutions will also join the network.

If you know a great library home page you would like us to list, email us.

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