• Search the Web
• Yahoo! -Classified subject arrangement
• Inference Find -Search by keyword
• Alta Vista -Search by keyword
• Searching the Internet: Internet Directories and Indexes -Rated by Jim Milles, NETTRAIN moderator

• Collection Management/Tech Services Pages
• AcqWeb -Library and vendor catalogs, links to publishers, other tools for people in acquisitions, cataloging, and collection development. The gold standard of library information sites
• Cataloger's Reference Shelf -From Stanford University
• Cataloger's Reference Shelf -From The Library Corporation
• Current Cites -Selected current articles on information technology
• Indexer's Reference Sources on the Internet -From the American Society of Indexers
• Information Conservation, Inc. -Options for hardcover, softcover, periodicals and music binding
• Internet Library for Librarians
• LibraryLand -Index to web resources for librarians
• Library Support Staff Resource Center
• Ling's Dynix Diner -Advanced searching & listmaking how-to
• MARC Home Page (Library of Congress)
• Metadata: Readings and Links
• Music Cataloging at Yale
• Music Selection Resources on the WWW
• OCLC Support and Documentation
• Original Cataloging Home Page -At the University of Michigan
• Resources for Library Staff (Tempe AZ)
• Selectors' Toolbox -From Atlanta/Fulton County's Collection Development Department
• Tools for Serials Catalogers -Links to LC, OCLC, foreign language dictionaries (Vanderbilt University)
• University of Washington Libraries Acquisitions Division -Vendor and publisher information; other selection and acquisitions websites

• Library Catalogs
• KCLS On-Line Catalog (Dynix) -Via telnet
• Hytelnet -Peter Scott's classic list of library catalogs worldwide
• LIBCAT -From Metronet, Minneapolis-St. Paul
• Libdex -Worldwide directory of library homepages and web-based OPACs
• Libraries using Dynix -Links to 200 on-line catalogs
• LOCIS -Library of Congress databases via telnet
• Library of Congress Catalog
• MELVYL -Web-based catalog of the Universities of California
• OCLC -Via telnet; requires account
• OCLC FirstSearch -Access requires account and password
• Seattle Public Library -Via telnet
• Washington & Lee University, Netlink Server -Extensive collection of links to library catalogs (more than 2000), as well as WWW, telnet, and gopher sites by subject, keyword, or location

• Library Listservs
• ACQNET Archive
• Autocat Archive
• Dynix-L Archive
• Library Listserv Archives -The current week's messages on over 100 lists
• Library-Oriented Lists and Electronic Serials -Find lists by name or topic, along with how to subscribe and advanced list commands
• Libref-L Archive
• Mailing List Commands -Subscribing, unsubscribing, and beyond; from Jim Milles
• PACS-L Archive
• PUBLIB -Archive, FAQ, and Reference Desk
• Web4Lib Archive

• Library Websites
• Library WWW Servers -Thomas Dowling's list of library websites
• SJCPL's Public Libraries With Gopher/WWW Services -Public Library websites
• Webcat--Library Catalogues on the World Wide Web -Links to library catalogues with web interfaces (Peter Scott)
• King County Library System
• Seattle Public Library
• University of Washington

• Meetings and Conferences
• ALA Events -Upcoming conferences, dates and locations through 2006
• American Society for Information Science, Pacific Northwest Chapter -Portland, September 18-19, 1998

• Organizations
• Professional Organizations in the Information Sciences -Hundreds of them, from Karen Stone at San Jose State
• American Library Association
• Medical Library Association
• Music Library Association
• Music Library Association--Pacific Northwest Chapter
• Pacific Northwest Library Association
• Public Library Association
• Special Libraries Association
• Washington Association of Library Employees (WALE)
• Washington Library Association

• Quick Reference Shelf - Frequently Asked Questions, Frequently Updated Information, and other sites to see
• ASCII Codes
• DeskRef -Quick reference links from the Ramapo Catskill Library System
• Desktop Reference Tools -Dictionaries, maps, World Factbook, U.S. Weather Service, Electronic Reference Shelf; from the University of Washington
• On-line Reference Works -Carnegie-Mellon University's guide
• A & E Biography -Includes 15,000 biographies from the Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia
• Dewey Decimal Summaries
• Disaster Assistance -Dealing with damage from water or fire (Northeast Document Conservation Center)
• Mapquest -Interactive street atlas for the continental U.S.
• MARC Format Field Guides -From Princeton University
• Metadata: Readings and Links
• OCLC Searching Guide -From Princeton University
• OCLC Symbols -Decode participating institutions' three-letter symbols
• Pro CD Phone via SearchBank Web -Business and residential listings from United States telephone directories
• Seattle Traffic -Real-time traffic map for I-5, 405, I-90, 520. Requires a graphical browser.
• U.S. Postal Service Address and Zip Code Information -Type in a street address and get its zip code
• Webster's Dictionary
• WhoWhere -Look up phone numbers for businesses or individuals; find e-mail addresses
• Xenon Labs: The Universal Currency Converter

• Review Sources
• All-Movie Guide -Includes extremely detailed credits
• All-Music Guide
• Book Reviews on the Web -From AcqWeb
• BookWire -Book news, PW lists, publishing and literary awards lists
• Internet Movie Database -Links to reviews from Roger Ebert, Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly, more
• New York Times Books on the Web -Archives 50,000 reviews and interviews in the NYT since 1980
• Video Librarian -Randy Pitman's indispensable review guide

• Vendors
• Baker & Taylor
• Blackwell North America
• Brodart
• EBSCO Information Services
• Epixtech
• Ingram
• OCLC
• Pepper Music Network
• Yankee Book Peddler

• Verification Tools
• Alibris -Used, rare, and hard-to-find books
• Amazon.com -Search the 2.5-million-title catalog of this web-based retailer; includes out-of-print search service
• Baker & Taylor Title Source II -Requires account and password
• Barnes and Noble -Includes in-print and out-of-print databases, plus searchable Reader's Catalog
• Bibliofind -Search site for out-of-print books
• Bookfinder -Searches major cooperative databases of used and rare book dealers in N. America and Europe, Powell's, Amazon
• Books in Print via SearchBank Web -Plus Magazine Index, Newspaper Index, more
• Books-On-Tape
• The CD-ROM Shop
• Compact Disc Connection -Online music store that uses the MUZE database
• Facets Video -35,000-title catalog of foreign, classic, cult, independent, experimental, and obscure videos
• Ingram I-Page -Requires account and password
• Mediafinder -Verify magazines, newsletters, journals, newspapers (Oxbridge Communications)
• Powell's Books -Search their stock, both new and out-of-print
• PubList.com -Uses Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory
• Reel.com -Online video store that uses VideoLog database
• Stanford Bookstore -Listings for over a quarter-million books in print

Last revised July 3, 2001