Cataloging Resources
AEIOU Encyclopedia of Austria The AEIOU is the online version of the Österreich-Lexikon encyclopaedia containing all entries and illustrations of the two-volume encyclopaedia.
_______________________ AMICUS Web Search over 26 million full bibliographic records from 1,300 Canadian libraries including National Library of Canada (NLC) records describing books, magazines, government documents, theses, sound recordings, maps, etc.
_______________________ ArtLex Art Dictionary Provides definitions for more than 3,500 terms used in discussing visual culture, along with pictorial examples of art object images, arranged in chronological groups.
_______________________ Babel Fish Translation Babel Fish Translation translates short passages of text or entire Web sites among nineteen pairs of languages.
_______________________ Books in Print Global Books in Print contains over 5 million bibliographic records for in-print, out-of-print, and forthcoming books, audiobooks, and videos published in Australia, Canada, Great Britain, New Zealand and the United States.
_______________________ Britannica Online The complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and the Britannica Book of the Year.
_______________________ Browse Government Resources Provides sources of government information of broad scope, official US Executive Branch Web sites, other Federal government Web sites (for example, US Census, GAO, GPO, etc) and links to other organizational Internet resources on US politics.
_______________________ Cataloger's Desktop Provides access to the most widely used cataloging documentation resources in an integrated, online system.
_______________________ ClassWeb Find LC Subject Headings (LCSH) in your research area and use them to search the Library of Congress catalog.
_______________________ Credo Reference : Dictionaries / Bilinguals Includes the full text of over 2 dozen reference sources, including encyclopedias, dictionaries, and thesauri covering a variety of subjects.
_______________________ Cybrary: National Library Catalogues Worldwide This Web site lists national library catalogs alphabetically by country and also provides hyperlinks to national libraries.
_______________________ Deutsche Bibliothek Contains records of monographs, periodicals, microforms, dissertations, visual materials, maps, printed and recorded music, and electronic publications from the National Library of Germany.
_______________________ Dictionary.com The dictionary provides entries from different, linked Web site sources, and includes syllable markings, function, pronunciation key, inflected forms, definitions, usage examples, and etymology.
_______________________ Digital Dissertations Index of doctoral dissertations and master's theses, with coverage from 1861 to the present.
_______________________ Directory of African NGOs The directory of African NGO's (non-governmental organizations) gives general information, including the name of the organization, the year of creation, the type of organization, the contact person and address.
_______________________ Ethnologue The searchable, Web version of "Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 14th Edition" presents descriptions of over 6,800 languages which have been identified world-wide, and organized alphabetically by primary name under the country of the main population.
_______________________ Eurodicautom Eurodicautom is the European Commission's multilingual term bank which is widely used by linguists, translators, and interpreters world-wide.
_______________________ European Commission Libraries Catalogue ECLAS is a bibliographic database consisting of 350,000 completed catalogue records in the domain of European affairs; about 7,000 new records are added annually.
_______________________ European Library The European Library portal provides bibliographic access to the combined resources (books, magazines, journals - both digital and non-digital) of the 43 national libraries of Europe.
_______________________ FreeTranslation FreeTranslation provides free text and Web page translation from English to ten other languages including Russian and Chinese (and in reverse translation except for Chinese).
_______________________ General Education Online Open resource database of links to higher education facilities worldwide.
_______________________ Geographic Names Information System GNIS is the official repository of nearly two million physical and cultural geographic features and their names in the United States and its territories.
_______________________ GEOnet Names Server An online database of nearly 4 million foreign geographic features with over 5 million feature names.
_______________________ German - English Dictionary Contains translation from English to German, or from German to English.
_______________________ GPO Monthly Catalog Covers all types of US government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by executive departments (Defense, State, Labor, Office of the President, etc.
_______________________ Index Translationum The Index Translationum, maintained by UNESCO, is an international bibliography of books translated in the world.
_______________________ Internet Library for Librarians A portal designed for librarians to locate Internet resources related to their profession.
_______________________ ISSN Online Database The ISSN (International Standard Serial Number) is an eight-digit number which identifies periodical publications as such, including electronic serials.
_______________________ Libros en Venta en América Latina y España LIBROS EN VENTA en América Latina y España includes in-print titles from over 26,000 Latin American and Spanish publishers.
_______________________ Merriam-Webster OnLine The dictionary provides pronunciation, function, usage, etymology and definitions with links to related terms; the thesaurus gives word function, usage examples, synonyms and related words.
_______________________ NAL Agricultural Thesaurus NALT is an online vocabulary look-up tool for agricultural and biological terms.
_______________________ National Library of Medicine Catalog The National Library of Medicine (NLM), one of the National Institutes of Health, is the world's largest research library for the health sciences.
_______________________ NetLingo.com - The Internet Dictionary NetLingo contains thousands of words and definitions that describe the online world of business, technology, and communication.
_______________________ OneLook® Dictionary Search This Web site will search other dictionary Web sites for the entered term.
_______________________ Oxford Art Online Formerly Grove Art Online, the database contains over 45,000 articles from the Grove Dictionary of Art (editor Jane Turner, 1996: 34 vols) on every aspect of the visual arts - painting, sculpture, graphic arts, architecture, decorative arts and photography - from prehistory to the present day.
_______________________ Oxford English Dictionary The OED is an historical dictionary of English, covering the language from the earliest times to the present day.
_______________________ Oxford Reference Online : Humanities & Social Sciences Contains the full text of over 150 books in general reference, language, science and medicine, humanities and social sciences, and business and professional subjects published by Oxford University Press.
_______________________ Oxford Reference Online : Medicine & Science Contains the full text of over 150 books in general reference, language, science and medicine, humanities and social sciences, and business and professional subjects published by Oxford University Press.
_______________________ Scottish Bibliographies Online Scotland’s national bibliography brings together over 70,000 records of books, periodicals and major articles of Scottish interest published all over the world.
_______________________ State and Local Governments List of hyperlinks to Internet resources on state and local government information.
_______________________ Structurae International Database and Gallery of Structures Showcases the works and art of structural engineering and, to some extent, architecture from around the world.
_______________________ Taxonomy Warehouse Provide a comprehensive directory of taxonomies, thesauri, classification schemes and other authority files from around the world, plus information about taxonomy references, resources and events.
_______________________ Ulrichs Periodicals Directory Comprehensive global serials reference source on more than a quarter of a million periodicals and serials published in the United States and throughout the world.
_______________________ Web Resources for SACO Proposals In addition to a very extensive list of geography and geographic names sources (both world-wide and arranged by country name), this list provides links to Internet resources from a broad-based array of topics covering area studies, arts, humanities, social sciences and natural sciences.
_______________________ World Fact Book CIA World Fact Book is arranged by country providing information on the following: geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues.
_______________________ WorldCat
The OCLC Online Union Catalog contains the collective records of books, periodicals, maps, scores, films, recordings, websites, and other materials cataloged by over 41,000 OCLC member libraries.
_______________________ Worldwide NGO Directory Search for NGOs (institutions focusing on international development that are entirely or primarily independent of government) by region, then by country.
_______________________ Your Dictionary.com™ Enter a term in the dictionary/thesaurus look-up box for English or use the word translator and type in a word and select from one of these languages to translate from or to: English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish.
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