Media Design’s Library, Research, IT, Language & Museum Resources

Library, Research, IT, Language & Museum Resources

Rare, Used & Textbooks ABAA: Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America ABE: Advanced Book Exchange ABE Textbooks: Find & save on new & used textbooks ACRL: Rare Books & Manuscripts AddALL: Rare & Out of Print Book Search ACRL: Guidelines for the Security of Rare Books, Manuscripts & other Special Collections ACRL: Rare Books & Manuscripts Alibris: Books you thought you’d never find Amazon: Books Amazon UK: Ships to US Antiquarian Auctions\|Rare Book Auction Barnes & Noble: Books & Audiobooks Barnes & Noble: Textbooks - Rentals, Used, New & Digital Bauman Rare Books Beinecke: Rare Books & Manuscripts (Yale) Biblio.com: Booksearch & Marketplace Bibliofinder: Find bookstores, book clubs, events, plus more BIGWORDS: finds the sweetest, cheapest textbooks on the planet Bodleian Libraries: 28 libraries across Oxford, including the central University library Book Bundler: Collections BookFinder.com: Search for Out of Print & Used Books BookFinder.com: Search for New & Used Textbooks BookOutlet.com Books Tell You Why British Library: Burkes Books: New, Used & Rare Books Burnside Rare Books Cheapest Textbooks: Used, New, Rental & eTextbooks Canton Books: Homework Help CHEGG/The Student Hubb: Homework Help Cornell University Library: Rare & Manuscript Collections	DiscoverBooks.com Heritage Book Shop HistoricPages.com: A Brief History of Illuminated Manuscripts ILAB: International League of Antiquarian Booksellers IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations & Institutions Jeff Maser Bookseller ABAA Joseph J. Felcone: Antiquarian Booksellers Since 1972 Ken Lopez Bookseller: Fine Books & Manuscripts Liber Antiquus: Early Imprinted Books (15th, 16th & 17th Century) Library of Congress: Rare Books & Special Collections - An Illustrated Guide LibraryReads.org Literary Hub LOC.gov: Rare Book & Special Collections Reading Room Montgomery: Rare Books & Manuscripts Oak Knoll Books: Specialists in Books About Books Oxford University: Digital Bodleian - Discover a million images of rare books, manuscripts, & other treasures Philadelphia: Rare Books & Manuscripts Pratt Library: Evaluating Old Books RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts & Cultural Heritage RBS (Rare Book School) SLJ (School Library Journal Smathers Libraries (UofF): Rare Books Tavistock Books: First Editions, Rare & Collectible Books Textbooks.com: Used textbooks. Fresh thinking Text Manuscripts: Les Enluminures ThriftBooks.com Vimeo: Simon Says On Demand Pages Wilsey Rare Books WOB.com: Old & Rare Books

Online Books 19th Century German Stories Apple: iBooks Textbooks for iPad Audible.com: Free Trial Banned Books Online (UPenn) Brattle Book Shop: One of America’s Oldest & Largest Antiquarian Book Shops Est. 1825 Bibliomania BookRiot.com: Cheap Books Online British Library: Online Gallery Children’s Storybooks Online Classic Bookshelf FreeEBooks.net Free Library Goodreads.com: Free Online Books Guttenberg Project’s Free eBooks	Hans Christian Anderson Online Jane Austen Online Hans Christian Anderson Online Jane Austen Online Literature.com Literature.org ManyBooks.net NAP (National Academies Press): Browse by Topic Online Books (UPenn) OnlineLiterature.com OpenLibrary.org Page-By-Page Books Philip Pullman: “His Dark Materials” author’s site Powell’s Books: Used & New Books in Portland, OR, & online Scribd.com: Free Trial Shakespeare Online Ultan’s Library: A web resource for the study of Gene Wolfe Washington County (OR) Cooperative Library: E-books

Librarian Resources ACADEMIC RESOURCES: LibraryScienceDegrees.org - Created as a comprehensive resource for students to research, review & compare US-based universities to find a library science degree program. ACADEMIC RESOURCES: LibraryScienceDegrees.org - A source for online library science degree programs ACADEMIC RESOURCES: LibraryScienceDegrees.org - Library science schools listed by state OAPEN.org: Promotes & supports the transition to open access for academic books ALA: American Librarian Association AnyThinkLibraries.org APA.org: Write with Clarity, Precision & Inclusion APA.org: Webpage on a Website Reference Archives & Museum Informatics ARL: Association of Research Libraries ASIST: American Society for Information Science & Technology BIBLIOMANIA: The Network Library Bookbinding: Canadian Bookbinders & Book Artists Guild Bookbinding: Denis Gouey Studio CRS: Cataloger’s Reference Shelf CDL: California Digital Library ComicArt.com: History of Collecting Comic Art Community Learning Network: Teacher’s Resource Cornel.edu: Fake News, Propaganda, & Disinformation - Learning to Critically Evaluate Media Sources Digital Librarian: Nationally recognized library technology consultant, author, & speaker Digital Scriptorium: Manuscript Studies Disinformation Resource Center Disinformation Tools & Resources EBSCO: Managing a world of information Eldis.org: BUBL Information Service Eldis.org: Resources for acquisitions librarians (BUBL) Enchanted Learning: Online Curriculum Material Est. 1995 ERIC: Educational Resources Information Center FIAF: International Federation of Film Archives From Now On: The Educational Technology Journal Gutenberg Bible Gutenberg Digital	Project Gutenberg: A library of over 60,000 free eBooks IFLANET: International Federation of Library Associations Network InfoToday.com: Computers in Libraries IGC: Institute for Global Communications Information Literacy: Standards & Internet Research InfoPeople: A nonprofit consortium of more than 230 libraries committed to unleashing the impact of libraries Internet Archive ITS.MARC Databases JMIR.org: Infodemiology Librarian’s Yellow Pages Libweb: Library Servers Library of Congress Library of Congress: Program for Cooperative Cataloging (LoC) Library Spot LSU.edu: Misinformation & Disinformation Resources MARC (Machine-Readable Cataloging) Standards MIT START: Natural Language Question Answering System National Library of Canada Octavo: Digital Imaging & Preservation Rand.org: Tools That Fight Disinformation Online SFU.ca: Confronting the Disinformation Age SLA: Special Libraries Association Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian: Learning Lab Smithsonian: National Air & Space Museum Spot Fake News: Tools to Fight Back State & Local Govt on the Net Stonybrook.edu: News Literacy Online SuperSummary: A better way to study & teach literature Thunderstone: Document Retrieval & Management UCLA College Library: Start your research UM.edu: Research Guides UrbanLibraries.org NOTE: If you can’t find what you are looking for here, try clicking HERE.

Reference Resources ASTROPHYSICS: 9 Greatest Astronomy Books for Beginners in 2020 (Alien Panda) ASTROPHYSICS: Astro-Physics.com ASTROPHYSICS: Astrophysics (Brilliant) ASTROPHYSICS: Astrophysics (NASA) ASTROPHYSICS: Astrophysics (Oxford) ASTROPHYSICS: Astrophysics (Wikipedia) ASTROPHYSICS: Astrophysics for Beginner (Colin Stuart) ASTROPHYSICS: Astrophysics since April 1992 (Cornell) ASTROPHYSICS: Center for Astrophysics (Harvard/Smithsonian) Research Topics ASTROPHYSICS: Phys.org ASTROPHYSICS: Best 5 Astrophysics Courses on the Web (Course Arena) ASTROPHYSICS: Best Online Astrophysics Courses for Beginners (Nine Planets) ASTROPHYSICS: Smithsonian Institution ASTROPHYSICS: Smithsonian Magazine ASTROPHYSICS: Space.com ASTROPHYSICS: Space Mines AVIATION: Basics of Flight (Aviastar) AVIATION: Beginner’s Guide to Aerodynamics (NASA) AVIATION: Epic Flight Academy Aviation Resources AVIATION: FAASafety.gov Online Resources AVIATION: History of Aviation (JACO Aerospace) AVIATION: History of Flight (NASA) AVIATION: History of Aviation (Wikipedia) AVIATION: History of Flight (Britannica) AVIATION: How Airplanes Work (HowStuffWorks.com) AVIATION: Professional Aviation Resources AVIATION: The History of Airplanes & Flight AVIATION: Think Aviation Resources DICTIONARY: αlpha Dictionary	DICTIONARY: Cambridge DICTIONARY: Collins Dictionary, Thesaurus ∧ Reference Materials DICTIONARY: Dictionary.com DICTIONARY: Enchanted Learning - Illustrated Scientific Dictionaries DICTIONARY: FreeDict.com (Links to English to - Africa, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili & Swedish) DICTIONARY: FOLDOC (Free Online Dictionary of Computing) DICTIONARY: Language Dictionaries & Translators DICTIONARY: Look WAY Up - Online English Dictionary DICTIONARY: McMillan Dictionary DICTIONARY: Merriam Webster Dictionary DICTIONARY: One Look Dictionary Search DICTIONARY: Online Etymology Dictionary DICTIONARY: Oxford English (Requires subscription) DICTIONARY: Thesaurus.com DICTIONARY: Visual Thesaurus DICTIONARY: VisuWords - Visual Dictionary DICTIONARY: Wiktionary, the free dictionary DICTIONARY: Webopedia (Online Tech Dictionary for Students, Educators & IT Professionals) DICTIONARY: WordSmyth - The Premier Educational Dictionary-Thesaurus for Kids DICTIONARY: YourDictionary.com ENCYCLOPEDIA: Artcyclopedia ENCYCLOPEDIA: Britannica ENCYCLOPEDIA: Columbia Encyclopedia/Fact Monster ENCYCLOPEDIA: Encyclopedia.com ENCYCLOPEDIA: Symbols.com ENCYCLOPEDIA: Wikipedia

Research Resources ACLS: American Council of Learned Societies ACLU: American Civil Liberties Union Affordable College: College Research Paper Resources ArchINFORM: International Architecture Database ArchNet.org Botanical Society of America CDW (Computer Discount Warehouse): Research Everything IT CEDAR: Center of Excellence for Document Analysis & Recognition CIO Water Cooler: A free, open & supportive networking community for IT leaders & technologists Cornell: Math Databases Credo Reference: Background Information to Start Your Research Dave’s Garden Guides: Plants, Bugs & Birds European Southern Observatory FairyGodBoss.com: Resources FAS (Federation of American Scientists): Intelligence Resource Program Grad School Center: 100 Free Online Resources for Grad Students Grad School Hub: Graduate Research Resources History of Mathematics How Stuff Work How Things Work: NG for Kids Human Nature Review: Source of analysis & commentary InfoPlease Internet Directory for Botany (University of Oklahoma) Internet Public Library References	Kuder.com: 60 Career Development Resources for Women Leading Edge International Research Group: Probing Experiential Reality with Systems Research & Analysis Master’s Degrees: 50 Must-Have Online Resources Medical College of Wisconsin: Research Resources Nation Master: Find Market Sizing & Trends on any sector, in any country National Academies of Science, Engineering & Medicine National Library of Medicine: NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information) National Humanities Institute NatureServe: Unlocking the Power of Science to Guide Biodiversity Conservation Network Computing NIH: Research Resources Open Access/Open Educational Resources: Research Guide Principia Cybernetica Senior Living: Technology for Seniors Third Age: Information for older adults University of the People: Top 10 Amazing Study Resources for Students University of Maryland: Online Guide to Writing & Research University of Pittsburgh: IT Research Resources US Census Bureau: Explore Census Data VitalRec.com: Birth, death or marriage certificates Washington University St Louis: Research Guides WomenEmployed.org: Resources Worldwide Arts Resources

Museum Resources 10 best museums in the world 12 Famous Museums That Offer Virtual Tours 75 Best Virtual Museum Tours Around the World [Art, History, Science & Technology] Australia: 18 Museums You Have To Visit In Your Lifetime Austria: Top Museums in Vienna Best Museums In The World: Art, History & Culture Classical fm: The most spectacular musical instrument museums you can visit across the world Council for Museum Anthropology Egypt: Museums, Sites & Monuments Expatica.com The expat community’s online home away from home. France: Louvre Museum Joy of Museums: Virtual Tours	UK: Ashmolean Museum - Oxford UK: British Museum UK: London List of Museums UK: London List of Museums you can tour virtually UK: Natural History Museum UK: National Portrait Gallery UK: Victoria & Albert Museum US: American Museum of Natural History US: Archaeological Research Institute US: Black History Museum US: Civil Rights Museum US: MoMA (Museum of Modern Art US: Motown Museum US: National Blues Museum US: National Gallery of Art US: National Jazz Museum US: Smithsonian Institution NOTE: If you can’t find what you are looking for here, try clicking HERE.

Language Translation Babel Fish Translator BING Translator Busuu.com: Access to compact lessons from the experts & connection with a community of native speakers DeepL Translator DuoLingo.com: Free, fun & effective way to learn a language Fluently.so: 49 Free Language Learning Website FluentU: Language learning with real world videos (requires subscription) Gate2Home: Type in your language, anywhere! GOOGLE Input Tools: Your words, your language, anywhere GOOGLE Translator iTools.com: Translate words, texts & web pages from one language to another Learn a Language: 100s of free language-learning lessons, games & activities	LexiLogos: Multilingual Keyboard Lingo24: Combining human creativity & the power of AI to get your global content right LINGUEE Translator OpenCulture.com: Free language lessons PROMPT One: Online Translator Smodin: Translate one text into multiple languages Translate.com: We translate. Edit. Deliver in hours. Translation Directory: Portal for Language Professionals & their Clients TypeIt: Type accent marks, diacritics & other characters online Word2Word: Language Resources WordLens Translator: Downloadable App for Android Word Reference: Useful Dictionary/Translator in multiple languages World Language Resources: The Ultimate Language Store WorldLingo: Online language translator Yandex Translate: Free online translation from English & other languages using words, texts, web pages, & text in photos

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