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September 09, 2004CliffsNotes Now Available for Free Online ViewingCliffsNotes has announced that they've got 180 literature guides online for free viewing. The snag is that viewing is the only thing that's free. Downloading and printing the guides will...Read the rest of entry "CliffsNotes Now Available for Free Online Viewing" here. August 13, 2004The Harry Potter News AggregatorHas anyone else had the problem that they read the title "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" as "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Uzbekistan" ? Perhaps it's just...Read the rest of entry "The Harry Potter News Aggregator " here. July 22, 2004Library of Congress announces Lewis Carroll CollectionThe Library of Congress has announced The Lewis Carroll Scrapbook Collection, now available at http://international.loc.gov/intldl/carrollhtml/ . Lewis Carroll, he of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Though the Looking-Glass (also known...Read the rest of entry "Library of Congress announces Lewis Carroll Collection" here. June 29, 2004Naropa University Teams Up With Internet ArchiveNaropa University has teamed up with the Internet Archive to provide online access to its collection of audio recordings. The recordings represent 30 years of classes, lectures, and other presentations...Read the rest of entry "Naropa University Teams Up With Internet Archive" here. April 27, 2004Hey! Huah! Book Recommendations! Good Gnod, Ya'll!If you've run out of books to read and are down to deciding between an old JC Penny's catalog and a copy of LANDO SACKETT that you've read eighty billion...Read the rest of entry "Hey! Huah! Book Recommendations! Good Gnod, Ya'll!" here. April 05, 2004USA Today Has Database of BestsellersNow you don't have to wonder anymore exactly how much Harry Potter has dominated the best-seller charts. Now you can find out at USA Today's bestsellers database, available at http://asp.usatoday.com/life/books/booksdatabase/default.aspx...Read the rest of entry "USA Today Has Database of Bestsellers" here. March 30, 2004New Database on Crime, Mystery, and Detective Fiction, Film, and TelevisionIf you're all about the clues and the mysteries and the detectives, you'll enjoy Crime Fiction Canada, which despite its name covers crime fiction, film, and television from all over...March 15, 2004Database of Children's Literature ScholarshipABC-Lit is an index to children's literature scholarship. It looks like it focuses on eleven periodicals, which doesn't sound like much but bear in mind that a) this is pretty...Read the rest of entry "Database of Children's Literature Scholarship " here. March 08, 2004Free SF/F Books Online From BaenLast year I was complaining about the fact that I didn't have any fiction to read and a friend of mine recommended the Belisarius series by David Drake and Eric...Read the rest of entry "Free SF/F Books Online From Baen" here. September 24, 2003Open the Door For Your Golden Gate Mystery DateHow many mystery, detective, and crime fiction titles are either actually set in San Francisco and the Bay area, or have significant portions occur in the SF and Bay area?...Read the rest of entry "Open the Door For Your Golden Gate Mystery Date" here. August 25, 2003Index of E-Books Available OnlineThere's a huge index of over 73,000 English-language book texts available at http://www.digitalbookindex.com/ . There's a semi-registration required to use this site. The actual search page for this resource is...Read the rest of entry "Index of E-Books Available Online" here. July 15, 2003Database of Science Fiction Books and AuthorsThe Science Fiction and Fantasy Book List Site (http://www.sfbooklist.co.uk/) is an attempt to put together a comprehensive bibliography of science fiction and fantasy authors. Considering that this site has over...Read the rest of entry "Database of Science Fiction Books and Authors" here. July 11, 2003Lii.org Releases Subject Guide for Mysteries
To celebrate their inclusion in a mystery novel, the Librarians' Index to the Internet has released "Mysteries and More," a searchable subject index for mystery reading. It's at http://lii.org/search/file/mysteries. Topics...
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"Lii.org Releases Subject Guide for Mysteries March 18, 2003Books In Print Offers Children's Book InformationOnline book information service BooksInPrint.com ( http://www.booksinprint.com/ ) now has a children's section available. Once you've logged in (this is a pay service) pick the Children's Room. There you'll...Read the rest of entry "Books In Print Offers Children's Book Information" here. October 17, 2002Archive Planned for Walt Whitman ManuscriptsTwo University of Nebraska faculty members have received a $245,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services for a two year project that will create a virtual archive...Read the rest of entry "Archive Planned for Walt Whitman Manuscripts" here. July 31, 2002Robin Hood ResearchThe Robin Hood Project ( http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/rh/rhhome.stm ) is a collection of texts, images, bibliographies, and basic information about the Robin Hood stories and other outlaw tales. There are seven sets...July 25, 2002Digitized 18th Century BooksI'm a little late on this one. The Gale Group announced last month a project to digitize nearly 150,000 English-language titles published between 1701 and 1800. Called The Eighteenth Century,...June 22, 2002Tolkien-Inspired Artwork: The GalleryHow much do you like Tolkien? A lot? So do lots of other people. In fact, there's a gallery completely devoted to Tolkien-inspired artwork at http://www.nightrunner.com/gallery/html/ . There are several...Read the rest of entry "Tolkien-Inspired Artwork: The Gallery" here. December 31, 2001Tough Eggs and Gun Molls -- Detective ListingsIf you're into that yummy pulp goodness, you'll like Thrilling Detective ( http://www.thrillingdetective.com/), a site devoted to -- you guessed it! Detectives! This site has a lot of detective-oriented resources...Read the rest of entry "Tough Eggs and Gun Molls -- Detective Listings" here. December 12, 2001New York Times Launches Tolkien ArchivesIf you've got Lord of the Ring tickets in your pocketses (gollum, gollum) you may be interested in the latest New York Times archive, The Tolkien Archives: A Guide to...Read the rest of entry "New York Times Launches Tolkien Archives" here. April 10, 2001Shakesearch (Shakespeare Search Engine)Need to search Shakespeare? You'll have a few different options at http://www.rhymezone.com/shakespeare/. This search engine searches each line of Shakespeare's writing for the keywords you specify. The search interface...Read the rest of entry "Shakesearch (Shakespeare Search Engine)" here. March 30, 2001Theme From An Imaginary LibraryWhen the wagons, leave the city, for the forests, and further on... oh, sorry, that's the theme from an imaginary WESTERN. Quite different from the Invisible Library ( http://www.invisiblelibrary.com/ ),...Read the rest of entry "Theme From An Imaginary Library" here. January 03, 2001A Search Engine for BookwormsWow, what an engine. Allreaders ( http://www.allreaders.com ) allows you to search for book information through several different elements, including plot, main character, main adversary, plot elements, etc. The site...Read the rest of entry "A Search Engine for Bookworms" here. November 13, 2000Fantastic Fiction Bibliographic Database OnlineAs a non-fiction book writer, I am in awe of fiction writers. I mean, I work from research and an outline, but fiction writers have to make stuff up! Out...Read the rest of entry "Fantastic Fiction Bibliographic Database Online" here. June 27, 2000Makers of SearchMil and SearchGov offer SearcheBooksThe folks who brought you SearchEdu and SearchGov are now out with SearcheBooks at http://www.searchebooks.com/? . It looks like the Google interface, and it doesn't seem to offer Boolean OR,...Read the rest of entry "Makers of SearchMil and SearchGov offer SearcheBooks" here. |
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