LIBRARIES list gives you a place to search / RESOURCES 

NOTE on web libraries, just because they are on the web doesn't mean that they are open 7 / 24, so if you can not reach the site the lights may be out for the night.

www.library.vanderbilt.edu/law/acqs/acqs.html ACQWEB the gathering place for librarians and other professionals interested in acquisitions and collection. Directory for new, used, web, more sources at this location.

http://www.lib.muohio.edu/pictbks Children's Picture Book Database Searchable bibliography of over 4000 children's picture books that are held by the Instructional Materials Center of the Miami University Libraries.

http://copac.ac.uk/copac/ COPAC is a new national Online Public Access Catalogue, providing unified access to the online catalogues of some of the largest university research libraries in the UK and Ireland.

http://www.voicenet.com/~bertland/libsf/stpages/stdir.html links to the home library pages of public schools, listed by state.

http://special.lib.umn.edu/clrc/  Kerlan Collection, University of Minnesota: contains over 70,000 children's books, color proofs, artwork and manuscripts.  Included in the vast CLRC holdings is Oziana and other Baum related materials.

http://lcweb.loc.gov/homepage/about.html Library of Congress Home Page multiple links and searches as expected but also much more. Card catalog search of many Universities and research centers available from this site.

http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/collections.html Lilly Library index for collections with limited graphics, usually just two pages with 2-6 illustrations.

http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/index.html   Lilly Library good jump site/check out.

http://www.indiana.edu/~libfind/   from this site can leap to many Libraries world wide.

http://www.nla.gov.au/ The National Library of Australia, excellent site to search. Search results in card catalog information, not text or illustrations nor jacket covers. But like card catalog once subject found can locate author or illustrator and all works by them.

http://www.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand

http://www.nypl.org New York Public Library

http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/staff/morgan/alcuin/alpha.html Eric Morgan's OPAC (online public access catalogs) Listing of libraries with their resource listings available over the web.

http://www.liunet.edu/but08/ajc/ajc.htm Palmer School of Library and Information Science at Long Island University. The American Juvenile Collection of children's fiction and folklore, which covers the years 1910 -1960, is searchable.

http://www.lib.usf.edu/spccoll/child.html University of South Florida Children's Literature Collection. Good collection of series literature, (animal, boys, girls, Horatio Alger, chap books) pop up books and early American textbooks.

www.yahoo.com/Reference/Libraries/ Yahoo reference list 1600 library sites, searchable by categories.

 

RESOURCES

http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/law/acqs/libsci.html Acqweb's Library & Information Science Resources of Interest to Acquisitions and Collection Development Librarians.

http://www.ala.org/alsc/librarians.links.html ALSC resources for librarians, links to good sites for children and young adults. Many resources available here with enough of a description to decide if you want to inspect the site.

http://streetcat.bnkst.edu/ The Children's Catalog, Bank Street College Library A library catalogue that provides the usual bibliographic information and summaries of children's books by author, title, or subject. To limit your search to children's books, choose the menu item for "Children's Catalog"

http://edfu.lis.uiuc.edu//puboff/bccb/   Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books "One of the nation's leading children's book review journals for school and public librarians", it is affiliated with the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois. Monthly online features include Starred Titles, Bulletin Dozens a theme-based lists of titles, the Big Picture, a monthly in-depth look at selected new titles and trend, and Rising Star, a focus on a particular author or artist. Founded in 1945, the Bulletin is devoted entirely to the review of current books for children.

http://www.carolhurst.com./ Carol Hurst collection: of reviews of great books for kids; ideas of ways to use them in the classroom; and collections of books and activities about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes and professional topics; for storytellers, teachers, librarians, parents and students. Includes links to authors and in site search. Great reviews of books and authors.

http://avatar.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/   de Grummond Children's Literature Research Collection, one of the top research collections of original materials in the field of children's literature located at the University of Southern Mississippi. Finally some of these many resources are becoming available for our web use.

http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/index.html Internet School Library Media Center: a well indexed, growing number of sites of interest to librarians and teachers.  Everything from book awards to art ed. to voed.    Provided by Inez Ramsey, a Professor of Library Science at James Madison University.  This award winning site truly is the Media Center for librarians and teachers.  Meta site.

http://www.tlcdelivers.com/tlc/  Libraries on the Web, growing world index. Strong listings in North America.

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/LibraryLand/ Library Land Resources for Librarians, music, storytelling, resources, authors, reading clubs, parenting, library skills and more.

http://www.winsor.edu/library/libguide.htm The Public Service Librarian's Professional Guide to Internet Resources provided by The Winsor School Library, Boston MA. As the name implies there is a lot here but a bit difficult to resource quickly, definitely worth the look though.

http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html Repositories of Primary Sources lists over 1000 websites that describe holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photos, and other primary sources for research scholars.

http://www.rosenbach.org Rosenbach Museum and Library holdings include one of the largest and most important collections of Carolliana worldwide. And the major repository for the illustrations and manuscripts of Maurice Sendak. Developing site with Lewis games in the Kids section and Teachers page coming soon.

http://www.mbnet.mb.ca/~mstimson/text/hotspots.html School Library Hotspots, web links to materials for librarians and public school. Good listing including web awareness links.

http://www.slj.com/ School Library Journal Online: from job listings to what is currently happening in the news that effects libraries can be found here. Full length feature articles on current topics of interest. News, opinion, software, links, top library site for the month, more.

http://www.spl.lib.wa.us/children/bklists.html Children's Resource Booklist: Seattle Public Library

http://sunsite.unc.edu/cisco/schoolhouse/   Virtual Schoolhouse, "A Meta-Library of K-12 Internet Links" Try their Library, Art Room and Virtual Field Trips.

http://yahelp.suffolk.lib.ny.us/ Young Adult Librarian's Help, link listings updated monthly, many choice sites not found listed otherwise.  A first choice when looking for Young Adult materials.