access: http://hartness.vsc.edu/hartness/books/books.php#othercatalogs
WorldCat – OCLC catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide
Why select this database?
* Contains all the records cataloged by OCLC member libraries.
* Offers millions of bibliographic records.
* Includes records representing 400 languages.
Number of records – Over 62,000,000 records added since [...]
Entries from March 2007
March 30, 2007
WorldCat is back up!
March 29, 2007
Digging Beyond the Typical Search Engine to Find Better Research Online
link: http://www.degreetutor.com/library/research-tools/betterresearchonline
“…Sometimes it takes some more effort than usual to find that information you’re looking for, the kind that will not only get you through school, but also win you the admiration of your professors and peers. What you need is the ability to dig deeper into the online research world and find some serious [...]
March 29, 2007
Problem with WorldCat
Currently it is taking users to this page…this problem is being worked on – until it is resolved try using Open Worldcat
WorldCat.org lets you:
* Search many libraries at once for an item and then locate it in a library nearby
* Find books, music, and videos to check [...]
March 27, 2007
Citizendium: The Citizen’s Compendium
Link: http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Main_Page
From the Citizendium website: “The Citizendium (sit-ih-ZEN-dee-um), a “citizens’ compendium of everything,” is an experimental new wiki project. The project, started by a founder of Wikipedia, aims to improve on that model by adding “gentle expert oversight” and requiring contributors to use their real names. As of March 25, 2007, we were working on [...]
March 20, 2007
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center is a one-stop source for information on today’s hottest social issues. Drawing on acclaimed series published by Greenhaven Press and other Thomson Gale imprints, OVRC features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and [...]
