Online Library Catalogs and Databases

• America: History and Life (through I.D. Weeks Library
• Ex Libris Aleph (new ID Weeks card catalog)
• Google Book Search
• Google Scholar
• HYTELNET - Library catalogs available via telnet
• International Coalition on Newspapers - list of digitized newspapers
• JSTOR (through I.D. Weeks Library)
• Libweb - Library catalogs available via the web
• New York Times Historical Newspapers (through I.D. Weeks Library)
• Project Muse (through I.D. Weeks Library)
• ProQuest (through I.D. Weeks Library)
• WorldCat - a First Search database (through I.D. Weeks Library)

Digitized Online Resources
As a general rule, I retain a healthy skepticism of research conducted on the web, especially because anyone can post anything they want. However, there are exceptions. I find reputable sites that post digitized images of primary resources very useful. Here are a few to consider.

Non-Digitized Online Resources
While I am even more skeptical of sites that post non-digitized primary resources, there are some sites that you may find useful. Click here for details.

Digital Books Online
There are a number of efforts underway to bring the full content of copyrighted and out-of-copyright books to the web. Here are several notable efforts worth looking at.

Useful History Links
Includes links to regional archives, research tools and military history links. Click here for details.

Buying Books Online
If you buy books online, it is really worth checking out http://www.pricescan.com/home_books.asp. It lets you compare the total cost of a book [price + postage] at all online book retailers by entering author, title or ISBN.