INTERNET SITES FOR COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT

BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

Books in Print http://www.booksinprint.com/bip/

Library of Congress Catalog http://catalog.loc.gov/

Amazon Books http://www.amazon.com

Barnes and Noble Books http://www.barnesandnoble.com

BOOK REVIEWS

Book List magazine http://www.ala.org/ala/booklist/booklist.htm

Booknotes (C-SPAN)  http://www.booknotes.org/home/index.asp

BookPage http://www.bookpage.com

BookWeb (American Booksellers Association) http://www.ambook.org

BookWire http://www.bookwire.com

New York Times Book Review http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/index.html

Publisher's Weekly http://www.publishersweekly.com/

Library Journal Book Reviews http://www.libraryjournal.com

CD-ROM Reviews

CD-ROM Reviews http://www.cdromreviews.com

CNET Reviews http://reviews.cnet.com/

WWW Links to CD-ROM Reviews http://cdrom-guide.com/cd_rev.htm

Collection Analysis (statistics)

Councils of Government http://www.txregionalcouncil.org/index.htm

Federal Govt.Statistics http://www.fedstats.gov/regional.html

Texas City Information http://castor.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/#cities

Texas County Information
http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/index.html#cities
http://www.state.tx.us/category.jsp?language=eng&categoryId=1.7

U.S. Census Bureau http://www.census.gov

North Central Texas Council of Governments - small city information http://www.DfWInfo.com

Collection Development Information for Public Libraries

ACQWeb - Website for Acquisition & Collection Development professionals  http://acqweb.library.vanderbilt.edu/

Arizona State Library  http://www.dlapr.lib.az.us/cdt/intro.htm 

Full-Text Databases

Texas State Electronic Library http://www.texshare.edu/

Lists of Award Books

American Library Association http://www.ala.org/alsc/awards.html

Texas Library Association Reading Lists http://www.txla.org/html/reading.html

Oprah Book Club Titles http://www.oprah.com/books/books_landing.jhtml

National Book Foundation  http://www.nationalbook.org/

Literature Awards  http://www.literature-awards.com/


For questions or additional information, please contact Collection Development Consultant Marsha Barker at 972.205.2567, or via email at mbarker@netls.org.

Page last updated: 10/06/2005

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