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Vendors .. to top
- abebooks
- Alibris
- Amazon.ca
- Amazon.com
- Amazon.co.uk
- Barnes & Noble
- Blackwell's UK
- Chapters Canada
- Powell's Bookstore (new, used, and out-of-print)
- HamiltonBook.com (low price)
- Patricia Ledlie Bookseller (biology, ecosystems etc)
- abcBooks (academic)
- BookFinder
Out-of-Print Books
Warning: it is rumored that certain books are always advertised by a few book stores, whether the store has them or not. Do not pay a finders fee. The following URLs have been recommended by others.
- Powell's Bookstore (new, used, and out-of-print)
- The David Brown Book Company
PO Box 511, Oakville, CT 06779 (860-945-9329; toll free 1-800-791-9354)
david.brown.bk.co@snet.net- AddAll http://used.addall.com/
a very useful resource when searching for out of print books for a library- AbeBooks: http://abebooks.com
- http://www.alibris.com
- Others:
http://dogbert.abebooks.com/abe/BookSearch
http://www.ibooknet.co.uk/
http://www.usedbookcentral.com/
http://www.bookfinder.com/
http://www.addall.com/
http://www.bestwebbuys.com/books/index.html
client software with updating bookshops' database (basic edition as
freeware):
http://www.copernic.com/products/shopper/index.html
Publishers .. to top
- All Publishers .. ePublishers .. Audio Books .. Different Formats
- U.S. Government Printing Office
- Houghton Mifflin Company .. index
- Random House .. Kids .. Audio #2
- Prentice Hall .. by topic
- Harcourt
- Harvard University Press
- Princeton University Press
- John Wiley .. UK
- Academic Press
- CSIRO Science Publishing (Australia)
- Dover Publications
- Pearson Press .. Penguin Classics
- ABE search used book stores; standing searches allowed
- All University Press Books new releases featured
- First Chapters
- Booknotes, from C-Span.
- Chapter One, searchable, from the Washington Post.
First Chapters: New Books Start Here, from the New York Times.- First chapters from Economist
- Copyright and fair use information from Stanford
- Guide to Copyright from IUPUI [Indianapolis]
Library Links
- Browse the Open Directory
- Publishers' Catalogues
- Friends of Libraries
- Peter Scott's Library Blog
- Library WebLogs
- Live Reference
- Library Journals
- Record Labels
- Newspapers
- Reference
Reviews
- Scholarly book reviews from H-Net
College Text Books .. to topNotes: Some companies give 40-50% discounts. Be sure to check for any time sensitive "return" and "buy back" policy. Often shipping rates cancel out discounts. Often it is better for several students to send a collective order. Select ahead of time to get the best shipping rates -- books are heavy and "over night" rates are very high.
Some of the new options are: buying books at auction, buying online digital books (even by publishers) .. Critique of On Line Book Sellers
Disclaimer: Policies/rates change .. be sure to check each vendor's current particulars.
- iChapters: an online bookstore that has college textbooks. Options:
A. Individual chapters in electronic format from college textbooks
B. Up to 50% off new textbooks in electronic format
C. Up to 25% off new textbooks in print format
The table of contents and the first chapter of every book is available for download at no costl. Individual chapters may be purchased in electronic format. http://www.ichapters.com/- follett (new and used, shipping 3.95 first book, .95 thereafter, UPS 3-5 days, returns)
- Varsity Books (new only, return after 30 days, discounts up to 40%, flat rate shipping starting at $4.95 UPS 2nd day)
- (not available) The U Zone (sells books at cost, shipping starts at $3.00 plus .95 per book, prepaid return shipping label included with each purchase)
- TextBooks (new and used?, return before 14 days, affilated w/Barnes & Noble, buy back policy about 45%, prepaid return shipping label, $4.95 shipping cost regardless how many books are ordered, 10% discount with "student advantage" card)
- College Store (association of college book stores .. check to see if your college is amoung them)
- Big Words (new, 40% discount, finding rebate, free shipping for orders over $35)
- eCampus (new and used, return before 30 days, free shipping, no minimum, buy back with prepaid shipping label, on-line auctions, started by Dave Thomas--of Wendy's)
Digital Text Books .. to top
- Wizeup (books from Hughton Mifflin, Norton and others)
Books at Auction .. to top
Classics .. to top
By Topic .. to top
- Bird Books (specialized)
- Eco-Compass / Ecosystems
- By Authors
- Complete Works of Shakespeare .. Help .. GLOSSARY
- Sherlock Holmes
- Joseph Conrad
- Edgar Allen Poe (best on the net)
Speciality .. to top
- Maps .. On-Line Maps
- Scholarly:
- Area/Ethnic Studies
Demography
Economics & Business
Education
History: General
History: USA
History Departments
Humanities
Libraries and Bibliographies
Full Text On-Line Magazines & Books
MOA Making of America Journals
Scientific American
News Sources
Political Science
Popular Culture, Cinema, Museums
PublishersView Direct .. to top
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Collections .. to top
Discussion Lists .. to top
- H-Net 100 scholarly discussion lists in humanities and social sciences;
searchable logs; H-Net now has over 60,000 subscribersLinks .. to top
- Search the WWW
- #1 .. #2
- Plato's Search Engine
Search Engines .. to top
- How to:
- Bare Bones 101 how to use search engines
- WebTeach tips on using your www page from Lancaster U., UK
- Guide to citing WWW sources
- Northern Light This combines a very good index of the WWW and of some scholarly journals together with an amazing document delivery system: online full text of some recent scholarly articles at $3 each recommended.
- Academic Info
- YAHOO: Yahoo is a good starting point for every popular and academic topic under the sun, worldwide. It adds 1000+ sites every day
- Historical Abstracts Abstracts of 400,000+ history articles (non-US), from ABC-CLIO; campus subscription required (check with Librarian)
- America: History & Life Abstracts of 400,000+ history articles (US & Canada), from ABC-CLIO; campus subscription required (check with Librarian)
- Infotrac Searchable index and (often) full text of scholarly journals; campus subscription required
- Yahoo's excellent guide to popular & semipopular history resources:
- ABOUT 500+ experts recommend sites; formerly called Mining Company
- Guide to WWW from Encyclopedia Britannica complete text, but this is an aging reference source
- JSTOR complete text online of all articles before 1993 of major journals in history, political science, economics, demography; free access if your school subscribes.
- List of JSTOR schools
- Voice of the Shuttle Large guide to humanities resources, from Alan Liu, UC Santa Barbara
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