The links below are offered to assist you in
finding what you need online. If you have a question or
suggestion for a link to be added, please use the form below.
Librarian's Internet Index
- Web sites you
can trust. Librarians' Internet Index (LII) is a
publicly-funded website and weekly newsletter serving
California, Washington state, the nation, and the world.
The Poetry
Archives- The Archives contain over
3600 full-text, non-copyrighted,
classical poems from 140 poets, searchable by author, title,
and first line. For a browsable list of authors
included in the database, see Poet List.
Quoteworld.org
- A collection of close to 14,000 quotations that can be
searched by title, author, quote, or exact
words.
LibDex: The Library
Index - A worldwide directory of more
than 15,000 library Web sites. Each record provides
available links to Web-based OPACs (Online Public Access
Catalogs), Friends of the Library sites. The banner ads
cause pages to load slowly at times, but the wait can be
worth it for the site's comprehensiveness.
Homework Help
Books
The Blue Book
of Grammar and Punctuation - Based
on her print publication of the same title, this Web site
"provides commonsense guidance to the grammatically confused
and the punctuation impaired." The grammar and punctuation
sections each offer about a dozen links to appropriate
subjects (for example, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs,
commas, quotation marks) with examples of correct usage, in
addition to practice tests and answers. Easy to use, with
links to other helpful resources for writers.
WordReference.com- An excellent, large bilingual
dictionary for English to Spanish, German, French, or
Italian and vice versa. You can translate one word at a time
at the Web site. You can also install (bookmark) links to be
able to get a definition/translation for any word you select
on any Web page (works with Netscape and IE browsers running
on Windows), or you can download their JavaScript to install
on your server (works for Netscape and IE browsers and free
version is ad-supported) to use for visitors to your Web
pages. Translation mostly use various HarperCollins
dictionaries.
Overbooked:
A web site for ravenous readers. Overbooked specializes in
providing timely information about literary & genre fiction
as well as readable nonfiction
Go
Figure: a
collection of various Web-based calculators that will do
everything from figure mortgage payments, to percentage, to
convert currency. It'll even help you figure out how many
board feet of lumber you need for you next building project.
Mission:
To enhance the quality of life for
print-disabled Oregonians through reading. TBABS is
committed to deliver, in partnership with libraries
and other agencies, the best possible library
service to all eligible Oregonians.
