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AcqWeb: Directory of Publishers and Vendors
AcqWeb provides links to resources of interest to librarians with acquisitions or collection development responsibilities. The scope is international. Sites linked to include sources for verification of bibliographic information; email addresses and web pages for vendors and publishers of interest to librarians; associations and organizations; online journals and newsletters; archives for conferences; web reference resources; gateways to topical web sites; and links to search engines and subject classifications.
Alibris
Find and buy the books you've been looking for right here. No phone calls, no waiting - just search and order with your credit card on our secure server." Privacy protected.
Amazon
Offers books, music, audiotapes, video, out print books. With reviews and list of bestsellers, all at discounted prices. Privacy protected.
The Association of American University Presses Online Catalog
Links to press home pages and online catalogs of books for sale.
Barnes and Noble Bookstore
Offers books, magazines, software, bargain books, out of print books. Promises fast delivery and deep discounts. Reviews, recommendations. Searches many out of print book dealers' stock. Privacy protected.
BookFinder
Over 1,000,000 new, used, rare, out of print, and international books for sale.
Books A to Z
This company provides tools and services necessary to publish a book through an alliance of industry vendors. They specialize in helping self and small publishers with layout, printing, marketing and fulfillment.
The BookWire Index: Publishers
Browse a list of book publishers by category.
Children's Literature Comprehensive Database
Offers more than 240,000 reviews of both fiction and non-fiction children's and young adult books, as well as related professional books--all full text searchable from 35 review sources. You can limit your search by age, grade level, lexile level, year of publication and genre. There are also links to author and illustrator sites, awards and prizes, teaching materials, booktalks and other resources from the CLCD home page.
ChoiceReviews.online
Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries is the premier source for reviews of academic books, electronic media, and Internet resources of interest to those in higher education.
Editor and Publisher: Online Media Directory
MediaInfo Links. Editor & Publisher's research department has developed a database of all media with a Web presence. You will find associations, city guides, magazine, newspaper, news services and syndicates, radio and television web sites in the new database.
Google Book Search
Search the full text of books to find ones that interest you and learn where to buy or borrow them.
International Bibliography of Book Reviews
An interdisciplinary index to book reviews published in scholarly journals, primarily in the social sciences and the humanities, including many European journals.
Iowa Book
Link to Iowa Book, Iowa City downtown bookstore.
Iowa Center for the Book
The Iowa Center for the Book, a program of the State Library of Iowa, is an affiliate of the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. The mission of the Iowa Center for the Book is to stimulate public interest in books, reading, literacy and libraries.
NoveList
This database includes both children's and adult books, and provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and much more for over 135,000 fiction titles. It also allows you to search by series, "Find Similar Books" by choosing specific subject headings, or "Describe a Plot" to locate books when you can't remember the title or want to choose specific plot elements/characteristics. Limits can be set for age and lexile level. Librarians and teachers will appreciate other features such as Picture Book Extenders, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, Annotated Book Lists, and articles on Teaching with Fiction.
Prairie Lights Bookstore
Link to Prairie Lights, Iowa City downtown bookstore.
PsycCRITIQUES
Searchable database of book reviews in psychology.
PubList.com
A list of magazines and journals, this site calls itself "the most comprehensive directory of...more than 150,000 publications from around the world." Selected information from Ulrich's Periodicals Directory (but no subscription prices included). Search for words in title, publisher, subject, ISSN.
Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
A bibliographic database providing detailed and authoritative information on journals and other serials published throughout the world. Ulrich's covers all subjects, and includes regularly and irregularly published serials that are available free or by paid subscription.
University of Iowa Bookstore, Iowa Memorial Union
Live links to sections for Textbooks, General Books, Health Science Bookstore, Hawk Wear Gift Shop, Music and Video shop, Buy Back, Computer software and supplies, school/art supplies, and upacs.
WWW Virtual Library Index of Publishers
Yahoo! Book Shopping
Search by subject category, comparison shopping, lists (bestsellers, Oprah's Picks, Award winners...)