Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery

Aleph and USMAI Consortium

• catalogusmai
• USMAI Consortium of Libraries
• USMAI Committees and Groups
• USMAI Acquisitions/Serials Task Group (ASTG)
• USMAI Resources on Serials and Acquisitions

Bibliographic Verification Utilities

• Amazon.com
  A very substantial database with valuable information on the status of publications.
• Books in Print
  Information on books currently in print, forthcoming books six months in advance of publication, and books out-of-print since 1979. Authorized users only.

Tools for Price Comparison

• Bookfinder4u.com
• Fetchbook.info
  A site for comparing 62 vendors' prices for new and used books.
• thecheapestbook.com
• ALCTS Foreign Book Dealers Directory
  Listing of vendors covering various regions of the world

Compares prices at 30 bookstores.
• AAABookSearch.com
• All DiscountBooks.net

Reference Tools on Publishers and Vendors

• AcqWeb's Directory of Publisher and Vendor Web Sites
  International web and gopher site directory of publishers and vendors used by libraries.
• AcqWeb's Directory of Publisher and Vendor E-Mail Addresses
  International e-mail directory of publishers and vendors used by libraries.
• ALCTS Foreign Book Dealers Directory
  Listings of vendors covering various regions of the world.
• Antiquitarian Booksellers' Association of America Find a Bookseller
• Gale's Ready Reference Shelf
  Includes Directories in Print, Directory of Special Libraries and Information Centers, Encyclopedia of American Religions, Encyclopedia of Associations: National Organizations of the U.S., Encyclopedia of Associations: International Organizations, Encyclopedia of Associations: Regional, State and Local Organizations, Encyclopedia of Governmental Advisory Organizations, Gale Directory of Databases, Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media, Gale Guide to Internet Databases, Newsletters in Print, Publishers Directory, Research Centers Directory, International Research Centers Directory, Government Research Centers Directory.
• Publishers' Catalogues
  A searchable database of over 7,000 online catalogues.
• Publishers Directory (Gale's Ready Reference Shelf)
  Encompasses many Gale database, with entries for organizations, publications, and databases.

Business Finders/Yellow Pages

• AT&T Anywho Info
• Infobell
  Links to phone directories in various countries.
• International white and yellow pages
  Links to phone directories throughout the world organized by continent.
• Switchboard: Find a Business
  U.S. business addresses and phone numbers.
• SuperPages.com
• Telephone Directories on the Web.
  A first-class world-wide directory of web phone directories. Arranged geographically, this is superb for finding a directory covering any country in the world.
• Yahoo Yellow Pages
• UMBC White Pages

Other UMBC Acquisitions Information and Resources

• Liaisons' Login to Web Ordering System
• New Book Purchase Recommendation Form

E-Books

• Dissertation.com
• Netlibrary
• The On-line Books Page
  This metasite indexes more than 11,000 e-books available for free.
• Liblicense, Licensing Digital Information, A Resource for Librarians
  An extremely valuable resource on licensing.
• Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
  Selected articles, books, electronic documents, and other sources that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet and other networks.

Basic Cataloging Resources

• OCLC's Bibliographic Format and Standards