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RENATA5
Posts: 3,245 12/10/12 2:26 P
An excellent resource for a list of the titles in a series that can be found by series name, title or author for children's literature (including juvenile and young adult). I used it this morning to check on titles for Christmas presents for my grandsons.
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That looks like a great site, I always use Goodreads and it will be the number of the series in parenthesis by the time. For example: Happy Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter #4)
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OMG, y'all - I have no idea where I found this site originally, but it is THE BEST. I always seem to read the second book in a series first - usually because I don't know it's a series! With this site, you put in the author or a series or title of a book and it shows you the order of the books!!
http://ww2.kdl.org/libcat/whatsnext.asp
For example, I brought up the site and entered Harry Potter in the Series field, and got this:
ROWLING, J. K. Harry Potter series
(search by this series name) 1. Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone 2. Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets 3. Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban 4. Harry Potter and the goblet of fire 5. Harry Potter and the order of the phoenix 6. Harry Potter and the half-blood prince 7. Harry Potter and the deathly hallows
I live in Minnesota and we have MNLINK where I can request books at my local library from all over the state as well as the University of Minnesota. There is a limit of three weeks and no renewals. I have gotten books from small libraries to work on the genealogy for my husband. No charge but our taxes do pay for it. I request my books online. Leona
RENATA5
Posts: 3,245 6/29/12 12:17 P
Oh my .. time to give this a bump .. was looking for this link to pass on some info to use here at work .. and it took a while to find it.
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RENATA5
Posts: 3,245 12/13/10 3:41 P
Love Historical Fiction from a certain time period or location? Check out this website .. it's amazing!
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MARLENE2995
Posts: 4,388 7/12/10 8:43 A
My library requires a card and password to check anything out but here is the site to look things up: http://lanepl.org
I also like this website. I think I found it somewhere here on SP: http://stopyourekillingme.com
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RENATA5
Posts: 3,245 7/10/10 2:22 P
I've added the classic lists to the complete list a couple of posts down. Please don't add a comment or reply to this topic so the entire list is easily found. (Makes it easier on me to not have to re-duplicate the list and possibly create errors in the links). Thanks!
Pick an author and click on the genre link and you'll get a list of other authors and titles -- awesome!!! -------------------------- Specific theme or genre lists: www.wrl.org/bookweb/
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CAREWREN
Posts: 5,895 3/28/09 2:34 P
Thanks for this recap. I have been involved with libraries all my life and was a library advocate and volunteer for years. I somehow was not aware of this topic or I would have contributed to it. I'll take a look at the sites and see if there is anything left to contribute!
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Pick an author and click on the genre link and you'll get a list of other authors and titles -- awesome!!! -------------------------- Specific theme or genre lists: www.wrl.org/bookweb/
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BOOFSMOM
Posts: 177 3/15/09 9:29 P
JBITZENH- Thanks for the idea of going to college websites and looking at syllabi for books to read! Great idea! I love to read AND learn-this is a great way to do both. Also-I had not heard of iTunes University, so will definitely be checking this out. Thanks again.
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AADBROOKS
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you're welcome! I was pretty excited when I first found it...
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Thanks for the dearreader site! I didn't know my local library had an online book club.
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AADBROOKS
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The best website I have found is
www.dearreader.com
It s a great website that you sign up for and then everyday it send you a part of a book to read and you get to read the first few chapters of a book and it gives yu a good idea if you want to continue the book or not.
Hopes this makes sense...
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i just felt the need to add my kudos to this list!!
and- i do use the fantastic fiction site all the time, fom finding all books to an author- it also gives- the if you like- try these for each author-- and, when i need more books to add to my list, it lists every book coming out every month- hate to miss anything!
so i am there all the time!
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They have lots of useful information including book club kits, if you like this author then you'll probably like this one, too lists, etc.
Thanks for the other links. I'll be checking them out.
Joanna from Dundas, Ontario
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Thanks so much for compiling this list!
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WOW what an awesome list of places to get books. I am totally addicted to books.
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RENATA5
Posts: 3,245 2/18/09 5:13 P
I took out the links lost in cyberspace in the master list down below (see topic dated 6/8/08).
Also added this library website link which has an interesting list of blogs and podcasts:
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JBITZENH
Posts: 24 7/7/08 6:48 P
This will seem strange, but I often find books to read by finding out what college professors are teaching in their courses.Basically I just go to the department websites of various universities. Many offer their syllabi right there with book listings.
Also good is looking at the required reading lists for masters and doctorate programs in english. The U of Wisconisn has a particularly good one in a variety of subgenres.
Not a typical library database list, but these are places I love to frequent, you never know what you'll find . . .
Project Gutenburg iTunes University (as it acceses many universities free classes including Berkeley, Yale, Oxford ect.) iTunes podcasts in general The Open University's Openlearn/LearningSpace Site MIT OpenCourseWare OEDb (Online Education Database) The Free Open University
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RIOFRIOTEX
Posts: 903 7/4/08 8:02 A
I use DAWCL all the time in my work purchasing items for our curriculum collection. Here are two others I like:
Dayton (Ohio) Metro Library's Fractured Fairy Tales - organized by the "original," this gives cultural variations as well as modern takes on classic fairy tales and fables, and often includes pictures of the book covers: www.dayton.lib.oh.us/kids/Reference/Fairy. cfm
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MONETRUBY
Posts: 5,652 6/22/08 10:42 P
http://www.dekalb.public.lib.ga.us/
The link for the DeKalb county (GA) library-there's some interesting stuff for kids, such as book recommendations. They also do a blog that has some good info that might be of interest to lots of people-the latest one has a link to a summer reading article on NPR. Also helpful to those who live in Georgia is a link the Georgia Center for the Book, with all sorts of good info about Georgia authors, etc. There's probably more stuff available, I just haven't found it yet!
Leigh in Knoxville ; - )
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NOSPRINGCHICK
Posts: 148 6/22/08 3:52 A
What a wonderful selection of websites. I have added this to my favourites so that I can check them out later. Thank you for sharing and for a great team.
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ASHERAH38
Posts: 4,142 6/21/08 6:08 P
I haven't been as active on spark and just saw this thread. What great resources--Thank you everyone. I'll spend some time exploring them.
Cathy
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Pick and author and click on the genre link and you'll get a list of other authors and titles -- awesome!!! -------------------------- Specific theme or genre lists: www.wrl.org/bookweb/
Reader's advisory (lots of lists) www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/ ----------------------- An extensive book list (a work-in-progress) for fictional authors by book title, author, or genre.
Pick and author and click on the genre link and you'll get a list of other authors and titles -- awesome!!! -------------------------- Reading Guide for Books (under Book Group Discussion) www.heightslibrary.org/ma_books_quest.php? action=what_to_read
Here's a search engine for books by title, author, series, genre, for either youth or adult.
Edited by: RENATA5 at: 1/27/2008 (13:11)
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CHRISD108
Posts: 28 12/30/07 5:58 P
Hi,
I have stared both Sparkspeople and a reading club in the past year. I just logged into this website and love it. Thanks to everyone for the website addresses. I'll be checking them out.
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wrote them down- mitzi
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RENATA5
Posts: 3,245 12/30/07 9:51 A
One goal I have is to re-read the Oz books by Frank L Baum. I was amazed to discover I could read his books on line at no cost on this website: www.pagebypagebooks.com/
Adding another website with complete books to read on line:
Found one of my most memorable books in the list: Deafening by Frances Itani. Also found a book I'd like to check out Dancing in the Street by Barbara Ehrenreich.
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RENATA5
Posts: 3,245 12/15/07 12:36 P
Looking for what to read next? Here are dozens of booklists (mysteries, love or romantic, YA, dog and cat, science fiction, cozies, books to television, etc.) compiled by members of the Fiction_L electronic book discussion list. (Morton Grove Public Library)
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HRDWLBY
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I really appreciate everyone sharing these great sites. I added this topic as a favorite so I can find them when I need them.
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KATTYKATHY
Posts: 4,324 12/14/07 4:12 P
I got this site from somewhere else on Bookworms, but it is worth repeating. If you need an order of a series or another books by an author, this is the site. www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/ It also gives you info on the author and on the book.
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RENATA5
Posts: 3,245 12/14/07 12:10 P
Not a site affiliated with a library but worth mentioning:
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KATTYKATHY
Posts: 4,324 12/8/07 2:35 P
Our library system is great for our area. It covers several counties. Some areas are generallly accessable and some require an account. The Wilson Battlefield Civil War area is interesting for history buffs. It's paid for with our tax money. St. John's provides access to medical info. www.coolcat.org/
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MAHJARUNNER
Posts: 2,199 12/7/07 7:27 P
I like the booksense list/info, which is compiled by independent bookstores. Their website is http://www.booksense.com/
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I have nothing to share but thanks for the links! :D
~mona
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RENATA5
Posts: 3,245 12/7/07 11:46 A
Great suggestion Curiousgeorge. I'm a retired library director.
Here are a few more links to some interesting library info:
Reading Guides for Books: This is one of the best lists I've found.
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CURIOUSGEORGEG
Posts: 506 12/7/07 12:23 A
Coming from a librarian-in-training most good libraries should be pretty willing to help whomever comes along, card or no. The cards serve various purposes (besides checking out books, they enable statistics gathering for funders, etc.) but libraries -- especially public libraries -- will be happy to help you with your information needs.
If you don't have a public library nearby, then getting a card at the nearest urban library system might be an option. This would enable you to access certain things like the online databases where you can get a lot of information.
Even if you have a library near you but you think you probably couldn't access it because it's for a university or college, etc, call and ask to speak to a reference librarian. They should be more than willing to help you figure out how to access information you might want or need and probably know of places in the area where they could steer you.
You'd be surprised how happy people like myself are to help someone on a night like tonight when there's nothing going on!
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TALKIEBARB
Posts: 3,248 12/6/07 8:37 P
Our library has a great site but you need a card number and password to use it, and the day your card expires they cut you off. They have children and adult games, lessons, and lots of other things. We are a city of a million so the library is great.
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SUSHIMAVEN
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Our local Boynton Beach library online has RosettaStone available free. I don't know if you have to live here to use it.
/boyntonbcl.onlinelanguagelearning.com/
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Sadly enough we don't even have a public library anymore; they had to shut it down due to lack of funding.
But this is great, I love the links and the info I can find from them!
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http://www.wepl.lib.oh.us/
This is the web site for our local library. Information on the site includes book reviews, info for adults, kids, and much more useful info.
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RENATA5
Posts: 3,245 12/6/07 3:11 P
Some libraries have awesome websites that offer lots of information without needing a library card.
If you use a library website with information about books or authors that's available to all of us, please share! List the link and give us the low-down on what there is available ....
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Oh my, it's been a long time since I've updated our list with some interesting links. 
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