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"Great Reads"
Bestseller Lists
- The
Amazon.com 100
- "The 100 titles Amazon.com customers couldn't live without in the last 24
hours. Updated hourly."
- Barnes
& Noble Bestsellers
- Barnes & Noble Top 100 Bestsellers from both online and in-store sales.
- New York Times
Bestseller List
- "The Times on the Web will now publish the New York Times best-seller
lists a week in advance of the printed Sunday Book Review." Complete lists
require free registration to the New York Times Web Site.
Other great reads...
- NY
Times 100 Notable Books of the Year-2005
- Selected by The Book Review from books reviewed since
the New York Times Holiday Books Issue of Dec. 5, 2004.
- CPLS Staff Picks
- A list of what Clearwater Public Library System Staff are reading, updated quarterly.
- Books
In Space
- A list of "great read" web sites.
- NY
Times Book Reviews
- Search book reviews back to 1980. Also has new book reviews and links to reading
groups for different genres. Requires free registration.
- Salon.com
Books
- Book reviews of interesting and off-beat books. Recommendations monthly ("What
to Read In..." the given month)
- Sleepers:
Books You May Have Missed
- Recommended titles both fiction and non-fiction. This is a great resource for
books you don't always see on the bestseller lists. Updated reguarly.
NetLibrary
is a collection of online books (eBooks). Using netLibrary, you can access a
wide range of scholarly and reference materials entirely online.
- Based
on the Book
- A listing of movies that are based on books, short stories, and plays. Searchable
by movie title, book title, movie release year, and book author.
- What's
Next
- Search by author or title to see what comes next in a series.
- The
Internet Book List
- Search for books by author, genre, title, series and more. Also has online
book discussions and ratings from readers. Similar to the Internet
Movie Database.
- Stop,
You're Killing Me
- A great resource for mystery and suspense books. Includes chronological lists
of books and dates on future releases. Search and browse by author or character.
- AllConsuming.net
- This site compiles what those who create weblogs are mentioning on their pages.
You can create your own list by registering for free.
- The Wickman Collection of Books Of the Sea
- Books about sailing and other aspects of the sea available from CPLS.
- Clearwater History
- Books about Clearwater and the surrounding communities.
Also Check out GaleNet's What
Do I Read Next? and Literature Resource Center, available anywhere with a CPLS
library card.
Manga & Anime
Nearly one in every three books published in Japan is a manga. Manga, often translated
as "comic books," is really a form that can include a broad spectrum
of writing, from serious literature to technical manuals. The manga that we are
most familiar with in the United States is the comic book form that has inspired
much of the anime we now see in video, DVD and television. These forms are becoming
more and more mainstream. Get current by checking out these sites.
- Anime and Manga
- A list of scholarly information including books and web sites on anime and
manga.
- Animeinfo.org
- This site supports manga and anime fandom, information and community, and also
includes academic papers, research and education. Has a great history section.
Detailed and clearly written.
- Black Moon Anime &
Manga
- Online dictionary of anime and manga terms
- Gilles' Anime Service to Fans Page
- Product release information, detailed information about manga and as well as
suppliments to Gilles Poitras books. Includes links to the Librarians
Guide to Anime and Manga, Recommended
Anime, Manga and Books, and a Teacher's
Companion. This is a good starting point for teachers and parents who want
to know more about the subject.
- History
of Manga
- This is designed to educate non-Japanese about the Japanese manga industry
and is a comprehensive history and analysis of the subject with attention to
historical works from the perspective of Japanese scholars.
- Manga et Cetera
- An in-depth introductory site to manga that is extremely well designed and
easy to use.
- Rei's Anime and Manga Page
- A portfolio of essays and links about manga and anime. Contains both introductory
and in-depth thought-provoking content.
- Usernet Manga
Glossary
- This glossary not only has the English words, but also the original Japanese
characters (provided you have a Japanese-language plug in to read them). Regardless,
it is a very comprehensive and contains cross-references.
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News
These are links to local, national and international newspapers and magazines.
See our Subscription Databases for more resources.
- Local Newspapers
- News resources local to Clearwater.
Access/Source: Clearwater Public Library System
- NewsDirectory.com
- "Web sites of paper-printed newspapers and magazines with actively-updated
English language content with unrestricted access."
Access/Source: NewsDirectory
- FindArticles
- "Provides hundreds of thousands of articles from more than 300 magazines
and journals, dating back to 1998."
Access/Source: LookSmart.com.
- Newspaper & Current
Periodical Reading Room
- Access to full-text U.S and foreign newspapers and other information related
to journalism.
Access/Source: Library of Congress.
- NewspaperLinks
- Access not only to online daily newspapers, but also Newspaper Collectives;
Weeklies, Business Papers and Alternative Press; Selected International Editions;
State Press Associations; and Media Organizations.
Access/Source: Newspaper Association of America.
- U.S. News
Archives on the Web
- "Provides links to web versions of 62 U.S. newspapers from 29 states
and their full-text, online back files."
Access/Source: Special Libraries Association
- Google
News
- News headlines from around the world. Searchable.
Access/Source: Google.com
Library-Related Sites
- American Library Association
- ALA provides "leadership for the development, promotion, and improvement
of library and information services and the profession of librarianship in order
to enhance learning and ensure access to information for all."
- Library of Congress
- Special collections, U.S. History, Exhibitions, forms and information from the
Copyright office, and great research information.
- Libweb - Library WWW Sites
- A database of library sites from around the world. Updated daily.
- Public
Library Web Sites
- A very long list of library web sites around the world.
- Local Libraries
- A list of local libraries, public, private and academic.
- Other Library Catalogs
- Catalogs from other Libraries in the Clearwater area.
- 2002
Florida Library Directory with Statistics
- Statistical information about Florida libraries. Often updated.
Access/Source: State Library of Florida
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