Verification Tools

Catalogs

• MVLC-- MVLC web catalog
• NOBLE-- NOBLE's web catalog
• CWMARS-- CWMARS catalog. "WZW" in OCLC
• MBLN-- BPL's web catalog. BPL is "BRL" on OCLC - Metro-Boston Library Network
• Minuteman-- MLN
• OCLN-- OCLN's web catalog
• CLAMS-- web catalog
• SAILS Library Network-- web catalog
• LIBWEB-online catalogs
• Other Online Catalogs-- MLIN's list of online catalogs in MA
• UMass Lowell -- UMass Lowell Libraries
• HOLLIS -- Harvard Online Library Information System
• WorldCat -- OCLC Online Union Catalog
• Library of Congress
• AMICUS WEB -- online catalog of the National Library of Canada
• New Hampshire State Library
• British Library
• MASSCAT
• Virtual Catalog

Other search sites

• Amazon
• Barnes and Noble
• Borders
• Internet Bookshop
• MX Bookfinder-- old, out of print books
• Amazon.co.uk-- Amazon in the UK
• Bibliofind-- old, out of print books 
• American Printing House for the Blind
• CD Now
• H&B-- H&B Recordings Direct - especially good for classical
• Tower Records
• Bagaduce Music Library
• Echo AudioBooks - to rent 
• Books on Tape
• Internet Movie Database (IMDB)
• AV CENTERS - NMRLS
• Genealogy-- Massachusetts resources from www.rootsweb.com
• ArchivesUSA
• NARA -- US National Archives & Records Administration
• National Archives of Canada

Periodicals and Reference

• Infotrac
• Boston Globe
• New York Times
• Uncover / Ingenta
• PubMed
• ERIC -Educational Resources Information Center
• NMRLS databases
• JAKE - (Jointly Administered Knowledge Environment) for finding online journals
• Worcester Area Union List of Serials