Monday, December 18, 2006

Electronic Resources

Bookwire is a website corresponding to R.R. Bowker's book review publication. It is an internet site "dedicated to new titles, new authors, and the general scoop on the book industry! Use this site to search book reviews, read about the latest releases, watch author video clips, and learn about upcoming book events. "


Richmond Daily Dispatch is the result of a National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and collaboration between the University of Richmond, Tufts University's Perseus Project, and the Virginia Center for Digital History to provide access to Civil War Era newspapers. There are currently 1384 issues of the paper available online, ranging in date from November 1860 through December 1865. Proximity and Boolean searching is available, and the ability to browse by calendar dates is a convenient feature.



The Complete Works of Charles Darwin provides "Darwin's complete publications, many handwritten manuscripts and the largest Darwin bibliography and manuscript catalogue ever published. There are also over 180 ancillary texts, from reference works, reviews, obituaries and more." The site is fully searchable, and provides original illustrations, mp3 recordings of books, and
translations of selected materials into Danish, Norwegian, German,

and Russian.

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