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  • Language Translation Database. Yourdictionary.com. Over 230 major bi-lingual dictionaries. See also Ethnologue Database.
  • Language Translation Database. Over 70 major languages for tourists. Includes several bi-lingual dictionaries.
  • Language Translation Database. Altavista Babel Fish. Rather than translating single words or phrases, this one lets you translate whole web pages, or long sentences. Currently supports English to French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Russian and vice versa.
  • Language Translation Database. Systran Translator. Same function as Babel Fish.
  • Language Translation Database. Babylon. While Babel Fish and Systran are both web based translators, Babylon translates more languages but it is not web based and has to be downloaded. Once installed and setup, it sits behind the scenes, you simply click on the foreign word in a web page with the mouse pointer, and the Babylon box pops up with the translation of the word or sentences. Over 100 languages dictionaries are from choosen when you setup, including non-Latin (Western) alphabets like Chinese, Hebrew, Japanese, Greek, Turkish, and Cyrillic.
  • LASER. UK library network for the London and south eastern region.
  • LaserQuest CD-ROM database product from AT&T. It is the world’s largest CD-ROM bibliographic database, with more than ten million MARC records.
  • Association of Latin American National Libraries. ABINIA. Asociación de Bibliotecas Nacionales de Iberoamérica.
  • Latin America Database. The first Internet-based news service in English about Latin America, publishing in-depth coverage of Latin American affairs since 1986.
  • Latin America INCAE business library. Has branches in several countries.
  • Latin American Health Sciences Information Centre. BIREME. Includes a large medical library, document delivery service and access to the Index Medicus Latino-Americano database. Also trains medical librarians Part of the Pan American Health Organisation, (Organizacao Pan-Americana da Saude), based in based in São Paulo, Brazil.
  • Latin America libaries, archives and booksellers.
  • Latin American National Information Systems and Networks. INFOLAC. UNESCO library project.
  • Latin America Newspapers. Over 400 web newspapers covering countries in central and south America, as well as the Caribbean islands. See also world newspapers.
  • Latin American Regional Centre for the Promotion of Books. UNESCO library Project. CERLALC. Centro Regional para el Fomento del Libro en Amércia Latina y el Caribe.
  • Latin American scientific databases and libraries.
  • Latin America & Caribbean Science and Technology information project INFOCyT. An initiative of the Office of Science and Technology of the Organisation of American States, OAS. Provides regional access to a selection of databases.
  • Latin American Yellow Pages. Paginas Amarillas.com. Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela.
  • Latin American Yellow Pages. 2
  • LawCrawler. Bespoke legal database. Search for law schools, law firms, law cases etc. Search with Boolean/proximity operators AND, OR, ADJ, NEAR, and NOT. See also Findlaw, world legal search engine, Legal Dot Net, and Law Guru.
  • Lange & Springer. L@SER. Electronic journal service. Springer-Verlag.
  • Law Guru. Search more than 340 legal search engines and tools. US bias. See also legal directories.
  • Law journals. UK bias. See also electronic journals.
  • Law journals. US bias.
  • Law journals 3.
  • Law journals. 4 Worldwide. Includes full text web versions.
  • Law Research.com. 4 Largest Internet law library.
  • Law Library Resource Exchange. LLRX. Newsletter for law librarians.
  • LawOffice.com Most valuable Internet destination for information and services on the law.
  • Lawtel. UK subscription based electronic legal current awareness information service. Updated daily. The Case Law database contains fully indexed synopses of all major law reports since 1980, while the Legislation database includes UK Statute Summaries and Statutory Instruments. Free trial available. See also Sweet & Maxwell, Westlaw, Context, Butterworths, Jordans, Context and Lexis-Nexis.
  • Law Track. Access to US federal, state, and local government legal material. See also Legislate, Court Link, and Westlaw.
  • Law Virtual Library. See also world law libraries.
  • Learned Information Europe. Publisher and conference organiser. Web site includes a calendar of current exhibitions, meetings, workshops, conferences in the UK and Europe for information professional. Also publishes Information World Review newspaper. See also Online Information.
  • Leatherhead Information services. Producers of foodline databases. See also International Food Information Service.
  • Lebanese Library Network.
  • Lebanese Yellow Pages.
  • Legal information directories. Mainly UK. Includes Bar directory, Waterlows, Proflist(The Lawyer's Diary), Kimes International Law Directory, and The Legal 500.
  • Legal information directories. Law Links. Legal Information on the Internet. Long list of legal resources, databases and journals for the UK and abroad. See also world legal databases.
  • Legal Dot Net Legal information resources. US bias.
  • Legal Information Institute Cornell University New York..
  • Legislate US legislation intelligence service.
  • Legislate Online Telnet. US legal database direct access. Subscribers only (requires 7-digit billing number).
  • Lexis-Nexis database host Business, law, finance, the media and government databases. Telnet access available, as wel as tutorials on the command line access.
  • LFC. Library Furnishing Company. Library furniture and office equipment. See also Library Office Supplies.
  • LIBEX Bureau for International Library Staff Exchange. Sponsored by the UK Library Association.
  • Librarian and Information Scientist career guides Concise profiles of what information professionals such as librarians and information scientists do, including brief information about, for example, work activities; entry requirements; library skills, library education and training, availability of LIS jobs; age barriers/gender balance; lifestyle implications/salaries; possible LIS career development. Very good starting guide for those in the UK considering library and information work as a career. From the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services. See also Libraries FAQ, World library and information science schools, and Job vacancies notice board for librarians/information scientists.
  • Librarians and Educators online. Based in New England, LEO is a consulting company specializing in the growing technology and information needs of libraries, schools, and other educational institutions.
  • Librarian's Book Club. Read and discuss books that are about libraries and the library profession. See also Library and information science news. *New*
  • Librarian's Channel. New cutting-edge application to illustrate to library and information professionals the exciting potential of the latest push and pull technologies of the Internet. The Librarian's Channel is being distributed free of charge on CD-ROM at major conferences, or it may be downloaded. See also Readmore.
  • Librarians in the Movies. List of actors and actresses who have portrayed librarians in films. See also Internet Movie Database.
  • Librarians' Yellow Pages. Telnet. An exhaustive listing of publications, products and services for librarians and libraries. The database is updated monthly.
  • Librarians' Yellow Pages. Buyer's guide created for librarians by librarians. See also Library Journal Buyer's Guide 2001, Library Office and Supplies and library automation products and services.
  • Libraries for the Future A not-for-profit organization dedicated to information equity, literacy and the preservation and renewal of libraries as essential tools for a democratic society.
  • Libraries and Innovative Internet IT applications.
  • Libraries FAQ. Very important guide about librarianship, library work, library skills and development and libraries for those considering it as a career. Also updated regularly on the main library USENET newsgroup: soc.libraries.talk. See also Librarian and Information Scientist career guides, World library and information science schools, and Job vacancies notice board for librarians/information scientists.
  • Libraries of the World. See world library directories.
  • Libraries Unlimited. Publishes professional books for LIS professionals. See also Bowker-Saur.
  • Library Administration and Management Association.
  • Library + Information Show 2005. Annual exhibition and conference. See also Online Information.
  • Library and Information Science Abstracts. LISA. Web version of LISA, the international abstracting and indexing tool for library professionals.
  • Library and Information Science Journals/magazines. Compiled by Thomas Parry Library, Wales University. See also Library Journal, Today's Librarian, Database, Searcher, Aslib Managing Information, Information Today, Online, Information World Review, Biblio Tech Review, Teacher Librarian, Current Cites, Libres, Library Quaterly, Exploit Interactive, Cultivate Interactive, Provenance, Online User, LinkUp, Inform, Journal of Information Science, Journal of the American Society for Information Science JASIS, and EMedia. For LIS journal abstracting services see Library and Information Science Abstracts, Library Reference Centre Database, and Index Morganagus
  • LIS Journals/magazines. BUBL external. See also electronic journals, world publishers and MagPortal.
  • LIS Journals/magazines. BUBL internal.
  • LIS. Journals/magazines.
  • LIS Journals/magazines. Pan European and global.
  • Library and Information Science news. Library Link. For information professionals worldwide. See also Bowker Information Professionals' Exchange, LIS news, and newsgroups.
  • LIS News. Lisnews.com. Latest news from the world of library and information science. See also Nutshell, Free Pint, Librarian's Book Club, Library Juice, and Library-Oriented Lists and Electronic Serials.
  • Library and Information Science news. The Virtual Acquisition Shelf & News Desk.

    Library and Information Science professional reference resources. A list of general reference directories and portals for the information professional and academic researcher. E.g. encyclopedias, dictionaries, databases, meta reference directories, search engines, books, LIS resources. etc. Covering just about every topic or subject under the sun. See also Encyclopaedia Britainnica, Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia, World Fact Book 2005, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, Compton's Encyclopedia, World Information, and Websters online dictionary.

  • About.Com.
  • Academic Info.
  • Argus Clearinghouse.
  • Bulletin Board for Librarians. BUBL.
  • DeskRef.
  • EARLWeb.
  • Internet library for librarians.
  • Internet Oracle Search Engines.
  • IntIndex, Intenet Index.
  • Infomine. Scholarly Internet Resource Collections.
  • Internet Oracle Searchines.
  • Internet Search Engines.
  • Info Connect LIS Directory. You are here!
  • Interdisciplinary Databases.
  • Librarians' Index to the Internet.
  • PICK Quality Internet Resources. From University of Wales, Thomas Parry Library.
  • Internet Search Engine. FAST, (Fast Search and Tranfer). Largest search engine in the world. As of December 2000 it currently holds 300 million of the estimated 900 million web pages on the Internet.
  • Internet Search Engines. Large collection of free specific search engines on the web.Over 1000 different specific web databases. Subject categories include law, computers, entertainment, business, medicine, biology, finance, food, politics, air travel etc.
  • Internet Search Engines. Site 2. Another huge list of free internet search engines. Subject categories includes computers, biology, and law etc. See also Library and Information Science professional resources.
  • Internet Search Engines. AlphaSearch. Site 3. Subjects covered include archaeology, astronomy, biological and physical sciences, economics and business, information science, law, music and sociology.
  • Internet meta-search engines. Dog Pile. All- in-one group of search engines. It carries out rapid simultaneous search of over 10 of the top search engines, including Hotbot, Altavista, Yahoo, Lycos, InfoSeek, and Web Crawler.
  • Internet meta-search engines. Internet Sleuth (Big Hub). Rapid simultaneous search of 7 major search engines.
  • Internet meta-search engines. SavvySearch. Rapid simultaneous search of several major search engines available. Available in more than 20 European languages plus Esperanto, Turkish and Japanese.
  • Internet meta-search engines. MetaCrawler. Rapid simultaneous search of several major search engines available
  • Internet meta-search engines. Profusion. Rapid simultaneous search of 7 major search engines.
  • Internet search engines. Web Taxi. No simultaneous search of search engines. But you can choose from a selection of the 11 top search engines. Extras include Boolean and proximity search operators such as AND, OR, NOT, ADJ and NEAR, plus key word truncations.
  • Librarians' Guide to the Internet. See also Netskills.
  • Librarian's Guide to the Best Information on the Net.
  • Library Resource List.
  • LibrarySpot.
  • Library Land.
  • Michigan Electronic Library.
  • Open Directory.
  • O'Keefe Library Best Information on the Net.
  • Pinakes.
  • Stephen Amery's Index of International and Comparative Librarianship.
  • Refdesk.
  • Roget's Thesaurus database.
  • WebData.
  • UNESCO Libraries Portal. Useful links for librarians. Includes library meetings & conferences around the world.
  • Virtual Reference Desk. Search or browse.

  • Library and Information Science professional resources. Yahoo.
  • Library and Information Science professional resources. Web Crawler.
  • Library and Information Science professional resources. Netscape.
  • World Information Lists. Price's List of List. Global top 10, 50, 100 etc of everything from richest people in the world, biggest companies, most popular baby names, largest law firms, top 200 brand name drugs, top 100 renting videos. Massive lists. Not part of the Guinness Book of Records!

  • LIS professional organizations. See also European library and information science associations and World library associations.
  • LIS professional organizations. Plus other related resources such as book trade organisations and book promotional events.
  • Library and Information Studies Students and Prospective Students, LISSPS. UK organisation for new and current LIS students.
  • Library and Information Statistical Unit, LISU.
  • Library and Information Technology Association, LITA.
  • Library Associates. Library automation products.
  • Library Association. UK. see also LIS professional organizations.
  • Library Association Record periodical. Access to past issues of the LA Record.
  • Library automation products and services. Librarians Online Warehouse. Over 1000 companies listed in a free searchable database and subject index. Also includes library furniture and supplies. See also Librarians Yellow Pages.
  • Library automation products/services companies. From SUNSITE, Berkeley. Some popular library management system companies already listed in Info Connect are: Geac, BLCMP, Adlib, Data Trek, DS, DDE, Automated Library Systems, Fretwell-Downing, SIRS, Dynix/Ameritech, Heritage, SIRSI, CAIRS, SLS Information Systems, Innopac, and Fulcrum. See also Biblio Tech Review e- journal, which provides regular library automation technology news.
  • Library automation products/services companies. Yahoo. See also Web OPACs.
  • Library automation products and services.
  • Library automation products and services .
  • Library Bureau. Library office furnishings. See also Library Office and Supplies.
  • Library Clip art.
  • Library Clip art. Over 200 images of books etc. Site 2.
  • Library Corporation. Library automation products company.
  • Library computer accessories on the Internet
  • Library Information Technology Centre, LITC. UK. The news section is impressive.
  • Library Journal. See also Today's Librarian, Ariadne, and LIS Journals/magazines.
  • Library Journal Buyer's Guide 2004. The librarian's comprehensive resource for products & services.Over 600 companies listed with descriptions, company contacts, web addresses, and more. More than 350 product and services categories and over 60 materials suppliers categories, cross-referenced to company profiles. NEW: Complete listings for more than 100 architectural firms; Disaster planning for librarians FREE product information from our advertisers with Reader Service Cards Also including manufacturer's catalog & product showcase and the magazine showcase. See also Librians Yellow Pages.
  • Library Juice News digest for librarians, library and information science students, and other interested people. See also LIS News and Nutshell.
  • Library Master. Stand alone bibliographic database. Download a free PC Demo. Others listed in Info Connect are EndNote, Idealist, Citation, Reference Manager, ProCite, Bookends, GetARef and Papyrus.
  • Library news flashes. See also LIS News.
  • Library of Computer and Information Sciences.
  • Library of the week. Send in your nominations.
  • Library Office and Supplies. Includes library office equipment, and furniture. See also Gresswell, Grafco, Library Furnishing Company, BLS, Vernon Library Supplies, and Library Bureau.
  • Library-Oriented Lists and Electronic Serials. Includes LIS newsgroups. This document is a compilation of electronic discussion lists, distribution lists and serials which are of interest to library professionals and staff. See also LIS news.
  • Library of Congress. See US Library of Congress.
  • Library of Trinity College, Dublin. See Trinity College.
  • Library Quartely. Periodical.
  • Library Reference Centre Database. A new database of abstracts from more than 30 library science publications including Library Journal, American Libraries, etc. From EBSCO. See also Index Morganagus.
  • LibrarySoft. Library automation company.
  • Library software archive. From IFLA.
  • Library software archive Site 2. Gopher.
  • Library Specialists.
  • Library Support Staff Resource Centre.
  • Library tools for Serials Cataloguers.
  • Library workshops, conferences, meetings and seminars. From NISS. See also IDT 2004, Infobase 2004, Online Information 2004, Online World2004, National Online Meeting 2004, Library + Information Show 2004, Australian Information Online 2004, IFLA 2004, FID 2004, Internet Librarian 2004, and Information Science workshops, conferences, meetings and seminars.
  • Library workshops, conferences, meetings and seminars. US bias. Librarians Databook.
  • Library workshops, conferences, meetings and seminars. Electronic Calendar for LIS professionals. Comprehensive indexed listing of training events, courses, conferences and other meetings in librarianship and information work, publishing and the book trade, and museum work" and does indeed contain a very large amount of LIS-related UK events. Can be searched via subject or date.
  • Library workshops, conferences, meetings and seminars. Library meetings & conferences around the world.
  • Library workshops, conferences, meetings and seminars. Gopher.
  • Libres journal. Library and Information Science Research Electronic Journal.
  • Libya business directory. Official.
  • Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering and Technology. Large special library in the US. Also offers document delivery of scientifc and technical publications.
  • LinkUp. News magazine for users of online services, CD-ROM and Internet. See also EMedia, Database, Searcher, Managing Information, Information World Review, Information Today, Online, Online User and LIS Journals.
  • Liszt. A keyword and Boolean searchable database of more than 40,000 mailing lists. Subscription instructions are included. See also LIS e-mail lists and newsgroups search engines.
  • Literature Information Systems. Professional information on electronic media.
  • Literature Online Database. A fully searchable library of over 250,000 works of English and American literature, overseen by an academic advisory board.
  • Loislaw Publishes databases on case law, statutory law, constitutions, administrative law, court rules, and other authority for all 50 states in the US, plus the 18 most important federal law libraries. See also Westlaw.
  • London Advice Services Alliance. LASA.
  • Major London based medical school/hospital libraries, listed in the Info Connect LIS directory: King's College (Guy's and St Thomas Hospitals/UMDS), Imperial College (Charing Cross Hospital), St Barts Hospital, St Georges Hospital, St Mary's Hospital, and University College (Royal Free Hospital). See also UK Medical Library Directory, National Institute for Medical Research library, Royal Society of Medicine library, and the British Medical Association library.
  • London Borough of Westminster libraries and archives. See also Corporation of London Libraries.
  • London Business School Library.
  • London Institute Library. Centre for art, design, fashion and printing.
  • London PLUS Co-operative venture between some University libraries in London and the South East, primarily to help part-time students to borrow material from alternative libraries.
  • London Research Centre. Provider of information, research, analysis and consultancy about urban affairs for UK local government authorities and government departments. Major databases include Acompline and Urbaline.
  • London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library.
  • London University Central Libertas Consortium OPAC. Telnet. Carry out simultaneous search of over 8 London University Libertas OPACs. Can display search results in UK MARC format.
  • London University Library. Senate House.
  • London University libraries. All libraries of the colleges and institutes that make up London University.
  • London libraries. All academic libraries in London.
  • London University Union List of Serials Telnet. Login as "LIBRARY"
  • Longman Dictionary Online Dictionary database. Free 30 day trial. See also Webster's online dictionary, and Library and Information Science professional resources.
  • Louvre Museum databases and other information resources. Paris, France.
  • Luxembourg Yellow Pages. Giel Säiten.


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