Verification tools

Tools

• AcqWeb's Directory of Publishers and Vendors - If you know the publisher of the title you're looking for, try this gateway to publishers websites, many of which contain searchable databases of their publications.

• AgNIC - Agriculture Network Information Center provides a searchable database for agricultural information available on the Internet.

• AGRICOLA - Bibliographic database of agricultural literature from the National Agricultural Library.

• All that JAS: Journal Abbreviation Sources - A registry of web resources that list or provide access to the full title of journal abbreviations.

• The British Library - Search the British Library Public Catalogue, the Document Supply Catalogue, or specialized collections.

• Center for Research Libraries - Search the CRLCATALOG, or specialized catalogs for foreign dissertations, foreign newspapers, and ethnic press (periodicals and newspapers published by ethnic groups in North America).

• CISTI Online Catalogue - Search the Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information catalog by author, title, subject, keyword, or standard number.

• ERIC - Educational Resources Information Center. Includes ERIC search and thesaurus. Some items available full-text through this site.

• The European Library - Gateway to European National Libraries

• Gateways to union catalogs - National libraries and archives internal page.

• GBV - Common Library Network of the German States

• Library of Congress Gateway to Library Catalogs

• Library of Congress Catalog

• LibWeb - Library pages from over 135 countries

• Mathematical Reviews' Abbreviations of Names of Serials - Don't know what Abh. Braunschweig. Wiss. Ges. stands for? This is the place to find out. Caveat: it's only mathematical and scientific titles. Also available as a PDF

• Medline LocatorPLUS

• National Library Catalogues Worldwide - from University of Queensland Library

• National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections - from the Library of Congress

• NTIS Catalog - Contains 450,000 government publications issued by NTIS since 1990. Also contains links to searchable databases for specialized NTIS collections such as Business, Environmental, or Military Publications and Manuals.

• PubMed - Access to over 11 million citations from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. See also the PubMed Citation Matcher

• Index Theologicus citations to documents from over 600 theological journals, Festschriften, and congresses (Universität Tübingen)

Resources

• Alapage.com - French purveyor of books, CDs, DVDs.

• Alibris - Online bookseller

• Amazon.com

• BOL.com - Dutch equivalent of Amazon

• Genamics JournalSeek - Database of freely available journal information.

• Google Books

• Google Scholar

• Books on Demand - Online catalog of 150,000 out-of-print books

• DealTime - Click on "Books" tab. Gives book prices for multiple booksellers so you can comparison shop.

• ILL-L - When all else fails, post a message to the discussion list asking people for help with a citation. Put "help with citation" in the subject line, and be sure to indicate what sources you have already checked.

• LibDex - worldwide directory of library homepages and web-based OPACs.

• Northern Lights Publishers' Catalogues

• Open WorldCat

• Project Wombat - for difficult to answer reference questions; formerly known as Stumpers-L.