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Online Reference Room
- Literature Resource Center
- Articles on thousands of books, authors, and literary genres from authoritative reference sources.
- LitFinder
- Use the Litfinder to find the full text of thousands of poems, short stories, plays or essays, as well as author biographies and explanations.
- Novelist
- Search over 70,000 fiction titles to find new books to read based on your interests. Provided by the Kentucky Virtual Library.
- OCLC Worldcat
- Find Books in Libraries all over the World
A Lexington Public Library card is required to access some of the above resources outside the library.
Internet Links
- ABAA Booknet
- Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association site, specializing in rare and antique books, manuscripts and prints.
- Amazon.com Online Bookstore
- Search for and order almost any in-print book title online.
- Assistance.ky.gov
- A one-stop shop where many forms of public assistance are available in an easily accessible site.
- Bartleby.com
- Easily searchable free full text editions of many subjects including reference, classic poetry, fiction and nonfiction.
- Book Browser
- From Barnes and Noble. Browse books by genre, location, series, etc.
- Book Wire
- ''The First Place to Look for Book Information.''
- Bookfinder
- Over 50 million new, used and out-of-print books.
- Booklist Center
- The largest selection of book lists on the web.
- BookSpot
- Find reading lists, reviews, award winners, links to author web sites and more.
- Electronic Text Center
- Download electronic books to your home computer, Palm, or Microsoft Reader for free. Hosted by the University of Virginia.
- Fantastic Fiction
- Search for series, authors, and award winning books.
- Guardian Unlimited Books
- From England's the Guardian, book reviews, author biographies and interviews, top ten lists and more.
- Literature Map
- What else do readers of your favorite author read?
- New York Times Book Review Online
- Online version of the Sunday supplement, complete with a searchable archive of over 50,000 reviews since 1980. Use is free, but requires registration.
- Project Gutenberg
- Complete text of thousands of classic books online.
- Readerville
- Online book discussions on hundreds of topics. (Requires registration.)
- Reading Group Guides
- Descriptions and discussion questions for hundreds of books.
- Today in Literature
- Find out what happened on this date in literary history.
- Universal Library
- Carnegie Mellon University's book digitization project exceeds 1 million books online, many of them in foreign languages.