Amazon enters in Library world..........

An effort to increase its readability:

Online Citation Tools

Whenever we use e-resources such as books, journals, or Web sites for any purpose, especially for research papers,we have to give credit to the original author by properly citing the sources. Citations also help the reader find the sources again. There are a number of different online citation management tools, citation styles, depending on the discipline in which we are working and help from librarians on citation formatting. The following links provide guidelines to using a variety of citation styles. 

Citation Style Guides:

APA Style Quick Citation Guide (Social Sciences)
CSE Style Quick Citation Guide (Sciences)
MLA Style Quick Citation Guide (Humanities)
Chicago Style Quick Citation Guide (History)

Free Online Citation Generators:

BibMe is a free online tool that allows you to create a works cited page or a reference page.
http://www.bibme.org/

Citation Creation is a free to use online citation tool to create and format MLA, APA and Chicago styles easily, with helpful examples.
http://www.citationcreation.com/

Citeme gives you the flexibility to work and allows you to create your bibliography, footnotes, endnotes and in-line citations.
http://draft.cite.me/login
http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/

Citeulike is a free service for managing and discovering scholarly references
http://www.citeulike.org/

Citation Machine is also one of the best web citation tool.
http://citationmachine.net

Easybib: is new citation guide!  Currently the reference guide only covers MLA citations.
http://www.easybib.com/ebook

EndNote Export transfers references from a Web-based resource directly into EndNote.
http://www.endnote.com/endnote_export.asp

Mendeley : is a highly versatile citation management system aimed at academic researchers
http://www.mendeley.com/

NoodleBib Express,  Individual citations in MLA or APA format.
http://www.noodletools.com/

Ottobib books only entering the ISBN provides instant citations in MLA, APA, and Chicago/Turabian styles
http://www.ottobib.com

Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources.
http://www.zotero.org/

Online Dictionaries

Here is the list of Multilingual and Subject Dictionary database,freely available on net zone..........
http://linguistlist.org/sp/Dict.html

Culture is a Click Away

The World Digital Library offers free online access to cultural materials from libraries and archives worldwide. One goal is to narrow the digital divide between countries
http://www.america.gov/digital_library.html?gclid=CLmAr8matJ0CFZcwpAod8HlQhQ

Library Websites

• Delnet - An organisation promoting resource sharing among libraries through the development of a network of libraries.
http://delnet.nic.in/

• British Council India - British Council Library network for education, science, technology, culture, and development services.
http://library.britishcouncil.org.in/

• Central Reference Library - Providing information about Central Reference Library, photo gallery of library.
http://www.crlindia.gov.in/

• Harekrushna Mahtab State Library - This is the Official website of Harekrushna Mahatab State Library, providing information about library services, library resources, library rules, library future plan and library photo gallery.
http://www.hkmsl.gov.in/

• Delhi Public Library - The library is well stocked with collection of over 14 lakh books in Hindi, English, Urdu, Punjabi & other Indian Languages- almost all subjects are represented in its collection. The library offers services to children and also organises cultural activities such as lectures, debates, exhibitions etc.
http://www.dpl.gov.in/

• National Medical Libary - The official website of National Medical Libary providing books in the field medical and allied sciences.
http://www.nml.nic.in/

• Nalanda Digital Library - Nalanda Digital Library providing online journals, eBooks in engineering & science, eBooks in arts & humanities and E-learning courses.
http://www.nalanda.nitc.ac.in/

• The National Library, India - Official website of national library of India is designated to collect, disseminate and preserve the printed material produced in the country.
http://www.nationallibrary.gov.in/

• The Goethals Indian Library And Research Society - The library has a vast collection of 18,663 volumes of books, periodicals, bibliographies and dictionaries.
http://www.goethals.org/

• Central Library - IIT Madras - The central library of IIT Madras provides electronic access to various full text and bibliographical databases.
http://www.cenlib.iitm.ac.in/docs/library/index.php

• Archnet - An international online community for architects, planners, urban designers, landscape architects, conservationist, and scholars, with a digital library, calendar, member profile, institutions and a focus on muslim cultures and civilisations.
http://www.cenlib.iitm.ac.in/docs/library/index.php

• JRD Tata Memorial Library - One of the best scientific & technical libraries in India includes a collection of books, journals, reports, standards and patents in the field of science and technology.
http://www.library.iisc.ernet.in/

• Sarasvati Mahal Library - Provides a rare collection of wooden & wall painting, painting on paper, canvass painting, palm leaf & paper manuscripts, maps & atlases, pictures, drawings and copper plates.
http://www.sarasvatimahallibrary.tn.nic.in/

• Rampur Raza Library - Offers a varied collection of manuscripts, 205 hand-written palm-leaves, 1000 miniature paintings, nearly 3000 specimens of islamic calligraphy, art objects & astronomical instruments and about sixty thousand volumes of printed books.
http://www.razalibrary.gov.in/

Library Search Engiene

Here is the list of libaray search engiene---

Libraries Search Engines:

Australian Libraries Gateway - [New Window] - Directory of Australian libraries.

Belgian Online Libraries Directory - [New Window] - Online directory of Belgian libraries. Search by the name of the library or institution, the name of persons working in the libraries or the name of the city in which the library is situated. Furthermore a navigation tool directs you to libraries holding collections in specific subject areas.

Canadian Library Index - [New Window] - Directory of Canadian library home pages and catalogues.

Directory of Libraries - [New Window] - Directory of agricultural libraries specially from Latin America.

LibDex - [New Window] - Worldwide index of library catalogues, web sites and Friends of Libraries pages.

Librarian's Yellow Pages - [New Window] - Yellow pages directory of publications, products and services for library and information professionals and school library media specialists.

Libraries on the Web - [New Window] - Information about the Library resources of the world on the net. The links in this directory will guide you to the official sites of the libraries that you are looking for.

LibrarySpot - [New Window] - Guide to library and reference resources on the Web. Find dictionaries, encyclopedias, newspapers, maps, genealogy tools and more.

Libweb - [New Window] - Directory of libraries on the web.

Major Libraries of the United States and Canada - [New Window] - Directory of major libaries and their special collections.

Medical / Health Sciences Libraries on the Web - [New Window] - Directory of medical and health science libraries.

National Libraries of the World: Address List - [New Window] - IFLA address list of national libraries around the world.

Public Libraries of Europe - [New Window] - Index of European public libraries on the World Wide Web.

School Libraries on the Web - [New Window] - This is a list of library web pages maintained by K-12 school libraries in the United States and in countries around the world. This directory is limited to listing pages which focus on the school library/media center.

WorldCat - [New Window] - WorldCat.org lets you search the collections of libraries in your community and thousands more around the world. WorldCat grows every day thanks to the efforts of librarians and other information professionals.

WWW Library Directory - [New Window] - Directory of libraries in more than 100 countries. Organized by country and U.S. State.

From Cave Painting to Internet

Intenet has open the door of unconditional and unlimited source of information. Librarian are considered not only the rightful custodian of information, knowledge and wisdom, but also they are always ready to take care the each and evry type of informaiton. To keep in mind this fact, I feel , this link is very useful for every informaiton officer ..................
http://www.historyofscience.com/G2I/timeline/index.php?era=-2500000
this link allows the user to swim into information limitless occean ..........