Libraries   Cataloguing & citation   Copyright   Bibliographic databases   

 General 

Aslib, The Association for Information Management

BUBL - "a national information service for the higher education community", and a useful source for others too.

Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals

International Federation of Library Associations

The Internet Public Library

Links for Librarians - from the UK Public Libraries site.

LISU - UK library and information statistics.

New Library: The People's Network

UKOLN: UK Office for Library and Information Networking - a national centre for support in network information management in the library and information communities.

 Libraries online 

SLAINTE: Scottish Libraries Across the INTErnet

UK public libraries page

 Cataloguing & citation 

Cataloging Internet Resources: A Manual and Practical Guide - second edition of Nancy Olson's guide.

Cite them Right! - how to organise bibliographical references, by Graham Shields and Graham Walton.

Electronic References & Scholarly Citations of Internet Sources - selection of links to help keep track of materials dealing with the emerging standards for electronic references and scholarly citations of Internet Sources in both paper and online publications.

 Copyright 

The Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) Home Page

EU Copyright Directives

HMSO copyright licensing

Patent Office - the UK Patent Office's copyright page.

The WATCH File (Writers, Artists, and Their Copyright Holders)

WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization)

 Bibliographic databases 

Bids (Bath Information & Data Service) - key bibliographic databases for the academic community, plus worldwide internet access to an expanding range of full text electronic journals.

British Library Public Catalogue - online catalogue of the UK's national library.

COPAC - one-stop access to the online catalogues of several academic libraries.

ECLAS - catalogue of the European Commission's library.

Library of Congress catalogue

LIBRIS - the union catalogue of Swedish libraries

UN System Pathfinder - details of UN publications.