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A list of online resources to support your work as a librarian, from business databases and cataloguing tools to free eBooks and research aids

Last updated 13 April 2026

Librarian’s Resources

  • Cataloger's Reference Directory

  • Alacra (Business Information & Companies)

    • This site helps customers find, organize, and present the critical business information required to execute transactions, manage client engagements, and research business opportunities. It will help cataloguers with information about companies. Alacra also provides a single point of access to more than 100 commercial business databases and the Alacra Business Web, archives content-rich, business-information-only websites indexed by type of publisher, topics of coverage, industries and countries.

  • British Library Integrated Catalogue

    • This catalogue lists millions of items in the British Library’s collections. You can use it to find information on books and other documents the library holds and to order material you need to see. (https://catalogue.bl.uk)

  • BUBL LINK Catalogue of Internet Resources

  • Internet Library for Librarians

    • Internet Library for Librarians has been an information resource site for librarians since 1994. It is an information portal designed for librarians to locate Internet resources related to their profession. Internet Library for Librarians is also linked and referenced by hundreds of libraries and other organizations, including the Library of Congress and OCLC. Each entry has a full description of the goals and /or scope of the resource, as well as the contact information if provided. (itcompany.com/inforetrieve)

  • The Internet Public Library

    • The Internet Public Library is a public service organization and a learning/teaching environment founded at the University of Michigan School of Information and hosted by Drexel University’s College of Information Science & Technology. It provides services as generated content and answers the Ask a Question reference service. (The Free Library | Internet Public Library)

  • Library Information Resources

  • Penn State University Libraries – The University Libraries have distinguished themselves becoming a national leader in making the new electronic forms of information available to the users. (Penn State University Libraries Catalog)

    • This website provides links to the Libraries’ instructional opportunities, traditional and online collections and services. It’s not only as the primary source for traditional materials for books, newspapers, and journals but for digital resources including more than 350 databases available in LIAS (Library Information Access System).

  • Project Gutenberg (Free eBooks | Project Gutenberg)

    • Project Gutenberg is the first single collection of free electronic books, or eBooks since 1971. There are over 75,000 free books in the Project Gutenberg and a grand total of over 100,000 titles are available at Project Gutenberg.

  • The Researching Librarian

    • This site gathers links to selected web resources useful for research: freely searchable citation and full-test databases, funding information, relevant journals, statistics and statistical methods, useful research tools, current awareness sources, and conference papers and proceedings. (The Researching Librarian: Home)

  • Multilingual Dictionary of Cataloguing Terms and Concepts (IFLA, September 2010)