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BOOKS AND AUTHORS on the
WORLD WIDE WEB
A workshop for
Book Group Members ……and Book Lovers!
New Canaan LibraryFebruary 2002
Objectives
1. To identify the types of book/author/literature information available on the Web
2. To identify online resources for each type of information and learn how to use them
3. To use the New Canaan Library Homepage as an access point for many of these resources
Book Groups and the New Canaan Library
• Book Talk
• Reader’s Choice Series
• Book Group Collection books search at http://newcanaanlibrary.org/
(search as a subject heading in the catalog or in the
Featured Lists)
• Special scholar-led programs and book/author programs
What type of information? Book reviews Author information Literary criticism Reader reactions Book lists (Book awards, Genre fiction,
Readalikes) Discussion guides, recommendations, and
book talks Book buying Full text sources
Tools for Navigating the Web
• Cursor (pointer that you control with the mouse)
• Hyperlinks New Canaan Library Homepage
(click on the hyperlink to go to that site)
• Little pointing hand (tells you the text or picture is a
hyperlink)
• Hourglass (tells you to wait while page loads)
• Stop button (when a page takes too long to load, click on it to stop)
• Back button (takes you back to a previous page)
• Home button (takes you to the site’s home page)
Search Engines and Subject Guides to the Internet
yahoo http://www.yahoo.com
google http://www.google.com
Librarians’ Index to the Internet
http://lii.org/
Library Gateways
Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/ref
Connecticut Digital Library
http://www.iconn.org/
New Canaan Library www.newcanaanlibrary.org
The New Canaan Library Homepage
www.newcanaanlibrary.org
Your Library Gateway to
“THE INVISIBLE WEB”
The NCL Homepage:Online Resource Databases
• Connecticut Digital Library (IConn) – General Reference Center Gold– Newspaper Collection– InfoTrac One File
• Galenet (Dictionary of Literary Biography, Contemporary Authors, Literary Criticism)
• Novelist: Your Guide to Fiction– Book lists, articles, book discussion guides
• EbscoHost Link to Online Resources
The NCL Homepage:Virtual Reference Desk
• Books & Literature– Book Search and Reviews– Discussion Groups– Reading Lists – Literary Criticism
• Libraries– convenient links to Internet Public Library, Library
of Congress, local, state, and national libraries www.newcanaanlibrary.org
Summary of Searches
BEE SEASON / Myla Goldberg(Doubleday, 2000) (division of Random House)
• Information in Amazon and Barnes & Noble• Reviews in Gen. Ref. Center Gold, Custom
Newspapers, Infotrac OneFile, Ebsco• Discussion guides in ReadingGroupGuides,
Novelist, and on Random House page• Not in IPL Literary Criticism or Galenet
Summary of Searches
JOHN ADAMS / David McCullough(Simon & Schuster, 2001)
• Information in Amazon and Barnes & Noble• Reviews in Gen. Ref. Center Gold, Custom
Newspapers, Infotrac OneFile, Ebsco• BookReporter has a review, excerpt, and author
biography. Discussion guides not found. • Not in IPL Literary Criticism. Galenet has a profile
of McCullough’s life and works in Contemporary Authors.
Summary of SearchesBONESETTER’S DAUGHTER / Amy Tan(PenguinPutnam, 2001)
• Information in Amazon and Barnes & Noble• Reviews in Gen. Ref. Center Gold, Custom Newspapers,
Infotrac OneFile, Ebsco• BookReporter has a review, excerpt, and author biography.
Novelist has summary, reviews, link to Amy Tan’s homepage.• Discussion guides in ReadingGroupGuides and on
PenguinPutnam page. • Article and links in IPL Literary Criticism. Galenet has 26
citations and articles about Tan and her books.
Thank you for participating in
Books and Authors on the World Wide Web
at the
New Canaan Library
http://www.newcanaanlibrary.org
Presented by Lauren Phillips, Librarian 801-2646
lphillips@newcanaanlibrary.org
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