Eamples of the Major Types of Databases & Databased-Services Used by Libraries

Online Library Catalogs

• Foothill's Sirsi online catalog (WebCat)
• MELVYL'S CAT
• Santa Clara County Public Library's DYNIX
• Stanford's Socrates
• Library of Congress

Journal / Magazine Reference Databases

• Gale Group/Infotrac databases
• Medline (US National Institutes of Health)
• Uncover
• Eric
• EBSCOhost
• Proquest
• Academic Universe

Database Utilities (used for Reference)

• DIALOG
• ORBIT
• Dow-Jones
• DataStar

Bibliographic Networks / Utilities / Consortia

• OCLC
• RLIN

Acquisitions Networks

• Brodart
• Blackwell
• Ingram
• Midwest

World Wide Web Databases

• Search Engines
  • General
    • Examples: AltaVista, Google, WiseNut, FastSearch
  • Specialized:
    • Examples: Kelly's Blue Book, Internet Underground Music Archives (IUMA), Amazon.Com
• Directories / Catalogs / Indexes
  • General
    • Examples: Yahoo, Librarian's Index to the Internet, World Wide Web Virtual Library, Open Directory
  • Specialized
    • Examples: Directory of Organizations at IGC, Non-Profit Resources on the Net

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