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INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections
INFOMINE is A Comprehensive Virtual Library and Reference
Tool for Academic and Scholarly Internet Resources Relevant
to Faculty, Students, and Research Staff at the University Level.
It Contains Useful Internet Resources Such as Databases,
Electronic Journals, Electronic Books, Bulletin Boards,
Mailing Lists, Online Library Card Catalogs, Articles, Directories
of Researchers, and Many Other Types of Information.
INFOMINE Compiled by Academic Librarians From
the University of California and Elsewhere.
Library of the University of California, Riverside.
RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee Resources
RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee Resources
for the Rare Materials Cataloger. New Mexico State
University Library. Association of College and Research
Libraries / Rare Books and Manuscripts Section.
Contents: General Cataloging Sites, Rare Book Cataloging
Sites and Resources, Library of Congress Lists,
Reference Sites--General, Language Resources,
Biography Sites, Place Names, Calendars and Computus.,
Special Collections Sites, History of Books and Printing,
Special Topics for Rare Books, Images of Rare Books,
Catalogs Which Are Particularly Useful for Special Collections,
Early Cartographic Materials, Medieval Manuscripts.
Categories: Almanacs, Associations and Organizations,
Biographies, Calculation and Conversion Tools, Calendars,
Census Data and Demographics, Dictionaries,
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Geography, German Ready Reference Collection,
Grammars, Italian Ready Reference,
News and Current Events, Periodical Directories,
Quotations, Search Engines, Style and Writing Guides,
Telephone and Address, Time and Weather, Trivia, Web Directories.