Tools for Selectors

Books currently available

• AcqWeb (verification tools, links to publisher web sites)
• Academia (YBP Library Services)
  Current titles for academic libraries.
• Amazon.com (U.S. titles)
• Blackwell North America and Blackwell's Collection Manager (vendor sites)
• Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
• netLibrary online title catalog (log in with your netLibrary username and password) and list of participating publishers

International book dealers

• Amazon.co.uk  (U.K. titles)
• Amazon.de (German titles)
• Amazon.fr (titles in French and Spanish)
• Blackwell's Online Bookshop (U.K. titles)
• Omnilex (Multilingual Text Publishers)
• Schoenhofs (non-English titles)

Journals/magazines/serials

• Serials Directory (subscription database; UST users only)
• Serials in Cyberspace (University of Vermont)
• Ulrichsweb (subscription database; UST users only)
• Jake (Jointly Administered Knowledge Environment) allows you to search journal titles to see where they're indexed online, and full-text availability.
• PubList.com (The Internet Directory of Publications) is a searchable directory of over 150,000 periodicals; includes information from Ulrich's.

Microforms

• UMI Serials in Microform (SIM) includes newspapers

Out-of-print sources

• Abebooks.com
• AddAll Book Search
• Alibris

Review sources

• BookWire
• Choice Reviews Online (subscription database; UST users only)
• Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription; UST users only)
• New York Times Book Reviews (over 50,000 reviews since 1980)
  Free, but registration required
• Ulrichsweb (serials)

Library catalogs and related resources

• Library Catalogs (links to many regional and national systems)
• Library of Congress Classification Outline
• MnLINK and the Gateway
  MnLINK is the Minnesota Library Information Network. The MnLINK Gateway is a World Wide Web-based virtual library, providing access to multiple information resources, including open access to participating Minnesota library catalogs and secured access to available electronic databases. In addition, the MnLINK Gateway provides links to MULS, the Minitex Union List of Serials, and to selected free Internet resources.  
• WorldCat (OCLC FirstSearch subscription database; UST users only)
  WorldCat, OCLC's online union catalog, has more than 48 million bibliographic records representing information spanning 4000 years of knowledge. Updated daily.

Collection evaluation

• Academic Library Peer Comparison Tool
  Get information on a particular library, or compare it to peers based on selected criteria.  From the National Center for Education Statistics.
• Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
  Data collection program for postsecondary education providers, from the National Center for Education Statistics.

Meta sites

• Bibliographers' Tools (Bowling Green State University)
  Tools for books, journals, and internet resources as well as links to professional organizations.
• Tools for Selectors (Arizona State University)
  Links to collection development information at other institutions, collection development tools, and more.

Business resources

• New Books at Baker (Books received at Baker Library, Harvard Business School)
• Business.Gradschools.com
  Portal for graduate business programs.
• Business Libraries on the Web (Business & Finance Division, Special Libraries Association)
• Business School Libraries (Florida Gulf Coast University's list)
• Business Week's Business School Rankings
• Economist Intelligence Unit MBA Program Rankings 
• Forbes Best Business Schools
• Official MBA Guide
  "A comprehensive source of MBA program information for prospective MBA students."
• U.S. News Top Business Schools