LibraryThing is “book-geekery,” a site where you can create an easy, library-quality catalog for your personal library, using Amazon, the Library of Congress, and 2231 other libraries. With a free account, you can catalog up to 200 books. It also offers a community of readers to discuss your favorite books, and find new books to read, without influence by commercial marketing.

LibraryReads is an excellent readers’ advisory tool. It is a monthly nationwide library staff picks list for adult fiction and non-fiction. Their goal is to help connect librarians’ favorite books to as many readers as possible, while drawing upon the incredible power that public library staff has in helping to build word-of-mouth for new books, and the important role that libraries play in creating audiences for all kinds of authors.

The Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library offering free universal access to books, movies & music, as well as 327 billion archived web pages. The site provides free access to researchers, historians, scholars, the print disabled, and the general public. Our mission is to provide Universal Access to All Knowledge.

The Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections contains 118 newspaper titles, 140,474 issues comprising 1,488,968 pages and 6,887,660 articles.

The Illinois Digital Archives is a repository for the digital collections of the Illinois State Library as well as other libraries and cultural institutions in the State of Illinois.

The Digital Public Library of America brings together the riches of America’s libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world.