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various ways to find good books to read here: award winners page, book recommendations page, etc.

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portal of links to book reviews from newspapers and magazines and also from dedicated web sites

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The University of California, for example, has a $500 lifetime membership option that gives you full access to the libraries (both physical and online). This includes JSTOR, IEEE, etc.

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home page of sci-fi author of Saint-Germain historical vampire series; well written period pieces

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find a book based on aspects of characterization, style, themes; if you say sexual themes are ok, it asks questions about how much and what kind; inside genre sci-fi, I asked for social sci-fi and got good results

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either disagree or look some up further when in the library and able to browse

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"This complements Wikipedia, which is already an excellent source of information on authors and brief book summaries." Contains chapter summaries. May help you decide if you want to buy a book.

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tips for paring down a large household library when running out of space or need more room

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lots of science books here

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"a series of annual pamphlets first started in 1998. Each year the Library of Congress' foreign area specialists identify some of the most important and interesting books published abroad that an American public may have overlooked."

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independent booksellers in US give recommended reading lists, organized by topic and by date; important because of chains, Borders and Barnes and Noble, pushing small booksellers out of business.

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The question is a great one, and the answers intriguing. In film studies, for aesthetics, Film Art by David Bordwell and Kirsten Thompson; for film and video producers, also great on aesthetics, Sight Sound Motion by Herb Zettl

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MetaFilter has a wiki based on queries about books and subsequent discussions. Some well-put queries and lots of tips to follow up on. I like to find out about new books and about reader opinions, esp. around genres.

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lots of lists on authors, time periods, topics from about.com, a good source for many things.

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I like lists and this is one I will actually read through and think about; the mother site lets folks keep public lists and others clone and adapt them, eccentric and intriguing, especially for fields you are interested in

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A links portal organized by some traditional and some unusual categories; long and exhaustive lists, kept updated

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I am just starting with Zotero and find it amazing; it's a clipping application, a richer kind of EndNote, a way to organize a lot of information and many types of information; and it's free; great for grad students

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I have read a lot of these and know they are good; so I am anxious to read the rest.

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2006; lots to read, from a web site for travel writers and travel writing

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