This section is responsible for the
following Dewey classes:
- 000-003; 007-099: Generalities
- 400: Language, Linguistics
- 800: Literature
- 900: Geography, Travel,
History
- Adult Fiction: shelved by the
author’s last name
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Special collections of reference genealogy, foreign languages, maps,
and pamphlets
Science fiction, mysteries, romances, and westerns are interfiled by
author with the rest of the adult fiction. Phonotapes and CDs used to
learn other languages are interfiled with the books.
Please
note the following prefixes:
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RG for Reference Genealogy
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ST for items in storage, also known as closed stacks
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Foreign language books are identified in the catalog by prefix
letters of the languages: C for Chinese, Fi for Filipino, Ja for
Japanese, K for Korean, V for Vietnamese, F for French, G for
German, and Sp for Spanish
A
foreign language collection of Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean,
German, French, Vietnamese, and Spanish language titles are available.
LLH
also keeps a current collection of circulating and reference maps and
pamphlets related to the section’s subject areas.
LLH
has a good genealogy collection. One standout is THE GENEALOGY AND
LOCAL HISTORY on microfiche, which reproduces titles found at the
Library of Congress. It is issued in sets and now includes 14,209
printed works tracing American family lineages and American history.
THE AMERICAN GENEALOGICAL-BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX (177 volumes) is another
valuable source.
CD Rom
databases in LLH include: Biography and Genealogy Master Index, Books
in Print, Granger’s Poetry Index, Coreworks, Poem Finder, Library
Literature, and Humanities Index.
Other
subjects include: library and information science, general
encyclopedias, book collecting, journalism, and publishing.
Information was provided by the Hawaii State Library- Language,
Literature and History Section.
Suggested Websites for Language Literature and
History
Fiction Websites:
v
Chapter One (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/books/chapterone.htm)
More than
1,000 first chapters of popular fiction and non-fiction with weekly
additions. Includes some reviews. Great added value from the
Washington Post.
v
Mystery Ink (http://www.mysteryinkonline.com)
This booklover’s guide to
mysteries and thrillers features book reviews, author interviews and
related reference materials. Searchable by genre—Mystery Authors and
Books, Suspense and Thrillers, Crime and Noir, etc. A books-to-movies
section and links to author websites are also included.
v
All the Romance You Can Handle (http://www.romanticnotions.com/arych/reviews)
A site
for the reader of romantic fiction. Each month this site lists romance
titles by genre and series with some reviews. Reviews date back to
1997.
v
The Reader’s Corner (http://www.autopen.com)
This
site offers suggested reading lists of romance, fantasy, and mystery
(the softer side of murder) novels. There are also essays and excerpts
from novels. Examples of topic lists: royal romances, the fantasy
women, vampire stories, female sleuths, classic train mysteries, etc.
v
Waterboro Public Library (http://www.waterborolibrary.org/bklista.htm)
This
database provides extensive fiction booklists, including genres of
fiction not often found on fiction lists. Examples: multicultural and
diverse fiction, gentle reads, nautical fiction, sports fiction, fiction
featuring animals/pets, eco and nature fiction, etc.
Language and Literature Websites:
v
Bartleby.com (http://www.bartleby.com)
Extensive website with a searchable
database covering reference works, such as the Columbia Encyclopedia and
the American Heritage Dictionary, sources of verse like An American
Anthology and the works of William Shakespeare, fiction, such as Tolstoy
and Virginia Woolf and non-fiction essays. Some of the world’s best
literature and famous sources of quotations are available at your
fingertips on this website.
v
Your Dictionary.com (http://www.yourdictionary.com/languages.html)
Provides links to over 260 different
language dictionaries from Abenaki to Zulu with translations into
English. Updated frequently.
v
Perseus (http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cache/perscoll_Greco-Roman.html)
This site contains an integrated
collection of materials, textual and visual, on the Archaic and
Classical Greek world. It includes primary and secondary texts, site
plans, digital images, and maps as well as several hundred works of
classical Greek and Roman authors, both in the original language and in
translation.
v
English Literature Resources (http://www.english-literature.org/resources/)
Serving as a huge directory to a
large number of e-text websites with literature available to download,
this site includes links to Project Gutenberg, University of Oxford and
many other sources of full-text online material, as well as links to
free e-text readers.
v
Writers Links & Links for Writers (http://www.internet-resources.com/writers)
Proclaimed “One of the 101 Best
Websites for Writers” by Writer’s Digest, 2003, this site offers a
wealth of information focused on writers and aspiring writers.
Highlights include Networking and Connections, A Writer’s Life,
Business- submissions and markets.
History, Geography & Travel
Websites:
v
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
(http://www.fordham.edu/HALSALL)
This site brings together
information on ancient history, medieval studies, and modern history.
It contains maps and entire texts of historical documents, such as
hymns, legends, myths and laws.
v
A Chronology of U.S. Historical
Documents by the University of Oklahoma
College of Law (http://www.law.ou.edu/hist)
This site provides primary source
materials and is arranged chronologically. Categories include
Pre-Colonial Era, as well as the 17th through the 21st
century. Examples of documents include the Magna Carta, The Declaration
of Independence, inaugural addresses of
several presidents, and several State of the Union Addresses from
presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.
v
CIA
World Factbook (http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook)
Includes country profiles with topics, such as demographics, defense
expenditures, literacy rates, religions, economy, GNP, industry,
agriculture, natural resources, legal system, etc. Also provides links
to maps and flags.
v
Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
(http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps)
Features 230,000+ maps showing nearly every country in the world and
many major cities, organized by continent. Includes historical maps
with additional links to maps on other sites, along with reference aids,
such as gazetteers, distance calculators and time zone information.
v
U.S.
Gazetteer by the U.S. Census
Bureau (http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer)
Searchable database for cities in the
U.S. By typing a city or place name in the search box, you can find out
its geographic coordinates, population, and applicable zipcodes.
v
Getty
Thesaurus of Geographical Names
(http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/tgn/)
Searchable database for cities and
place names all over the world. Works similar to the U.S. Gazetteer.
v
Bali &
Indonesia On The Net (http://www.indo.com/distance)
This service uses data from the US
Census and a supplementary list of cities around the world to find the
latitude and longitude of two places, and then calculates the distance
between them (as the crow flies). It also provides a map showing the two
places, using the Xerox PARC Map Server.
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