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  1. A Bibliography of Theodore Roosevelt by John Hall Wheelock (HTML at Bartleby)

  2. A Classified Guide to the Frederick Winslow Taylor Collection by Elizabeth Gardner Hayward (HTML at Stevens Tech)

  3. Afro-American Sources in Virginia : A Guide to Manuscripts by Michael Plunkett (HTML at virginia.edu)

  4. A Gentle Introduction to TeX: A Manual for Self-Study by Michael Doob
    1. PDF at tug.org
    2. TeX at tug.org

  5. A Guide to the Best Historical Novels and Tales by Jonathan Nield (Gutenberg text)

  6. A Guide to the Jefferson Papers of the University of Virginia by University of Virginia Library (HTML at Virginia)

  7. Areopagitica by John Milton
    1. HTML at Oregon
    2. Gutenberg text

  8. A Sampler of Women's Studies Resources: Primary Source Materials in the Special Collections Library at Duke University by Virginia Daley (HTML at Duke)

  9. A Southwestern Century: A Bibliography of One Hundred Books of Non Fiction about the Southwest by Lawrence Clark Powell (HTML at Arizona)

  10. Attacks on the Freedom to Learn by People for the American Way (HTML at pfaw.org)

  11. Bibliography of Quaternions and Allied Systems of Mathematics by Alexander Macfarlane (page images at Cornell)

  12. Bibliography of the Summer Institute of Linguistics (based on the 1992 edition) by Summer Institute of Linguistics (searchable HTML at sil.org)

  13. Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology by Matt T. Roberts and Don Etherington (HTML at Stanford)

  14. Books and Bookmen by Andrew Lang (Gutenberg text; unofficial until 30 Nov)

  15. Books and Reading: or, What Books Shall I Read and How Shall I Read Them? by Noah Porter (page images at MOA)

  16. Books Go to War: The Armed Services Editions in World War Two by Daniel J. Miller (illustrated HTML at Virginia)

  17. Catalogue of Books, Belonging to the Library of the University of Pennsylvania (1829) by University of Pennsylvania (page images at Penn)

  18. Children's Booklist by Theosophical Society Children's Committee (HTML at theosophy-nw.org)

  19. Children's Literature: A Guide to the Criticism by Linnea Hendrickson (searchable text files at unm.edu)

  20. Collected Papers of Frederick G. Kilgour by Frederick G. Kilgour, ed. by Patricia A. Becker, Ann T. Dodson, and Lois L. Yoakam (page images at OCLC)

  21. Digital Libraries '95 by Conference on the Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries (HTML at TAMU)

  22. Exploring the West from Monticello: A Perspective in Maps from Columbus to Lewis and Clark (electronic edition) by Guy Meriwether Benson (illustrated HTML at Virginia)

  23. Gateways, Gatekeepers, and Roles in the Information Omniverse, ed. by Ann Okerson and Dru Mogge (HTML at cni.org)

  24. Great Smoky Mountains Bibliography by Stephen C. Nodvin, Julie S. Rigell, and Susan M. Smathers (searchable HTML at utk.edu)

  25. Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest (1952 edition) by J. Frank Dobie
    1. HTML at erols.com
    2. Gutenberg text

  26. Guidelines for Electronic Text Encoding and Interchange by Text Encoding Initiative (HTML at Virginia)

  27. Handbook of Latin American Studies by Library of Congress (full serial archives)

  28. Heart of the Southwest: A Selective Bibliography of Novels, Stories and Tales Laid in Arizona and New Mexico and Adjacent Lands by Lawrence Clark Powell (HTML at Arizona)

  29. Historical Manuscripts in the Navy Department Library: A Catalog by George W. Emery (HTML at navy.mil)

  30. Human Rights in Theory and Practice: A Selected and Annotated Bibliography by Gregory J. Walters (frame and cookie-dependent page images at Scarecrow Press)

  31. Inaugural Address at Edinburgh, April 2nd, 1866 by Thomas Carlyle (HTML at BiblioBytes)

  32. Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections (combined electronic edition) by William G. Contento (HTML at best.com)

  33. Information Retrieval (second edition) by C. J. Van Rijsbergen (HTML in the UK)

  34. Internet Connections: A Librarian's Guide to Dial-Up Access and Use (first edition) by Mary Engle, Marilyn Lutz, William Jones, and Genevieve Engel (Gopher files at UCSC)

  35. Internet Publishing with Acrobat by Gordon Kent (PDF at imagebiz.com; 2 MB)

  36. Jefferson's Legacy: A Brief History of the Library of Congress by John Y. Cole (HTML at loc.gov)

  37. John Henry Ingram's Poe Collection at the University of Virginia (second edition) by John E. Reilly (text files at Virginia)

  38. Library of Congress Manuscripts: An Illustrated Guide by Library of Congress (illustrated HTML at LOC)

  39. Library of Congress Music, Theater, Dance: An Illustrated Guide by Library of Congress (illustrated HTML at LOC)

  40. Library of Congress Rare Books and Special Collections: An Illustrated Guide by Library of Congress (illustrated HTML at LOC)

  41. Library Work with Children by Alice Isabel Hazeltine (Gutenberg text)

  42. List of Books Sent by Home and Foreign Committees to the Library of the Woman's Building by World's Columbian Exposition (1893) (local HTML)

  43. Net.wars by Wendy Grossman (HTML at NYU)

  44. North Dakota Vegetation: A Bibliography (electronic edition) by B. L. Heidel and D. S. Rogers (illustrated HTML at USGS)

  45. Old English Libraries: The Making, Collection and Use of Books During the Middle Ages by Ernest Albert Savage (Gutenberg text)

  46. On These Walls: Inscriptions and Quotations in the Buildings of the Library of Congress by John Y. Cole (illustrated HTML at loc.gov)

  47. Paperless Publishing by Colin Haynes (HTML at obs-us.com)

  48. Preserving Digital Information by Task Force on Archiving of Digital Information (HTML at rlg.org)

  49. Problems in Literary Research: A Guide to Selected Reference Works (fourth edition, 1997) by Dorothea Kehler (frame and cookie-dependent page images at Scarecrow Press)

  50. Proceedings of Digital Libraries '94 by Conference on the Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries (HTML at TAMU)

  51. Redesigning Library Services: A Manifesto by Michael Buckland (HTML and PDF at Berkeley)

  52. Reference Work in School Library Media Centers: A Book of Case Studies by Amy G. Job and MaryKay Schnare (frame and cookie-dependent page images at Scarecrow Press)

  53. Reports of the AAU Task Forces: Acquisition and Distribution of Foreign Language and Area Studies Materials: A National Strategy for Managing Scientific and Technological Information: Intellectual Property Rights in an Electronic Environment by Association of American Universities Research Libraries Project (HTML at cni.org)

  54. Romantic Hearts: A Personal Reference for Romance Readers by Peggy J. Jaegly (frame and cookie-dependent page images at Scarecrow Press)

  55. Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography by Charles W. Bailey (HTML at uh.edu)

  56. Scholarly Publishing on the Electronic Networks: The New Generation: Visions and Opportunities in Not-for-Profit Publishing, ed. by Ann Okerson (HTML at cni.org)

  57. Sources for South Dakota Prehistory, ed. by Karen P. Zimmerman and Larry J. Zimmerman (HTML at usd.edu)

  58. The Art of Electronic Publishing by Sandy Ressler
    1. frame-dependent HTML at Prentice Hall
    2. simpler HTML at Prentice Hall

  59. The Enemies of Books (1888 edition) by William Blades
    1. illustrated HTML at Virginia
    2. Gutenberg text

  60. The Essentials of Book Collecting by Robert F. Lucas (HTML at lucasbooks.com)

  61. The Home Library of the Garnetts of "Elmwood" by Harry Clemons (illustrated HTML at Virginia)

  62. The Immigrant Experience in American Fiction: An Annotated Bibliography by Roberta Simone (frame and cookie-dependent page images at Scarecrow Press)

  63. The Library by Andrew Lang (Gutenberg text)

  64. The Life of Mr. Thomas Gent, Printer, of York by Thomas Gent (HTML in the UK)

  65. The Love of Books: The Philobiblon of Richard de Bury by Richard De Bury, trans. by E. C. Thomas
    1. illustrated HTML at Virginia
    2. Gutenberg text

  66. The METAFONTbook by Donald Knuth (TeX at CTAN)

  67. The Mighty Chain: A Guide to Canal Records in the New York State Archives by New York State Archives and Records Administration (HTML at nysed.gov)

  68. The Native American in Long Fiction: An Annotated Bibliography by Joan Beam and Barbara Branstad (frame and cookie-dependent page images at Scarecrow Press)

  69. The Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Columbia University: Collections and Treasures (Netscape-dependent HTML at Bartleby)

  70. The Reestablishment of the Navy, 1787-1801: Historical Overview and Select Bibliography by Michael J. Crawford and Christine F. Hughes (HTML at navy.mil)

  71. The Tennyson Collection Presented to the University of Virginia in honor of Edgar Finley Shannon, Jr. by University of Virginia Library (illustrated HTML at Virginia)

  72. Thesaurus for Graphic Materials, ed. by Elisabeth Beth Parker and Helena Zinkham
    1. Part I: HTML at LOC
    2. Part II: HTML at LOC

  73. The TeXbook by Donald Knuth (gzipped TeX at CTAN)

  74. The William Rainey Harper Memorial Library by University of Chicago (page images at Chicago)

  75. Thomas Jefferson, 1981-1990: An Annotated Bibliography, ed. by Frank Shuffelton (searchable HTML at Virginia)

  76. Thomas Jefferson: A Comprehensive, Annotated Bibliography of Writings About Him (1826-1980), ed. by Frank Shuffelton (searchable HTML at Virginia)

  77. TULIP: Final Report, ed. by Karen Hunter (HTML at Elsevier)

  78. Typographia: or, The Printer's Instructor by Thomas F. Adams (page images at MOA)

  79. Understanding MARC Bibliographic: Machine-Readable Cataloging by Betty Furrie (HTML at loc.gov)

  80. United States Army in World War II: Reader's Guide, ed. by Richard D. Adamczyk and Morris J. MacGregor (HTML at US Amry CMH)

  81. United States Naval History: A Bibliography (1993 edition), ed. by Barbara A. Lynch and John E. Vajda (HTML at navy.mil)

  82. University Libraries and Scholarly Communication by Anthony Cummings, Marcia L. Witte, William G. Bowen, Laura O. Lazarus, and Richard H. Ekman (HTML at Virginia)

  83. Wild Apples: The History of the Apple Tree by Henry David Thoreau (HTML at walden.org)