Web Resource of the Week
Online Books–Full-Text
The Online Books Page
While browsing around the VAS&ND I realized that The Online Books Page has never been listed as a Resource of the Week. Although the site has been mentioned on this site several times, it’s more than deserving of this extra title. In fact, Resource of the Week does not do it justice. It’s a web compilation classic and one that every web researcher should know about and make use of. As of today, the OBP is home to a directory of over 17,000 free, full-text books and documents from a wide variety of sources. The compilation was created and is still developed by John Mark Ockerbloom, a digital library planner at the University of Pennsylvania. Here are a few (just a few) highlights of what the site offers. However, it’s only after spending some time and “learning” the OBP, you will realize what this resource offers in terms of access and content.
Highlights
1) Entries can be searched by author and title.
2) Entries can be browsed by author, title, or subject (Library of Congress Classification).
3) The OBP also offers a list of many archives of online serials.
4) The OBP grows daily with new entries. Here’s a list of the latest entries. A sort of a virtual new books shelf. Not only is this list exciting but it also makes a great collection development tool.
5) A large list of many archival projects both general and specialized. Foreign language sites are also listed.
6) Several “special collections” are also available including one with banned book material.

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