Links to Internet sites can be found on the home web pages of the Oakland Public Library. The Library follows its materials selection guidelines in linking other web sites to its home pages. Beyond this, the Library has not participated in the development of these other sites and does not exert any editorial or other control over these sites. Any link from the Library's web site to another web site is not an endorsement from the Library. The Library does not warrant that its website, the server that makes it available, or any links from its site to other websites are free of viruses or other harmful components.
Librarians' Index to the Internet - An outstanding menu-based gateway to a wide variety of Internet resources, evaluated and selected by librarians. This used to be the Berkeley Public Library's index to the web.
Search the Internet- This site, maintained by UC Berkeley, is a gateway to a number of different Internet "Search Engines".
The Internet Public Library - "The first public library of and for the Internet community", founded at the University of Michigan School of Information.
OPL Selected Subject Resource Lists & Sites
About Oakland - current and historical information about Oakland, including photographs.
Business Sites - These are business sites selected by the Business Librarians in the Business Information Center at the Main Library of Oakland Public Library.
Car Sites - sites that are helpful when buying a new or used car.
Historical Collections for the National Digital Library- American Memory is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. This site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections.
The Historical Text Archive - An Internet “classic”, this web site points to original historical texts and secondary sources of research materials for the study of the history of all regions and time periods.
The History Cooperative - Full text of current issues of the American Historical Review, Journal of American History, Law and History Review, William and Mary Quarterly, The History Teacher and Western Historical Quarterly.
The History Net - Sponsored by the PRIMEDIA History Group, the History Net, the content-rich site features a searchable, full-text archive of around 800 articles from past issues of Cowles History Group magazines.
Kid Sites- picked for Oakland Kids by your librarians.
Making of America - A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.
National Archives and Records Administration- American Originals presents a selection of some of the most significant and compelling documents from the National Archives holdings.
Parent Sites- About kids, for parents, sites picked by your librarians.
United States Historical Census Data Browser- The data presented here describes the people and the economy of the United States for each state and county from 1790 to 1960. This WWW site is intended to aid in browsing these data files.
