What they are saying about Digital Book Index . . .


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—New York Public Library

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—Choice, American College & Research Libraries,
American Library Association

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—Martha L. Brogan, "A Kaleidosope of Digital American Literature,"
Council on Library & Information Resources
Digital Library Federation (Washington D.C.)

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—Johnson & Wales University Library

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Information Today

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—"Online Resources" (Jan 26, 2005, v1.1)
Homerton College Library, Cambridge University (UK)

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—T. Matthew Ciolek, Director
Internet Publications Bureau
WWW Virtual Library
Australian National University

"Historians love this site . . . Professors who teach Historical Research always include a link to
the DBI in their 'first-day-of-class' speech."
—M. Vicks (Oklahoma)

"One major area of difficulty in the electronic book area of publishing has been
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—David Dillard
Temple University

"Digital Book Index is presently the single best [index] of commercial and non-commercial ebooks."
—William C. Robinson
University of Tennessee

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Thanks very much . . ."
—Jonathan Betz-Zall (Branch Librarian)
City University, Everett, WA

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—Norman Maynard, Principal
Thornton Friends School
Charlottesville, VA (2007)

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—New Zealand Ministry of Education

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—Archaeology in Europe.

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"Thousands of digital books ... Most available at no charge."
—Fordham University Library

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