For All Ages

• Resources and Sustainability Bibliography, compiled by the staff of the Hawaii State Library.

For Children

• Major Resources:
  • Children's Literature Web Guide courtesy of David K. Brown
  • Novelist K-8:  Fiction Resources for Grades K-8. (Click on EBSCO HOST, and then on NoveList.)
• Individual Awards and Lists:
  • Awards, Notables, Grants, Fellowships, and Scholarships courtesy of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA)
  • Children's Book Council
  • Hawaiiana for Children: A Selected List compiled by the staff of the Hawaii State Library, Edna Allyn Room for Children with assistance from Marya Brown Zoller and David Del Rocco, HSPLS, November 1998
  • Hawaiiana for Younger Children created by Arlene Ching, HSPLS
  • John Newbery Medal courtesy of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA)
  • Nene Award: chosen by the children of Hawaii
  • Read Across America
  • Randolph Caldecott Medal courtesy of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA)

For Young Adults

• Booklists for Young Adults on the Web compiled by Maggi Rohde
• IT's Alive @ the Library!  Bibliography Suggestions compiled by HSPLS Young Adult librarians.
• YALSA's Booklists courtesy of the American Library Association's Young Adult Library Services Association

For Adults

• Major Resources:

• Novelist Fiction Advisory:  Find a Really Good Book. (Click on EBSCO HOST, and then on NoveList.)
• Barnes and Noble Top 100: check out what B&N customers are buying. Updated daily.
• Construction Books @ Your Library: a booklist of materials purchased through a multi-year grant from the Building Industry and Labor Industry of Hawaii (BILA) through the Hawaii Library Foundation.
• Energy Resources Collection: a booklist of materials purchased through a multi-year grant from HEI Charitable Foundation and Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) through the Hawaii Library Foundation.
• Funding Resources: fundraising, grants, and venture capital
• Hot Picks by the Hawaii State Public Library System
• Interviewing Resources: for employees and employers
• Murder in the Stacks, by Cindy Chow and LLH staff. More information courtesy of Caroline Spencer
• Nonprofit Resources: help for managing nonprofit organizations
• "Pearl Harbor: A Bibliography" presents brief historical background information leading up to the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, and features a bibliography on a wide variety of interesting subjects that include nearly 50 books.
• Retirement Resources created by the Business, Science, and Technology Section of the Hawaii State Library.
• Small Business Start-Ups created by the Business, Science, and Technology Section of the Hawaii State Library.
• Drug Abuse websites relating to its treatment, and a selection of titles by the Hawaii State Public Library System, created by the Social Science and Philosophy Section.

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