William M. Randall Library - Technical Services - Acquisitions is responsible for ordering and receiving materials in all formats.

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Books & music scores:

• ABEBOOKS - New, used, rare, or out-of-print books offered through a community of over 13,500 independent booksellers.
• AEP Books - Advanced Educational Products, a discount book and multimedia acquisitions service.
• Alibris - An online source for used, rare and hard to find books.
• Amazon.com - A source for new and used books, CD's, videos & DVD's.
• Aux Amateurs des Livres International - A French books and media shopping place.
• Barnes and Noble - An online store for books, CD's, & DVD's (they no longer carry videocassettes).
• Barnes and Noble (site for Libraries and Schools) - This site offers a discount for library and school purchases.
• BookCloseOut.com - The online division of one of the largest "closeout/remainder" bookstores in North America.
• Bookfinder - A book search engine that scans bookseller databases to find new, used, rare and out of print books.
• Brodt Music Co. - A vendor for sheet music and music scores, based in Charlotte, NC.
• Burrage Music Co. - A vendor for sheet music and music scores, based in Raleigh, NC.
• Flute World - An online vendor for flute music and recordings.
• Mosaicbooks - Categorized listing of books by African American authors. Listing of African American book clubs across the US.
• Powells Books - An online vendor of new and used books, audiobooks, and DVD's.
• Schoenhof's - Offers the largest selection of foreign-language books in North America. Includes language-learning material for over 700 languages and dialects, as well as fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books in 50 languages.
• Sheetmusicplus.com - An online vendor for sheet music and music scores for all instruments.
• Strandbooks.com - New and used books and audiobooks, many with a 50% discount.
• YBP - Yankee Book Peddler, a vendor for academic library materials.

Audiovisual materials:

• American Film Institute - Find movies and film production events by AFI.
• Annenberg Media - A distributor of educational video programs with coordinated Web and print materials for the professional development of K-12 teachers
• Bullfrog Films - A publisher of independently-produced, environmental videos. Also distributes performing arts programs from Rhombus Media.
• DeepDiscount - Excellent discounts on new DVD's.
• Facets Multimedia - A non-profit media arts organization which provides an extraordinary range of film and video programs.
• Films for the Humanities & Sciences - Provides educational video in VHS, DVD, MPEG, and digital formats covering many disciplines.
• First Run Icarus Films - A distributor of documentary films, DVD's and videos. Our 900 titles, mostly independent productions, provide innovative and informative views of a rapidly changing world.
• "I Saw it on TV" - A guide to broadcast and cable programming services, compiled by the Marjorie I. Mitchell Multimedia Center of Northwestern University. Includes a list of production companies and distributors.
• Insight Media - A distributor of documentary videos.
• Internet Movie Database - A database of movies and television series that includes plot summaries, reviews, cast lists, and theatre schedules.
• Media Education Foundation - Produces and distributes video documentaries to encourage critical thinking and debate about the relationship between media ownership, commercial media content, and the democratic demand for free flows of information, diverse representations of ideas and people, and informed citizen participation
• OMNI Resources - A major distributor of maps, globes, and teaching materials.
• PBS - Online shopping for documentary videos & dvd's shown on PBS.
• SecondSpin.com - A good source of quality used CD'ss, videos, & DVD's.
• Video Distributor Database - An online database for producers/distributors of documentary, educational, performance videos, used and out of distribution videos and theatrical/feature films. Edited by the Media Resource Center, Library, University of California-Berkeley.
• WilmingtonFilm.com - The Wilmington Regional Film Commission's web site. Includes a list of feature films, television programs, music videos, & commercials shot in Wilmington.

• ACQWEB - A web site for librarians and information professionals interested in acquisitions and collection development. Includes a list of publisher web sites.
• Alta Vista Babel Fish Translation - Translate passages of text or entire Web pages among nine languages, or translate your page into language of your choice.
• UNCW UBusiness - Login to access purchasing card statements.
• Universal Currency Converter - Allows you to perform interactive foreign exchange rate conversion on the internet.