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General Reference - Dictionaries, Statistical Information,HealthCare Sites, United States..and other Countries Reference Information,Legal Information on the Net, College Sites and Info..and News/TV Sites.
"Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it."Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)
**Book Suggestion**
Quoted from website
Are you making the most
of the changes brought to the profession by the Internet?
Evolution
in Reference and Information Services
The Impact of the Internet
Edited by Di Su, MLS
c. 2002
Soft Cover ISBN: 789017237
Visit the Newseum
View todays Front pages,
of 145 Newspapers, from 24 countries
www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/
See/Read What Happened
This Day in History or What is Being Observed Today
on the *4observing
page* of LibrarySupportStaff.com
Table of Contents for
Online Reference Resources
Finding out - just what the Patron Needs.
Electronic Reference Service, Resources & Guidelines
Read on InfoToday.com
What's Ahead for 2002?
- Predictions from 12 Information Industry Gurus
http://www.infotoday.com/it/jan02/whatsahead.htm
Article: My
Rules of Information
by Marylaine Block •
Editor, ExLibris, the weekly e-zine
Marylaine Block shares
her seven "codified" rules for
information professionals
to live by.
Searcher v. 10 (1) 2002
Online article
Management
by Wandering Around:
Reference Rovering and
Quality Reference Service
Guidelines for Cooperative
Reference Service Policy Manuals
www.ala.org/rusa/stnd_coop.html
The Soaring
to Excellence 2002 Jan. 18th presentation is:
Bringing Order to the
Chaos: Using Search Engines Efficiently
Presenter:
Bill Erbes, Assistant
Director of the Bensenville Community Public Library District
Check out the Link site
that supplements the presentation.
http://www.bensenville.lib.il.us/searching.htm
Use some Search Utilities
Online
& Read the latest
Search
Engine News Headlines
For interesting reports,
research news,
and statistics about
Americans usage of the Internet:
Visit http://www.pewinternet.org/
Pew
Internet & American Life Project
More interesting "stats"
on Net usage
See : Nua
Internet Surveys - Resources for "Internet Trends"
also:
visit SearchEngineWatch.com
and Yahoo's
Net Directory on "Stats"
Read the results: (**Note
this is a PDF file, 89 pgs.**)
UCLA Internet Report
Surveying the Digital
Future - Year 3
c. 2003
ccp.ucla.edu/pdf/UCLA-Internet-Report-Year-Three.pdf
Article of interest:
Farber, Miriam, and Shoham,
Snunith (2002) "Users, End-Users, and End-User Searchers of Online Information:
A Historical Overview". Online Information Review, V. 26 (2) pp.
92-100
Abstract:
Discusses the changing
relationships between information professionals - vendors, database producers,
searchers - and end-users, during the last three decades. Most of the time,
the industry was quite vague as to who exactly the end-users were, and
consequently several different definitions were used to describe the target
audience of online information systems. The needs and capabilities of the
end-user were measured conveniently through the reactions of libraries'
and information centres' personnel who were not always the most suitable
sources. The concept of the "end-user" is examined from the beginning of
the online industry in the 1970s through the menu driven systems of the
1980s and the role of the compact disk in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Related: see my page
with info on Information Seeking Behavior
Stay current with all
the latest developments and news for:
Search Engines
Check out the Email
Newsletters you can subscribe to.
Related: Stay current
with Library NEWS
Visit: Traffick.com
The guide to portals
& search engines
Choose the Best Search
for your Information Need
www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine.html
Read or Subscribe to Mary
Ellen Bates' - Tip of the Month
She finds and/or suggests
terrific search tips and tools
www.batesinfo.com/tip.html
Read this articel on Pandia
Menu
based Web searching
Table
of Contents
| General
Search
Special Search Tools |
Articles : Fulltext | Business Reference | Conversion
Tools
Euro Conversion |
Dictionaries |
| Education Ref. Tools | Finding People | Genealogy | Government Info | Legal Ref |
| Medical Reference | News Sources | Still More Ref Sources | Travel Sources | Miscellaneous Ref |
| Library News & Ref | For Babyboomers | Hidden Web Ref | Ref Interview | Online/Live Ref |
- General Reference Sites
- Search Utilities/General
- Search Utilities/Specialty
- Search the Hidden /Invisible Web
- Dictionaries
- News Resources
- Miscellaneous Reference Sites
- The Library Reference Interview
- Library Based Reference Services
Finding out - just what the Patron Needs.
Electronic Reference Service, Resources & Guidelines
should be included here. Thank YOU!
mary@librarysupportstaff.com
Speaking of E-mail
Read the full text article:
"EMail Makes the World
Go Round"
Computers
in Libraries Nov/Dec 2000
E-mail technology really
enables
librarians to have
all sorts of relationships
with patrons from around
the world.
On a personal note:
This site and my other
websites
have put me in contact
with
Librarians & Library
Paraprofessionals
from all over the globe!
Thank YOU to each of
you who has
contacted me via e-mail
and
Touched & Changed
my Life
for the BETTER!
INTERNET TRAINING AND
LEARNING:
A GUIDE TO WEB RESOURCES
FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIANS
http://www.ala.org/rusa/mars/itlpub.html
Annotated list of Web
sites intended to provide
public librarians with
a guide to some of the
best electronic resources
available for learning
about the Internet as
well as for training
both library staff and
customers.
 |
Search WWW Search librarysupportstaff.com |
Just a personal note on "Providing Reference Service":
If "YOU" are the person
providing "Reference" information
or assistance
either in person or via
the phone,
Brush up your own People
Skills, and Remember
Listening & Smiling
are the 2 Best Skills to MASTER!
SMILE even when you answer
the phone!
and LISTEN to the person
who is asking for information
Never "rush" them, or
appear "busy", and Smile!
See my page with more
information on conducting Reference Interviews
and..Thanks for Linking
by....Mary
General All Purpose Reference Sites
Links to Most Reference Information
For Keeping Current with
Web Based Resources
You need to visit : Web
Savvy
for the "sources" to
keep you in the know.
And find out what's new
with Search Engines
Searching
& Sleuthing
Need a Reference answer "Fast"
Try Here First
: *Virtual Reference Desk*
Lots of Catergories..Lots
of Reference Sources.
See also:Indexes for Web Searches - from Yahoo
Best FREE
Reference Sites for 2000
This is an annual series
initiated under the auspices
of the Machine-Assisted
Reference Section (MARS)
of the Reference and
User Services Association (RUSA)
of ALA to recognize
outstanding reference
sites on the Internet.
Scoop's
Reference Sites Dictionaries, Online Bookstore,
Index of Book Publishers,
Farmers Almanac,
Demographic sites, History
sites Visit BUBL Information Service
Directory pages for Links to Reference Material of Interest
BUBL
LINK / 5:15
Catalogue of 12,000 selected
Internet resources
BUBL
Journals
Links to current LIS
journals/newsletters
**realted - see librarysupportstaff.com's
listing of
Library
& Information Technology journals
World
Fact Book 2000
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Internets.Com
Global link to 1,000's
of Databases.
LITA's Tool Kit for Expert Web Searchers
| GenReference | Search/General | Search/Special |
| Dictionaries | News Sources | Miscellaneous |
http://www.libraryreference.org
LIBRARY REFERENCE
SEARCH
Search Engines - General
Do a search in Google and if you come to a link
that is no longer there,
click the “cached” link at the end of the entry.
Google will retrieve a copy of the page as
indexed from its cached page archive!
|
Search WWW Search librarysupportstaff.com |
Also remember to help find website information
for sites that seem to have vanished, and left no forwarding address
check out the WAYBACK Machine
Put in the "exact" url (you must spell/type it exactly as it appeared when it was "live"
on the internet) Then if the page was archived there will be several versions of the site.
Choose the one that was last updated, and many times you will be able to find the
previous information that the site had and that you are in search of.
http://www.archive.org
See the resources From
the UC Berkeley Library
Search
Engines & Directories
Search Engines - Specialty Sites For Information
Read this Online Article:
Using
- Specialized Search Engines
Pick
a Search Engine - Guide
From Virtual
Chase
Virtual Chase pages of
interest:
Search for Company/Business
Information
and
SEARCH ENGINE GUIDE:
Business
and Industry Search Services
also
LEGAL RESEARCH GUIDE:
Intellectual
Property Law
From Search Engine Watch.com
Use
these Tips for Searching the Net
More Facts & Tips
& Howto's
Index
to tips on Search EngineWatch
The University at Albany
Libraries have constructed a useful site
How to Choose the Search
Engine or Directory -
to find something
particular.
http://library.albany.edu/internet/choose.html
Still need help with doing
Research on the Net
Visit the Researching
Librarian
Created by and for Librarians.
and see also
Research
Buzz is designed to cover the world of Internet research.
To that end this site
provides almost daily updates on search engines,
new data managing software,
browser technology, large compendiums of
information, Web directories
-- whatever.
Noted From Tricks-n-Trinkets
"The Information Highway"
Virtual
Acquisition Shelf and News Desk takes that phrase as its golden
rule and speeds
past all the pretty stuff and the silly stuff on today's
Web to deliver
information at lightening speed.
Created for
information professionals, the site offers daily synopses
of reports
from sources as wide as the Congressional Research Service to
the Professional/Scholarly
Publishing Division of the American Publishing
Association,
then links you to related articles, tools and the full
text. With
archives dating back to March 2001 and to The Virtual Chase,
for legal
research on the Web, the site is a comprehensive reference tool
for info professionals.
http://resourceshelf.blogspot.com
Search IQ
http://www.zdnet.com/searchiq/
SearchIQ provides independent
reviews and rankings to help you make
informed choices in selecting
search tools.
SearchIQ objective is
to help you
find what you are looking
for quickly and effectively.
More "Speciality Search Sites"
Argus
Clearinghouse
The Internet's Premier
Research Library
Epinions - Search for
opinions/ratings etc. on a wide variety of consumer goods,
includes books, products,
most consumer goods. Most opinions posted by average consumers.
iTools = Internet Tools: Find It, Research It, & Language Tools
XRefer
http://www.xrefer.com/
Free access to over 250,000
entries - facts, words,
concepts, people &
quotations
Encyclopedias, dictionaries,
thesauri & books of quotations
from the world's leading
publishers.
All cross-referenced,
all reliable, all in one place.
Use WebBrain
"The Smartest Way to
Search the Web"
LibrarySpot - Research any topic
InfoMine - Scholary Internet
Resource Collections
Reference
Resources
DewPoint
- The Interent Organized
by the Dewey Decimal
System
About.Com has compiled
a listing of Guides
on 500 subjects..Check
out their
A
- Z Listing
Gary
Price's Direct Search Resource Page...
This page is a growing
compilation of DIRECT LINKS
to the search interfaces
of resources that are not
easily searchable from
general search tools
Suite
101 Guides to a variety of
Topics - Organized using
Dewey Decimal System
Bartleby
- Full text Online Material
Excellent FREE Resources
- Great Books Online
Here are some FREE Online Encyclopedia Sites:
- Now ONLINE For FREE - The Complete Set of
- Let's Find Out
- EnCyberpedia
- Encyclopedia.Com
- Informationsphere - Free Online Encyclopedia
- Literary Encyclopedia & Literary Dictionary
- Encyclopedia Mythica
Britannica Encyclopedia
includes: A Guide to the Writing of Scholarly English
| Read The Literary Encyclopedia entry on Antony and Cleopatra |
Encyclopedia on Mythology, Folklore and Legend
Encyclozine
- An Encyclopedia of "Diversions"
Gallery, Puzzles, Games,
Illusions, Science, Web design,
Humanities, Space, Life,
History, Technology, Knowledge
Ever think you'll try
out for "Who wants to be a Millionaire" or Jeopardy
You may want to study
up at some of the big Trivia Sites on the Net:
Absolute Trivia Totally Trivia Search Engine.
Search for Useless Knowledge
More sites to Learn TRIVIAL Stuff
Couldn't think of another place to put this site for referenceBut just in case you ever have a patron interested in what other uses
common products they have might be useful for - check out this site:
www.wackyuses.com
CNET
The Computer Network
view and find some of
the best
"computing" knowledge
on the Internet
Articles - Full Text Online
Looking for articles from
specific magazines?
This site keeps adding
resources,
what is available to
date is still quite useful.
findarticles.com
and also MagPortal.com
Bartleby
- Full text Online Material
Excellent FREE Resources
- Great Books Online
Current
NEWS articles (includes an article on doing Research using the
Internet)
Business /Company Reference
Business.com : Business focused search engine & directory
Hoovers.Com..Directory for Business's/Companies/Industries
Search Public Records
online
www.searchsystems.net/
Over 8000 Free Searchable
Public Record Databases!
See also these sites
for Public Record Searching
www.publicrecordfinder.com
www.knowx.com
www.brbpub.com/pubrecsites.asp
Look up Information Sources
on the web.
MBA
101
Research Smarter, Network
Better
Links to unusual content
such as "Personality Tests"
Plus much information
for the "Business Minded"
Small Business Administration
Useful information &
resources
http://www.sba.gov/
1-800-U-ASK-SBA
Answers to Small Business
Questions
9:00am-5:00pm East Coast
Time, Mon-Fri.
Online Womens Business
Center
http://www.onlinewbc.gov/
Online Guide to Best Business
sites for information
Business2.com
http://www.business2.com/webguide
Search our directory of
50,000 business sites and our archives of articles from Business 2.0, Fortune,
Money, and FSB.
Need information on "ASSOCIATIONS"
Visit this InfoUSA site:
Links to Trade and Business
Associations Resources
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/trade/trassci.htm
Also search
The ASAE Gateway to Associations
Online
http://info.asaenet.org/gateway/OnlineAssocSlist.html
American Society of Association
Exectutives website:
http://www.asaenet.org/find/
Find Associations, People,
and Businesses
Looking for networking
opportunities?
Need to find a vendor
who provides services to associations?
Ever wondered who serves
on ASAE's Board of Directors or standing committees
http://www.asaenet.org/find/
Find More Association
Information/ & Links - General Catergories
From the Internet Public
Library
The IPL Associations
on the Net (AON) is a collection of over 2000 Internet sites
providing information
about a wide variety of professional and trade associations,
cultural and art organizations,
political parties and advocacy groups,
labor unions, academic
societies, and research institutions.
http://www.ipl.org/ref/AON/
Related business information
Search Bankrate.com
for the latest rates for most financial transactions
site includes information
and calculators
Also visit:
ELoan.com
http://www.eloan.com/
Converting Time, Money and Measurements (cooking & recipes tools included)
Anyone got the time in
Borneo..if it's 2 O'Clock here??
Use the "Time
Zone" Converter to find out!
So you're into "converting"
now...
Use this site to
"Convert"!!
Convert just about Anything
to Anything else
Over 8,100 Conversions
and Calculators
www.onlineconversion.com
Calculators
Calculate just about
anything
Also see
http://www.calculateforfree.com/
Currency Converters
Universal Currency - Converter
Yahoo
online Currency Converter
http://finance.yahoo.com/m3?
Currency
Converters, Conversion Tools and Online Foreign Exchange Services
http://www.oanda.com/site/cc_index.shtml
The Euro
2002 begins the year with the new European "Currency" the "Euro"
Visit the official site: for conversion information
http://europa.eu.int/euro/html/entry.html
On 1 January 2002 euro
notes and coins become legal tender
in the 12 countries of
the eurozone.
BBC
News Online explains what is happening and why.
What
the "euro" replaces:
FRENCH FRANC; DEUTSCHMARK;
DRACHMA; ESCUDO; BELGIAN
FRANC;
LUXEMBOURG FRANC; GUILDER;
LIRA; MARKKA; PESETA;
IRISH PUNT; SCHILLING
Convert Euro
to US Dollar
Convert Euro
to Japanense Yen
Convert Euro
to British Pound
More Euro
conversion calculators
More Currency conversion
tools:
Need to "Convert" your
$$money$$??
Find "Todays" Exchange
Rates
http://www.x-rates.com/
The Value of Money / Inflation Calculators
Article - The Value
of Money
Exceprt quoted from site:
by Nell Ingalls, July/August 1998
http://www.sls.lib.il.us/reference/por/features/98/money.html
What better way to illustrate
how much better things were in the "good old days" than to compare how
much things cost then and now? One can calculate the relative purchasing
power of money in different years. How realistically the resulting numbers
reflect the relative standard of living or the quality of life is another
question.
The Current Value of
Old Money
http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/current/howmuch.html
The Value of a Dollar
The Consumer Price Index
(CPI) is a measure of the average change
in prices over time in
a market basket of goods and services.
http://woodrow.mpls.frb.fed.us/research/data/us/calc/
Duke University -
Reference Resources:
Calculator$$
http://www.lib.duke.edu/reference/virtual/calculat.htm
Online Reference Resources
- Money & Measures
Yale University Library
http://www.library.yale.edu/rsc/readyref/money.html
University of Illinois
- Urbana
Banking & Money Resources
http://gateway.library.uiuc.edu/crx/bank.htm
College of William &
Mary
Money & Taxes - Resources
http://www.swem.wm.edu/Resources/Websites/money.htm
Interesting sites -
Encyclopedia
of Finance
Virtual
Finance Library
Paper
Money & Bank Notes Website Resources
See
too my Free Learning sites on budgeting & money management
COOKING Calcualtions
- Converting - Substitutions
Cooking
- Recipe Conversion Tools
Cooking tools : Substitutions, Terms & Measurements
Substitutions/Conversions : Flavorings
Related : Google Web Directory
of Cooking
Sites - Techniques
Dictionaries
infonesia
http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci212342,00.html
Infonesia
is an inability to remember where you saw or heard
an
item of information.
The
condition is usually temporary but can recur frequently.
It
is more common in "information societies",
with
their flows of e-mail, seasonal catalogs, personal digital assistants,
and
trial magazine subscriptions.
Possibly
the most pernicious
form
of infonesia is internesia, the inability to remember which
Web
site you saw an item of information on.
Reference Desk Language & Translation Dictionary
American Heritage Book of English Usage
Whatis.com
General
Computing Terms
Word
list for Standards & Organizations
WhatIs: All
Categories
LEXICOOL : Directory of Bilingual and Multilingual Dictionaries
Search Internet for a dictionary with the word (Powered by OneLook Dictionaries)
HINTS: Adding wild cards expands the search. (* = any number of characters and ? = exactly one character). For example, "tomo*ow", "tomo??ow" or "tomor*" will find "tomorrow".Need to know the correct
spelling
of a Medical Term
or checking to see if
you've
spelled it correctly
Use Spellex's - Spell
Checker
Medical Dictionaries Online.
Free!
http://www.online-dictionary.net/medical/
Medical Terms
www.medterms.com
MedlinePlus Medical Dictionaries
Interesting new database
of Eponyms
Check out : Who
Named It.co
Whonamedit.com is a biographical
dictionary of medical eponyms. It is our ambition to present a complete
survey of all medical phenomena named for a person, with a biography of
that person. Eventually, this will include more than 15.000 eponyms and
more than 6.000 persons.
Medical Eponyms
www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Villa/6315/eponym/eponym.html
Kaiser-Permanente's Health
Information Check-Up
http://kp.org/hicheckup/
Looking for trustworthy
online health and medical information?
Learn to examine the
"health" of online information with the
helpful tools and resources
on these pages.
FYI - Read
January 2002 issue
Yahoo
Internet Life - 100 Best Sites for 2002
Best
Health Information Sites
Listing of other sites
Virtual
Health Search Engines
Search for FREE Online
Medical Journals using
www.freemedicaljournals.com
Search these sites also,
for FREE articles or Textbooks
Find
Articles.com | Mag Portal>com
and
Free
Medical Books for Doctors
Related: Science Searches
Biolinks
A search engine for scientists,
with links to journals, organizations,
companies and more.
Research
Index
ResearchIndex is a scientific
literature digital library that aims to improve
the dissemination and
feedback of scientific literature.
SciSeek
- Science Online
It's a useful tool for
browsing for information in a specific scientific area.
Search4Science
Search4Science is a search
engine put together by scientists for scientists.
Listing of other sites
for :
Virtual Science
Search Engines
News Resources
Please also see
The News
feeds page
MANY News resources &
headlines.
Lots of Subject areas
covered.
NEWS RESOURCES/REFERENCE
Read : News Coverage from
around the WORLD
at JournalismNet
- JNet
Use "Search Help" from
real "Librarians"
on JNet
- Reuters***USA Today***NY Times
- ABC News***CBS News***CNN***CNN/FN***MSNBC***NBC***PBS
- TV News Archive ***Court TV
- History Channel *** Discovery Channel
- HotLinks to Newspapers Online
- NewsPapers.Com
- Our Hometown
Search for your local "community" News Publications
NewspaperArchive.com
Searchable archive of
newspapers dating from the late 1800s.
DAYPOP.
Search for over 6,200
news sites
and weblogs for current
events and breaking news
at
http://www.daypop.com
.
You can hunt for these
by language,
country, or time frame
and
find the top 40 popular
stories of the day.
NY TIMES Newsroom Navigator
Internet Reference Resources - for the classroom & educators
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/navigator/index.html
Still More "Specialty" Sites with Useful Research Resources
Here is a site with :
A listing of over 3400
websites describing holdings
of manuscripts, archives,
rare books, historical photographs,
and other primary sources
for the research scholar.
All links have been tested
for correctness and appropriateness.
Research
Repositories
Search Interesting Online
Visual Offerings
Web
"Exhibits" Something Different Everyday!
Speech
& Transcript Center
Search for speeches and
transcripts on every possible topic.
SPEECHBOT.
Sift through over 13,000
hours of audio and video content
at http://speechbot.research.compaq.com/
.
Search for specific words
or fast forward through
the broadcasts to hear
or view specific desired
content.
QUOTELAND.
http://www.quoteland.com
you can search out a
quotation
by topic or author; or,
a literary,
special, or random quotation.
There's a reference library
and a audio archive
Consumer Resources- know your rights, find product info, & much more
Consumer
Reports
from toaster ovens to
automobiles, Consumer Reports prvides unbiased product testing & reviews.
(some content may require
subscription to the print publication)
First
Gov for Consumers
your resource for consumer
information from the federal government
Health, Home, Family,
Money, Technology & Computers, Career, Safety-( Product recalls)
resources on all programs
and information from the US govt.
Federal Benefits
and Services
Program
Link examples - there are many more
Federal Government Jobs
Federal Grants Information
Federal Sales
Federal Government Sales
Guide
Food Stamps
Head Start
Medicaid
Mortgage Programs
Passport Services and
Information
Renter's Kit and Fair
Housing Information
School Lunch
Small Business Assistance
Social Security
Student Financial Aid
Supplemental Security
Income for the Aged, Blind, or Disabled
Federal
Benefits and Services
Federal Consumer Information Center FCIC - Pueblo, Colorado
Consumer
World.org -Everything for the consumer
Consumer World is a public
service, non-commercial*
guide cataloging over
2000 of the most useful consumer resources.
The
2002 Consumer Action Handbook,
published by the Federal
Consumer Information Center,
is 160 pages of valuable
information that no consumer should be without.
It provides advice and
consumer tips on: car repair, purchase,
and leasing; shopping
from home; avoiding consumer
and investment fraud;
home improvement and financing;
choosing and using credit
cards wisely; and much more.
Also included is the Consumer
Assistance Directory with
thousands of names, addresses,
telephone numbers,
web site and e-mail addresses
for national consumer organizations,
better business bureaus,
corporations, trade associations,
state and local consumer
protection offices,
state agencies, military
consumer offices, and Federal agencies.
Download a copy or order
one for FREE!
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/crh/respref.htm
The Kelley
Blue Book
Know the value of your
car? Or one you are considering purchasing?
The Kelley blue book
gives current trade-in and retail prices for most cars.
MORE Sites for Speciality resources for finding information
Search Online Library
Catalogs - Worldwide
Statistical Resources on the Web
Search "Concordances" of Great Books
Concordances are handy tools that list
all the words in a book or group of books.
Example: If you want to know how many times
the word "beans" occurs
in the King James Bible,
simply check in a concordance
(it occurs twice).
www.concordance.com
(**Please note**
for more General information on "Books"
Online and Off the net - visit the readbooks.html page.)
Ready, Net, GO!
Archival Internet Resource
This service is an archival "meta index,"
or index of archival indexes.
That is, from here we refer you to the major indexes,
lists, and databases of archival resources.
The Wayback Machine -
Search an archive of
over 10 billion! webpages from 1996
type in the URL of a
former webpage
or take a look at the
way pages used to look
http://www.archive.org
Search the The Old Farmer's Almanac
Weather Forecasts and Much More!
Speaking of "Weather"
find where it's happening: Weather
Underground and/or Weather.Com
Severe
weather map - United States
More: USA Today - Weather Resources and/or Weather Resouces from RefDesk.com
Winter Weather Facts, Definitions, and Safety
Space Weather - resources and/or Nasa Space Weather resources
Weather Facts & Safety
Tips : National Environmental & Meteorlogical Association
www.nemas.net/safety.php
Note: I have a page
with resources for staying safe & sound
- includes info re: weather conditions
Mr. Kish's Weather
Facts Page
**Note facts page has
a: Temperature Conversion Calculator for Fahrenheit, Centigrade, and Kelvin
Historical Weather Facts
for the United States
aviationweather.noaa.gov/wxfact.html
National Weather Facts
and Figures
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Funology, That's Odd -
Weather Facts
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-
Directory of Information
for NYC Theater
listings, and other cities
& international programs
and showings.
Billboard Online brings you entertainment news, celebrity gossip, movie reviews & more.
Internet Movie Database - Information all about Movies: old and just out!
Movie Ratings for Kids
- Kids-In-Mind
can give parents peace
of mind, as viewers rate movies for sex,
violence and profanity
on a scale of 1 to 10,
note questions kids might
bring home to you
after watching a movie,
and summarize messages being conveyed.
All
Music Guide
A massive database of
musical facts, the All Music Guide is the IMDb of audio.
Look up an artist, for
example, and you get a bio,
a discography of albums
he/she has appeared on, and even past bands and influences.
You can browse by genre
or era, or search by artist, song, album, label, or style.
Find more Music Search
Engines & Reference Resources on
websearch.about.com/cs/onlinemusic/
Radio
Locator - This comprehensive radio station
locator spans over 10,000
station homepages and
2,500 audio streams in
the US and abroad.
Culture Finder - Your Internet home for the Arts
MUSEE
http://musee-online.org
An interactive directory
to museums' collections including art, science,
history, zoos, archaeology
and aquariums, etc. providing links to their
educational, entertainment,
archive and shopping features.
Art Star Explorer
American
Art Directory
http://www.artstar.com/bin/aad_home
The American Art Directory,
first published in 1898
as the American Art Annual,
is now in its 57th year.
Here you'll find up-to-date
contact information, addresses
and activities for over
7500 museums, libraries, organizations
and schools from around
the world.
The American
Art Directory is the
standard reference for
researchers, consumers
and professionals working
in the visual arts.
You've got to eat - it
wouldn't be a night out on the town without a nice meal!
Check out Fodor's
Restaruant Index
Find out what you can
"Hear"! : Live Online at Live-Online
Music Cybercasts, Chats
& Events
Television Entertainment
- find what
Educated "couch potato's"
watch
Arts
& Entertainment Channel
The
History Channel
The
Discovery Channel
The
Learning Channel
Ever have a song in your
mind
Can't remember the Lyrics?
Or you need to find the
Lyrics
Search the
International Lyrics
Server Song File
TV
Tunes Online
If the words "schlemezel,
schlemazel" still bring a smile, you'll bury
yourself in this digital
treasure chest of familiar tunes and jingles, from
westerns as ancient as
Jim Bowie to obscure cartoons like Cool McCool.
Also, play trivia games,
take pop quizzes, find TV collectibles and send
e-postcards with your
favorite old TV stars and theme songs.
http://www.tvtunesonline.com/
Classical
Composers
From Keiko Abe to Alexander
Zemlinsky, GMN's Classical Composers
gateway web site has
got to be the most comprehensive listing
imaginable for those
seeking info about classical composers.
Searching for information on Books & Poetry
The
Academy
of American Poets.
Search
for your favorite poems and poets, from Pinsky to Plath,
and
hear poems read aloud by the poets who wrote them.
Bibliomania
You
can read 2,000 pieces of fiction, poems, literary interviews, and
commissioned
articles and learn more about an author's style
or
structure in the Cliffs Notes–like Study section.
The
research section includes a dictionary, a thesaurus, and biographies.
More>>>
book information sites
PC Webpedia..Everything PC & The Net!
Free Pint Bar is for you to
post your tricky Web-related questions,
help other members and discuss issues arising in the Free Pint Newsletter.
(free membership signup is required)
Test your own skills,
see if you can "answer" something, and help out
a virtual information
consumer today!
Image Search
on Google
http://www.images.google.com/
Still More...search sources for different types of information
Travel Directions
Searching for How to "Get there - from there or here"?
Need to find a Map, Make a Map, Search for directions???
- National Geographic Map Machine.
- U. of Texas Library - Map Collection Online
- Mapblast
- Maps nothing but maps.
U.S. directions city to city, house to house.
This trip-planning site helps you avoid outdoor snafus with
a great assortment of trail maps, topographic maps, campsite
and off-trail activities, guidebooks, and even a
My Trails folder, which keeps track of where you've been or plan to go.
Why not take a "Virtual
Tour"
Booking is easy..just
sit back and Click..
- Virtual Tour of the US Government
- Virtual World & City Tours
- Visit Virtual Museums & Exhibits
The History Channel Another terrific Source of Info.
Trip planning sites:
Travelocity
Expedia
Trips.com
Miscellaneous Reference Resources
The Wayback Machine
http://www.archive.org
Search for webpages that
once
were there and you thought
you might never find
again.
The Archive.org site
has archived over 1 Billion webpages
Better Business BureauOnline
Search for Safe Online Shopping Sites
Use our safe shopping site to locate companies that are members of their
local Better Business Bureau, pledge to meet the BBBOnLine Reliability standards
for ethical online business practices and have agreed to resolve complaints using
the BBB's dispute resolution program or a similar program.
Companies must live up to these promises or lose the right to remain in our program.
Search ERIC
The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) database
is the world's largest source of education information
http://searcheric.org/
The ERIC Clearinghouse
on
Assessment and Evaluation
maintains a
Test
Locator Database.
It has thousands of citations
for questionnaires, surveys,
and other measurement
tools (for education and psychology).
Some are commercial tests
while others are surveys
included in journal articles
or ERIC Documents.
There is also a test
review locator.
http://ericae.net/testcol.htm
PERSONALITY TESTS.
Discover yourself with the large database of
resources and personality tests at
http://www.spods.net/personality .
This is a free service and if you choose
to register (also free) you get
more access to the features provided,
including the ability to save test
results and compare them with later ones
Earth Calendar What's "going on" - on Earth!
Information on Holidays & Celebrations through the Year
Need Information on the
"Ancient" World Wide Web...Dig Here
Or perhaps you would like to find information on
New York "Society"
..someone must want the information..
they have A Library all their own.
Biography.com Find Information on Most Famous people
Find - Discover the "RULERS"
who Rule or Ruled the World (or their part of it)
Quoted from the site
This site contains lists
of heads of state and heads of government (and, in certain cases, de facto
leaders not occupying either of those formal positions) of all countries
and territories, going back to about 1700 in most cases
Visit at Rulers.org
**Remember** "Rulers"
- Rule!
Maporama
http://www.maporama.com/share/
Geographic Coverage
Maporama is the first European operator to offer maps
and itineraries all over Europe, the USA, and Canada
Everywhere and all the time
Maporama provides maps and itineraries
on personal computers, personal digital assistants and WAP phones
Tourism Educational Material
http://www.msue.msu.edu/msue/imp/modtd/mastertd.html
Flags of all Countries
Internet 2 character
-Country codes
Infomercial Index - You may have found them annoying
but now you can't remember how to order
that "have to have" item...from an Infomercial
LIBRARY Reference & News
Be sure to see also the
Many "library" ref sites on
the On
the Job Help page
The Researching Librarian
Web resources helpful
for librarians doing research
http://www2.msstate.edu/~kerjsmit/trl/databases.htm
For Librarians & Support
Staff
4libnews.html
Links to the Latest News
Websites
In the World of Library
& Information Science
LIBSTATS
Library Statistics on
the Web
Library
WebLogs
This is a list of library-related
weblogs (blogs).
Shifted Librarian Weblog
http://radio.weblogs.com/0100932/
LibDex Index to 17,000 Libraries
Library/Information Science
& for Educators
Journals/Publications
Online - Read the
latest issues
On
These Walls Inscriptions & Quotations in the
Buildingss of the Library
Of Congress
Quotes about Libraries, Books & Reading
Quotations Page and Search for Quotations Page
With so many New Users
and Folk accessing the Internet
in our Libraries
It is important to stay
Informed
about ALL the Hoaxes
,
E-Mail Phoney Alerts
& Warnings
and Urban Legends
Please bookmark &
visit often:
About.Com's
Urban Legends Site
Reference Sources for the Babyboomers
Seniors (those over 50!!)
are the
Largest "population group"
in the US today.
Net Resources for this
group are
being created every day!
Check out:
- Seniors.gov US Government Gateway
- Third Watch.com
- AARP.org
- **Personal Note**: I am over 50! and
- And don't forget the helpful
married to a recent "Early Retiree"
and I have made a page with some useful
"retirement & investing resource links"
Reference Links/Resources for
"Living on a Budget (with a Library $alary)"
on the Library Jobs & More page
Search the "Golf
Search Engine" everything Par for the course!
My husband said this
is a "resource" for "babyboomers"!
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The HIDDEN WEB - Learn how to Search it
Searching the Hidden Web
/or/ Invisible Web
Search
tools
from
Fastboot.com
About.com Hidden / Invisible
web sites
Websearch.About.Com
How to Search the InvisibleWeb
Profusion - Search the Top 1000 search sources and get better results
Still More: Resources for Searching the Hidden /Invisible Web.
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Download for FREE Web Ferret
WebFerret provides a handy and efficient way to use Web search engines to find information. It adds an entry to the Find option of your Windows 95/98 Start button, adding the option to find Web pages in addition to the standard files and folders. Enter your search terms, click on Match All Keywords or Match Any Keywords, and WebFerret will use your Internet connection to check several of the more popular search engines (Lycos, Alta Vista, Excite, Infoseek, Yahoo, Search.com, AOL Netfind, Euroseek, LookSmart). You can also do more-advanced searches, limiting the number of matches in total or by engine. Once the results are returned, tooltips give you a little more information about a site. Just double-click to bring up your browser and launch the page. WebFerret is fast, easy to use, and best of all -- FREE!
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The Reference Interview
Reference Interview ResourcesFrom CORE
California Opportunities
for Reference Excellence
The
Reference Interview
Finding out what the
patron needs.
I have put further information about
Conducting Reference Interviews
and Staff Training for - on a Separate
page
Library Based / Digital Reference Services
These resources are now on :liverefpg.html
INTERNET TRAINING AND LEARNING:
A GUIDE TO WEB RESOURCES FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIANS
http://www.ala.org/rusa/mars/itlpub.html
Annotated list of Web sites intended to provide
public librarians with a guide to some of the
best electronic resources available for learning
about the Internet as well as for training
both library staff and customers.
Visit also, LibrarySupportStaff.com's
webpages,
with Resources for those
who Teach
Information
Literacy & Bibliographic Instruction
And who Create Presentations
for
Online
and Offline, Instruction.
Please - E-mail
me - with sites/information that you feel
should be included here.
Thank YOU!
mary@librarysupportstaff.com
To Contact, Me ~ Mary
Niederlander
via e-mail, write to:
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