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Links to Reference Web Sites
Teaching Resources include general sites that are excellent and have lots of links, too many to include on each subject page such as this.
Searching the Internet
lists some seach engines and directory sites. Since each one has its own "flavor," try as many as you have time for --- each one should come up with different links.

Library Resources (Libraries Online, Librarian Resources)

Libraries Online

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Librarian Resources

  • about.com: Librarians & Library Science (searcher & lots of links)
  • AcqNet ("a managed or edited listserv, which aims to provide a medium for acquisitions librarians and others interested in acquisitions work to exchange information, ideas, and to find solutions to common problems.")
  • AskERIC Lesson Plans: School Library Media Activities Monthly Lesson Plans ("integrated lesson plans and suggestions for teaching library and information skills in connection with various classroom subject areas")
  • Australian Libraries Gateway: ALG ("a free Web-based directory service which has improved access to information about more than 5,400 Australian libraries, their collections and services" ... check out their execellent librarian resources, including online library journals)
  • Book Information Website ("site is devoted to all aspects of books, bookarts, book history, letterpress printing, fine printing, book schools, book and paper restoration and conservation, paper and papermaking, book artists, bookbinding and bookbinders, antiquarian books, book search services, book auctions, individual bookdealers, manuscripts, pop-up books, history of printing.")
  • CBC Online - Teachers' and Librarians' Page ("the website of the Children's Book Council ... encouraging reading ... this guide is intended for the use of teachers and librarians")
  • Children's Literature: A Guide to the Crticism - Online Book ("Covering works as diverse as a historical survey of the alphabet book and an analysis of the young adult novels of Judy Blume, this annotated bibliography draws together significant articles, books, and dissertations of children's literature criticism. Compiled from a wide variety of popular and scholarly sources... a thorough and easy-to-use resource to this burgeoning field of study ... categorizes and assesses the critical response to fiction, drama, poetry, and some nonfiction written for children between the ages of one and sixteen")
  • Children's Literature Web Guide (this site ... "gathers together and categorizes the growing number of Internet resources related to books for Children and Young Adults ... compiles book awards lists from a variety of .. sources")
  • Copyright in an Electronic Environment @ N.C. Public Schools InfoWeb ("Guidelines for Fair Use of Internet, Electronic and Multimedia content. A must read for anyone using electronic materials to create instructional materials, demonstrations and presentations.")
  • D-Lib Magazine - The Magazine of Digital Library Research ("a monthly magazine about digital libraries for researchers, developers, and the intellectually curious. New issues are published on the 15th of each month.")
  • ErgoLib: Safer Library Computing @ U of California at Riverside ("Working in a library can be hard, physical work. And working with computers, mice, and monitors requires many of the same skills that successful athletes have. Get informed and start planning your own training program by checking out the following web sites and our list of quick, cheap tips.")
  • Evaluation of information sources ("pointers to criteria for evaluating information resources, particularly those on the Internet. It is intended to be particularly useful to librarians and others who are selecting sites to include in an information resource guide, or informing users as to the qualities they should use in evaluating Internet information.")
  • Internet Library for Librarians ("a comprehensive database ... links to over 2,300 Internet sites. All the Internet resources .. have been reviewed. Each entry has a full description of the goals and/or scope of the resource ... a handy and useful tool for both novices and experienced library staff")
  • Librarians' Index to the Internet ("a searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 6,000 Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to users of public libraries. It's meant to be used by both librarians and non-librarians as a reliable and efficient guide to described and evaluated Internet resources.")
  • LibraryLand: Resources for Librarians @ rcls.org ("A resource guide to web sites of interest to library administrators and staff, with a special focus on public libraries. Arranged in 18 categories. Maintained by the Ramapo Catskill Library System." ...LibraryLand Link Lists ... mirror site)
  • Library of Congress Classification System @ About.com ("This outline .. should assist you to locate areas of the library to begin your research")
  • Library of Congress Classification: Z - Library Science and Information Resources @ About.com
  • Library Resource Guide ("This directory of library services and suppliers is provided, free of charge, by R.R. Bowker, the publisher of the authoritative American Library Directory Online and American Library Directory.")
  • LibrarySpot ("a free virtual library resource center for educators and students, librarians and their patrons, families, businesses and just about anyone exploring the Web for valuable research information" ... Libraries; Reference Desk; Reading Room)
  • UKOLN Public Library Research ("explores how public libraries can and are making use of computer networking. This work involves setting up projects and networking initiatives, helping to raise awareness about public library networking and disseminating research findings.)
  • Vandergrift's Special Interest Page ("This website is a means of sharing ideas and information with all those interested in literature for children and young adults."
  • Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction: Library Resource List (excellent set of links: reference resources, searchers, government resources, library sites, library technology, professional resources ... "a meta-listing of 530 Internet resources that will be of interest to the library community.")
  • Yahoo's Reference Links (Libraries, etc.)

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This page was last updated on 12/12/07
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