Reference

Resources in this category:

BUBL Information Service
http://bubl.ac.uk/

UK web directory offers an extensive subject listing of online resources organized by the Dewey Decimal System, subject menus, country of origin, type of resource (magazine, government information, etc.), and exclusively UK related links. Has "a special focus on Library and Information Science."

ELITE Project
http://www.le.ac.uk/li/distance/eliteproject/index.htm

This site, put together by the University Library at the Univ. of Leicester, offers a great collection to information about Digital Reference projects in libraries such as E-mail Reference, Chat, MOOs, MyLibrary Interfaces, Conferencing, and Authentication.

Gale Group - Reference Reviews
http://gale.cengage.com/free_resources/reference/index.htm

Site has links to "Peter's Digital Reference Shelf" (reviews of online and CD-ROM products), "Reference for Students" (reviews of K-12 print reference materials), "Lawrence Looks at Books" (critical commentary on public and academic reference resources), and the "Reference Review Archives" (archives of the "Rettig on Reference" column).

Morris County (NJ) Library Reference Links
http://www.gti.net/mocolib1/ref.html

Links for business and investment, law, market research, patents, maps and atlases, scholarships and other useful information.

MPPL Genre Fiction Book Lists
http://www.mppl.org/books/books.html

Reader's Advisory Tool developed by the Mount Prospect Public Library. Can be used to access book lists by genres such as fantasy, historical fiction, mystery, young adult, etc.

Neat New Stuff on the Net
http://marylaine.com/neatnew.html

Librarian Marylaine Block puts out a weekly list of useful and interesting web sites she has found. Includes archives of previous weeks.

Virtual Acquisition Shelf and News Desk
http://resourceshelf.blogspot.com/

Resources and news for information professionals and researchers compiled by a professionl university librarian. The site provides abstracts and links to articles describing new Internet sources of information and what's new on or about the Internet. Other sections are Fast Facts (resources of factual information), Direct Search (a compilation of links to "Invisible Web" resources not easily found by general search engines), News Center ("one-click access to many news resources"), Price's List of Lists with "information in the form of rankings of different people, organizations, companies, etc.", texts of speeches and transcripts, audio and video access to current events, and a clearinghouse to many Congressional Research reports.