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- Associations
- Book Recommendations under General Reference
Discussions
- Ask the Librarian a Question
Lesson Plans
- Beginning With the Net for Librarians (Bck2Skol)
- Lessons for Librarians (Chamberlain)
Provides 30 lessons for librarians with little or no experience with the Internet. Useful for teachers and school administrators also.
Lists
- -Academic Libraries (Berkeley)
 Provides libraries by state. 2-01
- -Library and Information Science Resources (Library of Congress)
Provides information on national, state, and school libraries. 2-01
- -State Libraries (Berkeley)
Provides libraries by name. 2-01
- -State Libraries (Library of Congress)
Provides libraries by state. 2-01
- Asian Libraries (Berkeley)
- Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT)
- Biographical Resources Described (New York Public Library)
Provides a description of the books that provide information on biographies.
- Biographies (Library Spot)
Provides links to biographies in nine categories, including Nobel Prize lauraetes, inventors, distinguished women, celebrities, inventors and notable citizens.
- Books - Children's Books (KidsClick)
Provides resources compiled by librarians.
- Books for Libraries (Sagebrush Corp.)
Provides over 650 listings, including book sets, by grade level if the search is for "grade." 5-01
- Books in Print (Bowker)
Provides a listing of books in print. Requires registration and offers a trial period of use. 8-00.
- Censorship Resources for Librarians (Toor)
Provides six carefully selected resources on censorship for use by librarians. 12-00
- Consortia of Libraries (Berkeley)
- Dewey Decimal System (Internet Public Library)
Provides sources for the classification system. 8-00.
- Dewey Organization of the Web (CyberDewey)
Organizes sources of information on the Web using the Dewey Decimal System. Listings are rather limited. 6-02
- Digital Librarian (Anderson)
Provides one of the most comprehensive resources for librarians, as well as the general public. 8-00
- Digital Libraries (National Digital Library Federation)
Provides lists of government, college and university, and commercial digital libraries. 10-00
- Directory for the Internet (California State Library)
Provides a comprehensive directory of sites on the Internet by subject. 1-02
- Electronic Texts Archives (International Federation of Library Associations - IFLA)
- Encyclopedias Search (Internet Oracle)
Provides over a dozen "encyclopedia" search engines.
- Europe's National Libraries (Gabriel)
- European Libraries (Berkeley)
- Librarian Resources (ERIC) 1-04
- Librarian Resources (MAME)
The Michigan Association for Media in Education (MAME) provides an annotated listing of online resources for librarians working in K-12 situations. 1-00
- Librarian Resources (Northwestern University)
Provides six sources of information, including Z39.50 resources.
- Librarian Resources (TENET)
Provides dozens of sources of information for librarians, including libraries and associations.
- Librarian Tools (Library Spot)
Provides materials in acquisitions, cataloging and libraries and the Internet. In addition, the site includes library journals, library associations, mailing lists, news groups, reference materials, lists of resources and association.
- Librarian's Index to the Internet (Leita)
Provides a searchable directory of the Internet. 8-01
- Libraries - Public Online Libraries of Europe (Harden)
Provides links to libraries by country. 6-02
- Libraries of the World (International Federation of Libraries Association) 2-00
- Libraries on the Internet (US Dept of Education - National Library)
Provides seven sources of information on libraries on the Internet.
- Library Information (AOL)
Provides 16 library Web sites.
- Library Science Resources (Education Index)
Provides 22 excellent and annotated library resources.
- Library Search (Ednow.com)
Provides listings by name and location. 11-99
- Library of Library Sites (Stewart)
- National Libraries and Library Associations (Berkeley)
- National Library of Canada
- New York State Library
- Portals Library System
Provides listings of sources of information available.
- Reference Information (StartSpot Mediaworks - Library Spot)
Provides well organized sources of information. 2-00
- School Library Journal
Provides online articles from the journal. 9-01
- Search Engine for Kids (Kids Click)
Provides a search engine for kids. Designed by librarians. 4-01
- Seattle Public Library
- Special Libraries (Berkeley)
- Top 100 Education Sites (100 Top Education Sites)
Provides a list of education sites considered by this site to be the 100 most popular. 6-03
- WebCrawler Search Engine
- Worldwide Libraries (Berkeley)
- Young Adult Librarian's Resources 2-00
Materials
- Library Media and PR
Provides numerous clip art freeware images, most of which are of a good size and quality for including on a Web page describing library activities.
- Newberry Research Library
Research library has a large number of rare and historical documents, such as cartographic, Native American Indian, and music. 2-00
- Oregon Ed-Net
- Stumpers for Reference Librarians
Papers
- American Booksellers Association 11-01
- American Library Association
- Answers to Key Questions (Internet Public Library)
Provides answers to key questions asked by visitors to the Internet Public Library (IPL). 8-00.
- Book Reviews (American Library Association - Booklist)
Provides reviews of best selling books. 8-00.
- Cataloging and Indexing of Electronic Resources
- Citations - Modern Language Association of America
Provides information about the MLA.
- Copyright and Intellectual Property Resources
- Dewey Decimal System (Nettleton - Wallace)
Provides information on Melvil Dewey, quizzes and puzzles, and the development of the Dewey Decimal System.
- Digital Libararies Implementation Principles (Edward A Fox)
- Digital Libarary Resources (International Federation of Library Associations - IFLA)
- Error Rates of Filtering Programs (Hazelton)
Provides results of a study of the effectiveness of some of the most commonly used filtering programs. Programs tested included AOL Parental Controls, Cyber Patrol, SurfControl (SurfWatch), SafeServer, and N2H2 (Bess). 10-00
- Filtering and Libraries (American Library Association)
Provides a position by the American Library Association related to the use of filtering software for the Web. 11-00
- Grammar (KidsClick)
Provides comprehensive grammar resources, assembled by librarians.
- Helping Your Child Use the Library (U.S. Department of Education) 8-02
- International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
- Law - Child Protection Online for Libraries and Schools (American Library Association)
Describes legislation to protect children online and advocates against use of filtering software by libraries. 12-00
- Librarian Resources (Heinrich)
Provides a variety of types of online resources of interest to librarians, such as library journals.
- Libraries Revisit Islam (Washington Times - Duin)
"Islam, it seemed, was not getting a fair representation in the country. The solution: promote a kinder and gentler Islam in the nation's 16,298 public libraries."
"The effort, called the Library Project, was announced at a press conference in September last year. A year later, CAIR has succeeded in ordering about 6,900 sets of 18 Islamic books, tapes, DVDs and videos for libraries nationwide." 10-03
- Libraries and the USA Patriot Act (American Library Association)
"The USA PATRIOT Act broadly expands law enforcement's surveillance and investigative powers. In particular, the law raises complicated questions with respect to what constitutes a business record and the law's broad definition of computer trespassers. The law also creates a new relationship between domestic criminal investigations related to foreign intelligence." 6-03
- National Library of Education
- Parental Control Issues (The Advocate)
Discusses issues related to censorship and control related to children using the Internet.
- Storage and Use of Scientific Information in the Future (Nature)
Provides opinions regarding the direction, methods, and issues in storage and use of scientific information for the forseeable future. 9-01
Periodicals
- School Library Journal
Provides news, articles, review, and more for school librarians. 12-00
Purchase Resources
- OCLC
- Safe Server for Schools and Libraries (Bess)
Provides a service that blocks objectionable Web materials through the server. Sites that are blocked have been reviewed by humans (rather than just by keyword) and the filtering can be configured for specific end users or desktops. 6-00.
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