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Professional:
Chicago Area Librarians' Calendar (link currently broken--will
reload ASAP), a comprehensive calendar of librarian-relevant events
locally, nationally and globally, provided by the Metropolitan
Library System. A great one-stop shop of continuing education
sessions, conferences and other opportunities of interest to librarians.
Special Libraries
Association (SLA)
There's a great new "Librarian's
Best Practices" wiki available. Check it out and CONTRIBUTE!
Subscribe to the Informed
Librarian e-newsletter. It's free! A current awareness service
offering monthly TOC's of domestic and international library-related
journals, for "keeping up" on trends in the profession.
Resources for the
One-Person Library, including the OPL Newsletter, through
Information Bridges International.
Reference Treasures:
Illinois
Clicks! the new statewide virtual reference portal sponsored
by the Illinois State Library
Gary
Price's List of Lists, for up-to-date lists on current topics,
now maintained by Special Issues.com
Gary Price's
Resource Shelf, with highlighted web resources for deep web
searching
RefDesk,
a great ready ref site
Internet
Essentials (archived), a hub of bookmarks for the savvy online
researcher
Emerald's Journals
of the Week, free access to two full-text journals selected
every week
Searching Secrets:
Librarians' Index to
the Internet, not really a secret, but a definite fave!
BUBL Link,
a UK-based directory of useful worldwide reference resources for
librarians
Invisible
Web.net, the companion website to Chris Sherman and Gary Price's
2001 book
Infomine: Scholarly
Internet Resource Collections, a searchable directory to scholarly
resources on the web
Infoplease
is a great stop for federated reference sourcing
Allrefer.com
has a nice
reference section
Searching Guides:
Research
Engines and the Hidden Web, compiled by BellCow, Inc.
Search
the Internet guide, from University of Albany Library
Technical Stuff:
Tech
Soup is a valuable stop for non-profits looking
for all levels of technical advice and resources, includes how-to's
and free or discounted software products
LISfeeds:
the one place for all your RSS feeds for library news updates
RSS
feeds for non-techie librarians and more
sources
Steven
Bell's Keeping Up Page, feeling overwhelmed? This is a one-stop
shop (aimed at academic librarians but generally useful) on how
to keep up with new technologies and resources
Mary
Ellen Bates' Tip of the Month, a useful suggestion page, with
archives of earlier "tips"
Current
Cites, a searchable collection of citations (many available
full-text) of current information technology literature. A nice
site which can even dynamically generate bibliographies. Subscribers
can receive the free weekly e-newsletter.
Chicago Solo-friendly Vendors
Business
First Books, bookseller for many of our members, sourcing new
and out-of-print titles for libraries of all sizes
Serial Hive,
subscription management service specializing in small & special
libraries
Government Information:
FindIt!
Illinois, the Illinois State Library's digital library of government
information (can have a lengthy load time...but worth the wait!)
FirstGov,
for contacting elected officials (state and federal)
GovEngine,
for locating state government information (elected officials, websites,
documents, laws...)
GPO
Access, online resources for accessing government publications
from "A-Z", from the Government Printing Office
CyberCemetery,
access to defunct government documents, provided by the University
of North Texas Libraries and the U.S. Government Printing Office
US Census site,
for accessing current demographic stats
Bureau of Labor Statistics
site, for locating nationwide occupational and employment stats
NACO,
the website for the National Association of County Officials
Legal Information:
FindLaw
LexisNexis
InfoPro, free resources for librarians available from LexisNexis
The
Virtual Chase, a useful guide to legal research for professionals
LLRX.com (Law
Library Resource Exchange), an online journal offering up-to-date
tools and resources for research and technology-related issues geared
toward library and legal professionals.
Hieros Gamos,
a monstrous, useful directory to national and international law,
professional associations and professional development resources,
conferences, law schools, law libraries, legal directories, employment
links, you name it!
Medical Information:
Medlineplus.gov,
medical information geared towards patients (very user-friendly
site)
PubMed,
great research database for health and disease-related information,
with citations from the major databases of the National Library
of Medicine (including MEDLINE)
Allrefer.com
has a nice
health section
Medical
Reference for Non-Medical Librarians, speaks for itself, useful
directory of sites
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