Ask an IPL Librarian
Have a question? Ask an IPL Librarian!
(Use our Contact Us form for questions/suggestions about our site.)
Home » Subject Collections » Arts & Humanities » Libraries » On the Job » Reference

Reference

SEE ALSO MagazinesAssociations on the Net

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."
Doing Research at the Library of Congress: Three Basic Principles of Library of Congress Subject Headings
http://www.loc.gov/rr/main/research/basic-lcsh.html
Helpful information for any researcher using a system that employs the Library of Congress subject headings. Explains the principles of uniform heading, scope-match level of coverage, and specific entry.
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://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/reference/index.h...
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).
Map LC (LCC) to Dewey (DDC) Classification
http://www.questionpoint.org/crs/html/help/en/ask/ask_map_lc...
Provides a table that compares the Library of Congress Classification (LCC) scheme to the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) scheme.
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/iyl.shtml
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.

What is the IPL?

The Internet Public Library is a public library for the world wide web.
Students from a consortium of colleges and universities with programs in information science develop and maintain the IPL!
Here are some of the partners in the IPL Consortium. A complete list is found on the IPL Consortium page.

The iSchool at Drexel Florida State University College of Information
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Graduate School of Library and Information Science Rutgers School of Communication and Information Studies University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Information and Library Science University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences
Syracuse University School of Information The University of Texas at Austin - School of Information The Information School - University of Washington

The Internet Public Library is hosted by The iSchool at Drexel, College of Information Science and Technology,
with major support from the College of Information at Florida State University.

Sponsored by Intel and Sun Microsystems
Copyright Notice
© 1995-2008 The Regents of the University of Michigan. All rights reserved.
© 2009, Drexel University, All Rights Reserved