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  HOW TO KEEP UP WITH NEW DEVELOPMENTS: NEW CHANGES, NEW WEB SITES, NEW DATABASES, AND NEW RESEARCH TRENDS:

HOW TO FIND QUALITY, NEW INTERNET SITES:

ACADEMIC INFO:
(Annotated listing of the best new sites being published in all areas.)
http://www.academicinfo.net/new.html

ACRL INTERNET RESOURCES:
http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/crlnews/internetresourcestopic.htm
Published monthly, these series of articles give you the very best new Internet sites in all areas as evaluated by professional librarians and researchers; highly useful.

BEYOND GOOGLE: 119 AUTHORITATIVE RESEARCH RESOURCES MUCH BETTER THAN GOOGLE:
http://oedb.org/library/college-basics/research-beyond-google

ALA [AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION] WEBSITE:
In the search engines, type in BEST FREE
www.ala.org

Here are some sample search results from the ALA Search Engine:

BEST FREE REFERENCE SITES:
http://www.ala.org/ala/rusa/rusaourassoc/rusasectios/mars/marspubs/MARSBESTIndex.htm

BEST OF THE BEST FREE BUSINESS WEB SITES:
http://www.ala.org/ala/rusa/rusaourassoc/rusasections/brass/brassprotools/bestofthebestbus/bestbestbusiness.htm

HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY: INTERNET RESOURCES NEWSLETTER:
http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.html

IRCWORLDSPOT.BLOG:
(Internet sites and product reviews in all subject areas.)
http://www.ircworld.blogspot.com

LIBRARIANS INDEX TO THE INTERNET:
(Also maintains a search engine to make it easier to find specific Internet sites in subject areas.)
http://www.lii.org

MARY LAINE’S WHAT’S NEW ON THE ‘NET:
www.marylaine.com/neatnew.html

HOW TO TAP INTO THE BEST DISTANCE EDUCATION RESOURCES:

ONLINE EDUCATION DATABASE:
A guide to some college-level educational programs available online. "OEDb current contains reviews of 214 programs from 42 accredited schools. Unlike other leading online education directories, our database only lists accredited online schools...
http://oedb.org/

FREE ONLINE COURSES OFFERED BY ONE OF AMERICA’s BEST PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES, the MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
(look at the free courses offered in the left column)
http://ocw.mit.edu

BEST RESEARCH STRATEGIES:

LEVERAGING BLOGS, RSS, NEWS ALERTS AND DIFFERENT SEARCH ENGINES TO EXPAND YOUR RESEARCH:
Sabrina I. Pacifici outlines the techniques of a successful strategy and identifies a range of reliable resources that will contribute to the task of customizing your research objectives and maximizing results and services.
http://www.llrx.com/features/expandresearch.pdf

HOW TO KEEP UP WITH NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND NEW RESEARCH TRENDS:

http://www.resourceshelf.com (Reports on new databases, new digital initiatives all over the world, research trends; updated every day with new resources. For many researchers, this is a must read.)

HOW TO KEEP UP WITH LEGAL RESEARCH, LEGAL NEWS AND LEGAL ISSUES:

THE JURIST WEB SITE FROM THE U OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF LAW:
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/

LAW LIBRARY RESEARCH GUIDES:
http://www.rodborlase.com/Guides/

LEGAL LIBRARY RESEARCH EXCHANGE [LLRX]:
www.llrx.com
Contemporary legal research issues written by lawyers and librarians with law degrees, highly professional; voted to be one of ten best Internet resources of the decade.)

WEB JOURNAL OF CURRENT LEGAL RESEARCH: http://webjcli.ncl.ac.uk/

INDEX TO ALL ISSUES AT:
http://webjcli.ncl.ac.uk/admin/wjclidex.html

HOW TO KEEP UP WITH THE NEW TIPS AND TRICKS FOR RESEARCHING THE WEB:
Mary Ellen Bates Search Tips:
www.batesinfo.com/tip.html

HOW TO DO EFFECTIVE INTERNET RESEARCH:

VIRTUALCHASE:
(Covers how to do legal research, how to do company research, how to do biographical research, etc.)
www.virtualchase.com

THE VIRTUAL TRAINING SUITE:
http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/

SUNY, ALBANY LIBRARIES: INTERNET TUTORIALS:
(Helps you search the Internet with a minimum of hassle and a maximum of efficiency. Search just like the experts!)
http://www.internettutorials.net/

HOW TO KEEP UP WITH RESEARCH REPORTS IN ALL AREAS, WRITTEN BY PROFESSIONAL RESEARCHERS:

CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE REPORTS:
http://www.fpc.state.gov/c4564.htm">
Also see: Open CRS for latest CRS DOCUMENTS AND RESEARCH REPORTS:
http://www.opencrs.com/

THINK TANK REPORTS AND OFFICIAL REPORTS OF RESEARCH AND STUDY CENTERS ALL AROUND THE WORLD:
www.docuticker.com

HOW TO FIND THE BEST FREE ELECTRONIC JOURNALS IN ALL SUBJECT AREAS:

ELECTRONIC JOURNALS IN ALL SUBJECT AREAS:
http://www.america.gov/journals/journala.htm

IN ARABIC:http://www.america.gov/ar/Home/products/eJournalUSA.html
IN FRENCH:http://www.america.gov/pub/ejournalusa/french.html
IN SPANISH:http://www.america.gov/pub/ejournalusa/spanish.html

ELECTRONIC MAGAZINES THROUGH THE INTERNET PUBLIC LIBRARY:
http://www.ipl.org/div/serials/

WEB BASED RESOURCES FOR E-JOURNALS TOGETHER WITH RELATED INTERNET RESOURCES:
http://ejw.i8.com

HOW TO KEEP UP WITH THE BEST NEW SEARCH ENGINES, SEARCH ENGINE DEVELOPMENTS AND QUALITY SEARCH TOOLS:

QUALITY SEARCH TOOLS: http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine

RESEARCHBUZZ:
http://www.researchbuzz.org/wp/

SEARCH ENGINE WATCH:
http://searchenginewatch.com/

JUST FOR INFORMATION SCIENTISTS AND LIBRARIANS: HOW TO KEEP UP WITH PRACTICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FIELD:

ELECTRONIC JOURNALS FOR LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE:
DLIB:
http://www.dlib.org

ELECTRONIC JOURNALS IN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCES:
http://www.inf.aber.ac.uk/tpl/ejlib/#Latest

FIRSTMONDAY:
www.firstmonday.org

WEBOLOGY
: http://www.webology.ir/
In Webology, check out this article:
“Stemming and root-based approaches to the retrieval of Arabic documents on the Web” available at: http://www.webology.ir/2006/v3n1/a22.html

PEER REVIEWED LIBRARY SCIENCE STUDENT JOURNAL FROM THE LIBRARY SCHOOL AT SUNY, BUFFALO: http://informatics.buffalo.edu/org/lsj/lsjContents.php

ACRL [American College and Research Libraries] BLOG:
http://acrlblog.org/(Reviews and comments on new developments in the field.)

CONNECT TO EIGHTY-SIX DATABASES FOR USD $100.00 a year with a NYPL CARD: http://www.nypl.org/databases/index.cfm?act=2&j=home

IFLA [International Federation of Library Associations] ELECTRONIC COLLECTIONS: http://www.ifla.org/II/index.htm

LIBRARIANS RESOURCE CENTER
:
http://slatoronto.andornot.com/lrc.aspx

LIBRARY SUCCESS STORIES, A BEST PRACTICES WIKI:
http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Library_Success:_A_Best_Practices_Wiki
Contributions from Librarians all over the globe!

LIS NEWS:http://lisnews.com/

TECH TALK:http://html.wral.com/sh/blogger/wraltechtalk.html

WIKIPEDIA: www.wikipedia.org
Entries on Library Science, Automation, etc.

GOOGLE CUSTOM SEARCH ENGINES
:

Three Google Custom Search Engines created by librarians to search specific library content. These may be found at:

http://wirelesslibraries.blogspot.com/ Searches blogs on WLANs and Libraries, including Web Junction, LibWireless List, Wireless Librarian website, and WLAN Central.

http://library.morrisville.edu/searchlibrarylinks.html Searches library websites and blogs.

http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=012681041057676717069%3Akbk7l7skmx4 Searches a variety of Library Websites and Blogs

Last updated: MARCH 01, 2007