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There are many "Meta-sites" with links to reference resources organized by subject and type of resource such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, almanacs, abbreviations, etc. Some of these are listed below.
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Academic
Info
http://www.academicinfo.net/index.html
"Your Gateway to Quality Educational Resources". Browse
or search this collection of Internet sites arranged by academic discipline
and selected for college and advanced high school students. Each
entry is selected and briefly annotated by Mike Madin, library specialist
at Gallagher Law Library, University of Washington. Links include
"online publications, language and study aids, reference materials,
databases, archives, virtual libraries, tutorials, as well as other
educational materials."
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britannica.com
http://www.britannica.com/
The Encyclopaedia Britannica site, includes a list of
Web sites for each search in addition to excerpts from articles in the
encyclopedia and selected articles from popular magazines.
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BUBL
LINK
http://bubl.ac.uk/link/
A British site. Search or browse by subject or Dewey Decimal Classification.
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INFOMINE:
Scholarly Internet Resource Collections
http://infomine.ucr.edu/
This collection of scholarly resources on the Internet is divided into
nine major categories: Biological, Agricultural, and Medical Sciences;
Government Information; Instructional Resources: K-12; Instructional
Resources: University; Internet Enabling Tools; Maps & GIS;
Physical Sciences, Engineering, Computing, & Math; Social Sciences
& Humanities; and Visual & Performing Arts. It is a project
developed and maintained by the Libraries of the University of California--Riverside
although it was cooperatively created and is maintained by "over
20 librarians from the University of California, California State University
and other colleges and universities." (text from site 1/22/01)
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Internet
Public Library (IPL)
http://www.ipl.org/
Begun in 1995 by a class of library science students at the University
of Michigan, it was "the first public library of and for the Internet
community". It is still an "educational initiative
of the University of Michigan School of Information" and is currently
funded by Bell & Howell Information and Leaning.
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Librarian's
Index to the Internet (lii.org)
http://lii.org
Part of the Digital Library Information Resources site at the University
of California--Berkeley, it is administered by the California State
Library.
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Library
Spot
http://www.libraryspot.com
Use the "Reference Desk" section for access to Useful Web
Sites. Check out GovSpot
for links to U.S., state, and local government information.
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UT Library Online: Useful Reference Sites
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/refsites/index.html
Provides links to lists of major Internet reference sources such as
dictionaries, news and newspapers, statistics and demographics, telephone
and e-mail directories as well as a single alphabetical list of Internet
resources useful for quick reference. Some resources are available
only to UT-Austin ID holders.
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Scout
Report
http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/current/index.html
Published every Friday, it is part of the Internet Scout Project located
in the Computer Sciences Department of the University of Wisconsin--Madison
and funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation. The
Scout Report selects, describes, organizes, and catalogs (using Library
of Congress Subject Headings) Internet sites of interest to students,
faculty, and staff in K-12 and higher education as well as the general
public.
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Virtual Reference Shelf
http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/virtualref.html
"Selected Web resources compiled by the Library of Congress."
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World
Wide Web Virtual Library Central Database
http://conbio.net/vl/database/
A database of all known Virtual Libraries, currently 312. Browse
or search for a topic of your choice.
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Last updated February 20, 2008. |
