Thursday, October 05, 2006

Top Hits of the Reference Playlist

September 23, I attended the Texas Library Association District 5 meeting. The first session I attended was “Top Hits of the Reference Playlist” by Valli Hoski. These are the websites she recommended during the session. I have starred her favorite sites.

General Reference
*The Internet Public Library: www.ipl.org/
Internet Library for Librarians: www.itcompany.com/inforetriever/
Librarians Index to the Internet: lii.org
Onelook Dictionaries: www.onelook.com/
RefDesk: Reference, Facts, News: www.refdesk.com/
*Worldcat.org: www.worldcat.org

For Kids
FirstGov for Kids: www.kids.gov/
KidsClick!: sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!
*KidsSpace: www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/
TeenSpace: www.ipl.org/div/teen/
*Fact Monster: www.factmonster.com

Science Fair
*Cyber-Fair: www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/welcome.html
*IPL Science Fair Project Resource Guide: http://www.ipl.org/div/projectguide/
Science Fair Central: school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/
Science Fairs Homepage: http://www.cdli.ca/sciencefairs/

Legal Information for Consumers
FindLaw: www.findlaw.com
NoLo Guides and Auntie NoLo: www.nolo.com
Project Avalon: Law, History, Diplomacy: www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm
CrimeLibrary: www.crimelibrary.com

Business Information for Consumers
Business.com: www.business.com
Hoovers: www.hoovers.com
MarketWatch: www.marketwatch.com
BigCharts: bigcharts.marketwatch.com/
BankRate.com: www.bankrate.com

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Another good reference website for legal forms to add would be www.legalmessenger.com Thank you.
Michelle