Fall 2001

INLS 111: INFORMATION RESOURCES AND SERVICES I

School of Library and Information Science

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

ONLINE READY REFERENCE SOURCES

Internet Public Library. http://www.ipl.org/ An annotated, web-based index of online resources designed and organized like a physical library with an array of collections and subjects with an easily accessible reference section. The intended audience is all ages of the public. The Internet Public Library is an educational initiative of the University of Michigan School of Information and is sponsored by Bell & Howell Information and Learning.

Librarians’ Index to the Internet. http://lii.org/ Copyright 2001. All rights reserved. Maintained by Carole Leita: leita@lii.org on the Berkeley Digital Library. An annotated, web-based subject index used as a guide to thousands of Internet resources that have been selected, evaluated, described and maintained by librarians and other information professionals. The intended audience is all ages of the public.

Library Spot. http://www.libraryspot.com/ A guide that easily links to online libraries in specific subject areas and an easily accessible ready reference section. The intended audience includes educators, students, librarians, families and businesses. Published by StartSpot Mediaworks, Inc. in the Northwestern University/Evanston Research Park in Evanston, Ill.

Xrefer. http://www.xrefer.com/ Combines a collection of encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, and quotations in a range of subjects. Cross reference option that links from one topic in one source to related topics in a whole range of other sources.

Bartleby.com: Great Books Online http://bartleby.com/ Internet publisher of reference materials and books. Publishes the classics of literature, nonfiction, and reference intended for the home or classroom. Publisher & Founder Steven H. van Leeuwen.

INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections http://infomine.ucr.edu/ An introduction to Internet sources relevant to a university audience. Contains annotated and indexed links to university level research materials and educational resources such as databases, electronic journals, electronic books, bulletin boards, listservs, online library card catalogs and scholarly articles. Created and maintained by the University of California, California State University with contributions from the University of Detroit (Mercy) and other university and college librarians.