Twenty-first century tools and toys no librarian can be without.
Reference life-savers
- Acronym Server defines acronyms
- Artcyclopedia fine art search engine
- Digital Library System public domain still photos
- Famous Trials details of major court cases
- Google Scholar searches academic journals and citations
- Google Uncle Sam US Government
- Kelley Blue Book for car prices
- Movie Review Query Engine finds reviews for more than 44,000 films
- Open Directory Project World's largest catalog of the Web
- PLUS conversational Spanish for library interactions
- Public Health Image Collection of medical illustrations
- RefDesk One-stop info shop
- Scirus Science search engine
- Speak the Speech free audio Shakespeare
- SuperPages addresses and phone numbers
- TILT The Information Literacy Tutorial
- Traveler's Health recommendations from the CDC
Academic writing tools
- Hot Paper Topics from St. Ambrose U's O’Keefe Library
- MLA Citation Examples from Honolulu CC's Library
- Study Guides and Strategies
Tech tips & toys
- Tinyurl.com converts long URLs to more manageable size
- Howstuffworks.com for computer how-to's
- I Keep Bookmarks to take your favorites with you
- Microsoft Windows Shortcut Keys
- Webopedia's Did You Know? for tech trivia
Info-junky heaven
Local library loop
- Library job postings on the Internet by Sarah Johnson
- ALA American Library Association
- OLA Oregon Library Association
- PNLA Pacific Northwest Library Association
- WLA Washington Library Association
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