Internet Resources for Reference

Abstract

Thanks to the Internet, the average investor today has access to more information about potential investments and their performance than has been available at any time in the past. When called upon to aid in filtering through this information, the business reference librarian is also faced with the challenge of knowing what is “out there” and how to find it. This article identifies sites that provide information about stocks and their exchanges, mutual funds, bonds, company annual reports, and taxes.     

网络环境下基于需求的社科信息资源的开发利用

阐述了网络环境对社会信息资源开发利用带来的影响，提出了网络环境下我国社科信息资源开发利用的若干对策。     

Reference on the Internet

Abstract

This article presents a selective annotated list of sports-related websites for reference use. Current sports news, sports information, directories, and recreation sites are included.     

Internet Resources for Taxation

ABSTRACT

Current and reliable tax information is important to nearly every adult in the United States. Individual taxpayers, business owners, persons planning for their financial future, and employees of legal and tax-related fields all require accurate taxation information. This article is a selective, annotated guide to major U.S. taxation resources on the Internet. It includes official governmental Web sites; meta sites; resources for state and local taxation information; professional organizations and associations; news; tax reform sites; and sites designed for personal financial planning. Finally, there is coverage of several major commercial products from major tax information providers.     

Economics Internet Sites for Reference Librarians

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This article is a guide to selective Economics reference internet sites. Included are sections on statistical resources, working papers and other sites of interest to economists.     

Reference Sources on the Internet

Abstract

Many web sites on the Internet are useful in helping answer reference questions in geography and international studies. This paper describes web sites which provide maps, gazetteers and country information. Also included are web guides which collect and organize numerous links to geographical and international sites.     

Science Reference on the Internet

Summary

In the sciences, there is a wide assortment of information in electronic form and accessible to anyone with the computer communications, hardware, and software prerequisites. For those in search of literature citations, numerical values, commonly accepted facts, word-for-word of published text, and even sound reproductions and to some extent still or living images, the Internet-posted formats have much to offer. In this paper, especially useful or interesting Web sites for reference in any of the basic science fields are identified.     

Internet Resources for Educational Research

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This article focuses on the current status of the Internet for scholarly research in the field of education on the eve of the millennium, highlighting several categories of resources: commercial databases, government and educational association Web sources, and specialty Web pages. After a brief speculation concerning the possible future of Internet and World Wide Web information in future educational research and scholarly activities, the chapter concludes with a Webliography of the Internet sites highlighted in the article.     

Internet Reference Sources in the Humanities

Summary

Discusses collection development issues involving humanities Internet resources with a particular focus on sustainability, and highlights a few of the major Internet vendors and resources.     

Eastern European Studies: Social Sciences and Humanities Internet Resources for Students,Scholars, and General Readers

This article describes various Internet resources for Eastern European studies available to students, scholars, and general readers in the social sciences and humanities. These resources are a valuable source of general and scholarly information. The unprecedented growth of the Eastern European Internet resources allows users a glimpse into the rich cultural, linguistic, and historical diversity of the region.     

Expand Reference Resources

Summary

The Internet opens a wide range of possibilities for accessing materials from both traditional sources and more volatile areas-personal homepages, e-mail and discussion groups archives. Though the role of reference librarians to find the most relevant information for our users seems monumental in this medium, it is an area that needs the objective, ethical expertise of the librarian and archivist. In this 50th year of remembrance of the Holocaust, the Internet is especially active with information on that historic tragedy. Excerpts from accounts by one Hungarian and one Norwegian political prisoner interned in the camps are included as illustrations of material which may not have been found using more traditional research tools.     

科技图书馆可利用的WWW资源研究

从科技图书馆的实际工作出发,叙述了传统图书馆基础工作──采访、编目、阅览、咨询中可以 直接、间接利用的WWW 资源,并提出了对网络学术信息服务的一些建议。     

网络实时咨询服务中的参考馆员

本文简要介绍了图书馆参考咨询馆员在网络实时咨询服务中应具备的素质及在图书馆中的地位。     

Internet Resources for Hospice and Bereavement

ABSTRACT

In the last ten years, there has been an upsurge of interest in matters related to improving care at the end of life. This article presents a brief overview of hospice, a type of interdisciplinary end-of-life care that aims to relieve the pain and symptoms of the dying, support the family during the process, and offer bereavement assistance afterward. Useful Web sites related to hospice and grief intended for the use of health care professionals and consumers are identified and described.