100 Best Free Reference Web Sites

Summary

A listing of 100 free Web sites with brief annotations that are useful for almost all reference librarians, regardless of whether they are in an academic, public, school, or special library setting.     

金融学文献评价研究

在2010年对外经济贸易大学与中央财经大学合作的《金融学硕博导师教学参考文献的问卷调查报告》的基础上,探讨本次调研在调查方法、调研结果中所揭示的问题,以及这些问题的解决对于图书馆资源建设和导师们教学反馈的重要启示。     

Mergent Intellect: Centralizing business research on a single platform

Abstract

Management is one of the most fundamental business concepts. The author of this chapter provides overviews of the most important Web sites related to management information, including sites from academic institutions and professional organizations.     

Insurance

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The Web provides access to a vast amount of information related to insurance. This chapter covers portals, sites to obtain insurance ratings, and resources for statistics related to insurance.     

Best of the Web in Economics

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The economics chapter covers key resources from government, international, and working papers sites. There are also sections on reference sites and collections of economics links.     

链接分析用于学术网站评价存在的问题及解决办法

Web链接分析是网站评价时广泛采取的一种方法。但是,网络链接受到多种因素的影响,单纯利用链接测度评价网站的可靠性受到质疑。本文系统地分析了影响链接分析的诸因素,并探讨了消除或减少误差的方法。     

Taxation

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Tax sites continue to grow in popularity as users download forms and search for tax help on the Web. The author of this chapter covers such areas as governmental/legal sites, e-commerce, state and local resources, and international resources.     

Marketing and Advertising

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The Web is one of the best starting points for marketing and advertising information. The author covers Web sites for top publications as well as sites from academic institutions and professional associations.     

Career Information and Salary Surveys

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The “Career Information and Salary Surveys” chapter provides an overview of important resources for locating career and salary information. Also included are comprehensive career Web sites.     

Web Mirror Sites

SUMMARY

Libraries can play a key role in ensuring permanent access to primary legal information, both domestic and international. Web mirror sites present a particularly efficient and cost-effective way to collect, disseminate, preserve, and ensure accessibility to information far into the future. Through partnerships with the issuing governments and organizations, databases of official information can be loaded on a local server, updated directly from the issuing site, and captured at regular intervals to get a snapshot of the status of legal instruments as of a certain date. The result is similar to adding the various editions of a print book. The Cornell Law Library has recently made freely available two Web mirror sites for researchers and the public. These are the ILO (International Labour Organization) and the ICJ (International Court of Justice) mirror sites. The Law Library is archiving these sites every six months, thereby providing access to previous versions of a treaty article, or other information that was superseded, or amended. The many additional advantages of creating these partnerships with domestic and international institutions are discussed, as well as the process used to create the mirror sites, and maintaining them. The article ends with a proposal for collaboration among libraries to create the research library of the future. The preservation of digital law is a critical issue because information is disappearing. Libraries have a role to play because it is part of their fundamental mission to preserve information for future researchers.     

An Interview with Yem Fong,Head of the University of Colorado Technical Research Center (CTRC)

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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.     

Marr/Kirkwood Official Guide to Business School Webs

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Business Research Platforms

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The “Business Research Platforms” chapter describes the Web sites of business libraries at ten top business schools, ranked on research output by faculty. Highlights of each site are included.     

Best of the Industry Information on the Web

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Industry resources are another important area of business research. This chapter provides in-depth coverage of primary Web sources for industry research.     

Real Estate

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The Web is an important tool for those interested in real estate and is a key tool for locating properties or researching loans. The author includes coverage of government Web sites for housing and loan information, as well as to major real estate directories.     

构建河南财经特色图书馆设想

构建河南财经特色图书馆,就是在河南省内建设以财经类文献信息为核心的特色图书馆,为学校的特色学科建设提供文献信息保障,为学校的科学研究提供特色化的信息服务。为此,必须采取包括加强特色馆藏建设、特色数据库建设、加大经费投入、完善馆员知识结构等方面的措施。