James K. Polk: A Resource Guide

The digital collections of the Library of Congress contain a wide variety of material associated with James K. Polk. This resource guide compiles links to digital materials related to Polk such as manuscripts, letters, broadsides, government documents, and images that are available throughout the Library of Congress Web site.

Compiled by: Angela McMillian, Digital Reference Specialist

Source: Digital Reference Team, Library of Congress

A new version (Version 2) of the excellent Google Book Search Bibliography is now online.

This bibliography presents selected English-language articles and other works that are useful in understanding Google Book Search. It primarily focuses on the evolution of Google Book Search and the legal, library, and social issues associated with it. Where possible, links are provided to works that are freely available on the Internet, including e-prints in disciplinary archives and institutional repositories. Note that e-prints and published articles may not be identical.

Source: Charles W. Bailey, Jr., Digital Scholarship

New: Poetry Audio Recordings: A Guide to Online Resources

This is a guide to selected online resources for audio recordings of poets reading and discussing their work.

Compiled by Peter Armenti, Digital Reference Specialist

Source: Digital Reference Team, Library of Congress

From the Digital Reference Team at LC.

The digital collections of the Library of Congress contain a wide variety of material associated with Illinois, including manuscripts, broadsides, government documents, books, and maps. This guide compiles links to digital materials related to Illinois that are available throughout the Library of Congress Web site. In addition, it provides links to external Web sites focusing on Illinois and a bibliography containing selections for both general and younger readers.

Direct to Guide to Illinois Materials

Source: LC

See Also: Guide to Washington D.C. Materials

See Also: Polk, James K., President, Resource Guide (New)

Visual resources online
by Anne Blecksmith, Getty Research Institute

Digital images of primary materials on public Web sites.

Source: C&RL News

The effects of mercury on human health are a common concern. The new NLM Enviro-Health Links page, “Mercury and Human Health ,” includes links to sites about mercury reduction, occupational exposure, compact fluorescent light bulbs, mercury in health care, regulations and state legislation, and preformed TOXLINE and MEDLINE/PubMed searches.

Direct to the site: http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/mercury.html

NLM also offers other Enviro-Health Links on topics such as:

+ Children’s Environmental Health
+ Indoor Air Pollution
+ Keeping the Artist Safe: Hazards of Arts and Crafts Materials
+ Outdoor Air Pollution
+ Lead
+ Arsenic

Source: National Library of Medicine

+ Stats and Facts from the U.S. Census

+ Asian Pacific American Heritage Resources
From the Library of Congress.

“Leadership, Diversity and Harmony–Gateway to Success” is the theme of this year’s Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, and honors the many contributions citizens of Asian and Pacific Island ancestry have made to America.

The Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography 2007 Annual Edition is now available from Digital Scholarship:
http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/annual/annual.htm

Annual editions of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography are PDF files designed for printing. Each annual edition is based on the last HTML version published during the edition’s year.

The SEPB 2007 Annual Edition is based on Version 70 (12/18/2007). The printed bibliography is over 260 pages long. The PDF file is over 1 MB.

In addition to updated URLs, hundreds of additional URLs have been added to the SEPB 2007 Annual Edition. (The additional URLs will be added to Version 72 of the SEPB HTML edition.)

Source: Charles W. Bailey, Jr.,
Publisher, Digital Scholarship

From the Tracer Bullet intro:

Science matters. Almost no one disagrees. Agreement on how science is taught, the curriculum designed, the method used, and the measure of literacy achieved is quite another matter. Almost everyone has an opinion or suggestion. This compilation provides references and resources that highlight methods, curricula, standards, and strategies that promote learning in the nation’s elementary, middle, and secondary schools. Many of the books and resources list activities and projects designed to engage and capture the imagination of the K-12 student. Some provide incentives and novel ideas for science teachers, methods of integrating standards into the classroom, or new ways of making connections between mathematics and science, looking at physics, or exploring the environment. Other materials seek to inspire and enthuseres both teacher and student, to encourage further study and/or careers in the sciences, or to advance science literacy through the school into the community.

Source: Library of Congress

Information Resources on the Care and Welfare of Dogs
From Introduction:

The topics covered in this introduction have necessarily been dealt with briefly. The linked bibliography provides both further information on dog welfare (for example information on anaesthesia, analgesia and health) and also a wealth of information pertaining to practical issues such as breeding, the use of dogs in research and zoonoses. Staff caring for dogs, whether in rescue shelters, quarantine kennels, working dog kennels, boarding kennels or research establishments, as well as those intending to use them in research have an ethical obligation to understand their needs and to meet these as far as possible. This bibliography is an extremely useful resource that will help them towards this goal.

Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

Webliography: Rare Diseases Resource Page
by Julie Quetel, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
M.S. student at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science

The purpose of this Rare Disorders Resources page is to present an overview of rare disorders as a subject area and to create a selective bibliography of diverse resources that will aid patients and professionals. This Web site is intended to assist individuals, families, librarians, and health care professionals seeking information on behalf of patients.

The majority of Web sites provided are meta-sites that are clearinghouse resources of terminology, medical information, and links concerning many disorders rather than individual diseases. In many cases these Web sites point the end user to links that lead to Web sites devoted to specific diseases. Four of the annotated Web resources lead to information about clinical trials that are being conducted in the United States.

Information for this webliography was found by open Web searches, browsing Web resources retrieved, and following links on those Web sites.

Source: ISTL

Science Tracer Bullet: Time

Before the development of modern science, and for most of human existence, time was perceived as a circle or spiral; a cyclical pattern of renewal and rebirth. More familiar to us now is the Western tradition of linear time, a forward moving direction, a flow that represents a line between the past and the future implicit with the idea of progress. As the discoveries of evolution have come to underpin most of modern science so the “arrow of time” has become a given in our collective consciousness.

Source: LoC, Science Reference Services

A collection of web resources compiled by Dorothy Barr and Constance Rinaldo.

From the webliography:

Of the many zoology sites on the Internet, some are terrific, some terrible, and a lot are in between. There are many good general sites, and some excellent ones for specific animals, from cockroaches to corals. Since it would be impossible to cover everything, we will instead list a few favorites that will point you to other links and references.

Source: C&RL News

Where can I find information on the US electric power system?
Includes Web resources, government resources, print resources, subscription databases.

Note at bottom says, “We wish to acknowledge the usefulness of the resources cited in Gary Price’s The Resource Shelf (August 15, 2003) in preparing this guide.”

Source: Library of Congress, Business Reference Services

New Blbilography — Venezuela
Covers:
* General Information
* Defense and Security Aspects
* Economic and Social Aspects
* Foreign Relations
* Politics and Government
* Terrorism-Insurgencies and Drug Trade

Source: Muir S. Fairchild Research Information Center, Air University