Searcher Resources

Searching Bibliography and Link List

General Searcher Guides

Find it Online: The Complete Guide to Online Research, / Alan M. Schlein, Peter Weber, J. J. Newby, 2004 (essential reference)
Web Search Garage: The Definitive Guide on How to Best Search the Internet / Tara Calishain, 2004
Web search savvy : Strategies and shortcuts for online research. / Barbara G. Friedman, 2004
The extreme searcher's Internet handbook / Randolph Hock. 2004
Searching & Researching on the Internet and World Wide Web / Karen Hartman, Ernest Ackermann, 2002
Internet power searching : the advanced manual / Phil Bradley, 2002
Internet Research: Theory and Practice - Ned L. Fielden, 2001
Find It Fast 5th Edition : How to Uncover Expert Information on Any Subject Online or in Print / Robert I. Berkman, 2000

Reva Basch Search Books

Researching online for dummies / Reva Basch, Mary Ellen Bates, 2000 (not for dummies)
[For the uninitiated, the super searcher books are transcripts of interviews]
Secrets of the Super Searchers / Reva Basch 1993
Secrets of the super Net searchers : the reflections, revelations, and hard-won wisdom of 35 of the world's top Internet researchers / Reva Basch ; foreword by Howard Rheingold, 1996
Super Searchers Make It On Their Own: Top Independent Information Professionals Share Their Secrets for Starting and Running a Research Business / Suzanne Sabroski, Reva Basch, 2002
Super Searchers in the News : The Online Secrets of Journalists and News Researchers / Paula J. Hane, Reva Basch (Editor), 2000
Super Searchers on Competitive Intelligence: The Online and Offline Secrets of Top CI Researchers / Margaret Metcalf Carr, Reva Basch, 2003
Law of the super searchers : the online secrets of top legal researchers / T.R. Halvorson ; edited by Reva Basch. 1999
Super searcher, author, scribe : successful writers share their Internet research secrets / Loraine Page ; edited by Reva Basch, 2002
Super searchers on Madison Avenue : top advertising and marketing professionals share their online research strategies / Grace Avellana Villamora ; edited by Reva Basch, 2003
Super Searchers Go to the Source: The Interviewing and Hands-On Information Strategies of Top Primary Researchers-Online, on the Phone, and in Person / Risa Sacks, Reva Basch 2001
Super Searchers Do Business: The Online Secrets of Top Business Researchers / Mary Ellen Bates, Reva Basch, 1999
Super Searchers Cover the World: The Online Secrets of International Business Researchers / Mary Ellen Bates, Reva Basch, 2001
Super Searchers on Wall Street: Top Investment Professionals Share Their Online Research Secrets / Amelia Kassel, Reva Basch, 2000
Super Searchers on Mergers & Acquisitions / Jan Davis Tudor, Reva Basch, 2001
Super Searchers on Health & Medicine: The Online Secrets of Top Health & Medical Researchers / Susan M. Detwiler, Reva Basch (Editor), 2000
Online deskbook : Online magazine's essential desk reference for online and Internet searchers / by Mary Ellen Bates ; edited and with a foreword by Reva Basch, 1996
Building & Running a Successful Research Business:A Guide for the Independent Information Professional/ Mary Ellen Bates, Reva Basch, 2003
Electronic Information Delivery: Ensuring Quality and Value / Reva Basch, 1994

Professional Searching Titles

The Invisible Web: Uncovering Information Sources Search Engines Can't See / Chris Sherman, Gary Price, 2001
Effective Information Retrieval from the Internet: An Advanced User's Guide / Alison Stacey, Adrian Stacey, 2004
Google Hacks : 100 Industrial-strength tips and tools / Tara Calishain, 2003
e-research: methods, strategies and issues / Jerry Anderson, 2002
Information sources and searching on the World Wide Web / G. G. Chowdhury, Sudatta Chowdhury, 2001
Information seeking in the online age : principles and practice / J. A. Large, Lucy A.Tedd, Richard J. Hartley, 2001
Searching CD-ROM and online information sources / GG Chowdhury, Sudatta Chowdhury, 2001
Content Evaluation of textual CD-rom and web databases / Peter Jacso, 2001
Manual of Online Search Strategies / C. J. Armstrong, Andrew Large, J. A. Large, 2001 (3 vols. v.1. Sciences -- v.2. Business, law, news and patents -- v.3. Humanities and social sciences. )
The quintessential searcher : the wit & wisdom of Barbara Quint / Marylaine Block, 2001
Internet searching and indexing : the subject approach / Alan R. Thomas, James R.Shearer, 2000
Using subject headings for online retrieval: Theory, practice, and potential / Karen Markey Drabenstott, Diane Vizine-Goetz, 1994
Great scouts - cyberguides for subject searching on the web / Nora Paul, 1999
Online Information Retrieval: An Introductory Manual to Principles and Practice / John Convey, 1992
Intelligent Agents for Data Mining and Information Retrieval / Masoud Mohammadian, 2004
Mining the Web: Analysis of Hypertext and Semi Structured Data / Soumen Chakrabarti, 2002
Public Records Online: The national guide to privatre and government online sources of public records / Micheal Sanky, Peter Weber, 2003
Paper Trails: A Guide to Public Records in California / Stephen Levine, Barbara T. Newcombe, 1996
National directory of public record vendors, 2001
Fundamental Reference Sources / James H. Sweetland, 2000
The Craft of Research / Wayne C. Booth, Joseph M. Williams, Gregory G. Colomb, 2003
Practical Research: Planning and Design / Paul D. Leedy, Jeanne E. Ormrod, 2000
The Oxford Guide to Library Research / Thomas Mann, 1998
Information retrieval / C. J. van Rijsbergen, 1979. (technical level material)
Finding Out About / R.K. Belew, 2000 (early draft on author's site)
Reference and Information Services: An introduction / Richard E. Bopp, Linda C. Smith, 2000
For Information Specialists: Interpretations of Reference and Bibliographic Work / ed. Howard D. White, Marcia J. Bates, and Patrick Wilson, 1992
Online Retrieval: A Dialogue of Theory and Practice / Geraldine Walker, Joseph Janes, Carol Tenopir, 1999 (also available fulltext at netLibrary and Greenwood eBooks)
Information Seeking In Electronic Environments / Gary Marchionini, 1997 (also pdfs)
Looking for Information: A Survey of Research on Information Seeking, Needs, and Behavior / Donald Owen Case, Donald O. Case, 2002
Accessing and Browsing Information and Communication / Ronald E. Rice, Maureen McCreadie, Shan-Ju L. Chang, 2001
Information broker's handbook / Sue Rugge, Alfred Glossbrenner ; foreword by Reva Basch, 1997
The Burwell World Directory of Information Brokers / Helen P. Burwell, 1998
The Internet-Plus Directory of Express Library Services: Research and document delivery for hire / Steve Coffman, et al, 1998
 

Searching with Keywords

The word association method : a gateway to work-task based retrieval / Marianne Lykke Nielsen, 2002 or online free - PDF chapters)
Successful keyword searching : initiating research on popular topics using electronic databases / Randall M. MacDonald and Susan Priest MacDonald, 2000
Contemporary thesaurus of search terms and synonyms : a guide for natural language computer searching / Sara D. Knapp, 1999
Magic Search Words-Health: Strategies and Search Tactics to Discover the Best of the Internet / Paul Krupin, 2003
Magic Search Words-Jobs: Strategies and Search Tactics to Discover the Best of the Internet / Paul Krupin, 2003
Magic Search Words-Scholarships: Strategies and Search Tactics to Discover the Best of the Internet / Paul Krupin, 2003

Controlled Vocabularies

African Studies Thesaurus: Subject Headings for Library Users / Freda E. Otchere, 1992
AGROVOC: Multilingual Agricultural Thesaurus (FAO), 1998
The alcohol and other drug (AOD) thesaurus a guide to concepts and terminology in substance abuse and addiction (SuDoc HE 20.8308:T 34) / U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services, 2000
Art & Architecture Thesaurus / Getty Art History Information, 1990
Asis Thesaurus of Information Science and Librarianship / Jessica L. Milstead, 1994
Biomedical Subject Headings: A Reconciliation of National Library of Medicine(MeSH) and Library of Congress subject headings / Eugene V. Muench, 1979
Business and management thesaurus / edited by Pascale Pajona ; with the collaboration of Mary Boldrini, Carole Bonanni, Camille Lecamus,1993
BIOSIS Search Guide, 2001 (The online version is called EMTREE $)
CAB Thesaurus / G. Eric Tidbury, 1988 (Agriculture)
Chemical abstracts : index guide, 1997 2 vol. ISSN 0093-5719
C I N A H L 2000 subject heading list : alphabetic list, tree structures, permuted list. 941 pp OCLC: 49772127
Contemporary Thesaurus of Social Science Terms and Synonyms: A Guide for Natural Language Computer Searching / Sara D. Knapp, 1993
EI Thesaurus / Engineering Info, 2001
The Gale Group guide to Predicasts codes : a dictionary and thesaurus to the system of product, event, and country codes / Roslyn Donald, Cheryl Penick, 1999
GeoRef Thesaurus, 9th edition / Barbara Goodman, 2000 (Online as part of GeoRef too)
Industrial chemical thesaurus / compiled by Michael and Irene Ash, 1992
INSPEC Thesaurus 1999 / INSPEC Iee, 1999
Library of congress subject headings / Library of Congress, 2004
NASA thesaurus (SuDoc NAS 1.21:) / National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1982
Legislative indexing vocabulary : the CRS thesaurus (SuDoc LC 14.2:L 52) / U.S. Library of Congress
Medical subject headings. Annotated alphabetic list. ISSN: 0147-5711 Bernan Assoc, 2002
Moys Classification and Thesaurus for Legal Materials / Elizabeth M. Moys, Catherine Miller, Sue Pettit, Verena Price, K. Charles Rudd, 2001
International Thesaurus of Cultural Development: Sub-Saharan Africa / UNESCO, 1986
Sears List of Subject Headings / Joseph Miller and Joan Goodsell, 2004
SPINES thesaurus: a controlled and structured vocabulary for information processing in the field of science and technology for development / UNESCO, 1988
Subject Categorization Guide for Defense Science and Technology - order # AD-A172650
Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors, 14th Edition / James E. Houston, 2001
Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms / Lisa A. Gallagher, 2004 (7,800+ standard and cross-referenced terms with hierarchies used by PsycINFO online database)
Thesaurus of Scientific, Technical, and Engineering Terms ,1988
Thesaurus of sociological indexing terms / Barbara Booth, 1986
The Urban Information Thesaurus / Paul Martin Rosenberg, 1977
Thesaurus construction and use: a practical manual / Jean Aitchison, Alan Gilchrist, David Bawden, 2000
The thesaurus: review, renaissance and revision / Sandra K. Roe, Alan R. Thomas, 2004
Subject Analysis Systems Collection - the SAS collection of over 2000 titles on a wide variety of subjects is the North American Clearinghouse for classification schemes, subject heading lists, and thesauri.

Subject Headings Online

ACM Computing Classification System
Agrovoc and AgriForest and Agnic and NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
AMS Mathematics Subject Classification
The Art and Architecture Thesaurus (Getty)
ASIS Thesaurus of Information Science (http://www.asis.org/Publications/Thesaurus/isframe.htm)
Gives an alphabetical, hierarchical and expandable list of terms.
CAB Thesaurus. The Thesaurus for the Applied Life Sciences
Chemical Abstracts General Subject Vocabulary Helper - fee-based thesaurus
Concept Space: a visual interface to a formal framework for describing business literature, based on a hierarchical map of the business studies subject area
CyberDewey - Dewey Decimal System from David Mundie (incomplete, links outdated)
Dewey Decimal Classification Browse Interface - from the U. of Wolverhampton (incomplete)
Engineering E-Library, Sweden (EELS) EI Classification
Eric Thesaurus - Thesaurus of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) in the US (English only); contains all standard thesaurus relations; initial entry is by search only. In an adjacent frame they can be transferred into a search query with which the ERIC bibliographic databases can then be searched.
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN) searches for place names and retrieves records of places, including vernacular and historical names, coordinates, place types, and other relevant information.
HASSET: Humanities and Social Science Electronic Thesaurus
IEEE Approved Indexing Keyword List 1998
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) - information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world
Journal of Economic Literature JEL Classification
Library of Congress Thesauri (http:/lcweb.loc.gov/pmei/lexico/liv/brsearch.html)
Public access to Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) Thesaurus and Legislative Indexing Vocabulary (LIV) Also includes several thesauri for use with graphic materials.
Library of Congress Classification (as a set of incomplete .pdf or wordperfect files) from loc.gov
Medical Subject Headings, MeSH (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/meshhome.html)
It is the National Library of Medicine's controlled subject vocabulary and is a very extensive list of medical terminology.
NASA Thesaurus - contains the authorized terms for indexing documents in NASA STI databases. Free downloads of both volumee: Volume 1 and Volume 2 (.PDF)
OECD Macrothesaurus - A three-language (English/Spanish/French) thesaurus in the areas of social and economic sciences (German soon to come), emphasis on development issues, with over 4000 descriptors and the standard thesaurus relations. Browsable alphabetically or by broad chapter heading, searchable, also allows construction and translation of query terms in a special window.
Physics and Astronomy Classification Scheme (PACS)
Proquest Controlled Vocabulary
Unified Medical Language System - The National Library of Medicine's UMLS Knowledge Sources include the Metathesaurus, the Semantic Network and the SPECIALIST lexicon.
UNESCO Thesaurus
Link Collections:
TaxonomyWarehouse
Controlled Vocabularies Resource Guide
Controlled vocabularies, thesauri and classification systems
Thesauri of the Web by Subject Fields
Dublin Core Vocabulary Qualifier Labels (with links)
Thesaurus and subject access bibliography (PDF)

Database Training for Searchers

Dialog - proffessional training tutorials, online courses, workbooks, and searchaids
Successful searching on DIALOG - also available as a 277pp pdf file
Factiva - broad array of white papers, quick reference cards and training materials
Lexis-Nexis - training documentation
Proquest web training for librarians
InfoTrac User Manual
Searching WorldCat User Guide
GPO Access Training Manual - includes Stat-USA appendix (GPO document-free ebook)
Online Retrieval: A Dialogue of Theory and Practice / Geraldine Walker, Joseph Janes, Carol Tenopir, 1999 (also available fulltext at netLibrary and Greenwood eBooks)
Query Expansion - instruction by Efthimis N. Efthimiadis
Analytical Search Strategies - Chapter 5 of Information Seeking In Electronic Environments by Gary Marchionini
UMich.edu - SI 665 - Online Searching and Databases - Syllabus reading List - 2004
Indiana.edu - ISP639 - Advanced Information Retrieval and Services - Syllabus reading List - 2004
Pitt.edu - LIS 2002 - Retrieving Information - Syllabus reading List - 2004 (PDF format)
Rutgers - SCILS 530 - Principles of Searching - Syllabus reading List - 2003
UTk.edu - IS 535 - Advanced Information Retrieval - Syllabus reading List - 2003
UNC.edu - INLS 40 - Retrieving and Analyzing Information - Class reading List - 2002
Wisc.edu - LIS 828 - Online Reference and Information Services - Readings - 2002
UCLA.edu - LIS220 - Information Access - Syllabus reading list - Winter 1999
UToronto.ca - LIS2148 - Online Information Retrieval - Readings - Spring 1998
Slais.ubc.ca - LIBR 557 - Advanced Information Retrieval - Syllabus reading List and links1 and links2

Medical Search Sources

User's Guide to the Medical Literature: Essentials of Evidence-Based Clinical Practice (with linksCD) / Gordon Guyatt, Drummond Rennie, 2001
Field Guide to Medline: Making Searching Simple / Christopher Stave, 2002
Information retrieval: a health and biomedical perspective - William R. Hersh, 2002
MEDLINE : a guide to effective searching / Brian S. Katcher, 1999
The Medical Library Association Encyclopedic Guide to Searching and Finding Health Information on the Web (Book & CD-Rom) 3 Vo1s / P. F. Anderson, Nancy J. Allee, 2004
Research methods in health: Investigating health and health services / Anne Bowling, 1997
Consumer health information source book / edited by Alan M. Rees, 2002
Consumer Health USA: Volume 2 / Alan M. Rees (Editor), 1997
Ovid - training guides, quick reference cards (QRCs)
Biosis - workbooks, on-line training, powerpoint presentations, quick reference cards, etc
Research Methods in Health Care - Dr. Anna Florey, Course given in Fall, 2000 Wk1 Wk2 Wk3

Business Search Information

Business Statistics on the Web: Find Them Fast-At Little or No Cost / Paula Berinstein, 2003
International business information on the web / Sheri Lanza, 2001
Best Websites for Financial Professionals, Business Appraisers, and Accountants, Second Edition / Eva M. Lang, Jan Davis Tudor, Eva M. Lang, Jan Davis Tudor, 2003
Internet Resources and Services for International Marketing and Advertising: A Global Guide / James R. Coyle, 2002
Internet Resources and Services for International Real Estate Information: A Global Guide / Sheau-yueh J. Chao, 2001
Encyclopedia of business information sources / James Woy, editor.1999
Finding Statistics Online: How to Locate the Elusive Numbers You Need / Paula Berinstein, Susanne Bjrner, 1998
Internet resources and services for international business : a global guide / Lewis-Guodo Liu, 1998
Internet Resources and Services for International Finance and Investment / Qun G. Jiao, Lewis-Guodo Liu, 2001
Business and accounting research using Lexis-Nexis / David M. Cottrell, 1998 (old interface)
International business information : how to find it, how to use it / Ruth A. Pagell and Michael Halperin, 2000
Online Competitive Intelligence: Increase Your Profits Using Cyber-Intelligence / Helen P. Burwell, 2004
Business Research Sources: A Reference Navigator / F. Patrick Butler, 1999
Business Research Handbook: Methods and Sources for Lawyers and Business Professionals / Kathy Shimpock-Vieweg, 1996
World Directory of Business Information Websites. Euromonitor International, 2004
Headquarters USA 2004: A Directory of Contact Information for Headquarters and Other Central Offices of Major Businesses & Organizations in the United States and Canada. Omnigraphics. 2003
National Directory of Nonprofit Organizations. Taft Group/Gale, 2003
Associations USA 2004: A Directory of Contact Information for National Associations, Foundations, and Other Nonprofit Organizations in the United States and Canada.. Omnigraphics Inc
An Introduction to Online Company Research / Chris Dobson 2004
Introduction to Online Market & Industry Research / Cynthia L. Shamel, 2004
Marketing Research and SPSS 11.0, Online Research Applications / Alvin C. Burns, Ronald F. Bush, 2002
Marketing Research Essentials / Carl McDaniel, Roger Gates, 2003
Finding Funding : Grantwriting From Start to Finish, Including Project Management and Internet Use / Ernest Brewer, et al, 2001
Prospecting your way to sales success / Bill Good, 1997
thepurplebook: The Definitive Guide to Exceptional Online Shopping / Hillary Mendelsohn, 2003
The Best of Online Shopping: The Prices' Guide to Fast and Easy Shopping on the Web / Lisa Price, Jonathan Price, 1999
Guides to Print Sources:
Encyclopedia of Business Information Sources / James Woy, 2004
Strauss's Handbook of Business Information : A Guide for Librarians, Students, and Researchers / Rita W. Moss, 2003
Business Information Handbook / David Mort, 2003
The Basic Business Library : Core Resources / Rachelle S. Karp, Bernard S. Schlessinger, 2002
International Business Information : (How to Find It, How to Use It) / Ruth A. Pagell, Michael Halperin, 1997
Business Information Sources / Lorna M. Daniells, 1993
Business Information: (How to Find It, How to Use It) / Michael R. Lavin, 1992
Business Information Desk Reference: Where to Find Answers to Business Questions / Melvyn N. Freed, Virgil P. Diodato, David A. Rouse, 1992
Subject Directory of Special Libraries and Information Centers. Gale, 2004.
World Directory of Business Information Libraries. Euromonitor International, 2003

Searching Other Subjects

The Investigator's Little Black Book 3 / Robert Scott, 2002
Naked in Cyberspace: How to Find Personal Information Online / Carole A. Lane, Owen Davies, Helen P. Burwell, Helen Burwell, 1997
Investigators Guide to Sources of Information / Donald Wheeler, 1997 (GPO document-free ebook)
Finding Your Roots Online / Nancy Hendrickson, 2003
Finding Images Online: Online User's Guide to Image Searching in Cyberspace / Paula Berinstein, Susan Feldman, 1996
Image databases search and retrieval of digital imagery / Vittorio Castelli, Lawrence D. Bergman, 2002
Online searching on DIALOG : Beilstein reference manual / Stephen R. Heller, George W.A. Milne, 1991
West's Business Law with Online Research Guide / Kenneth W. Clarkson, 2003
Electronic Legal Research: An Integrated Approach / Stephanie Delaney, 2002
Computer Assisted Legal Research / Phillip Woods, 2001
The lawyer's guide to Internet research / Kathy Biehl, Tara Calishain, 2000
Computer-assisted legal research : a guide to successful online searching Susan Cochard, Samantha Whitney-Ulane, 1997
Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Searching on the Internet / Charles C. Sharpe, 2004
Trademark searching : a practical and strategic guide to the clearance of new marks in the United States / Gundersen, Glenn A. 2000
Patent Searching Made Easy: How to Do Patent Searching on the Internet and in the Library (2nd Ed) / David Hitchcock, 2000
Internet research methods : a practical guide for the social and behavioural sciences / Claire Hewson, 2003
Information retrieval: SciFinder and SciFinder Scholar / D D Ridley, 2003  
Recruiting on the Web : Smart Strategies for Finding the Perfect Candidate / Michael Foster, 2002
Keeping current : advanced Internet strategies to meet librarian and patron needs. / Steven M. Cohen, 2003

Finding Online Journals and Databases

Net.Journal Directory: Full catalog of full-text periodicals archived on the web / Lawrence Krumenaker, 1998
Fulltext sources online - a biannual that lists online journal coverage on various bundled database offerings by journal title, similar to Jake (Jointly Administered Knowledge Environment), but more up-to-date
Gale directory of databases - an annual listing of about 10,000 databases from over 3,000 vendors, bundled into the online Gale's Ready Reference Shelf (.pdf)

Managing eResources

The Columbia Guide to Digital Publishing / William E. Kasdorf, 2002
Creating a Virtual Library: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians / Frederick Stielow, 1999
Developing and Managing Electronic Journal Collections / Donnelyn Curtis, 2000
Digital libraries / William Y. Arms, 2000
E-Serials Cataloging: Access to Continuing and Integrating Resources via the Catalog and the Web / Jim Cole and Wayne Jones, 2002
E-Serials Collection Management: Transitions, Trends, and Technicalities / David C. Fowler., 2004
Electronic Collection Development: A Practical Guide / Stuart D. Lee, 2000
How to Build a Digital Library / Morgan Kaufmann, 2003.
Virtually Yours: Modeling for Managing Electronic Resources and Services, American Library Association, 1999
Directory of Library Automation Software, Systems, and Services, 2004
Information Industry Directory: An International Guide to Organizations, Systems, and Services Involved in the Production and Distribution of Information in Electronic Form. Gale, 2004.
Service Perspectives for the Digital Library - by Bernie Sloan, 1997 and the citations
Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography [.doc], 2004

Periodicals for Searchers

SearchEngineWatch - daily Searchday news
Peter's Digital Reference Shelf - monthly gale.com column with archive and search
Savvy Searching column by Peter Jacso in Online Information Review - (not online!)
Titles below are bundled in Expanded Academic ASAP, free at many universities and a few public libraries
Searcher : the magazine for database professionals.- also as factiva source SEAR
econtent - also as factiva source DBS
Online - also as factiva source ONLI
Library Journal - particularly columns by Carol Tenopir - also as factiva source LIBJ
Computers in Libraries
Library Hi Tech
Reference & user services quarterly - also as factiva source RQRQ
D-Lib Magazine - monthly issues focussing on digital library research and development
netconnect - quarterly insert to LJ of occassional interest (4 year archive)
Search Engine Showdown: The Users' Guide to Web Searching - Greg Notess news page

Searching Software & Tools

Copernic Agent Professional
WorkingFaster.com - Search Portfolio online research tool
EndNote - bibliographic software, demo and free copies of the manuals
OfflineExplorerPro - premier site downloading tool
The Librarian's and Information Professional's Guide to Plug-ins and Other Web Browser Tools / Candice M. Benjes-Small, Melissa L. Just, 2002
Spidering Hacks / Kevin Hemenway, Tara Calishain, 2003 ( if you know a little Perl)
Essential Blogging: Selecting and Using Weblog Tools / Cory Doctorow, et al, 2002

Searcher Bibliographies/Webliographies

Peter Jacso Review Extras - an assortment of about two dozen reviews
Mary Ellen Bates - Books and Articles - A list of books, whitepapers and a selection of articles from EContent, Online, Searcher, Freepint.
Online Strategies - Dr. Randolph Hock lists citations for many articles he has written on searching for Cyberskeptic.
ExtremeSearcher.com - link lists for each Extreme Searcher's Internet Handbook chapter
Super Searchers Web Page - link lists originally published as appendices in the Reva Basch Super Searcher series.
Lots of search engines! - link list from searching author Phil Bradley
Great scouts - cyberguides for subject searching on the web - Nora Paul, 1999 -- gives the bookmarks
Marcia Bates Publications - bibliographies, reviews and selected publications especially here
Raya Fidel: A Publication List - links to academic articles (PDF)
Marianne Lykke Nielsen - includes bibliography of her thesaurus writings
Tefko Saracevic Articles - collection of fulltext journal research articles, many in PDF format
Amanda Spink Refereed Papers - three lists, journal articles, conference papers, book chapters
Carol Tenopir Publications - books, chapters, articles, reviews, reports, speeches, etc.
Department of Information Studies, Tampere University - articles from 1992 onward
Online Searching -- Bibliography - L. Anne Clyde, University of Iceland
Information Retrieval Bibliography - slanted toward spatial and mapping aspects
Design of Electronic Text - covers books, journals, newspapers, navigation, standards, SGML
Digital Library Evaluation and Assessment Bibliography
Information Retrieval Interaction / Definitions, References & Subject Index (PDF)
How do we find information on the Web Bibliography - clustering and categorization emphasis (PDF)
A Review of Web Searching Studies and a Framework for Future Research - B.J. Jansen (PDF)
Understanding Reference Transactions Bibliography - Matthew Saxton and John Richardson
 

Search Engine Comparison Charts

Search Engine Features Chart from SearchEngineShowdown.com
Major Search Engines Comparison Chart - actually a set of charts
Web Search Engines and Meta Search Engines Comparison Charts
Search Engine Feature Comparisons with Search Lesson Assignment
Who Powers Whom? Search Providers Chart - Danny Sullivan
Who works with whom in the US search engine market - content sharing cross-reference chart
Search Engine Relationship Chart - pictoral overview

Search Codes

Zip Code by City, County, Census Tract, Time Zone (ZIP=Zoning Improvement Plan)
Links to many Zip code searchable databases from all-in-one forms pages
PostalCodeWorld - links to postal code servers worldwide, also Int'l Mail address formats
NAICS Codes - full list and NAICS / SIC Codes Lookup and Conversion Table
SIC Codes - full list and Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) System Search
CPC Codes - Provisional Central Product Classification
HTS Codes - Harmonized Tariff System codes buried in a set of PDF documents
IPTC Subject Codes - (from International Press Telecommunications Council)
ISIC Codes - International Standard Industrial Classification
ISO 3166 geographic codes list
ChemIDplus - database of 350,000 chemical records, CAS Registry Numbers and links to other databases.
ISSN.org - search by title or issn (International Standard Serial Number) after trial registration
SITC Codes - Standard International Trade Classification
SOC Codes - Standard Occupational Classification System Codes
UNSPSC Codes - United Nations Standard Products and Services Code
UPC Vendor Database - Defense Logistics Agency (Vendor Universal Product Code contact only, not actual product, also gives NSN number and CAGE codes)

Access Links

FreeReference - reference link list to almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and much, much more
Free_academic_databases - link list to hundreds of carefully chosen quality free on-line academic and scientific databases and archives
Direct Search - compilation of links from Gary Price to the search interfaces of resources that contain data not easily or entirely searchable/accessible from general search engines
Free Scientific and Academic Databases and Searchable Data Sets - over 340 listings
The Invisible Web - about 1000 places you can browse or search
Searchability - nicely annotated guide to sources of specialty search engines like Search Engine Guide, Beaucoup, Search Engine Colossus, and All Search Engines
Big Search Engine Index - elaborate search engine list by country and by category
Holger Mayer Consulting, Alphaline Allgemeine Einfuhrung - 1800 p. directory of databases (1994?)
Index of Interactive Chat Reference Services - links to over 100 libraries using more than a dozen branded ask-a-librarian systems, Canada, UK and Australia too. (aka digital reference, online reference, electronic reference, virtual reference and live reference using software like HumanClick Pro, LivePerson, QuestionPoint, 24/7 Reference, eGain)
Collaborative Live Reference Services List and Registry of Real-Time Digital Reference Services
E-Mail Reference Sites - nearly 100 links to libraries that offer E-mail reference
Google: Personalized News
SLA Links for Searching the News - Tim Ryan
Monitoring web pages 24 hours a day - Chris Sherman
Lexical Freenet - a way to brainstorm for keywords that generalize, specialize or are synonymous
Mailinator.com and Bugmenot.com - to reduce the frustration of required registration logins
Resources for Graduate Students - heavy on print sources
Fravia's All-In-One Search Engine access forms - your can save it to your hard drive for local use, includes the most popular engines - Google, AltaVista, Excite, Hotbot, Teoma, Yahoo, Wisenut, etc (some dead links)
Google Metasearch Links also see All-In-One Search Engine Page
AIIP.org - Association of Independent Information Professionals
SCOUG - Southern California Online Users Group
SCIP - Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals
 

Database Acronyms and Initialisms

AGRICOLA Agricultural Online Access
AGRIS International Information System for the Agricultural Sciences and Technology
ALPSP Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
ARBAonline American Reference Books Annual Online
ATLAS American Theological Library Association Serials
BIOSIS Biosciences Information Service
BIP Books in Print
BLAISE British Library Automated Information Service
BLISS Bilkent Library Information Services System
BNB British National Bibliography
BRS Bibliographic Research Service
BT Broader Term
BUBL Bulletin Board for Libraries
CAB Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International
CARL Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries
CAS Chemical Abstracts Service
CDT Cambridge Display Technology
CHID Combined Health Information Database
CINAHL Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature
CIRR Corporate and Industry Research Reports
CIS Congressional Informaion Service
CISTI Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information
CORC Cooperative Online Resource Catalog
CRISP Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects
CSA Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
CTI Citigroup Database Services
D&B Dun and Bradstreet
DHSS Department of Health & Human Services
DJI Dow Jones Interactive (now Factiva)
DJNR Dow Jones News Retrieval
DMS/FI Defense Market Services by Forecast International
DNER Distributed National Electronic Resource,
DOT Dictionary of Occupational Titles
DRI Data Resources Incorporated
EBSCO Elton B. Stephens Company
EDGAR Electronic Data Gathering Analysis & Retrieval
EINS European Information Network Services
EMBASE Excerpta Medica Database
EMTREE Excerpta Medica Tree Structure (thesaurus)
ERIC Educational Research Information Clearinghouse
[Corresponds to two printed journals: Resources in Education (RIE) and Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE) .1966-]
F&S Frost & Sullivan
FBO FedBizOps
GALS Globalization and Labor Standards Bibliographic Database
GEOREF Geographic Reference System
GILS Global Information Locator Service
GPO Government Printing Office also MOCAT (monthly catalog)
HAPI Hispanic American Periodical Index
HREX Human Radiation Experiments Information Management System
HSRPROJ Health Services Research PROJects in progress
IBIDS International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements
IBZ International Bibliography of Periodical Literature (Internationale Bibliographie der Zeitschriftenliteratur)
IMS Intercontinental Marketing Services
INFORM Information Network For On-Line Retrieval Modules
INIS International Nuclear Information System
INPADOC International Patent Documentation Center
INSPEC Information Service for Physics, Electronics, and Computing
ISI Institute for Scientific Information
ISTA Information Science & Technology Abstracts (formerly Information Science Abstracts) ITAR/TASS Information Telegraph Agency of Russia
JAKE Jointly Administered Knowledge Environment
JANET Joint Academic Network
JISC Joint Information Systems Committee
JSTOR Journal Storage
KWIC Keyword in Context
LEXIS Legal Electronic Research System
LION Literature online
LISA Library and Information Science Abstracts
LLBA Linguistics and language behavior abstracts
LLIS Library Literature & Information Science (formerly Library Literature)
MARC Machine Readable Cataloguing
MEDLINE Medical Analysis and Retrieval System Online
MLA Modern Language Association
MOFR Marine oceanographic and freshwater resources
MuSICA The Music & Science Information Computer Archive
NAARS National Auitomated Accounts Research Service
NCJRS National Criminal Justice Reference Service
NEXIS News Electronic Research System
NOAH New York Online Access to Health
NT Narrower Term
NTIS National Technical Information Service
OCLC Ohio Computer Library Cooperative (original)
OCLC Online Computer Library Center (new)
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OPAC Online Public Access Catalog
ORBIT Online Retrieval of Bibliographic Information Time-Shared
OVID (the Greek poet, not an acronym)
PAIS Public Affairs Information Service
PCI Periodicals contents index
PDR Physicians' Desk Reference
PEDS Program Element Descriptive Summaries (Defense Program Summaries)
PFDS Pergamon Financial Data Service
PIERS Port Import Export Reporting Service
PILOTS Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress
PIRA Paper, Printing and Packaging Industries Research Abstracts
PLATO Programmed Logic for Automated Teaching Operations
POPLINE Population Information Online
PRECIS Preserved Context Index System
PRO Prospect Research Online
PROMT Predicasts Overview of Markets and Technology
RDF Resource Description Framework
RILM Repertoire International de Litterature Musicale (International Repertory of Musical Literature)
RLIN Research Libraries Information Network
RT Related Term
S&P Stadard and Poors
SCIPIO Sales Catalog Inventory Project Input Online
SDI Selective dissemination of information
SEDAR System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (Canada)
SERLINE Serials Online
SIGLE System for Information on Grey Literature in Europe
SIRS School Improvement Research Series
SPIN Searchable Physics Information Notices
SPIRS Seveso Plants Information Retrieval System
SPIRS SilverPlatter Information Retrieval System
SSCI Social Sciences Citation Index
STN Scientific and Technical Information Network
TRIS Online Transportation Research Information Services Database
UF Use For
UMI University Microfilms International
UNBIS United Nations Bibliographic Information System
WEFA Wharton Econometrics Forecasting Associates
WoPEc Working Papers in Economics
ODLIS: Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science by Joan M. Reitz
Glossary of Common Library Terms - J. Willard Marriott Library
Electronic Information Providers - large link list
Gale Directory of Databases and also the Gale Guide to Internet Databases are available online as components of InfoTrac Ready Reference Shelf from Gale
 
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