But online library resources, which would seem like a good fit for e-learners, are notably absent from the master list. What gives? “It’s not as if the responding experts ignored information-retrieval tools,” writes Steven Bell at ACRLog. “Both Google and Google Scholar are on the top-100 list. And it’s not as if these experts wouldn’t know something about library databases.”
Note: With the reaction we received from this article, we continue to think that it's first a lack of knowledge about what is and is not available and how to use various resources. Like we say in the article, first people have to know about the resource, then they can make up their mind about it's usefulness or lack thereof. Btw, the resource doesn't have to be a book or database. The first resource should be the information professional.
+ An Entire Bookshelf, in Your Hands (via NY Times)
Glad to see Project Gutenberg mentioned but why can't the NY Times include a box of sources for e-Books and mobile e-Books. Oh well. Let's pretend they did. :-) Here are a few resources we would include:
+ Digital Book Index
137,000 Titles Listed with about 97,000 of them Available for Free
+ What many libraries of all types offer for free like Safari, NetLibrary, Books24x7, and ebrary. Btw, don't forget that over 20,000 new books are available online from ebrary for free. Pay only to print or save to your computer.
Thanks to Christina Pikas for the news tip.
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