Reading Room :: Other Useful Links
Books and Libraries
Alibiris
"Books you thought you'd never find" Which is a shorthand description of this
global supplier of out-of-print, used, foreign, and collectible books of all
kinds.
The Bookwire
Homepage
If you are looking for a particular publisher or for book news
from the publishers/booksellers perspectives, this is it.
Dissertation
Services [formerly University Microfilms]
Wondering if someone has written a dissertation on a particular
topic? This is the site. But be patient, this site has the worst design around, with
the possible exception of the American Airlines website.
ISBN Search
If you have the ISBN, the International Standard Book number
which appears on the back of a book, you can check "the majors"
to compare cost & availability for that book. This compares
Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Borders and more.
Acronym
Finder
How do you judge an acronym finder? I look for SPWLA (The Society
of Professional Well Log Analysts).This site has it, and plenty
more besides
CIA
World Fact Book
"Intelligence is information that has been collected, integrated,
evaluated, analyzed, and interpreted. Finished intelligence is
the final product of the Intelligence Cycle ready to be delivered
to the policymaker." And here we have it, the fruits of the
Intelligence Cycle, freely available to us all.
CNET.com
Are you now, or will you ever be buying software, hardware or
peripherals? Check out CNET! They tell you what's selling, who
has it for how much (plus shipping), real reviews are included as
well as the trends, game information, job listings and business
information. If you take technology seriously, you need to check
out CNET.
Documents in the
News
This site from the University of Michigan "identifies issues
about government making news headlines and web sources with
additional information." So if you've read about the Enron
collapse and want to read the Senate hearing, the Arthur Anderson
statement or even the original whistleblower's letter, the links
are here. A VERY impressive site, and a wonderful resource.
Emedicine
"instant access to the minds of medicine"
Fedstats: One Stop
Shopping for Federal Statistics
Finding the right government information at the right time can be
quite a trick. Sometimes it seems as if different parts of the
same agency don't know anything about one another....
Foundation Center
Online
Foundation directory... A guide to funding research....proposal
writing...there's a lot of useful information here.
GovTrack.us
"a nexus of information about the United States Congress" If you want to follow
the issues in Congress, this site will make it a lot easier.
Hoover's Online: the
business network
Need information about a business? Hoover's is great. It has a
subscription service that I haven't used, but its public
information has met my needs when I wanted facts fast.
USA.Gov
"your first click to the U.S. Government" this site is "the only
official U.S. Government portal to 47 million pages of government
information, services, and online transactions."
