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ALTA Trustees Resource Centre

Reference Centre

 

Ask A Question (Alberta Virtual Reference Project) 
http://www.talonline.ca

Alberta's librarians have the answers to all your reference questions! "The Ask A Question service is a cooperative venture among public libraries throughout Alberta. The collected experience and background of Alberta's diverse librarians means you get the best answer possible to your question - whatever the topic!" [source: website]
ACRONYMS

Acronyms (Alberta Library Trustees Association)

Library Abbreviations, Acronyms and Initialisms 
(Wilfred Laurier University)
http://www.wlu.ca/~wwwlib/subject/gen/libabbr.html

Acronyms (University of Saskatchewan)
http://library.usask.ca/coppul/links.html

Glossary of Terms and Acronyms (Wisconsin Trustee Tool)
http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dltcl/pld/ttd.html

Acronyms (American Library Association)
http://www.ala.org/ala/eventsandconferencesb/annual/an2003/Acronyms2001.PDF

TERMINOLOGY, GLOSSARIES, and DICTIONARIES

Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science
http://www.wcsu.edu/library/odlis.html

-- "designed to be a hypertext reference resource for library and information science professionals, university students and faculty, and users of all types of libraries." [source: website]. Now contains over 4000 terms, but very easily searched.  Invaluable in learning library lingo!

Webopaedia
http://www.pcwebopaedia.com/

-- an online dictionary and search engine for computer and Internet technology terms.
 

Glossary of Internet Terms (Matisse Enzer)
http://www.matisse.net/files/glossary.html

-- extensive and up-to-date -- a very useful online dictionary

E-JOURNALS
Feliciter  (Canadian Library Association) 
http://www.cla.ca/feliciter/feliciter.htm

American Libraries Online
http://www.ala.org/alonline/index.html

Computers in Libraries 
http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/ciltop.htm

LJDigital (Library Journal)
http://www.libraryjournal.com/index.asp

Teacher Librarian - the Journal for School Library Professionals
http://www.teacherlibrarian.com/
School Library Journal Online
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/index.asp
Information Searcher Online
http://www.infosearcher.com
CM Magazine 
http://www.umanitoba.ca/cm/index.html
Knowledge Quest - an online companion to the journal of the American Association of School Librarians 
http://www.ala.org/aasl/kqweb/index.html
GENERAL REFERENCE
Internet Library for Librarians
http://www.itcompany.com/inforetriever/
-- "a portal designed for librarians to locate Internet resources related to their profession".
 
 
 

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