Category Archives: Online Services

WebWISER

Posted on 25 October 2007 by Rick Mason

WebWISER is an online access point for WISER, which stands for Wireless Information Sytem for Emergency Responders.  This database of information on hazardous materials is maintained by the National Library of Medicine, and can be used to both find information … Continue reading →

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American FactFinder

Posted on 17 October 2007 by Rick Mason

American FactFinder is a lookup service from the U.S. Census Bureau that will provide a decent snapshot of statistical information for a given geographical area.  Enter your zip code, city or county and there you go! found in the third … Continue reading →

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OpenStreetMap

Posted on 15 October 2007 by Rick Mason

OpenStreetMap is a U.K.-based project that fulfills a great need:  an open, collaborative mapping project.  Ever find an error in MapQuest, Google Maps, or Yahoo Maps?  Can’t do much about it, can you?  OpenStreetMap will be able to be updated … Continue reading →

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Flu Clinic Locator

Posted on 12 October 2007 by Rick Mason

This online Flu Clinic Locator, provided by the American Lung Association, is an excellent way to find out where and when flu shots will be available in your area.  A great health resource for your ready-reference information or even your library … Continue reading →

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LibGuides

Posted on 26 September 2007 by Rick Mason

(Note regarding this post:  When you read this post, be sure to read the comments as well.  I did not state my case as well as I should, and end up sounding as though I don’t feel that LibGuides has as much value for libraries as … Continue reading →

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OncologySTAT

Posted on 10 September 2007 by Rick Mason

Oncology by OncologyStat is an experiement by Elsevier to see if they can provide access to scholarly journals for free using an ad-based revenue formula.  In addition, they offer many resources for medical staff, patients, and families. The press release … Continue reading →

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LibWorm

Posted on 9 September 2007 by Rick Mason

LibWorm is a fantastic resource for those who are interested in libraries and blogs.  It is a search engine for library-related blog content, drawn from 1400 RSS feeds.

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List o’ Library Links

Posted on 4 September 2007 by Rick Mason

The following links were posted to the Web4Lib listserv by S.Sripriya, a librarian for a dental college in Bangalore.  There are quite a few good links, many of them Indian-related, and I thought it was worth it to just post the whole shebang:  … Continue reading →

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BookTour

Posted on 31 August 2007 by Rick Mason

BookTour is a new web site devoted to author readings, signings, etc.  It is very flexible, allowing you to search by author, area, and book.  It allows you to browse by genre, and even provides a link on the authors … Continue reading →

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Humor this week

Posted on 23 August 2007 by Rick Mason

Two random bits of humor injected into libraryland this week: Disco Dancing for Peace in the Biblioblogosphere is a JibJab “Starring You” video created by Michael Porter, a.k.a. Libraryman, featuring himself and Michael Gorman. This week’s Unshelved is merging two … Continue reading →

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Texty

Posted on 13 August 2007 by Rick Mason

Texty is an online editor for creating and editing html.  Type (or cut/paste) your content, and Texty generates the html for you.  It is a simple, straightforward tool that does one thing very well.  Sometimes that is exactly what one … Continue reading →

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American Sign Language Video Dictionary

Posted on 25 July 2007 by Rick Mason

The ASL Video Dictionary is exactly that:  a dictionary of sign language that covers words, common phrases, and even religious signs. found on MetaFilter

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Gliffy

Posted on 24 July 2007 by Rick Mason

Gliffy is an interesting flash-based online application that lets you create organizational charts, flowcharts, entity-relationship diagrams, and floorplans, and other projects  Registration is required, but Gliffy is free with some limitations (you have a limited number of projects that you can … Continue reading →

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Footnote

Posted on 14 July 2007 by Rick Mason

Footnote describes itself as “History for the People”, and it’s collection of online historical resources is very good.  The free section of the site makes it worth the visit (and this blog focuses on resources that are free and relatively … Continue reading →

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Translations and Translators

Posted on 10 July 2007 by Rick Mason

Foreign Languages : Translations and Translators is a collection of links from Academic-Geneology.com to help with many of your translation needs. from a posting to Web4Lib

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Google Product Chart

Posted on 9 July 2007 by Rick Mason

If you want to be, um, whelmed by both the number of Google products that exist, as well as how they are interconnected, check out this organizational chart from Zorgloob.  Clicking on an icon takes you to a page with … Continue reading →

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Google Custom Search Engine

Posted on 27 June 2007 by Rick Mason

The Google Custom Search Engine (CSE) has just been made easier to set up and use. The brief summary: create a page of links to web resources you feel are useful and appropriate for a given topic. Via Google, you … Continue reading →

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WebJunction’s Rural Library Sustainability Online Course

Posted on 25 June 2007 by Rick Mason

WebJunction has launched a Rural Library Sustainability Online Course, and it’s free! Their site has the following synopsis of the course: Visit each of the seven areas of interest critical to sustaining public access computing in your library. View case … Continue reading →

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Bottle Identification

Posted on 19 June 2007 by Rick Mason

Need to learn about an old bottle?  Learn about design elements, markings, and other ways to date and learn about that object that has been on that basement shelf since before you moved in. from MetaFilter

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Melissa DATA

Posted on 19 June 2007 by Rick Mason

They’ve been around for a while, but I haven’t blogged about them yet, and they keep adding great features, so here is another great site for finding info related to location: Melissa DATA has links to resources that give you … Continue reading →

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