The Alertbox: Current Issues in Web Usability - Bi-weekly column
by Jakob Nielsen, former Sun Microsystems Distinguished Engineer.
Highest Recommendation
American
Medical Association Doctor Finder - more than 650,000 licensed
doctors. Search by name or broad medical specialty - must know
the state to find a physician.
Biographical
Dictionary - more than 22,000 people from past to present.
Biography - searchable online database puts more than 20,000 of
the greatest names, past and present, at your fingertips - from A&E
Television Networks
Congressional Research
Service Reports
Dead People Server
- by Laurie D. T. Mann
Documents in the News - from the University of Michigan
EDGAR Online - search by executive name in the records that all
U.S. public companies are required to file with the SEC
The Electronic Journalist - online service of the Society of
Professional Journalists
Forbes
500s lists
FedSYS
Hoover's - company information, updated business headlines and
other daily information
JournalismNet: story topics and sources, by beat
Journalist's Toolbox
Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator - more than 900,000 lawyers
and law firms in the U.S. and elsewhere
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
Protest.Net
- "lists progressive & leftist protests, meetings and
conferences."
Reporter's Resources - from the National Press Club Library
SLA News Division
- many useful links to articles, keyword collections,
references typically used in news libraries, top Internet sites for
journalists, and lists of journalism and library associations
The Slot - copy editor site from Bill Walsh
Statistics Every Writer Should Know
- basic concepts in statistics that every writer should
know. By Robert Niles.
The United States Government Manual
- from the Office of the Federal Register and the National
Archives and Records Administration.
Past Events
Today.html - from the Library of Congress
Today in History - from the History Channel
Today in History - list from Yahoo
News Librarian and News Library Sites
Barbara's
News Researchers Page - from Barbara Gellis Shapiro
Librarian's Index to the Internet - from the California State
Library Recommended
Providence (Rhode Island) Journal's News Department home page
Special Libraries Association News Division Recommended
Books
"Incredible
Comparisons"
by Russell Ash and Richard Bonson, hardcover (DK Publishing,
1996).
"Use this visual guide to help turn statistics into
pictures: this surveys sizes, heights, speeds, and numbers
using a fine cross-comparison visual approach which
encourages kids to think about the realities of numbers.
From animals to human creations, this is an unusual,
involving oversized creation." --Midwest Book Review. "At
last, a book that gives statistics a good name! This visual
delight features gatefold artworks revealing what's big,
bigger, and biggest (and fast, faster and fastest!)."
(Title descriptions are from Amazon.com unless otherwise indicated.)
Quick
DC Links - Washington Essentials
URL:
www.TheCapitol.Net/Recommended/newsresources.htm
