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WWW Sites of Interest for UK Media Librarians

BOOKS

• The Online Books Page    Index to over 1,900 books online. Includes links to electronic books and texts as well as to banned books

• News Media Libraries: A Management Handbook

• Computer-Assisted Research: A Guide to Tapping Online Information

• The Internet Bookshop    For keyword search of British books in print.

MAPS

• Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection   Includes electronic maps of current interest, general interest, historical and international maps. Links to other map-related sites are offered.

• Map of UK Universities (clickable)

LIBRARIES

• UK Library Catalogues: Locally Compiled List

• Online Library Catalogs (Europe, the Americas, Scandinavia, Asia, Pacific, South Africa)

• The British Library Newspaper Library Collection

• US: Library of Congress Home Page

REFERENCE WEB SITES

• Computer Assisted Reporting and Research Resources in Journalism for the UK

• The European Journalism Page: Index. (From the UK)

• The European Journalism Page: Reference Sources

• Resources for Journalists (largely Canadian)

• NewsNet Asia Services

• Megasources: Surfing for Information and/or Journalism Resources (Dean Tudor's web site)

• European Codes of Journalism Ethics

• The Biz: National Information Source Directory

• Euro-Info-Sources

• World Governments Online

• CCTA Government Information Office

• UK Public Services Information Directory

• Home Office: Research and Statistics (including crime stats, offenses, prisoners, probation, etc.

• LawMarks United Kingdom Links

• The Internet Movie Database (UK site)

• International Think Tanks, Associations and Independent Research

• International Affairs Network

• International Affairs Resources

• Web Museum: Locations of museums world wide

NEWSPAPERS ON THE WEB

• England: Newspaper Services on the Internet

• Scotland: Newspaper Services on the Internet

• Ireland: Newspaper Services on the Internet

• International News Sources

• Clarinet e.news   Free access to selected news and wire stories

• Statistics on World Wide Newspapers on the Web (with clickable world map)

• Financial Times.com

• Reuters New Media

• Media UK Internet Directory

• Online News Worldwide

• European Home Page: with clickable map and national flags

TV & RADIO STATIONS ON THE WEB

• BBC TV & Radio

• UK Radio Index  Includes national, regional, college, internet radio sites as well as links to radio magazines and industry services.

• UK TV Index  Includes extensive links to terrestial, satellite and cable TV links as well as links to TV business and consumer magazines.

ONLINE DATABASES

• Nexis/Lexis

• Knight-Ridder Information Service  Formerly Dialog

• DataTimes Online Information Service

• Commercial Online Vendors and Publishers

• Blackwell's Uncover   Document delivery service of journal articles. Bibliographic database free to keyword search, you pay only if you order articles by fax.

NET & WEB TRAINING GUIDES

• The Internet Public Library's Internet Web Searching Guide

• Library of Congress: Explore the Internet

• Glossary of Internet Terms

• Library-Oriented Lists and Electronic Serials

• WWW Search Engines

• Intranets: Guide and Sources

MAILING LISTS, EMAIL & USENETS

• Newsgroups Related to Journalism    Note that this site has a strong US perspective. Several of the newsgroup sites were not operational when checked in July 1996.

• NewsLib: A List for News Librarians    This site offers the procedures for subscribing to NewsLib, based in the US but networking over 700 news librarians around the world.

• SLA's web site for the News Division    The News Division has over 800 members from more than 15 countries.

• Journalism Forum: The Online Press Club
     CompuServe's international online forum requires a password for access to this service.

DIGITAL TEXT & IMAGE ARCHIVING

• The Virtual Library   This article, written in 1995 for Presstime by David Cole, offers a a look at digital archiving. It is a useful overview of the issues and technology. The following sites list the digital text and image vendors. Note carefully that technology changes rapidly and more recent information must be pursued.

• Image Archiving Systems: 1995

• Text and Image Archiving Systems: 1995

• News Division's June 1996 CE Course: "The Era of Digital News Libraries: Practical Applications    This session was led by M.J. Crowley and Kurt Foss. It contains an updated list of archiving vendors, plus an extensive digital archiving glossary.

CARR: COMPUTER-ASSISTED RESEARCH & REPORTING

• Two articles about CAR: in the Irish Times and in the International Tribune

• Semonche's CAR Presentation for '96 AUKML Conference

• National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting

• Investigative Reporters and Editors

• The Reporters Network

• Semonche's web site source for investigative reporting resources

• "CAR: Are We Being Left in the Dust?"    This is a report from the June 1996 SLA News Division Conference on the news librarian's role in CAR.

• "Finding People: Following the Paper/Digital Trail"    This session dramatically demonstrated news research by an investigative journalist, a librarian, and a private information consultant.

• "Webbing the Newsroom"    This session in the SLA News Division's 1996 conference offers US, Canadian and international links to news organizations using the WWW.

• C.A.R on the Politics (USA) Beat

• CAR Bibliography: David Shedden of the Poynter Institute's Library

• Nora Paul's "Computer Assisted Research: A Guide to Tapping Online Information"

• Poynter Institute's Vertical File on CAR: prepared by the Poynter Library

• FACSNET: Foundation for American Communications

• Semonche's Database Journalism Syllabus at UNC-CH

• Launch Pad For Journalists

• Institute for Global Communications

• The Journalists' Information Resource: Media in Cyberspace Study II    This study was prepared by Steve Ross and D. Middleberg and released to the WWW in 1996.

• Integration of Internet Resources into Curriculum and Instruction    This article, written by Shelton A. Gunaratne and Bynug S. Lee, was released to the WWW in 1996.

• "The Internet as a Reporting Tool" by Christopher Callahan

• The Virginian-Pilot's CAR Project