Google Earth

http://earth.google.com/ Combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips. Zillman.us

World Telephone Books

http://www.researchspot.com/phonebooks2.htm YELLOW PAGES & WHITE PAGES and Reverse, Search Near, College,Emergency Services, Fax, Government Directories, Directories. Zillman.us

Google Talk

http://www.google.com/talk/ Call or send instant messages to your friends for free–anytime, anywhere in the world. Zillman.us

Beloit College Mindset List

http://www.beloit.edu/~pubaff/mindset/ Each August, as students start to arrive, Beloit College releases the Beloit College Mindset List, which offers a world view of today's entering college students. Zillman.us

The Best 361 Colleges

http://tinyurl.com/83c7c 62 rankings lists, organized into 8 categories, based on student feedback. Plus, 11 new schools have made the cut. ResourceShelf

Online librarian is 'overwhelmed'

http://tinyurl.com/cm8gw The My Book Your Book website does not go live until Monday evening, but has already received 750 applications. All of its "founder members" will be able to access thousands of paperback novels - provided they donate 10 books each to the co-operative scheme. LISNews

Certified Public Library Administrator Program

http://www.ala-apa.org/certification/cplarfp.html This certification, the first of its kind to be offered in the United States, is a course and evaluation-based national, portable program specifically for public librarians who have had at least three years of supervisory experience. The program incorporates nine standards that will allow candidates to demonstrate mastery of the breadth of skills necessary for library and human resource management. LISNews

Cancer ‘cures’ are empty promises in Kevin Trudeau’s ‘Natural Cures’ book

http://tinyurl.com/bvz5p The New York State Consumer Protection Board (“CPB”) is warning consumers that a fast-selling book by Kevin Trudeau does not contain the “natural cures” for cancer and other diseases that Trudeau is promising in a nationwide television ad campaign. LISNews

Can't Wait for a Book? Paris Can Help

http://tinyurl.com/e23ym Readers craving Homer, Baudelaire or Lewis Carroll in the middle of the night can get a quick fix at one of the French capital's five newly installed book vending machines. It's all good

Library association recommends fantasy books for Harry Potter fans

http://tinyurl.com/d9zhh The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), released a recommended reading list for Harry Potter fans. Virtual Chase

National Geographic Country Profiles

http://tinyurl.com/56ao7 The 2004 National Geographic Atlas of the World, Eighth Edition, recognizes 192 independent nations. Zillman.us

Cooldealonline

http://www.cooldealonline.com/ Not an online bookstore or book store, but a price comparison engine dedicated to book search for rare books, cheap textbooks, used books, and more. Zillman.us

Artcyclopedia

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/ Museum-quality fine art on the Internet. Zillman.us

Methods of Internet job searching

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2005/aug/wk3/art02.htm Reading on-line ads or job listings (92.6 percent of Internet jobseekers) was the most ommon Internet job search method between January and October 2003. ResourceShelf

Ohio State University's WebGarden

http://webgarden.osu.edu/ "A deep illustrated plant dictionary, with 1,200 entries, and a downloadable plant database. Botany enthusiasts will appreciate the PlantFacts database, which searches for content from over 46 university and government sources." Scout Report

myPHR

http://www.myphr.com/ Keeping your own personal health record (PHR) allows you to provide doctors with valuable information that can help improve the quality of care you receive. lii.org

MapYourAncestors.com

http://www.mapyourancestors.com/request.php The focus of this web site is to provide a tool for you to present your family history n a visual and exciting format that will enable you to bring genealogy "to life" for your children and friends. ResearchBuzz

Amazon.com tests street-level map photos

http://tinyurl.com/da838 A search engine owned by Amazon.com is testing a mapping service that displays street-level photos of the city blocks surrounding a requested address. NewsLinx

High school trades textbooks for laptops

http://tinyurl.com/cm9xv Students at Empire High School here started class this year with no textbooks -- but it wasn't because of a funding crisis. LISNews

Making books easier to find

http://tinyurl.com/9lxyj "So now, any and all copyright holders – both Google Print partners and non-partners – can tell us which books they’d prefer that we not scan if we find them in a library. To allow plenty of time to review these new options, we won’t scan any in-copyright books from now until this November." Google Blog

Rulers.org

http://www.rulers.org/ This site contains lists of heads of state and heads of government (and, in certain cases, de facto leaders not occupying either of those formal positions) of all countries and territories, going back to about 1700 in most cases. Zillman.us

Forbes.com Best of The Web

http://www.forbes.com/bow/ BOW Summer 2005. Zillman.us

CityTownInfo.com

http://www.citytowninfo.com/ Find info on thousands of US cities and towns. Zillman.us

The National Map

http://nationalmap.gov/ The National Map is a consistent framework for geographic knowledge needed by the Nation. It provides public access to high-quality, geospatial data and information. ResourceShelf

Hardy-Boys.com

http://www.hardy-boys.com The teen sleuths were children of Edward Stratemeyer, a man who owned many children's series of the day - from Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys to The Moving Picture Boys and Baseball Joe. Stratemeyer created the series name, characters, and story ideas, then hired "ghostwriters" through his Stratemeyer Syndicate. Scout Report

What's that Bug?

http://www.whatsthatbug.com/ If you have a question about a bug, please take the time to look at our alphabatized list of bugs on the left column before writing us. Neat New Stuff

Book Groups Urge Last-Minute Calls to Congress

http://www.readerprivacy.org/news.jsp Organizations representing booksellers, librarians, publishers and writers today warned that final action on the re-authorization of the PATRIOT Act could come only days after Congress returns from its August recess and urged their members to continue to pressure their representatives in the House and Senate to restore the safeguards for the privacy of bookstore and library records. LJ

Search Engine Results Continuing to Diverge

http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3524411 Searchers relying on a single search engine are missing a vast swath of web content that they could easily find simply by trying their queries on other engines. SearchEngineWatch

Yahoo! Audio Search

http://audio.search.yahoo.com/ Search for many types of audio files from across the Web. It's all good

Statistics Resources

http://www.statisticsresources.info/ A Subject Tracer™ Information Blog developed and created by Internet expert, author, keynote speaker and consultant Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. for monitoring statistics resources and sites on the Internet. Zillman.us

How to Be a Leader in Your Field

http://polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/pagre/leader.html The process of becoming a leader doesn't happen overnight, but it is perfectly methodical. Here is a six-step recipe. Blogdex

DONTCLICK.IT

http://www.dontclick.it/ "Can you resist the urge to click? Explore alternative forms of web navigation at this high-concept and fun site from German designer Alex Frank." Scout Report

Sold on Song

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/soldonsong/ Classic songs, covers, songwriting, and more. Neat New Stuff

Senate Passes Patriot Act Reauthorization

http://tinyurl.com/ddzjj Minutes before adjourning for its month-long recess July 29, the Senate unanimously passed a USA Patriot Act reauthorization bill (S. 1389) that would make permanent 14 of the 16 provisions set to expire at the end of the year, extend Sections 215 and 206 through 2009, and provide stricter standards for seeking library and bookstore records, the New York Times reported July 30. AL Online