Hi, my name is JoAnn and as the person in charge of interlibrary loans, I frequently work in the reference department. Recently I attended a workshop where I learned some great internet resources that our library patrons would be able to access from home computers. I’d like to share these with you.
There’s so much information and so many links at The Reference Desk that the site can be quite daunting at first. After you become familiar with the site, you’ll appreciate all that’s available here and may refer to it daily.
Want to know the meaning of a word or phrase? This site searches over 600 dictionaries
and lists all relevant results. Results are also listed by category.
www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/
This site lists the current day’s highlights in history as well as people born on this day.
Ever wonder what Congress did yesterday? You can find out on this site, which lists Congressional activities, a searchable database of current and past bills and their sponsors, information on the legislative process, treaties enacted, as well as the text of the Congressional Record (who said what on the floor of Congress).