Reference Resources

Blue Skyways Reference Resources Links to quality internet resources listed by subject area.

Bluestem: Health for Kansans
A database of health-related web sites for patients and consumers

FindLaw: Internet Legal Resources
A Yahoo-style directory focused on legal news and resources

Frequently Used Federal Gov't Sites
Compilation of sites by the Government Documents Roundtable of the American Library Association

Internet Searching Tools
Links to some of the popular Internet search engines

Kansas Library Catalog
Connect to Kansas' library union catalog

Kansas Quality and Continuous Improvement Primer
The Lawrence Public Library has received a benchmarked collection of materials on the topic of quality and continuous improvement. These materials are described in this annotated resource list.
See also: Learning Acceleration Curriculum - A companion to the above Primer

KU ScholarWorks
Searchable by keyword and subject listing of links for librarians on a wide range of topics, including reference materials

Library Land
A digital repository for scholarly work created by the faculty and staff of the University of Kansas.

News on the Net
Some of the top newspaper and online information services and weather links available

Online Databases
Access subscription databases from FirstSearch and SearchBank, find out who is eligible, and learn how to subscribe

Really Ready Reference Links
Hundreds of links to reference questions organized by the Dewey Decimal System

Reference.com
Searchable interface to Usenet discussion groups and mailing list archives. Perform saved searches and have them emailed to you

Song Lyrics
Links to all types of song lyrics organized by author and musical genre

Yahoo!'s Reference Links
Directory listing of wide range of topics, including dictionaries, encyclopedias, maps, weights and measurements, and more