The Library Journal Guide to E-Reference Resources

Overwhelmed by the number of electronic reference resources available? Find the help you ve been waiting for in this premier co-publication from Library Journal and Neal-Schuman. This indispensable new guide is armed with concise, easily digestible ratings from an authoritative dream-team of practicing librarians and information professionals. E-Reference Ratings test drives 180 resources in 14 subject areas, from Arts to Science to Technology and everything in between. Each subject category is matched with an easy-to-understand chart that ranks tools from one to four stars, in seven categories including Scope, Writing, Design, Bells and Whistles, Ease of Use, Linking and Value. In-depth descriptions of each tool are included, and a multitude of added features, including contributor biographies and exhaustive indexes, will earn this guide a spot at every reference desk.

While this book's target audience is public and academic libraries, law librarians could find this title helpful as a starting point when doing research in an unfamiliar subject area. --Legal Information ALERT, January 2010

...an enthusiastically recommended acquisition for librarians and librarian administrators who don't want to be led around loops of verifying sources. --The Midwest Book Review, September 2009

Librarians will be thankful for such a helpful guide ... For more busy librarians this book will give good guidance for their e-reference purchases. --American Reference Books Annual, May/June 2009