GRISTLE
(Gathering of Random
Investigations into SciTech Library Enigma’s)
"When
you’re chewing on life’s gristle
don’t grumble, give a whistle…"
(From the song
“Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” – by Eric Idle,
1979, in Monty Python’s Life of Brian)
Librarians
are good at detective work, putting individual pieces of a puzzle together,
knowing when pieces don’t fit, doggedly hunting down missing pieces, and
deciphering which parts are correct and which are not. But some puzzles take longer to complete
than others. So, GRISTLE is a place
to park projects that are still being chewed on, as well as other miscellaneous
things to keep in a handy spot.
Project
Pages –
constantly under construction
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Careers in
Academic & Science Librarianship
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Cited
Reference Searching (Recently Updated!)
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Comptes Rendus – information on tracking down
journal citations in this series – short
version (41kb) & detailed
version (56.5kb) – Microsoft Word files
o
Crisis in Scientific
Publishing
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Current
Awareness and Professional Aids for Science Librarians
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Free Scientific
Research Resources on the Web (Recently Updated!)
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How
to Locate Conference Proceedings (Recently Updated!)
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Interpersonal
Skills Self-Assessment
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Iowa
Related Science Links (Recently Updated!)
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Science
Librarian Success Stories
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Thumb
Rules – Donald
B. Reynolds, Jr., provides some excellent rules for working together
harmoniously – #1 on the list is “Each of us has control of our own
lives.”
Library-Related
Links
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Challenges,
Strategies, and Tools for Research Scientists: Using Web-Based Information Resources
(Summer 2002)
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Contacts
for Book/Journal Donations – this site has good information on
donating “used” materials to needy libraries worldwide.
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False
Oracles:
Consumer Reaction to Learning the Truth About How Search Engines Work (Consumer
Reports WebWatch – June 30, 2003)
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Gender &
Science Digital Library
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Gigablast – my
favorite deep web search engine
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Holiday
Science Links
and also Halloween
Science Links (2007) – from Stephanie Bianchi at the National
Science Foundation
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Internet
Library for Librarians
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Issues in
Science & Technology Librarianship
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LibrarySpot – for quick
reference questions
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LIBREF-L searchable
archives (listserv for reference librarians)
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Linda Hall Library
of Science, Engineering & Technology – privately funded library in
the Kansas City metro area.
Extensive collections of technical reports & journals.
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Science Watch – formerly
Sci-Bytes from ISI – contains information on “high impact”
research universities and journals ranked by impact in select disciplines.
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STS
Continuing Education on the Web – database training guides and
professional education tools.
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STS-L searchable
archives (listserv for SciTech librarians)
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Those Dark Hiding
Places:
The Invisible Web Revealed
Extracurricular
Activities
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Curious George
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Eggplant
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Favorite Quotations
– also Library Quotations
and Scientific Quotations
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Make-A-Wish Foundation
– Donating
airline miles
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Roundhouse
& Ladies
League Standing Sheets
Staffed
unpredictable hours J
between 8am & 5pm, Monday-Friday
Created: July 25,
2003
Links checked: July 6, 2008
Last updated: June 8, 2009
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