The following are resources I found to be helpful in library school, as well as working as a librarian:
- APA Style Guidelines: Purdue Online Writing Lab’s guide to writing papers in APA format.
- ALA’s The Freedom to Read Statement
- Clicklaw: for common legal questions
- Fantastic Fiction: search and browse bibliographies of over 50,000 bestselling fiction authors, with the latest books and series information
- Immigration and Citizenship: information for new immigrants
- Library of Congress Catalog
- MedlinePlus: comprehensive consumer health information
- OCLC’s Guide to Bibliographic Formats and Standards: useful for cataloging courses
- RUSA’s Guidelines for Behavioral Performance of Reference and Information Service Providers
- Stats Canada
- UC Berkeley’s Evaluating Web Pages: a guide to evaluating information online.
- Vancouver Style: a guide to writing papers in Vancouver Style; used in medical librarianship courses
- W3C Schools: if you’re specializing web technology, this site is a great resource for web programming
- Wolfram|Alpha: compute expert-level answers using Wolfram’s breakthrough algorithms, knowledgebase and AI technology