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Links to Useful Subject Guides

STS Information Literacy Committee members selected these subject guides from lists of higher education-based subject guide sites of both public and private institutions. This site is not intended to be exhaustive but to provide a few outstanding subject guides which can be mined for ideas and inspiration.

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Subject URL Institution Comments Reader Comments
Biology (other subjects available using same format) http://www.unhm.unh.edu/current-students/library/research-help/research-guides.php?id=7 University of New Hampshire Manchester Excellent subject guide providing information literacy information
Veterinary Sciences/ Exotic Animals http://www.canton.edu/library/exotic/ SUNY Canton High quality guide using screen shots
Water/Hydrology http://www.d.umn.edu/lib/ref/geol/waterhydrology.htm University of Minnesota Duluth Provides explanation for use of resources as well as listing useful items
Materials Sciences and Engineering (and others) http://www.lib.utah.edu/portal/site/marriottlibrary/, select Research by Subject, then Materials Science guide University of Utah A little text heavy in places but provides instructions for finding books, articles etc., includes comprehensive annotations for databases
Bioethics (and others) http://lib1.uwec.edu/research/index.asp University of Wisconsin Eau Claire “Build a Guide” technology. Not a lot of instruction but interesting use of current technology and could have IL added
Chemistry http://libguides.bc.edu/content.php?pid=884&sid=2816 Boston College Uses the popular LibGuides technology, including the Meebo widget for direct communication. Thorough coverage with some information literacy provided
Science and Math http://www.departments.dsu.edu/library/sctc303/scimathguide.htm Dakota State University A bit of instruction with good descriptions
Cell and Molecular Biology http://library.tulane.edu/research/research_by_subject.php Tulane University click on "find articles: -- the list is prefaced with a few sentences explaining what a database is
Bioinformatics http://library.ucsc.edu/science/subjects/bioinformatics/index.html UC Santa Cruz, Science & Engineering Library Well annotated sources, some ranked as “Editor’s Choice”, some information literacy resources
Biomedical Engineering http://libraries.cua.edu/engcoll/Biomedical.html Catholic University of America Well-designed guide including information literacy components. Other subjects available.
Civil and Environmental Engineering http://guides.library.cornell.edu/content.php?pid=7836&sid=49932 Cornell University Uses the popular LibGuides technology. Excellent use of contact information. Quality information literacy shown on the Research Pyramid, and some with RSS feeds and Impact Factors.
Computer Science http://library.stanford.edu/depts/mathcs/research_help/guides/guide_cs.html Cornell University Contains good information literacy instruction. Design could be enhanced for usability, but still serves its purpose
Multiple http://net.lib.byu.edu/instruction/sub_guides.html Brigham Young University BYU has nice step by step research guides (with elements of information literacy) for various topics/subjects including science subjects.They also have in-depth guides
Multiple http://www.library.arizona.edu/search/subjects/index.html University of Arizona More than 100 very detailed subject guides with well integrated information literacy components
Multiple http://www.lib.ua.edu/libraries/sel/subjguides/index.htm University of Alabama Rodgers Library (science & engineering) Small focused collection of excellent subject guides with information literacy components included
Multiple http://libguides.umuc.edu/content.php?pid=11004&sid=73590 University of Maryland University College Science guide links to 8 science-specific LibGuides, interesting organizational scheme, part of larger collection of guides
Multiple http://www.library.yale.edu/guides/ Yale University General guides. Research topics in 4 easy steps. Primary source research. Sciences guides --> by science subject subject-- first one is science library navigator (nice) . Geology guide (find books, explains catalog).
Multiple http://inside.mines.edu/library/reference/finding.html Colorado School of Mines Excellent collection of general library & information literacy user guides – links to list of excellent subject guides
Multiple http://www.library.yale.edu/guides/ Yale University General guides. Research topics in 4 easy steps. Primary source research. Sciences guides --> by science subject subject-- first one is science library navigator (nice) . Geology guide (find books, explains catalog)

Discussion groups/blogs/ideas for Subject Guides

The items below were selected by STS-IL Members to provide ideas for creating top quality subject guides. We encourage you to add items you feel would be valuable to others and to comment on features of the ones currently included. Please do not edit original content.

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Title/Author URL Comments Reader Comments
Subject Guides: Library Success Best Practices Wiki http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Subject_Guides While not specific to incorporating information literacy into subject guides, this site provides suggestions for creating "good" subject guides and examples
The Long Road Towards Subject Guides 2.0 by Meridith Farkas http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2007/10/24/the-long-road-towards-subject-guide-20/ A blog post discussing one librarian's search for providing the best subject guides to her patrons. Comments on the post add depth to the conversation
Free and Open Source Options for Creating Database-driven Subject Guides, Corrado and Frederick http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/47 An article discussing options for creating more functional subject guides
Library Subject Guides using Del.icio.us, Brian Herzog http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2007/07/28/library-subject-guides-using-delicious A blog post discussing using del.icio.us to create subject guides as an alternative to "static" html guides

Bibliography

The items below were selected by STS-IL Members to provide some literature on creating top quality subject guides. We encourage you to add items you feel would be valuable to others and to comment on features of the ones currently included. Please do not edit original content.

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Author Title Source Reader Comments
Askew, C. University library provision of subject guides to the internet The New Review of Information and Library Research, 2, 73-96.(1996)
Courtois, M. P., Higgins, M. E., & Kapur, A. Was this guide helpful? Users’ perceptions of subject guides Reference Services Review, 33(2), 188-196. (2005)
Dean, C. W. The public electronic library: Web-based subject guides Library Hi Tech, 16(3/4), 80-88.(1998).
Dupuis, J., Ryan, P., & Steeves, M. Creating dynamic subject guides. New Review of Information Networking, 10(2), 271-277.(2004)
Jackson, R. & Pellack, L. J. Internet subject guides in academic libraries: An analysis of contents, practices, and opinions References & User Services Quarterly, 43(4), 319-327.(2004).
Morris, S. E. & Grimes, M. A great deal of time and effort: An overview of creating and maintaining internet-based subject guides Library Computing, 18(3), 213-216.(1999).
Northrup, L. A. & Ashmore, B. Creating easy to update subject guides without using a database College & Undergraduate Libraries, 13(1), 53-57. (2006).
Reeb, B. & Gibbons, S. Students, librarians, and subject guides: Improving a poor rate of return Portal: Libraries and the Academy, 4(1), 123-30.(2004).
Schiff, S. Annals of Information: Know it all: Can Wikipedia conquer expertise? The New Yorker, 36-43.(2006, July 31).
Staley, Shannon M. "Academic Subject Guides: A Case Study of Use at San José State University”, College & Research Libraries, Vol. 68 Issue 2, p119-139. (2007)
Stevens, Ch., Canfield, M. and Jeffrey Gardner Library Pathfinders: A New Possibility for Cooperative Reference Service College and Research Libraries 34, p 41 (Jan. 1973)
Wales, T. Library subject guides: A content management case study at the Open University, UK. Electronic Library and Information Systems, 39(2), 112-121.(2005)

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