LibrarySpot is part of a topical "spots" put together by a team of editors at StartSpot Network, a Chicago-area company. Other topics include movies, gourmet cooking, job hunting, travel, genealogy and books.
Each of these sites is jumble-free and easy to navigate. Unlike some reference sites I've visited, LibrarySpot doesn't lead visitors down a long hallway containing one measly link of information and a large door marked "No exit."
Journalists, I suspect, will find the "reference desk" section at LibrarySpot especially useful. The desk, located on the left side of the page, contains numerous quick-hit resources -- almanacs, dictionaries, biography sites, current event summaries, quotations and basic links on law, medicine, music and other fields.
The "reading room" section also contains a good selection of newspapers, journals and news search sites. I was surprised to find a couple of sites in the latter group that I hadn't seen before. If you're interested in updating your search engines, be sure to take a look there.
In addition to the reference links, LibrarySpot includes several other nice features that might be useful on and off the job. You'll find an "editor's picks" area that highlights exceptional sites, plus a series of how-to articles on topics like researching family trees and tapping the Web for homework assignments. The "You asked for it" section is worth a periodic check, too.
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