Come back and take a look each week -- whether it's for a class assignment or for your own curiosity -- we're sharing some of the best, unique, most interesting (and occasionally odd!) books, e-books, and websites out there.
This week's Top Shelf selections come from librarians Tanya Carr and Tony McGee.
Book Selection
The Firefly Spanish/English Visual Dictionary, Call No. Ref PC 4629 F362 2004
If you're a bilingual Spanish/English learner, this source will be enlightening. It not only provides names of things in Spanish and English, it gives in-depth illustrations and a thorough breakdown of the item it's presenting. I can't put into words how helpful this reference tool is! It's organized by a series of indexed sections to include both scholarly subjects (astronomy) and every day useful subjects (food and kitchen). As for our avid golf librarian, Ron, it even breaks down golf terms for you. Did you know that the cover of a golf ball is a "revestimiento" and a tee is a "tee." Enjoy! -Tanya
Website Selection
Del.icio.us - http://del.icio.us/
(pronounced as "delicious") is a social bookmarking web service for storing, sharing, and discovering web bookmarks. A place to share your favorite Web links and see what other people are bookmarking. Its collective nature makes it possible to view bookmarks added by similar-minded users.Use of del.icio.us is free and you can search the site by keyword, create your own list of favorites to share with everybody else, add to an existing collection or view by popularity using a tag cloud http://del.icio.us/tag/. -Tony
Bonus Website Selection
WebMD.com http://www.webmd.com/
This medical and heath information site provides easy-to-understand information on hundreds of diseases, conditions and related issues. A new tool called Symptom Checker, lets you, "pinpoint potential conditions"—in seconds by clicking on body parts and selecting from a list of specific complaints (just be sure to check with your doctor for a real diagnosis). The new Revolution Health portal http://www.revolutionhealth.com/, which launched last April, has many of these same tools and features, including its own symptom checker. -Tony
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