Much more than a magazine rack: Alltop brings headlines from top sites and blogs to you, and vets them based on quality and reputation.

Alltop

http://alltop.com

Alltop calls itself an "online magazine rack," but it's much more--it's like having a feed reader for each of your topics of interest. Alltop brings headlines from top sites and blogs to one place, so you don't have to search for feeds and subscribe. Of course, you might want to use Alltop to find feeds for your reader, but Alltop's search tool and 10 main categories make it easy to navigate among the thousands of sites and blogs to which Alltop connects. Sources are vetted based on quality and reputation, and posted stories are updated about once per hour. Customize your experience with MyAlltop, your own page that can be shared with others.

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30+ Places to Find Creative Commons Media

www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/04/30/30-creative-commons-sources/

Just because it's on the Internet doesn't mean it's free or reusable, right? As we get more socially creative with our work, it can be a challenge to find material that can be incorporated into our new creations. This post from SitePoint is worth perusing when you're looking for audio, images, text, or video resources that fall under a Creative Commons license. Did you know that you can limit your Google and Yahoo! searches to Creative Commons items? Don't miss the comments--additional resources are listed there. Bookmark your favorites, or save to delicio.us.com.

Internet Resources Newsletter

http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.html

As a longtime subscriber, I look forward to receiving this monthly newsletter (available through e-mail and RSS) that's chock full of research-oriented sources. It's produced by the staff of Heriot-Watt University Library in Scotland, and many of the sites are oriented toward the United Kingdom and Europe. There's a "New and Notable" section in each issue that lists dozens of sites and brief descriptions, with one or more of them highlighted in the "Nice Web Site" section. A recent issue covered resources on data repositories, chemistry, scholarly paper award winners, U.K.-based businesses, and Russian dissertations. Looking for blogs, feeds, and Twitter resources? There's a list in each issue, too. The newsletter ends with some suggestions for fun sites (there can never be too many of those!) to visit after you've finished your research.

The Food Librarian

http://foodlibrarian.blogspot.com/

What's not to like about this blog from Mary, a Los Angeles-based librarian, who bakes and beautifully photographs her creations for your reading and discovery pleasure? Each post offers a description of her baking experience and the source of the recipe (with a link if available). She also offers glimpses into her life by sharing culinary-related experiences and celebrations. Mary started the blog, and baking, two years ago as a beginner and has continued to learn (and excel--you should see some of her creations) and inspire readers along the way. Through her, I learned about online baking groups, which are similar to book groups but with flour and butter!

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BY CAROLYN J. SOSNOWSKI, MLIS 

CAROLYN SOSNOWSKI is SLA's information specialist. She has more than 13 years' experience in libraries, including six years in SLA's Information Center. She can be reached at [e-mail].

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