Subscribe for free to some useful tools:

ResourceShelf :One of the most useful update tools for the latest in search engines, databases and libraries.  Go to http://www.resourceshelf.com/.  You can also subscribe free to their weekly e-newsletter.  See their web site for details.

Mary Ellen Bates' "Tip of the Month":  A very useful resource for search tips.  Go to  http://www.batesinfo.com/tip.html to sign up for her free e-newsletter and to see an archive. 

[By the way, she's a big fan of Research Strategies: Finding your Way through the Information Fog:  "It's a great textbook and a wonderful resource.  I do a fair number of workshops for real beginners, and this is such a nice, user-friendly resource to send them to when they need to move up to a higher level of search sophistication."  We both write columns for Online Magazine.]

Last updated 11 February 2008