National resources

• Library of Congress The nation's repository library, featuring online catalog, information about the Library of Congress, the American Memory Project and much more...

Library resources on the web

• Connecticut Library Association. CLA is Connecticut's professional organization consisting of over 1,000 librarians, and library staff members. Information on scholarships, grants, awards, and conferences can be viewed on their website.
• American Library Association. ALA"is the oldest and largest library association in the world" with a mission "to promote the highest quality library and information services and public access to information" (ALA website)
• Shaping Outcomes. Shaping Outcomes is an online course designed to educate librarians and museum professionals about outcomes-based planning and evaluation. The online course, accessible from any state and relevant to any library type, will teach participants the OBPE (Outcomes Based Planning and Evaluation) skills needed to design project evaluation suitable for LSTA and other library grant sources.
• Internet Public Library. IPL is "the first public library of and for the Internet community." The site contains subject collections, ready reference, reading rooms and much more.
• Librarians' Index to the Internet Their motto is "Information you can trust" and this site contains "a well-organized point of access for reliable, trustworthy, librarian-selected Internet resources."
• LibrarySpot.com A free virtual library resource center for anyone needing to do research on the Internet containing links to the best library and reference sites.