Resources, Links, and Recommended Reading
 

While researching your organizational or personal information needs, consult the following information resources; they provide you with invaluable information to assess your corporate/organizational/personal training and research needs and we can help you evaluate, plan, and actualize those needs.

National Forum on Information Literacy     www.infolit.org
Created in 1989, the Forum is a consortium of over 93+ national and International organizations committed to integrating information literacy and lifelong learning throughout the fabric of American society.

The Partnership for 21st Century Skills     http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/

Formed in 2002 under the collaborative leadership of the U.S. Department of Education and several national corporations, the Partnership for 21st Century Skills has become one of the leading advocacy organization in the U.S. focused on infusing 21st century skills into K-12 education.

Internet Public Library   http://www.ipl.org/                                                                   

An excellent on-line public library information resource including the Librarians’ Internet Index.

Grants.gov       www.grants.gov                                                                           

The SINGLE access point to over 1000 federal grant opportunities available to both profit and non-profit organizations and businesses, totally $400 billion in Federal funds.

Aspen Institute     http://www.aspeninstitute.org/
The Aspen Institute is an international think tank that brings together a wide array of diverse leaders to discuss and problem solve around social, economic, and political issues having a world wide impact.

Internet Scout Project     http://scout.wisc.edu/About/index.php
A wonderful source of fingertip information available to support the informed decision making process whether in business and industry, K-16 schools, and/or social/governmental organizations.

Search Engine Watch   http://searchenginewatch.com/
Best information resource on what is happening in the search engine world.

Guidestar    http://www.guidestar.org/                                                                                         Guidestar lists financial information for 800,000 nonprofits. Use Guidestar for research, and update your organization’s entry there.

American Medical Association Foundation                                                                        http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/3119.html                                                             

The American Medical Association Foundation provides an invaluable information site dedicated to the practices and principles of health literacy.

Institute of Medicine  http://www.iom.edu/                                                                    

The IOM lists a number of informative resources and studies on the societal issues related to the practice and dissemination of health literacy.

Idealist.org             http://www.idealist.org/

Idealist.org has built the leading nonprofit job site in the country. In addition to jobs, you can also list events, volunteer opportunities and internships, and here you can find the most comprehensive directory of nonprofit consultants on the Web.

TechSoup          http://www.techsoup.org/                                                                            TechSoup has built the leading resource center for all issues related to nonprofit technology. In addition, they offer steep discounts on software for nonprofits, sometimes up to 90% off the list price.

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