"Internet Reference Services Quarterly highlights theoretical, research, and practical applications of Internet-related information services, sources, and resources. This comprehensive journal investigates emerging topics and leads you to a better understanding of the Internet. As a librarian from any size or type of library, from any desk or specialty, you will improve your level of service as this journal teaches you innovative ways to utilize the Internet as a powerful reference tool.

Experts from a wide variety of libraries have united in the common goal of providing well-written articles on a variety of subjects, including:

• the Internet’s impact on the provision of library services, on traditional library services, and on the roles and responsibilities of librarians
• copyright and the licensing of digital objects and collections
• plagiarism and information ethics
• electronic information access
• evaluation and assessment of Internet information resources
• digital object repositories
• collaborative Internet projects
• organizing the Internet
• history of the Internet
• marketing Internet resources
• searching technologies
• information services for mobile phones, PDAs, and other handheld devices
• ownership of information issues
• information literacy programs and initiatives
• Internet information security management
• professional development activities

In addition to detailed articles on library-related applications and resources of the Internet, the journal also gives you a book review section, edited by Virginia E. Young, that presents synopses and analysis of Internet-related monographs and serials.

Regular features in Internet Reference Services Quarterly:

• “Bridging the Gap” (column editor: James Buczynski) addresses the gap between our need for practical, innovative ideas to solve our problems and our actual supply of those ideas. Each column begins with a concise overview of a “gap” and then explores initiatives being tried to bridge that gap.
• “The Digital Library Perspective” (column editor: Jeff Barry) looks at Internet-related resorces and services, emphasizing the development and functionality of high-quality academic resources.
• “Real-time Reference” (column editor: David Ward) presents discussions and practical suggestions drawn from actual virtual reference encounters.

• virtual reference services-issues and trends
  database-driven Web sites
  bioterrorism and political violence—Web resources
• the challenge of internet literacy—the instruction—Web convergence"