Guide to Reference is now digital only

You may want to listen to this PALINET podcast featuring an inteview with Robert Kieft about the standard reference work on reference works, Guide to Reference (formerly the Guide to Reference Books), that is now a digital only publication.

I am eager to get a trial subscription for my library to see how the guide looks online. It would nice for those awainting trial access if the web site for the guide offered a few sample entries.

I hear that users can add comments and make shareable lists, but I'm hoping for:

• WorldCat lookup links
• stable URLs that are easily found on the page (or the address window in the browser)
• RSS and email notification of new entries added or changes to existing entries
• user ranking features (users can rate sources in some way)

It would be really great if a title is held by your library, then the title on the web page would be linked to the record in your catalog. Once my library gets a trial, I'll report back on the interface in a later post here.