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Birmingham Public Library - Virtual Library - Subject Resources - Blogs & Blogging
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Mar. 16, 2018
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Summary
The Blogs & Blogging subject guide provides a listing of books, catalog subject headings, local blogs, and internet websites which can be used to meet your information needs.
Books
Introductory
  • Blog: Understanding the Information Reformation That's Changing your World
  • Blogging for Dummies
  • How to Do Everything with Your Web 2.0 Blog
  • Secrets of Videoblogging
  • Ultimate Blogs: Masterworks from the Wild Web
  • WordPress for Dummies
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Business
  • Bioblogs: Resumes for the 21st Century
  • Blog!: How the newest Media Revolution is Changing Politics, Business, and Culture
  • Blog Rules: A Business Guide to Managing Policy, Public Relations, and Legal Issues
  • Blogging For Business: Everything You Need to Know and Why You Should Care
  • Blogwild!: A Guide for Small Business Blogging
  • Buzz Marketing with Blogs for Dummies
  • Clear Blogging: How People Blogging Are Changing the World and How You Can Join Them
  • The Corporate Blogging Book: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know to Get it Right
  • Naked Conversations: How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers
  • The New Influencers: A Marketer's Guide to the New Social Media
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  • Social Aspects Blogs
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  • Blogger
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Webby Awards
The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet. Established in 1996 during the Web's infancy, the Webbys are presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a 550-member body of leading Web experts, business figures, luminaries, visionaries and creative celebrities. There are three award categories for blogs: Blog-Business, Blog-Culture/Personal, and Blog-Political.
Weblog Awards
The Weblog Awards are the world's largest blog competition.
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Business
Business Index ASAP
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Management issues, economic indicators, business theories and practices, activities of companies and industries worldwide. Full-text articles, images, and citations from academic journals and trade magazines.
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Requires a JCLC card.
Business Source Premier
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A database of resources for the modern businessman, Business Source Premier contains full-text articles from more than 1,000 newspapers and magazines on business topics, management, economics, finance, banking, and accounting.
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Requires a JCLC card.
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Education
Educational Resource Information Center
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ERIC is one of the most widely used and comprehensive databases of information in thef field of education, containing full text of more than 2,200 digests as well as citations and abstracts from over 980 educational and education-related journals.
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Requires a JCLC card.
Opposing Viewpoints In Context
Description
This source draws on the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources to provide a complete one-stop source for information on social issues. Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.
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Requires a JCLC card.
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