The Internet Book of Life: Use the Web to Grow Richer, Smarter, Healthier and Happier

The Internet Book of Life is subtitled Use the Web to Grow Richer, Smarter, Healthier, and Happier, and the Foreword casually compares the book to the Old Testament. Troubled by the overstated power of a “webliography”, it took this reviewer some time to find value in this reference tool.

Those attracted to the library profession are uniquely suited to finding answers (White, 1992) and making lists (Wilson, 1968). This reference tool makes use of both information skills of a reference librarian. Irene E. McDermott has compiled a list of internet information sources commonly used by...