Best Free Reference Web Sites 2006

Best Free Reference Web Sites 2006
Eighth Annual List
RUSA Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS)

This is an annual series initiated under the auspices of the Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS) of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) of ALA to recognize outstanding reference sites on the World Wide Web. View selection criteria.

"Since the Web is a changing world, readers should note that these Web sites were as annotated on the date the member reviewed the site. Reviewing previous lists is not part of the charge of the Committee (formerly the Task Force on the Best of Free Reference Web Sites). However, we will make note of updated links, or other very substantial changes (such as a conversion from free to fee-based), if they are brought to our attention." RUSA Quarterly Fall 2001

List:

AF: Acronym Finder
American Rhetoric
Art & Architecture Thesaurus
BBC News
The Big Cartoon Database
Constitution Finder
Crash Course in Copyright
Documenting the American South
E-how
Encyclopedia of Chicago
Eternal Egypt
globalEDGE™
How Products are Made
In the first person: An index to letters, diaries, oral histories, and other personal narratives
The Library of Congress (LOC)
Merriam-Webster Online
Metacritic
National Atlas
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Weather Service
Peterson’s Planner
POTUS: Presidents of the United States
The Pulitzer Prizes
Radio-Locator
Recalls.gov
SchoolMatters
SkyscraperPage
Urban Legends Reference Pages
WebMD Health
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