Best Free Reference Web Sites 2011 13th Annual List RUSA Emerging Technologies in Reference Section (MARS)
This is an annual series initiated under the auspices of the Emerging Technologies in 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.
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BAMONA: Butterflies and Moths of
BAMONA,
Biodiversity Heritage Library (http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL), a consortium of 12 natural history and botanical libraries
BlackPast.org (http://www.blackpast.org/)
BlackPast.org
Cornell Lab of Ornithology (http://www.birds.cornell.edu/)
Cornell Lab of Ornithology,
Current Value of Old Money (http://projects.exeter.ac.uk/RDavies/arian/current/howmuch.html)
Roy Davies, former Librarian, St. Luke's Campus,
Google Translate (http://translate.google.com/#en|es|)
International Business Statistics Database | globalEDGE (http://globaledge.msu.edu/resourcedesk/dibs)
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (http://www.iucnredlist.org/)
International
Annie E. Casey Foundation
The Mark Twain Project Online (http://www.marktwainproject.org/)
"MTPO is produced by the Mark Twain Papers and Project of The Bancroft Library in collaboration with the
morgueFile (http://morguefile.com/)
Kevin and Michael Connors, Johannes Seemann
Open CRS (http://opencrs.com/)
Open CRS, Center for Democracy & Technology
Open Library (http://openlibrary.org/)
Internet Archive
Plant Information Online (http://plantinfo.umn.edu/)
Richard T. Isaacson and Katherine Allen,
ProCon.org – Pros and Cons of Controversial Issues (http://www.procon.org/)
ProCon.org
Public Library of Science (http://www.plos.org/)
Public Library of Science
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (http://plato.stanford.edu/)
Metaphysics Research Lab, CSLI,
Still Tasty (http://www.stilltasty.com/)
StillTasty, LLC
TED: Ideas Worth Spreading (http://www.ted.com/)
TED Conferences LLC
The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://www.uis.unesco.org/)
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
UNT Libraries: CyberCemetery Home (http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/)
WikiLeaks (http://mirror.wikileaks.info)
WikiLeaks
Wolfram|Alpha (http://www.wolframalpha.com/)
WolframAlpha
Worldometers (http://www.worldometers.info)
The Real Time Statistics Project
