Welcome to the tenth annual "Best Free Reference Websites List." In 1998, the Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS) of RUSA appointed an ad hoc task force to develop a method of recognizing outstanding reference websites. The task force became a formal committee at the 2001 ALA Annual Conference. This is the tenth "Best Free Reference Websites" list produced by the group. Past lists and all future lists will be published in each year's Fall issue of RUSQ. The annotations also are included in electronic resource records for the sites in the online catalog of the Library of Congress. An online version of the list appears on the MARS publications portion of the RUSA webpage, along with a new combined index to sites included in previous lists. A subject index is being created; links to it will be included on the webpage in the future. Since the Web is a changing world, readers should note that the websites were as annotated on the date the member reviewed the site. Reviewing previous lists is not part of the charge of the committee.
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