RUSA announces Best Free Reference Web Sites Combined Index 1999-2006

Eileen Hardy

RUSA Marketing Specialist

312-280-4398

ehardy@ala.org

For Immediate Release

January 8, 2007

RUSA announces Best Free Reference Web Sites


Combined Index 1999-2006

CHICAGO—The Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS) of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), is pleased to announce the Best Free Reference Web Sites Combined Index from 1999-2006 created to recognize outstanding reference sites on the World Wide Web.

The 2006 Best Free Reference Websites list includes online information sources as varied as the Big Cartoon Database, the Encyclopedia of Chicago, and Recalls.gov from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

The MARS Best Website Task Force meets during the ALA Annual Conference each year to create a new list of best free reference websites. The index was created by the task force to provide a valuable information resource for librarians of websites that are free or predominantly free, or no-fee sites.

To learn more about MARS and the index go to:
http://www.ala.org/ala/rusa/rusaourassoc/rusasections/mars/marspubs/MARSBESTIndex.htm.

RUSA is a leading association for reference and user services professionals.
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www.ala.org/rusa.