Chicago Public Library Reference Shelf
http://cpl.lib.uic.edu/008subject/005genref/readyref.html

DeskRef 500: Best Sources for Quick Answers
http://ansernet.rcls.org/deskref

Internet Public Library Reference Center
http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ref00.00.00

iTools (formerly ResearchIt!)
http://www.itools.com/

Librarians' Index to the Internet
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/InternetIndex

Library of Congress Virtual Reference Shelf
http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/virtualref.html

MEDLINEplus Health Information
http://medlineplus.gov/

MIT Virtual Reference Collection
http://libraries.mit.edu/research/virtualref.html

New York Public Library Reference
http://www2.nypl.org/home/branch/links/index.cfm?Trg=1&d1=12&d3=Reference  

Nolo Law Centers
http://www.nolo.com/lawcenter/

Purdue University Libraries Quick Reference List
http://www.lib.purdue.edu/eresources/readyref/

Refdesk.com
http://www.refdesk.com/

UIUC Online Reference Collection
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/rex/erefs

University at Albany Reference Collection
http://library.albany.edu/reference/

UT Library Online Useful Reference Sites
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Reference.html

About.com
http://about.com
Each topic area has an assigned “Guide”

Academic Info
http://www.academicinfo.net/index.html
“A Gateway to Quality Educational Resources browsable by subject or searchable by keyword.”

Best Information on the Net
http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/
Numerous categories including online reference resources, resources by academic major, hot topics and resources for librarians.

BUBL LINK / 5:15
http://bubl.ac.uk/link/five/
“Selected Internet resources covering all academic subject areas.”

Britannica Websites
http://www.britannica.com/
Select Websites from the Search pull-down menu

C&RL News Internet Resources
http://www.ala.org/acrl/resrces.html
An archive of reviews published since February 1994. Browse or keyword search.

C&RL News Internet Reviews Archive
http://www.bowdoin.edu/~samato/IRA/
An archive of reviews published since February 1994. Browse or keyword search.

Choice Annual Web Review Supplement
http://www.ala.org/acrl/choice/other.html
“A compilation of critical evaluations of research-related web sites selected from previous issues.”

CompletePlanet
http://www.completeplanet.com/
Gateway to thousands of searchable "deep web" databases.

Desk Set: Ready Reference on the Web
http://archive.ala.org/acrl/choice/sampess.html
Companion site to essay by Beth Juhl published in Choice’s annual web supplement.

Digital Librarian
http://www.digital-librarian.com/
“A librarian's choice of the best of the Web." Maintained by Margaret Vail Anderson.

Forbes Best of the Web Directory
http://www.forbes.com/bow/b2c/main.jhtml
Reviews of  “useful sites for everything from asset allocation to job hunting to pursuing a passion like woodworking. Over 3,700 sites reviewed here from 1999 to date.”

Invisible Web Directory
http://www.invisible-web.net/
Companion site to The Invisible Web: by Chris Sherman and Gary Price.
Searchable directory of resources that are not visible to general-purpose search engines.

Library Journal WebWatch
http://libraryjournal.reviewsnews.com
Use link to WebWatch under “Sections” to access this review column.

MARS Best Free Reference Web Sites
http://www.ala.org/MARSTemplate.cfm?Section=Publications13"
“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.”

MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and On-Line Teaching)
http://www.merlot.org/
“A free and open resource designed primarily for faculty and students of higher education. Links to online learning materials are collected here along with annotations such as peer reviews and assignments.”

PC Magazine Top 200 Web Sites
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,912123,00.asp
From the March 25, 2003 publication of PC Magazine, this includes their “perennial favorites, the Top 100 Classics with the addition of 100 sites you might not have heard of…”

Pinakes
http://www.hw.ac.uk/libWWW/irn/pinakes/pinakes.html
Pinakes links to major subject gateways.

Resource Discovery Network (RDN)
http://www.rdn.ac.uk/
“RDN gathers resources which are carefully selected, indexed and described by specialists in our [60+] partner institutions.”

The ResourceShelf
http://resourceshelf.blogspot.com/
“Resources and News for Information Professionals”

The Scout Archives
http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/Archives/index.php
“Archives over seven years of critical annotations of carefully selected Internet sites and mailing lists."

Search Engine Showdown
http://www.searchengineshowdown.com/
Compares and reviews performance of the major Internet search engines.

Search Engine Watch
http://searchenginewatch.com/
Presented by Jupitermedia, this site also offers access to two newsletters, SearchDay and Search Engine Report.

Toolkit for the Expert Web Searcher (LITA)
http://www.lita.org/committe/toptech/toolkit.htm
“Maintained by Pat Ensor, this list is a reflection of what she uses to work in an academic library.”

Using the Internet as a Reference Tool
http://www.neal-schuman.com/sauers/
Companion site to the book

WWW Virtual Library
http://vlib.org/
“The oldest catalog of the web, started by Tim Berners-Lee, now run by a loose confederation of volunteers, who compile pages of key links for particular areas in which they are expert.”

Academic Info -What’s New
http://www.academicinfo.net/new.html
Receive a monthly announcement list.

BUBL Link Updates
http://bubl.ac.uk/link/updates/index.html
Documents recent additions to the Catalogue of Internet Resources

Free Pint
http://www.freepint.com/
"Free Pint is an email newsletter published twice a month with tips on using the Internet for serious research."

INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections
http://infomine.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/alert_service_editor
“Sends email notifications as new resources are added to INFOMINE.”

Internet Resources Newsletter
http://www.hw.ac.uk/libWWW/irn/irn.html
“A free, monthly newsletter for academics, students, engineers, scientists and social scientists.”

Internet Tourbus
http://www.tourbus.com/tickets.htm
“TOURBUS is a free email newsletter published twice a week, and read by about 100,000 people in 130 countries around the globe.”

Librarians Index to the Internet: New this week mailing list
http://lii.org/search/file/mailinglist
A current awareness service of “up to thirty selections added each week.”

Neat New Stuff I Found This Week
http://marylaine.com/neatnew.html
"…contains free sites of substantial reference value, authoritative, browsable, searchable, and packed with information, whether educational or aimed at answering everyday questions."

On the Net
http://www.notess.com/write/onthenet.shtml
A monthly column by Greg Notess appearing in Online which “features information resources and tools available on the Internet and the World Wide Web, specifically ones of interest to information professionals”

The Pandia Search World Newsletter and The Pandia Post
http://www.pandia.com/post/index.html
The first is a weekly search engine news service and the second is a bi-monthly newsletter. Both free newsletters discuss Internet searching, search engines and directories.

Refdesk.com
http://www.refdesk.com/subscrib.html
Subscribe to receive Refdesk's Link of the Day.

ResearchBuzz
http://www.researchbuzz.com/
“Designed to cover the world of Internet research. To that end this site provides almost daily updates on search engines, new data managing software, browser technology, large compendiums of information, Web directories.”

The ResourceShelf
http://resourceshelf.freepint.com
“Resources and News for Information Professionals”

The Scout Report
http://scout.wisc.edu/Reports/ScoutReport/
A weekly publication designed to provide "a fast, convenient way to stay informed of valuable resources on the Internet.”

SearchDay
http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/index.html
This is a “free newsletter from Search Engine Watch that features Web search news, reviews, tools, tips, and search engine headlines from across the Web."

Search Engine Report
http://searchenginewatch.com/sereport/index.html
The Search Engine Report is a free, monthly newsletter about search engines.

Steven Bell's Keeping Up Web Page
http://staff.philau.edu/bells/keepup/
“Designed to help library and information science professionals develop and maintain a program of self-guided professional development.”

Today's Paper Slate Daily
http://slate.msn.com/id/76816
“A summary of the lead stories in the country’s top five newspapers.”

This Week's Useful URLs
http://www.bccls.org/reference/useful-urls.shtml
A weekly list of useful sites on a single topic.

Yahoo What's New
http://dir.yahoo.com/new/
A list that enumerates newly available Web sites by subject.

Last update: 01.07.04