guide to our fave Information and Reference websites

Have a question? Need to do a term paper? A report for work? A vast storehouse of data and information is yours, 24/7, and almost all of it is free for the asking. As with every other category we will almost always recommend free vs. paid sites. and this category is no exception.

The best starting point for any research project is your preferred Search Engines (see the discussion of our fave Search Engines here), or your preferred reference portal. Our fave reference portals, of course, are Refdesk and CEOexpress.

Can't find what you're looking for? You'll most likely find it on one of the Category sites below, but you will surely find it on one of the sites you'll find on either of these two great comprehensive directories:

Best Free Reference Web Sites … an index of the web sites included in the annual lists issued by the Mars Best of Free Reference Web Sites of the American Library Association.

Library of Congress Alcove 9 … the ninth "virtual alcove" is a collection of websites selected and annotated by subject specialists in the Library of Congress Humanities and Social Sciences. All of the websites listed have components that are free and available to the public.