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  1. AllRefer.com
  2. Awesome Library - Awesome Library organizes the Web with 14,000 carefully reviewed resources, including the top 5 percent in education.
  3. BIOTN: Best Information on the Net - guide by the librarians at O'Keefe Library, St. Ambrose University
  4. Bloomsbury Research Centre - "The Bloomsbury Research centre is a FREE on-line database of reference books. Over 17,000 entries are cross-referenced providing a wealth of information all linked and all fully indexed. Use our search engine to search on a wide range of subjects including literature, art, myth, human thought, quotations and a thesaurus or browse through each book at your leisure."
  5. CEO Express - "Executive Gateway to the Internet"
  6. Cyber Times Navigator - Navigator is the home page used by the newsroom of The New York Times for forays into the Web. Its primary intent is to give reporters and editors new to the Web a solid starting point for a wide range of journalistic functions without forcing all of them to spend time wandering around blindly to find a useful set of links of their own. Its secondary purpose is to show people that there's still a lot of fun and useful stuff going on out there. (Free registration required).
  7. Dewey Index Decimal Classification - Bergen County Cooperative Library System, NJ.
  8. Digital Librarian - a librarian's choice of the best of the Web
  9. EconData.net - Site is designed to help practitioners, researchers, students, and other data users quickly gain access to relevant state and substate socioeconomic data. The site aims to be a convenient, comprehensive first stop for anyone searching among the vast, disparate array of public and private data sources on the Web.
  10. Electronic Reference Desk - Scholes Library, Alfred University
  11. English Server, The - English Department at Carnegie Mellon University
  12. Guides to Resources by Subject - Rice University
  13. Guides to Resources by Subject - University of Alberta Libraries
  14. HotSheet
  15. Information by Subject - University of Tennessee Knoxville Libraries
  16. Information Please
  17. Infomine - This site is a virtual library of Internet resources relevant to faculty, students, and research staff at the university level. It contains useful Internet resources like databases, electronic journals, electronic books, bulletin boards, mailing lists, online library card catalogs, articles, directories of researchers, and many other types of information.
  18. InfoSurf: Resources by Subject - University of Calif. at Santa Barbara Library
  19. Info Service - Reference Desk
  20. Internet Library for Librarians - "A comprehensive Web database designed to provide a one-stop shopping center for librarians to locate Internet resources related to their profession."
  21. Internet School Library Media Center - James Madison University
  22. Librarians' Index to the Internet
  23. LookSmart - explore Web sites in more than 24,000 categories
  24. MEL: Reference Desk - Michigan Electronic Library
  25. Martindale's Reference Desk
  26. NationMaster.com - a massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations. NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD. Using the form above, you can generate maps and graphs on all kinds of statistics with ease.
  27. Pathfinders Research Guides - Pathfinders are home-grown guides written by Internet Public Library web site staff. These guides are intended to help you get started doing research on a particular topic, both online and at your local library.
  28. Price's List of Lists - The Internet contains numerous lists of information. Many of these lists present information in the form of rankings of different people, organizations, companies, etc. This collection is designed to be a clearinghouse for these types of resources.
  29. Quick Reference - the University of Texas at Austin
  30. Ready Reference Shelf - Chicago Public Library
  31. Reference Collection - from the Internet Public Library
  32. Reference Resources - LibrarySpot
  33. Reference Shelf - Compiled and edited by Gary Price
  34. Resource Centers - Library of Congress
  35. Resources by Discipline - University of Waterloo Electronic Library
  36. StateMaster.com - statistical database which allows you to research and compare a multitude of different data on US states.
  37. Subject Guides to Internet Resources - Arizona State University Libraries
  38. Subject Guides to Internet Resources - Columbia University
  39. Subject Guides to Internet Resources - Fondren Library, Rice University
  40. Subject Guides to Internet Resources - LSU University
  41. Subject Guides to Internet Resources - University of Calif. Santa Cruz Library
  42. Subject Guides to Internet Resources - University of Chicago
  43. Subject Guides to Internet Resources - University of Texas
  44. Subject Guides to Internet Resources - University of Virginia
  45. Subject Guides to Internet Resources - University of Washington
  46. Subject Guides to Internet Resources - Yale University
  47. Suite101.com - "A web-based community dedicated to directing Internet users to the Best of the World Wide Web."
  48. Virtual Acquisition & News Desk - Resources & News for Information Professionals & Researchers.
  49. Virtual Reference Collection - Brown University Library
  50. Virtual Reference Desk - Monroe County (NY) Library
  51. Virtual Reference Desk - Rancho Cucamonga Public Library
  52. Virtual Reference Desk - Univ. of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
  53. WWW Virtual Library
  54. WebSites for Journalists - An annotated introduction to selected web pages of value to journalists.
  55. Webliography - LSU Libraries
  56. Webrary - Morton Grove (ILL) Public Library - a subject list of websites, arranged according to the Dewey Decimal system
  57. Yahoo's Index of Reference Tools
  58. Yahooligans! The Web Guide for Kids

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