Best Free Reference Websites

These websites were recently recommended by the Reference and User Services Association:

Bookhive: Your Guide to Children's Literature and Books - http://www.bookhive.org/

Childcare and Early Education Research - www.childcareresearch.org/discover/index.jsp

Cooking Light: www.cookingligh.com/cooking and www.myrecipes.com/recipes

Council on Foreign Relations: http://www.cfr.org/

Discovery School: http://school.discoveryeducation.com/

Education Research Information Center: http://www.eric.ed.gov/

Europa : http://europa.ed/abc/index_en.htm

FactCheck: http://www.factcheck.org/

Indeed (a search engine for job seekers): http://www.indeed.com/

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: http://www.iep.utm.edu/

Kids Health: http://www.kidshealth.org/

Kids.gov: http://www.kids.gov/

Kidreads: http://www.kidsreads.com/

National Public Radio: http://www.npr.org/

Rotten Tomatoes (reviews movies and DVDs): http://www.rottentomatoes.com/

Time, in partnership with CNN provides articles, blogs, and videos: http://www.time.com/

Visual Dictionary Online: http://visual.merriam-webster.com/

Volunteer Match (volunteer opportunities near and far): http://www.volunteermatch.org/

Yahoo!Finance: http://finance.yahoo.com/


Personal recommendations:

www.netmom.com

www.mathpower.com

For history lovers: www.shorpy.com