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This is an index of the web sites included in the 1999-2008 annual lists issued by the Mars Best of Free Reference Web Sites Committee 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.

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• MARVEL! Maine's Virtual Library
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Reference

Quick access links to reference collections available online. For more indepth help on a specific subject go to the Curriculum Resources page.

Bartleby.com - Reference: Thesaurus, Usage, Quotations, and more. Reference site allows you to search over the Columbia Encyclopedia, the Encyclopedia of World History, fact books, thesauri, quotes, and more.

The Internet Public Library - ipl2 is a compilation of Web sites on many different subjects, selected and maintained by librarians and library school students. The result of a merger of the Internet Public Library (IPL) and the Librarians' Internet Index (LII).

iTools - Internet tools: Search, research, reference, look up or translate just about anything in one place.

KnowPlay? - KnowPlay? provides simple and fast access to dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias, world atlas, rhyming dictionary, and a great deal more.

Library of Congress Virtual Reference Shelf - Ask a librarian: An online reference service from the Library of Congress that allows researchers to submit reference questions to the Library of Congress. Chances are you won't have to ask once the Selected Online Resources for Research section is used.

Ramapo Catskill Library System - A great source for quick answers to reference questions provided by the Ramapo Catskill Library System of Middletown, New York.

University Libraries | University at Albany - State University of New York - This is one very complete and professional online reference collection in a clean and easily accessible format all maintained and linked within the University Libraries site.

Other reference sources

Homework Helpers are curriculum relevant links providing reference tools to aid students in their homework.

Curriculum Resources provide specific links to dictionaries, almanacs, encyclopedias, biographies, geography, and other subject areas.