Tuesday, 12th January 2016

RUSA Selects Best Free Reference Websites

By Africa S. Hands

From RUSA News:

The list made its first debut in the Fall 2015 issue of Reference and User Services Quarterly (RUSQ), RUSA’s research journal. Each site is selected based on, but not limited to: quality, depth, usability, usefulness of content and authority of producer.  Succinct and insightful annotations were written by the selection committee and reflect all subject areas useful for ready reference and value in most libraries.

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• Web 2.0 (ResourceShelf)

Africa S. Hands is an independent librarian with a focus on helping professionals understand and utilise social media and search engines through one-on-one tutorials and small group workshops. Africa tweets (@africahands) on resources of interest to information and higher education professionals.

Africa can be reached at [email protected]

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