Hunter College Libraries Blog

The Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) of the American Library Association gives out yearly awards for the best free reference web sites. Sites are evaluated for ease of use, currency, customer service, the authority of the producer and, of course, the quality and usefulness of the information. A sample of websites from 1999-2006 that relate to the field of social work include:

• AARP
  American Association of Retired People.
• AIDSInfo
  U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services.
• American Law Sources On-line (ALSO!)
  LawSource, Inc.
• AmeriStat
  Population Reference Bureau and Social Science Data Analysis Network.
• Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
  U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
• Federal Citizen Information Center
  U.S. General Services Administration.
• FedStats
  Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy.
• Findlaw
  FindLaw (Tim Stanley and Stacy Stern).
• FirstGov.gov
  U.S. General Services Administration.
• Foundation Center Online
  The Foundation Center.
• Free Medical Journals
  AmedeoGroup.
• glbtq
  An Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Culture.
• Go Ask Alice
  Columbia University’s Health Education Program.
• Healthfinder
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
• HiCitizen: Making Government Easy for You
  Imagitas, Inc.
• LII: Legal Information Institute
  Cornell Law School.
• National Criminal Justice Reference Service
  U.S. Department of Justice.
• National Institutes of Health
  National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
• Nationalissues.com
  Nationalissues.com.
• Project Vote Smart
  Project Vote Smart.
• Statistical Resources on the Web
  Grace York, University of Michigan Library Documents Center.
• Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet (http://thomas.loc.gov/).
  Library of Congress.
• University of Michigan Documents Center
  Grace York, University of Michigan.
• U.S. Census Bureau
  United States Department of Commerce.