Objectives:
    To become familiar with a variety of meta-sites or gateways to ready reference
                resources on the internet.
    To become familiar with a variety of ready reference resources on the internet.
    To be able to use ready reference resources on the internet to answer reference questions.

MetaSites

    Internet Public Library Ready Reference Page
    http://www.ipl.org/ref/RR/
    In addition to their regular reference center, the Internet Public Library provides a well organized
    page for use when answering ready reference type questions.  Their ready reference page is
    divided by subject category with a separate category for "reference" which included the standard
    general ready reference type works. (i.e. almanacs, encyclopedias, atlases, dictionaries, etc.)

    Librarian's Index to the Internet Reference Page
    http://lii.org/search/file/reference
    This short but sweet list of links to ready reference resources is organized by type of resource.

    xrefer.com
    http://www.xrefer.com/search.jsp
    xrefer.com provides access to a collection of ready resources via a search engine which searches
    each of the ready reference resources included. A title list is available.

    Digital Librarian's Ready Reference Page
    http://www.digital-librarian.com/reference.html
    This subject directory provides a nice collection of resources organized alphabetically by
    resource.

    Lakewood Public Library's Ready Reference Sites
    http://www.lkwdpl.org/readref.htm
    A unique feature of this list is that the ready reference sites are organized by Dewey
    Decimal class.

    Measure 4 Measure
    http://www.wolinskyweb.net/measure.htm
    Measure 4 measure provides a remarkable array of reference resources for calculating,
    estimating, evaluating and translating. They are divided by subject.

    RefDesk.com
    http://www.refdesk.com/
    RefDesk.com provides a wealth of material for answering reference questions.
    The opening page is very dense and cluttered but provides one-stop shopping for
    some of the best ready reference resources.

    Yahoo Reference
    http://dir.yahoo.com/Reference/
    Yahoo Reference is organized by a combination of subject headings and type
    of ready reference material.

Exercises

Evaluation