Gary Price

From AI tools to a music encyclopedia to nonprofit financial information, the range of truly excellent free resources on the Internet reminds users of the best intentions of technology—to make knowledge accessible and useful to all.

Free reference sources, vetted, smart, and endlessly useful, are a rich resource for scholars and students. Here are our five top picks for 2023.

From broadcasting sites to legislative documents, maps, and more, LJ’s 2022 Best Free Resources covers a vast array of topics. 

These free resources are a treasure trove of information for casual users, researchers, and librarians.

Librarians and readers looking for reliable and useful free web resources will find these top picks from 2020 worth exploring. 

A roundup of the best free resources, from a way to identify bots on social media to an app geared at helping those with low vision. 

What's better than free? Our resident InfoDocket guru curates 2018's best gratis reference sites and apps.

From the Smithsonian Libraries “Unbound” Blog: Museum in a Box  (MiaB) is the newest project that is allowing the Smithsonian Libraries to bring their artifacts and images into the hands of young students all around the nation. 

A newly released American Library Association (ALA) report marks the 10th anniversary of the American Dream Literacy Initiative and celebrates the many ways that participating public libraries have transformed lives.