History Matters recognized by the American Library Association

The American Library Association’s Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS) committee included History Matters: The U.S. Survey Course on the Web on its sixth annual list of Best Free Reference Web Sites. The annual series recognizes “outstanding reference sites” that meet a list of criteria including quality, depth and usefulness of content; “ready” reference; availability; ease of use; currency of content; authority of producer; uniqueness of content; and the appropriate use of the web as a medium.