Internet Directories

Internet Subject Directories

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Recommended Internet Directories

Argus Clearinghouse - Sites are annotated, reviewed and rated by subject experts. Search or browse the hierarchically arranged directory.
Encyclopedia Britannica Internet Guide - Annotated, reviewed and ranked collection of resources arranged by topic.
World Wide Web Virtual Library - One of the oldest and most respected subject directories on the Web. This directory consists of individual subject collections, many of which are maintained at universities throughout the world.
Infomine: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections - Annotated collection of resources of interest to the academic community "including databases, electronic journals, electronic books, bulletin boards, listserv, online library catalogs". search or browse the alphabetical listing.
Librarians' Index to the Internet - Try this directory if you want to explore a large number and variety of sources,. Supported by a federal grant, a large number of indexers select and annotate Web resources across a broad range of topics.
Magellan - Internet guide

Recommended Subject Directories

Adam: Gateway to Art, Design, Architecture and Media Information on the Internet - Searchable catalog of Internet resources. Organized by librarians.
Biz/Ed - a unique business and economics information gateway for students, teachers and lecturers.
Cyberstacks - "Significant" resources in science, tehcnology and related fields arranged by Library of Congress Classification. Go to the Main Menu to browse the broad categories or browse the Cross-Classification Index.
FindLaw.com - comprehensive law information for lawyers, students, business and the public.
Nutritional Navigator - a rating guide to nutrition websites from Tufts University.
Social Science Information Gateway - a source of selected, high quality Internet information for researchers and practitioners in the social sciences, business and law.

 Recommended Search Engine

Infoseek (http://infoseek.go.com/) is a very quick and accurate search engine that offers several field searching options and simplified keyword and phrase searching.
Google (http://www.google.com/) ranks pages by the number of links from pages ranked high by the service. The idea here is that a high quality page will be found and linked to from another high quality page. Google! is both powerful and easy to use. There are no distracting advertisements and links found in major search engines.
MetaCrawler (http://www.go2net.com/search.html) is a good site to try if your topic is obscure or if you want to retrieve results from a variety of search engines with a single search statement. This service searches multiple search engines simultaneously and offers useful search options. MetaCrawler returns your results in a single list and removes the duplicate files. 

Recommended Specialized Search Engines and Collections

All-in One Search Page
Beaucoup!
FinderSeeker
Savvy Search

 

Internet Tutorials

  • Web Search Tips: Search Engine Watch
  • Evaluating Web Resources: Websites and the Research Paper
  • TILT: An interactive library tutorial by the Universtiy of Texas System Digital Library.
  • Internet Resources by Subject (currently under construction)

 

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