As an alternative to search engines, try a subject directory from our list of mostly non-commercial portals to the reviewed portion of the Web. These directories are created with academia in mind, so by using them as a finding tool, you are likely to get high-quality materials in return. They are also handy tools to use when searching for term paper topics, or for trying to narrow the focus of a topic.
Academic Info . Academic Info, Inc. http://www.academicinfo.net/subject-guides
10,000+ Internet sites at upper high school level and above. Emphasis lies with English language, primariliy American materials, with priority given to digital collections. Browse subjects categories or enter a search query.
Best Information on the Net . St. Ambrose University. O'Keefe Library. http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/
Web sites selected by librarians at St. Ambrose University. Arranged by broad subject or college major without a search option. Includes useful "Hot topics" and "Reference" sections.
Info Mine . Library of the University of California, Riverside. http://infomine.ucr.edu/
130,000 scholarly Web resources selected by California academic librarians. Browse by LC Subject Headings or LC Classification (quite different from Dewey arrangement in Bubl Link). Search the entire database, select a section, or limit by resource type.
Internet Public Library . University of Michigan. School of Information. http://www.ipl.org/
A collection of Web sites for children, teenagers and adults. Their search program does not seem to work very well, but the site shines in their arrangement and access to reference materials, electronic texts and serials, and subject ëpathfinders', i.e. research guides to particular topics.
Internet Scout Project . 2003. University of Wisconsin-Madison. http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/
17,000 Web sites selected, annotated, and assigned LC Subject Headings. Sponsored by the Computer Sciences Department at Univ. Wisconsin-Madison., contributors include faculty and students.
Librarians' Index to the Internet . 2004. California State Library. http://lii.org/
7,000 Internet sites selected and cataloged by volunteer librarians for public libraries. Similar in scope to Internet Public Library, i.e. their selections are useful for children, teenagers, and adults. Browse topic hierarchies, browse LC Subject
intute . [UK university consortium]. http://www.intute.ac.uk/
A collaboration of 7 UK universities, whose subject specialists gather, index and annotate carefully selected resources.
Other Search Features : Use * to truncate; use quotes for phrase searching.
WWW Virtual Library . WWW Virtual Library. http://vlib.org
Compiled by volunteer subject experts. Browsing categories is the only way to locate materials. As of this writing their search engine is offline ìfor repairsî.
rev. 17 March 2009 lh
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