Internet Subject/Web Directories/Indexes and Review Sources
Presented by Linda H. West
Assistant Professor and Technical Services Director
Northeastern State University, Tahlequah
October 19, 1999
http://arapaho.nsuok.edu/~west/indexes.html
DIRECTORY NAMECategoriesNotesSearchLibrary Journal?
700+ Great Sites
http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/amazing.html
7 From ALA
for Kids
& Parents
no Not Found
About.com
http://www.about.com/
18 Developed
by
specialists
yes Found 4 layers
Academic Info
http://www.academicinfo.net/index.html
96 extensive, annotated yes Found 2 layers
Alta Vista
http://altavista.digital.com
13 uses LookSmart yes Found 4 layers
AOL NetFind
http://www.aol.com/netfind/
15 very selective yes Not Found
Argus Clearinghouse
http://www.clearinghouse.net/
13 ratings

keywords

yes Not Found
Berkeley Public Library's Index to the Internet

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/InternetIndex/
42 best of... yes Not Found
Blue Collar Internet Guide
http://www.bcig.com
15 selective no Not Found
BUBL Information Service
http://bubl.ac.uk/
10 for libraries yes Not Found
CMC Information Sources - John December
http://www.december.com/cmc/info/
9 Internet information no Not Found
CyberSpud
http://www.cyberspud.com/index1.htm
16 interesting no Not Found
Cyberstacks
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/
9 by LC Class no Not Found
Datajack
http://www.datajack.com
13 selective quick links no Not Found
day2day
http://www.linkup.to/day2day/
10 links by day/date no Not Found
Digital Librarian
http://www.servtech.com/~mvail/home.html
90 annotated no Found 1 layer
Directory Guide
http://www.directoryguide.com
90 annotated no Found 1 layer
Directory of Networked Services
http://www.niss.ac.uk/subject/index.html
9 UDC expansion yes Not Found
E-Map
http://www.e-map.com
27 selective no Not Found
eBlast - Britannica Internet Guide
http://www.eblast.com/
17 starred reviews yes Not Found
Encyberpedia
http://www.encyberpedia.com/
19 limited no Not Found
Essential Links
http://www.el.com
17 selective no Not Found
excite
http://www.excite.com/
18 ratings

reviews

yes Found 5 layers
Eye on the Web

http://www.eyeontheweb.com/
16 selective no Not Found
Free Internet Encyclopedia
http://www.cs.uh.edu/~clifton/macro.a.html
none A-Z list no Not Found
Galaxy
http://galaxy.tradewave.com/
10 see alsos yes Not Found
Gateway to the Internet
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/gw/keyword.html#subject
47 University library no Found 1 layer
Go Network
http://www.go.com
19 ratings yes Not Found
Go Button
http://www.gobutton.com/
- massive lists no Not Found
HandiLinks
http://www.handilinks.com
44 no libraries yes Not Found
HotBot
http://www.hotbot.com
18 uses LookSmart ? Found 4 layers
Hotsheet
http://www.hotsheet.com/
15 selective yes Not Found
Infomine
http://lib-www.ucr.edu/
9 you chose display yes Found
InfoSeek
http://infoseek.go.com/
19 uses Go.com ratings yes Not Found
InfoSpace
http://www.infospace.com
13 popular focus yes Not Found
Inter-Links
http://alabanza.com/kabacoff/Inter-Links
7 selective no Not Found
Internet Public Library - Reference Center
http://www.ipl.org/ref/
11 Graphical interface yes Not Found
Josh's Sanctum
http://josh.nu/
13 limited yes Not Found
Jump City
http://www.jumpcity.com/
12 reviews yes Not Found
KidsClick!
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/
110 by librarians yes Not Found
Linkopedia
http://www.linkopedia.com
18 nice layering yes Not Found
LookSmart
http://www.looksmart.com/
13 says 24,000 categories yes Found 4 layers
Lycos A2Z
http://www.lycos.com
19 ratings yes Found 6 layers
Magellan Internet Guide
http://www.mckinley.com/
18 ratings yes Found 3 layers
Martindale's - The Reference Desk
http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/~martindale/Ref.html
24 all on one page no Not Found
MetaPlus
http://www.metaplus.com/
51 abbreviations no Found 1 layer
Michigan Electronic Library
http://mel.org/
14 includes Michigan yes Found 2 layers
My Virtual Reference Desk
http://www.refdesk.com
? different lists yes Not Found
NetGuide Live
http://www.netguide.com/
18 no libraries yes Not Found
Netscape Destinations
http://directory.netscape.com/
15 fast yes Not Found
New Athenaeum
http://members.spree.com/athenaeum/mguide1.htm
10 Dewey index Yes Not Found
Open Directory Project
http://dmoz.org/
67,234 become an editor yes Not Found
PINAKES:A Subject Launchpad
http://www.hw.ac.uk/libWWW/irn/pinakes/pinakes.html
39 to Gateways no Not Found
Purely Academic
http://apollo.maths.tcd.ie/PA/
7 growing no Not Found
Resources of Scholarly Societies
http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/society/subjects_soc.html
45 ratings by availability no Not Found
Scout Report Signpost
http://www.signpost.org/signpost/
20 LC Class or Subject yes Not Found
Search.com
http://search.cnet.com/
14 - no Not Found
SelectSurf
http://www.selectsurf.com/
18 selective no no Not Found
Snap!
http://www.snap.com/
16 nice limiting searches Yes Not Found
Starting Point
http://www.stpt.com/
12 selective yes Not Found
StartpageCo.com
http://www.startpageco.com/
13 many levels no Not Found
Suite 101
http://www.suite101.com/
11 in depth on some yes Not Found
Surf Point
http://www.surfpoint.com/
22 cool ratings yes Not Found
Top Ten Sites
http://www.toptensites.com
21 just the best no Not Found
W3 Jumpstation
http://www.net1plus.com/users/bdw/w3jump.htm
13 sites listed by category no Not Found
Web Central
http://www.tiac.net/users/thorgan/home.html
8 Technical listings no Not Found
Web Gems
http://www.fpsol.com/gems/webgems.html
54 900 sites yes Not Found
WebCrawler
http://www.webcrawler.com/
21 levels yes Found w/search
Webrary
http://www.webrary.org/Ref/weblinksmenu.html
10 Dewey from PL yes Found w/search
Where the Wild Things Are: Librarian's Guide to the Best Information on the Net (BIOTIN)
http://www.sau.edu/CWIS/Internet/Wild/index.htm
20 Plus A-Z no Found 2 layers
Wired Cybrarian
http://www.wired.com/cybrarian/
9 selective no Not Found
WWLib
http://www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/wwlib/
10 UK, uses Dewey yes Not Found
World Wide Web Virtual Library
http://vlib.org/Overview.html
14 global network yes Not Found
Yahoo!
http://www.yahoo.com/
14 The Gold Standard yes Found 4 layers
A Helpful Guide:
Librarian's Guide to the Internet, The
http://www.star-host.com/library/
Other Review Sources:
Ariadne
Quarterly Review Journal
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/
Choice - Web Reviews
http://www.ala.org/acrl/choice/supurl1.html
Computer Currents Magazine
Links of the week archive
http://ccurrents.com/magazine/reviews/webrevws.html
Homework Central's Top 8 - Email list
http://www.nosweat.com/top8/vsl_top8_list.asp
Keeping Up with New Internet Resources
From the Librarian's Index to the Internet
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/InternetIndex/newsites.html
Yahoo Internet Life
Site Reviews
http://www.zdnet.com/yil/filters/channels/reviews.html