Specialized Web Directories



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	Course Homepage Course Modules: Online Community Background Information Basic Web Searching Managing Resources Advanced Web Searching Comprehensive Web Search Strategies Course Projects Assessment	Specialized Web Directories In the Basic Web Search Module, you explored some of the popular Web Indexes. These general web indexes are very useful tools. However another strata of web directories exists that many casual web users never discover. These specialized web directories have been developed by research librarians, research professionals and users with specialized interests. Often they are just collections of hypertext links which lead to other collections of hypertext links. Since these web directories have been developed by experts and enthusiasts in the narrow topics that they cover, they can be incredibly useful. Spend some time exploring the web directories on the course website. Some will offer a search interface but in many cases you will just have to find the opening link closest to your research topic and burrow down into the web directory. Web Directories Continue adding observations to your digital logbook and collecting bookmarks. continue

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Website maintained by Bob Jost \| bjost@josts.net \| last revised Jan. 1, 2002 Copyright © 1998-2002 by Bob Jost & Geoffrey Jost. All rights reserved. No part of this website may be transmitted, stored or recorded in any form without written permission from the authors.



instructor \| listserve \| web board \| project archives \| toolkit

	Course Homepage Course Modules: Online Community Background Information Basic Web Searching Managing Resources Advanced Web Searching Comprehensive Web Search Strategies Course Projects Assessment	Specialized Web Directories In the Basic Web Search Module, you explored some of the popular Web Indexes. These general web indexes are very useful tools. However another strata of web directories exists that many casual web users never discover. These specialized web directories have been developed by research librarians, research professionals and users with specialized interests. Often they are just collections of hypertext links which lead to other collections of hypertext links. Since these web directories have been developed by experts and enthusiasts in the narrow topics that they cover, they can be incredibly useful. Spend some time exploring the web directories on the course website. Some will offer a search interface but in many cases you will just have to find the opening link closest to your research topic and burrow down into the web directory. Web Directories Continue adding observations to your digital logbook and collecting bookmarks. continue

Fresno Pacific University \| School of Professional Studies

Website maintained by Bob Jost \| bjost@josts.net \| last revised Jan. 1, 2002 Copyright © 1998-2002 by Bob Jost & Geoffrey Jost. All rights reserved. No part of this website may be transmitted, stored or recorded in any form without written permission from the authors.