Subject Directories...web databases that identify some of the "best" Internet sites for research and organize them by academic discipline or topic
INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections - Developed by the Library at the University of California, INFOMINE provides detailed annotations of thousands of Internet sites. http://infomine.ucr.edu
Librarians' Internet Index - Sponsored by the Library of California, this subject directory offers annotations of thousands of Internet resources. http://www.lii.org
Scout Report Archives - Located at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Department of Computer Science and sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the Scout Report annotates, evaluates and rates over 23,000 Internet sites. http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/archives
Search Engines...two of the best
Google - http://google.com
All the Web - http://alltheweb.com
For those of you who want to keep up with the ever-changing world of search engines, check out the following site:
Pandia Search Central - http://www.pandia.com
Evaluation of Internet Resources...be especially discerning
"Evaluating Information - Applying the CRAAP Test" http://www.csuchico.edu/lins/handouts/eval_websites.pdf
"Evaluating Information Found on the Internet"
http://www.library.jhu.edu/researchhelp/general/evaluating/index.html
Citing Sources...now that you've found them
MLA Style - Guidelines of the Modern Language Association
http://www.nwcc.commnet.edu/library/mla.htm
APA Style - Guidelines of the American Psychological Association
http://www.nwcc.commnet.edu/library/apa.htm
CSE Style - Guidelines of the Council of Science Editors
http://www.nwcc.commnet.edu/library/cse.htm
