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 * Pre-Selected Web Sites Available on the Free Internet:**

These web sites are arranged in alphabetical order. Mrs. Piazza’s and Dr. Yutzey’s personal favorite is Librarians Internet Index (lii.org)

BUBL Catalogue of Internet Sources (http://bubl.ac.uk/) Created and maintained by the University of Strathclyde (Scotland) this web portal uses the Dewey Decimal system to as its organizational structure for arranging Internet sources.

Digital Librarian ([|http://www.digital-librarian.com]) Updated daily and maintained by librarian Margaret Vail Anderson, this web portal contains thousands of entries arranged by topic.

INFOMINE ([|http://infomine.ucr.edu]) A multi-disciplined, annotated directory of tens of thousands of links to "university level research and educational tools on the Internet." Includes "databases, electronic journals, electronic books, bulletin boards, mailing lists, online library card catalogs, articles ... [and] other types of information." Tens of thousands of records, some created by librarians, others generated by robot-crawlers. From the University of California, Riverside. Those of you working on Von Braun can access FBI records on him!

Internet Public Library ([|http://www.ipl.org]) Called a “public library for the World Wide Web,” this web portal contains hundreds of Internet sources that are selected and maintained by librarians. Founded by the University of Michigan’s School of Information it is now hosted by Drexel University, College of Information Science and Technology.

Intute (http://[|www.intute.ac.uk]) "Intute is a free online service providing you with access to the very best Web resources for education and research. The service is created by a network of UK universities and partners. Subject specialists select and evaluate the websites in our database and write high quality descriptions of the resources." Subject areas include science and technology, arts and humanities, social sciences, and health and life sciences. Searchable or browsable by subject.

Intute: Social Sciences (http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences) "Web resources for education and research, evaluated and selected by a network of subject specialists." From a consortium of universities in the U.K

Library and Archival Exhibitions on the Web (http://www.sil.si.edu/SILPublications/Online-Exhibitions) "This site features links to online exhibitions ... created by libraries, archives, and historical societies, as well as to museum online exhibitions with a significant focus on library and archival materials." Exhibits feature "printed books, book illustrations, manuscripts, photographs, printed ephemera, posters, archival audio and video recordings, artist's books, and the book arts (engraving, marbling, and bookbinding)." Search by exhibition name, institution, or subject. From the Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Search Von Braun on this site and hear an audio clip! Great documentary photographs too.

Librarian’s Internet Index ([|http://www.lii.org]) Publicly-funded web portal by the state of California with over 20,000 entries maintained by librarians and organized into 14 main topics.


 * Pre-Selected Web Sites Available through Subscription Databases:**

Britannica Online Student Edition (Britannica) Perform your search, look to the right and you will see a box labeled “Additional Content.” Within the box you will see “Web’s Best Sites.” The Britannica staff selects these web sites.

e-Library Curriculum Edition (ProQuest) Select the Topic tab (next to the Search tab). From the lists of topics, select the one you are interested in. As you drill down into a topic at the top of the list of Topic Results you will see ProQuest’s Homework Central Websites.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (Gale) Perform your search, look at the tabs at the top of your search results and you will see a Website tab. Each entry includes a brief description of the website with its url.

Science Resource Center (Gale) Perform your search, look at the tabs at the top of your search results and you will see a Website tab. Each entry includes a brief description of the website with its url.

World Book Online Reference Center The editors of World Book have linked over 7,000 web sites to individual articles. You can find the web sites within the Related Information boxes.