Virtual Library Development Tools and Guides

• Alphasearch

(http://www.calvin.edu/library/as)
Search by word or phrase for "gateway" sites or browse them by resource type, discipline, or alphabetical listing.
 
• BUBL 5:15

(http://bubl.ac.uk/link/five/)
5 to 15 relevant, librarian-evaluated resources on each topic with reviews.
 
• PHOAKS: People Helping One Another Know Stuff

(http://www.phoaks.com/phoaks2/index.html)
"Classifies, abstracts and tallies" web resource recommendations posted on Usenet newsgroups
 
• Pinakes: A Subject Launchpad

(http://www.hw.ac.uk/libWWW/irn/pinakes/pinakes.html)
Gateway to Subject Gateways
 
• Scout Select Bookmarks: Subject-based Metasites

(http://wwwscout.cs.wisc.edu/scout/toolkit/bookmarks/index.html)
 
• The Internet Sleuth

(http://www.isleuth.com/)
Search from over 3000 databases, arranged by subject.

Directories

• *The Argus Clearinghouse

(http://www.clearinghouse.net)
Sites are annotated, reviewed and rated by subject experts (librarians). Search or browse the hierarchically arranged directory.
 
• *Enclycopedia Britannica Internet Guide

(http://www.eblast.com/)
Annotated, reviewed and ranked collection of resources arranged by topic.
 
• Infomine: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections

(http://lib-www.ucr.edu/)
Annotated collection of resources of interest to the academic community "including databases,electronic journals, electronic books, bulletin boards, listservs, online library card catalogs" Search or browse the alphabetical listing.
 
• Librarian's Index to the Internet

(http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/InternetIndex)
Digital Library Sunsite. Search the evaluated and annotated listings or browse by subject arranged by resource type.
 
• *Magellan

(http://www.mckinley.com/)
 
• *Pointcom/Lycos

(http://point.lycos.com/categories/index.html)
TOP 5% is a directory of reviewed sites. Search, or browse by broad subject arranged by rankings. Mix of popular and academic resources.
 
• World Wide Web Virtual Library

(http://www.vlib.org/Home.html)
 
• Yahoo!

(http://www.yahoo.com)
Mix of popular and scholarly resources which are not evaluated or annotated.

* = rankings

Subject Directories

• Adam: Art, Design Architecture and Media Gateway

(http://www.adam.ac.uk/)
Searchable catalog of internet resources. Organized by librarians.
 
• Biz/Ed

(http://www.bized.ac.uk/)
"Biz/ed is a dedicated business and economics information gateway for students, teachers and lecturers."
 
• Cyberstacks

(http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/)
"Significant" resources in Science, Technology and related fields arranged by LC classification. Annotations and mode of access noted (the latter, where available).
 
• Nutritional Navigator

(http://navigator.tufts.edu/)
from Tufts University. "A rating guide to Nutrition websites."
 
• OMNI

(http://omni.ac.uk/)
"the UK's independent gateway to high quality biomedical Internet resources."
 
• Social Science Information Gateway

(http://sosig.ac.uk/welcome.html)
"SOSIG is an online catalogue of thousands of high quality Internet resources relevant to social science education and research. Every resource has been selected and described by a librarian or subject specialist."

Professional Journals with Reviews

• Ariadne
  (http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/)

 
• Booklist
  (http://www.ala.org/booklist/index.html)

Small number of reviews available, including "Reference on the Web" section.
 
• College and Research Libraries News: Internet Reviews Archive
  (http://www.lib.cwu.edu/~samato/IRA/index.html)

Searchable archive of reviews (small number).
 
• College and Research Libraries News: Internet Resources
  (http://www.ala.org/acrl/resrces.html)

Annotated webographies with hot links to resources.
 
• Library Journal (Digital) Webwatch
  (http://www.bookwire.com/ljdigital/webwatch.articles?date=current)

 
• "Nice Web Site" from Internet Resources Newsletter
  (http://www.hw.ac.uk/libWWW/irn/nicesite.html)

 
• Scout Report
  (http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/scout/report/)

From the Internet Scout Project, University of Wisconsin