Topic 1 Introduction to Internet Resources
Categories Subjects Purpose Search Facilities Search Strategy
Subject Directories(cont'd)
Virtual Libraries
- Directories with resources that information professionals have organized in a logical way.
- Directories maintained by information specialists.
- Materials are selected based on predefined criteria.
- Contain
- Subject guides
- e.g. links to related sites, maintained by subject specialists
- Reference works
- Specialized databases
Virtual libraries may contain subject guides, reference works
and specialized databases. Subject guides refer to web resources
that include hyperlinks to sites on that particular subject.
These guides are maintained by people who are knowledgeable
about the subjects covered. Reference works are full-text
documents, for example, dictionaries, encyclopedias, almanacs,
etc. Specialized databases refer to journal article citations,
financial data, etc.
- Examples
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