Academic/Scholarly Directories
WWW Virtual Library
The Virtual Library (VL) is the oldest directory of the web, started
by Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of html and the web itself. Compiled
by experts in particular areas, the VL pages are widely recognised
as being amongst the highest-quality guides.
http://vlib.org/
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Exercise 1
To find Internet sites about the history and culture of Indonesia:
- Select WWW Virtual Library
- Select Regional Studies
- Select Asian Studies
- Select Indonesia
- Select WWW - VL History: Indonesia
- Scroll down to History section
Select WWW
Virtual Library and follow the steps |
BUBL Information Services
An extensive catalogue of selected Internet resources covering
all academic subject areas and arranged in either Dewey classifications
or subject order. All items are selected, evaluated, catalogued
and described. LINK stands for Libraries of Networked Knowledge.
http://www.bubl.ac.uk/
includes:
BUBL Link is the academic directory for this site.
http://www.bubl.ac.uk/link/
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Exercise 2 To find information
about international developments in world economics:
- Select BUBL
- Select the letter E from the alphabetical list
- Select Economic Development
- Browse the title list and related descriptions
Select BUBL
and follow the steps |
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Exercise 3 To find Geology
resources:
- Select BUBL
- Select Subject Menus in top navigation bar
- Select Geology and review Titles and Descripions
- Review Titles from this list
Select BUBL
and follow the steps
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Note:The last two exercises have used a variety of paths
to access different areas of the BUBL database.
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