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Web guides & directories/ Some gateway sites and portals 

Academic Info
A subject directory of Internet resources tailored to the university community. Each subject guide provides an annotated listing of the best general sites as well as specialized and advanced tools. Maintained by Mike Madin. http://www.academicinfo.net/

Analytical Chemistry Web Resources
A compilation of resources (by Ghirma Moges) useful to support teaching and research in the field of analytical chemistry, including technical and specialized databases, encyclopaedias and dictionaries, journals, university departments, organizations, societies, chemical companies and manufacturers, news sources, and much more. There is also a special section devoted to 'Chemistry in Africa' with links to educational and research materials, online textbooks, and other tools and resources for students.
http://home.wanadoo.nl/ghirma.moges/xx_anal_link.html 

The Anthropological Index of the Royal Anthropological Institute
This index - freely accessible for educational and non-commercial purposes (including private study) - is based on the journal holdings of the Library of the Department of Ethnography at the British Museum (Museum of Mankind). The library receives periodicals from around the world in all areas of cultural and social anthropology, ethnography, and material culture. The fully searchable index covers articles in all languages and provides English translations of citations from non-Roman scripts. Results of index searches can either be displayed online, or sent as an Email message to the searcher's Email address. Online help lines and lists of journals indexed are also available. New data is being added on a regular basis. http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/AIO.html 

Argus Clearinghouse
Central access point to more than 1,500 topic-specific guides to Internet resources, each of which is critically evaluated. A good starting point. http://www.clearinghouse.net/

Best of Science
Best of Science is a peer-reviewed, freely accessible online publication "containing original reports whose conclusions represent a substantial advance in understanding of an important problem, or reviews of broad general interest." It covers five major areas: exact sciences, technology, biological sciences, medical sciences, and human sciences. Best of Science has been created to respond to the recommendations of the Second ICSU-UNESCO International Conference "Electronic Publishing in Science", to provide an alternative electronic journal model-free-access reading, transparency, peer-reviewing, and reduced fees for scientists from developing countries and those in transition.
http://bestofscience.free.fr/Welcome.html 

Biogate
Compiled by staff at the Library of Ecology, the National Resource Library of Biological Sciences at Lund University in Sweden, this is a portal to "our 1,000 best links in the biological sciences." Search, or browse by 11 broad subject categories in the biological sciences, which are divided into sub-groups showing the number of links for each, e.g. Zoology is sub-divided into 12 sub-categories for systematics and taxonomy, anatomy and morphology, animal ecology, insects, fish, birds, mammals, etc. http://biogate.lub.lu.se/

 BIOME
Consortium-based hub (still in the process of development) providing access to quality resources on the Internet in the fields of agriculture, food, forestry, pharmaceutical sciences, medicine, nursing, dentistry, biological research, veterinary sciences, the natural world, botany, zoology, and more. It will consist of five subject gateways, which are cross-searchable and cross-browsable. The service is coordinated by the University of Nottingham, who are joined by a formidable range of high profile partners and content providers from the UK health and life science sectors. http://biome.ac.uk/

Books for Academics (BFA)
Hosted by the University of Exeter, BFA aims to link the academic community directly to academic publishers' online catalogues. Users can browse any number of online catalogues while retaining the BFA Web site navigation frame; or can perform searches by publisher, by subject/category, or keyword. Information about editorial contacts at publishers will also be included in future, as well be a reviews page and links to libraries, museums, online journals, newspapers, etc. http://www.ex.ac.uk/bfa/home.htm

Braintrack-University Index
Over 5,000 links to higher educational institutions in 148 countries, including those in Africa and Asia. http://www.braintrack.com/

BUBL Information Service
A national (UK oriented) information service for the higher education community. Links to over 10,000 quality Internet resources covering all subject areas, and sub-divided by type. Search or browse. Excellent for tracking down UK institutions. http://bubl.ac.uk/

Computer Science: A Guide to Selected Resources on the Internet (by Michael Knee)
First published in the July 2001 issue of College & Research Libraries this is a helpful ten page guide to some of the best Internet resources relating to computer science and computing. http://www.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/ACRL/Publications/
College_and_Research_Libraries_News/Back_Issues__2001/June1/Computer_Science.htm  

Cyber Times Navigator Compiled by Rich Meislin, this is an excellent guide to the Internet from the York Times. It includes links to places to start for searching the Net; collections for journalists; major reference, news, business, and current affairs resources; as well as a wide variety of resources about New York. http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/reference/cynavi.html

EEVL: The Internet Guide to Engineering, Mathematics and Computing
This portal provides quick access to the best engineering, mathematics, and computing information sources available on the Internet. Resources were selected, catalogued, classified and subject-indexed by a team of UK experts and information specialists. EEVL also provides engineering search engines to UK engineering sites, engineering e-journals, engineering newsgroups, and to other specialized information services in the field.
http://www.eevl.ac.uk/

Electronic Journal Miner 
Search for e-journals at this site using keywords, or browse e-journals by title or by LC subject headings; you can limit searches to (i) free publications, (2) peer-reviewed publications. Hosted by the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries. The database currently contains 6,960 titles. An excellent resource. http://ejournal.coalliance.org/  

Engineering Information Sources and Access - EISA-2
Eisa-2 is a quick Web access tool designed for engineering students, particularly for upper division undergraduates, containing basis sources, search techniques, and tools that every graduating engineer should know, together with self-paced tutorials. In addition the program is also well suited for beginning graduate students, practicing engineers, and anyone interested in learning how to effectively search for information on the Web in engineering-related disciplines. http://www.cs.ucla.edu/Leap/Eisa/intro.htm 

Fathom.com
Founded by a consortium of six of the world's leading educational and cultural institutions (Columbia University, London School of Economics & Political Science, Cambridge University Press, the British Library, Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, and the New York Public Library), this is a new commercial site for “authenticated knowledge” and education on the Internet. It will make available the content and courses, and educational and cultural resources, of universities, libraries, and museums for a worldwide audience of business, professionals and academics, and for online learning and distance education. http://www.fathom.com/

Findings Index
Provides an index to World Bank reports and briefs.  http://www-wds.worldbank.org/  

Funders Online
Search for independent funder Web sites by name, country, or other feature. This Web site is an initiative of the European Foundation Centre, which aims to create a single reference point for foundations. Also includes tips for grant seekers and a Web tool kit to assist foundations developing their own Web sites. http://www.fundersonline.org/

HUMBUL-Humanities Bulletin Board
The Humbul Humanities Hub provides a searchable catalogue of online Humanities resources as part of the Resource Discovery Network.
http://www.humbul.ac.uk/

ICSU Navigator for Primary and Scientific Publications—Earth Sciences
The pilot version of a new gateway site covering all disciplines in the earth sciences, containing descriptions of nearly 1,500 titles. Search capabilities include context and keyword search. There is also a links section to publishers most active in the earth sciences field. http://eos.wdcb.ru/icsu/navigator/navy.htm  

Ingenta.com
A global research gateway providing access to a vast database of some 610,000 articles in over 2,300 academic journals, professional and specialist publications. You can explore over one million article abstracts as a guest, or undertake article or journal searches, but will need to register for personal or institutional membership in order to get access to full-text articles. The full-text delivery of any article on the site is dependent on the publisher. If the user, or the user's organization, has a subscription to the journal, then access is allowed; otherwise there is a usually a pay-per-view service charges with rates set by content owners. http://www.ingenta.com/

InterCAT - A Catalogue of Internet Resources
The OCLS's Internet Cataloguing Project's catalogue of Internet resources; consists of a searchable database of some 92,000 bibliographic records for Internet resources that have been selected and catalogued by libraries worldwide. http://www.oclc.org/research/projects/intercat.shtm  

Internet Resources for Nonprofits
This directory for not-for-profit organizations - searchable or browsable by topics - helps you to locate materials on management and governance, fund raising and resource development , grants and grant writing, programme evaluation and assessment, donor prospect research, public policy issues, and more, together with other helpful resources, tools, and publications. 
http://www.ucp-utica.org/uwlinks/directory.html 

Librarian's Index to the Internet
A massive searchable, annotated subject directory of almost 8,000 Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their value to users of public libraries (in the US). A total of 5,520 subjects are currently covered, which can be browsed in an alphabetical index, with each subject item indicating how many resources/Web sites it contains. Maintained by Carol Leita and funded by the Library of California Board, it also offers a free current awareness service, a weekly mailing (by Email) of the top 20 new resources added to the Librarian's Index to the Internet. http://lii.org/search/file/about 

Librarians' Resource Centre
Pointers to search engines, topical guides, databases, library literature, Internet tools, acquisitions sources, technical resources, and other library professional sources. http://www.sla.org/chapter/ctor/toolbox/resource/

Pinakes: A Subject Launchpad
Hosted by Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, this is a useful shortcut bringing together links to 38 of the principal, high-quality subject gateways, together with 10 multi-subject gateways. http://www.hw.ac.uk/libWWW/irn/pinakes/pinakes.html

Portals to the World. Links to Electronic Resources Selected by Library of Congress Subject Experts
Portals to the World contains selective links to in-depth sources of information about the nations of the world, arranged by country or area, with the links for each sorted into a wide range of broad categories. The links were selected and evaluated by Library of Congress Area Specialists and other Library staff using Library of Congress selection criteria. When completed, the project hopes to include all the nations of the world. http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html 

PSCI-Com - Public Communication of Science
Searchable catalogue of Internet resources that have been selected and catalogued by information officers at the Wellcome Trust for the benefit of the UK public understanding of the science community, and with an emphasis on medical science.  http://www.psci-com.org.uk/ 

PSIGate
Major gateway or hub, developed by the Consortium of Academic Libraries in Manchester (CALIM), bringing together high-quality Internet resources in the fields of astronomy, physics, chemistry, materials science, the earth sciences, and environmental science. http://www.psigate.ac.uk/newsite/ 

Renardus-Gateway Focus
Currently still being developed, Renardus aims to provide an academic subject gateway service for Europe for subject-focused Internet-accessible resources. While the service is being developed, Gateway Focus offers descriptions of and links to the participant gateways that will initially contribute to the pilot service, and other existing or emerging gateway services. http://www.renardus.org/ 

Résau électronique francophone (REFER)
This guide and network offers a very large number of links - searchable by subject or geographically - to information about the countries of the South - particularly francophone Africa - including educational institutions, research organizations, media, cultural sites, etc. http://www.refer.org  

Resource Discovery Network
A co-operative network of subject gateways providing access to descriptions of Internet resources selected for their quality and accuracy by subject specialists from within UK academia and affiliated organizations. Value-added services, such as interactive Web tutorials and alerting services, are also provided to enable users to make more of their time on the Internet. Search for specific resources, or browse by subject groups. http://www.rdn.ac.uk/

Science and Technology Sources on the Internet. 
There is Such a Thing as a Free Lunch: Freely Accessible Databases for the Public (by Sandy Lewis)
From the Winter 2001 issue of Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, this is a good descriptive inventory of databases that produce lists of citations to scientific literature, and which are freely accessible. In addition to the major free databases such as UnCover, Agricola, Medline, etc. it also includes searchable databases from learned societies, government agencies, electronic journal publishers, and various discussion groups-all freely accessible. http://www.library.ucsb.edu/istl/01-winter/internet.html 

SciTechResources.gov
Managed by the US Department of Commerce National Technical Information Service, this site provides scientists, engineers, and technologists with easy, one-stop access to key US government resources. It enables users to locate computer software, expertise, federal laboratories, information centres, inventions for licensing, online databases, sources of images and photographs, sources of publications, reports and data, as well as technology transfer opportunities.
http://www.scitechresources.gov/ 

Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG)
Excellent on-line 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; search or browse the catalogue. http://sosig.esrc.bris.ac.uk/

Social Sciences Virtual Library
Part of the World Wide Web Virtual Library, this is a major gateway for social science resources on the Internet, covering directories and databases, electronic journals, societies and professional associations, and an extensive section of social science resources grouped by over a hundred subjects, including regional studies. 
http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/socsci/index.htm 

Southern African Engineering Resources
Compiled by Roddy MacLeod, and published as issue 22 of the online journal Ariadne (updated in March 2000), this is an overview of engineering resources (directories, subject gateways, etc.) available from Southern African-based Web sites. http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue22/eevl/ 

Voice of the Shuttle
This is a good starting point for humanities research and Internet resources. Search or browse by broad subject groups; also university home pages, libraries and museums, reference resources, journals, publishers, and more; maintained by Alan Liu, University of California at Santa Barbara. http://vos.ucsb.edu

Worldviews
A quarterly review of educational resources on Third World regions and issues; notices and listings of books, reference material, CD-ROMs, audiovisual, and online resources, and directory of organizations. http://www.igc.apc.org/worldviews/index.html

The WWW Library: Women's History
Maintained by the International Institute of Social History in the Netherlands, this is an extensive links collection of Web resources on women's history, including women's history institutions and organizations, libraries and archives, journals for women's studies, upcoming conferences, discussion lists, together with subject or region specific listings (e.g. African History, Asian History, Women Artists, Women in Media, Women in Medicine and Nursing, Women in Music, Women in Science and Engineering, Women Writers, etc.) which can be browsed or searched. This is a good starting point for searching the Internet for women's studies in general, and women's writing. 
http://www.iisg.nl/~womhist/vivalink.html 

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