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Other Useful Indexes About.com One thing that makes this site different is its
expanding levels of categories. As you go from one level
to the next, the previous levels remain on the screen.
That's sort of a mixed blessing. It can help you keep up
with your movements, but it can also take up a lot of
screen space. Academic Info As the name implies, this site is designed more for academically oriented research than are general-interest indexes. The link above actually takes you one level below the site's main page. You'll find entries for most academic disciplines and interests. Galaxy Galaxy is different from most directories in that it groups sources by type (newsgroups, directories, non-profit groups, etc.). Librarians' Internet Index Librarians historically have a solid record regarding research; it's their specialty. The subtitle for this site's home page ("Websites you can trust") reinforces that idea. Besides the directory's main categories, the home page offers a "What's New This Week" link to update you about recently added material. Search Engine Watch's editors called LII "one of the most useful resources around when you're sick of information overload and are just looking for some spot-on sources of information for a wide array of information needs." Open Directory Project Information on the Open Directory site says that it is "the largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web." Open directory uses the services of volunteers, whom it calls "net citizens," so that, as the site says, "These citizens can each organize a small portion of the Web and present it back to the rest of the population, culling out the bad and useless and keeping only the best content." Pandia Plus Pandia's main page (http://www.pandia.com) offers lots of information about using search engines, indexes and other Web resources. This part of the site is Pandia's own index. It has the tree structure typical of indexes plus a search engine for its directory. Links near the bottom of the page provide access to more Pandia services. |