An Introduction to the Internet

Web Directories

• A useful listof general Web directories is maintained by Yahoo!
• UK Public Libraries Page
• EARL Web
• LibraryLand
• Libweb

Subject Gateways

A list of UK based subject gateways can be found on the Electronic Libraries Programme pages. Some of the subject gateways listed are:

• SOSIG - social sciences
• OMNI - medicine
• EEVL - engineering
• ADAM - art and design

Search Engines

An extensive list of search engines can be found on Yahoo! Some of the most well known search engines are:

• Yahoo
• AltaVista
• Lycos
• Hotbot