Subject Directories offer collection of links to Internet resources selected
and reviewed by subject specialists. These links are then organised into various
subject categories for easy reference.
The general subject directories below contain a wide range of subjects ranging
from academic to general including hobbies, general interests to science and
current affairs.
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The earliest subject guide to Internet resources. It is the largest human-compiled
guide to the Web. Only quality websites are added to Yahoo. As a result, it is one
of the most popular search engines used. Of significance is its ready links to
other search engines for backup, which enable searches to be carried across to other
engines of our choice should you wish to look at results beyond Yahoo.
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+ in front of the word: To include words in search.
- in front of the term: To exclude words in search.
" ": Phrase searching
OR operator
Wildcards (*) or truncations
Field Restriction, e.g. t:title, u:url
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Search by topic and look for pages that are described as
"101" or "guides" or a
"directory". About.com is
written by "Guides" who often are experts in the sections they
manage. Contains about 2 million sites, selected
and evaluated by "guides."
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Supports:
+ in front of the word: To include words in search.
- in front of the term: To exclude words in search.
" ": Phrase searching
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The Internet Public Library is a public service organization and a learning/teaching environment at the University of Michigan School of
Information.
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Does not support:
Boolean (AND, OR, NOT, +, -)
Phrase searching
All words with 3 or fewer characters
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