Many university
libraries review, collect, and organize material into subject guides or virtual reference pages
so relevant resources can be more easily found and used for research. Below are
two examples.
University
of California, Riverside's Infomine
Reproduced
with permission from Infomine.
Eli
Library's Virtual Reference page
These highlight important sources in an academic discipline.
They provide
links to online sites in a subject.
The
material selected for inclusion has been reviewed by librarians and
is usually annotated.
Other excellent library subject directories: AcademicInfo.net,
Librarians' Internet Index (lii.org), Social Science
Information Gateway (sosig.ac.uk), and Michigan Electronic
Library (mel.lib.mi.us)