Subject-Oriented Searching--Narrative

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Subject-oriented searching

Subject-specific information continues to collect in various pools on the Internet. Guides containing subject-specific information are sometimes called yellow pages because they are like the yellow pages of a phone book---you look up services by subject or topics related to that subject.

The World-Wide Web Virtual Library Subject Catalogue has long been a repository for subject-oriented information, and the repository of Usenet FAQs represents the collective knowledge and experience of millions of people over many years.

EINet has created a Galaxy guide world-wide information and services.

Yahoo provides a large collection of links into a wide range of subjects.

The University of Michigan's library has a growing collection of subject-oriented Internet guides.

The Gopher Jewels collection brings together Gophers oriented to particular subjects. You can also look at the collection of Subject Trees that provide jumping off points to many subject-oriented resource lists.

O'Reilly has expanded Ed Krol's Whole Internet Catalog online.