Web Resource Evaluation Activity #2:
Using Gateway Services and Virtual Libraries

Look at some of the following "human-touch" directories, gateways, review sites, and virtual libraries.

Subject Directory

Yahoo (http://www.yahoo.com)

Gateway Services and Virtual Libraries

Librarians' Index to the Internet (http://lii.org/)

The Scout Report (http://wwwscout.cs.wisc.edu/)

INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections (http://infomine.ucr.edu/)

The Internet Public Library (http://www.ipl.org)

Select a subject with which you are familiar and evaluate the information you retrieve using each of these tools.