Name for Subject Sites

Dorothy Day day at indiana.edu
Mon Jun 2 22:55:47 EDT 1997


Why not call them "classified search sites" or "category search sites"?

	--Dorothy Day


On Mon, 2 Jun 1997, Bennett, Roy - Library wrote:

> 
> * In particular, I am looking for a word or short phrase to describe 
> sites like Yahoo.  Currently, we call this kind of site a "Subject 
> Tree" on our "Internet Search" page.  However, I'm looking for 
> something that does not have the word "subject" in it so that our 
> patrons will not be confused with the subject lists (e.g., business, 
> education, etc.) that we have on a separate "Internet Resources" 
> page.
> 
> Any suggestions for a replacment to "Subject Trees"?  Other 
> suggestions?
> 

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Dorothy Day			
School of Library and Information Science
Indiana University
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