Name for Subject Sites

[Peter Farris]

You could try the word "directory." I have a search page up at
http://sfghdean.ucsf.edu/barnett/comos.htm, if you want to take a look and
see how I've divided things up.

Peter Farris

At 12:53 PM 06/02/97 -0700, you wrote:
>My overall question is HOW to organize an "Internet Search" page 
>that will divide up various search tools into groups that would help 
>students wisely decide on a particular tool and WHAT to call those 
>groupings.  
>
>Here are some of the categories I'm thinking about:
>
>   Search Engines     (like Alta Vista)
>   Meta Search Sites  (those that search mulitiple engines)
>*  Subject Trees      (like Yahoo, Angus)
>   Email              (selected sites that search for addresses)
>   Listservs          (sites that identify listservs) 
>
>* 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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>Western Library
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