Web Directories

Navigable, indexed lists of web sites arranged by any of a variety of subject classifications.

Sub-headings:

Blog Lists, Directories & Search Engines

Comprehensive searchable or browsable listings of blogs and blog-related websites, including blog review sites. Includes all general reference sites with a web-log specific focus.

Open Access Directories

Resources in this category:

100 Useful Tips and Tools to Research the Deep Web
http://www.online-college-blog.com/index.php/features/100-us...

Web directory. One hundred different ways to penetrate the surface of the world wide web. Includes meta-search, general, academic, scientific, and custom search engines, semantic search tools and databases, and tips and strategies for searching.

About.com
http://www.about.com/

About.com hosts websites whose content and links are created and/or selected by hundreds of "Guides," experts in a particular field who provide articles, advice, and resources on that field.

All My Faves
http://www.allmyfaves.com/

Web directory. Aims to provide users with a selection of sites in a wide variety of categories, such as news, weather, maps, shopping, finance, sports, and many, many more.

Answers.com - Answer Library
http://www.answers.com/main/what_content.jsp

Subject-categorized directory to all of the free almanacs, atlases, biographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias and other reference works available from Answers.com. Be advised that the IPL does not consider entries or information from Wikipedia, WikiAnswers, or Answers.com's User Contribution section to be reliable sources of information.

Best of the Web Directory
http://botw.org/

A high-quality website directory. "To rank among the Best of the Web, a site must adhere to the strict criteria of editors who ensure that it contains substantive unique content, navigates in a user-friendly manner, contains no broken links or pictures, is up and running 24/7, and conforms to universally accepted web standards"

BUBL Information Service
http://bubl.ac.uk/

UK web directory offers an extensive subject listing of online resources organized by the Dewey Decimal System, subject menus, country of origin, type of resource (magazine, government information, etc.), and exclusively UK related links. Has "a special focus on Library and Information Science."

Finding Dulcinea
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/

Web directory that scans the internet for reputable, high-quality, and trustworthy information for novice and experienced web searchers alike. Authors and editors produce informative web guides on diverse subjects. Spanish edition "Encontrando Dulcinea" also available.

Global Women's Activism
http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_gui...

Web directory of organizations and websites dealing with women's activism. Listings are broken up by continent and country, as well as transnational.

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

INFOMINE is a virtual library holding a collection of thousands of annotated and indexed links to important university-level research and educational tools on the Internet. Links are divided in a variety of subjects, which can be browsed or searched by keyword.

Intute
http://www.intute.ac.uk/

A web directory "created by a network of UK universities and partners." Websites in this database are selected, evaluated, and have "high quality descriptions" written by subject specialists.

KidsClick!
http://www.kidsclick.org/

This is a great place to start if you want to surf and search the Internet. Created by librarians, this is an Internet guide especially for kids.

Law & Policy Institutions Guide
http://www.lpig.org/

Web directory and more. Provides links to online legal, government, and policy information for consumers, business professionals, and lawyers. Includes interviews with legal professionals, an article database, attorney directory, and lawyer locator. "World law index" organizes legal resources by country.

Librarians' Internet Index
http://www.lii.org/

The LII has been a popular and trusted tool for librarians for years! Each week, a team of volunteer librarians adds new quality websites this subject-categorized and searchable directory of the web. A great place to find high quality sites on numerous topics.

NebraskAccess
http://nebraskaccess.ne.gov/

Contains a list of websites recommended by the Nebraska Library Commission. Topics include Business and Finance, Education, Health and Medical, Nebraska Information, Science and Technology, and more.

dmoz Open Directory Project
http://www.dmoz.org/

"The Open Directory Project (ODP) is the most comprehensive human edited directory of the Web, compiled by a vast global community of volunteer editors."

A Regency Repository
http://www.regencylady.net/repository/

Collection of links to information about the fashion, music, art, politics, literature, and military history of the Regency era (1811-1820) in the United Kingdom. Includes a page devoted to Regency romances.

Virtual Reference Library
http://www.virtualreferencelibrary.ca/

Search and browse "librarian-selected websites" and "self-guided research support" with a "special focus on Canadian and Ontario information." In French and English.

Women's Studies - Intute: Social Sciences
http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/womensstudies/

Web directory of women's studies resources, each of which has been evaluated and categorized by UK university subject specialists. Headings include Women and Economics and Women and War, among others.

Women's Studies Online Resources
http://research.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/

Web directory featuring an extensive array of women's studies resources. Resources include an annotated listing of Women's Studies/Women's Issues Resource Sites (categorized by subject and alphabetically); a listing of Women- and Gender-Related E-mail Lists; a listing of Women's Studies Programs, and more.

Women's Studies Resources
http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/wstudies/

Web Directory. Well-annotated and classified links to women's studies subjects from the University of Iowa, including feminism, history, art, music, literature, sports, activism.

World Deaf Sports
http://www.worlddeafsports.com/

International web directory of sports events and sports organizations for the deaf, including the Deaflympics.

Yahoo! Directory
http://dir.yahoo.com/

"The Yahoo! Directory is a human-created and maintained library of web sites organized into categories and subcategories." One of the largest directories of web sites on the web.