Searching Web Resources Efficiently: Quality Directories and Powerful Search Engines  

What is a Subject Directory?

• A subject directory organizes websites by hierarchical subject categories.
• Human editors select, annotate and classify websites for the directory.
• Users can browse websites by subject categories or search for words in the titles and descriptions of the websites.

Selected Subject Directories

Internet Resources

• Over 1,000 quality resources selected and annotated by HKUST librarians.

Open Directory [http://dmoz.org]

• Over 4.9 million websites selected and annotated by more than 79,000 volunteer editors.

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

• Started as a subject directory, it is now a portal site incorporating search engine, subject directory and other search services. Resources listed are mainly recommended and annotated by its users.

搜狐 [http://www.sohu.com]
雅虎中文 [http://chinese.yahoo.com]

• Two biggest subject directories for Chinese Web resources.
• Interface of 搜狐 is in GB Code (Simplified Chinese), but the directory covers resources in simplified as well as traditional Chinese.
• Interface of 雅虎中文 is in Big5 Code (Traditional Chinese), but the directory covers both resources in simplified and traditional Chinese.

Timway (添達) [http://timway.com]

• Directory of Hong Kong websites, Big5 interface, supports searching in English and Big5 Chinese.

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