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Internet subject directories organize web sites into subject categories. Here are some examples you may want to check out:

  • InfoMine - a virtual library of Internet resources relevant to faculty and students at the university level
  • Intute - science, engineering and technology; arts and humanities; social sciences; health and life sciences

Science

  • Scitopia - search over 3.5 million documents, plus patents and government data
  • Science.gov - a gateway to over 50 million pages of authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. government agencies, including research and development results
  • WorldWideScience.org - a global science gateway--accelerating scientific discovery and progress through a multilateral partnership to enable federated searching of national and international scientific databases
  • TechXtra - search 4 million items in engineering, mathematics and computing from 31 top sources

Business

  • Biznar - a free, publicly available business search site that uses advanced technology to return high quality results