Top Sites
The top ranked sites in each category.
Many listings in Top Sites by Category are for specific pages or
subdirectories, not for entire sites. For example, in the Reference > Maps
section you'll find mapquest.com (an entire site about maps) and
maps.yahoo.com (one section about maps on a larger site).
For this reason, the listings in the Top Sites by Category are ordered by
Popularity of this listing, and not by the overall Traffic Rank of the site. We
use the same basic traffic ranking technology used for Alexa Traffic Rank
— a combination of users and page views — but apply it only to the
traffic for that specific listing. To find out the Traffic Rank of any site in
the Top Sites by Category directory, just click the name of the site and
you'll be taken to the "Site Info" page for that site.
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The ResourceShelf
resourceshelf.comGary Price's weblog with search engines news, research-oriented resources, and an opt-in weekly... More newsletter.
From the site: The October Issue of Learned Publishing is Now Online » ... From the article, “The first new edition in nearly a decade of the short version of the classic word bible will appear on Thursday, with 3,500 new entries, from “ass-backwards” to “warp drive.” “Generally, a word has to be used five times in five different places over five years, although something like ‘text messaging’ got in quicker because it became so widely used so quickly,” said spokeswoman Claire Turner. ...
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Free Pint
freepint.comNewsletter with tips on using the internet for serious research, posted twice a month.
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The Internet Tourbus
internettourbus.comFree email newsletter by Bob Rankin and Patrick Crispen published twice a week, covering search... More engines, spam, viruses, cookies, urban legends and useful websites.
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Internet Resources Newsletter
hw.ac.uk/libWWW/irn/irn.htmlA roundup from Heriot-Watt University Library of new resources for academic users.
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ResearchBuzz
researchbuzz.orgTara Calishain reports on the world of internet research. Provides updates on search engines, d... Moreata managing software, browser technology, large compendiums of information, and web directories. Free and for-fee email newsletters available.
From the site: ResearchBuzz is designed to cover the world of Internet research. To that end this site provides almost daily updates on search engines, new data managing software, browser technology, large compendiums of information, Web directories — whatever. If in doubt, the final question is, “Would a reference librarian find it useful?” If the answer’s yes, in it goes!In the last few years an effort has been made to build tools relevant to researchers and make them available on this site. ...
