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Src: The Asian Studies Monitor ISSN 1329-9778
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html
15 Oct 1997
The Britannica Internet Guide
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., Chicago, USA
Supplied note: "A new Web
navigation service designed to steer users past the questionable
information on the Internet and straight to the most valuable sources.
Consisting of sites chosen, reviewed, and rated by Britannica editors, the
guide is the first major Web navigation service to combine an advanced
search-and-retrieval system with site selections by highly skilled subject
editors. Britannica's editors choose Web sites for the quality and
usefulness of their information."
Site contents:
Art and Literature; Business, Economy and Employment; Computers and
the Internet; Education; Health and Medicine; History; Law, Government
and Politics; News and Current Events; Philosophy and Religion;
Science, Technology and Mathematics; Social Science; Society and
Social Issues; Sports and Diversions; World Geography and Culture.
[The preview version of the guide (released 14 Oct 97) covers
some 65,000 web sites. It has a small section on Asian Studies, a part of
the Area Studies, of the Social Science subdirectory. Its usefulness to
research on Asia should steadily improve in the forthcoming months - ed.]
URL http://www.ebig.com
Link submitted by: Chris Gioia (chris@connors.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Online Guide
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
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