Online Directories

Compare websites found using a search engine like Google with websites found using an online directory.

• Infomine
  http://infomine.ucr.edu
  Provides access to college/university-level research; compiled by academic librarians from the University of California and elsewhere.
• Intute
  http://www.intute.ac.uk/
  Dirctory of web resources for education and research. Search Achebe
• Start Spot Network
  http://www.startspot.com/network
  Alphabetical list of authors with links to websites and information.
• Internet Public Library Literary Criticism Collection
  http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/index.html
  Links to critical and biographical websites about authors and their works; search by author, title, nationality, or literary period

Evaluating Websites

The following sites offer detailed guidance and tutorials on how to evaluate websites.

• The Sheridan Libraries Johns Hopkins University
  http://www.library.jhu.edu/researchhelp/general/evaluating/index.html
• University of California, Berkeley Library
  http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/instruct/guides/evaluation.html
• Internet Detective
  http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/detective/
• Internet for English
  http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/tutorial/english/
• Regis College Library
  http://regisnet.regiscollege.edu/library/infolit/infolit.html

Writing an Annotated Bibliography

These sites offer ideas for developing an annotated bibiography

• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Writing Center
  http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/annotated_bibliographies.html
• Cornell University Library
  http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/skill28.htm
• The OWL at Purdue
  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/614/01/
• St. Cloud State University
  http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/annotated.html