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PORTALS     (What is a portal?)

GENERAL

BUBL LINK Catalogue of Internet Resources
http://bubl.ac.uk/index.html
A web directory organized according to the 10 subject divisions of the Dewey Decimal System.

Buzzle
http://www.buzzle.com/
A searchable web directory intended for the general user.

Google Scholar
http://scholar.google.com/advanced_scholar_search
Google search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts and articles.

ipl2: Information You Can Trust
http://www.ipl.org
Site hosted by Drexel University and maintained by college students and library professionals.

United States Government
http://www.usa.gov
Official portal for the U. S. government arranged by subject, linking to a wide variety of information which has been collected by government agencies.


PHILOSOPHY

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
http://plato.stanford.edu
Has some really useful search tools for data mining the portal. Look under "Tools" on the left menu bar.


RELIGION

Vatican: The Holy See
http://www.vatican.va
The official website of the Vatican.

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
http://www.usccb.org
The official website of the USCCB.


APPLIED SCIENCE

Engadget
http://www.engadget.com/
Web directory featuring reviews and news on technology related issues.

Bioethics Research
http://bioethics.georgetown.edu/
A portal for bioethics research created by the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University.


ARTS & HUMANITIES

Google Arts and Humanities Web Directory
http://www.google.com/Top/Arts/Humanities/

Intute: Arts and Humanities
http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/

Voice of the Shuttle
http://vos.ucsb.edu/
A web directory of scholarly arts and humanities websites assembled by the English Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Yahoo Arts and Humanities Web Directory
http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/


HISTORY

The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies
http://labyrinth.georgetown.edu/
The Labyrinth provides free, organized access to electronic resources in medieval studies through a web server at Georgetown University. The original medieval portal site.

NetSerf
http://www.netserf.org/
The internet connection for Medieval resources.