Provider: Argus Associates
Browsable index: Yes
Search capabilities: Yes, for the "information pages" that describe
each guide. Yes, for the full text of the guides at the gopher
site.
Item submission method: Human
Editorial function: Yes
Annotated: Yes
FAQ: Yes, for the product, on the home page under "Clearinghouse
Information." No, for the search engine.
Provided by Argus Associates, this is a hypertext version and expansion of the popular gopher site that was one of the first to provide annotations for resources. The Subject-Oriented Research Guides have been assembled by individuals with experience in the given field of study, and each guide links to important sites within the subject area. Each guide is evaluated and rated by Clearinghouse staff. Ratings are based on level of resource description, level of resource evaluation, and guide design, organizational schemes, and meta-information. The advantage of the Clearinghouse is that it provides hypertext documents compiled by subject experts that link users to pre-evaluated Internet resources.