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=== How do I find classical sites on the WWW? ===
=How do I find classical sites on the Web?=


# General search engine
==General search engine==
# Specialised directory / search engine
# Classical gateways and links


=== General search engine ===
A popular search engine like [http://www.google.com/ Google] can be used to search for key words that appear in a site (or in links pointing to it). In most of these search engines, it is worth (a) typing in more than one keyword, as this will narrow down your search considerably from the millions of hits most single words will call up; and (b) skimming beyond the first ten results to the second or third page, beyond the big business and paid advertising sites.
 
A popular search engine like <span class="wikiexternallink">[http://www.google.com/ Google]</span>, <span class="wikiexternallink">[http://www.yahoo.com/ Yahoo]</span>, <span class="wikiexternallink">[http://www.teoma.com/ Teoma]</span>, or <span class="wikiexternallink">[http://www.excite.com/ Excite]</span> can be used to search for key words that appear in a site (or in links pointing to it). In most of these search engines, it is worth (a) typing in more than one keyword, as this will narrow down your search considerably from the millions of hits most single words will call up; and (b) skimming beyond the first ten results to the second or third page, beyond the big business and paid advertising sites.


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=== Specialised directory / search engine ===
==Specialised directory / search engine==


The first specialized classical search engine was set up at Evansville College under the name Argos: all contents were peer reviewed (in a sense), and initially at least it was a useful, limited area search engine. It was withdrawn after a few years because it had become to unwieldy to update, and the department ran out of resources to run it. There are now, however, several sites that serve a similar function, with both subject directory and search features.
The first specialized classical search engine was set up at Evansville College under the name Argos: all contents were peer reviewed (in a sense), and initially at least it was a useful, limited area search engine. It was withdrawn after a few years because it had become too unwieldy to update, and the department ran out of resources to run it. There are now, however, several sites that serve a similar function, with both subject directory and search features.


* <span class="wikiexternallink">[http://www.humbul.ac.uk/classics/ Humbul Humanities Hub]</span>, classics section
* <span class="wikiexternallink">[http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2708 Voice of the Shuttle]</span>, classical studies subject area
* <span class="wikiexternallink">[http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2708 Voice of the Shuttle]</span>, classical studies subject area
* <span class="wikiexternallink">[http://ancienthistory.about.com/ About Ancient History]</span>
* <span class="wikiexternallink">[http://ancienthistory.about.com/ About Ancient History]</span>
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=== Classical gateways and links ===
==Classical gateways and links==


For more reliable links to projects, departmental pages, and publications of academic quality, you may be better off exploring the links in a gateway or link collection compiled by hand by an interested expert in the field. There are many such pages (including some of lesser quality than others). Some of the best sites of this kind are listed below: many of these gateways also list other link sites.
For more reliable links to projects, departmental pages, and publications of academic quality, you may be better off exploring the links in a gateway or link collection compiled by hand by an interested expert in the field. There are many such pages (including some of lesser quality than others). Some of the best sites of this kind are listed below: many of these gateways also list other link sites.


* <span class="wikiexternallink">[http://www.rdg.ac.uk/Classics/Link/index.html Reading Classics Gateway]</span>
* <span class="wikiexternallink">[http://www.reading.ac.uk/classics/about/ClassicsGateway/Classics_Gateway_Home.aspx Reading Classics Gateway]</span>
* <span class="wikiexternallink">[http://www.tlg.uci.edu/index/resources.html Electronic Resources for Classics]</span> (by Maria Pantelia)
* <span class="wikiexternallink">[http://www.tlg.uci.edu/index/resources.html Electronic Resources for Classics]</span> (by Maria Pantelia)
* <span class="wikiexternallink">[http://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/everyone/links/links.html Cambridge Classics Resources]</span>
* <span class="wikiexternallink">[http://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/everyone/links/links.html Cambridge Classics Resources]</span>
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* <span class="wikiexternallink">[http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/home.html Lacus Curtius]</span> (by Bill Thayer)
* <span class="wikiexternallink">[http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/home.html Lacus Curtius]</span> (by Bill Thayer)


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==Other people's bookmarks==
 
Using social bookmarking service, such as [http://del.icio.us del.icio.us], you can discover what other people already found and [http://del.icio.us/help/tags tagged]. Everything on a social bookmarking site is someone's favorite -- so it is full of various bookmarks.  Try [http://del.icio.us/help/discovering searching or browsing] for a term you are interested in.  Another social bookmarking site is [http://www.diigo.com Diigo].
 
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How do I find classical sites on the Web?

General search engine

A popular search engine like Google can be used to search for key words that appear in a site (or in links pointing to it). In most of these search engines, it is worth (a) typing in more than one keyword, as this will narrow down your search considerably from the millions of hits most single words will call up; and (b) skimming beyond the first ten results to the second or third page, beyond the big business and paid advertising sites.

((more advice to follow))

Specialised directory / search engine

The first specialized classical search engine was set up at Evansville College under the name Argos: all contents were peer reviewed (in a sense), and initially at least it was a useful, limited area search engine. It was withdrawn after a few years because it had become too unwieldy to update, and the department ran out of resources to run it. There are now, however, several sites that serve a similar function, with both subject directory and search features.

((more advice to follow))

Classical gateways and links

For more reliable links to projects, departmental pages, and publications of academic quality, you may be better off exploring the links in a gateway or link collection compiled by hand by an interested expert in the field. There are many such pages (including some of lesser quality than others). Some of the best sites of this kind are listed below: many of these gateways also list other link sites.

(more advice to follow)

Other people's bookmarks

Using social bookmarking service, such as del.icio.us, you can discover what other people already found and tagged. Everything on a social bookmarking site is someone's favorite -- so it is full of various bookmarks. Try searching or browsing for a term you are interested in. Another social bookmarking site is Diigo.

(more advice to follow)