THE PELICAN WEB
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CUSTOMIZATION OF WEB DIRECTORIES

The "web" has millions of websites or unique resource locations (URLs). A "subweb" is a subset of the web. Subweb link directories can be structured as a relational database. The usefulness and versatility of relational databases are well established. The sample database shown below has just five columns: discipline, sub-discipline, source, content, and website. This directory is amenable to relational analysis, e.g., sorting the links (websites) by one or more of the columns in any given order. Partial relational sortings of 1662 links are shown below for disciplines, sub-disciplines, sources, and type of content (click on any of the navigation links below to select a sorting):

|Sorted by Disciplines| |Sorted by Sub-disciplines|
|Sorted by Sources| |Sorted by Contents|

Note: Sortings by subdiscipline, source, and type of content not included in this build.

Most web users go to the same subset of websites most of the time. Those can be bookmarked, but when a person or group works in some activity that requires frequent visits to one or more of a few hundred (or a few thousand) websites, then the bookmarks are often incomplete or obsolete, and most knowledge workers opt for searching, which is time-consuming. Since time is money, it becomes necessary to have a "baseline list" of all the websites that a person or group plan to visit frequently. This list of websites can be organized as a database (or directory) of links to websites, so that everyone is working off the same baseline of information content. Let's assume that an information research person or team need content in the following 16 disciplines (click on any of the navigation links below to select a discipline):

|Agriculture| |Arts & Hum| |Behavioral Sci| |Biological Sci|
|Chemistry| |Engineering| |Energy| |Environment|
|Health| |InfoScience| |Law| |Management |
|Mathematics| |Physical Sci | |Social Sci| |Spirituality|

For a given task, the knowledge worker may need to view various combinations of rows and columns in order to isolate the few websites where the needed information content can be found. Clicking on the title (top header, white letters) of any table will trigger a return to the sorting navigation links. Clicking on the item number (first column) of any row will trigger a return to the discipline navigation links. Clicking on the website name (right-hand column) directs your browser to access the chosen website(s).



Websites Sorted by Discipline
Item Discipline Sub-discipline Source Content Website Title and URL
1# Megasite# Associations# ASAENET# DirectoryGlobal Gateway to Associations
2# Megasite# Cognitive Sci# Cogprints# DirectoryArchive of Research in the Cognitive Sciences
3# Megasite# Collaboration# Webrings # DirectoryDirectories of Webrings and Webforums
4# Megasite# Ecology Sites# Univ Lyon FR# DirectoryEcology Directory of Directories
5# Megasite# Enviro Orgs# InterEnvironment# DirectoryWorld Directory of Environmental Organizations
6# Megasite# Enviro Orgs# WebDirectory# DirectoryEnvironmental Organizations Webdirectory
7# Megasite# Free Full Text# FFT# DirectoryLinks to over 7000 scholarly periodicals
8# Megasite# Global Progress# Norbert# DirectoryBetter World Links
9# Megasite# IPL# IPL# DirectoryGuide to prominent organizations & associations
10# Megasite# KBs# WKD # DirectoryWorld Knowledge Databases (WKD)
11# Megasite# Libraries# LibDex# DirectoryWW LibDex - Links to 18,000 Libraries
12# Megasite# Libraries# OCLC# DirectoryLinks to 43,559 libraries in 86 countries
13# Megasite# Libraries # Questia# DirectoryQuestia -- The World's Largest Online Library
14# Megasite# LOC# Global Gate# DirectoryGateway to World Culture and Resources
15# Megasite# LOL# Gary Price# DirectoryGary Price's List of Lists (LOL)
16# Megasite# Medicine# NNLMN NIH# DirectoryNational Network of Libraries of Medicine
17# Megasite# Publications# PubList# DirectoryPubList: Database of 150K Pubs
18# Megasite# Research Wizard# UNO# DirectoryUniversity of Nebraska Research Wizard
19# Megasite# Sciences# ArXiv Cornell# DirectoryArchive of Scientific Research Publications
20# Megasite# Think Tanks# NWDTT NIRA# DirectoryNIRA's World Directory of Think Tanks
21# Megasite# Tutorials# TutorGig # DirectoryDirectory of Tutorials
22# Megasite# United Nations# UNDL# DirectoryUnited Nations Depository Libraries
23# Megasite# Websites# A-Z WebLib# DirectoryInternet Resources Archive (12,000+ Sites)
24# Megasite# Websites# FreePint# DirectoryBest Info Content Websites by Subject Matter
25# Megasite# Websites# Galaxy# DirectoryInternet's First Searchable Directory
26# Megasite# Websites# GIGA# DirectoryBest Internet Sites by Topic
27AgricultureAgro-BioMedINFOMINEResearchBiology, Agriculture, and Medicine
28AgricultureAgro-EcologyCASFSResearchCenter for Agroecology & Sustainable Food
29AgricultureBusinessAgribusiness ExpertsAgribusiness Center
30AgricultureCrop ProtectionSCPFRC CAResearchAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada
31AgricultureDataUSDA AGRICOLAKnowledgeUSDA National Agricultural Library
32AgricultureEconomics USDA ERS DataUSDA Economic Research Service
33AgricultureEnvironmentWallace Center KnowledgeAgricultural & Environmental Policy Center
34AgricultureFatal HarvestOrg&BeyondKnowledgeThe Tragedy of Industrial Agriculture
35AgricultureFoodCFS Food Safety ExpertsCenter for Food Safety
36AgricultureFoodCornell CCEDataAgriculture & Food Systems Sustainability
37AgricultureFoodUN FAOTrendsUN Food and Agriculture Organization
38AgricultureInfo NetworkAGNICDirectoryAgriculture Network Information Center
39AgricultureIntegrated AgrWI CIAS DirectoryCenter for Integrated Agricultural Systems
40AgricultureOrganicOrganic FarmingDirectoryOrganic Research Online Community
41AgriculturePolicyAPACKnowledgeAgricultural Policy Analysis Center
42AgriculturePolicy CGIAR IFPRIResearchInternational Food Policy Research Institute
43AgricultureResearchCGIAR ResearchInternational Agricultural Research
44AgricultureStat DataUSDA FedStatsDataFedStats Agriculture Statistics
45AgricultureSust FarmingRodale InstNewsRegenerative Agriculture Worldwide
46AgricultureSustainabilityAGRI CADirectoryAgriculture Environment Sustainability Links
47AgricultureSustainabilityEPAExpertsEPA -- Agricultural Sustainability
48AgricultureSustainabilityESAB UPC ESKnowledgeAgribusiness, Biotechnology, Sustainability
49AgricultureSustainabilityLeopold Center DirectoryLeopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
50AgricultureSustainabilityNLWRA AUDirectoryAgricultural Productivity and Sustainability
51AgricultureSustainabilitySust PrimerKnowledgeSustainable Agriculture Program Primer
52Arts & HumanitiesAnthropologyICISTextInst for Comparative & International Studies
53Arts & HumanitiesArtsCSBSJU DirectoryArt Information Research Guide
54Arts & HumanitiesArtsGalaxyDirectoryArts & Humanities
55Arts & HumanitiesArts WWARDirectoryWorld Wide Arts Resources
56Arts & HumanitiesClassics MIT Archive DirectoryInternet Classics Archive
57Arts & HumanitiesClassics Tufts Perseus DirectoryPerseus Digital Library of the Ancient World
58Arts & HumanitiesCultureDionysiaExpertsDionysia International Center for Arts and Cultures
59Arts & HumanitiesHumanitiesNHC RTP NCExpertsNational Humanities Center
60Arts & HumanitiesHumanities CGJungDirectoryHumanities Online -- CG Jung's Website
61Arts & HumanitiesHumanities Humbul HubDirectoryHumbul Humanities Hub - RDN
62Arts & HumanitiesHumanities USCB VOLResearchWebsite for Humanities Research
63Arts & HumanitiesLiteratureRutgers LiteratureDirectoryLiterary Resources on the Net
64Arts & HumanitiesPhilosophyCTOTWDirectoryCritical Thinking On The Web
65Arts & HumanitiesPhilosophyKemerlingDirectoryPhilosophy Pages -- Garth Kemerling
66Arts & HumanitiesPhilosophyStanford UnivKnowledgeStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
67Arts & HumanitiesPhilosophy Earlham UnivKnowledgeGuide to Philosophy on the Internet
68Arts & HumanitiesVisual ArtsINFOMINEDirectoryINFOMINE: Maps and GIS Resources
69Behavioral SciCollaborationCollabWorksTextThe Collaboration Works
70Behavioral SciCrisis MgmtAAETSExpertsAcademy of Experts in Traumatic Stress
71Behavioral SciHuman NeedsA MaslowTextMaslow's Hierarchy of Needs
72Behavioral SciHuman WisdomHW CATextHuman Wisdom Endeavor
73Behavioral SciOrg PsychologyISPSOTextIntl Soc - Psychoanalytic Study of Orgs
74Behavioral SciPsych & TechCGJung TerrorismKnowledgeArchetypal Dimension of Terrorist Tragedies
75Behavioral SciPsycho & SustGVNDataGlobal Values & Sustainable Development
76Behavioral SciPsychoanalysisCGJung DirectoryJungian Psychoanalytic Resources
77Behavioral SciPsychoanalysisHeidelberg DEDirectoryPsychoanalytic Resources in the WWW
78Behavioral SciPsychoanalysisPSY LOG DirectoryPSY-LOG Psychoanalytic Web Directory
79Behavioral SciPsychologyAMOEBADirectoryAmoebaWeb Psychology Resources
80Behavioral SciPsychologyAPSAExpertsAmerican Psychoanalytic Association
81Behavioral SciPsychologyDSMKnowledgeDiagnostic Manual of Mental Disorders
82Behavioral SciPsychologyGestaltTextThe Gestalt Archive
83Behavioral SciPsychologyGestaltTextThe Gestalt Therapy Website
84Behavioral SciPsychologyIAJSExpertsInternational Association for Jungian Studies
85Behavioral SciPsychologyICR CA ResearchInstitute for Consciousness Research CA
86Behavioral SciPsychologyJung Institute CHDirectoryC. G. Jung Institute -- Zurich
87Behavioral SciPsychologyMental HealthDirectoryMental Health & Behavioral Sciences
88Behavioral SciPsychologyNAAPExpertsNat Soc for Advancement of Psychoanalysis
89Behavioral SciPsychologyPsychWebDirectoryPsychology on the Web (PsychWeb)
90Behavioral SciPsychologyPSYWWW DirectoryMegalists of Psychology-Related Sites
91Behavioral SciPsychologySpiral DynamicsTextTracking the emergence of human nature
92Behavioral SciPsychologySpiritual SchoolTextSchool of Spiritual Psychology
93Behavioral SciPsychologySPNDirectorySocial Psychology Network (SPN)
94Behavioral SciPsychologySPNDirectorySocial Psychology Web Links by Topic
95Behavioral SciPsychologyStockholm SyndKnowledgeStockholm Syndrome in Trauma Survivors
96Behavioral SciPsychology PsychCentralDirectoryMental Health & Psychology Resources
97Behavioral Sci Addictions21st CenturyDataAddictions of the 21st Century
98Behavioral Sci ChildrenDMOZ DirectoryOpen Directory: Lifestyle Choices
99Behavioral Sci ChildrenGeorgetown UnivDirectoryCenter for Child and Human Development
100Behavioral Sci ChildrenIFDPKnowledgeInstitute for Food and Development Policy
101Behavioral Sci ChildrenIRSCDirectoryInternet Resources for Special Children
102Behavioral Sci ChildrenSmithsonianKnowledgeSmithsonian Center for Folklife and Culture
103Behavioral Sci ChildrenUS FNICTextFood and Nutrition Information Center
104Behavioral Sci ChildrenUSDA Nutrients DataUSDA National Nutrient Database
105Behavioral Sci ChildrenWebSim NewsWeb Game - Impacts of Lifestyle Choices
106Behavioral Sci Conflict CDMFDirectoryConflict Decision-Making Forecasting
107Behavioral Sci GenderCIAONETTextFeminism and Gender Link in Development
108Behavioral Sci Human DevASHDExpertsAssoc for Sustainable Human Development
109Behavioral Sci Human DevBirth to DeathExpertsInstitute for Human Life Course and Aging
110Behavioral Sci Human DevGHESPExpertsHigher education for sustainable development
111Behavioral Sci Human DevHDFSResearchHuman Development and Family Sciences
112Behavioral Sci Human DevICHDTextInternational Center for Human Development
113Behavioral Sci Human DevMPG DE MPIExpertsMax Planck Institute for Human Development
114Behavioral Sci Human DevNICHD NIHExpertsNat Inst Child Health & Human Development
115Behavioral Sci Human DevRHD Resources DirectoryResources for Human Development
116Behavioral Sci Human DevUN UNICEFTextUNICEF - United Nation's Children's Fund
117Behavioral Sci Human DevUNDP TextHuman rights & sustainable human dev
118Behavioral Sci Human DevUNDP Rep 2003News UNDP Human Development Reports 2003
119Behavioral Sci Human DevUNU EnvironmentKnowledgeHuman Development and the Environment
120Behavioral Sci Human DevWebhealingTextCrisis, Grief, and Healing: Men and Women
121Behavioral Sci Human GeoHuman GeographyExpertsHuman Geography
122Behavioral Sci Self-careAED ExpertsABCs of Behavior for Disease Prevention
123Behavioral Sci Well-beingQOL IndicatorsTextWorld Database of Happiness (QOL)
124Biological SciBio-ConservationRice UnivResearchCenter for Conservation Biology
125Biological SciBio-ControlCornell UnivTextBiological Control - Cornell Univ
126Biological SciBioDiversityBioDiv UKTextBiodiversity Resources UK
127Biological SciBioDiversityCGBDExpertsConsultative Group on Biological Diversity
128Biological SciBioDiversityCornell BioDivDirectoryBiodiversity and Biological Collections
129Biological SciBioDiversityIRC BioDiv SpeciesExpertsSpecies Diversity and Richness
130Biological SciBioDiversityIUCN BioDiv EconDirectoryWCU -- Biodiversity Economics Directory
131Biological SciBioDiversityRice BioDiv Ecol DirectoryBiodiversity, Ecology, and the Environment
132Biological SciBioDiversitySEARICEKnowledgeBiodiversity, Biopiracy and Ecological Debt
133Biological SciBiologyBioExchangeDirectoryLife Sciences and Biotech Resources
134Biological SciBiologyBIOSOS DirectoryBIOSIS Biology Browser
135Biological SciBiologyEPRESS W3JBIODirectoryBiology on the WWW
136Biological SciBiologyHarvard BioLinksDirectoryDirectory of Biological Links
137Biological SciBiologyNBIIDirectoryNational Biological Information Infrastructure
138Biological SciBiologyNCSU BioControlDirectoryNCSU -- BioControl Contents
139Biological SciBiologySCIFINDERDirectoryScienceFinder Bioscience Information
140Biological SciBiologyTyson CenterResearchTyson Research Center
141Biological SciBiologyUNR BRRCResearchBiological Resources Research Center
142Biological SciBioMedicalBioMed CentralDirectoryOpen access to biomed research
143Biological SciBioMedicalBioResearchDirectoryBiological & Biomedical Science Resources
144Biological SciBioPoliticsHOL GRExpertsBiopolitics International Organization
145Biological SciBioTechBIOFOCUSTextBIOFOCUS Foundation
146Biological SciBioTechBioWorld OnlineNewsBiotech News & Info Resources
147Biological SciBioTechUSDADirectoryUSDA Biotechnology Information Center
148Biological SciBotanyBSADirectoryBSA -- Botany Related Web Sites
149Biological SciBotanyCPBR AU ResearchCenter for Plant Diversity Research
150Biological SciBotanyIDBDirectoryInternet Directory of Botany (IDB)
151Biological SciBotanyMBG MOBOT KnowledgeMissouri Botanical Garden (MBG)
152Biological SciBotanyNPGS KnowledgeNPGS GRIN Taxonomy of Plants
153Biological SciBotanyScott's DirectoryDirectoryScott's Botanical Links
154Biological SciBotanyWUSBAD ExpertsWestern Botanical Database Federation
155Biological SciBotany PlantsKMUS FIDirectoryCollection of Botany Related URLs
156Biological SciBotany PlantsUFL IFASResearchCenter for Aquatic Plants
157Biological SciBotany PlantsUSDA PLANTS DataPLANTS National Database
158Biological SciEcological SciACNATSCIExpertsAcademy of Natural Sciences
159Biological SciEvolution DrawinCambridge TextDarwin Correspondence Online Database
160Biological SciGeneticsORNL DirectoryLinks to the Genetic World
161Biological SciGenetics NIHKnowledgeNLM NIH -- Genetics Home Reference
162Biological SciGenomicsGenome ResearchResearchNational Human Genome Research Institute
163Biological SciMicrobiologyThomas GoldTextThe Deep, Hot Biosphere
164Biological SciNatural SciNatureDirectoryGuide to the Natural World
165EducationEduc ExcellenceFREEDirectoryResources for Educational Excellence
166EducationEduc GlobalCGEEExpertsCenter for Global Environmental Education
167EducationEduc LiteratureWordCircuitsDirectoryElectronic Literature Organization Directory
168EducationEduc NetNet LearnDirectoryInternet Learning Resources Directory
169EducationEduc ProfessionalScheduleEarthDirectoryGuide to Professional Development Courses
170