Searching the Web | web directories
Directories are guides compiled by human indexers who assign subject headings to describe the contents of web sites. Searching a web directory is similar to browsing the table of contents of a book or the telephone yellow pages. One tries to decide how someone else might have classified information by browsing categories.
Yahoo.com, like CINAHL, organizes information in hierarchical categories. It is possible to locate Web sites in Yahoo by browsing (or "drilling down") through the hierarchies.
Links
Yahoo.com
..Yahoo/Health
...Yahoo/Health/Nursing
......Yahoo/Health/Nursing/History
.........Yahoo/Health/Nursing/History/Florence Nightingale
In the example shown above, browsing hierarchical menus in Yahoo could lead you to a list of Florence Nightingale links, including this one to selected letters: http://clendening.kumc.edu/dc/fn/
