Webliography is an enumerative list of hypertext links and a gateway to the scientific sources of information on the Internet pertaining to some topic, object or theme.
webliography is a word which cannot be found in a standard Webster's or Oxford dictionary. In its better-known definition, it denotes a catalogued list of hypertext links enclosing a common subject or theme. . Webliographies are in fact digital equivalents of bibliographies (printed lists of information sources). Bibliographies are secondary sources among print media and Webliographies are the same on the Internet.

Background

Studying information retrieval literature it is clear that research studies have been based on the application of automated mechanisms, i.e. development of the Internet search engines. In other words researches and solutions are mainly focused on machine based results. But yet data or information retrieval is a big issue as Internet is growing very fast and machine base mechanism may fail due to their inaccuracy in data retrieval.
Therefore, regarding the unsatisfactory progress of the automated mechanism of information and data retrieval on the Internet, information professionals have had a mere glance at the human-oriented approach as another way to improve online information retrieval. They have concerned with non-automated and semi-automated mechanisms, i.e. development of web directories as additional solutions. Some manual techniques/search tools are developed and tested, such as webliographies. These webliographies contained hyperlinks and gateways to topics under consideration. A single webliography web page can now save a large amount of time and efforts.

Importance

Why do we concern with webliographies? In other words, is the development of webliographies rational or reasonable in an age of intelligent retrieval systems?
A brief review of the past studies on Webliographies can provide us with a clearer picture of the state of the art and importance of Webliographies. Searching the databases of library and information science and related fields shows that the amount of literature about webliographies is not significant and more studies need to be done. Most of the published articles on webliographies are in fact printed forms of controlled webliographies in a wide range of various topics. In other words, their authors have tried to identify, assess, select, collect, systematize and publish lists of accredited web sites on the context of specialized journals.
The first theoretical text on webliographies was written by S.R. Harris (1997). He urged librarians to take an active role in providing subject access to information on the Internet, discussed those aspects of bibliography that are related to online information resources, and projected webliography as an important responsibility for librarians. In addition, he stressed that librarians should not only create useful products for the user, but should also develop knowledge of the particular online literature. This available literature can be useful in providing orientation and instructional services to their area.
Marino (1998) discussed the use of webliographies as set of Internet sites on a particular subject, to help students find relevant and helpful sources on the World Wide Web. Also, she tinted the validity of information sources; developing criteria for evaluating information; how to set up a webliography web page; and HTML commands.

How to create a webliography?

In order to create a webliography a deep search work is to be done using search engines such as Google or Yahoo. When web site, relating to particular topic are obtain they are added to web page, and described by a brief description to each link. A good webliography must contain followings:

A specific topic (general topics should not be selected)
A relevant title
An Introduction to page
A table of contents
Established hyperlinks
Description to each web link
Introduction (webliographer)

the webliographer should at last introduce himself so that he could be contacted by the end users for feedback. An example of webliography is given below.
[Webliography of EE resources]

Webliography of EE Resources

This is a webliography of the online resources of electrical engineering. Electrical engineering is one of the largest fields in engineering side. This webliography contains web sites about the EE information and research works. Please give feedback for any modification.

http://www.electronicsee.com/

This web site is one of the best electronics resources.

http://www.techonline.com/

A lot of EE research work and webinars can be found here.

http://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/

It provides a vast range of scientific researches.

http://www.eetimes.com/

This web site provides latest news, research works and a lot about electrical engineering.

http://www.cem.itesm.mx/vlee/

A wide range of EE books, journals, research works are available here.

http://powerelectronics.com/engineering_jobs/

Electrical engineers may find jobs online here.

http://www.ieee.org/

This is IEEE home page. Having engineers registered more than any other site.

http://infohost.nmt.edu/~nmtlib/subject/electric.html

This site Provides EE resources.

http://www.compinfo-center.com/micro/electronic_engineering.htm

Any type EE resource can be found here.

http://www.ee2.caltech.edu/research.html

This site provides a large data containing circuits, communication, devices, images and many more.

http://web-ee.com/

This web site provides new and interesting researches, EE related softwares, tutorials and gadgets.

http://www.ee.cuhk.edu.hk/

The Chinese university of Hong Kong, Electronics Engineering department

http://www.ee.ucla.edu/

University of California, Los Angeles/ Henry Samueli School of Engineering, Electrical Engineering Department

http://www.ee.washington.edu/

University of Washington, college of Engineering, Electrical Engineering

http://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/

Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology

http://www-ee.stanford.edu/index.php

Stanford Electrical Engineering

http://www.cera2.com/

This web site provides access to embedded softwares, news and all about research work.

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"Bibliology"

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"Bibliology" redirects here. For the theological study of the nature of the Bible, see Biblical theology.

Bibliographies at the University Library of Graz

Bibliography (from Greek βιβλιογραφία, bibliographia, literally "book writing"), as a practice, is the academic study of books as physical, cultural objects; in this sense, it is also known as bibliology^[1] (from Greek -λογία, -logia). On the whole, bibliography is not concerned with the literary content of books, but rather the "bookness" of books – how they were designed, edited, printed, circulated, reprinted and collected.^[2]
A bibliography, the product of the practice of bibliography, is a systematic list of books and other works such as journal articles. Bibliographies range from "works cited" lists at the end of books and articles to complete, independent publications. As separate works, they may be in bound volumes such as those shown on the right, or computerised bibliographic databases. A library catalog, while not referred to as a "bibliography," is bibliographic in nature. Bibliographical works are almost always considered to be tertiary sources.
Bibliographic works differ in the amount of detail depending on the purpose, and can be generally divided into two categories: enumerative bibliography (also called compilative, reference or systematic), which results in an overview of publications in a particular category, and analytical, or critical, bibliography, which studies the production of books.^[3][4] In earlier times, bibliography mostly focused on books. Now, both categories of bibliography cover works in other formats including recordings, motion pictures and videos, graphic objects, databases, CD-ROMs^[5] and websites.

Non-book material

Systematic lists of media other than books can be referred to with terms formed analogously to bibliography:

Discography – recorded music
Filmography – films
Webography (or webliography) – websites (the first use of the word "webliography" recorded in the Oxford English Dictionary dates from June 1995)

Arachniography is a term coined by NASA research historian Andrew J. Butrica, which means a reference list of URLs about a particular subject. It is equivalent to a bibliography in a book. The name derives from arachne in reference to a spider and its web.^[7]

Reference

About Webology: Aims and Scope

Webology is an international peer-reviewed journal in English devoted to the field of the World Wide Web and serves as a forum for discussion and experimentation. It serves as a forum for new research in information dissemination and communication processes in general, and in the context of the World Wide Web in particular. Concerns include the production, gathering, recording, processing, storing, representing, sharing, transmitting, retrieving, distribution, and dissemination of information, as well as its social and cultural impacts. There is a strong emphasis on the Web and new information technologies. Special topic issues are also often seen.

The World Wide Web

Web information retrieval; Web crawling and indexing; Web cataloging; Web searching; Search engines and directories; Search behavior; Metadata; Link analysis; Semantic Web; Web ontology; Web Thesaurus; Webometrics; Cybermetrics; Invisible Web; Web Intelligence (WI), Web Competitive Intelligence (WCI), Web mining; New technologies of Web services; Web impacts; Web search trends; Web users behavior; Web users and usage studies; International issues of the Web; Social studies of the Web; Censorship; Intellectual freedom on the Web; Web site filtering; Web and civil society; Web and globalization; Weblog, Web war; Web and socio-political issues; Open Access; Evaluating Web resources; Web visibility, popularity and diversity; Web accessibility; Internet, Validity of information; Information mining; Information extraction; Information management and organization; Information or resource discovery; Knowledge management; Knowledge organization; The role of the Web and ICT in research, education, economy, development, customer services, marketing, productivity improvement, and etc.

Library and Information Science

Information retrieval systems; Indexing; Abstracting; Information and communication technology; Information Evaluation and measurement; Information representation, organization, and classification; Library classification theories; Data processing; Information systems design; Electronic document management; Digital libraries; Libraries and the Web; Information and communication theories; Information transferring; Information economics; Information society; Information policy; Information seeking behavior; Social and cultural impacts of information; Information marketing; Management information systems (MIS); Informetrics; Scientometrics; Bibliometrics; Citation analysis; ...

	Bibliographic Information
Title	Webology
ISSN	1735-188X
Subject	World Wide Web--Periodicals Web science--Periodicals Information science--Periodicals Library science--Periodicals
Language	English
Start Year	2004 - Vol. 1, No. 1 (August) -
Frequency	Quarterly
Place of Publication	Iran
Status	Active
Refereed	Yes
LC No.	ZA4226.W42
DDC No.	020
OCLC No.	57390951
URL	http://www.webology.org/
Type of Access	Open Access (OA)
Type of Publication	Free of charge (We do not charge the authors who want to publish in the Journal)
Type of Material	Serial (Periodical)
Description	Serves as a forum for new research in information dissemination and communication processes in general, and in the context of the World Wide Web in particular.
Link address	<a href="http://www.webology.org/" title="Webology">Webology</a> <a href="http://www.webology.org/">Webology</a>

Indexing and Abstracting

Webology is indexed by:

The journal is listed in the online catalogues and directories of open access journals of several prestigious university libraries around the world.

Copyright

The copyright of articles submitted to the journal are published under the terms of the Creative Commons License. Therefore, the copyright of articles accepted for Webology rests with the author(s).
For information about the Peer Review process, and the Editorial Policy, please see the Author Guidelines.

BIBLIOPHILE

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