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SELECTION CRITERIA: Subject categories were distributed among BRASS Education Committee members based on subject expertise and familiarity of business Web sites in that category. Subject experts were asked to select 10-15 of the best web sites for their subject category focusing on comprehensive sites and to write brief unique annotations. Other initial selection criteria included: 1) Currency of content; 2) Stability of content over a long period of time; 3) Quality & usefulness of content; 4) Ease of navigation ; 5) Web site familiarity; 6) Dependability of content in teaching and/or answering questions at the reference desk; 7) Preference of .edu/.gov/.org domains vs. .com; 8) Authority of author; 9) Web site endorsement. "Free" Web sites were important as a criteria for the inclusion on the subject pages. Fee-based Web sites were selected if they were well known and offered unique content. They are indicated as $ Fee-based on the guides. ...
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