The document discusses webliographies, which are online bibliographies or catalogs of web-based information on a particular subject. A webliography is defined as an enumerated list of hyperlinks to online information sources, similar to a traditional bibliography but for digital resources. The document provides examples of how to create different types of webliographies, such as simple, annotated, and multi-religious webliographies. It also lists advantages of webliographies such as easy access and evaluation of online resources.

1. Development of Webliographies for Promoting Religious Studies By J.A.Amaraweera (Librarian) Buddhist & Pali University of Sri Lanka

2. What is a Webliography ? Webliography is a word which cannot be found in a standard Webster's or Oxford dictionary A critical guide to electronic resources on the World Wide Web and CD-ROM, including electronic texts, HTML-encoded texts, hypertexts, secondary works, commentaries, and indexes . Source: [ http:// newark.rutgers.edu/~ehrlich/poesites.html ]

3. Definitions of Webliography Is a list of web sites about a subject. Source: http://www.lib.ua.edu/libraries/gorgas/glossary.htm a listing of websites; a bibliography of websites mounted on the web with hyperlinks. Source : http://netfronts.com/guides/glossary2.htm#w Is a Catalog of online information: a list or catalog of all the Web-based material relating to a specific subject Source: http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861711886/webliography.html A webliography is a special type of Web directory and consists of an enumerative list of hypertext links to the scientific sources of information on the Net .

4. Definition of Webliography According to the accepted definition, Webliography is an enumerative list of hypertext links and a gateway to the sources of information on the Net, whether annotated or not. 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 Source: http:// www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term = webliography

5. Definition – Religious studies Religious Studies is the cross-cultural and comparative examination of humanity’s diverse religious traditions, without privileging the truth-claims of any particular tradition . Source: http://www.uwsp.edu/news/UWSPCatalog/religious.htm

6. How to create a Webliography It is a “multi-task” operation, having a word processing document open in one window and the Internet open in another window as the first step. Open your word processing program to a new document. Type the title of your Webliography and save your new document. To begin a simple numbered Webliography start by typing 1. at the top of your document. Open your Internet browser (Internet Explorer / Firefox). Search for a site or go to a site you would like to include in your Webliography. [In this case religious sites] Contd.;

7. Contd…. Copy the URL (address) of the site by clicking once on the address and selecting Copy from the Edit Menu. Return to the word processing document. Paste the URL as number one. Directly below the URL, type an annotation for the site. Repeat this process as necessary until the list of resources is finalized. [ Note that not all Webliography resources have to be Web-based. ]

8. Types of Webliographies Simple Webliographies Annotated Webliographies Subject Webliographies Author Webliographies Biographical Webliographies Illustrative Webliographies Multilingual Webliographies Multi-task Webliographies Webliographies of Webliographies

9. Advantageous of Webliographies Easy access to electronic resources Easy location & identification of net resources Easy evaluation of Web resources Milti - searching of relevant resources Easy downloading required electronic resources Easy literature survey on e-resources Easy accessing multimedia resources

10. A simple Religious Webliography http://www.sociosite.net/topics/religion.php#buddhism

11. A descriptive Webliography on Religion http://www.grhouse.org/links/religion.htm#Atheism

12. Example – Multi Religious Webliography http://www.sociosite.net/

13. BPUSL Library Website http://www.bpu.ac.lk/library.html

14. BPUSL Buddhist Webliography http://www.bpu.ac.lk/ebudhism.html

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17. Budu Saranai Thank you