1. Competitive Analysis Schools of Dental Medicine: Intranets Web Sites

2. Virtual Dental Center http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/~martindale/Dental.html http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/~martindale/Dental.html Site Focus: Virtual Repository for all dental information Noteworthy  Fairly exhaustive listing of Dental/Medical journals  One-stop for links pertaining to Dental information Negatives  Too much information available in one spot  Disorganized - one endless page of links  Busy navigation design, inconsistent from page to page

3. Temple University School of Dental Medicine Site Focus: Faculty, Staff, and Students Noteworthy  Presentation is clear and straightforward. Easy to use for novices and power users alike.  Wide range of audiences are addressed. Negatives  Home page is not customized to each audience.  The variety of page styles is somewhat confusing.

4. University of Minnesota http://www.dentistry.umn.edu http://www.dentistry.umn.edu Site Focus: Protected Information Noteworthy  Immediate top-level role organization Negatives  Busy layout and design  Mostly a hub for static information

5. University of Glasgow Dental Hospital and School http://intranet.dental.gla.ac.uk:559/ http://intranet.dental.gla.ac.uk:559/ Site Focus: Static resource distribution Noteworthy  Immediate top-level role organization  Provides “Online Learning”  School-based look and feel  Link to Pitt SDM Negatives  Appears to be one big bookmark site

6. University of Michigan Dental School http://www.dent.umich.edu/ http://www.dent.umich.edu/ Site Focus: Prospective Students/Patients/Dentists Noteworthy  Good information architecture  Consistent style  Visually pleasing  Information for broad audience Negatives  Hidden lower architecture – user needs to click on the page to find sub pages