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- Clearinghouse for Subject-Oriented Internet Resource Guides
- Here you'll find Web linksarranged mainly in educational categories, such as the humanities, social sciences, and science.
- CUI W3 Catalog
- The CUI W3 is a useful searchable interface to several manually maintained Internet catalogs. They come courtesy of the University of Geneva.
- EINet Galaxy
- EINet Galaxy is one of the most exhaustive directories of Internet resources. It's fully searchable, too.
- The Global Network Navigator (GNN)
- O'Reilly and Associates provides access to the Whole Internet Catalog, an on-line marketplace, and several special-interest newsletters
- The Harvest Information Discovery and Access System
- At this search site, you can build brokers that assist in conducting high-powered searches for Internet info. It's a very ambitious scheme, and it works.
- Infomine
- This homepage from the University of California, Riverside, provides a good collection oflinks to federal government sites.
- InfoSeek
- InfoSeek is a subscription search tool ($9.95 per month) that yields highly accurate results to plain English queries.
- Internet Town Hall
- The TownHall is a service of the Internet Multicasting Service. It's a good jumping-off point to general resources all around the Web.
- InterNIC Directory & Database Services
- This directory contains huge searchable databases of Internet resources, provided by AT&T, General Atomics, and Network Solutions.
- JumpStation
- JumpStation uses "robots" to go out and compile Web indexes by subject, title, and document header. Be warned: The search results vary widely in focus.
- List of American Universities
- This home page is nothing more than a list of links to more than 150 college and university home universities.html pages.
- Lycos
- Lycos is Carnegie-Mellon's well-known Internet search tool. It's massive and sometimes painfully overburdened, even though several servers are on-line.
- Mother-of-all-BBS
- Here's another subject-oriented index of Web pages. This one solicits information summary.html about new sites from users.
- Netsurfer Digest
- The Digest is a free weekly magazine focusing on Web news.
- Nexor Public Services
- Here's another popular search tool, with powerful directories that perform keyword searches across the Web.
- Open Market's Commercial Sites Index
- Here's a useful list of more than 2,500 links to commercial, government, and nonprofit home pages.
- Special InternetConnections
- Scott Yanoff maintains this huge list of links, which isorganized into 40 main categories.
- University of North Carolina Heliocentric Information Map
- Take a look at this interesting home page, notable mainly for its circular menu, which places the Chapel Hill campus at the center of the information universe.
- Virtual Town
- This Web index is presented as a colorful aerial view of a town. Click on the place you want to go.Note that it's currently under "heavy construction."
- WebCrawler
- The WebCrawler contains 350,000 Web documents indexed for keyword searches. It's incredibly comprehensive and surprisingly fast.
- World Wide Web Worm
- The Worm is an automated search system that scans the Web at your request and creates a personal searchable catalog.
- World Wide Yellow Pages
- Just what you'd expect: lists of all the businesses on the Web, with daily updates and links to search tools.
- WWW Frequently Asked Questions
- Head here to read basic questions and answers about the Web. It's updated frequently with the latest developments.
- The WWW Virtual Library
- Another good place to start exploring if you have a particular topic in mind, the Virtual Library includes topical and geographical indexes to Web pages.
- Yahoo
- Yahoo is a massive, essential index of Web pages organized into categories. It also includes a search tool. Watch out: It's popular and crowded.
Government
- Central Intelligence Agency
- Peek behind the veil at the company and find some interesting information about trouble spots all around the world.
- Environmental Protection Agency
- At this site you'll find out everything you need to know about the environment, and unlike many other government home pages, this one includes a search tool.
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- The FBI provides the ten-most-wanted list and other G-man necessities. You can also read the latest about serial bomber UNABOM and the $1,000,000 reward.
- FedWorld Information Network
- The National Technical Information Service provides this site for you to look up and order information.
- Library of Congress
- This is an essential stop on your Web tour. Don't miss the incredible on-line exhibitions as well as a country-by-country tour of the world.
- Federal Information Exchange List of WWW servers (U.S. Government)
- Here's a universal list of government locations. It's the place to start exploring the government on-line; hundreds of sites are linked.
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Kids enjoy this site as much as adults. You can get the latest space-shuttle info and take tours of NASA sites around the country.
- National Performance Review
- Perhaps you'll run into Al Gore at this site, where documents about his efforts to reduce the size of the Federal government are stored.
- Thomas Legislative Information on the Internet
- Thomas presents a wealth of legislative information on-linefrom the last two congressional sessions.
- U.S. Bureau of the Census
- Here you'll find reams of interesting demographic data, though some of it ishard to access.
- U.S. Constitution
- It's nice to know the document is there when you need it. A good example of a classic document presented in HTML format.
- U.S. House of Representatives
- This site contains schedules of House activity, and gives you access to connected members and additional Capitol Hill info.
- U.S. Navy OnLine
- U.S. Navy OnLine is interesting more because it exists at all and is really well donethan because of its content.
- The White House
- Look around the Executive Mansion, listen to Socks meow, and sign the guest book.
Education/Fun/Fringe Activities
- @art
- This virtual gallery is a University of Illinois–sponsored forum for the presentation of art exhibits.
- The Cisco Educational Archive
- Here's a good-looking collection of jumps to home pages that will appeal to students in the K–12 range.
- City Lights Publishers and Booksellers
- Browse the shelves of San Francisco's funkiest bookstore, the home of Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and other Beat poets.
- City.Net
- These pages presentguides to several major American cities. The information varies in quality and depth.
- Games Domain
- The Games Domain is a one-stop location for information about and links to computer games as GamesDomain well as on-line Internet role-playing games.
- HotWired
- Wired magazine'son-line equivalent is a great Web implementation that gives a taste of what to expect from on-line magazines in the future.
- Hype ElectraZine
- This is currently one of the coolest e-zines on-line, with some dazzling graphics, terrifically entertaining content, and links to thenetherworld of the Web.
- Interesting Places for Kids
- If you have school-age kids, take advantage of this list of links to hundreds of fun places to explore.
- Internet Movie Database Browser
- It's not as engaging as the Cinemania CD-ROM, but it's currently the best on-line database of films you can find on the Web.
- Internet Underground Music Archive
- This is where independent bands post songs, photos, and info. It is searchable in several categories.
- Lego
- Here's a good example of a home page that mixes marketing, fun, and fanaticism. It's all the latest Lego news that's fit to download.
- Megadeth Arizona
- This page is much more than a fan club for the heavy-metal band. It's a great-looking, colorful virtual town. Horoscopes are included.
- Mercury Center Web
- The Mercury News site is one of the first on-line versions of a newspaper–and it's still the best.
- MIT Science Fiction Library
- Science fiction fans will appreciate this searchable on-linecard catalog. It's not pretty, but the information is good.
- The Nine Planets
- Visit here for a dazzling multimedia tour of our solar system, complete with lots of color photos. The whole thing is very impressive.
- Time Magazine
- Cool graphical menus take you through Time magazine on-lineand to other Time Inc. publications.
- Tower Records
- This site simulates the electronic record catalogs you find in Tower stores, and you can order merchandise, too.
- Ultimate Band List
- There's no better resource for quickly finding informationabout your favorite musicians than this A-to-Z listing.
- Ultimate TV List
- Turn off the TV, turn on the PC, and explore links to home pages for hundreds of TV shows–both current and classic.
- Underground Net
- It bills itself as "anarchy at its worst" If you're adventurous, you'll appreciate the bizarre, strange, and cool places this page takes you.
- Warner Bros. Records
- One of the best of many record-company home pages. There is no shortage of musical downloads available from your favorite recording stars.
- Web Museum
- This is one ofthe best current examples of displaying artwork on-line. Great graphics of the Louvre collection are available for those with the patience to download them.
- Windham Hill Records
- The Windham Hill site is as good-looking as the album covers. It includes a full catalog of available titles, and sound clips are yours for the downloading.
- World Wide Web of Sports
- While not ABC's "Wide World of Sports," this is one of the most complete one-stop sports pages, and there are links to take you all over the sports world.
Computing
- Apple Computer Inc.
- In addition to reading the usual listings of products and support policies, you cantake a look at technical white papers and research documents.
- CERN
- This is the original home of the World-Wide Web. Check in for the latest information about the Web.
- Compaq Computer Corp.
- Compaq's page has amazing graphics; this is one of the best-looking Web sites of all. Get product information and the most up-to-date drivers.
- David Singer's OS/2 page of pointers
- Here's an excellent starting point for OS/2 users looking for on-line information about the operating system.
- Digital Equipment Corp.
- Here you can get lots of information about Digital's product lines, presented in an easy-to-follow, searchable interface.
- Dell Computer Corp.
- You can't order a PC here, but you can get up-to-the-minute pricing on the models inthe Dimension line.
- Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Access HP is a one-stop directory of all of HP's product lines, including everything from PCs and servers to printers.
- IBM Corp.
- Visit Big Blue's main home page, with links all around the world to other IBM locations, as well as Advantis, IBM's Internet provider.
- IBM Personal Software Co.
- On the software side at IBM, this site is a good source of late-breaking information about OS/2.
- Informix Software
- InformixLink's main Web page directs you to information about all aspects ofthis database vendor.
- Intel Corp.
- You begin your Intel visit with a cute computer screen. There's information here on everything from ProShare to the P6.
- Lotus Development Corp.
- Thisis a test site for the InterNotes Web Server, which connects Lotus Notes to the Web.Cutting-edge technology is on display.
- Microsoft Corp.
- Here you'll find everything you wanted to know about Microsoft and its products, including the latest on Windows 95 and even some job listings.
- NCSA
- Stop off at the site where the Mosaic browser was born. This is a good page for late-breaking Web news.
- NEC Corp.
- NEC's site contains product information in both English and Japanese.
- Netcom On-Line Communication Services
- The makers of the NetCruiser browser use this "Home Port" to gather lots of diverse Web links.
- Netscape Communications Corp.
- Netscape is the home of Netscape Navigator, the most popular Web browser. It's a fun site, crowded with interesting links.
- Novell Inc.
- This well-designed home page takes you to information about the company's products and services.
- Oracle Corp.
- Drive down Oracle's information highway to get product information, white papers, and information about the company and its products.
- Performance Systems International Inc.
- PSI is the largest provider of Internet services. This home page explains what PSI does and how.
- Silicon Graphics Inc.
- You'd expect cool graphics here, and you get them in spades. The screens take forever to download, but a text-only version of the site's contents is also available.
- Spry Inc.
- Learn more about Internet-in-a-Box and Mosaic-in-a-Box, two of Spry's popular Internet-access products.
- Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Sun provides the usual product information, but the page also has links to SunSites,Sun-sponsored Web servers at several universities.
- Sybase Inc.
- Learn all aboutSybase and experience what it's like to connect to Sybase SQL Server viathe Web.
- Taligent Inc.
- This page provides a good example of a company with complex products making information about them available in a fun and accessible way.
- Ziff-Davis Publishing
- Here's one-click access to PC Magazine and eight other computer publications.
Business/Commerce/Shopping
- Branch Mall
- Branch Information Services provides more browsing than real shopping, but you get the idea of whaton-line shopping is all about.
- CommerceNet
- This page is agreat source of information about how to do business on the Internet, with linksto a wide variety of business-related sites.
- Ecash
- All you needto know about the potential benefits and pitfalls of electronic cash on-line.
- Entrepreneurs on the Web
- Still in its infancy, this site for small businesses is already a good resource for up-and-coming entrepreneurs.
- Internet Business Center
- Here's another great business resource designed for anyone interested in trying to do business on the Internet. You'll also find useful information on Internet users.
- The Internet Plaza
- Here is more shopping, with many links still under construction. Some let you place orders on-line.
- Internet Shopping Network
- You have to sign up (no charge) to become a member of ISN, but then you can order from FTD, Hammacher Schlemmer, and more.
- The Legal Information Institute
- If you have any questions about business and the law, this is as good a site as any other to start your searching.
- Quotecom
- This site provides stock quotes and all kinds of international financial news and information.
- Trade Law
- There's still some construction going on here, but already there are great international links for trade information, and you can snoop all around the United Nations too.
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- You can't search patents on-line yet, but this intellectual property site has plenty of information about copyrights and patents.