Appendix A

Sources of Further Information


CONTENTS


General Web Information

For the Latest
You can pick up the latest copy of my list of general information sources for the Web at the Internet Tools Summary at http://www.december.com/net/tools/.

The World Wide Web is a system for disseminating hypermedia resources through servers and for retrieval by clients (browsers) through global or local computer networks. The following links provide more on-line reference information about the Web.

Overviews

WWW Guide/Hughes  (http://www.eit.com/web/www.guide guide.toc.html) Entering the World-Wide Web, A Guide to Cyberspace, by Kevin Hughes.
WWW info/EARN  (http://www.earn.net/gnrt/www.html)  What is World-Wide Web, a narrative introducing and explaining the Web, from European Academic Research Network Association (EARN).
WWW overview/W3C  (http://www.w3.org)  An overview of the Web, from the World Wide Web consortium (W3C).
WWW-Yahoo  (http://www.yahoo.com/Computers/World_Wide_Web/)  Computers-World Wide Web section.

FAQs

WWW FAQ/Boutell  (http://www.boutell.com/faq/)  Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) list and answers about the Web; covers user, provider, and general information, maintained by Thomas Boutell.
WWW FAQ/W3C  (http://www.w3.org/hypertext/WWW/FAQ/List.html) Frequently Asked Questions on W3, by Tim Berners-Lee at W3C.

Access

Bootstrap  (http://www.w3.org/hypertext/WWW/FAQ/Bootstrap.html)  Information about gaining more information about and accessing the Web.
WWW FTP info  (ftp://ftp.w3.org/pub/www/)  Some information files about the Web; includes papers, guides, and draft specifications, from CERN.
WWW Gopher info  (gopher://gopher.w3.org)  Some information files about the Web available via Gopher.
WWW via email  Obtain a web file (HTTP) via email; URL = Uniform Resource Locator; send message body www URL; use the message body HELP to get instructions. (mailto:webmail@www.ucc.ie Body: GO URL)
WWW via Telnet  (telnet://telnet.w3.org)  An example of using WWW via Telnet (to CERN).

Software

Browserwatch  (http://www.browserwatch.com)  An excellent collection where you can get the latest on WWW browsers; includes news and rumors, information about plugins, statistics, as well as a long list of browsers, organized by the platforms they support, with links to the support sites for each browser.
WebCompare  (http://www.webcompare.com)  Compare Web servers, find out about benchmark comparison information.
Web Software  (http://www.w3.org/hypertext/WWW/Status.html)  A list of software products related to the Web.
WWW Accessories  (http://www.stroud.com/web.html)  From Stroud's Consumate Winsock Applications list, browsers you can use with Microsoft Windows software.
WWW Browsers  (http://www.stroud.com/www.html)  From Stroud's Consumate Winsock Applications list, browsers you can use with Microsoft Windows software.
WWW Servers  (http://www.w3.org/hypertext/WWW/Servers.html)  A list of programs (Web servers) that allow you to provide information on the Web, from CERN.

Developing Information

HTML Writer's Guild  (http://www.hwg.org)  An association of HTML writers and web developers for building awareness of web-development skills.
The HTML Station  (http://www.december.com/html/index.html)  A summary of HyperText Markup Language syntax; includes demonstrations.
Web Development  (http://www.december.com/web/develop.html)  A summary of a methodology for developing a web. Includes planning, analysis, design, implementation, and development.
webreference.com  (http://www.webreference.com)  An excellent, well-organized directory of information about web development, including reference lists as well as original articles and commentary.
WWW Vlib  (http://www.stars.com)  WWW Development section from the WWW Virtual library, a resource collection for Web information providers and users. Includes general information and links to various resources.

Navigating the Web

WWW gateways  (http://www.yahoo.com/Computers/World_Wide_Web/Gateways/) Interfaces between the WWW and other information or communications systems.
WWW Servers list  (http://www.w3.org/hypertext/DataSources/WWW/Servers.html) A list of registered WWW servers, organized geographically by continent and country.
WWW Sites(CityLink)  (http://www.neosoft.com/citylink/)  U.S. state and city Web sites.
WWW Sites(Virtual Tourist)  (http://www.vtourist.com/webmap/)  An excellent geographic map to aid in locating Web sites and other resources.
WWW Spiders  (http://www.december.com/net/tools/nir-tools-spiders.html) Spiders are a class of software programs that traverse network hosts gathering information from and about resources.

News and Discussion

WWW-Announce  (http://www.halcyon.com/grant/Misc/charter.html) Charter for the moderated Usenet newsgroup comp.infosystems.www.announce.
WWW-Announce  (news:comp.infosystems.www.announce)  A moderated newsgroup announcing new WWW resources.
WWW Conferences  (http://www.w3.org/hypertext/Conferences/Overview-WWW.html) International conferences on the Web, past and future.
WWW discussion  (http://www.verity.com/library.html)  Search a database of 50 Web-related mailing lists and discussion groups.
WWW Usenet Groups  (http://boutell.com/~grant/web-groups.html)  A listing, description, and links to charters of Usenet newsgroups devoted to Web development.

For the Latest
You can pick up the latest copy of my list of information sources for on-line communication, which includes sections on Internet searching, technology, commerce, and organizations, at http://www.december.com/cmc/info/.

Internet Information Collections

The Internet has grown from the collaborative efforts of people over several decades; the documents for sharing information and passing along and discussing standards are located within Network Information Centers (NICs). NICs are the repositories for several kinds of documents that play a role in describing what the Internet is and how it works.

NICs = Network Information Centers

Alldomains.com  (http://www.alldomains.com)  Domain name information and registration; includes links to regional and country NICs.
APNIC  (gopher://gopher.apnic.net)  Asia Pacific Network Information Center.
DDN NIC  (ftp://nic.ddn.mil)  Network Information Center/Defense Data Network.
InterNIC  (http://www.internic.net)  The InterNIC offers two distinct services run by separate organizations. AT&T provides Directory and Database Services; Network Solutions, Inc. provides Registration Services.
JPNIC  (http://www.nic.ad.jp)  Japan Network Information Center.
Merit  (http://nic.merit.edu)  A not-for-profit corporation involved in networking and communications; participant in many federal projects, including the current Routing Arbiter Project and the successfully completed NSFNET Backbone Service Project.
SuraNet NIC  (http://www.sura.net/index.html)  Southeastern Universities Research Association, Inc. Network Information Center.
SWITCHinfo  (ftp://nic.switch.ch/info_service/)  Swiss Network.

Document Series

These are documents that play an important role in Internet communication; they establish, propose, or discuss technical features or important issues. Frequently, they document important technological developments; other series provide good information for users to find out about the Internet and its resources.

BCP  (ftp://nic.merit.edu/documents/bcp/)  Best Current Practices, a subseries of RFCs about topics that relate to the Internet.
FYI  (ftp://nic.merit.edu/documents/fyi/)  For Your Information-a subseries of RFCs about topics that relate to the Internet; good sources of information for beginner or training information.
IESG  (ftp://nic.merit.edu/documents/iesg/)  The meeting minutes of the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG) of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
Internet Docs  (http://ds.internic.net/ds/dspg0intdoc.html)  Internet Documentation (RFCs, FYIs, and so on) from InterNIC.
Internet Drafts  (ftp://nic.merit.edu/documents/internet-drafts/)  Draft documents to be submitted ultimately to the Internet Activities Board to be RFCs.
Internet Drafts Index  (http://www.ietf.cnri.reston.va.us/1id-abstracts.html) A list of Internet drafts with a short synopsis of each; provided by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
RFC  (ftp://nic.merit.edu/documents/rfc/)  Request for Comments about topics that relate to the Internet.
RFC Index  (http://ds.internic.net/ds/dspg1intdoc.html)  Listing of Internet Request For Comments (RFC) files with a searchable index.
RFC repositories  (ftp://isi.edu/in-notes/rfc-retrieval.txt)   Repositories where RFCs are located.
RFCs via mail  Request For Comments-documents about various issues for discussion, covering a broad range of networking issues. (mailto: rfc-info@isi.edu Body: help: ways_to_get_rfcs)
STD  (ftp://nic.merit.edu/documents/std/)  Internet Standards, subseries of notes within the RFC series that document Internet standards.

Internet Searching Information

This section gives you resources for finding information on the Internet.

New or Noteworthy

Sites that provide lists of new information sites on the Internet play an important role in getting the word out about resources. Other sites pass judgments on other sites-originating from "cool sites," these sites recognize other sites for a variety of reasons, not all of which make sense.

Commerce New  (http://www.directory.net/dir/whats-new.html)  What is new in commercial services on the Web.
Cool Central  (http://www.webreference.com)  The site that rates the sites.
Net Happenings archive  (http://www.mid.net/NET/)  Archive of a moderated mailing list that announces conferences, publications, newsletters, network tools updates, and network resources. This page includes a submittal form.
Netsurfer Digest  (http://www.netsurf.com/nsd/)  An e-zine covering what is happening in Internet technology and Web sites.
Scout Report  (http://rs.internic.net/scout/report/)  A weekly publication of Net Scout Services to stay informed of valuable resources on the Internet.
What's New/GNN  (http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/Docs/whats-new.html)  What's New, from NCSA and GNN, lists Web-wide new resources.
What's New/Too  (http://newtoo.manifest.com/WhatsNewToo/search.html)  A listing of new resources on the Web.
Yahoo New  (http://www.yahoo.com/new/)  What's New on Yahoo! Hierarchical Hotlist.

Resource Lists

The practice of making lists is an old one on the Internet. This section provides you with a selection of these kinds of lists. You'll find that each one provides a different way to look at the Internet and what it offers. These are not strict categorizations of all the possible subjects on the Internet (see the "Subject" section for that); instead, they are eclectic selections of what is significant for a variety of audiences or to the list's editor.

Awesome List  (http://www.awesomelist.com)  A list of useful resources, by John Makulowich.
CMC resources  (http://www.december.com/cmc/study/center.html)  Resources related to the study of Computer-Mediated Communication, from the CMC Studies Center.
GNN's Internet Page  (http://gnn.com/wic/wics/internet.new.html)  Internet information, from Global Network Navigator.
Hot100  (http://www.100hot.com)  A list of the 100 most popular Web sites, as measured by a methodology that considers hits aggregated from a variety of sources, including surveys, logs, and traffic samples.
Hotsheet  (http://www.tstimpreso.com/hotsheet/)  A no-frills, quick-access page to a variety of resources.
Internet-EIT  (http://www.eit.com/web/web.html)  Enterprise Integration Technologies Web Resources.
Internet-Enns  (http://www.brandonu.ca/~ennsnr/Resources/)  A collection of resources that are useful to Internet trainers, as well as just about anyone else who is on the Net, by Neil Enns.
Planet Earth  (http://white.nosc.mil/planet_earth/info.html)  Planet Earth home page, a list of things on the Internet, by Richard Bocker.
Power Index  (http://www.webcom.com/power/index.html)  From Web Communications, lists a variety of resources in many categories.
Spider's Web  (http://gagme.wwa.com/~boba/spider.html)  A list of links to lists, Web/Net stuff, searchers, images, and references.
Top Tens  (http://www.itcs.com/topten/)  From Internet Training and Consulting Services, resource lists that are picks of the Net and Web in top-level resources, art, commerce, fun, Internet training, K-12 education, library, Internet books, and journals.
Yanoff List  (http://www.uwm.edu/Mirror/inet.services.html)  Scott Yanoff's Special Internet Connections listing of resources by subject.

Subjects

Searching by subject is one of the main ways that you might try to locate information on the Internet. Subject libraries are among the oldest kinds of repositories for information on the Internet. Not all follow a strict scheme for breaking down subjects; most also provide some sort of search facility for their own database.

Lists of Subject Trees:

December Top 5 Subjects  (http://www.december.com/web/top/subject.html) The top five Web subject resources available, from December Communications.
Yahoo WWW Directories  (http://www.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Internet/World_Wide_Web/Searching_the_Web/Directories/)  This is Yahoo!'s subcategory on WWW directories; includes links to subject-oriented directories on the Web.

Subject Trees:

A2Z  (http://a2z.lycos.com)  Descriptions of most popularly linked sites in the Lycos database arranged by subjects.
Argus Clearinghouse  (http://www.clearinghouse.net)  The site formerly known as The Clearinghouse for Subject-Oriented Internet Resource Guides at the School of Information and Library Studies, University of Michigan; new site now the Argus Clearinghouse, offering a large selection of guides to Internet resources in a variety of categories.
Galaxy  (http://www.einet.net/galaxy.html)  A service of EINet, a collection of information, searchable via index or by topic trees.
GNN WIC  (http://gnn.com/wic/wics/index.html)  Global Network Navigator's Whole Internet Catalog, from O'Reilly and Associates.
Gopher Jewels  (http://galaxy.einet.net/GJ/index.html)  A collection of subject-oriented gophers.
InterNIC Dr of Dirs  (http://ds.internic.net/ds/dsdirofdirs.html)  InterNIC's Directory of Directories, a subject-oriented listing of registered Internet resources and services.
IWT Narrative  (http://www.december.com/web/text/nar-subject.html)   Internet Web Text's narrative about subject-oriented searching.
Magellan McKinley Directory  (http://www.mckinley.com)  Includes star ratings for resources.
Planet Earth  (http://white.nosc.mil/planet_earth/info.html)  Planet Earth home page, a list of things on the Internet, by Richard Bocker.
Point Communications  (http://www.pointcom.com)  A guide to Web resources with ratings.
Starting Point  (http://www.stpt.com)  A subject-breakdown of the Net.
Study Carrels  (http://dewey.lib.ncsu.edu/disciplines/index.html)  Subject and Discipline-Specific Internet Resources, from North Carolina State University Library.
USENET news.answers  (http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet )   A hypertext presentation of the answer lists posted in the news.answers newsgroup.
USENET Periodic Postings  (ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/periodic-postings/)  List of Usenet periodic postings.
USENET repository  (ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/)  Collection of FAQs and files from Usenet newsgroups.
WWW VL  (http://www.w3.org/vl/)  World Wide Web Virtual Library, a large hypertext collection of information organized by subject.
WWW VL/LOC  (http://www.w3.org/vl/LibraryOfCongress.html)  The World-Wide Web Virtual Library viewed as U.S. Library of Congress Classification.
Yahoo!  (http://www.yahoo.com)  Yet Another Hierarchically Odiferous Oracle, an extendible collection of subjects.
Yanoff  (http://www.uwm.edu/Mirror/inet.services.html)  Scott Yanoff's Special Internet Connections listing of resources by subject.

Keyword Searching

Keyword searching is a very important strategy for finding a particular piece of information on-line. These resources provide a variety of ways to search the information spaces of the Internet and the Web.

Collections of Lists:

All-in-one  (http://www.albany.net/allinone/)  A search page that combines forms-based search tools from a wide variety of subjects, classified by category.
December Top 5 Keywords  (http://www.december.com/web/top/keyword.html) The top five Web keyword searching resources available, from December Communications.

Keyword Searching Resources:

Accufind  (http://nln.com)  Searches infobases, news, books, and the Internet.
AIRSII  (http://www.arachnae.com/UofT.html)  Arachnae Information Retreival System II.
ALIWEB  (http://web.nexor.co.uk/aliweb/doc/aliweb.html)  Archie-Like Indexing for the Web, by Martijn Koster.
AltaVista  (http://www.altavista.digital.com)  Search the Web or Usenet for keywords. Includes advanced query form.
Apollo  (http://apollo.co.uk)  Search for services, retailers, and classifieds.
Archieplex  (http://web.nexor.co.uk/archie.html)  Archie via Web-access Archie servers (search FTP sites) via the Web.
CUI Catalog  (http://cuiwww.unige.ch/w3catalog)  Index over resource databases and indexes.
CUSI  (http://web.nexor.co.uk/public/cusi/doc/list.html)  Configurable Unified Search Interface; a forms-based interface into many indexes, engines, and Web Spider databases (forerunner is SUSI), by Martijn Koster.
Dejanews  (http://www.dejanews.com/forms/dnquery.html)  Search Usenet news articles.
Discussion groups  (http://a/Inter-Links/cgi-bin/lists)  Search a list of discussion groups, Bitnet, and Internet interest groups (Dartmouth list).
Excite  (http://www.excite.com)  Allows you to search the Web or Usenet by keyword or concept.
External info  (http://www_is.cs.utwente.nl:8080/cgi-bin/local/nph-susi1.pl) Collects some of the most useful search engines available on the WWW.
Gopher Jewels Search  (http://galaxy.einet.net/gopher/gopher.html)  Search the Gopher Jewels (a collection of subject-oriented gophers).
HotBot  (http://www.hotbot.com)  Wired's entry into the keyword search business; "cool" graphics, klunky interface; no filtering makes this HotBot pretty cool.
Hytelnet Web search  (http://galaxy.einet.net/hytelnet/HYTELNET.html) Search all Hytelnet resource entries, via a web form, from Galaxy.
Infoseek  (http://www.infoseek.com)  A keyword searching service ($) over WWW pages, Usenet, computer magazines, newspaper newswires, press releases, company profiles, movie reviews, and technical support databases.
Internet Sleuth  (http://www.intbc.com/sleuth/)  Collected keyword search services.
Navigate.net  (http://www.navigate.net)  Keyword search of the Web; includes options for title, description, keywords, and URL.
NlightN  (http://www.nlightn.com)  A database of databases, news, and Internet.
Open Text Index  (http://opentext.uunet.ca:8080/omw.html)  Search the Web for a word or phrase.
Reference.com  (http://www.reference.com)  Provides keyword search of Usenet news.
SavvySearch  (http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~dreiling/smartform.html)  Parallel Internet Query Engine.
Uncover  (http://www.carl.org/uncover/unchome.html)  Index to thousands of periodicals.
Web Catalog/CUI  (http://cuiwww.unige.ch/w3catalog)  A collection of URL references built from a number of hand-crafted HTML lists, from Centre Universitaire d'Informatique, l'Universite de Geneve.
Web publishers  (http://www.verity.com/vlibsearch.html)  Keyword search of Web-related resources and discussion.
Web Search Engines  (http://cuiwww.unige.ch/meta-index.html)  A metaindex of search engines on the Web, with a forms interface, from Centre Universitaire d'Informatique, l'Universite de Geneve.
Web Spiders  (http://web.nexor.co.uk/mak/doc/robots/robots.html)  Wanderers, spiders, and robots; includes list of known robots/spiders, guidelines, and standard for robot exclusion, by Martijn Koster.
Web Spiders info  (http://www.december.com/net/tools/nir-tools-spiders.html) Search the Web for information about resources, collecting information into a database that can be queried-for example, Web Crawler, Web Nomad, Web Worm, RBSE database, Lycos (Araneida, Lycosidae, Lycosa), Harvest Brokers; entry from Internet Tools Summary.

Spaces

Another way of breaking up the information spaces of the Internet is by protocol. Here, you'll find lists of servers of a particular protocol type.

FTP Sites list  (ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/ftp-list/)  List of Internet sites accepting anonymous FTP, maintained by Perry Rovers.
FTP Sites Web  (http://www.info.net/Public/ftp-list.html)  Web interface to Perry Rover's FTP site monster list.
Gopher Sites  (ftp://liberty.uc.wlu.edu/pub/lawlib/all.gophers.links)  A list of all gophers (long).
Hytelnet/WWW  (http://library.usask.ca/hytelnet/)  Access to Hytelnet by Peter Scott.
WWW Servers/geo  (http://www.w3.org/hypertext/DataSources/WWW/Servers.html)  A long list of registered WWW servers listed geographically by continent and country.
WWW Servers/list  (http://www.netgen.com/cgi/wandex)  Wandex's list of WWW sites.
WWW Sites(CityLink)  (http://www.neosoft.com/citylink/)  State and city Web sites.
Web Sites(City Net)  (http://www.city.net)  Explore and browse resources by geography (continent, region, country, and city).
WWW Sites(Virtual Tourist)  (http://www.vtourist.com/webmap)  A geographic map to aid in locating Web sites and other resources.

People

You can find people on the Net through directories of white pages (which now include Internet-accessible telephone databases). These resources should help you find nearly anyone who has an e-mail address or a telephone.

Bigfoot  (http://www.bigfoot.com)  Search for people by name in a database of e-mail addresses.
Directory services  (gopher://sipb.mit.edu/1B%3aInternet%20whois%20servers)  A collection of white pages servers to look up people.
Four11  (http://www.four11.com)  Directory Services, a free and easy-to-use directory of on-line users and their e-mail addresses, from Four11 Directory Services (SLED).
Global X.500  (http://ds.internic.net/ds/dspgx500.html)  Gateway to directory services provided by many organizations.
Home Pages/directories  (http://www.december.com/cmc/info/culture-people-lists.html)  A collection of personal home page lists and directories.
IAF  (http://www.iaf.net)  Internet Address Finder, a comprehensive collection of e-mail white pages on the Internet.
Knowbot  (telnet://info.cnri.reston.va.us:185)  Provides a uniform user interface to heterogeneous remote information services (Internic Point of contacts, MCImail, x500 databases, finger, nwhois, and so on).
Liszt  (http://www.liszt.com)  A directory of e-mail discussion groups.
Lookup!  (http://www.lookup.com/search.html)  Searching for e-mail based on a database.
Netfind  (http://www.december.com/net/tools/nir-utilities-netfind.html)   A simple Internet white pages user directory.
Netpages  (http://www.aldea.com/wwwindex.html)  A phonebook-style directory for the Internet, from Aldea Communications, Inc.
SearchAmerica  (http://www.searchamerica.com)  Searches databases for residential and business data; includes directory assistance and searching by name, address, or phone number; requires registration.
Searching for people  (gopher://yaleinfo.yale.edu:7700/11/Internet-People)   A collection of resources to help you locate a specific person on the Net.
Switchboard  (http://www.switchboard.com)  A database of names of individuals and businesses, with phone numbers and postal addresses. Users can add their electronic mail address or a URL to their listing; very extensive (more than 90 million entries) and nationwide; excellent for finding people who have telephones (those old-fashioned devices with keypads on them that people used to talk through to communicate with each other).
WhoWhere?  (http://www.whowhere.com)  A comprehensive white page service for locating people and organizations on the Net. This is a vast collection; it will give you a lot of hits on a name. This is the directory to use for finding people who have an e-mail account.

Internet Technology

The Internet represents one of the most complex technological constructions ever created. As a network of networks, it involves the interplay of many computing, data communications, and software technologies. These resources are starting points for learning more about these technologies.

Computing

ACM  (http://www.acm.org)  Association for Computing Machinery.
CPU Center  (http://infopad.eecs.berkeley.edu/CIC/)  Central processing unit (CPU) information; includes press announcements, papers, and machine information, by Tom Burd.
CS-MetaCenter  (http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/MetaCenter/MetaCenterHome. html)  National MetaCenter for Computational Science and Engineering.
HPC-Southampton  (http://cs1.soton.ac.uk)  University of Southampton High Performance Computing Centre.
HPCC-NSE  (http://www.netlib.org/nse/home.html)  High Performance Computing and Communication (USA) National Coordinating office, National Software Exchange.
HPCWire  (http://hpcwire.ans.net/HPCwire.html)  The High-Performance Computing news and information service, covering workstations through supercomputers.
IEEE  (http://www.ieee.org)  Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
NCSA-USA  (http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/NCSAHome.html)  National (USA) Center for Supercomputing Applications.
NMCCSE-USA  (http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/MetaCenter/MetaCenterHome. html)  United States National MetaCenter for Computational Science and Engineering.
NPAC-Syracuse  (http://minerva.npac.syr.edu/home.html)  Northeast Parallel Architectures Center Home Page, at Syracuse University, New York.
Ohio Supercomputer  (http://www.osc.edu/welcome.html)  A state-funded computing resource; provides high-performance computing to scientists and engineers at Ohio colleges, universities, and companies.
Pitt SCC  (http://pscinfo.psc.edu)  Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center.
RICIS-Houston  (http://rbse.jsc.nasa.gov)  Research Institute for Computing and Information Systems.
SDSC  (http://gopher.sdsc.edu/Home.html)  San Diego Supercomputer Center.
SEI-CMU  (http://www.sei.cmu.edu)  Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University.
WWW-VL Computing  (http://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/bySubject/Computing/Overview.html)  The WWW Virtual Library entry for computing.

Technology Criticism

Tech. Determinism  (http://www.aber.ac.uk/~dgc/tecdet.html)  A resource page on technological determinism, by Dr. Daniel Chandler.
Tech. Determism/CMCM  (http://www.december.com/cmc/mag/1996/feb/toc.html) A special issue of Computer-Mediated Communication Magazine, examining attitudes about the potency of technology.

Developing Technology

NIMT-Ireland  (http://www.nimt.rtc-cork.ie/nimt.htm)  National Institute for Management Technology, Ireland.
NIST-USA  (http://www.nist.gov)  National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA.
NSF-USA  (http://www.nsf.gov)  National Science Foundation, USA.
NTTC-USA  (http://iridium.nttc.edu/nttc.html)  National Technology Transfer Center, USA.

Human Interaction

ACM/SIGCHI  (http://www.acm.org/sigchi/)  Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Computers and Human Interaction.
HCI Index/deGraaff  (http://is.twi.tudelft.nl/hci/)  Human-Computer Interaction Index.
HCI Launching Pad  (http://www.cs.bgsu.edu/HCI/)  Human-Computer Interaction resources and pointers, by Keith Instone.
HCI Resources  (http://www.ida.liu.se/labs/aslab/groups/um/hci/)  Information related to human-computer interaction.
HCIBIB  (http://www.tu-graz.ac.at/CHCIbib)  The HCI Bibliography Project; references to literature on human-computer interaction, including hypertext/hypermedia.
HCS  (http://www.cmd.uu.se)  Center for Human-Computer Studies, at Uppsala University, Sweden.
HITL  (http://www.hitl.washington.edu)  Human Interface Technology Laboratory, the University of Washington. Includes information on the Virtual Worlds Society and the Virtual Worlds Consortium.
Ubicomp  (http://www.ubiq.com/hypertext/weiser/UbiHome.html)  Ubiquitous Computing-computing and communications available everywhere to help people communicate and get information; information from Mark Weiser of XEROX PARC.

Multimedia

Audio Collections:

Audio WWW VL  (http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive/audio.html)  Entry from WWW Virtual Library for Audio.
CERL  (http://datura.cerl.uiuc.edu)  The .CERL Sound Group (U of IL).
Clips  (http://www.eecs.nwu.edu/~jmyers/other-sounds.html)  Sites with audio clips.
CMC-Mass-audio  (http://www.december.com/net/tools/cmc-mass-audio.html) Tools used on the Internet for distributing real-time sound over the Internet.
Internet Multicasting WWW  (http://www.cmf.nrl.navy.mil/radio/radio.html) Home page for the Internet Multicasting Service.
IUMA  (http://www.iuma.com)  Internet Underground Music Archive.
Mbone FAQ  (http://www.research.att.com/mbone-faq.html)  Frequently asked questions (FAQ) on the Multicast Backbone (MBONE).
MIDI  (http://www.eeb.ele.tue.nl/midi/index.html)  Musical Instrument Digital Interface.
Multicast Backbone  (ftp://venera.isi.edu/mbone/faq.txt)  Live audio and video multicast virtual network on top of Internet.
Music Resources  (http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/)  A collection of information about musicians, groups, composers, performance, research, genres, and journals and magazines about music; extensive collection of links organized into categories.

Graphics Collections:

ACM/SIGGRAPH  (http://www.siggraph.org)  Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Graphics.
CGU-Manchester  (http://info.mcc.ac.uk/CGU/CGU-research.html)  The Computer Graphics Unit - Research at the University of Manchester, United Kingdom.
GVU-GA Tech  (http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/gvutop.html)  Georgia Institute of Technology's Graphics, Visualization, + Usability Center.
Scientific Visualization  (http://www.nas.nasa.gov/RNR/Visualization/annotatedURLs.html)  Annotated Scientific Visualization URL Bibliography.
Thant's  (http://mambo.ucsc.edu/psl/thant/thant.html)  Animation index, descriptions of computer-generated animations.
Video  (http://tns-www.lcs.mit.edu/cgi-bin/vs/vsbrowser)   Demonstration of vsbrowser, a video file browser.

Multiple Media Collections:

ACM/SIGMM  (http://www.acm.org/sigmm/)  Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Multimedia (SIGMM) Systems.
Mulimedia Collection  (http://www.multimedia.edu)  The Vancouver (Canada) Film School's collection of links to technologies about film, multimedia, animation, and editing.
Multimedia Index  (http://viswiz.gmd.de/MultimediaInfo/)  Multimedia Information Sources, by Simon Gibbs. An extensive, carefully selected list of multimedia information sources. Frequently updated and organized by category. Covers links on just about everything to do with multimedia.

Multimedia Organizations and Other Information:

CDM-NYU  (http://found.cs.nyu.edu)  New York University (NYU) Center for Digital Multimedia, a New York State Center for Advanced Technology, sponsored by the New York State Science and Technology Foundation.
File formats  (ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/pub/doc/graphic-formats/)  Formats of graphics and sound files.
File formats  (ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/misc/file.formats/)  Graphics and sound file formats.
ICME-RPI  (http://www.ciue.rpi.edu/index.htm)  The International Center for Multimedia in Education at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York.
IMA  (http://www.ima.org)  International Multimedia Association.
Macromedia  (http://www.macromedia.com)  Multimedia information and design.
MCRL-Ottawa  (http://www.mcrlab.uottawa.ca)  Multimedia Communications Research Laboratory at the University of Ottawa.
Media Lab-MIT  (http://www.media.mit.edu)  MIT Media Lab Home Page.
MICE  (http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/mice/)  Multimedia Integrated Conferencing for European Researchers.
Multimedia formats  (http://ac.dal.ca/~dong/contents.html)  Multimedia file formats on the Internet, by Allison Zhang.
Multimedia Lab BU  (http://spiderman.bu.edu)  Multimedia Laboratory at Boston University.
Multimedia Survey  (ftp://ftp.ed.ac.uk/pub/mmsurvey/mmsurvey.txt)  A Survey of Distributed Multimedia Research, Standards and Products, by RARE.
Multimediator  (http://www.ideaguy.com)  A guide to multimedia associations, books, magazines, Internet resources, and employment. Multimediator also features original articles about the art and business of multimedia and the Canadian Developers Directory, the Internet's most extensive list of Canadian companies developing interactive multimedia content.
Rob's Multimedia Lab  (http://www.acm.uiuc.edu:80/rml)  A collection of archives and information about graphics, sound, and movies on the Net.

Hypermedia Information:

ACM/SIGLINK  (http://www.acm.org/siglink/)  Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Hypertext/Hypermedia; includes an excellent section on links to further resources.
Bush, Vannevar: As We May Think, article from July 1945 issue of The Atlantic Monthly about hypertext (http://www.isg.sfu.ca/~duchier/misc/vbush/).
HTML Station  (http://www.december.com/html/)  A collection of information about HyperText Markup Language.
Hypertext and literary things  (http://aaln.org/~kmm/)  A directory of resources about hypertext theory and fiction as well as technical issues.
Hypertext systems  (http://www.w3.org/hypertext/Products/Overview.html)  An Overview of Hypertext and IR systems and applications.
Hypertext terms  (http://www.w3.org/hypertext/WWW/Terms.html)  A glossary of terms from the WWW project, from CERN.
Web development  (http://www.december.com/web/develop.html)  Planning, analysis, design, implementation, and promotion. Key practices and on-line resources are given for each process.

Virtual Reality:

VR Testbed  (http://www.nist.gov/itl/div878/ovrt/OVRThome.html)  Open Virtual Reality Testbed home page.
VRML  (http://www.vrml.org)  Virtual Reality Modeling Language.
VRMLTech  (http://www.vrmltech.com)  Directory of VRML files on the Internet.

Access and Connectivity

These documents will help you gain or find out about access to networks.

Assistive technology: alternative methods of access to the Internet  (http://www.alaska.net/~ckayaker/)  For example, methods of access for blind, disabled, or physically challenged users.
Connecting to Internet: What Connecting Institutions Should Anticipate  (ftp://nic.merit.edu/documents/fyi/fyi16.txt)
GNET Archive: bring the net to lesser-developed nations and poorer parts of the world  (ftp://dhvx20.csudh.edu/global_net/)
Inet-Access FAQ: how to become an Internet service provider, an extremely detailed guide to procedures, equipment, hooking to the Net, agreements, software, fees, technical issues, marketing, legal issues, resources, by David H Dennis (david@amazing.cinenet.net) (http://amazing.cinenet.net/faq.html)
Internet Access: Individual access to Internet, by James Milles (ftp://sluaxa.slu.edu/pub/millesjg/internet.access)
Internet Access Guide: Access Guide to introducing.the.internet, by Ellen Hoffman (ftp://nic.merit.edu/introducing.the.internet/access.guide)
Internet Modem: Internet service providers in the U.S. accessible through dial-up connections from a personal computer, by Genevieve Engel (ftp://dla.ucop.edu/pub/internet/dial-access)
Internet Providers: THE LIST of Internet access providers in all area codes and countries  (http://www.thelist.com)  This is the place to go to find out about Internet service providers-there's no other place with more listings.
Network Startup: NSF-sponsored Network Startup Resource Center   (ftp://ftp.psg.com/README)
NIXPUB: Public/Open Access UNIX, by Bux Technical Services (ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/alt.bbs/Nixpub_Posting_(Long))
PSGnet/RAINet: networking in the developing world, low-cost networking tools, computer networking in general   (gopher://gopher.psg.com)
RAIN: Regional Alliance for Information Networking   (http://www.rain.org)
Registering on the Net: Transition and Modernization of the Internet Registration Service, by S. Williamson  (ftp://nic.merit.edu/documents/rfc/rfc1400.txt)
Rural Datafication: bring the power of the Internet to rural and otherwise underserved communities  (http://www.cic.net/rd-home.html)

Network Administration

Domain Administration  (ftp://nic.merit.edu/documents/rfc/rfc1033.txt)
Domain Name Survey  (http://www.nw.com/zone/WWW/top.html)  An attempt to discover every host on the Internet by doing a complete search of the domain name system.
Domain names  (ftp://nic.merit.edu/documents/rfc/rfc1034.txt)
Host managers  (ftp://nic.merit.edu/documents/rfc/rfc1173.txt)
Internet servers  (http://www.charm.net/~cyber/)  Building Internet Servers, a collection of information and links from Charm Net.
SNMP  (http://snmp.cs.utwente.nl)  Simple network management protocol project group, at the University of Twente, the Netherlands.

Networking Methods

Amateur Radio Packet  (ftp://ftp.std.com/pub/hamradio/faq/packet.faq) Connects between Amateur Radio Packet (digital data stream) network and the Internet.
Andrew Consortium  (http://www.cs.cmu.edu:8001/afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/atk-ftp/web/ and rew-home.html)  A portable set of applications that runs under X11.
ATM forum  (http://www.atmforum.com)  Worldwide organization, aimed at promoting Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) within the industry and the end-user community.
Cell Relay  (http://cell-relay.indiana.edu/cell-relay/)  Cell-relay or broadband technologies (ATM/DQDB/SONET and so on), including research papers, standards, product information, mailing list archives, and events.
Concise  (http://www.w3.org/hypertext/DataSources/CONCISE/UserGuide/Overvie w.html)  Database about networks, networking tools, and projects.
Ethernet page  (http://wwwhost.ots.utexas.edu/ethernet/ethernet-home.html) Resources related to the Ethernet (IEEE 802.3) local area network system, by Charles Spurgeon.
FidoNet News  (ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/comp.org.fidonet/)  Archives of the newsgroup comp.org.fidonet.
GOSIP  (ftp://%FILE/rfc1169.txt)  Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile.
IBM's collection  (ftp://networking.raleigh.ibm.com/pub)  Networking information, protocols, and standards.
International Connect  (ftp://ftp.cs.wisc.edu/connectivity_table/)  International Connectivity Table, by Larry Landweber.
Internet Country Codes  (ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/mail/country-codes)  FAQ about country codes.
Internet Domain Names  (ftp://nic.merit.edu/documents/rfc/rfc1394.txt)  Relationship of Telex answerback codes to Internet domains.
Internet Protocols  (http://netlab.itd.nrl.navy.mil/Internet.html)  Listings of working groups and information about protocols-applications, Internet, next generation, network management, operational requirements, routing, security, and much more.
Internet Root Domain  (ftp://ftp.rs.internic.net/domain/)  Lists of Internet hosts.
InterNetwork Mail  (ftp://ftp.csd.uwm.edu/pub/internetwork-mail-guide) Methods of sending mail from one network to another, by John Chew and Scott Yanoff.
Intranet  (http://www.brill.com/intranet/links.html)  A network connecting an affiliated set of clients using standard Internet protocols, especially TCP/IP and HTTP links from the IntraNet Journal.
Intro TCP/IP  (ftp://nic.merit.edu/introducing.the.internet/intro.to.ip) Describes the Internet protocols.
IP address resolver  (mailto:resolve@widener.edu Body: site SITE NAME)
ISDN  (telnet://isdn@bbs.combinet.com)  The Combinet, Inc. Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) deployment database Login as : isdn.
ISDN info/Kegel  (http://alumni.caltech.edu/~dank/isdn/)  ISDN page, a collection of pointer resources about Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), including standards and discussions, providers, vendors, and products, by Dan Kegel.
ISDN info/Pac Bell+ATT  (http://www.pacbell.com/isdn/isdn_home.html) Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) from Pacific Bell and American Telephone and Telegraph.
Minitel  (http://www.minitel.fr)  French service for on-line communication.
Network Research sites  (http://netlab.itd.nrl.navy.mil/onr.html)  A list of network researching sites.
PCLT  (http://pclt.cis.yale.edu/pclt/default.htm)  PC Lube and Tune; informative introductory material on PC hardware, networks, and newer operating systems.
Personal IP  (http://www.charm.net/ppp.html)  PPP, MS-Windows, and other information and links about connecting with Internet protocols, from Charm Net.
Wireless  (http://wireless.policy.net/wireless/wireless.html)  The Wireless Opportunities Coalition, a group of organizations and companies seeking to expand wireless communications development, manufacturing, and use.

Network Security

Business Security   (http://www.catalog.com/mrm/security.html)  Security for Businesses on the Internet, by Marianne Mueller.
CERT  (http://www.cert.org)  Computer Emergency Response Team; focal point for computer security concerns of Internet users; includes pointers to advisories and other information.
CERT-DFN  (http://www.cert.dfn.de/eng/)  Computer Emergency Response Team for the German Research Network
CIS  (http://www.fnc.gov/cis_page.html)  Collaborative Internet Security Project, the multi-agency effort to try to come up with some common grounds for establishing better security for federal information resources connected to the Internet.
Cryptorebel/Cypherpunk  (http://www.offshore.com.ai/security/)  Vince Cate's Cryptorebel and Cypherpunk page.
First  (http://www.first.org)  Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams.
NIST Security  (http://csrc.ncsl.nist.gov)  U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Computer Security Resource Clearinghouse.
RSA  (http://www.rsa.com)  Information on many cryptographic-related topics.
SAIC  (http://mls.saic.com/mls.security.text.html)  Science Applications International Corp, computer security.
Security index  (http://www.telstra.com.au/info/security.html)  Computer and Network Security Reference Index, by Rodney Campbell.
SHEN  (http://www.w3.org/hypertext/WWW/Shen/ref/shen.html)  A Security Scheme for the World Wide Web.
Site Security  (ftp://nic.merit.edu/documents/fyi/fyi8.txt)  Site Security Handbook, FYI 8, guidance on how to deal with security issues in the Internet, eds. Holbrook, Reynolds.

Network Statistics

Cyberatlas  (http://www.cyberatlas)  A collection of information about Internet statistics and demographics.
Internet Growth  (ftp://tic.com/matrix/growth/internet/)  Charts showing the Internet's past and projected growth, by Texas Internet Consulting.
Internet Growth/Lottor  (ftp://nic.merit.edu/documents/rfc/rfc1296.txt) Internet Growth (1981-1991).
Internet Stats/Demographics-Yahoo  (http://www.yahoo.com/Computers/Internet/Statistics_and_Demographics/)
NSFnet stats  (ftp://nic.merit.edu/nsfnet/statistics/)  NSF Statistics about Internet use, from Merit.
NSFnet stats/GVU Center  (http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/stats/NSF/merit.html) Georgia Tech's Graphics, Visualization, and Usability Center NSFNET Backbone Statistics Page; includes graphs of statistics.

Network Maps

ARPAnet Map  (http://web.kaleida.com/u/hopkins/arpanet/arpanet.html)  An index of Interface Message Processors on the ARPAnet (circa 1986).
Internet Maps (Many)  (ftp://ftp.uu.net/inet/maps/)
Internet Maps (NSFNET)  (ftp://nic.merit.edu/maps/)
Internet Maps (SuraNet)  (ftp://ftp.sura.net/pub/maps/)
Internet/Matrix  (gopher://gopher.tic.com/11/matrix/maps/matrix)  Maps from MIDS (Matrix Information and Directory Services).
Internet Topology-Yahoo  (http://www.yahoo.com/Computers/Internet/Network_Topology/)
USENET Maps  (ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/maps/)  Maps of Usenet news feeds/backbones.
UUCP Maps  (gopher://agate.berkeley.edu:4324/1uumaps)  Unix-Unix Copy Protocol Map Data.
WWW Resource Maps  (http://www.vtourist.com/webmap)  The Virtual Tourist, a collection of maps from all over the world to help you locate Internet sites and resources.

Telecommunications Information

ATP-LLNL  (http://www-atp.llnl.gov/atp/)  Advanced Telecommunications Program at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Computer + Communications  (http://www.cmpcmm.com/cc/)  InfoBahn, Global Information Infrastructure, Telecommunications, large resource collection of companies, media, organizations, programs and projects, standards, Usenet groups, and FAQs.
Computing + Telecom  (http://www.analysys.co.uk/commslib.htm)  World-Wide Web Virtual Library entry for Communications and Telecommunications.
CTR-Columbia U  (http://www.ctr.columbia.edu/CUCTR_Home.html)  Columbia University Center for Telecommunications Research (CTR).
ITC  (http://www.telematrix.com)  International Telecommunications Center-telecommunications, data communications, and networking. Includes archives; information; software, product, and employment information; sponsored by telematrix.com.
Tele/Communications  (http://www.telstra.com.au/info/communications.html) Information sources about communications and telecommunications.
Telecom Information Resources  (http://www.ipps.lsa.umich.edu/telecom-info.html)  Technical, economic, public policy, and social aspects of telecommunications, including voice, data, video, wired, wireless, cable TV, and satellite.
US-FCC  (http://www.fcc.gov)  Federal Communications Commission (USA).
US-ITS  (http://www.its.bldrdoc.gov/its.html)  Institute for Telecommunication Sciences, USA government research and engineering laboratory.
US-NTIA  (http://www.ntia.doc.gov)  National Telecommunications and Information Administration (USA).
WilTel Library  (http://www.wiltel.com/library library.html) Telecommunications Library, telecom business and technology, sponsored by WilTel Network Services.

Organizations

These are consortia, collections of networks, or national or regional networking organizations or groups.

EARN  (http://www.earn.net)  European Academic Research Network.
NEARnet  (ftp://nic.near.net/docs/)  New England Academic and Research Network.
NYSERNet  (http://www.nysernet.org)  New York State Education and Research Network.
RARE  (http://www.rare.nl)  Reseaux Associes pour la Recherche Europeenne, European research networks and users.
RIPE  (http://www.ripe.net)  Reseaux IP Europeens.
SuperJANET  (http://gala.jnt.ac.uk)  Super Joint Academic Network; an advanced, high-speed, fiber-optic network linking a large number of sites within the academic community.
SURAnet  (ftp://ftp.sura.net/pub/README)  Southeastern Universities Research Association Network.
TARENA  (http://www.terena.nl)  Trans-European Research and Education Networking Association; international information and telecommunications infrastructure; formed from the merging of RARE and EARN (October 1994).

These are organizations that play some part in setting or reporting on technical standards for telecommunications and networking.

ACM-TSC  (http://www.acm.org/tsc)  Association for Computing Machinery Technical Standards Committee.
AIW  (http://www.raleigh.ibm.com/app/aiwhome.htm)  Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking (APPN) Implementers Workshop.
ANSI  (http://www.ansi.org)  American National Standards Institute; a U.S. clearinghouse for standards, member of ISO.
ATIS  Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions; phone: (202) 434-8845.
Committee T1  (http://www.t1.org)  ANSI (American National Standards Institute) accredited ATIS (Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions) sponsored Committee T1 (Telecommunications); the focal point for developing U.S. positions for the ITU-T (formerly CCITT).
CSR  (http://www.csrstds.com/stdsover.html)  An overview of formal communications standards organizations from Communications Standards Review, publishers of two technical journals reporting on formal telecommunications standards and work-in-progress in the ITU and TIA (Telecommunications Industry Association, an ANSI accredited organization) on wireline, wireless, and fiber-optics standards. CSR also publishes two TIA authorized directories of projects in TIA TR and FO committees.
DISA  (http://www.disa.org)  Data Interchange Standards Association, Inc.
ECMA  (http://www.ecma.ch)  European Computer Manufacturers Association, computer and communications technologies; a Europe-based international association founded in 1961 and dedicated to the standardization of information and communications systems.
EIA  Electronic Industries Association, national trade association; phone: (202) 457-4966.
ETSI  (http://www.etsi.fr)  European Telecommunications Standards Institute.
IEC  (http://ww.hike.te.chiba-u.ac.jp/ikeda/IEC/home.html)  International Electrotechnical Commission.
IEEE  (http://www.ieee.org)  Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
IEEE Standards  (http://stdsbbs.ieee.org)
ISO  International Organization for Standardization; a voluntary body of national standardization organizations; phone: +41-22-341240.
ISO  (http://www.iso.ch)  International Organization for Standardization.
ISO info  (http://www.hike.te.chiba-u.ac.jp/ikeda/ISO/home.html) International Organization for Standardization information, by Dr. Hiroaki Ikeda.
ITU  (http://www.itu.ch)  International Telecommunication Union; a United Nations agency that coordinates telecommunications.
Monaco Telematique and VEMMI  (http://www.mctel.fr)  This service describes the new European and International VEMMI standard (Enhanced Man-Machine Interface for Videotex and Muitimedia/Hypermedia Information Retrieval Services) and how it can be used to create advanced object-oriented multimedia applications on the Internet. The service also describes Monaco Telematique MCTEL activities in the VEMMI, multimedia, and Internet fields.
NIST-USA  (http://www.nist.gov)  National Institute of Standards and Technology WWW home page.
VESA  (http://www.vesa.org)  Video Electronics Standards Association.

Internet Commerce

This section provides a list of pointers dealing with commerce on the Internet, including technical as well as social issues.

Advertising Blacklist  (http://math-www.uni-paderborn.de/~axel/BL/blacklist.html)  A compendium of advertisers who have misused Net access, compiled by Axel Boldt.
Advertisting FAQ  Internet Advertising FAQ, by Strangelove Internet Enterprises (mailto: interBEX1@intnet.bc.ca)
Advertising Guide  (http://www.missouri.edu/internet-advertising-guide.html) The Internet Advertising Resource Guide, maintained by Hairong Li, The Missouri School of Journalism. Links to a large number of sources of information about Internet advertising, including collections and topics, studies, storefronts, and other information.
Advertising/marketing law  (http://www.webcom.com/~lewrose/home.html) Emphasis on infomercials, home shopping, and direct response tv; includes intellectual property and telemarketing, by Lewis Rose.
BizWeb  (http://www.bizweb.com)  A subject-oriented directory of companies on the Web.
Business/Corporations  (http://www.yahoo.com/Economy/Business/Corporations/) Lists of businesses and corporations on the Net.
Business sites  (http://www.owi.com/netvalue/)  Net value-the Web Strategy Forum; includes Interesting Business Sites on the Web, by Bob O'Keefe at the School of Management, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Businesses  (http://www.directory.net)  List of Commercial Sites on the Web, from Open Market.
CAN  (http://www.can-net.com)  The American Community Network (ACN) provides a point of access to information and contacts regarding economic and business development in America's cities, communities, and regions.
Canadian Business  (http://www.cibd.com)  Canadian Internet Business Directory.
Career Mosaic  (http://www.careermosaic.com/cm/)  High-tech companies offering career information.
Commercial List  (http://www.directory.net)  A directory of many commercial services on the Web.
Commercial Services  (gopher://gopher.std.com:70/11/Commercial)  A list of Telnet connections to many commercial information services, from The World.
Computer+Communications  (http://www.cmpcmm.com/cc/)  Computer and Communication Company Sites on the Web, by James E. (Jed) Donnelley.
Cyberatlas  (http://www.cyberatlas.com)  A wealth of information about Internet market research.
Digital Marketplace  (http://www.dgtlmrktplce.com)  An electronic commerce site of business opportunities used for finding sources of financing, venture capital, and debt capital for creating an auction in intellectual property rights, in mergers, and acquisitions of company interests. Also used by corporate finance and banking professionals.
Entrepeneurs  (http://sashimi.wwa.com/~notime/eotw/EOTW.html)  Useful business information and services for entrepreneurs.
ESS  (http://www.entrepreneurs.net/iess/iess.html)  How to start and conduct business on the Internet, a forum for getting individuals together (via the Internet and otherwise) in an ethical manner.
FECRS  (http://www.ecrc.gmu.edu/index.html)  Fairfax Electronic Commerce Resource Center; Continuous Acquisition Lifecycle Support (CALS); enterprise integration, electronic commerce, business processing, and re-engineering.
GovBot  (http://www.business.gov)  *new* database of U.S. government Web sites to support business.
Hermes  (http://www-personal.umich.edu/~sgupta/hermes.htm)  Research project on the commercial uses of the World Wide Web.
Ho, Thomas  (http://e-comm.iworld.com)  Favorite Electronic Commerce WWW resources; includes information sources, links to articles, economic development, and service/presence providers.
Inet Marketing  (http://galaxy.einet.net/hypermail/inet-marketing/)  Archives of the Internet Marketing mailing list.
InterBEX  Business Exchange, selective content-oriented business information (mailto: interBEX-index@intnet.bc.ca)
InterQuote  (http://www.interquote.com)  Continuously updating stock market information service.
IOMA  (http://starbase.ingress.com/ioma/)  Institute Of Management and Administration; Information Services for Professionals.
Marketing/CMEs  (http://www2000.ogsm.vanderbilt.edu)  Marketing in Computer-Mediated Environments home page, from Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
Publications  (http://arganet.tenagra.com/Tenagra/books.html)  Print Publications Related to Business Use of the Internet, from Tenagra.
Stock Quotes  (http://www.quote.com)  QuoteCom, a service dedicated to providing financial market data to Internet users.
Ventana 500  (http://www.vmedia.com/vvc/onlcomp/business/index.html)  *new* The most useful on-line business resources from Ventana Media.

Marketplaces

CommerceNet  (http://logic.stanford.edu/cit/commercenet.html)  Internet-based infrastructure for electronic commerce, created and operated by a consortium of major Silicon Valley users, providers, and developers under Smart Valley, Inc.
Digital's Emall  (http://www.service.digital.com/html/emall.html)  Digital Equipment Corporation's electronic shopping mall.
EMall  (http://eMall.com)  WWW shopping and information.
IBC  (http://www.intbc.com)  Internet Business Connection; an electronic shopping mall and a service for companies that want to promote their products or services on the Internet.
Internet Shopping Network  (http://www.internet.net)  Products from hundreds of vendors, along with a query interface.
Shop D Net  (http://www.neosoft.com/citylink/blake/malls.html)  A list of virtual marketplaces, from Blake and Associates, Internet Marketing Consultants.
Sofcom  (http://www.sofcom.com.au)  Home shopping, information providers, non-profits.