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NOTE: This index is not a complete compendium, that would be impossible. On the other hand it is a useful and interesting list of resources. Many of our previous lists have been moved to the off site resources section, as there are other people much better able to monitor these rapidly changing areas better than we can.

Files Subdirectories On-Site Links Off-Site Links




Files in this Archive

email.biblio
Erik Thelan's Jan 1989 bibliography of works on e-mail and other forms of electronic messaging and networked communications. Older but historically important.
gateconf.list
A list of known gateways between public mailing lists and network newsgroups in the seven USENET hierarchies and other worldwide alternative hierarchies.
graphical_bbs.list
A list of GUI (Graphical User Interface) BBS's in the US and Canada. Updated in 1993.
health_newsgroups.list
list of health-related Usenet newsgroups (not exactly exhaustive)
history_lists.list
A list of History lists on Bitnet
indiv_access.list
A list of ISPs for individual dialup accounts.
internet_bbs.list
A list of BBSs accessible through the internet.
internet.biblio
the Unofficial Internet Book List, a bibliography, for beginners and net.surfers alike, of Internet-related books
internet_talk_radio.info
Information on Internet talk Radio, a new type of publication that attempts to be a news and information service, about the internet, distributed on the internet.
internic.faq
Information about the InterNIC registeration services.
irc_channel.list
A list of channels available on IRC.
japan_site.list
list of Internet access providers in Japan
mailinglists.list
list of Internet "mailing list" forums.
media_online.list
A listing of email addresses of newspapers, magazines, TV stations, and other media outlets that accept electronic submissions from the public.
medical_resources.pointer
A blurb about The Medical List, a database of clinical medicine Internet resources.
moderator_usenet.list
A description of what a moderated newsgroup is, and a list of moderated newsgroups.
mud.faq
Part 1 of a Three part FAQ about MUDs.
mud.list
A list of some internet Muds
net_books.rfc1432
A list of books related to using the Internet
net_book.list
The Unofficial Internet Book List: The most complete bibliography of books about the Internet
net_epub.list
list of online journals about Internet/Usenet
net_mall.list
A list of commercial services available via the Internet
net_providers.list
A list of Internet Service Providers
net_resource.directory
A list of email Discussion Groups of interest to Educators.
nixpub_long.list
the NixPub list of Unix Internet access providers (long version)
nixpub_short.list
the NixPub list of Unix Internet access providers (short version)
net_services.faq
Internet Services FAQ
net_zines.list
A list of electronically accessible zines.
netpages.faq
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Aldea NetPages, an internet directory of email addresses.
news_announce.faq
Information about the newsgroups within the news.announce hierarchy.
news_online.list
A list of free sources of daily news available on the internet.
newspapers_online.list
This is a list of newspaper publishers with online services in operation OR under development.
nisc_pubs.list
A list of Internet Information Products available from SRI International, Network Information Systems Center.
nixpub_long.list
A list of Public/Open Access UNIX (*NIX) Sites
nixpub_short.list
A condensed list of Public/Open Access UNIX (*NIX) Sites
nonprofit_resource.faq
A guide to internet resources for non-profit organizations.
pdial015.list
Public Dialup Internet Access List (PDIAL)
perulists.list
list of Peruvian mailing lists (mostly Spanish & Portuguese language)
pocia.list
A directory of Providers of Commercial Internet Access (POCIA)
psych_lists.list
A list of announcements of a dozen "InterPsych" lists related to psychiatry and psychology
sci_eng_edu_resource.list
A list of some of the best science, engineering and other educational resources currently available on the Internet, and directions on how to access them.
services.list
A list of services available over the internet
social_groups.faq
A Brief Guide to Social Newsgroups and Mailing Lists on the Usenet
special_internet_connections.list
A list of services available over the internet.
techreport_site.list
A list of sites that appear to distribute technical reports
us_providers_internic.list
A list of US InterNIC Internet Service Providers
usenet-alt.list
An incomplete list of newsgroups under the alternate hierarchies: alt, bionet, bit, biz, clarinet, gnu, hepnet, ieee, inet, info, k12, relcom, u3b, and vmsnet
usenet-main.list
An incomplete list of newsgroups under the main hierarchies: news, soc, talk, misc, sci, comp, and rec.
w_eur_access.list
A list of European Internet Access providers



Subdirectories in This Archive

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CMC_List/
A listing of information sources related to the Internet and Computer-Mediated Communication.
HTML/
A bunch of lines to Interesting Tools & Resources on the Net



Related On-Site Resources

EFF Net Culture & Cyberanthropology Archive
EFF's Guide to the Internet
EFF Global Information Infrastructure Archive



Links to Related Off-Site Resources

INDEXES & SEARCH TOOLS/SERVICES
OTHER NET INFO, SERVICES & TOOLS
BUSINESS ONLINE
GENERAL REFERENCE
MISC.

INDEXES & SEARCH TOOLS/SERVICES
NCSA's Internet Resources Meta-Index
NCSA's Experimental Search Engine Meta-Index
for WAIS, etc. requires HTML forms support.
Virtual Listserv's Search Engine
Forum One is a guide to over 117,000 Web Forum Discussions. Web Forums" are areas on the web where you can post and respond to messages. Many other listservs may be found by typing "listserv" into altavista or its equivalent
The World Wide web Virtual Library:
Electronic journals, newspapers, magazines, newsletters and other resources.
Champaign, IL Public Library's
List of e-zines and other electronic media.
MIT's usenet faq archive.
EINet Galaxy Guide to World-Wide Information and Services.
NetCenter
Netscape's hub-and-spokes model reciprocal linking system of WWW indexing.
The Awesome List,
John Makulowich's index of "the glory and grandeur of the Internet, the sine qua non of Cyberspace"
NetBook/ScottList,
an extensive Internet site index, thirteen hundred+ entries.
Yahoo,
A portal with search engine, many services, information, free e-mail, chat rooms, etc.
Magellan
WWW Search Engine
CMU's Lycos
WWW Search Engine
InfoSeek
WWW Search Engine
WebCrawler
WWW Search Engine
DejaNews
Usenet Archive Search Engine
Excite
WWW & Usenet Search Engine, + Web Site Reviews
CUSI (CONFIGURABLE UNIFIED SEARCH INTERFACE)
one interface for multiple WWW search engines
WWW Search Engine Meta-Index
Search World-wide ftp Servers Using Archie Search Tool.
Search a massive index of SunSite
CD-ROM reasearch databases
SunSite Usenet Info Center
Launch Pad
Searchable index of the comp.infosystems.* newsgroups
Cool Site of the Day
Four11: The Internet White Pages
lists online people in a phonebook-like database
A "Yellow Pages"
index of professional media/news websites, email addresses & more.
The Internet Domain Survey
WWW Archive
Index of Academic Internet Servers
Directory of Scholarly and Professional E-Conferences
mailing lists
The Netizen's Cyberstop
info on net culture and history.
A large list of FTP sites.

OTHER NET INFO, SERVICES & TOOLS
WebChat demo & archive
(WebChat is a realtime chat utility for WWW browsers)
WebLint,
an HTML syntax checker (upload HTML to it, or point it at a URL. This is now a subscription service - $9.95 for 6 mos. $16.95 for a year.)
Alex,
an NSF-like method of treating FTP sites as part of one's own directory tree - neat tool!
The Internet Phone Company (tpc.int) Free Fax-via-Internet Service
Web Communications' Comprehensive Guide to Publishing on the Web
Internet/Usenet History
FTP Site
NIC-France (en Francais)
Japan Network Information Center
(JPNIC; in Japanese & English)
Internet/Usenet FAQs
(more tech. & non-tech. docs)
HEPROC:
Higher Education Resources and Assistance WWW Site
WWW Tips for Beginners
Brown & Mech's
Beginner's HTML Template for WWW Pages
Information About Gopher
GVU's NSFNet Backbone Statistics Page
The The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
shares many entries with HackDict, but has a lot more serious jargon terms.
Babel A Glossary of Computer-oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms.
Biography.Com
search 15,000+ biographies of notable personalities.
Info on New Internet Protocols
(IPng, SIPP, TUBA, etc.)
Info on the Knowledge Query & Manipulation Language (KQML)
for software agent communications.
Internet Resources Newsletter
A free newsletter for academics, students, engineers, scientists & social scientists. "Possibly the most useful round-up of new resources for academic users " - The Student's Guide to the Internet 1998/99

BUSINESS ONLINE
Index of Open Market Home Page:
"We are Internet commerce"
File a complaint with the Better Business Bureau
Central Web Server (IBBB)
List of Internet access providers (regularly updated.)
You can also
GENERAL REFERENCE
Babel:
A Glossary of Computer-oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms
Acronym Server
Anu Garg's Dictionary & Thesaurus Server
Merriam-Webster English Dictionary (hypertext edition)
Michael Moncur's Quotations Server -
search for quotes by keyword & author, get quotes of the day, get random quotes.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations WWW edition
Encyclopedia Britannica, online edition
Encyberpedia
index of online encyclopedias (from general, to very topic-specific).
indo.com Geographic Name Server
finds the latitude and longitude of two places, then calculates the distance between them.
Central Source Yellow Pages -
online phonebook of almost all businesses in the US (this is an online version of a phone book, not an index of online businesses).
The online Yellow Pages
lists US businesses (this is an online version of a phone book, not an index of online businesses).
Tiger's MapBrowse
generate custom US area maps on the fly and download them (free).

MISC.
Weather Reports
by National Weather Service.
Recent Earthquakes United States Geophysical Service



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