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Internet Resources



My favorite thing about the Internet is that you get to go into the private world of real creeps without having to smell them.

Penn Jillett


Anything and everything you've ever wanted to know about Internet can be found in this section. Find out more about access providers, browsers, chat lines, search engines, to name a few.

Access Providers

Charm Net Personal IP Page

http://www.charm.net/pip.html

Provides information on how to connect your computer directly to the Internet. It leans toward PPP and MS-Windows, but includes information for users of Macs, Windows, Windows NT, and OS/2.

CyberSight

http://cybersight.com/cgi-bin/cs/s?main.gmml

The information hotline for online hipsters. It also just happens to be a service provider and consultant to some of the largest corporations in the world, including Visa, Pepsi, and K2 Sports).

EFF's (Extended) Guide to the Internet

http://www.eff.org/papers/bdgtti/eegtti.html

Features a list of Internet providers, organized by state, and describes e-mail, Usenet groups, FTP, Telnet, and BBS.

Enterprise Internet Services

http://www.enterprise.net

Acts as a major provider of Internet Services, based in the Isle of Man, British Isles. It also specializes in providing Web-based applications that utilize a secure Netscape Commerce Server. Offers a diverse and extensive Web server for all applications.

Fountainhead Internet Systems

http://www.fountainhead.com/

A full-service Internet presence provider based in Los Angeles. Provides Internet hookups, consulting, Web page design, and training. Also publishes the Los Angeles Superstation.

GeoCities

http://www.geocities.com/

Award-winning Internet presence provider based in Beverly Hills, California. Contains hundreds of free home pages, organized into neighborhoods reflecting various sites, such as Wall Street or Hollywood. Presents a thriving community, including live video feeds from all over, as well as the freshest hot lists.

GHG Corp

http://www.ghgcorp.com/ghg/InternetServices/

A Houston company offering computer training and consulting services such as Web page development for businesses. Provides links to business home pages and news groups of interest.

How To Select an Internet Service Provider

http://web.cnam.fr/Network/Internet-access/how_to_select.html

Describes what you should look for when you set out to purchase an Internet connection. Includes information on network topology, network link speeds, technical staff, and more.

Icanect

http://members.icanect.net/

Provides Internet consulting to get you connected with a service provider and up and running on the Internet. Provides downloads of Web and Internet software, along with contests, giveaways, and much more.

ICNet: The Original Internet Provider for the Eastern Shore

http://www.intercom.net/

This provider for the eastern U. S. provides links to Internet and computer classes, computer resellers, search engines, local weather, news, and entertainment.

Imagine.com

http://www.imagine.com/

A service provider in Hartford, Connecticut, connecting individuals, businesses, government, and educational institutions to the Web. Offers Web site development, links to Imagine.com offerings (Web servers and firewalls), user's pages, and other creative services.

Industrial Peer-to-Peer

http://www.callamer.com/~pfahey/

Based in California, a network integration product and service provider for your organization. Includes links to products and services, management profiles, clients, and contact info.

Infonet

http://www.infonet.com/

A service provider that also presents information on navigation aids and search utilities, help files and FAQs, and other Internet services.

InReach

http://www.inreach.com/

An Internet access provider for the Northern California area. Provides connection and service information as well as local job openings, news, and related sites.

Inspiration Software

http://www.rdrop.com/

Dial-up access for those in the Portland, Oregon area. Includes links to search engines, software to download, HTML info, movies, and other interesting Web sites.

InstaNet (Instant Internet Corp.)

http://www.instanet.com/

Dial-up access for the Los Angeles area. Provides links to local business, traffic info, other users' pages, how to write in HTML, and more.

Intergate

http://www.intergate.net/

A full-service network provider for everything from e-mail to dedicated lines for corporations. A complete listing of products, services, and pricing is available.

Internet Access Phoenix Arizona

http://neta.com/

An access provider of Phoenix, Arizona, with links to information and renting Web space, business and personal home pages, Internet shopping, search engines, interesting sites, and more. Features new sites often.

Internet Application Services, Inc.

http://www.mindspring.com/

Internet Service provider for the Atlanta, Georgia area.

Internet Channel

http://www.inch.com/

New York City-based Internet service provider. Links to services, accounts, clients, and the home page creator.

Internet Delaware

http://www.delnet.com/

Internet access and Web publishing for individuals and businesses. A cool site with many, many links to search tools, software, Web sites, government info, products, and more.

Internet Direct

http://idirect.com/welcome.html

Internet access for the novice Internet user. Includes inks to lots of free stuff online. Other links to membership options, products and prices, and more.

Internet Express, Inc.

http://www.inxpress.net/

An access provider based in Madison, Wisconsin, with many links to services, subscriptions and rates, news access, global and local links, search engines, business and personal pages, and new user info.

Internet Front

http://www.internetfront.com/

An Internet service provider for businesses. Includes links to images, movies, software, other products, and more.

Internet Interface Systems

http://www.webnet.com.au/

An Internet access provider for businesses and individuals in Australia. A really cool interactive site with links to search engines, clients, games, newsgroups, and much more.

Internet Light and Power

http://www.ilap.com/

A Canadian-based Internet access provider for individuals and businesses in North America. Includes links to client services, search tools, cool sites, and more.

Internet MainStreet

http://www.mainstreet.net/

A full-service Internet provider for your business. Based in California, it provides links to other Web pages on its server.

Internet North

http://www.internorth.com/

An Internet service provider for Northern Canada. Includes links to Northern Canada's Net Index, local weather info, user's home pages, and more.

Internet On-Ramp, Inc.

http://www.ior.com/

A full-service Internet service provider based in Spokane, Washington. Includes links to support, Web info, businesses, members, AltaVista search engine, and more.

Internet Services Montana

http://www.ism.net/index.html

A full-service Internet provider based in Montana. Provides links to user pages, cool sites, businesses, Web searches, support, and more.

InterServe Communications

http://www.interserve.com/

Low cost, high baud rate Internet access for individuals or businesses. Includes links to clients' pages, services and prices, and company info.

IntrepidNet

http://www.intrepid.net/

Internet access for individuals or businesses in eastern West Virginia and Washington County, Maryland. Provides access to businesses on the Internet, services, support, local sites, and more.

ISDN Internet Access

http://www.nettechsys.com/

A full-service Internet provider in the San Francisco Bay area with links to and information on Internet connectivity, the Web, support, products and services, and more.

LavaNet, Inc.

http://www.lava.net/

Honolulu's Internet connection. Includes links to tech support, service and rates, clients' Web pages, the Hawaii home page, and more.

LI.Net

http://www.li.net/

The Internet service provider for the Long Island area. Includes links to resources, news, service, local living, and more.

Linkage Online

http://www.hk.linkage.net/

An Internet service provider for all your business needs and the largest service provider in Asia. Find out about what it offers, businesses on line, free classifieds, and more.

Magnetic Page

http://www.magpage.com/

An Internet service provider for areas of Delaware and Pennsylvania. Provides links to its corporate user pages, other user pages, subscriber services, Web searchers, and more cool stuff.

Medius Communications, Inc.

http://www.medius.com

Medius Communications, Inc. provides corporate Internet access and presence services, enabling organizations to plan, build, implement, and promote complete online information and application services.

Michigan Internet Cooperative Association

http://www.mica.net/

A full-service Internet service provider for businesses, offering high-bandwidth/low-cost connectivity. Check out its product announcements, its press releases, the Business Solutions Group, and more.

Micron Internet Services

http://www.micron.net/

A full-service Internet provider with links to subscriber information and access, tech support, Micron products and services, and Web search tools.

Minnesota MicroNet

http://www.mm.com/

An Internet service provider for the Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota area. Includes links to business directories, community pages, customer support, and services.

Minnesota Regional Network (MRNet)

http://www.mr.net/MRNet.html

The most experienced Internet service provider located in Minnesota. Includes links to services, members, and resources.

MJC Inc. Computer Services

http://www.holonet.net/mjc/

A full-service Internet provider with on-site service or remote service call capability. Call and answer a few simple questions to get a 30-day trial membership.

Mojoski Net Tools

http://www.mojoski.com/nettools.html

A group of experienced Internet professionals who provide Internet access to the world. Offers Finger and Archie, with more tools on the way.

MonadNet

http://www.monad.net/

An Internet service provider for individuals or organizations in the Monadnock area of New Hampshire. Includes links to how to get started, services and tech support, and frequently asked questions.

Moran Communications Group

http://www.moran.com/

An Internet Access provider offering a myriad services, including Web services and connections, training, programming, networking, hardware and software. Also, two cool links to a movie database and to an Internet card creator. Send a virtual greeting card to anyone with an e-mail address.

Mountain Internet

http://www.mountain-inter.net/

An Internet service provider for areas in British Columbia, Canada. In addition to links to member services, it includes links to summer camps for kids, flight instruction classes, logger sports, auto racing, real estate, magazines, and other sites of local interest.

Nantucket.Net

http://www.nantucket.net/NN/

The Internet service provider for Nantucket Island. All the information you need to get started, including access info and pricing.

National Knowledge Networks, Inc.

http://www.nkn.edu/

The Internet service provider for North Texas, with links to Web info, services, news, and ideas.

NetAccess Worldwide List

http://www.best.be/iap/

Offers a list of Internet access providers from every continent in the world.

NetAxis

http://www.netaxis.qc.ca/

An Internet access provider based in Montreal, with links including local sites and businesses, search engines, local and community events and culture, and health sites, as well as links to sister sites.

NETCOM Online Communications Services, Inc.

http://www.netcom.com

Contains information about Netcom, the nation's largest Internet provider. Offers local access numbers online for subscribers on the go. Subscription information is also available online.

NetDepot

http://www.netdepot.com/

Internet access and services for individuals. Provides information about using and navigating the Internet, skills, and fun places to go.

NETHEAD

http://www.nethead.co.uk/

An Internet service provider for most of the United Kingdom. Offers Web publishing and consulting services to clients.

NetPoint Communications, Inc.

http://www.netpoint.net/

An international Internet service provider based in Miami, Florida, for individuals and corporations. Internet consulting provided in both English and Spanish. Provides access to a long list of interesting sites.

NetPress Communications

http://www.netpress.com/

NetPress Communications provides links to the following home pages: Collabra Software, Institute for Management Studies, Lithocraft, Inc., the Law Office of Kirsten Keith, and Bay Rep, Inc.

NetReach

http://www.reach.net/

An Internet service provider for the Quinte region located in Canada. Includes links to products and services, community and school information, Web sites, and resources.

Netropolis

http://www.dash.com/

A local Internet service provider for the Denver, Colorado area. Includes many links to art, business, education, government, entertainment, shopping, news, weather, and other sites.

Netside Network

http://www.netside.com/index.html

Internet access, computer sales, and networking for the Southeast U.S., with links to search engines, software sites, news and weather, user pages, advertising, and subscribing information.

NETWave Internet Access Provider

http://maui.netwave.net/info.html

The Internet service provider for the Chicagoland area. Includes many links to art, business, education, entertainment, government, kids, local news, and weather sites; info; members' home pages; Chicago Tribune; search engines and subscription information; and much more.

Northwest Link

http://nwlink.com/

An Internet service provider for the Seattle, Washington area, with links to local news and weather, personal pages, new sites, rates, and service information.

Novagate

http://www.novagate.com

West Michigan's Internet service provider, with gateway information, services and pricing, yellow pages, local city information, and more.

Valiquet Lamothe Inc.

http://www.vli.ca

Offers access to the Internet and provides information on links to French and English sites. Also provides information on tourism and levels of government.

Browsers & Interfaces

About Web/Genera

http://gdbdoc.gdb.org/letovsky/genera/genera.html

Offers Web/Genera, a software package that uses Mosaic 2.4 to integrate Sybase databases into the Web. Offers downloadable alpha-mode (pretest) software.

Cyberspace Connection

http://www.main.com/~kirton/index.html

Offers a variety of resources, from search engines to personal and commercial Web links. Provides "your jumppoint to Cyberspace."

Easy Mosaic and Introductory Web Surfing

http://www.lm.com/~lmann/docs/easymosaic.html

Serves as a basic primer on using the Mosaic Web browser. Provides a history of how information was disseminated before the Web.

Global Network Navigator Home Page

http://gnn.com/gnn/index.html

Presents GNN, the creators of the Web browser Mosaic. Provides information on Mosaic and GNN's Internet access service. Includes its Whole Internet Catalog and offers perusable online publications on virtually every topic.

Hill Holliday Advertising

http://www.hhcc.com/

A site that provides links to download shockwave, Java, and Netscape. Other than that, all links return the user to this page.

Internet Group/Internet Business Center

http://home.tig.com/cgi-bin/genobject/index

A Web and Internet resource and home page provider. Offers Manage! IT, a browsing tool.

Chats, Messaging, & Conferences

Internet Conference Calendar

http://www.automatrix.com/conferences/

Lists upcoming conferences, syposia, and workshops related to the Internet. Lets you use the submission form to add your own events to the calendar. Also lets you list upcoming events geographically. Provides links to separate pages for each event listed, if available.

Internet Relay Chat Games

http://calypso.cs.uregina.ca/Games/

Offers information and history on the most popular games played on the IRC network. Offers information on Risky Business, Chaos, Boggle, and Acrophobia.

IRC Galley

http://www.powertech.no/IRCGallery/

A place where people using IRC can put up images of themselves. Allows you to search by country or name.

IRC Poker Channels Home Page

http://maelstrom.cc.mcgill.ca/poker/poker.html

Offers everything you need to know to play IRC poker. Enables you to play poker with people anywhere in the world in real time.

MeGALiTH's Sensational Visual IRC Beta Home Page

http://apollo3.com/~acable/virc.html

Visual IRC is the first of a "new generation" of IRC clients for Windows, incorporating state-of-the-art file transfer, audio, and advanced IRC features. Features channel surf and other great features. Grab the latest beta from this page.

Quarterdeck Global Chat

http://www.qdeck.com/chat/

Formerly owned by Prospero. Focuses on adding live interaction to the Web. Allows you to download the software for free, and also offers discussion areas.

TeamWARE AB

http://www.pro.icl.se

A Swedish company that provides the Internet e-mail and Web product EMBLA.

World Wide Web Consortium

http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW

Offers information about the upcoming WWW International Conference. Also contains a wealth of information on various Web issues, such as security, HTTP, and graphics standards.

Worlds Chat

http://www.worlds.net/wc/

Provides a 3D multiuser chatting system. Allows you to use images and sound while you chat with others, interacting through your computer instead of with it.

Cyberspace Issues

BBN on the World Wide Web

http://www.bbn.com/home.html

An online version of BBN magazine. Offers an Internet tutorial, an Internet timeline, the BBN Planet, press releases, and job postings.

Blacklist of Internet Advertisers

http://math-www.uni-paderborn.de/~axel/BL/blacklist.html

One of several blacklists targeting Internet advertisers who violate "netiquette" when hawking their wares. Provides more information on the issue and advice on what to do to avoid getting blacklisted when you advertise on the Internet.

c|net: the computer network

http://www.cnet.com/

c|net: the computer network, creators of c|net online and the television series c|net central, is an on-air and online interactive showcase for computers, multimedia, and digital technologies.

Censorship and the Internet

http://dis.strath.ac.uk/people/paul/Control.html

Offers a growing collection of links about censorship and associated issues on the Internet. Provides resources on the legal and ethical issues of running a Web service.

Cybertown

http://www.cybertown.com/cybertown

Presents an off-world 21st century town with spectacular graphics that load quickly. Offers many areas to explore, including the Spaceport, the Time Machine, and the mysterious Cyberhood.

EFFweb—The Electronic Frontier Foundation

http://www.eff.org/

A nonprofit civil liberties organization working in the public interest to protect privacy, free expression, and access to online resources and information. Includes many online resources and references. Contains its publication EFFector Online.

Executive Guide to Marketing on the New Internet

http://www.industry.net/guide.html

An online paper that focuses on the effects of the Internet on business. Talks about the changing role between the Internet and the marketing executive and speculates on the future on the Internet.

Hermes Project

http://www.umich.edu/~sgupta/hermes

Presents an ongoing research project that is trying to determine the commercial uses of the Web. Offers an online consumer survey for people on the Web.

Information Economy

http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/resources/infoecon/

Formerly called Economics and the Internet, this site provides a collection of documents related to information goods, intellectual property, and related issues. Includes high resolution slides.

Internet Society

http://www.isoc.org/

The closest thing to a governing organization to be found on the Net. Offers information services, ISOC chapter data, conferences and papers, and Internet standards.

Mapping the Internet

http://www.uvc.com/gbell/promo.html

Presents Gordon Bell, one of the pioneers of the Internet, discussing his views on the direction in which the Internet should now proceed. Discusses his proposal for ending the problems with limited bandwith and the increased traffic on the Internet. Includes a slide show and sound bites with the presentation.

NetWatchers Legal Cyberzine

http://www.ionet.net/~mdyer/netwatch.shtml

A monthly e-zine that reports on legal developments in cyberspace and the online world.

SurfWatch Home Page

http://www.surfwatch.com/

Presents SurfWatch, a program for reducing the risk of children uncovering sexually explicit material on the Internet.

What's New in Japan

http://www.ntt.co.jp/WHATSNEW/index.html

Provides information on recent happenings or recent changes on the Web in Japan. Offers a Japanese language version of the site.

Educational & Tutorial Listings

Beginner's Guide to Effective E-mail

http://www.webfoot.com/advice/email.top.html?Yahoo

Talks about the ways to express intonation and gestures through e-mail. Gives information on page layouts and the format of e-mail as well.

Center for the Application of Information Technology

http://www.cait.wustl.edu/cait/

A consortium whose mission is "to be a center of learning in the field of information management and to provide our member companies with world-class educational and leadership programs."

FutureNet

http://www.futurenet.co.uk/netmag/Issue1/Easy/index.html

Europe's leading electronic magazine. Serves as a complete in-depth Internet beginner's guide. Provides information on how to hook up your machine, how to use information to your advantage, and more. Also provides a history of the Internet.

Gestalt Systems, Inc.

http://www.gestalt-sys.com/

Provides links to computer training classes, courseware, educational support, and information for downloading its training software.

Global Institute for Interactive Multimedia

http://www.thegiim.org/

Provides information and guides for teaching people how to create a home page. Divides the information according to the audience; for example, provides a different tutorial for teachers than for business owners.

Glossary of Internet Terms

http://www.matisse.net/files/glossary.html

Lists and defines Internet and computer-related terms and acronyms.

How To Search a WAIS Database

http://town.hall.org/util/wais_help.html

Provides information on how to begin and structure a Wide Area Internet Server search. Describes how to use Boolean operators, wild cards, relevance ranking, and so on. Offers a tutorial on using a WAIS search engine.

INFO Online

http://www.pona.com

Focuses on "Information Networking For Oncologists," and specifically provides information for physicians dealing with networks, integration, and pharmaceutical companies. Also offers information for people involved with oncology, including patients.

INFOMINE

http://lib-www.ucr.edu/

An online library at the University of California-Riverside. Aims to make resources available to UCR students and staff, but is open to the public. Offers many online card catalogs and articles.

Information Management Group

http://www.imginfo.com/

A Windows development and Internet educational and consulting firm offering university courses, consulting, and tips and tricks for developers. Provides links to services and classes offered.

Information Resources

http://www.si.umich.edu/hp/Websites.html

Although focusing primarily on the University of Michigan School of Information, also offers links to a variety of Internet resources.

Inter-Links

http://www.nova.edu/Inter-Links/start.html

A site for browsing the Internet and locating specific resources. Features Internet resources, guides and tutorials, news and weather, library resources, fun and games, a reference shelf, and a miscellaneous section. Includes several original search engines as well. Millions of visitors can't be wrong.

Internet Learning Center

http://oeonline.com/~emoryd

Offers tutorial columns and "where to go" columns. Also includes links to the UNIX Reference Center, the Hyptertext Guide, Rinaldi's Netiquette, Odd de Presno's Online World book, and other Internet resources. Past columns are archived.

Internet Web Text

http://www.december.com/web/text/index.html

A hypertext guide to the Internet, written by Net guru John December. Begins with Internet orientation and clicks through all the major Internet tools. Highly recommended.

Introduction to the Internet II

http://uu-gna.mit.edu:8001/uu-gna/text/internet/index.html

One of several prototype classes and texts sponsored through the Globewide Network Academy. Introduces the user to various resources available via the Internet, with particular emphasis on allowing a neophyte to access GNA services as quickly as possible.

Kids on Campus (Cornell Theory Center)

http://www.tc.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/Kids.on.Campus/top.pl

The Cornell Theory Center sponsors Kids On Campus as part of its celebration of National Science and Technology Week. The purpose of this event is to increase computer awareness and scientific interest among Ithaca, New York-area third, fourth, and fifth grade students. Hands-on computer activities, innovative videos, and exciting demonstrations help the children develop interest and excitement in computers and science.

Learning Edge Corp.

http://www.io.org/~tle/

Offers products and services to the private and public sectors, including courseware and training, animation, videos, interfaces, and more. Contains links to clients, services, portfolio, and more.

Library Solutions Institute and Press

http://www.internet-is.com/library/

Internet training information and seminars for both students and trainers. Self-paced tutorials including HTML tutorial, K–12 resources, publications, and more.

Magnett Internet Gateway

http://www.magnet.ca/

Links to various Internet browsers and gateways such as software archives, helper applications, Netscape questions and answers, and customer service for subscribers of Magnett Internet Gateway.

Management Concepts Inc.

http://www.MgmtConcepts.com/

A corporation providing training in personal property management, property leasing, grants management, and computer and financial applications. Provides access to new courses and special events, publications, and links to other sites of related interest.

MicroMedium, Inc.

http://www.micromedium.com/

Check out MicroMedium's Digital Trainer Professional® multimedia computer-based training software for your organization. Already in use by AT&T, MCI, Long John Silver's, and others. Includes links to product reviews, demos, tech support, the MicroMedium training library, and ordering information.

Multimedia Help Page

http://www.sdcs.k12.ca.us/people/schumsky/greg.html

Provides quick access to sources of multimedia tools and tips on the Web. Also provides links and tips for video production, search engines, and production tools for the Apple Newton.

Net Guru Technologies, Inc.

http://www.ngt.com/

On-site training and consulting by certified Webmasters. Some courses include these topics: Webmaster specialists, security and firewalls, UNIX, networking, TCP/IP, and more. If you register online, you will receive a rebate!

Net: User Guidelines and Netiquette, by Arlene Rinaldi

http://www.fau.edu/rinaldi/net/index.html

Offers a collection of Internet user guidelines and netiquette. Discusses legal and ethical issues involved.

Netscape Tutorial

http://w3.ag.uiuc.edu/AIM/Discovery/Net/www/netscape/index.html

Gives a step-by-step tutorial on using Netscape—it can be very in-depth. Allows for different levels of expertise.

Online World Resources Handbook

http://login.eunet.no/~presno/

Provides practical advice on using the Internet to get information or programs. Breaks topics down into various topics, such as how to get free expert assistance, how to read your electronic daily news, and more.

Patrick Crispen's Internet Roadmap

http://www.brandonu.ca/~ennsnr/Resources/Roadmap/Welcome.html

This is the Internet Roadmap online training course, available in HTML. This is a well-written tutorial and is very user-friendly. A must for any Internet coordinator's bookmark list!

UK Index Beginner's Guide: the Net

http://www.ukindex.co.uk/begin0.html

Serves as a beginners guide to using the Internet, and includes pointers to more resources.

Winsock Connections

http://omni.cc.purdue.edu/~xniu/winsock.htm

Explains both the hardware and software issues concerning setting up your Windows PC to access the Internet. Explains where to get the software you need and how to configure it. Also provides information on creating HTML documents.

Writing the Information Superhighway

http://www.umich.edu/~wbutler/UC153Syl.html

Offers information regarding how to write literature for the Internet (originally an online class at University of Michigan). Lets you direct questions to the professors who originally taught the class. Also includes a linked bibliography of other sites.

Youth Quake

http://emall.com/yq/home.html

Serves as a destination for computer-literate youth. Plans to cater to education all around the world.

Zen and the Art of the Internet

http://www.cs.indiana.edu/docproject/zen/zen-1.0_toc.html

A beginner's guide to the Internet. Offers information on the search engines available and even a section on how to create a newsgroup.

Guides, Tours, & Cool Site Resources

Cool Site of the Day

http://www.infi.net/cool.html

Connects you to the cool site of the day on the Internet, determined by the moderator. This works better than a random-site connector because the sites are more likely to be pretty cool.

Exploring the Internet

http://www.cen.uiuc.edu/exploring.html#BlindSpin

Introduces you to blindspinning—spinning around and then going in a random direction. Thus, it provides all sorts of random links. Also includes a link to What's New lists, searching tools, subject directories, server and other directories, tutorials, multimedia exhibits and demonstrations, computer information, weather, and more.

George Coates Performance Works

http://www.georgecoates.org/

Just a diversional site where you fill out a questionnaire (it's short) and are then matched with a character who most fits your personality type. Your character is described, and you can change characters often. You are encouraged to visit your multiple personalities often!

Glass Wings

http://www.aus.xanadu.com/GlassWings/

A site whose stated purpose is "to have fun, help improve the state of the world, inform, provide an interesting and useful commercial site, and have fun (yes, I intentionally mentioned fun twice)." Provides a collection of links and a search site only for fun and nonbusiness-oriented stuff. Includes an online mall where you can buy things, links to humorous sites, and more.

GO! Online Communications

http://www.jumppoint.com

An exclusive Internet club of advertisers. Includes links to businesses, professionals, employment opportunities, Kids Corner, and more.

Greene Communications Design, Inc.

http://www.greene.com/

A graphics design firm expanded to Web publishing. Greene will design anything for the business, educational, advertising or marketing executive (including letterheads, logos, promotional or educational materials, press releases, and so on). Provides links to projects, clients, and the Internet development group.

Hajjar/Kaufman New Media Lab

http://www.hkweb.com/

A small marketing and development company that gives you all the benefits and expertise of a large company. Hajjar/Kaufman will develop your business Web site. Provides links to clients and to contact information.

Handy Guide

http://www.ahandyguide.com/

Serves as a complete guide to thousands of sites on the Internet and Web. Lets you search by category or company name, and teaches American Sign Language (ASL) as you go.

High-Tech Investor

http://www.want2know.com/invest/invest.htm

Written by an investment and markets reporter at the Toronto Globe and Mail, this site discusses investment-related resources on the Web and offers a collection of links to some of those resources.

Hit The Beach!

http://www.hitthebeach.com/

If you like the beach, you'll love this site. Provides links to a chat café, the swimsuit shot of the week, a virtual trip to the beach, a beach shop, and food. Register to win a trip to Cancun or to Jamaica, mohn. Also a beach-related search engine.

Hybrid Communications

http://gs1.com/homepages/dir.HTML

A virtual metropolis of culture, government, art and antiques, restaurants, public service, business, retail, travel, and entertainment sites. Click on whatever interests you.

Internet ProLink SA/AG

http://www.iprolink.ch/

Provides links to businesses on the Web, Web tools and services, and the "culture café." Also available in other languages.

Internet Resources

http://www.brandonu.ca/~ennsnr/Resources/

Contains pointers to more than 100 guides, lists, and indices of documents that help you learn how to use the Internet. Includes pointers to The December and Yanoff Lists, Patrick Crispen's Internet Roadmap (in HTML), The Awesome List, and many others.

Meta-list of What's New Pages

http://homepage.seas.upenn.edu/~mengwong/whatsnew.list.html

Offers a collection of links to all the different Internet What's New sites for the Web. By the author's own admission, "the Web is growing so fast that this document can be considered, at best, a historical artifact."

Mirsky's Worst of the Web

http://mirsky.com/wow/Worst.html

Provides an alternative to the many sites that serve up a "cool" site of the day or point you to "great" places. Offers links to sites that exemplify why some people shouldn't be allowed to make their own Web sites.

Net Trek Cafe

http://www.nettrek.com.au/

The first Internet café in Australia, offering a variety of links and services, including Internet training, a business directory, links to Internet search engines and catalogs, Australian links, outer space and Star Trek links, links for kids and music lovers, sports, news media, and much much more.

nicejob Media

http://www.earthlink.net/~mrnicejob/

An odd assortment of home pages, including Two Moms Names Alma, An Illusion Dog, Unexplained Art, and more. If you're looking for an interesting site, look no further.

NickNet

http://www.pinc.com/nburger/home.html

More than 3,200 links to dazzle and amaze you! If Web surfing were any more fun, they would have to ban it! Everything you could ever want is here and categorized so it is all easy to find. Web addicts beware!

Overall Knowledge Company, Inc.

http://www.okc.com

Overall Knowledge Company, Inc. is a general Web presence provider with an emphasis on the film and television trades as well and the arts and entertainment industries. Also publishes several industry-specific directories on the World Wide Web.

Point Survey and Escort

http://www.pointcom.com/

Provides a large collection of reviews of Web sites. Rates sites for content, presentation, and experience. Includes more than 1,000 reviews across many categories. Helps you get started on the Web with answers to common questions and guided tours of browsing software and sites.

Thousand Points of Sites

http://inls.ucsd.edu/y/OhBoy/randomjump1.html

Sends you to a Web site randomly selected from its listings.

ThreadTreader's WWW Contests Guide

http://www.4cyte.com/ThreadTreader/

Presents ThreadTreader's WWW Contests Guide, a complete, current compilation of contests on the Web. Provides easy ways to browse through an extensive index of online contests, drawings, raffles, sweepstakes, and other prize-oriented promotions. Even lets you add your own contest to the ThreadTreader's Guide.

Today Page

http://www.vossnet.co.uk/local/today/index.html

Offers a collection of links to sites that change daily; for example, includes links to news, your horoscope, and weather photos.

Unusual or Deep Site of the Day

http://adsint.bc.ca/deepsite/

Offers links to sites that provide some sort of intellectually stimulating purpose.

Virtual Town City Limits

http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/virt-town/welcome.html

Contains many links to stores, public offices, and other things you might find in a real town. Allows you to maneuver around it the way you do around a real town.

HTML & Other Languages

Bare Bones Guide to HTML

http://werbach.com/barebones/

Lists every HTML 2.0 tag and most of the 3.0 tags, with a special section on Netscape extensions.

Beginner's Guide to HTML

http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Internet/WWW/HTMLPrimer.html

Talks about linking to other documents, troubleshooting, and creating forms. Focuses on Mosaic, but includes other browsers.

ColorEditor for Windows

http://www.bbsinc.com/colorEditor_FAQ.html

Provides standalone MS Windows shareware to assist the Web page author develop a HTML page color scheme using extensions to the HTML 3.0 specification. Also provides a Style Box that enables users to edit, save, and retrieve color schemes. Runs on Windows 3.1, Windows 3.1 for Workgroups, Windows 95, and Windows NT 3.5.

Introduction to HTML: Table of Contents

http://www.cwru.edu/help/introHTML/toc.html

Presents a guide to authoring Web pages. Divides sections by different images, lists, and anchors, and offers information on how to take advantage of Netscape functions.

Personal Home Page of Bob Hunter

http://www.awinc.com/users/bhunter/

Focuses on testing HTML coding examples and pushing the limits of HyperText Markup Language and all of its extensions.

Primer for Creating Web Resources

http://www-slis.lib.indiana.edu/Internet/programmer-page.html

Offers a list of links to HTML resources. Also offers links to Perl and CGI languages for creating top-of-the-line Web pages.

Web Letter, a Guide to HTML/Web Publishing

http://www.writething.com/

Serves as an HTML resource. Includes a newsletter, a video, and training books, as well as numerous links to help you build your own Web.

Web Resources

http://www.wwwa.com/resource.html

Serves as a complete Web resource site with HTML commands, software for publishing, searches, libraries, and high-speed Web host connections for your company or home page.

Resources

All-Internet Shopping Directory

http://www.webcom.com/~tbrown/

Serves as an easy-to-use, fast-loading central hot link to products, services, malls, and stores on the Web. Selected as one of PC Magazine's top 100 Web sites (2/13/96).

Ansible's Web Page Design Services

http://www.cyberenet.net/center/

Helpful to anyone from newbies to expert Internauts, this site offers links to online Internet resources, software, search tools, and a list of favorite Internet sites.

Argus/Univeristy of Michigan Clearinghouse

http://www.clearinghouse.net/

"The Premier Internet Research Library," this site serves as a clearinghouse for subject-oriented Internet resources guides. Allows you to submit your own guides or obtain guides written on various Internet-related topics.

Aspen Systems Corp.

http://www.aspensys.com

Provides complete Internet services. Also discusses requirements and needs analysis, Internet publishing services, systems support, and customer support. Specializes in identifying, gathering, and analyzing online information.

Association of University Technology Managers

http://autm.rice.edu/autm/

Features resources for the technology transfer field, once called the "unknown profession." Offers links to other resources and includes information about AUTM (publications, membership, events), job postings, and a way to search lists of technologies you can license from more than 20 different university, government, and organizational sites in one query (via a harvest gatherer).

Autopilot

http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/mkgray/autopilot.html

Uses Netscape and connects you to a different Web site every 12 seconds. Helps you find totally random sites with little effort. Also allows you to change the amount of time between connections.

Canada Net Pages

http://www.visions.com/netpages

This page's stated goal is to "be recognized as the most comprehensive resource of Canadian business and finance data." Also provides links for various pages, such as Canada Net Financial Pages and Canada Net Business Directory.

Canadian Internet Handbook/Advantage Home Page

http://www.csi.nb.ca/handbook/

Presents guides to Internet access in Canada. Lets you add your Canadian Internet address to the handbook, find out more about its publications, send the authors e-mail, and more.

Cnet—Canada

http://cnet.unb.ca/cnet/

Provides information specific to Canada. Allows you to search the database by clicking on the geographical regions on a map or by using standard keywords.

Common Internet File Formats

http://www.matisse.net/files/formats.html

Provides information on the different file types and formats on the Internet. Each blurb about a specific file type also gives links to obtaining readers for that type.

CRAYON—CReAte Your Own Newspaper

http://www.eg.bucknell.edu/~boulter/crayon/

Serves as an interactive news agent. Lets you choose from sections such as News, Sports, Entertainment, and others to find the best periodical information on the Internet. Enables you to organize it into your own personal newspaper—you may never read a print publication again.

Economics of Networks Internet Site

http://edgar.stern.nyu.edu/networks/

Provides information and links to the economics behind all networks. Includes downloadable papers on topics ranging from network compatibility to financial networks.

EINet Galaxy

http://www.einet.net

A search site provided free of charge by Trade-Wave Corp. Includes general topics and sublists under each of these. Also offers a list of job opportunities.

E-Minder Free Reminder-By-E-mail Service

http://www.netmind.com/e-minder/

Offers to send you automatically generated reminder messages for any event or occasion for which you register. Requires an e-mail address, but otherwise is completely anonymous. Lets you specify the number of days in advance you want a reminder. It also provides a simple e-mail interface that you can use to list or delete reminders.

FLFSoft, Inc. Home Page

http://www.flfsoft.com/

Develops Windows-based utilities and Internet software and services. Features Web Spinner, a Windows-based HTML editor.

FutureMedia Services

http://www.futuremedia.com/

Provides Internet access to small businesses interested in taking their services to the Internet. Provides Web site development and consulting services, FTP and Gopher service space, and links to current projects.

FutureTel, Inc.

http://www.ftelinc.com

Possesses leading technology in both compression and telecommunications, so it is uniquely positioned to serve the needs of the digital video publishing and distribution markets. Provides the most complete solution to the challenges of distributing and publishing digital video on CDs and wired and wireless networks. The company's digital video publishing product line includes PrimeView, a family of real-time PC-based MPEG encoders; and MPEGWORKS, a comprehensive encoding control software package for human-assisted or pass-through compression.

G.T.A. Business Solutions

http://www.elknet.com/gta/hpgta.html

Provides businesses and organizations presence on the Internet with Web page design, training and classes. Includes access to price lists and sample client pages.

Glistening Trail Records

http://membrane.com/

For those in Pennsylvania (primarily the Philadelphia area), this site lists places for adventure, music, food, shopping, real estate opportunities, computer and business services, churches, credit card services, medical services, and more. Click on individual listings for more descriptions and some pictures.

Global Village Stock Footage

http://www.nbn.com:80/footage/

For multimedia and video professionals. Search the huge database of stock video footage to download or order the disk. Includes links to sample images and demos. Global Village will find the clip you're looking for.

Harter Image Archives

http://www.tddc.net/geo/harter/

Better than any clip-art gallery, here you will find general images, images of men, and images of women. Provides samples to download and ordering information.

HFSI

http://www.hfsi.com/

Workflow and imaging technologies, providing products and services for the federal government and government contractors. Provides links to products, services, resource centers, and education and training opportunities. Offers workload management seminars to help your office run more efficiently and on less paper.

Home Run Pictures

http://www.zdepth.com/homerun/

This company creates online animation and special effects for ad agencies, corporations, TV stations, and interactive producers. Includes links to samples, contacts, and pricing information.

Information Age, Inc.

http://www.informationage.com/

A software- and data-intensive Web site development company with links to applications, articles, services, the Information Age team, and general information.

Innovative Computer Associates, Inc.

http://www.icai.com/icai/

A software engineering firm for database and Web page development, located near Denver, Colorado. Provides information about Internet classes offered and services such as online application development, multimedia marketing campaigns, corporate training, cross-platform application development, and much more.

Instruction Set, Inc.

http://www.inset.com/

Broad curriculum of courses for the software development technology of today. Links to courses and seminars, consulting, courseware development services, employment opportunities, and more.

InteliSys Technologica, Inc.

http://www.intelinet.net/

Networking and programming solutions for businesses around the world. Will also provide Web development services. Links to Web services. Watch up to date company info scroll across the bottom of your screen.

Interactive Data Systems, Inc.

http://www.idsinc.com/

A software engineering service provider, especially for object-oriented tools. Includes links to services, database and development environment info and software, freeware, and other interesting links.

Interactive Voice Applications

http://www.tc.net/voice/

Streaming audiofile technology to enable you to send voice messages around the world for a fraction of the regular cost. Expedite your business transactions while also reducing expenditures. Includes access to demos, contact info, and many other services.

Internet Resources Newsletter

http://www.hw.ac.uk/libWWW/irn/irn.html

A free monthly Web newsletter. Focuses on higher education and the Internet. Features lists of new Internet resources and other items of interest.

Internet Servers for the Mac OS

http://www.freedonia.com/ism/

Contains many links to Macintosh-specific software packages for running a Mac-based server. Topics include mail servers, mail gateways, ftp servers, Telnet servers, and more.

Internet Systems, Inc.

http://www.isi.net/

Business, educational, and government institution Internet services. Provides site architecture, access, service, and maintenance for your high volume site. Also provides access to clients' pages.

Internet World

http://pubs.iworld.com/iw-online/

An online version of this popular magazine devoted to the Internet. Allows you to search back issues by cover or by keyword.

INTRANET Technologies, Inc.

http://intranet.on.ca/

A full-service provider for everything from Web access to LANs to custom systems. Includes links to services, support, Web community and exposure info, and more.

Island Services Network

http://www.isn.net/

The Internet Company for Prince Edward Island. Provides access to search engines, user services, news and entertainment, local weather, and other Internet services.

iWORLD

http://www.iworld.com/

Touting itself as "all Net, all the time," this site offers Internet news, features, resources, and tools. Supported by Mecklermedia, publisher of Internet World magazine.

Knighted Computers

http://www.knighted.com/

An Internet service provider based in Fulton, New York, with links to local newspapers, games, software, hardware, services, and more.

Knossopolis

http://www.knosso.com/

A Web site design and architecture, training, teaching, and consulting firm with links to its resources and information, clients, projects, and more.

Life on the Internet

http://www.screen.com/understand/welcome.html

Provides a large collection of links to many resources on the Internet. Gives sources for browsers, software, page development, and more.

List of WWW Archie Services

http://pubweb.nexor.co.uk/public/archie/

Offers a list of hypertext links to Archie (archive) servers. Helps you find files anywhere on the Internet and lists Archie servers that use forms and others that don't.

Logical Operations

http://www.logicalops.com

Training products and services for professional trainers.

LookUp!

http://www.lookup.com/

Offers a directory service that provides easy-to-use names to e-mail address mapping.

Lopez Communications

http://www.interport.net/peoplelink/

Lopez Communications offers a variety of on- and offline services, including integrated marketing to progressive organizations, online publishing, Web design, and other Web projects for socially responsible companies.

Marketing Masters

http://surveysaid.ostech.com:8080/

An Internet host with links to hosted sites, including Ham Radio Forums, Marketing Masters, and JF Computer Leasing.

Media Connection of New York—Links Page

http://www.mcny.com/linkspage/

Offers a collection of links to Web resources in or about New York City.

Miramar Productions

http://useattle.uspan.com/miramar/

Browse Miramar's catalog of latest releases, or go to its Top Five section for interactive previews, video and audio clips, computer animation, performance samplers, and much much more.

Monster FTP Sites List

http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/ftp/

A comprehensive listing of anonymous FTP sites.

Newton Online

http://www.newtonline.com

Newton Online provides business consulting (and a quirky sense of humor) for companies who want to compliment marketing and communications strategies by using the Internet.

Norcov Research

http://www.norcov.com/

Offers scientific research, programming, Internet services, and UNIX administration. Check out the complete list of products and services as well as the Norcov customer pages.

Novia Internetworking

http://www.novia.net/

A personal and business connection to the Internet. Check out its partial list of hosted business pages, LAN integration capability, and its services and search engines.

Omega West

http://cascade.cs.ubc.ca:12000/omega/omega.html

A site with something for everyone. Well-organized into a hierarchical structure, it includes everything from business resources and financial tips to a broad spectrum of entertainment and Web developer resources. Omega West, an international distribution and services company, will soon have an "intelligent interface" that is capable of adapting to users' actions. This, of course, will mean that return visits and continued interaction will provide users with a personalized interface.

Premiere Technologies

http://www.tc.net/

Harnesses the power of audio on the Internet. Provides applications that enable you to instantly update your Web page or e-mail applications by simply picking up your telephone and calling a fully automated system. Also qualifies as an authorized AT&T 900 service bureau, so you can set up and run any 900 or 800 voice or data application.

Presence—An Information Design Studio

http://www.presence.com/

Focuses on providing innovative and effective marketing solutions through the Internet. Also includes many interesting Internet-related links.

Q-D Software Development

http://www.q-d.com

Presents the creators of WebForms, the Web forms generator; and WinBrowse, the multiple-PC database utility. Also includes a variety of shareware programs available for download.

RealAudio Home Page

http://www.realaudio.com/

Provides RealAudio, software you can use to both record and play your own sound. Many Web sites on the Internet use RealAudio to provide sounds.

Sibylla: The WWW Software Development Kit

http://www.ariadne.it/sibylla/sibylla.en.html

Provides information on Sibylla, a development kit geared toward creating Web software, whose purpose is to provide access to information sources (such as company databases) through the Web. Also provides pricing information on the software.

Strategis

http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/engdoc/site.html

A business information site sponsored by the Canadian federal government's economic flagship department, dedicated "to the success of all Canadian businesses at home and abroad."

SWITCH—Swiss Academic and Research Network

http://www.switch.ch/

Presents SWITCH, an Internet Service Provider that interconnects all Swiss universities, many libraries, and research labs, as well as other Swiss and international organizations. Also presents the WWW Rent-A-Page service.

Timothy W. Amey Resource Links

http://www.netins.net/showcase/amey/twa

Offers a collection of resource links and information regarding OS/2 resources, OS/2 advocacy, Lotus resources, Intel alternatives, religion, Ford advocacy, and IT/IS resources.

Virtual Tourist

http://www.vtourist.com/webmap/europe.htm

Provides a graphical map interface that you can click on to find and then jump to Web servers operating in many countries around the world.

Web Week

http://pubs.iworld.com/ww-online/

An electronic publication that serves as a repository of Web-related topics. Categories include News, Commercial, Intranet, Products, Under Construction, Industry, and Opinion.

Welcome to Netscape

http://home.mcom.com/

Offers information about the new security measures being built into HTML; also offers a downloadable version of Netscape for Windows 95 and technical support.

Windows95 InterNetworking Headquarters

http://www.windows95.com

Offers Windows 95 shareware, Internet setup information, networking across the Internet, and more.

WorldTel Global Marketing Network

http://www.worldtel.com/home.html

Lists businesses and individuals offering products, services, or opportunities to the world market.

Searchers & Databases

Business Directions International

http://www.business.com.au/

An Internet search directory using numerous search engines to find business sites on the Internet.

Business Researcher's Interests

http://www.brint.com/interest.html

Provides more than 2,800 sites relevant to contemporary organizational issues concerning information processes, information systems, and information technology. Categories include electronic markets, organizational learning, emerging organizations, WWW design, and journals and magazines.

College and University Home Pages

http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/cdemello/univ.html

Provides links to the Web pages of more than 750 colleges and universities around the world. Allows you to search alphabetically or just browse.

COMMA Hotlist Database

http://arachnid.cm.cf.ac.uk/htbin/AndrewW/Hotlist/hot_list_search.csh

Provides a graphical, searchable Web database. Choose your search criteria from their list, and then it searches and gives you an output list. Also enables you to add your own hot list to the database.

Database Demos

http://bristol.onramp.net/

Shows you how to set up your Oracle-based database management system (DBMS) for access via the Web. Good for creating your own search engine or providing Web access to large bodies of information.

Explorer

http://www.rtis.com/explorer/

Serves as a search site for finding resources on the Internet. Arranges areas by subject.

Four11 White Page Directory

http://www.Four11.com/

Enables you to search for people and their e-mail addresses and Web pages. Contains more than 5.5 million listings. Allows you to register and put your name on the directory.

High Performance Cartridges

http://www.netpoint.net/hpcart/hpcart.html

A re-manufacturer of laser toner cartridges for large institutional settings. Also provides a search engine, a database of shareware on the Internet, and other cool links with software to download.

Index

http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/law/acqs/pubr.html

If you're looking for a publisher or vender on the Internet, this is the database to search. Search by name, subject, e-mail address, or geographic location.

Index of Australian Indexes

http://www.moreinfo.com.au/ausindex/

A meta-index of Australian Web site indexes. Over a dozen are described, with links to each.

InfoCafé

http://www.infocafe.com/

A complete bookstore on the Web. Members may order any book currently in print, or even books out of print, and InfoCafe will do the search. Books are indexed by department: for example, computers, business, fiction.

International Business Resources on the WWW

http://ciber.bus.msu.edu/busres.htm

Serves as an index of business, economics, trade, marketing, and government sites with an international focus.

Internet Pearls Index

http://www.execpc.com/~wmhogg

Features collections of the best of the Internet. Includes sections for beginners as well as comprehensive coverage of topics such as business, medicine, jobs, cinema, shareware, astronomy, futuristic technologies, fun, cartoons, comics, virtual reality, and more.

Internet Sleuth

http://www.isleuth.com/

Offers a collection of more than 500 searchable databases on a wide variety of subjects. includes links to a search form or a page that lists a number of related searchable databases. Also allows you search by keyword or browse alphabetically or by category.

InterNIC Directory of Directories

http://ds.internic.net/ds/dsdirofdirs.html

Contains an index of links to various resources, products, and services on the Net, including agriculture, the arts, business, dictionaries, education, health and medicine, religion, sports and hobbies, and weather. Allows you to add your site.

Lycos Home Page: Hunting WWW Information

http://lycos.cs.cmu.edu/

Provides a Web search engine. Contains more than 5.5 million Web pages in its database. Provides context for evaluating whether a document or page is relevant to your search.

Media Logic's Index of Economic and Financial Resources

http://www.mlinet.com/mle/

This index of resources is provided by Media Logic as a service for the Internet community. It provides a searchable index of data, news, and services that are of interest to investors, researchers, and other members of the financial community. Unlike many other Internet indexes, all entries here are subject to editorial review to ensure that they are useful, relevant, and current.

MediaTel's Newsline

http://www.mediatel.co.uk/

Based in the United Kingdom, an online information database used most often by ad agencies and media owners. Includes databases for subscribers and nonsubscribers, as well as links to "free daily media news."

Micro Service & Training

http://www.ici.net/cust_pages/jsouza/jsouza.html

This is a resource database for computer hardware, software, and training. If you are searching for hardware or software, or if you need training or consulting for your business or organization, you can search for it here.

Montana Communications Network (MCN)

http://www.mcn.net/index.html

A resource page for Montana events, businesses, and information. Includes access to businesses, real estate, and other Montana links, local newspapers on line, news and weather, classified ads, and more.

Mother-of-all BBS

http://wwwmbb.cs.colorado.edu/~mcbryan/bb/summary.html

Seeks to collect all Web addresses of all companies, universities, research centers, government agencies, research projects, and hardware and software announcements into one searchable database.

New Rider's Official World Wide Web Yellow Pages

http://www.mcp.com/nrp/wwwyp/

The online version of this book (with thousands of additional sites). Searchable by keyword. Obviously the most complete and useful search site available. (Talk about your shameless plug!)

New User's Directory

http://hcs.harvard.edu/~calvarez/newuser.html

Presents a large collection of links to information. Offers tips for specific kinds of computers (MAC, IBM, UNIX, and so forth), links to search engines, and more. Also provides information on how to create Web pages and download software.

NlightN: Finding What You Want To Know Now

http://www.nlightn.com

Claims to be "the Web's largest library of meaningful information." With a single query, the NlightN Universal Index searches the Web, World News, Online Databases, and traditional reference sources.

Planet Earth Home Page

http://www.nosc.mil/planet_earth/info.html

A search site on the Internet, organized like a library. Offers a library floorplan that you can use to browse the sites in its database. Also lets you search the database by keyword.

Publicize Your Home Page

http://www.ntg-campus.com/ntg/public.htm

Provides a collection of links to various search engines. Focuses on connecting you to the part of these search engines that allows you to register and add your own home page.

Searching the Web

http://union.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HyperNews/get/www/searching.html

Provides information, strategies, and links to searching for information on the Web. Offers links to searching services, searching software, and searching references.

shareware.com

http://www.shareware.com/

Formerly the Virtual Software Library, offers a tool for searching for shareware and freeware on the Internet.

Starting Point

http://www.stpt.com/

Offers "everything you need to work the Web every day." Provides a starting site for finding information on the Web. Offers many links.

Starting Points for Internet

http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/StartingPoints/NetworkStartingPoints.html

NCSA's comprehensive links to Internet resources. Includes Gopher, Veronica, Finger, Usenet, WAIS, and many others. Also presents representative Web home pages. Highly recommended (nay, essential).

URL-Minder: Your Own Personal Web Robot

http://www.netmind.com/URL-minder/URL-minder.html

Presents the URL-minder, your own personal Web robot, which retrieves your registered URLs regularly and reports back to you by e-mail when they change. The URL-minder also runs searches on Web databases regularly and lets you know when anything new that matches your search shows up. It also keeps track of the places you've been, so you can spend your time (and money) doing new things on the Web.

Virtual Libraries

http://www.w3.org/hypertext/DataSources/bySubject/Virtual_libraries/Overview.html

Offers links to collections of information, based on the subject matter of those sites.

VSL Front Desk at the OAK Repository

http://www.acs.oakland.edu/cgi-bin/vsl-front

Enter a keyword, and the engine searches the major Internet shareware archives for the program you want.

WAIS Access Through the Web

http://www.ai.mit.edu/the-net/wais.html

Provides information about WAIS, a system that enables you to retrieve documents from databases via full-text searches. Allows you to search by name or by topic.

Yahoo

http://www.yahoo.com

Possibly the most popular search site on the Web. Considered to be the place to go for anything, as long as it isn't too technically oriented. Offers links only to sources, which is different from something such as Lycos, which also searches directories and files themselves.

Statistics & History

Economic FAQs about the Internet

http://gopher.econ.lsa.umich.edu/FAQs/FAQs.html

Presents a collection of FAQs about the economics behind the Internet. Discusses the technology behind the Internet, the NSF backbone.

Rampages

http://rampages.onramp.net/new/index.html

A service provider that offers automated usage statistics, bookmarks, counters, and online tutorials. High-powered clients are also candidates for the Rampage of the Month. Web directories are organized by user name.

World Wide Web: Origins and Beyond

http://homepage.seas.upenn.edu/~lzeltser/WWW/

Gives the origins of the Web and also talks about some of the other uses of hypertext, such as the Xanadu project. Also discusses some disadvantages of the Web.

Web Publishing

5 Top Internet Marketing Successes of 1996

http://arganet.tenagra.com/Tenagra/awards95.html

Showcases Tenagra Corp.'s picks for the top Internet marketing success stories of the year. The 1995 winners are Federal Express, Ragu Spaghetti Sauce, Yahoo!, NetPOST, Software.Net, and Virtual Vineyards.

Artzilla Surf Constructions

http://www.earthlink.net/~Artzilla

A group of designers and illustrators who left the corporations and now do what they love—provide the Web with high-quality graphics.

Business of the Internet

http://www.rtd.com/people/rawn/business.html

Introduces the Internet for commercial organizations. Offers information about the structure and history of the Internet, how the Internet can help business, and how to connect your business to the Internet.

Copyright Website

http://www.benedict.com/

Provides copyright information for the general public and interested parties. Includes categories of fundamentals on copyrights and issues related to copyright over the Net. Also contains a section for relevant sources and links.

Dynamic Diagrams Home Page

http://dynamicDiagrams.com/

Focuses on the organization and presentation of information in print and electronic forms, interactive publication and prototype design, SGML applications, Web servers, and computer kiosks for museums.

Four Lakes Colorgraphics, Inc.

http://www.fourlakes.com/

This company provides prepress and publishing services to publishers, advertisers, and educational service providers. Four Lakes will design and publish CD-ROMs and home pages. Provides links to its target sights.

Free Range Media, Inc.

http://www.freerange.com

A full-scale Web production and Internet services company with expertise in creative design, new technology, and account management. Specializes in keeping track of the newest tools. Produces a wide variety of Web-related products. Also shares many tips and techniques.

FRS Associates Training and Education Division

http://www.frsa.com/

A Web presence provider that specialized in graphics, interactive programming, Java, JavaScript, and animation. Also provides Web training for the novice to the professional developer and links to designed sights and the FRS business directory.

Gates, Jeff

http://www.tmn.com/Community/jgates/home.html

Jeff Gates's personal home page is a sample of what he can do for your personal or business use. Provides links to contact Jeff to set up a site of your own.

Headquarters.Com Internet

http://www.headquarters.com/

Internet/Intranet Web sites for individuals and businesses. Provides links to current and upcoming projects and their client base. Offers complete multimedia design, including Java, graphics, and CGI scripting, among others.

Hijinx

http://www.hijinx.com.au/

Communications software to give your Web pages memorable pictures and sounds. Provides links to a sample page, product info, and downloading info. Be sure to check out the "latest screen shot."

Home Space Builder

http://www.paragraph.com/whatsnew/homespce.htm

A 3D Web authoring tool that enables you to create a 3D home space using a standard Windows personal computer. Offers shareware and commercial versions.

Hourglass Internet Services

http://www.halcyon.com/hourglass/

Hourglass will publish and design your resume, home page, or business information on the Web. Provides links to company information, services, and pricing information.

HudsoNet

http://www.hudsonet.com/

A New York-based service and Web page designer that will get your business on the Internet. Provides links to client pages and services offered.

Image Alchemy Digital Imaging

http://imalchemy.com

Presents a gallery of digital and traditional art and photography.. Offers services such as photo retouching and manipulation. Also designs Web sites.

Image Compression for Publishing Online

http://www.jgc.com

Provides information about Johnson-Grace company, a multimedia software development that developed an image compression format called ART. Suggests that using ART enables image compression three times more efficient than when you use JPEG or GIF.

Image House Digital Photography Studio

http://www.concom.com/~whitcomb/ih_home.html

A digital photo studio for your business publishing needs. Provides training and camera installation information, Web site design, and messages from clients.

Infowerks Creative Web Services

http://www.infowerks.com/

College students who will set up your Web server and write your Web page with the help of art students. Cheap rates! Includes links to rates and services, and other links to art students of San Francisco.

Integra Software Corp.

http://www.xmission.com/~americom/integra-credit.html

Internet applications such as Web development for your business. Also includes access to contact information if your company would like to develop an Internet presence.

Inter//Web Development

http://www.iwd.com/

A company specializing in Web page design and development for your business. Choose from many custom services to develop a unique Internet presence. Includes links to sample pages, services, pricing info, and more.

INTERCAT

http://www.intercat.com/

If you have a catalog or other information you want to get on the Web, Intercat will develop a complete multimedia Web presence for you. Includes links to sample sights, catalogs, and contact information.

Interglobal Mutltimedia

http://www.interglobal.com/

Web solutions for your corporate multimedia Web presence, including Web hosting, design, and security. Provides access to customer profiles, catalog, video, and much more.

International Business Center

http://www.niagara.com/blmc

A graphic design and ad agency based in Ontario, Canada. A company exploring the relationship among art, design, and technology for individuals or organizations.

Internet Advertising Solutions

http://iaswww.com/

These people will develop your company's Web site and get your information on the Internet. Winner of many awards for innovative site development. Includes links to services, clients, and more.

Internet Business Connection

http://www.intbc.com/

A virtual mall specializing in home page development and marketing services to any business seeking an Internet presence.

Making Money on Internet

http://cism.bus.utexas.edu/ravi/making_money.html

Offers information on electronic publishing, Internet economics, education, and other areas.

Manhattan MultiMedia, Inc.

http://www.m-m-m.com/

Manhattan will help your company plan, develop, and maintain a unique Internet presence by using the most advanced tools possible, including Java, C++, Perl, Oracle, UNIX, Shockwave, and others.

MediaBox Communications

http://www.mediabox.com/

Web publishing, specializing in creative marketing strategies, graphic design and production, multimedia, and advertising for the Web. Click on the MediaBox electronic portfolio to get a sample of its work.

Metrotel Multi-Media Ltd

http://mmm.wwa.com/mmm/why.html

Web design and Internet consulting for your company. Develop a Web presence and find out how to surf the Internet to your advantage.

MFD Consult

http://login.dknet.dk/~mortenf/

A consulting company in Copenhagen, Denmark, specializing in Web publishing for small companies as well as individuals.

MGL Systems

http://www.mgl.ca/

A computer technologies firm based in Cambridge, Ontario, offering Web publishing as well as several other cool links to its customer base, shareware sites, search engines, and more.

Moshofsky/Plant Creative Services

http://moshplant.com

Using Shockwave and Director, its creative services can do anything for you or your company, including logos, image manipulation, illustration, presentations, and design. Check out what these folks have already done.

MultiMedia Dimensions—New Horizons in Sight and Sound

http://www.mmdimensions.com

MultiMedia Dimensions is a full-service interactive multimedia and Web page design and consulting company helping people find the right business solutions for their needs and budget.

NetCasters, Inc.

http://www.netcasters.com/

Your site for customized Web services, including Intranet and database system development, Web publishing, graphic design, site hosting, consulting, and more. Check out NetCaster's electronic portfolio.

NetWorXs of California

http://www.garlic.com/~dennisa/

Offers a full range of Web home page authoring and design services. Also offers full turn-key systems, including training in-house personnel so that you can enhance your Web server as your services or products change.

new3, Inc.

http://www.new3.com/

A leading-edge Web site architectural and development firm. With high-level technical knowledge of programming and a creative focus, new3, Inc. has played a role in bringing some of the best sites to the Web. Its speciality is areas of development considered too complex for many developers.

Program One Online Service

http://www.prgone.com/

Helps businesses and individuals learn and exploit the new Internet culture. Provides information about Internet marketing, and explains how companies can survive their ride on the Information Superhighway.

RAMWORKS

http://www.ramworks.com/ramworks/

Provides cutting-edge technology blended with award-winning traditional design to offer interactive multimedia services, Internet presence, Web pages, CD-ROM and CD-I authoring, interactive touch-screen kiosks, and corporate communications.

Stannet WWW Designing and Publishing Company

http://www.webcom.com/~stannet

Focuses on authoring, designing, and publishing Web pages for businesses and individuals. Performs custom graphics work and maintains and upgrades customers' sites as needed. Offers to meet customers in their offices in the greater New York City area.

Vannevar New Media

http://www.vannevar.com

An Internet publishing and applications company that puts businesses on the Web. Located in Houston, it boasts a strong NASA influence.

Web Developer

http://pubs.iworld.com/wd-online/

An online publication for programmers, Webmasters, network administrators, and other technically oriented personnel, responsible for developing and maintaining software, hardware, and security on the Web.

Web Publishing Australia

http://AusWeb.com.au/

Introduces you to a professional Web publishing and promotion company based in Queensland, Australia.

WebDesigns

http://www.execpc.com/~jeffo/webdes/

A Web page creation service. Focuses on posting and maintenance, logo and graphic design, photography (including improvement of existing photographs), image maps, online newsletters, and getting your page listed in directories like this one, among others.

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