Introduction




            The growth of National Science Foundation  Network  (NSFNET)
            in  the last few years has brought the benefits  of network-
            ing to researchers at hundreds of academic,  government  and
            industrial  sites.   Network  users  have improved access to
            research tools, and there are greater possibilities for col-
            laboration  among  members of the research community. But in
            order to take  maximum  advantage  of  more  widespread  and
            improved  connectivity,  users  have  to  be  aware  of  the
            resources that are available to them.

            When the NSF Network Service Center (NNSC) began to  publish
            the  "Internet  Resource  Guide"  in  1989,  our goal was to
            increase the visibility of the resources that are accessible
            via NSFNET and other parts of the Internet. We have depended
            on the population of resource providers on the  Internet  to
            furnish us with the information for the guide.

            We have just finished an extensive update  of  many  of  the
            entries  to  the Internet Resource Guide.  We hope that this
            new November 1992 edition of  the  printed  version  of  the
            guide will inspire its readers, many of whom surely maintain
            resources we haven't yet mentioned, to  submit  descriptions
            of their resources for the guide.

            If you wish to submit a new entry to the  Internet  Resource
            Guide,  send a message to "resource-guide@nnsc.nsf.net", and
            we will send you a template and instructions  for  preparing
            your entry.



                       How to Use and Maintain This Guide...



            Using the Guide...

            The Internet Resource Guide is  intended  to  help  Internet
            users  learn  what  services on the network are available to
            them.

            Each  service  is  listed  in  a  separate  section,   which



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            describes  the  resource, explains who can use the resource,
            how the network is reached via the Internet and  lists  con-
            tacts for more information.

            To  assist  users  trying  to  find  a  particular  type  of
            resource,  similar  resources are grouped into chapters. For
            example, Chapter 1 lists all the special computing resources
            on the Internet, including supercomputer centers and centers
            for parallel computing. Thus, users interested in finding  a
            supercomputer  to work on can browse through the sections in
            Chapter 1, in search of  a  supercomputer  center  that  can
            accomodate  their needs. Users interested in locating a par-
            ticular service can check the  tables  of  contents  at  the
            start of each chapter.

            The resource guide is indexed in WAIS (the Wide Area  Infor-
            mation   Server   system),   which   can   be   accessed  on
            quake.think.com, nnsc.nsf.net, and many other Internet  host
            computers. Telnet to the host computer, and login as "wais".


            Maintaining the Guide...

            The resource guide is designed to be kept  in  a  loose-leaf
            notebook,  to  make  it  easy  to add or replace sections of
            text. Users can add new sections  to  their  collection,  or
            replace  the  existing  sections,  with updated entries. The
            guide is also designed to be stored on a host computer, with
            each section in a separate file.

            The guide is distributed electronically by the NNSC. To  get
            on one or more of the distribution lists for the guide, send
            a note to "resource-guide-request@nnsc.nsf.net".

               o+  The "text" list receives a Text (ASCII) copy  of  each
                  new or updated entry in an email message.

               o+  The "PostScript" list receives a  Postscript  copy  of
                  each new o updated entry in an email message.

               o+  The  "ftp"  list  receives  announcements  of  new  or
                  updated  entries  that are available for anonymous ftp
                  on nnsc.nsf.net.

            Please specify which list or lists you prefer.  (The text in
            both  the  Text  and  PostScript  versions is the same;  the
            Postscript version is generally easier to read, but it  can-
            not be read on-line or searched by computer, unless you have



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            a computer uses PostScript for its screen display.)


            For More Information...

            For more information  about  the  Internet  Resource  Guide,
            including  instructions for obtaining the guide by anonymous
            ftp, send a message to "info-server@nnsc.nsf.net", with  the
            following text in the body of the message:

               request: resource-guide
               topic: overview
               topic: readme
               request: end

            You will receive automatic replies by email.





                                  Copyright Notice


            The Internet Resource Guide is compiled by the  NSF  Network
            Service  Center (nnsc@nnsc.nsf.net) at BBN Systems and Tech-
            nologies from contributions by  members  of  the  networking
            community.  This work is supported by a subcontract with the
            University  Corporation  for  Atmospheric  Research  (UCAR),
            which  operates  under  agreement  with the National Science
            Foundation (NSF). The editors have made  reasonable  efforts
            to  provide correct information, but neither UCAR, NSF, NNSC
            nor BBN is responsible for the accuracy of the  listings  in
            this  guide.   Copyright  1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 BBN Systems
            and Technologies.
















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