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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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