Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.61.0411190222020.26490@panix3.panix.com>
From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.aol.com>,
"WRYTING-L : Writing and Theory across Disciplines" <WRYTING-L@LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA>
Subject: Bit of web history
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 02:22:36 -0500 (EST)
Bit of web history - this hasn't been updated for years and years - from the information file for the lynx text-only web browser: Internet Resources Meta-Index This document is intended to be a loosely categorized meta-index of the various resource directories and indices available on the Internet. Please send suggestions for new entries on this list (any index or directory of resources) to mosaic@ncsa.uiuc.edu. World Wide Web * Searchable indices: + WWWW - the World Wide Web Worm + Meta-Library index at the Global Network Academy. * Subject indices: + Whole Internet Catalog from O'Reilly and Associates, a part of the Global Network Navigator. + WWW Virtual Library, a subject listing from CERN. + The Clearinghouse for Subject-Oriented Internet Resource Guides from the University of Michigan. * Server indices: + Central index of WWW servers at CERN. + Index of resources by protocol at CERN. * Miscellaneous indices and listings: + NCSA Mosaic documents: o NCSA What's New listing, updated almost daily. o NCSA Mosaic Demo Document, including an extensive index of exemplary hypermedia applications. o Network Starting Points, some points of exploration for new Internet users. + Network Services List at Honolulu Community College. + EXPO, a central point of departure for hypermedia exhibits on the Internet, including Library of Congress exhibits. + Hypermedia exhibitions index at ANBG. + Astronomical Internet Resources listing at STScI. + Discipline information indices at USGS: o Earth and Environmental Science. o Astronomy. o Atmospheric Sciences. o Biology. + Resource listings at NASA Langley: o Government Information. o NASA Online Information. + Unified CS Technical Report Index at Indiana University. + Information Sources: the Internet and Computer-Mediated Communication by John December. + CyberSight, the central on-line "jumping off" point for alternative information seekers. WAIS * Directory of servers at CNIDR (direct access for Mosaic 2.0). * Directory of servers at wais.com (direct access for Mosaic 2.0). Gopher * Searchable indices: + Veronica (alternate interface at Library of Congress). + Jughead at Washington & Lee University; see also WLU's Finding Gopher Resources. * Subject indices: + The Global Electronic Library subject listing at the Library of Congress. + Gopher Jewels subject listing at Bath (alternate versions also at Bath and at Warwick. + Subject tree at Texas A&M. + Subject tree at Rice. + Subject tree at University of California Santa Barbara. + Subject tree at South Carolina. + Subject tree at University of Texas Dallas. + Subject tree at Virginia. + Subject tree at North Carolina State. + Subject tree at Purdue. + Subject tree at UTK. + Subject tree at University of North Texas. + Study Carrels at Vermont. + Gopher subject trees listing at Bath. + Gopher subject trees listing at MSU. + Community News Service: an index of lots of general-purpose information. * Server indices: + Gopherspace overview at Minnesota. + Finding Gopher Resources index at WLU, including an alternate comprehensive index of Gopher sites and a what's new area. * Miscellaneous indices and listings: + Virtual Reference Desk at University of California Irvine. + Simon Fraser University's Electronic Library + Federal Government Information, , an Internet Resources index, etc. at Library of Congress Marvel + InterNIC Info Source, particularly Virtual Treasures of the Internet; also InterNIC Directory of Directories + Computational Biology Gopher at Johns Hopkins; points to lots of computational biology information and a wide range of other biology Gopher servers. + Biogopher at ANU. + Biological Information Servers index at Stanford; a similar list by topic. + Global Information Services index at Stanford. + Environmental Information Catalog at CIESIN. + Electronic text archives and resource listing at Wiretap. + SunSITE at UNC, a general information repository and index. Telnet * HyTelnet listing of online library services and other interactive services (served from the University of Kansas). * Yanoff Internet Services List at UWM (also Indiana University version). FTP * Hypertext Archie Servers, a list of archie servers for Web users. * Archie Request Form at NCSA. Experimental Metamap Here is an experimental graphical map of some of the resource indices and listings on the Internet. Experimental Search Engine Meta-Index Here is an experimental meta-index of search engines on the Internet; requires Mosaic 2.0.