*note: There's a lot happening on the Internet, and activity is increasing at a phenomenal rate.
To help you navigate in cyberspace, the following sites provide indexes of extensive &/or interesting links, search facilities, and BBS sites.
Because sites do move sometimes (groan!), we suggest you revise bookmarks to your favorite sites regularly.
If there are any changes in the links listed below, please let me know.
New gateways always welcome.
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Alta Vista
Aqui
Archie
Architecture Virtual Library
Ask Jeeves
The Asylum
Autonomy
B
BBC Net Links
bOING bOING
Bot Spot
Cool Site of the Day
DejaNews
Disinformation
Electronic Newsstand
The Essential Internet Online
Excite
Exes
Free Agent
FTP Search Engine
Gecko
Global Network Navigator Home Page
GNN's The Whole Internet Catalog
HotBot
The Huge List -- For Adults Only
HyperArchive Keyword Search
Internet Agents
Internet Information Center
The Internet Movie Database
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Mirsky's Worst of the Web
Monster FTP Site List
The Mother-of-all BBS
Psychedelic Psyberspace
Search.com
Search Magellan
Search UK
Sky High Links
Sun Site Northern Europe
Webcrawler
Webgrrls! -- Women on the Web
WebSprite
Web Stalker
Web Virtual Library
WELL Community page
World Wide Web Meta-Indexes and Search Tools
What's New
WWWW - the World Wide Web Worm
Yell
ZyNet SouthWest Nifty Links
All-in-One Internet Search
(provides direct links to major search engines...
a great composite search engine page...nicely organized)
(search engine which covers websites and newsgroups... contains option for locating Usenet postings by keywords... also discover which websites have linked to yours...
pretty fast search... recommended)
(search engine...
have included Mark/Space... check it out)
(search engine for locating anonymous FTP sites)
"A venerable and historic resource...very useful." --Henry W.Targowski.
(comprehensive architecture links site)
(searches all the other search engines... you can use plain English to ask full questions)
(random links...
madness lies beyond this door)
(intelligent search agent... off-line searching, adapts to your requirements... 60-day free trial, Windows version only)
Babbage's Bookmarks
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(this is the new BBC links page...
quite extensive and worth a check, but, unfortunately, does not contain the same material that was on "Net Links")
(a pretty good selection of interesting links... tied into their BBC 2 series called "The Net"... quite hip... recommended.)
This site is no longer online, but may return. I've kept the link here just in case it becomes active again.
File under late and lamented. Meanwhile, access the BBC homepage.
*note: There's now a new series (March/April 1998)
(a 'new edge' magazine whose website also includes a listing of where they like to netsurf.... their index covers some really wonderful, strange and unusual territory)
"Reaching spots that others just can't reach... every listing is accompanied by a commentary... and they've got a sense of humor!
"Very enjoyable and highly recommended...
Since moving, however, the links page has seemingly disappeared... here's their late, lamented, and sincerely missed URL: bOING bOING." --Henry W.Targowski.
(resource site for intelligent search agents... listings, details, reviews)
Cinema Sites
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(Every film-related site on the net is cataloged here...
highly recommended jump station for teleporting to all things cinematic... seeing is believing!)
(selected and maintained by Glen Davis...
see if you think so too... everyone has their opinion)
The Dance Server
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(comprehensive links and resources...
dance anyone?)
(searches Usenet newsgroups... find postings by keywords...
this could be very useful)
(the subculture search engine)
EINet Galaxy
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(search engine)
(search engine for locating online magazines...
a specific research resource)
(learn the Net)
(search engine... documents, reviews, Usenet, classified ads)
(search engine for travel-oriented information... searches travel sites, visa information, traffic reports, etc.)
Four One One User Directory
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(internet white pages... search engine for locating e-mail addresses or personal Webpages... also offer free e-mail addresses...
a useful resource)
(news group search agent... freeware, 16-bit and 32-bit versions)
("It uses some purpose built hardware to do very fast FTP searches, and has a smarter interface than most Archies." --Anthony Staines.)
Games Domain
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(Dave Stanworth's single-handed effort to provide you with 'the biggest source of information on computer games on the Internet'. Hundreds of links to game-related sites; plus documentation, reviews, shareware, freeware, demos, and competitions... there's also an US mirror-site and Russian mirror-site)
(links site with search facility)
(contains Whole Internet Catalog, Best of the Net, and other services... this is the newest URL, perhaps replacing the one below)
(hierarchical index of Webpages by subject... explains each link before you go there...
let me know if this is still a working link)
Harvest
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(customizable search engine... software, patches, etc.)
(search engine... has largest collection of documents)
(major index of sex-related websites)
(search engine... by keyword)
Inktomi
(fast search engine... capable of handling up to ten words in a query)
(semi-intelligent search agents... Beta version available free)
(help files, advice pages... info on IRC, FTP, gopher)
(this site catalogs and searches internet sites relevant to film and TV... and it conducts an interactive poll on a movie's popularity)
Justin's Links from the Underground
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(as stated)
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Lycos
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(this is an early, and very historical, search engine... database with over 5 million entries... contains the "Point Survey" which reviews the top 5% of all websites... also lists the 250 most linked-to sites...
pretty busy site... let me know if anything changes)
MetaCrawler
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(search engine)
(as stated...
eh, mistakes, web-waste, not-on... take heed: do not follow these examples)
(list of sites from which you can directly download files and software...
useful resource)
(list of Bulletin Board Systems...
an important resource)
Net Search
O
(search engine... by topic)
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Paranoia
Q
(supports free and uncensored thought on the Internet)
(links page... psychedelics, 60s, music, culture)
R
S
Savvy Search
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(this search engine searches all the others...
basically, submit your search "item" and this site will enter it into all the main search engines...
the result is limited, but very useful... a great resource... well worth checking)
(various search engines collected on one page...
similar to All-In-One Internet Search)
(search engine... has a review system to indicate safe sites for young surfers)
(UK-only search engine... let's you use common database commands such as 'and', 'or', 'not')
(interesting links digest...
limited)
(anonymous FTP archive of shareware for every computer... located at Imperial College, London...
download the latest browser versions from here)
Tile.Net/Lists
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(Internet discussion groups, mailing lists... organized by description, name, subject, host country, sponsoring organization)
Useless WWW Pages
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(links to totally useless webpages... maintained by Paul Phillips...
time-wasters take note)
Veronica
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("Very Easy Rodent-Oriented Netwide Index to Computer Archives"...
original search engine for locating gopher servers)
WAIS
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("Wide Area Information Service"... searches over 500 indexed databases distributed across the Internet)
(much-used search engine...
reviewed as fast and easy... do you agree?... check it)
(lots of links to women-related sites on the Internet...
recommended...
for even more links to women-related pages, click here)
(information gathering software, online intelligent agent... runs a data display window on your screen with continuously updated news, weather, business information, horoscope, etc.)
("High protein access to the Web. Download it free."... graphic website display)
(research database...
useful resource? check this site... reviews welcome)
(links to homepages... the San Francisco Bay area network)
(resources... search engines, indexes, link sites...
feedback welcome)
(with NCSA Mosaic... lists the top 5 new sites each day, plus top 25 for the week)
(search engine)
Xplore
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(listing of jumpstations)
Yahoo
Z
(hierarchical tree structure... covers all topics and interests... here's a link to their UK site...
probably the most favorite Internet directory... expanding and growing all the time... highly recommended)
(Yellow pages site on the net... contains extensive links to UK websites, businesses, shops)
(search engine... "ZIA is the largest family friendly site on the internet!"
have linked to Mark/Space, specifically, the Margaret Atwood bio page...
see what you think)
(links to "usual and unusual sites"...
so they say... judge for yourself)
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