* NetResearch: Starting Points

This page is no longer maintained.

Trying to locate a topic? Try one of these starting points culled from the pages of NetResearch. This list is organized much like Appendix A.

Note: These sites are all maintained by other people, so I cannot guarantee their availability nor vouch for the accuracy of their content.

[ Introduction / Web / Usenet / Gopher / FAQs / People / Mailing Lists / Reference / Computers / Government / Science / News / New & Cool / Business / Entertainment ]


Introduction to the Internet

  • PBS's History of the Internet
  • EFF's Extended Guide to the Internet
  • World Wide Web FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
  • FTP FAQ
  • Internet Relay Chat (IRC) FAQ

  • Yahoo - try some basic searching!

  • World Wide Web

    General Search Resources

  • WindWeaver: How to Search the Internet
  • Lists of Search Engines

  • InterNIC
  • Yahoo's List
  • All-In-One Search Pages

  • All-In-One Search Page
  • Search.Com
  • Search Engines, Active and Passive

  • AltaVista
  • Excite
  • HotBot
  • InfoSeek
  • Lycos
  • Magellan
  • Open Text
  • WebCrawler
  • Yahoo
  • Meta-Search Engines

  • Internet Sleuth
  • MetaCrawler
  • Net Locator
  • SavvySearch
  • Starting Point
  • Bookmarking Tips

  • Browser Bookmarks Made Easy
  • SignWeb's Better Bookmarking
  • Netscape Smartmarks #1
  • Netscape Smartmarks #2
  • Miscellaneous Information

  • Technical guide to URLs (a.k.a., RFC 1738)
  • All about Spiders, Robots, and Wanderers
  • Passive vs. Active search engines (called "directories vs. robots")

  • Usenet

    General

  • Usenet Info Center
  • Choosing the right place to post (FAQ)
  • Search Engines

  • AltaVista
  • Deja News
  • Excite
  • InfoSeek
  • Sift

  • Gopher Search Engines

  • Jughead
  • Veronica
  • Yahoo's List
  • Gopher Jewels

  • FAQ Archives

  • Ohio State
  • Oxford
  • RTFM at MIT

  • news.answers Archives

  • People/Organization Search

    Email Address Search

  • Four11
  • Internet Address Finder
  • InterNIC X.500 directory
  • NETFIND
  • OKRA net.citizen directory
  • Usenet Addresses Service
  • Who Where?

  • The vrfy program (chapter 7)
  • Personal Home Page Lists

  • Personal Pages Worldwide
  • Telephone Directories

  • BigYellow
  • InfoSpace
  • Lookup USA
  • PC411
  • Switchboard
  • Who Where?
  • Yahoo Phone
  • soc.net-people Resources

  • General information on locating people
  • Locating college email addresses

  • Lists of Mailing Lists

  • Email Discussion Groups
  • List of Lists
  • Liszt
  • PAML
  • Tile.Net

  • A Brief Guide to Social Newsgroups and Mailing Lists
  • Netiquette Guidelines (RFC 1855)

  • Reference, General

    Collections of Reference Materials

  • Research-It!
  • Yahoo Reference
  • Specific Reference Materials

  • Area Codes
  • Bartlett's Quotations
  • CarlWeb (libraries)
  • Elements of Style
  • Foreign Language Dictionaries (TravLang)
  • Roget's Thesaurus
  • Unit converter
  • Vicinity (maps)
  • Webster's Dictionary
  • Zip Codes
  • Electronic Citation Styles

  • Citing Electronic Resources
  • MLA-Style Citations of Electronic Sources
  • Citing the Resources on the Web

  • Computers and Internet

    Freely Distributable Software Archives

    Remember that your online service provider might also have libraries of freely distributable software available.
  • Archie Services
  • Download.Com
  • Jumbo
  • Shareware.Com
  • Simtel
  • Software Sharing Resource Library
  • ZD Net Software Library
  • Information on Archiver File Formats

  • File Formats on Web Sites (rollanet.org)
  • Common Archive Formats (Brown University)
  • Common Internet File Formats (Internet Literacy Consultants)
  • Computer Companies

  • Apple
  • IBM
  • Microsoft
  • Domain Name Directories

  • InterNIC (USA)
  • InterNIC (USA), alternate site
  • JPNIC (Japan)
  • RIPE (Europe)
  • Yahoo's List

  • List of country codes
  • Alternic - proposal for additional top-level domain names

  • US Government Resources

    I welcome submissions of URLs for government-related sites in other countries.
  • FedWorld
  • Internal Revenue Service
  • Library of Congress
  • National Archives & Records Administration
  • Postal Service
  • Thomas (Congressional info)
  • White House

  • Science

  • Ancient World Web
  • Discovery Channel
  • National Academy of Sciences

  • News and Current Events

  • CNN
  • New York Times
  • Reuters
  • USA Today
  • Wall St. Journal
  • Weather Channel
  • Yahoo Weather

  • What's New/Cool on the Net

  • comp.infosystems.www.announce
  • Netscape What's New
  • Point Review
  • WebCrawler Top 25
  • The Web 100
  • Yahoo Picks

  • Business

  • BanxQuote
  • CompanyLink
  • Currency Converter
  • Stock Quotes

  • Entertainment

    Music

  • Mammoth Music Meta-List
  • Ultimate Band List
  • Art

  • 1000 Points of Art
  • World Wide Arts Resources
  • Literature and Writing

  • On Line Books Page
  • Project Bartleby
  • Project Gutenberg
  • Shakespeare Complete
  • Film

  • Internet Movie Database
  • Movie Critic (recommendations)
  • Movie Review Query Engine
  • Television

  • The Gist
  • Sports

  • ESPNET Sports Zone
  • Lycos Sports
  • Yahoo Sports
  • <p> <hr> This page is maintained by <A HREF="mailto:dbarrett@ora.com"> Daniel J. Barrett, dbarrett@ora.com</A>