NetResearch: Starting Points
NEW! November 2001
A recent article in On Magazine provides a new wealth of search and research tools online. Start off at the "RESEARCH" page. From there, you can navigate to many different pages, classified by categories. Each link takes you to a page of other links to many useful resources.
The resources below are a bit dated, but I am keeping them here as some are still quite useful. Others could be thrown away by now, but that would take some going through them .... maybe some other time.
Trying to locate a topic? Try one of these starting points culled from
the pages of NetResearchNetResearch:
Finding Information Online, By Daniel J. Barrett, 1st Edition February
1997, 1-56592-245-X, Order Number: 245X, 200 pages, $24.95.
This list is organized much like Appendix A of the book.
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 ]
If a link on this page becomes obsolete, please let the author and me know.
Introduction to the Internet
World Wide Web
General Search Resources
Lists of Search Engines
All-In-One Search Pages
Search Engines, Active and Passive
Meta-Search Engines
Bookmarking Tips
Miscellaneous Information
Usenet
General
Search Engines
Gopher Search Engines
FAQ Archives
People/Organization Search
Email Address Search
Personal Home Page Lists
Telephone Directories
soc.net-people Resources
Lists of Mailing Lists
Reference, General
Collections of Reference Materials
Specific Reference Materials
Electronic Citation Styles
Computers and Internet
Freely Distributable Software Archives
Remember that your online service provider might also have libraries of
freely distributable software available.
Information on Archiver File Formats
Computer Companies
Domain Name Directories
US Government Resources
I welcome submissions of URLs
for government-related sites in other countries.
Science
News and Current Events
What's New/Cool on the Net
Business
Entertainment
Music
Art
Literature and Writing
Film
Television
Sports
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