Notice: This file is archived for historical purposes only and is not being updated. Please see the index for updates.
This is an alphabetical list of the resources in this list whose entries I have flagged as excellent.
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ACM:
Association for Computing Machinery (http://www.acm.org)
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All-in-one: a search page which combines forms-based search tools from a wide variety of subjects, classified by category
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Alldomains.com: domain name information and registration, includes links to regional and country Network Information Centers (http://www.alldomains.com)
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Alta Vista: Search the Web or Usenet for keywords. Includes advanced query form. (http://www.altavista.digital.com)
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Anthony's List: Internet-accessible machines for vending, temperature sensors, tele-operated machinery, equipment status, cameras/video, and others, by Anthony Anderberg (http://www.dsu.edu/~anderbea/machines.html)
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Art Top: the top art information resources on the Web, described and reviewed (http://www.december.com/web/top/art.html)
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Audio WWW VL: Entry from WWW Virtual Library for Audio (http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive/audio.html)
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Browser watch: information on Internet Browsers (Web client software); this site includes a directory of current browsers, news and rumors about browsers and plugins and statistics and information on browser use (http://www.browserwatch.com)
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Business Top: the top business information resources on the Web, reviewed and rated (http://www.december.com/web/top/business.html)
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CERT: Computer Emergency Response Team; focal point for computer security concerns of Internet users; includes pointers to advisories and other information (http://www.cert.org)
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CNIDR/K-12 education: educational sites hosted at the Center for Networked Information Discovery and Retrieval, includes ARTSEDGE (National Arts and Education Information Network, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts), EdWeb (Online K-12 Education Resource Guide, Corporation for Public Broadcasting), Global SchoolHouse Project (Collaborative Internet Classroom Project, National Science Foundation), Janice's K-12 Cyberspace Outpost (K-12 Educational Uses of the Internet, J3N3), Presidential Awardees Internet Pilot (Presidential Awardees for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching, National Science Foundation), and K-12 Opportunities and Resources (On-line mailing lists for K-12 projects) (http://k12.cnidr.org)
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Computer Top: the top computer information resources on the Web (http://www.december.com/web/top/computer.html)
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Cyberatlas: a collection of information about Internet statistics and demographics; includes detailed analysis of demographic surveys; for example, looking at A. C. Neilsen's work on Internet demographics; includes quick facts such as registered domains; in general, fairly thorough and easy to use; well worth a stop to see what the current trends are in Internet technology use (http://www.cyberatlas.com)
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December Top 5 Keywords: the top five Web keyword searching resources available, from December Communications (http://www.december.com/web/top/keyword.html)
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December Top 5 Subjects: the top five Web subject resources available, from December Communications (http://www.december.com/web/top/subject.html)
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Editor and Publisher: Media information sources (http://www.mediainfo.com)
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Education Top: the resources for educators; empahsis on primary education, but some higher-education resources; described and reviewed (http://www.december.com/web/top/edu.html)
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Electronic Labyrinth: an exploration and discussion of hypertext terminology and the history and meaning of hypertext (http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/elab/hfl0276.html)
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Electronic Newstand: magazines, magazines, magazines--electronic and the dead tree variety (http://www.enews.com)
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Entertainment Top: the top entertain information resources on the Web, reviewed and rated (http://www.december.com/web/top/entertain.html)
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Government Top: the top government information resources on the Web, reviewed and rated (http://www.december.com/web/top/gov.html)
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Humanities Top: the top humanities information resources on the Web, described and reviewed (http://www.december.com/web/top/hum.html)
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ISWorld Net: information systems web, sponsored by the Edwin L. Cox School Management at Southern Methodist University (http://www.isworld.org/isworld/isworldtext.html)
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Internet Providers: THE LIST of Internet access providers in all area codes and countries; this is the place to go to find out about Internet Service providers--there's no other place with more listings (http://www.thelist.com)
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LRL: Library Resources List, a variety of Internet resources for the library community, including reference resources, new net sites and search engines, government resources, library sites, and issues about libraries and national information infrastructure, compiled by Bob Bocher, Technology Consultant WI Dept. of Public Instruction, Division for Libraries. (http://www.state.wi.us/agencies/dpi/www/lib_res.html)
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Lookup Top: white and yellow pages, a dictionary, maps, and weather forecasts (http://www.december.com/web/top/lookup.html)
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Marketing Top: the top marketing information resources on the Web, reviewed and rated (http://www.december.com/web/top/marketing.html)
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Money Top: the top money information resources on the Web, reviewed and rated (http://www.december.com/web/top/marketing.html)
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NetLingo: The Internet Language Dictionary (http://www.netlingo.com)
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News Top: the top general news sources of the Web, described and reviewed (http://www.december.com/web/top/news.html)
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Newslink: news resource with direct links to more than 1,000 online newspaper, magazine and broadcasting sites. (http://www.newslink.org)
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Reference-IPL: Internet Public Library, information and services to enhance the value of the Internet to its users (http://www.ipl.org)
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Rob's Multimedia Lab: a collection of archives and informaiton about graphics, sound, and movies on the Net (http://www.acm.uiuc.edu:80/rml)
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Science Top: the top science information resources on the Web, reviewed and rated (http://www.december.com/web/top/science.html)
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Software Top: the top archives of shareware and freeware on the Web (http://www.december.com/web/top/software.html)
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Switchboard: A database of names of individuals and businesses, with phone numbers and postal addresses; users can add their electronic mail address or a URL to their listing; very extensive (over 90 million entries) and nationwide; excellent for finding people who have telephones (those old-fashioned devices with keypads on them that people used to talk through to communicate with each other) (http://www.switchboard.com)
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The Information Economy: a collection of documents that have to do with the economics of the Internet, information goods, intellectual property, and related issues, by Hal Varian (http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/resources/infoecon/)
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Top of the Web: a selected list of the five best resource sites in a variety of subject categories, including science, humanities, news, business, lookup tools, marketing, money, computers, software, art, humanities, and others (http://www.december.com/web/top.html)
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WWW VL: World Wide Web Virtual Library, a large hypertext collection of information organized by subject (http://www.w3.org/vl/)
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WhoWhere? Homepages: a comprehensive service for locating people and organizations on the Web; this is a vast collection--you can look up personal homepages by email address, phone number and address, or company name, or look at a yellow pages directory, by profession or name (http://homepages.whowhere.com)
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WhoWhere?: a comprehensive service for locating people and organizations on the Net; this is a vast collection--it will give you a lot of hits on a name; this is the directory to use for finding people who have an email account or a telephone (http://www.whowhere.com)
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World Lecture Hall: WWW for instructional use, a collection of course materials, from the University of Texas at Austin (http://www.utexas.edu/world/instruction/index.html)
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XX-MISSING-RELOCATE Inet-Access FAQ: how to become an Internet service provider, an extremely detailed guide to procedures, equipment, hooking to the Net, agreements, software, fees, technical issues, marketing, legal issues, resources, by David H Dennis (http://amazing.cinenet.net/internet/faq.html)