Guides to the Internet 
- Subject directories
- Search engine directories
Reference Resources
- Acronymns & Abbreviations
- Dictionaries
- Encyclopedias
Bibliographies
Computer Companies
Conferences 
Electronic Journals
- Directories & Indexes
- Individual journals/magazines,A-Z
E-Mail Directories
Listservs/Newsgroups
Professional Associations & Organisations 
Technical Reports

Special topics
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Graphic
Networks/Internet/Intranet/WWW
Computer Programming
Computer Science
Database
    - Lotus/Domino
Multimedia System
Robotics
Security
Software/Operating System
Specific Types Of Computing
Technology

GUIDES TO THE INTERNET

1. SUBJECT DIRECTORIES

CompInfo - The Computer Information Center
http://www.compinfo-center.com/
Reference resource for corporate IT, computer software, computers and communications

Computer Technology
http://galaxy.tradewave.com/galaxy/Engineering-and-Technology/Computer-Technology.html
Developer : Galaxy

Electronic Library in Computing Science 
http://fas.sfu.ca/1/projects/ElectronicLibrary/Collections/CMPT/ 
Developer : Rob Cameron, Simon Fraser University

Information Systems Meta-List 
http://www.cait.wustl.edu/infosys/infosys.html 
Developer : School of Engineering and Applied Science, Washington University
A subject directory that "attempts to provide a  comprehensive set of pointers to information systems  resources on the Internet." 

Virtual Computer Library 
http://www.utexas.edu/computer/vcl/ 
Developer : Christine M. Henke, ACITS at UT Austin
A subject directory of links to information about computers and computing on the Internet. The directory can  also be searched by keyword. 

Virtual Library: Computer Science
http://vlib.org/Computing.html
Developer : Lee McLoughlin

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2. SEARCH ENGINE DIRECTORIES

AltaVista- Computers & Internet
http://altavista.looksmart.com/eus1/eus53832/r?comefrom=avhome-e53832&izf
Developer : AltaVista

Excite Computers & Internet 
http://www.excite.com/computers_and_internet/
Developer : Excite Inc.

Google Web Directory: Computers
http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/
Developer: Google

Lycos Directory ; Computers
http://dir.lycos.com/Computers/
Developer : Lycos, Inc.

WebCrawler
http://dir.webcrawler.com/
Developer: WebCrawler

Yahoo! Computers and Internet
http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/
Developer : Yahoo! Inc.
Excellent starting place to search for information regarding computing and the Internet.

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REFERENCE RESOURCES

1. ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS

Acronym and abbreviation list  
http://www.ucc.ie/info/net/acronyms/acro.html 
Developer : Peter Flynn 
This is a list of (mostly) acronyms (abbreviations constructed from the first letters [or first few letters] of the words of a phrase), not a dictionary or encyclopaedia. 

BABEL
http://www.geocities.com/ikind_babel/babel/babel.html
A Glossary of Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms

The Reference : Computers Abbreviations and Acronyms
http://www.openhere.com/edu/ref/encyclopedia/
Developer : The Reference
More than 1,300 computer-related abbreviations and acronyms explained.

Sacred Hall of Computer and Internet Terms and Acronyms
http://www.pchell.com/acronyms/
A guide to the most common computer terms with explanations of what they mean.

The Ultimate Computer Acronyms Archive
http://www.acronyms.ch/
This application allows you to consult a database of computer-related acronyms.

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2. DICTIONARIES

Computer Currents High-Tech Dictionary
http://www.currents.net/resources/dictionary/index.html
Developer : Computer Currents Publishing Corporation 
Search for definitions to more than 7,000 high-tech terms.

FOLDOC- Computing Dictionary  

http://wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/index.html  

Developer : Denis Howe 
FOLDOC is a searchable dictionary for anything to do with computing. 

Online Dictionaries
http://www.freeality.com/dictiona.htm
Developer : Internet Oracle 
List of search engine for online dictionaries

The Jargon File
http://www.science.uva.nl/~mes/jargon/t/top-orig.html
This document is a collection of slang terms used by various subcultures of computer hackers. 

Matisse's Glossary of Internet Terms 
http://www.matisse.net/files/glossary.html 
Developer : Matisse Enzer 

OneLookDictionaries 
http://www.onelook.com/index.html
Developer : Robert K Ware 
Provide a very special "Internet search engine" that finds on-line dictionaries that contain the word you look for. The actual dictionaries are provided by other web sites. 

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3. ENCYCLOPAEDIAS

PC Webopaedia home page
http://webopedia.internet.com/
Developer : Internet.com
The online encyclopedia and search  engine dedicated to computer technology.

TechEncyclopedia
http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/
Developer : CMP Media Inc.
More than 11,000 definitions of computer terms and concepts 

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BIBLIOGRAPHIES

ACM: Digital Library 
http://www.acm.org/dl/
Developer : Association for Computing Machinery 
ACM Digital Library is a vast resource of bibliographic information, citations, and full-text articles. 

Biocomputing Course Resource List : Bibliographies on Biocomputing
http://www.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de/bcd/Curric/biblio.html
Developer : Christian Kiesewetter

The Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies http://liinwww.ira.uka.de/bibliography/index.html
Developer : Alf-Christian Achilles 
This is a collection of bibliographies of scientific literature in computer science from various sources, covering most aspects of computer science. 

DBLP Bibliography
http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/index.html
Developer : Michael Ley

Information and Computation Bibliography
http://theory.lcs.mit.edu/~iandc/bibliography.html
Developer : Laboratory for Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The I&C hypertext bibliography contains all papers published in Information and Computation (formerly Information and Control) since it began publication in 1957

Other Lists of Bibliographies in Computing
http://wheat.uwaterloo.ca/bibliography/Others.html
Developer : Alf-Christian Achilles
This is a collection of bibliographies of scientific literature in computer science from various sources, covering most aspects of computer science.

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COMPUTER COMPANIES

A-Z List

Adobe
http://www.adobe.com
Visit this site and get the latest news on the Adobe's software and other products. 

Apple Computer
http://www.apple.com
Visit the Apple Web site for product information, customer support, developer support, and all the latest product news and views.

AT&T Labs
http://www.att.com/attlabs/
Visit the AT&T site to access great articles from the AT&T Technical Journal absolutely free.

Autodesk
http://www.autodesk.com
Autodesk is the fourth largest PC software company in the world, the number one provider of PC multimedia tools, and the world's largest provider of technical content. Come to this site for information on new software.

Cisco Systems
http://www.cisco.com
Cisco Systems is the leading global supplier of internetworking solutions, including routers, LAN and ATM switches, dial-up access servers, and network management software. 

Digital Equipment Corporation
http://www.digital.com/
Digital is the leading worldwide supplier of networked computer systems, software, and services. 

Intel
http://www.intel.com
Browse demos of connected applications or download applets.  You'll also find great developer information and software, including Intels great performance library suites and more. 

Microsoft
http://www.microsoft.com
Most content-rich site on the entire Web.  Download the latest software or get information on upcoming releases. Join on-line chat sessions concerning products in development.

Netscape
http://www.netscape.com
Download software or get the latest news about the ever-popular Netscape Navigator Web browser. 

Santa Cruz Operation
http://www.sco.com
The Santa Cruz Operation (SCO) is the world's largest supplier of UNIX server and host systems.

Silicon Graphics
http://www.sgi.com/
Silicon Graphics brings you technology grounded in visualization, 3-D, color, sound, and multimedia. 

Sun Microsystems
http://www.sun.com
Learn about all of Sun's products and programs.

Symantec
http://www.symantec.com
Symantec markets products for businesses in key areas which include utilities, development tools, and productivity applications. Visit this Web site for more details.

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CONFERENCES

Netlib Conferences Database 
http://www.netlib.org/confdb/Conferences.html
Developer : Netlib
The Netlib Conferences Database contains information about upcoming conferences, lectures, and other meetings relevant to the fields of mathematics and computer science. 

NISS - Noticeboard - Conferences, Workshops and Meetings - Computing and Information Science 
http://www.niss.ac.uk/cr/events/compevent.html
Developer : NISS
This is a browsable list of events arranged in date order and grouped by month. 

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ELECTRONIC JOURNALS

1. DIRECTORIES & INDEXES 

  The Directory of Computing Science Journals
http://elib.cs.sfu.ca/cs-journals/
Developer : Rob Cameron, Simon Fraser University
Now 522 journals, with 414 publisher's title pages, 226 tables of contents, 65 abstracts directories, 112 home pages, 159 bibliographies, 16 full-text archives and on-line journals, and other information.

EEVL E-journal Search Engine
http://www.eevl.ac.uk/eese/
Developer : Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library 
The Engineering E-journal Search Engine searches the full text of one hundred engineering e-journals which arelisted in the Main EEVL Database of engineering resources 

Top 100 Computer Magazines
http://www.internetvalley.com/top100mag.html
Developer : Internet Valley, Inc.

Virtual Computer Library: Journals
http://www.utexas.edu/computer/vcl/journals.html
Developer : Christine M. Henke, ACITS at UT Austin

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2. INDIVIDUAL JOURNALS/MAGAZINES, A-Z

BoardWatch Magazine
http://www.boardwatch.com/
Developer : Penton Media 
Features articles, features, profiles, interviews and reviews concerning the Internet, the World Wide Web, BBSs (bulletin board systems), and the communications industry. Published monthly.

BYTE Magazine
http://www.byte.com/
This on-line edition of BYTE Magazine is packed with great editorials, product reviews, downloads, links, and more. You can also search the Archives.

CIO Magazine
http://www.cio.com/CIO/
Developer : CIO Communications, Inc.
CIO Magazine is the leading source of information for those interested in the strategic application of information technology. Free to qualified readers.

Communication Systems Design
http://www.csdmag.com/
Developer : Miller Freeman, Inc.
Includes a monthly feature article from the magazine and information on subscription, article submission, etc.

Computer Graphics World
http://www.cgw.com/
Developer : Computer Graphics World Magazine
This monthly magazine covers computer-aided design (CAD), animation, visualization, virtual reality, and multimedia.

Computer-Mediated Communication Magazine
http://www.december.com/cmc/mag
Developer : December Communications, Inc.
Reports on people, events, applications, and studies related to the arts of computer networking and telecommunications. 

ComputerWorld
http://www.computerworld.com/
Developer : Computerworld, Inc.
Offers the latest news and views.

Data Management Review
http://dmreview.com/
Developer : DM Review, Inc.
Data Management Review focuses on data warehouse and client/server solutions for enterprise systems. 

Datamation Magazine
http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/
Developer : EarthWeb Inc.
Visit this site for great articles, tutorials, and reviews related to java and other new database technologies.

Dr. Dobbs Web Site
http://www.ddj.com/
Get digital reprints, tables of contents, subscription information, and source code related to both Dr. Dobbs Journal and Dr. Dobbs Sourcebook from this site.

Embedded Systems Programming
http://www.embedded.com/
This monthly publication for engineers, software designers, and project leaders. 

ent Magazine
http://www.entmag.com/
ent Magazine deals with enterprise solutions for mangers of Windows NT. At this site, you will find digital reprints of articles, features, editorials, commentaries, and forecasts.

HP Professional Magazine
http://www.hppro.com/
The magazine aims to provide unbiased reporting and analysis on interoperability solutions using HP 9000 workstations and servers, as well as PCs, LANs, and HP 3000 systems.

Intelligent Enterprise Magazine
http://www.intelligententerprise.com/
Developer : Miller Freeman Inc.
Visit this site for product news and articles by industry leaders.

Intranet Journal

 
http://www.intranetjournal.com/
Developer : EarthWeb, Inc.

LAN Magazine
http://www.lanmag.com/
The on-line edition of LAN Magazine is full of great reviews, articles, and interviews. 

LAN Times
http://www.lantimes.com/
LAN Times is the premier magazine for those charged with building, supporting, maintaining, and administering local area networks (LANs).

Linux Journal
http://www.ssc.com/lj/
Linux Journal offers articles that appeal to UNIX users. 

Microsoft Systems Journal
http://www.msj.com/
Visit this site for digital reprints from the journal along with MSJs comprehensive source-code archive. 

NetWare Connection Magazine
http://www.nwconnection.com/
Provides free access to on-line articles concerning NetWare 4.11 and IntranetWare.

Oracle Magazine
http://www.oramag.com/
Developer : Oracle Corporation
The site contains great Oracle tips and tricks from the gurus. You get free access to archives of digital reprints from back-issues of the magazine. 

PC Graphics & Video Magazine
http://www.pcgv.com/
Developer : Advanstar Communications
Focuses on creative applications running Microsoft Windows and Windows NT operating systems, as well as other PC-based operating systems. 

PC Magazine
http://www.pcmag.com/
Includes hundreds of reviews of the latest Internet tools, interactive reviews, PC Labs test results for hundreds of software products, and up-to-the-minute news, trends, and analysis. 

Smart Computing : In Plain English
http://www.smartcomputing.com/Default.asp
Developer : Sandhills Publishing Company

Sys Admin Home Page
http://www.samag.com/
Each month, Sys Admin Magazine gives you coverage of systems analysis and monitoring, security, backup, crash recovery, etc.

UNIX Review
http://www.unixreview.com/
 Each month, UNIX Review offers concise, detailed analysis of the latest UNIX technologies and software.

Web Developer Magazine
http://www.webdeveloper.com/
Web Developer is a monthly magazine for those who sponsor, build, maintain, and market Web sites. 

Web Week
http://www.webweek.com/
Web Week is a great weekly publication for Web developers and other professionalsand you will find much of the magazine is available to you at this site, right on-line! 

WebTechniques Magazine
http://www.webtechniques.com/
This monthly magazine provides information on Web technologies, tools, and techniques is for professionals who develop, design, and maintain Web sites.

Windows Magazine
http://www.winmag.com/
The Internet edition of Windows Magazine is updated daily and provides information, articles, reviews, commentary, downloads, and demos related to Windows 3.1, Windows 95, NT, and more. 

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E-MAIL DIRECTORIES
Here are some useful sites for finding e-mail addresses :

Bigfoot Directory
http:www.bigfoot.com/

InfoSpace
http://www.accumail.com/iui/

Netscape White Pages
http://home.netscape.com/escapes/search/DP_yellow_pages.html

WhoWhere
http://www.whowhere.lycos.com/

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LISTSERVS & NEWSGROUPS

Joining a listserv can link you to researchers interested in the same topics and allow you to send and receive periodically the discussions pertaining to the topic of the list.  Below are some useful searchable databases of e-mail discussion groups/newsgroups to join:

CataList, the official catalog of LISTSERV lists
http://www.lsoft.com/lists/listref.html
Developer : L-Soft international Inc.
From this page, you can browse any of the 23,648 public LISTSERV lists on the Internet, search for mailing lists of interest, and get information about LISTSERV host sites. This information is generated automatically from LISTSERV's LISTS database and is always up to date. 

Deja News
http://www.dejanews.com/
Developer : Deja News, Inc.
You will be able to access discussions on specific topics by doing a keyword search of the Usenet news archives. Join newsgroups and mailing lists for free.

Mailbase Electronic Mailing List Service
http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/
Developer : University of Newcastle
Provides electronic discussion lists for the UK higher education community. Has 2,335 discussion lists, and 160,490 members worldwide. Search by subject or name.

Tile.net
http://tile.net/
Developer : Lyris Technologies Inc. 
Index includes both e-mail discussion groups and Usenet newsgroups. Also includes e-mail forms for subscribing. 

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PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS & ORGANISATIONS

Alliance for International Software Development (AISD)
http://www.aisd.com/
AISD is a group of software development, consulting, and marketing companies from around the world. 

Association for Applied Interactive Multimedia (AAIM)
http://www.aaim.org/
AAIM supports professionals using and development multimedia for educational and training. 

Association for Multimedia Communications (AMC)
http://www.amcomm.org/
AMC is dedicated to promoting and expanding the use of interactive multimedia as a communication tool.

The European Association for Computer Graphics
http://www.cwi.nl/Eurographics/
Eurographics is a European-based non-profit organization for those who work in the computer-graphics industry as users or providers of computer graphics hardware, software, and applications. 

Information Systems Security Association (ISSA)
http://www.issa-intl.org/
ISSA is an international organization of information security professionals and practitioners. 

International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
http://www.itu.ch/
ITU is an international organization within which governments and the private sector coordinate global telecommunications networks and services. 

Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
http://www.ietf.cnri.reston.va.us/home.html
IETF is a large, open, international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers concerned with the evolution of the Internet architecture and the smooth operation of the Internet. 

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TECHNICAL REPORTS

Software Engineering Institute Publications Archive (SEI)
http://www.sei.cmu.edu/publications/publications.info.html
Offers reports on software engineering technology. SEI is a federally funded research and development center established by Congress to research software engineering technology issues. 

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Artificial Intelligence

American Association for Artificial Intelligence
http://www.aaai.org/ 
This site contains complete details on each of the organizations many conferences, symposiums, 
workshops, scholarships, fellowships, and publications.

Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research
http://www.cs.washington.edu/research/jair/home.html 
Journal, covering all areas of Artificial Intelligence, which is distributed free of charge over the Internet. 

University of Edinburgh Dept. of Artificial Intelligence
http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/research/ 
One of the most important AI labs in Europe

Computer Graphic

Graphic Design and Computer Graphics Internet Resources
http://www.sunytccc.edu/library/lib-graphic.asp
Selected and updated by reference librarians in support of the Graphic Design and Computer Graphics Program at Tompkins Cortland Community College

Perceptual Science Laboratory
http://mambo.ucsc.edu/psl/cg.html

Computer Networks/Internet/Intranet/WWW

Argus Clearinghouse: Internet and networking
 http://www.clearinghouse.net/cgi-bin/chadmin/viewcat/ 
Computers_and_Information_Technology/Internet_and_networking?kywd++ 

BUBL LINK: Neural Network
http://bubl.ac.uk/link/n/neuralnetworks.htm

BUBL LINK: Intranets
http://bubl.ac.uk/link/i/intranetdevelopment.htm

LinkScan
http://www.elsop.com/quick/quick.cgi
Is a highly scalable link checking and website management tool. This site for free.

Virtual Computer Library: Internet Information
 http://www.utexas.edu/computer/vcl/internet.html 

The WDVL: The Virtual Library of WWW Development
 http://wdvl.internet.com/Vlib/ 

Computer Programming

Argus Clearinghouse: computer programming
http://www.clearinghouse.net/cgi-bin/chadmin/viewcat/ 
Computers_and_Information_Technology/computer_science_and_technologies/ 
computer_programming?kywd++ 

The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Logic Programming
 http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive/logic-prog.html 

Computer Science

Argus Clearinghouse: computer science (general)
 http://www.clearinghouse.net/cgi-bin/chadmin/viewcat/ 
Computers_and_Information_Technology/computer_science_and_technologies/ 
computer_science__general_?kywd++ 

Argus Clearinghouse: computer science and technologies
 http://www.clearinghouse.net/cgi-bin/chadmin/viewcat/ 
Computers_and_Information_Technology/computer_science_and_technologies?kywd++ 

Database

FileMaker
http://www.filemaker.co.uk/index.html
This site is packed with specifics about FileMaker Pro (including technical discussions 
and samples).

Databases & Logic Programming: A Bibliography Server
http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/index.html 
This outstanding site provides a dazzling hypertext bibliography of virtually all the vital 
literature on databases and logical programming. 

Oracle Corporation
http://www.oracle.com/
Check out Oracle's new product here!

SQL Reference Page
http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~shadow/sql.html
Assembled by Derrick Brashear, this remarkable set of SQL links include syntax information, 
programming resources, SQL software and tools, DBMS information, and more.

Sybase
http://www.sybase.com
Sybase is a worldwide leader in client/server software and services covering market requirements 
for on-line transaction processing (OLTP), data warehousing, mass deployment, and on-line 
electronic commerce. Visit this site for information (and demo downloads!) related to Sybase System.

Lotus/Domino

IBM: Lotus
http://www.lotus.com/

Lotus Notes Links
http://noteslinks.com/index.php?cat=0
Link portal to Lotus Notes resources and Lotus Domino resources

Notes411
http://www.notes411.com/notes411.nsf/Links?OpenForm&sc=de.on
...Computing Lotus Notes links and Lotus Domino Resources, Lotus partners, 
tools and programs and Domino built websites

Notestips
http://www.notestips.com/

SearchDomino.com
http://www.searchdomino.com/
Daily news, tech tips, career center, and more

Multimedia System

Robotics
NASA Internet Robotics Resources Index
http://ranier.hq.nasa.gov/telerobotics_page/internetrobots.html
A compilation of space robotics-related and general purpose robotics-related resources (web sites, ftp sites, gopher sites, newsgroups, etc.) available on the Internet

Psyclops' RoboticResources
http://www.gotrobots.com/resources.shtm

Robotic Resources on the Web
http://www.aztea.org/resources/roboresource.htm

Websites related to Robotics
http://www.seattlerobotics.org/websites.html
Everything about robotic.

Security

Crack/Serial/Password
http://hot.ee/crackskeygens/a.html

Cryptography Resources
http://www.cs.ccsu.edu/~neville/Courses/Fall98/CS407/Resources/CryptoResources.html
Good Web Sites on Cryptography and Related Issues

Cryptography Research
http://www.cryptography.com/

World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Cryptography
 http://world.std.com/~franl/crypto.html 

Software/Operating System

Argus Clearinghouse: software and operating systems
 http://www.clearinghouse.net/cgi-bin/chadmin/viewcat/ 
Computers_and_Information_Technology/software_and_operating_systems?kywd++ 

CNET Download.com
 http://www.download.com/

Nerd's Heaven: The Software Directory Directory
 http://boole.stanford.edu/nerdsheaven.html 

SHAREWARE.COM: shareware on the Internet
 http://www.shareware.com/ 

The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Safety-Critical Systems
 http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive/safety.html 

ZDNet
 http://www.zdnet.com/ 

Specific Types Of Computer

Technology

Argus Clearinghouse:computers and computer industry
 http://www.clearinghouse.net/cgi-bin/chadmin/viewcat/ 
Computers_and_Information_Technology/computers_and_computer_industry?kywd++ 

Virtual Computer Library: Computer Technology
 http://www.utexas.edu/computer/vcl/comptech.html 

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