Surfing the Web

The Web is immensely huge, with thousands of interesting Web sites and valuable resources. There is a lot of junk too. Following is a very small sample of excellent Web sites, search facilities with hundreds of hyperlink pointers to useful information.

Encyclopedia Britannica Online

Visit it at http://www.eb.com

Oxford English Dictionary

http://www.uiuc.edu/cgi-bin/oed

Hypertext Webster Dictionary

http://c.gp.cs.cmu.edu:5103/prog/webster

EINet Galaxy

This is an excellent site full of interesting material and numerous hyperlinks. http://www.galaxy.einet.net/galaxy.html

Yahoo

Yahoo is a hierarchical subject-oriented catalog for the Web and the Internet. Like EINet Galaxy, it is one of those places with hyperlink pointers to just about anything. The Yahoo search facilities are pretty good also. http://www.yahoo.com/

O'Reilly's Global Network Navigator

Another premiere site with lots of hyperlinks to interesting hypermedia. http://nearnet.gnn.com

A visit to the WebMuseum

If you like art and would like to travel the world looking at your favorite masterpieces, visit the WebMuseum at http://sunsite.unc.edu/wm/

The CBS Home Page

Check out this Web site for complete information on CBS programming, including David Letterman's Top Ten list. http://www.cbs.com

c|net Central Online

A very graphical Web site to complement c|net Central TV programs. Lots of info on computers, multimedia and the Web. http://www.cnet.com

Movielink Home Page

Ever wanted to go to the movies but don't have the newspaper with you to check out the times? then check this web site for the showtimes in a theater near you. It also has information and movie clips about the films. http://www.movielink.com

MovieWeb Film Reviews

More movie clips, reviews, film discussions, schedules, etc. http://movieweb.com/movie/movie.html

HotWired Magazine

One of the first commercial online magazines. Good articles, lots of graphics. http://www.wired.com/Login

MTV Web Site

Popular site with lots of video and audio clips. Sometimes, difficult to "get in", though, due to its popularity. http://www.mtv.com

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame & Museum

New site with lots of live interviews, music and video clips. http://www.rockhall.com

Rocktropolis

Another Rock 'n Roll Web site with all sorts of interviews, music clips and even chat rooms. http://www.underground.net/Rocktropolis

ESPN SportsZone

If you are a sports fan, this site is for you. http://espnet.sportszone.com

Best of the Web 1994

Hyperlinks to all the Best of the Web Awards applications. http://wings.buffalo.edu/contest/

NCSA Mosaic Demo Document

This Web page has links to many impressive hypermedia applications. http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/demoweb/demo.html

ArchiePlex

Archie gateway for the WWW. An easy way to find free and public-domain software and information available on the Internet. http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/archieplex/

Interactive Frog Dissection

An excellent example of using hypermedia for instruction. http://curry.edschool.Virginia.EDU/~insttech/frog/

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