Miscellaneous

Art
- WebMuseum, an extensive art collection
- Art links from the University of Houston Libraries
- Art on the Net
- ArtServe, a collection of primarily classical art and architecture imagery
- French Exhibition of eighteenth century art and other works from eighteen French museums
- IAMfree - the Internet Arts Museum for free
- Krannert Art Museum
- Le WebLouvre (The Louvre)
- The New Guinea Sculpture Garden at Stanford
- The Ohio State University at Newark, Art Gallery
- Prevue, The Arts in Nashville
- World Arts Resources from the Ohio State University at Newark
Aviation
- AACIT - Aero Association of the California Institute of Technology
- Airline gopher
- Aviation Servers
- Aviation Archives
- Aviation Images
- Canadian Airlines International
Books
- Alex - A Catalogue of Electronic Texts on the Internet
- Concertina, a Canadian publisher of children's books
- EUnet bookstore
- Etext Archives
- MathPro Press, publisher of mathematics problem books
- Herman Melville Internet Society
- Miller Freeman, Inc., publishing company
- Newbridge Online Book Service
- The Online Book Initiative from The World public access provider.
- An On-line Books Page
- Project Gutenberg
- Random House
Computer Science
- Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition
- Cornell Theory Center
Earth Science
- COGS - Computer Oriented Geological Society
- De-classified spy photos from 1960-1972
- Southern California Earthquake Center
  - Map of very recent earthquakes in Southern California
  - Map of recent earthquakes in Southern California
  - Earthquake stats for Southern California
  - Earthquake stats for other places
  - Weekly Seismicity Reports from the USGS
  - Earthquakes in Southern California
  - Living with earthquakes
- Global Entomology ARServer (GEARS) - all sorts of insect info
- NGDC - National Geophysical Data Center
- ORES - On-line Resources for Earth Scientists
- Polar Studies gopher
Economics & Finance
- De-classified spy photos from 1960-1972
- Chicago Mercantile Exchange
- Clemson University Financial Economics Studies
- First Virtual bank
- Nashville Business Journal Online
- Personal Finance from GNN
- The Stock Market
  - Quote.Com
  - Silicon Investor
Education
- AskERIC, miscellaneous educational resources from SUNSite
- Astronomy Education initiatives from the AAS
- Canada's Schoolnet
- Canadian Kids Home Page
- Computer training from NetGuru Technologies, Inc.
- EdWeb, from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB)
- International Kids' Space
- K12 WWW Project from the Web66 Project
- Hotlist of K-12 Internet School Sites
- MathMagic - an innovative K12 problem solving project
- Midlink Magazine - electronic magazine by kids for kids
- NYSED Gopher - New York State Education Department
- NWREL Gopher - Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
- Project OWLink at Rice University
- Princeton Review - summary of SATs, GREs, etc.
- Quest, NASA's K-12 Internet Initiative
- The Rice School/La Escuela Rice
- Scholastic Inc. - a publisher of children's books
- SciTech, Inc., a science education company
- Science exhibits
Films
- Indices
  - The Internet Movie Database
  - Guide to Movies and Television
- Actors & Actresses
  - Rodney Dangerfield
- Movie Companies and Studios
- Movies
Food
- Recipe archives
  - An enormous searchable Archive of the Usenet Cookbook, FreeFat mailing list, world.std.com/recipe archive, and the rec.food.recipes collection.
  - Archive (#1) from rec.food.recipes.
  - Archive (#2) from rec.food.recipes.
  - Archive from Bryan Edmonds.
- Alcohol
  - Beer
  - Liquor
    - Southern Comfort Gin
    - Stolichnaya Vodka
  - Wine
    - Wines on the Internet
    - The Wine Page
- Bon Appetit magazine
- CheeseNet 95
- Creole and cajun recipes.
- Epicurious
- Gourmet magazine
- Houston restaurant guide
- Internet Restaurant Guide
- Slovenian traditional recipes
- Strawberry Pop-Tarts Blowtorch page
- T.W.I.N.K.I.E. Project
- Newsgroups: rec.food.veg and rec.food.veg.cooking.
Games
- Blackjack
- Bolo (A tank battle game.)
  - The official Bolo Home Page.
  - News group: rec.games.bolo
- Chess
  - UMBC Chess Club
- Crossword Puzzles
  - FAQ
- Doom
  - ID Software
  - MacDoom Review
  - Finger the current status of Doom.
- Riddle du Jour
- The Usenet Oracle
Genealogy
- Collection of information at the University of Toledo
- Collection of software at Pennsylvania State University
- Family Tree Maker Online, from Broderbund Software
- News groups: alt.genealogy, soc.roots
- roots-l listserv archive; includes a FAQ (IBM - broken)
Government
- The CIA World Factbook
- Elections
  - The CityLink project from Neosoft
  - Environmental Scorecard from EcoNet
  - League of Conservation Voters
  - VOICE - Voter Online Information and Communication Exchange
- World Governments
  - United Kingdom
  - United Nations
- Federal Government
  - Congress - the "Thomas" system
    - Congressional E-Mail Addresse
    - House of Representatives
    - Senate
  - DSCC - Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
  - Federal Acquisition Jumpstation
  - FCC - Federal Communications Commission
  - Information Infrastructure Task Force
  - NIST - National Institute of Standards
  - National Performance Review - "Your Toolkit to help reinvent government"
  - NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Technology
  - NSF - National Science Foundation
    - STIS - Science & Technology Information System
  - PAVNET
  - Small Business Administration
  - U.S. Census Bureau
  - U.S. Department of Commerce
  - U.S. Department of Education
  - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
  - U.S. Department of the Interior
  - U.S. Department of the Treasury
    - IRS, including tax forms
  - U.S. Geological Survey, including National Mapping Information
  - U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  - U.S. Postal Service, including a Zip Code directory
  - White House
- State Governments
  - California
  - Florida
  - Hawaii
  - Illinois
  - Massachusetts
  - New Mexico
  - Ohio
  - Texas
    - John Sharp, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
    - Texas lottery results
    - Other Texas information
- Local Governments
  - Boston, MA
  - Palo Alto, CA
  - Los Angeles County, CA
  - Sonoma County, CA
  - Tulsa, OK
Languages
- Linguistic server containing descriptions and audio samples of languages
- Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade
Law
- The Fourth World Documentation Project
- The O.J. Simpson trial
- The Richmond Law & Technology Association
- Self-Help Law Center from Nolo Press
Libraries
- List of online library catalogs (via HYTELNET)
- CLAS - Caltech Libraries Automated System
- The Library of Congress (and documentation)
- Digital Library Initiative
  - Digital Library Source Book, 1993, ed. E. Fox
  - Gateways, Gatekeepers, and Roles in the Information Omniverse, Proceedings of the Third Symposium
- Fondren Library, Rice University
  - Alice Pratt Brown Library - Art, Architecture, and Music
- HyperPals, the Online Public Access Catalog for most of Minnesota's university, college, and state libraries.
- University of Arizona Library, including a gallery of Southwest images
- University of Houston Libraries
- Virtual Library on the History of Science, Technology and Medicine
Medicine
- National Library of Medicine OnLine Images from the History of Medicine
- The Visible Man: gopher; ftp
Museums
- Astronomical Museum in Bologna, Italy
- Chicago Academy of Science
- The Exploratorium
- The Faces of Science: African-Americans in the Sciences exhibit by Mitchell C. Brown (LSU)
- Museum Web
- Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, CA
- Shelburne Museum of Americana
- The Smithsonian
- U. C. Berkeley Museum of Paleontology
- Vatican Exhibit, including a section on Greek Astronomy
Music
- The Elvis Home Page
  - Long Live the King
- Internet Underground Music Archive, including an FTP archive
- Kimberly M'Carver
- Marching Bands
- 1-800 Music Now
- MTV - Music Television
- Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
- Virgin Records
Organizations
- ACLU - American Civil Liberties Union
- ACM - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc.
  - UIUC Chapter
- Amnesty International
- CNIDR - Center for Networked Information Discovery and Retrieval
- EFF - Electronic Frontier Foundation (an electronic ACLU)
  - EFH - Electronic Frontiers Houston
  - Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.news, comp.org.eff.talk
- League for Programming Freedom
- The Planetary Society
- Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
- Usenix
People
- George Carruthers
- Gerald Cecil
- Lawrence Cowsar
- John Greiner
- Vince Kargatis
- Pete Keleher
- Bryan Kite
- Cindy Kurt
- Colin Law
- Pete Riley
- Eric Rosen
- Mark Schulze (also in New Zealand)
- Kegan Scowen
- Paul Scowen
- Gregory Silvus
- Shisha Van Horn
- Rice SP&A graduate students
Pets
- fish
  - Safari Touch Tank
Research
- BibNet
- Forest fire simulation via EMBYR
Science Fiction
- Del Rey, the science fiction branch of Random House
- Dune, by
- 50 Greatest Conspiracies of All Time Frank Herbert
- The Future Fantasy Bookstore, in Palo Alto, CA
- A few IBM PC-format movies
- Quanta - Science fiction electronic magazine
- The Science Fiction Lovers mailing list archive
- The Science Fiction Resource Guide
Shopping
- The Internet Mall - for shopping
- The Internet Shopping Network
- The Internet Store - an arena for commercial WWW pages
- Internet Distribution Services, Inc.
- catalogue.com, incorporated, on-line catalogues
- The Chocolate Factory
- A Christmas Toy Trek
- FedEx
- General Motors cars
- MasterCard
- The North Pole, Santa's home
- Pontiac cars
- Saturn cars
- Spencer Gifts
- SWBT - Southwestern Bell Telephone
- UPS - United Parcel Service
- White Rabbit Toys
Sports
- World Wide Web of Sports
- Sports from CBS
- Sports from FOX
- Sports from NBC
- Sports coverage from GNN
- The America's Cup (yacht racing)
- Baseball
  - Newsgroups: Houston Astros, Texas Rangers
- Football
  - Team NFL
  - Newsgroups: Dallas Cowboys
- Scuba diving
  - Archive of location reviews.
  - Newsgroups: rec.scuba, bit.listserv.scuba-l
Television
- Indices
  - Interactive TV Index
  - Guide to Movies and Television
  - Ultimate TV List
  - Universal Channel official info
- Advertisements
  - Mentos, the Fresh Maker
- Miscellaneous
  - The Emmy Awards
  - Continental Cablevision
- Networks
  - CBS
  - CNN - Cable News Network
  - FOX
  - MTV - Music Television
  - NBC - National Broadcasting Corporation
  - PBS - the Public Broadcasting Station
    CPB - The Corporation for Public Broadcasting
  - Houston's Channel 13
- Science Fiction programs
  - Magrathea/SFTV page of science fiction TV info
  - Science Fiction TV info
  - The Sci-Fi Channel
- Shows
  - Babylon 5
    - News group: alt.tv.babylon-5
  - Beverly Hills, 90210
    - FTP archive
    - News groups: alt.tv.90210, alt.tv.bh90210
    - Yahoo's links
  - C-SPAN - Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network
  - Friends
    - Friends page from NBC
    - Friends Page by Jason Rubenstein
    - Friends Page by Visnu Pitiyanuvath
    - Sherri's Not Another Friends Page
  - Highlander
  - Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
  - Melrose Place
    - News group: alt.tv.melrose-place.
    - Yahoo's links
  - Models, Inc.
    - Linda Holden page
    - Yahoo's links
  - NYPD Blue
  - Soap operas
    - News groups: rec.arts.tv.soaps
    - The Young and the Restless
    - Yahoo's links
  - Star Trek
    - Massive collection of Star Trek: Points of Interest
    - Alt.Startrek.Creative archive of fanfiction
    - Mr. Video Star Trek Home Page
    - Star Trek: Voyager
  - Theodore Tugboat
  - The X Files
    - Official Home Page
    - FAQ
    - episode guide
    - FTP archive
    - GATB - Gillian Anderson Testosterone Brigade
    - Gillian Anderson Home Page
    - News group: alt.tv.x-files
Travel
- Miscellaneous
  - City.Net
  - Virtual Tourist II
  - Currency Converter
  - Map Viewer from Xerox PARC
  - Travel Advisories from the State Department
  - World Flags
- Airlines
- Hotels
  - Crowne Plaza hotels and resorts
- Rental Cars
  - Index from Yahoo
  - Alamo
  - Avis
  - National
  - Thrifty
- Travel Agencies
  - CU Cruising
  - PC Travel
  - The Traveler's Center from GNN
- Countries
  - Australia
    - Australian Travel Info, including the Times around the World
    - Philip Greenspun's Australia/New Zealand trip
    - Tasmania, Australia
  - Canada
    - British Columbia
  - Japan
  - Malaysia
  - Mexico
    - Culture and Society of Mexico
  - New Zealand
    - FAQ
    - New Zealand Government
    - New Zealand/Aotearoa
    - Philip Greenspun's Australia/New Zealand trip
  - Scotland
    - Edinburgh
  - United States
    - Arizona
      - Tucson
    - California
      - Pasadena
      - San Francisco Guide from Southern Comfort
    - Colorado
      - Copper Mountain ski resort
    - Hawaii
      - Polynesian Voyaging Society
    - Illinois
      - Chicago Guide from Southern Comfort
    - Massachusetts
      - Boston
        
        Boston Guide from Southern Comfort
    - New York
      - Buffalo Guide from Southern Comfort
    - Ohio
      - Cleveland, home of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
    - Pennsylvania
      - Philadelphia Guide from Southern Comfort
    - Texas
      - Austin
        
        Austin Guide from Southern Comfort
      - Houston
        
        Postcard tour of Houston
        Houston traffic
Universities
- Globewide Network Academy
- Arizona State University
- California Institute of Technology
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Dartmouth College
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- Georgia State University
- The Johns Hopkins University
- Louisiana State University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Michigan State University
- Mississippi State University
- New Mexico State University
- Old Dominion University
- Pennsylvania State University
- Purdue University
- Rice University
  - Alumni
  - Athletics
  - Campus Store
  - The MOB
  - Residential Colleges
  - The Thresher
- Stanford University
- Texas A&M University
- University of Arizona
- University of California at Berkeley
- University of California at LA
- University of California at Santa Cruz
- University of Hawaii
- University of Houston
- University of Michigan
- University of Minnesota
- University of New Mexico
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- University of Oregon
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Pittsburgh
- University of Southern California
- University of Texas at Austin
- Yale University
Weather
- WeatherNet
- The local weather from NASA/JSC
- Weather from the aviation server
- The comprehensive UIUC Weather Machine
- Current weather maps from MSU
- Weather movies from the Meteosat 4 satellite
- Satellite pictures from the NOAO
- Ozone pictures and more from The Alfred Wegener Institute

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