Brief Description of WAIS Sources   Issue 1    
23/11/92	1










Brief Description of WAIS Sources

A brief description of the content
 of many WAIS sources on the 
Internet, grouped into relevant categories.











Chris Christoff 
Bond University
chrisc@bu.oz.au

Aeronautics  1
Archaeology  1
Astronomy  1
Biology  1
Chemical Engineering  2
Computer Platforms  2
Macintosh  2
PC  3
Sun Microsystems  3
Unix  3
Computer Science  3
Languages  4
Computer Software  4
Connection Machine (CM) information  5
CWIS  5
Gopher  5
WAIS  5
Education  6
Engineering  6
Environment  6
Finance  6
Graphics  7
Humanities  7
Journalism  8
Religion  8
Information Sources  8
Law  9
Libraries and Catalogues  9
Mathematics  10
Miscellaneous  10
Multimedia  10
Networks  10
Documentation and Standards  11
Security  11
Using the Internet  11
Phonebooks, Mail and Computer Lists  11
Recreation  12
Music  12
Food  13
Robotics  13
Research (Miscellaneous)  13
Science (general)  13
US Government Departments  13

External Sources
These are sources external to Bond University, i.e. 
out there on the Internet. A grouping of the sources 
into subject categories has been attempted.

Note: sources marked (*) have limited hours of 
availability.
          sources marked (#) support boolean, 
partial word and literal searches
This document is an extension and reorganisation of 
a great document from the University of Melbourne, 
Australia.

Aeronautics

aeronautics.src  ......................  Contents of 
the aeronautics mailing list ftp area from 
University of Texas, coversing many topics of 
aeronautics, flying and aircraft

Archaeology

archaeological_computing.src  ....  Bibliography of 
papers on computing as applied to archaeology  
(BibTeX format)

Astronomy

astro-images-fits.src   ..............  Astronomical 
images in FITS format

astro-images-gif.src  ...............  Astronomical 
images in GIF format

Biology

alt.drugs.src  ........................  Oregon 
State University alt.drugs newsgroup archive

Arabidopsis_BioSci.src  ...........  Index of 
arabidopsis conference, and bionet newsgroup and 
mailing list messages

Arabidopsis_thaliana_Genome.src  AAtDB database 
including genetic maps, strains, clones, colleague 
contacts and more

biology-compounds.src  ...........  Database of 
metabolic intermediate compounds

biology-journal-contents.src  ......  Periodical 
references to journals in the field of molecular 
biology

bionic-ai-researchers.src  ..........  Database of 
molecular biologists working in the field of AI

bionic-algorithms.src  ..............  Literature 
references to molecular biology algorithms

bionic-arabidopsis.src  .............  Database of 
arabidopsis research workers

bionic-biosci-docs.src  .............  Files from 
the BioSci network

bionic-databases-limb.src  .........  List of 
databases available to molecular biologists

bionic-directory-of-servers  ........  Indexes 
`bionic' sources in Finland

bionic-embl-software.src  .........  A list of 
software available from EMBL

bionic-enzclass.src  ................  ..use in 
conjunction with the enzyme source

bionic-enzyme.src  .................  Amos BairochÕs 
enzyme database

bionic-genbank-software.src  .....  A list of 
software forGenbank database

bionic-info-gcg-archive.src  .......  Log files from 
the INFO-GCG listserver

bionic-journal-contents.src  ........  Literature 
references from molecular biology journals

bionic-networking.src  .............  Texts to 
explain networking to biologists

bionic-sequence-bibliography  ....  Sequence 
analysis literature reference database

biosci.src  ............................  Archive of 
articles posted to BIOSCl mailing lists and 
newsgroups since 1989

Caenorhabditis_elegans_Genome.src  A database of C. 
elegans information (e.g. DNA sequence, genetic map 
etc)

cldb.src  ..............................  Animal 
cell lines available in European research labs

EC-enzyme.src  .....................  EC enzyme 
database

IUBio-arcdocs.src  .................  Index of 
abstracts, help files and information on Indiana 
University Archive of Biology Software and Data

IUBio-fly-address.src  .............  Index of 
addresses of Drosphila researchers (#)

IUBio-fly-amero.src  ...............  Database of 
polytene chromosone sites that bind antibodies to 
Drosphila proteins (#)

IUBio-fly-clones.src  ...............  Index to 
sources of information on Drosphila melanogaster 
genetics (#)

IUBio-fly-din.src  ..................  Index of 
electronic Drosphila newsletter (#)

IUBio-flybase.src  ..................  Index of 
Drosphila database 'Flybase' (#)

IUBio-flystock-bg.src  .............  Index of 
Drosphila fruit fly stocks at stockcentre at Bowling 
Green, USA (#)

IUBio-flystock-bl.src  ..............  Index of 
Drosphila fruit fly stocks at stockcentre at 
Bloomington, USA (#)

IUBio-flystock-um.src  ............  Index of 
Drosphila fruit fly stocks at stockcentre at Umea, 
Sweden (#)

IUBio-gbnew.src  ..................  Index of 
updates of gene sequences since the last Genbank 
update (#)

IUBio-genbank.src  ................  Index of 
Genbank databank gene sequences (#)

IUBio-netnews.src  .................  Index of 
articles from Bio newsgroups and mailing lists (#)

Molecular-biology.src  .............  Annotation of 
the GenBank DNA sequence database

online-mendelian-inheritance-in-man.src Catalogues 
of Autosomal Dominant, Autosomal Recessive and X-
Linked Phenotypes

NIH-Guide.src  .....................  US National 
Institutes of Health Guide to Grants and Programs 
for biomedical researchers 

prosite.src  ...........................  A 
dictionary of protein sites and patterns

rebase-enzymes.src  ................  The REBASE 
restriction database of Richard Roberts Cold Spring 
Harbor Laboratory

RPMS-pathology.src  ..............  Royal 
Postgraduate Medical School histo-pathological 
images (gif) and documents on mammalian endocrine 
tissues

Chemical Engineering

chem-eng-current-contents.src   ...  Chemical 
engineering bibliography

Computer Platforms

comp.admin.src  ....................  Previous 10 
days news in newsgroup comp.admin

comp.sys.src  .......................  Previous 10 
days news in comp.sys*

scsi-2.src  ...........................  Small 
Computer System Interface-2 draft ANSI standard

Amiga

amiga_fish_contents.src  ...........  Index of Fred 
Fish's disk #1 of Amiga software

amiga-slip.src  .......................  Archive of 
mailing list on Amiga wide area networking

archie.au-amiga-readmes.src  .....  Index of readme, 
index and contents files for Amiga software on 
archie.au

Macintosh

archie.au-mac-readmes.src  ........  Index of the 
Readme, Index and Contents files for the Mac archive 
on `archie.au'

info-mac.src  ........................  Archive of 
the info.mac discussion forum

mac.FAQ.src  .......................  Archive of 
mac.alt.FAQ news group

macintosh-tidbits.src  ...............  Tidbits 
electronic magazine for the Mac (*)

Next

NeXT.FAQ.src  .....................  Information 
about NeXT computer systems

NeXT-Managers.src  ...............  Archive of 
postings from mailing list for administrators of 
NeXT systems



PC

archie.au-pc-readmes.src  ..........  Index of 
Readme, Index and Contents files for amiga archives 
on Ôarchie.auÕ  

cica-win3.src  .......................  Index to 
CICA (Centre for Innovative Computing Applications) 
Windows 3 archive

ibm.pc.FAQ.src  ....................  Information 
about IBM PC systems

Sun Microsystems

alt.sys.sun.src  ......................  Archived 
news articles from alt.sys.sun newsgroup

sun-admin.src  ......................  Archive of 
comp.sys.sun newsgroup

sun-announce.src  ..................  Archive of 
comp.sys.sun announce newsgroup

sun-apps.src  ........................  Archive of 
comp.sys.sun.apps newsgroup

sun-fixes.src  ........................  Sun 
MicrosystemÕs bug patches README files

sun-hardware.src  ...................  Archive of 
comp.sys.sun.hardware newsgroup

sun-manager-summary.src  ........  Index of sun-
managers mailing list summaries (#)

sun-misc.src  ........................  Archive of 
comp.sys.sun.misc newsgroup

sun-openlook.src  ...................  Archive of 
comp.windows.open-look newsgroup

SunSITE-ftp.src  ....................  Index of all 
of the index and README files in SunSITE ftp archive 
(which contains s/w, pictures, sounds and documents 
for Sun computers

sun-spots.src  .......................  Archive of 
the Sun-Spots digest and Sun Managers mailing list 
that discuss computers from Sun Microsystems

sun-wanted.src  .....................  Archive of 
comp.sys.sun.wanted newsgroup

sunflash-1990.src  ..................  1990 issues 
of The Florida Sunflash journal

sunflash-1991.src  ..................  1991 issues 
of The Florida Sunflash journal

sunflash-1992.src  ..................  1992 issues 
of The Florida Sunflash journal

Supercomputers

San_Diego_Super_Computer_Center_Docs.src .. Some of 
the copyrighted documents available from SDSC's 
online system (userguides, Cray languages, math 
libraries etc)

Unix

comp.windows.x.motif.src  .......  Archive of 
newsgroup on X-windows and motif

posix.1003.2.src  ...................  Portable 
Operating System for Unix draft standards

UC-motif-FAQ.src  .................  Frequently 
Asked Questions on motif from the 
comp.windows..x.motif newsgroup

unix.FAQ.src  .......................  Information 
about UNIX

unix-manual.src  ....................  Manual pages 
for UNIX

Computer Science

bib-dmi-ens-fr.src  ..................  Bibliography 
of books and conference proceedings on maths and 
comp sci (French keywords)

bibs-zenon-inria-fr.src  .............  Bibliograpy 
of books, conference proceedings, theses, 
periodicals, research reports on sotware engineering 
and mathematics (french keywords)

cacm.src  .............................  
Communications of the ACM April Ô89 - April Ô92

comp.archives.src  ..................  Archive of 
comp.archives newsgroup, giving an index of ftp 
accessible files

Comp-Sci-Tech-Reports.src  ......  Computer science 
technical reports, abstracts and papers from various 
FTP sites

cscwbib.src  .........................  Bibliography 
of computer supported cooperative work (refer 
format)

cs-journal-titles.src  .................  Article 
title and authors from over 600 computing journals, 
conference proceedings, books and seminars

cs-techreport-abstracts.src  ........  Titles and 
authors of some 5100 comp sci techreports, 
pre/reprints, notes and papers

cs-techreport-archives.src  .........  List of sites 
that archive compsci reports

cs-techreports.src  ..................  Index of 
2000 comp sci technical reports from ftp sites

Func-Prog_Abstracts.src  ..........  Small 
collection of computer science tech reports, 
abstracts and papers on functional programming

lolita-dator.src  ......................  
Bibliography of a selection of computer related 
literature from Lund University, Sweden

lp-bibtex-zenon-inria-fr.src  .......  Proceedings 
from conferences on Logic Programming (bibtex 
format)

machos-bibtex-zenon-inria-fr  .....  Bibliography on 
MACH operating system (bibtex format)

merit-archive-mac.src  ..............  Index of some 
2000 Mac programs available via ftp from 
mac.archive.umich.edu

meval-bibtex-zenon-inria-fr  .......  Bibliography 
of MEVAL project - network queueing theory and 
modelling (french and english, bibtex format)

MIT-algorithms-bug.src  ...........  Bug lists for 
the book `Introduction to Algorithms'

MIT-algorithms-exercise.src  ......  Exercises to be 
used with `Introduction to AlgorithmsÕ

MIT-algorithms-suggest.src  ......  Suggestions 
submitted by readers of `Introduction to Algorithms'

monashuni-papers.src  .............  List of 
articles from many computing journals

monashuni-techreports.src  ........  A list of 
archive sites that maintain Computer Science 
technical reports

neuroprose.src  ......................  Index to 
papers on neural networks on archive.cis.ohio-
state.edu

nren-bill.src  .........................  U.S. High 
Performance Computing Act 1991

open_systems_calendar.src  .......  Calendar of 
upcoming events related to Open Systems computing

ra-mime-zenon-inria-fr.src  ........  Comp Sci and 
engineering reports from National Institute of 
Research in Computer Science and Control (mime 
format)

ra-zenon-inria-fr.src  ...............  1990 
activity reports from National Institute of Research 
in Computer Science and Control (french keywords, 
DVI format)

risks-digest.src  .....................  Collection 
of the RISKS digest which discusses the risks 
involved with using computers

SDSC_Docs.src  ....................  San Diego 
(State Uni) Supercomputer Centre information and 
documentation

software-eng.src  ...................  Archive of 
newsgroup comp.software-eng

tmc-technical-reports.src  ..........  Sampling of 
reports from Thinking Machines Corp

UNTComputerDoc.src  ............  Technical 
documents written by Academic Computing Services at 
the University of North Texas

Languages

comp.lang.perl.src  .................  Index of news 
group comp.lang.perl (perl computer language)

comp.lang.tcl.src  ...................  Archive of 
comp.lang.tcl newsgroup (tcl computer language)

tcl-talk.src  ...........................  Think 
Class Library discussion list (Think C/Pascal for 
Mac)

Computer Software

ASK-SISY-Software-Information.src  Information on 
software for different fields of interest to 
universities

comp.binaries.src  ..................  Archive for 
comp.binaries newsgroup (executable code for a 
variety of operating systems)

comp.db.src  ........................  Previous 10 
days news in newsgroup comp.databases

comp.emacs.src  ....................  Previous 10 
days news in newsgroup comp.emacs

comp.sources.src  ..................  Previous 10 
days news in comp.sources*

comp.windows.ms.src  ............  Archive of 
comp.windows.ms newsgroup (MS windows, programming, 
applications etc)

cosmic-abstracts.src  ...............  Abstracts of 
programs in the COSMIC inventory

cosmic-programs.src  ..............  Sample database 
of programs developed for the US Government

fj.sources.src  .......................  Index to 
Japanese software archive on utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp

hyperbole-ml.src  ...................  Archive of 
Hyperbole mailing list (information manager built on 
Emacs)

info-afs.src  ..........................  Index of 
archives of mailing list on the Andrew Fiel System

jargon.src  ...........................  Collection 
of slang terms used by various subcultures of 
computer hackers and network phreakers

MacPsych.src  .......................  Archive of 
discussion on software for psychologists

sorrel-ada-archives.src  ............  Software 
Reuse Repository Labs Ada Sources

wuarchive.src  .......................  The 
directory listing of the software archive 
wuarchive.wustl.edu

Connection Machine (CM) information

Applications-Navigator.src  .......  A description 
of some 300 CM applications from many fields (e.g. 
fluid flow to AI)

CM-applications.src  ...............  Applications 
that run on Thinking Machines' CM series of 
computers

CM-fortran-manual.src  ............  Documentation 
for CM Fortran (*)

CM-images.src  .....................  Sample images 
from calculations done on CM computers

CM-paris-manual.src  ..............  PARIS manual 
for programming the CM (*)

CM-star-lisp-docs.src ..............  TMC *Lisp 
Reference Manual (*)

CM-tech-summary.src  .............  TMC Technical 
Summary of the CM System (*)

cm-zenon-inria-fr.src  ..............  
Administrative information for Connection Machine at 
National Institute of Research in Computer Science 
and Control (DVI format)

CMFS-documentation.src  .........  CM File Server 
Reference Manual (*)

CWIS

bit.listserv.cwis-l.src  ..............  Archive of 
Campus Wide Information Systems (CWIS) listserver

Gopher

alt.gopher.src  .......................  Archive of 
the alt.gopher newsgroup

WAIS

alt.wais.src  ..........................  Articles 
from the alt.wais newsgroup

au-directory-of-servers.src  ........  Backup copy 
of the directory-of-servers at Thinking Machines 
Corp.

cicnet-directory-of-servers.src  ....  Directory of 
servers at CICnet

cicnet-wais-servers.src  ............  WAlS servers 
run at the CICnet networld information 

Connection-Machine.src  ..........  Databases on 
Connection Machine WAIS sever e.g. factbook, 
biology, bible, NIH guide (*)

directory-of-servers.src  ...........  Directory of 
servers at  quake.think.com

directory-zenon-inria-fr.src  .......  WAIS sources 
at National Institute of Research in Computer 
Science and Control (France)

INFO.src  ...........................  Same as 
directory-of-servers.src

IUBio-INFO.src  ...................  Several biology 
WAIS sources (#)

SDSU-directory-of-servers.src  ...  San Diego State 
University directory of WAIS servers

unc-directory-of-servers.src  ......  University of 
North Carolina directory of WAIS servers

wais-discussion-archives.src  .....  Electronic 
discussion forum about WAlS

wais-docs.src  .......................  WAIS 
software distribution documentation

wais-talk-archives.src  .............  Informal 
discussions about WAIS

Education

canada-asia-info.src  ................  Curriculum 
Resources Database, developed by the Asia Pacific 
Foundation of Canada

catalyst.src  ..........................  Articles 
from publication Catalyst on community services and 
continuing education

educom.src  ..........................  Documents, 
summaries, calendars etc from Educom (association 
for higher education IT managers)

ERIC-archive.src  ...................  ERIC 
(Educational Resources Information Centre) digests

eric-digest.src  .......................  Short 
reports on topics of prime current interest in 
education

jte.src  ................................  Articles 
from the Journal of Technology Education

kidsnet.src  ..........................  Archive of 
mailing list for international computer network for 
children and their teachers

k-12-software-reviews.src  ........  Software and 
Courseware Online Review, contains reviews of 
educational software

livestock.src  ........................  Educational 
material for livestock production and management

Engineering



ijaema_a.src  .........................  Abstracts 
of papers from the International Journal of 
Analytical and Experimental Modal Analysis

software-eng.src  ...................  Archive of 
newsgroup comp.software-eng

Environment

DOE_Climate_Data.src  ............  Index to US Dept 
of Energy world study reports covering subjects from 
air pollution to environmental policies to 
geological structure

environment-newsgroups.src  .....  Archive of number 
of environmental newsgroups

Global_Change_Data_Directory.src  ..  Index of 
global climatic change study reports

great-lakes-factsheets.src  ..........  Factsheets 
on environmental issues and subjects relevant to the 
US Great Lakes/St Lawrence river 

lolita-miljo.src  ......................  Abstracts 
of environment related literature from Lund 
University, Sweden

midwest-weather.src  ...............  Weather 
forecasts for US midwestern states, updated hourly

miljodatabas.src  ....................  Index of 
environmental research projects from Lund 
University, Sweden

NOAA_National_Environmental_Referral_Service.src  ..  
US National Oceanic & Atmospheric Admin 
environmental tests and available data (sun, 
atmosphere, earth and oceans) 

USGS_Earth_Science_Data_Directory.src  ..  US 
Geological Survey directory of earth sciencs and 
natural resource database

Finance

agricultural-market-news.src  .....  Agricultural 
commodity market reports compiled by the US 
Department of Agriculture

EIA-Petroleum-Supply-Monthly.src  Tables and figures 
from US Dept of Energy, Energy Information Agency on 
disposition of petroleum products (postscript 
format)

nafta.src  .............................  Full text 
of the North American Free Trade Agreement

usda-rrdb.src  .......................  US Dept 
Agriculture agriculture and economic research

wall-street-journal-sample.src  ....  A couple of 
months worth of the Wall Street Journal (*)

Graphics

AVS_TXT_FILES.src  ............  

comp.graphics.src  .................  Previous 10 
days news in newsgroup comp.graphics

sample-pictures.src  ................  Sample images 
in PICT format

Humanities

acronyms.src  .......................  Large list of 
acronyms and abbreviations

Aesop-Fables.src  ...................  A collection 
of over 300 fables (RTF format)

ANU-Pacific-Manuscripts.src  ....  Catalogue of 
microfilm collection of Pacific studies at the 
Australian National University

ANU-SocSci-Netlore.src  .........  Network resources 
useful to humanities and social science researchers

ANU-Thai-Yunnan.src  ............  Bibliography and 
notes of Thai-Yunnan Project at the Australian 
National University

bryn-mawr-clasical-review.src  ...  Review of books 
in Latin and Greek classics

bush-speeches.src  ..................  Speeches and 
information from the office of former US president 
George Bush

clinton-speeches.src  ...............  Speeches by 
Bill Clinton for 1992 US presidential campaign

comp-acad-freedom.src  ...........  Computers and 
Academic Freedom lists (policies, bibliographies 
etc)

computers-freedom-and-privacy.src  ..  Text of the 
proccedings of the conference "Computers, Freedom 
and Privacy II" 1992

humanist.src  ........................  Volumes of 
the Humanist discussion list maintained at Brown 
University

india-info.src  .......................  
Miscellaneous information for the Indian community

indian-classical-music.src  .........  Music titles 
by Indian musicians

israel-info.src  .......................  
Information on the State of Israel (including New 
East Report reprints)

jiahr.src  ..............................  Articles 
from the Journal of International Academy of 
Hospitality

MacPsych.src  .......................  Archive of 
discussion on software for psychologists

movie-lists.src  ......................  Archive of 
rec.arts.movies lists of references to TV and film 
credits

movie-reviews.src  .................  Movie reviews 
submitted by network newsgroup subscribers

Omni-Cultural-Academic-Resource.src  ..  Collection 
of international/cultural material including food, 
music, language, politics, religion, travel etc

poetry.src  ...........................  Complete 
poetic works, including the complete poems of 
Shakespeare, Yeats, and Elizabeth Sawyer

proj-gutenberg.src  .................  Documents 
produced by Project Gutenberg, an effort dedicated 
to the creation and distribution of English language 
electronic texts

roget-thesaurus.src  .................  Roget's 
Thesaurus, provided by Project Gutenberg

sample-books.src  ..................  Sample books 
and documents indexed at Thinking Machines

Science-Fiction-Series-Guide.src .  ÒReviewsÓ of the 
major works of selected science fiction writers, and 
list of works on alternate history themes

sf-reviews.src  ......................  Science 
Fiction review articles

simpsons.src  ........................  Capsules for 
each episode of The Simpsons

thesaurus.src  ........................  As roget-
thesaurus.src

toxic-custard-workshop.src  .......  sarcastic/black 
humour

unced-agenda.src  ...................  Agenda for 
United Nations RIO summit

world-factbook.src  .................  The 1990 
World Factbook produced by the CIA with information 
on countries and cities (*)

world91a.src  ........................  1991 CIA 
World Factbook with information on countries and 
cities

Journalism

factsheet-five.src  ...................  Information 
on 'zines' (underground, low circulation magazines)

journalism.periodicals.src  .........  The 
Journalism Periodicals Index

london-free-press-regional-index.src .. Index of 
stories in the London Free Press (London, Canada)

the-tech-v112.src  ..................  112th volume 
of The Tech, MITs oldest and largest newspaper

vpiej-l.src  ...........................  Mailing 
list for electronic publishing issues, especially 
related to scholarly electronic journals

Religion

ANU-Asian-Religions.src  ........  Bibliographic 
references to (mainly Buddhist) Asian religions

bible.src  .............................  King James 
version of the Bible (*)

Book_of_Mormon.src  .............  The Book of 
Mormon - Gutenberg version 11

Quran.src  ............................  The Koran

Information Sources

aarnet-resource-guide.src  .........  A copy of the 
AARNet Resource Guide

academic_email_conf.src  ..........  Info on 
newsgroups and electronic conferences (including 
Kovacs' scholarly e.c. list)

archie.au-ls-lRt.src  .................  An index of 
the files on the Australian archive site 'archie.au'

archie-orst.edu.src  .................  Index to 
SURAnet archie database of computer software

cicnet-resource-guide.src  ..........  Guide to some 
internet resources

comp.doc.techreports.src  .........  Availability of 
tech reports from comp.doc.techreports newsgroup and 
various FTP sites

elec_journ_newslett.src  ...........  Information on 
electronic journals and newsletters for many 
disciplines (based on Strangelove's directory)

fidonet-nodelist.src  ................  A list of 
nodes in the Fidonet network

file-archive-uunet.src  ..............  Directory 
listing of the archive on uunet.uu.net

finding-sources.src  ................  Finding 
information on the network

ftpable-readmes.src  ................  Database of 
README files from anonymous FTP sites around the 
world

ftp-list.src  ...........................  Jon 
GranroseÕs anonymous FTP list

jik-usenet.src  .......................  FAQ 
articles from various newsgroups

lists.src  ..............................  Several 
master lists of newsgroups, mailing lists, 
electronic serials and journals

netinfo.src  ...........................  Index of 
text files relating to administration of the 
Internet

network-bibliography.src  .........  Network related 
bibliographies

news.answers-faqs.src  ............  Frequently 
Asked Questions on all subjects from news.answers 
newsgroup

news-conf.src  ......................  Conference 
announcements posted to news.announce.conferences 
newsgroup

quake.think.com-ftp.src  ...........  Directory of 
README files at the Thinking Machines Corp. ftp 
server

UNC_BBS_Info.src  ...............  University of 
North Carolina bulletin board services

unc-ch-info.src  .....................  Most of 
University of North Carolina's INFO database 
(maintained by Judy Hallman)

utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp.src  .........  Directory of 
major Japanese FTP site utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp

uunet.src  ............................  UUNET 
directory listing of FAqs from all newsgroups

uxc.cso.uiuc.edu.src  ..............  Recursive 
directory listing of uxc.cso.uiuc.edu

Law

columbia-law-library.src  ..........  A subset of 
the Columbia Law School online card catalogue

columbia-spanish-law-catalog  ....  Columbia Law 
School index to Hispanic legislation

computers-freedom-and-privacy.src  ..  Text of the 
proccedings of the conference "Computers, Freedom 
and Privacy II" 1992

eff-documents.src  ..................  Documents and 
newsletters from the Electronic Frontier Foundation 
(education, policy, awareness, law etc applied to 
computers and communications)

eff-talk.src  ..........................  Archive of 
the newsgroup comp.org.eff.talk (Electronic Frontier 
Foundation)

law-employers.src  .................  Summary of 
legal employees in the US

patent-sampler.src  ..................  About 2 
weeks of patent applications at the US Patent Office 
(*)

rkba.src  ..............................  Files 
relating to the US Right to Keep and Bear Arms

supreme-court.src  ..................  US Supreme 
Court decisions in full text

us-judges.src  .......................  Records of 
clerkship application requirements for US Federal 
and upper level State courts

Libraries and Catalogues

bit.listserv.pacs-l.src  ..............  Discussion 
about computer systems provided by libraries to 
their patrons

columbia-law-library.src  ..........  A subset of 
the Columbia Law School online card catalogue

comp.internet.librart.src  ...........  Index to 
newsgroup on electronic libraries

current.cites.src  ....................  Index of 
more than 30 journals for articles on electronic 
publishing, optical disk technologies, computer 
networking, information transfer and related topics

dit-library.src  .......................  Dept of 
Computer Engineering, Lund University, Sweden, 
library catalogue

hytelnet.src  ..........................  
Information sources accessible by TELNET including 
library OPACs (catalogues), bulletin boards, and 
others

inet-libraries.src  ....................  
Information on accessing Internet and Janet (UK) 
accessible libraries

online-libraries-st-george.src  .....  Art St 
GeorgeÕs directory of libraries and CWISÕs available 
over the network, together with access details

tmc-library.src  ......................  A catalogue 
of the library at Thinking Machines Corp.

Mathematics

bib-cirm.src  .........................  Books and 
conferences proceedings in mathematics (French 
keywords)

bib-dmi-ens-fr.src  ..................  Bibliography 
of books and conference proceedings on maths and 
comp sci (French keywords)

netlib-index.src  .....................  Indexes of 
the netlib mathematical software archive

s-archive.src  ........................  Mailing 
list archive for discussions about the S statistical 
analysis software

sas-archive.src  ......................  Mailing 
list archive for discussions about SAS statistical 
analysis software

spss-archive.src  ....................  Mailing list 
archive for discussions about SPSS statistical 
analysis software

stats-archive.src  ....................  US 
statistics theory mailing list archive

Miscellaneous

edis.src  ..............................  
California's Emergency Digital Information System 
news release test messages

sustainable-agriculture.src  ........  Information 
on appropriateness of technology, organic farming, 
gardening etc

weather.src  ..........................  Weather 
information, including surface analysis weather 
system maps

zipcodes.src  .........................  USA zipcode 
database

Multimedia

comp.multi.src  .....................  Index of news 
group comp.multimedia

comp.text.sgml.src  ................  Archive of 
Standard Generalized Markup Language newsgroup

disco-mm-zenon-inria-fr.src  ......  Multimedia 
documents in Internet MIME multimedia mail format

mime-samples.src  ..................  Multimedia 
documents in Internet MIME multimedia mail format

SGML.src  ...........................  Standard 
Generalized Markup Language information

SIGhyper.src  .......................  Documents 
from the SGML Users' Group SIG on Hypertext and 
Multimedia

Networks

bcs-calendar.src  ....................  BCS calendar 
for this month and next month

bit.listserv.cdromlan.src  ..........  Archive of 
mailing list on cdrom products and LANs

comp.dcom.fax.src  ................  Archive of 
comp.dcom.fax newsgroup (fax hardware, software and 
protocols)

com-priv.src  ........................  Discussions 
about issues related to the commercialisation and 
privatisation of the Internet

disi-catalog.src  .....................  
Availability and capability of X500 implementations

eff-documents.src  ..................  Documents and 
newsletters from the Electronic Frontier Foundation 
(education, policy, awareness, law etc applied to 
computers and communications)

eff-talk.src  ..........................  Archive of 
the newsgroup comp.org.eff.talk (Electronic Frontier 
Foundation)

matrix_news.src  ....................  Articles etc. 
from Matrix News monthly newsletter (Matrix News and 
Directory Services, Inc.)

mailing-lists.src  ....................  Lists of 
newsgroups, mailing lists, electronic serials and 
journals, with access details

merit-nsfnet-linkletter.src  .........  Articles 
about the NSFNet and the Internet

network-tools.src  ..................  Descriptions 
and documentation about software tools for network 
monitoring and management

netbib.src  ...........................  
Bibliography of research on broadband networking, 
video and sound

phrack.src  ...........................  All issues 
of Phrack - an old hacking and  phreaking newsletter

ripe-database.src  ...................  RIPE 
(Reseaux IP Europeens) network contacts database

usenet-cookbook.src  ...............  The USENET 
Cookbook

usenet-FAQ.src  .....................  Some of the 
FAQ articles from USENET

x.500.working-group.src  .........  Information 
about the availability and capability of X.500 
implementations

Documentation and Standards

ietf-docs.src  .........................  Internet 
Engineers Task Force working documents

ietf-drafts.src  .......................  Internet 
Engineers Task Force drafts and working documents

internet-documents.src  ............  Database of 
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) documents, 
including working group charters and minutes

internet-drafts.src  ..................  Draft 
copies of future Internet RFC (Request for Comment) 
documents

internet-resource guide.src  ........  Guide to 
using the Internet

internet-rfcs.src  .....................  lnternet 
Request for Comment documents

internet-standards.src  ..............  Subset of 
RFC's (Request For Comment documents of internet 
'standards')

Internet-user-glossary.src  .........  Glossary of 
internet technical terms from IETF working group

open_systems_calendar.src  .......  Meetings of OS 
committee and working groups

rfc-index.src  ........................  An index of 
the list of lnternet RFCs

ripe-documents.src  .................  All documents 
available from ftp.ripe.net (RFC, IETF, IESG, RIPE 
and more)

ripe-internet-drafts.src  .............  All 
internet  drafts available from ftp.ripe.net

ripe-rfc.src  ..........................  All RFCs 
available from ftp.ripe.net

Security

cert-advisories.src  ..................  Computer 
Emergency Response Team advisories on OS patches to 
correct security problems

cert-clippings.src  ...................  CERT 
clippings on security, holes and patches from 
various newsgroups

comp.risks.src  ......................  Archive of 
comp.risks newsgroup (risks to public in computers)

Using the Internet

internet_services.src  ...............  Documents 
describing services available on the Internet

internet_info.src  ....................  Texts, 
guides and info on internet use and ettiquette

netinfo-biblio.src  ...................  
Bibliography of documents on using information 
services on the Internet

netinfo-docs.src  ....................  Various 
files with information on accessing the Internet and 
its resources

zen-internet.src  .....................  Zen and the 
Art of the Internet document, a network introduction

Phonebooks, Mail and Computer Lists

bitearn.nodes.src  ...................  Database of 
computers on BlTNET center

cissites.src  ..........................  LIst of 
contacts for organisations in the former Soviet 
Union who have/plan email

college-email.src  ...................  Email 
formats for US Uni students (by institution)

congress.src  ........................  Names, 
addresses and Ôpnone numbers for each US state 
congressman

domain-contacts.src  ................  Internet 
network domains and their contacts

domain-organizations.src  .........  Network domain 
names and organisations

fidonet-nodelist.src  ................  A list of 
nodes in the Fidonet network

info-nets.src  ........................  Archive of 
infonets mailing list 

internet-domain-contacts.src  ......  Internet 
domains and contact information for the responsible 
parties

internet-phonebook. src  ...........  Index of the 
NFS Network Service Center Network Managers 
Phonebook

irtf-rd.src  ............................  IRTF 
Resource Discovery mailing list

monashuni-phonedir.src  ..........  Monash 
University Ôphone directory

online@uunet.ca.src  ...............  The Online 
mailing list for information brokers and other 
people who search on line databases

SDSU_PhoneBook.src  ............  San Diego State 
University Ôphone directory

sfsu-phones.src  ....................  San Francisco 
State University Ôphone directory

UNC_Staff_Phone.src  ............  University  of 
North Carolina staff Ôphone directory

UNC_Student_phone.src  .........  Directory of 
students, University  of North Carolina, Chapell 
Hill ,USA

uk-name-registration-service.src  .  Database of UK 
hostnames and addresses

usace-spk-phonebook.src  .........  US Army Corps of 
Engineers Ôphone directory

usenet-addresses.src  ...............  A database of 
e-mail addresses of people who post to USENET

uumap.src  ...........................  Tracks 
computers that are UUCP and Usenet sites around the 
world

whois.src  ............................  Whois 
service for finding information on internet domains, 
networks, hosts, organisations and people

Recreation

falcon3.src  .........................  Articles on 
flight simulation computer games

homebrew.src  ......................  Discussion on 
the art of brewing your own (beer that  is)

movie-lists.src  ......................  Archive of 
rec.arts.movies lists of references to TV and film 
credits

movie-reviews.src  .................  Movie reviews 
submitted by network newsgroup subscribers

netrek-ftp.src  .......................  Archive of 
information on Netrek (game)

rec.gardens.src  .....................  Index of 
articles from the rec.gardens recreational gardening 
newsgroup

rec.pets.src  ..........................  10 days 
news from rec.pets newsgroup (dogs, cats, etc)

Music

BGRASS-L.src  ....................  Archive of 
mailing ist on discusion of Blue Grass music

cdbase.src  ...........................  Database of 
compact disk titles, record company and item number

early-m.src  ..........................  Archives of 
discussions on early (medieval, rennaisance, 
baroque) music from rec.music.early newsgroup and 
earlym-l listserver

lyrics.src  ............................  The lyrics 
for a selection of contemporary music

midi.src  ..............................  Musical 
Instrument Digital Interface documents

music-surveys.src  .................  Comments on 
performers and music from rec.music newsgroups

MuTeX.src  ..........................  Archive on 
discussion on TeX typesetting music from the Mutex 
mailing list

rec.music.early.src  .................  As early-
m.src

Food

recipes.src  ...........................  Recipes

Robotics

comp.robotics.src  ..................  Archive of 
comp.robotics newsgroup

Research (Miscellaneous)

cerro-l.src  ...........................  Mailing 
list contributions on research in Central Europe 
from the Central European Regional Research 
Organisation

eos-ncsu.src  ........................  Online help 
for N.C. State University's Project Eos

ut-research-expertise.src  ..........  University of 
Texas Catalogue of Research Expertise

UIO_Publications.src  ..............  Research 
publications at the University of Oslo

US-Gov-Programs.src  ............  US Government 
research programmes

NCGIA-technical-reports.src  .....  NCGIA Technical 
Reports

nsf-awards.src  ......................  Abstracts 
for awards made by the US National Science 
Foundation

nsf-pubs.src  ........................  Publications 
of the US National Science Foundation

unimelb-research.src  ...............  1990 
University of Melbourne (Australia) research report

Science (general)

sci.src  ................................  News from 
sci.*  (science) newsgroups e.g. aeronuatics, 
electronics, medicine, physics, space

water-quality.src  ...................  Education 
material on water quality assessment



US Government Departments

ota.src  ...............................  US Ofice 
of Technology Assessment policy documents

US-State-Department-Travel-Advisories.src  ..  
Archive of mailing list of US State Dept world wide 
consular information sheets and travel warnings