============================================================================= WORLD WIDE WEB (WWW) Sites ============================================================================= The World Wide Web or WWW provides hypertext links to many of the Internet's documents, lists, and services. WWW can identify, locate, retrieve, and display all file types, including pictures, video, and sound, using graphic interface. Users only have to click on an icon or highlighted word in text to retrieve information. The Web uses a tool called HTTP (Hypertext Transport Protocol) for its information-sharing system. The most popular WWW/HTTP client software program is called NCSA Mosaic. If you do not have a client like Mosaic, you can access WWW via the following telnet sites. Internet: telnet to eies2.njit.edu or 128.235.1.164 (USA) fatty.law.cornell.edu or 132.236.108.5 (USA) info.cern.ch or 128.141.201.214 (Switzerland) vms.huji.ac.il or 128.139.4.3 (ISRAEL) ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu or 129.237.33.1 (USA) At the login prompt, enter: www ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Specific WWW Sites) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING Texas A&M University URL: http://ageninfo.tamu.edu Description: This server features mainly departmental information, but also has pointers to information relevant to agriculture, earth science, GIS, remote sensing, and GPS. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIOCATALOGUE Catalog of Bio Software GENETHON - Human Genome Research Centre URL: English version - http://www.genethon.fr/genethon_en.html French version - http://www.genethon.fr/genethon_fr.html Contact: Patricai Rodriguez-Tome ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIOINFORMATICS Johns Hopkins University URL: http://www.gdb.org/hopkins.html Description: The Johns Hopkins University BioInformatics Web Server is a Web server for biology, with some interesting biological databases (which have hot links to each other as well as to other databases around the world), electronic publications for biology, software, links to other Web servers. Contact: Dan Jacobson ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIOLOGY & MEDICINE WWW Virtual Library URL: http://golgi.harvard.edu/biopages/all.html Description: List of biological and medical WWW resources. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIRDS URL: http://compstat.wharton.upenn.edu:8001/ Description: Bird newsletters, checklists, and access to the AVES GIF/Sound archive. Contact: Jack Siler ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- CANCERNET URL: http://biomed.nus.sg:80/ Description: A collaboration between the National University of Singapore and the National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MA, is a secondary site for the NCI CancerNet files. Contact: Tan Tin Wee, PhD Department of Biochemistry, and Biocomputing Research and User Support (BRUS) National University of Singapore Kent Ridge Singapore 0511 Phone: 65-772-3678 Fax: 65-779-1453 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLEARINGHOUSE FOR SUBJECT-ORIENTED INTERNET RESOURCE GUIDES University of Michigan URL: http://http2.sils.umich.edu/~lou/chhome.html or http://www.lib.umich.edu/chhome.html or gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu/11/inetdirs Description: The Clearinghouse for Subject-Oriented Internet Resource Guides is jointly sponsored by the University Library and the School of Information and Library Studies at the University of Michigan, the Clearinghouse provides access to subject-oriented resource guides created by members of the Internet community. There are currently over 60 guides available via anonymous FTP, Gopher, and WorldWideWeb/Mosaic. Titles and authors of animal-related resource guides include: Agriculture; W. Drew Animals; K. Boschert Biological Sciences; D. Kovacs Conservation; D. Wendling, J. Christianson Diversity; L. Heise Environment; T. Murphy, C. Briggs-Erickson Health Sciences; L. Hancock Health Sciences; N. Martin, P. Redman, G. Oren Math & Science Education; T.C. O'Haver Multiple Subjects (Gopher Jewels); D. Riggins Neurosciences; S. Bonario, S. Cormicle Contact: Louis Rosenfeld School of Information and Library Studies University of Michigan 403B West Engineering Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1092 Phone: 313-747-3581 Fax: 313-764-2475 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY URL: http://www.cshl.org/ Description: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is an independent, non-profit research and educational institution on Long Island, New York. Information currently available on the server includes: the 1994 Genetics, Cell, & Molecular Biology book catalogue from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, new book releases, current journals, including indexes of issues published since 1/1/94, programs for courses & meetings at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, home pages for staff members, and an Instruction Manual for GDB/Accessor. Contact: Corp Reed P.O. Box 100 Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724 Phone: 516-367-8864 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOG GENOME PROJECT University of California - Berkeley URL: http://mendel.berkeley.edu/dog.html Contact: Mellissa Marie Curie DeMille Phone: 510-525-5065 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ECOSYSTEMS University of Virginia Internet: gopher to ecosys.drdr.virginia.edu URL: http://ecosys.drdr.virginia.edu/EcoWeb.html Description: A recycling and environmental information server. It provides and connects users to local, regional, national, and international environmental info. telnet: EcoSys.drdr.Virginia.EDU login as gopher, lynx, or ecochat ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ENTOMOLOGY Colorado State University URL: http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/Entomology/ent.html Description: The Entomology Department at Colorado State University has resources that pertain to insects and related organisms. Contact: Lou Bjostad ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ENTOMOLOGY Iowa State University URL: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~entomology/homepage.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ERIN Environmental Resources Information Network (ERIN) Newsletter (Australia) URL: http://kaos.erin.gov.au/erin.html Description: The Australian Environmental Resources Information Network (ERIN) enhanced World Wide Web Server containing information and data on Australia's environment, and including links to ERIN's ORACLE database. Covers endangered species, vegetation, international agreements, legislation, and conference information. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- FDA Approved Animal Drug Database URL: http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/vetfda.html Contact: Richard Talbot ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition URL: http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/index.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- FINS Fish Information Service URL: http://www.actwin.com/fish/index.html Description: Contains information about keeping aquariums, both marine and freshwater. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- GOPHER JEWELS Gopher Jewels List URL: http://galaxy.einet.net/galaxy.html Description: A catalog of gopher sites by category (subject tree). Gopher sites are placed in particular categories as a result of finding related information buried somewhere in their hole. The list was established for the sharing of interesting gopher finds ONLY. This list expects subscribers that are either gopher developers or gopher users. List Owner/Contact: David Riggins Texas Department of Commerce Office of Advanced Technology Austin, Texas 78711 Phone: 512-320-9561 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- IUBIO BIOLOGY ARCHIVE Indiana University URL: gopher://ftp.bio.indiana.edu/11%09%2Btext/html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- JACKSON LABORATORY Mouse Genome Informatics Group URL: http://www.informatics.jax.org/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- MEDNEWS URL: http://biomed.nus.sg:80 Description: MEDNEWS is for distribution of the Health Info-Com Network medical newsletter. It is distributed weekly and contains the latest MMWR from the Center for Disease Control, weekly AIDS Statistics, FDA bulletins, medical news from the United Nations, and other assorted medical news items. Contact: Dr. KC Lun Dept of Community Medicine National University Hospital Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 0511 Phone: +65-772-4296 Fax: +65-779-1489 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER (NODC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) URL: http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/ Description: Internet access to information about NODC ocean data holdings, products, and services. The NODC is one of the national environmental data centers operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The primary mission of the NODC is to maintain a growing archive of historical oceanographic data and to make its data resources easily accessible to users in the United States and around the world. The NODC's global holdings of physical, chemical, and biological oceanographic data currently total over 60 gigabytes, making it the world's largest publicly available ocean data archive. Information already installed on the NODC Gopher server includes: NODC telephone numbers and e-mail addresses, how to obtain NODC data products, detailed descriptions of the NODC's major oceanographic databases, a complete list and descriptions of the NODC's CD-ROM data products, and reports on NODC's international oceanographic data management and data exchange activities. Contact: Parmesh Dwivedi Bruce C. Douglas National Oceanographic Data Center DOC/NOAA/NESDIS E/OC 1825 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20235 Phone: 202-606-4594 Fax: 202-606-4586 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- NIH National Institutes of Health URL: http://www.nih.gov/ Description: The NIH WWW server of the Division of Computer Research and Technology contains biomedical info generated or pertaining to the NIH campus. Hypertext links exist for the following: Biomedical - health issues and clinical protocols; "NIH Grants and Contracts"; Research opportunities at the NIH campus; Molecular biology and modeling topics; NIH computer and network resources; NIH calendar; NIH phone directory; NIH Bethesda Campus info; NIH Library; & Other NIH info services. Contact: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOT JUST COWS Internet/BITNET Resources in Agriculture URL: gopher://snymorva.cs.snymor.edu/hhGOPHER_ROOT1:[LIBRARY-DOCS.HTML] not_just_cows.html Description: NOT JUST COWS - A Guide to INTERNET/Bitnet Resources in Agriculture and Related Sciences; The purpose of this Guide is to list Agricultural and Related Sciences information resources available through the INTERNET. Agricultural information resources listed include; an index of over 40 libraries with extensive collections in agriculture; INTERNET BBS such as Advanced Technology Information Network and CENET; a collection of mail based services such as Almanac Servers and over 60 Listserve Discussion Groups; other miscellaneous information resources such as WAIS and FEDIX. In addition to the above; now includes gopher, a larger number of libraries, many more Almanac servers, NEWS Groups, and new electronic bulletin boards. Contact: Wilfred Drew SUNY at Morrisville College of Agriculture and Technology Serials/Reference/Systems Librarian P.O. Box 902 Morrisville, NY 13408-0902 Phone: 315-684-6055 Fax: 315-684-6115 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- PATHOLOGY University of Washington URL: http://www.pathology.washington.edu Description: The server includes access to human and mouse chromosome idiograms and photomicrograph scans; the Genome Machine: a simple graphical interface experiment; a pathology gallery; and information about the UW Medical Scientists Training Program (MSTP). Contact: David A. Adler Pathology SM-30 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195 Phone: 206-543-0716 Fax: 206-543-3644 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- PRIMATE INFO NET Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center URL: http://www.primate.wisc.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLIC HEALTH Boston University School of Public Health URL: http://www-busph.bu.edu Description: Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) offers the School's entire 1994/95 bulletin, current schedule of Public Health Forums (including a campus map to help get you there), and more. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- US FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE U.S. Department of the Interior URL: http://bluegoose.arw.r9.fws.gov/ (Division of Refuges) http://ash.lab.r1.fws.gov/ (Division of Law Enforcement, Forensic Lab) Contact: John Clark US Fish & Wildlife Service Systems Analyst Division of Refuges