From: brewster@Think.COM (Brewster Kahle)
Subject: WAIS-discussion digest #60: Overview of WAIS sources
Organization: Comp.Center (RUS) U of Stuttgart, FRG
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 22:55:24 GMT


       Forum On Wide Area Information Servers and Electronic Publishing
                              Brewster Kahle
                 

Contents:
     Re: Directory of sources (Chris Christoff )

[These directories of WAIS sources are extremely useful, thank you to Chris
and to Paolo (for the biology listing in issue 59).  -brewster]


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Date: Mon, 30 Nov 92 12:27:24 +1000
From: Chris Christoff  <chrisc@bu.oz.au>
Subject: Re: Directory of sources

This may be of interest to you all. It is a "cross-posting" from
wais-talk at the request of Brewster Kahle.

I have released a new version of the WAIS source description
document, valid for WAIS sources in the Directory-of-Servers prior to
Nov 23 1992.

You can ftp the document from kirk.bu.oz.au (131.244.1.1), directory
pub/Bond_Uni/doc/wais.

This directory has the WAIS source description document. The document is
in 2 parts, one a list of WAIS sources and their descriptions grouped
into categories (the src-list) and the other the sources and
descriptions listed in alphabetical order (the annex).

There is a compressed postscript (.ps.Z) and a text version (.txt). 
The postscript version had to be compressed as I am running out of disk 
space in this ftp archive.

There is also a Microsoft Word (ver 5.0) for Macintosh version of both
documents in the .sit.hqx archive.

annex.ps.Z
annex.txt
annex.ps.Z
annex.txt
src-list.ps.Z
src-list.txt
list_and_annex.sit.hqx

If you have any trouble, email me.

Cheers,

Chris


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   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

   Table of Contents

   Aeronautics
   Astronomy
   Biology
   Chemical Engineering
   Computer Platforms
   Macintosh
   PC
   Sun Microsystems
   Unix
   Computer Science
   Languages
   Computer Software
   Connection Machine (CM) information
   CWIS
   Gopher
   WAIS
   Education
   Finance
   Graphics
   Humanities
   Religion
   Information Sources
   Law
   Libraries and Catalogues
   Mathematics
   Miscellaneous
   Multimedia
   Networks
   Documentation
   Security
   Using the Internet
   Phonebooks, Mail and Computer Lists
   Recreation
   Music
   Food
   Robotics
   Research (Miscellaneous)
   Science (general)

   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.

   This document is an extension and reorganisation of a great 
   document from the University of Melbourne, Australia.

   Aeronautics
   aeronautics-archive.src
   Contents of the aeronautics mailing list

   Astronomy
   astro-images-fits.src
   Astronomical images in FITS format
   astro-images-gif.src
   Astronomical images in GIF format

   Biology
   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 BairochUs 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
   EC-enzyme.src
   EC enzyme database
   Molecular-biology.src
   Annotation of the GenBank DNA  sequence database
   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

   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*
   NeXT.FAQ.src
   Information about NeXT computer systems

   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 (*)

   PC
   archie.au-pc-readmes.src
   Index of Readme, Index and Contents files for amiga archives 
   on Tarchie.auU

   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 MicrosystemUs bug patches README files
   sun-hardware.src
   Archive of comp.sys.sun.hardware newsgroup
   sun-misc.src
   Archive of comp.sys.sun.misc newsgroup
   sun-openlook.src
   Archive of comp.windows.open-look newsgroup
   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

   Unix
   unix.FAQ.src
   Information about UNIX
   unix-manual.src
   Manual pages for UNIX

   Computer Science
   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 T89 - April T92
   comp.archives.src
   Index of articles on software posted to comp.archives
   Comp-Sci-Tech-Reports.src
   Computer science technical reports, abstracts and papers from 
   various FTP sites
   cs-techreports.src
   Index of Computer Science technical reports
   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)
   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 AlgorithmsU
   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
   posix.1002.3.src
   Documents related to the IEEE, POSIX 1002.3, standardisation 
   efforts
   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
   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
   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)
   jargon.src
   Collection of slang terms used by various subcultures of 
   computer hackers and network phreakers
   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
   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)
   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
   ascd-education.src

   canada-asia-info.src
   Curriculum Resources Database, developed by the Asia Pacific 
   Foundation of Canada
   ERIC-archive.src
   ERIC (Educational Resources Information Centre) digests
   eric-digest.src
   Short reports on topics of prime current interest in 
   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

   Finance
   agricultural-market-news.src
   Agricultural commodity market reports compiled by the US 
   Department of Agriculture
   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
   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
   comp-acad-freedom.src
   Computers and Academic Freedom lists (policies, 
   bibliographies etc)
   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)
   journalism.periodicals.src
   The Journalism Periodicals Index
   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
   RReviewsS 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
   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 (*)

   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
   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
   comp.doc.techreports.src
   Availability of tech reports from comp.doc.techreports 
   newsgroup and various FTP sites
   fidonet-nodelist.src
   Listing of the systems within FidoNet
   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 GranroseUs 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
   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
   uxc.cso.uiuc.edu.src
   Recursive directory listing of uxc.cso.uiuc.edu
   UNC_BBS_Info.src
   University of North Carolina bulletin board services
   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

   Law
   columbia-spanish-law-catalog
   Columbia Law School index to Hispanic legislation
   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
   usjudges.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
   current.cites.src
   Index of more than 30 journals for articles on electronic 
   publishing, optical disk technologies, computer networking, 
   information transfer and related topics
   hytelnet.src
   Information sources accessible by TELNET including library 
   OPACs (catalogues), bulletin boards, and others
   online-libraries-st-george.src
   Art St GeorgeUs directory of libraries and CWISUs 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)
   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
   weather.src
   Weather information, including surface analysis weather 
   system maps
   zipcodes.src
   USA zipcode database

   Multimedia
   comp.multi.src
   Index of news croup comp.multimedia
   comp.text.sgml.src
   Archive of Standard Generalised Markup Language newsgroup 
   (desktop publishing)
   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 Generalised Markup Language information from US DoD 
   CALS initiative
   SIGHyper.src
   Documents from SGML Users Group on hypertext and multimedia


   Networks
   bcs-calendar.src
   BCS calendar for this month and next month
   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.)
   network.tools.src
   Descriptions and documentation about software tools for 
   network monitoring and management
   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
   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
   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_info.src
   Texts, guides and info on internet use and ettiquette
   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
   congress.src
   Names, addresses and Tpnone numbers for each US state 
   congressman
   domain-contacts.src
   Internet network domains and their contacts
   domain-organizations.src
   Network domain names and organisations
   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 Tphone 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 Tphone directory
   sfsu-phones.src
   San Francisco State University Tphone directory
   UNC_Staff_Phone.src
   University
   of North Carolina Tphone directory
   uk-name-registration-service.src
   Database of UK hostnames and addresses
   usace-spk-phonebook.src
   US Army Corps of Engineers Tphone 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

   Recreation
   netrek-ftp.src
   Archive of information on Netrek (game)
   rec.pets.src
   10 days news from rec.pets newsgroup (dogs, cats, etc)
   homebrew.src
   Discussion on the art of brewing your own (beer that is)

   Music
   lyrics.src
   The lyrics for a selection of contemporary music
   midi.src
   Musical Instrument Digital Interface documents

   Food
   recipes.src
   Recipes

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

   Research (Miscellaneous)
   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


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