Some Useful Internet Services

Local Services
Elec Eng Specific Sites
Lists and sensitive maps of WWW servers
Web Resource Directories and Indexes
Web Search Tools
Computing
FTP Sites
Information Services
TV, Newspapers and Magazines
Other Interesting Links
Commercial Internet Providers

Local Services

• Surrey University Home Page
• Library and Information Services
• University Computing Services
• Computing Unit Gopher Server
• Department of Maths and Computing Sciences

• Students Union
• Clubs and Societies
• Inter-Departmental Sports Information
• Personal Pages with key items listed in the Web Navigator.

Elec Eng Specific Sites

• All the Elec Eng Academic Web Sites in the World (almost), (local copy)
• The WWW Electrical Engineering Virtual Library
• Electrical & Electronic Engineering Resources
• Institution of Electrical Engineers Home Page
• National Instrumentation Home Page
• Texas Instruments Home Page
• The Chip Directory

Lists and sensitive maps of WWW servers

• UK map of Academic Web sites at Wolverhampton
• UK map of Research Web sites at Wolverhampton
• UK Tourist map at UCL
• European map of Web sites - from Holland.
• World map of Web sites - from Buffalo
• All the Web servers in the World - from CERN
• NetGen's comprehensive list of Web sites

Web Resource Directories and Indexes

• The YELL Directory
• Yahoo - the biggest and the best (but slow)
• Internet Resources Meta-Index - from NCSA
• The WWW Virtual Library
• GNN's Whole Internet Catalogue - from O'Reilly and Associates'
• Starting Points for Internet Exploration - from NCSA
• Internet Computer Index (ICI) which is a large, well maintained, index of all information stored on the Internet relating to PCs, Macintoshes and Unix systems. Created by Proper Publishing.

Web Search Tools

• ALTA VISTA - the biggest web index (but slow)
• WWLib - The Library of UK Web Pages
• CUSI Web Searcher - quickly check related resources
• LYCOS - Very large and fast - probably the best so far!!
• Webcrawler - smaller but more up-to-date
• The WWW Worm - comprehensive (but slow)
• Use Veronica to search gopherspace for text files and programs.
• BBC's List of Internet Search Engines
• More search robots and worms

Computing

• The Java Developers Kit
• Gamelan, the Directory and Registry of Java Resources
• The Perl Programming Language
• NEXOR's public computing services
• Honolulu World Wide Web Guide, (local copy)
• Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet.
• Edinburgh's Unix Help system, (local copy)
• Introduction to the World Wide Web - from CERN
• UK UNIX User Group
• List of Computer and Chip Manufacturers

FTP Sites

• Elec Eng FTP archive
• SunSITE Europe, Imperial College's FTP archive
• Hensa Micros FTP archive
• Hensa Unix FTP archive
• Sunet FTP archive - from Sweden
• Washington University FTP archive - big but usually slow
• Search the wuarchive FTP site for images
• Archie scan at Imperial College, London.
• Archie scan at NEXOR - for browsers with fill-out form support

Information Services

• NISS Information Gateway
• BIDS (Bath Information and Data Services)
• BUBL
• Portico - The British Library's Online Info Server
• Online Computer Library Center (OCLC)

TV, Newspapers and Magazines

• The BBC Home Page
• Channel 4 Home Page
• CNN Interactive
• The Telegraph Electronic Newspaper
• The Guardian Online 2
• The Times & Sunday Times
• The Financial Times
• The Times Higher Ed
• The Surrey Advertiser
• Edupage - Information Technology newsletter
• TIME Magazine
• Future Publishing Home Page
• VNU Publishing Home Page
• WIRED Magazine
• New Scientist Magazine
• Time Out Magazine
• YELL, Yellow Pages (UK) Home Page

Other Interesting Links

• Campus Travel
• Hostels Europe Pages - Budget Travel in Europe
• Lie of the Day
• Science Museum, London
• SONY Online
• Greenpeace International
• Internet Movie Database
• Web Entertainment Guide
• Europe LD - Laser Disc Information Service.
• World TV Standards - info on TV and video standards in use around the world
• Today's Doctor Fun Cartoon
• Today's Weather Map of Europe
• NERC Satellite Station, Dundee
• The London Guide
• The London Theatre Guide
• The London Underground Route Planner
• UK National Lottery Home Page
• Info on moving to the UK from America.
• ASEA 6 axis industrial robot for you to play with - from the University of Western Australia
• Bradford University's Robotic Telescope - remotely operate a robotic telescope...
• The UK Government!!
• The WHITEHOUSE
• NASA Information Services
• ESA, the European Space Agency
• CIA World Fact Book
• The Complete Works of Shakespeare
• The Bible - from the TU Delft.
• Even more COOL links - the best of the web.
• The Useless WWW Pages - the worst of the web.

Some Commercial Internet Providers

• Cable Online
• Demon Internet
• Unipalm PIPEX
• Global Internet
• CityScape
• Easynet
• Compuserve

Suggestions for additional useful services for this page are gratefully received. Please email me at the below address.