This page of The Library is designed to be accessed and used by
professionals who deal in information and must access sources. This page is essentially a
Jump Station or portal, a gateway to information elsewhere on the Internet.
This site uses the AP wire feed and provides an impressive "first-look" at the world,
at any time of day. The Newsdaynational news feed is usually
comprehensive.
A comprehensive view of the world, and particularly Asia, is available from these
linked sources. The coverage can be expanded with a look at another Yahoo site. Yahoo's daily news service provides an
excellent briefing on the top events of the day and often contains information dealing with
insurgency issues. The Yahoo sites are all slightly different and most users find that they get best
results by exploring to see which one or ones is/are best for their needs.
This is the "Third Broadcast
Medium" of the BBC, adding the Web to their Radio and Television journalism. There is an
excellent World News page at
the BBC.
A number of papers of international stature are linked here, as are some valuable
wire services. The UPI world wire is a valuable supplement to other services. BBC, wire services
in Asia including China's Xinhua, and Iran's IRNA can
be accessed through this portal.
is designed for people with special access needs, however many sections of the site
are open to the general public. The news section is one of those areas that are open.
The Moscow Times provides good
coverage of Russia.
The site covers much of the former Soviet empire, including central Asia, in depth.
Users can search specific subjects by using key words. Articles are available for about two
weeks. Users might also try a second netscape
site or a Yahoo news site.
This Australian site has many of the better-known news services and sources, such
as the BBC and the Press Association. The site also features the Australian Associated Press and
Kyodo news services. This is an excellent site for information on the Asia-Pacific area. The Kyodo News Site gives some good news overviews. The Pro-net site offers a number of links, including
Der Spiegel in German and a smattering of key AFP stories.
This is a
comprehensive site of media pages around the world.News Central lists about 3,500 newspapers
and similar services around the world. Not all the links work at any given time, but the overall
the site is quite useful. The Bourque site boasts that
every on-line newspaper in the world is linked here. Other sites list many newspapers and magazines from outside the
United States. The Guide To
Online Newspapers has one of the better indices to online newspapers on the Web. The
database is divided into regional and national sections and there are databases for newspapers in
major world languages.
This home page allows the user to go to multiple sites allowing free searches of
newspaper archives. Most of the sites deal with local issues. The British newspaper The Guardian has added an archive
section to its site. You can now access, for no cost, a database of articles from the Guardian and
its Sunday sister newspaper The Observer going back to September 1, 1998.
This is the on-line version of the publication, which scours the media of the world
and translates articles of interest. There are often articles touching on political/social/religious
violence and insurgency.
International news and more. The reference section includes
net searches, sites for journalists, reference locations, publications and much more. There is Breaking news from the Times.
The archives are also available for fee.
There is also weather information on 1,500 cities and flight delay info at the weather page of the Times.
This trade publication is considered by many to be the bible of the
transportation and trade industry. Some pages of daily news--and an offer of a free trial
subscription are posted.
This directory of key sites covers world and regional newspapers,
newspapers in the United Kingdom, magazines and periodicals, and E-zines. It also has a
News Library with resources for journalists. The British newspaper The Guardian has added an archive
section to its recently launched Guardian Unlimited site. You can now access, for no
cost, a database of articles from The Guardian and its Sunday sister newspaper The
Observer going back to September 1, 1998.
is one of a number of services focusing on the growing news online
business and providing indices of the latest news. This one will allow a viewer to compare
the same stories as reported by different news services. Similar sites include Newsbot and Newshub.
The
site has a Web-based USENET "news group" server available. The site but lacks any real news
service types of data. Journalists may find the site useful for tracking "what they're saying" in
many subject fields, however.
Other Tools
The Scholars' Guide to the
World Wide Web is an amazing collection of web addresses that scholars in the humanities
and people in the real world can use. From maps to studies of culture and history, this site
serves as a pointer to a variety of useful web addresses. Exploring this site fully would be a
four-year college experience.
Lawrence Livermore Labs
hosts the "list of lists," a variety of interesting and useful sites to explore.
One of the best multi-site search tools is Google. This is always our first choice. Multicrawl is also useful. Search Thingy takes the viewer to highly rated
search engines, one after another. HotBot is another
powerful searching tool for serious users that also allows the user to check links to specific
sites. Ask Jeeves will serve up answers to many questions.
Excite can search concepts--once you find a page that
contains the type of information you want Excite will find similar pages. Infoseek is a highly-rated search engine. Alta Vista's site has one of the most powerful and useful
search engines currently available. Use the refine button for detailed searches. Northern Light combines web searches and searches
of magazines, periodicals, etc. There is a great deal of interest in Webcrawler.Galaxy, Magellan
and Netguide are subject guides of note. In the same
category is the uniquely-configured Internet Public
Library. Equally valuable is the UC Berkeley Virtual
Library. There is a site that brings search engines and subject
guides together by the score. This is a Jump Station of search engines in various categories
that include e-mail and news searches, Web searches and media searches. There is a
multi-thread search engine at Digisearch.
Another searcher that will look at several sites simultaneously is All4One. A multi-thread search engine that works with
the newer browsers is eXTReMe Search. The
Meta Bug Search Tool crawls Yahoo, AltaVista,
Infoseek, Lycos, Excite, Webcrawler and HotBot and delivers the results from all of them.
With a different theme page for each subject, Search
Beat offers users a vast selection of refined and specialist search engines and Internet
resources. Chubba All In One Searching searches
whatUseek, Yahoo!, AltaVista, Excite, Webcrawler, Infoseek, Hot Bot, and Lycos -- all from
a single search query. Really Big
is another search engine option. For a huge meta list to hundreds of search engines, databases
and research resources on the Internet this page offers information on
resources that are not easily searchable from general search tools.
A service designed to replicate an electronic library on the Internet is Net Library. Users can search through a catalog of
eBooks and view them online or offline, downloading them into their machines. Users can
search volumes of material by author, subject, title, key word, phrase, or idea. There are
already 2,000 books online and users are required to have an account to access the service.
A resource intended to make it easier to find online libraries and to connect to their online
catalogs is lib-web-cats. Infonautics has a rare find--a free on-line
encyclopedia. This guide to online
encyclopedias is part of the encyclopedia of delay insensitive systems. The Library Spot brings many library links together on one
page and has sections for encyclopediae etc. The Virtual Reference Desk includes dictionaries and
other useful tools. Infomine is a collection
of reference materials and research data that must be mined. Info Service is a links page to a wide variety of Internet pages
that may be valuable to writers and researchers. The Write
News page is useful for authors and all writers, as is the Writer's Free Reference Desk. The LibWeb connects hundreds of libraries and their
collections around the world.
Switchboard is a database of more
than 100-million people and businesses with listed phone numbers. Phone Number says most of what you need to know
about the site. There are many foreign directories linked here. Anywho is another good locator for phone numbers. For
toll-free numbers try AT&T 800 Numbers.
E-mail addresses are available from a number of sites, including the Four-One-One White Pages Directory. The Internet Address Finder includes a reverse directory. The
popular people-search directory WhoWhere has
millions of listings of e-mail addresses, phone numbers and personal Web pages. For e-mail
addresses worldwide the World E-mail Directory Site
is worth trying.
Findlaw lists
documents and detailed information on terrorism cases in the United States.
Ask An Expert is one of the sites to locate
and experts in particular fields, although this seems to be for school and educational purposes.
The MediaNet is a journalist-operated system. It may be necessary to E-mail them in some cases. ListServe lists often
provide a clue to experts and acquiring expertise. A major source of list information is CataList which has thousands of Listserv lists.
Liszt and Vivian Neou's searchable list are also valuable.
For the traveler information regarding passports, entry requirements and visas is
essential. Passport Express is a
company that will expedite passports. The Peace Corps Family Support
Group has information on entry requirements, but it must be checked for timeliness. The
home pages of both sites can provide other valuable information for the traveler.
The State Department's Annual Terrorism Report as well as reports on significant
terrorist incidents against Americans can be found, along with terrorist group profiles at the Dudley
Knox Library. The Department of State's
Counterterrorism Page has useful information of many sorts. Another page/portal worth
looking at is devoted to the explosive terrorist situation in South
Asia. Many insurgent, rebel and protest groups can be reached and researched directly
through one of the more amazing jump stations on the web, Terrorists, Freedom Fighters,
Crusaders, etc. A listing of significant U.S. groups -- from militias to hate groups -- can
be found at the Southern
Poverty Law Center's intelligence project page. The Sources website is put out by the Security Intelligence News
Service. The Stratfor site contains updates and
information on areas around the globe. A search and directory site that caters to information
technology security professionals, security research, hacking, virus and privacy information at Security Search. Some sites are useful because of the
security software
that can be downloaded. Emergency is a gateway to
information on security matters that include hazardous materials and chemical, biological, and
radiologic (CBR) warfare. The International Policy Institute
for Counter-Terrorism is based in Israel. The Institute is a non-profit research academy
and think tank devoted solely to the problem of international terrorism and its effect on
international policy. Gavin De Becker's homepage has
useful information on areas of personal security normally not covered by many other security
firms.
Dudley Knox Library
of the Navy Postgraduate School has a wide variety of information and links that can be accessed
via the computer, from maps to field manuals.
The Currency Converter performs
interactive foreign exchange rate conversion on the Internet. The measurements converter works with different units
of weight, capacity, length, area, speed, pressure, temperature, circular measure, and time. For
time there is probably no more accurate place than the U.S. Naval Observatory master clock
site. However Time and Date has an easily-used
world clock and a variety of items relating to timekeeping and calendars. The Centers for Disease Control pages provide
valuable information on staying healthy overseas. The Travel Health Online page deals with health
and travel. The Cybercafe Database Search Engine is
an adjunct to establishing a good backup web-based communications link when traveling
anywhere in the world. Updated daily, it includes names, addresses, phone numbers and weblinks
to currently operating cybercafes and kiosks around the world. The Netcafe Guide is another site to find locations where
you can get on the net while traveling. A listing of holidays and festivals is also available via the web.
This is useful while traveling, and should be consulted in advance of any trip. Another similar
site is Anyday. Other links get you to
another potentially useful world
holidays site.
Intellitrip can help you find the lowest
fares. Another fare planner is Priceline.Com. The Trip is geared for business travelers and helps track
flights in real time. This site will also estimate air fares to popular travel destinations within the
United States. Hotel Guide lists information on over
60,000 places to stay. Maps of airports and the surrounding area are also included here. Airport
information is available from Quickaid, which
lists a number of airports in the U.S. and around the world. Another site lists European airports. For air travelers who want
to know more about the airports they are traveling to, HotelsTravel, Mapquest (click "maps"), and the Airport Search Engine are good
sources. The last one, when working, offers an online database of the world's airports. You can
key in an airport identification code or search by city or country. The search returns links to Web
pages that are related to the airport. Preview
Travel has a business travel center; one section of the site offers customized print-out travel
guides to about 90 destinations. Trip Link features links to
airlines, rail lines, cruise ship companies, airports and tourism offices around the world. Meeting City is a resource for travel, meeting,
convention and event planners.The 24-hour Help Desk is an encyclopedia of timely, worldwide
information for planners of meetings, incentive programs, trade shows, and other off-site events.
Users will have to subscribe to the free service by e-mail. Travel information is available at
a number of locations on the web. Try Lonely
Planet, Rough Guide or Fodors for on-line guide information. Conde Nast Publications are in the running with quality
information. Good general travel information on specific countries, including some phone
numbers, can be found at TravelSpots. For women,
Journeywoman provides gender-specific
information, including information on what to wear. Travel search engines can be helpful. Try
either Travel Finder or Starting Page for web searches. Some web sites fit
a particular niche. EUW.NET has European guides in several
languages -- as well as phone information. Expatriates, and would-be expatriates will find that
Escape From America is a useful site that
includes links to newspapers and job search sites. On The
Road is a somewhat pricey subscription site that will help you find what you need, where
you will need it. Business travelers will enjoy this
site, which is geared to their needs. Debbie Guide
is an offbeat look at a number of major cities around the world.
The International Center for Corruption Research has the Transparency organization's information on
relative perceived corruption of government officials around the world. This is one of the most
comprehensive sites available on the subject.
Political Resources lists political
resources of the world on the net. Government
Links is a link page connected to a variety of local and international web sites.
NCJRS is the government criminal justice resource
for the United States.
The US Census Bureau has information on almost anything anyone would want to
know about their community. There is information and tables on population and housing; check
a profile of any neighborhood in the United States. Make a map and much more at the American Fact Finder. A guide to frequently used
federal sites is U.S. Federal
Government information. Compiled by the Federal Documents Task Force (FDTF),
Government Documents Round Table (GODORT) and American Library Association (ALA),
this site has links to all the most popular resources so in most cases this site should be able to
provide a quick route to most government related information.
A site with basic information about countries of the world is Data on countries
of the world. There are global statistics on separate 30 fields from the U.N.
The United
Nations mapping service has more than 100 international, regional and national maps, most
of them in PDF format. Mapquest is an interactive
atlas. Excite's map pages provides similar services. The
Maps On Us site lets users access integrated maps,
directions and yellow pages all-in-one. There is a another site covering geography at Miningco that contains many links to other sites
relating to geography. This service uses the
latitude and longitude of two places, and then calculates the distance between them, as the crow
flies. It also provides a map showing the two places, using the Xerox PARC Map Server.
Satellite Photo
samples are available from the EROS data system. The
French SPOT system has an on-line catalog of its images based on date and polar
coordinates. The Microsoft Terraserver
mapping site is not fully operational but will become more valuable week by week for overheads.
The FEMA Tropical Storm
Watch features up-to-the-minute tracking of tropical storms in and around the United
States. The new Disaster News Network,
sponsored by nearly a dozen disaster response organizations, is being billed as "the most
comprehensive US disaster news site on the Internet. The Almanac of Disasters focuses on earthquakes, fires, and
transportation disasters from around the world on the particular day in history. The database is
somewhat thin but may improve.
Arms Transfers and other information on the
size and condition of military forces is available through the arms control section of the State
Department. The Federation of American Scientists has an arms trade primer. There
are other items of potential interest, particularly on intelligence matters, elsewhere on the group's
main site. The International Relations and Security Network (ISN)
is billed as a one-stop information service in the fields of international relations and security.
The services offered include an annotated links library, a limited area search tool (ISN LASE),
a selection of resources on current world affairs, and specialized fact databases. The search
engine currently covers documents from 150 selected Web sites. The United States Institute of Peace website offers other views.
So too does the Disinformation site where the
chief subjects are propaganda, revolutionaries, censorship, counterculture, counterintelligence
or even "newspeak."
Designed specifically for use by journalists, the Power Reporting site will be of interest
to anyone doing research on the Web. In addition to the guides on effective use of search
engines, there is an excellent guide to resources online at Power Reporting. Newsplace at the Northern Illinois University is an
online spot for news, news sources and news tools! Visitors will find links to news providers,
such as newspapers, online magazines and broadcasters, to sources of news, such as government
press releases and databases. KnowX is a site to start
a search for people and their possessions. It allows searches of public documents including
driver's licenses, license plates and property tax lists for names and addresses. The detailed
information is provided after a fee is paid. DMV
records is another useful site for reporters.
Cybermeals. For those nights when you
have to stay at the keyboard and desk this site provides links to thousands of restaurant sites
where you can order food delivered, or order it to go. This site is a hit-or-miss proposition.
Many areas are not covered.
The International Chamber
of Commerce weekly piracy report is issued every Tuesday, based on the information from
the International Maritime Bureau. There is a valuable historical database on vessel casualties
and piracy problems at Cargo
Law. The BIMCO page is a gateway to one of
the world's key anti-piracy and shipping security organizations. Captain's Maritime Links is a gateway
to information on all subjects to do with the sea. Maritime security management receives
comprehensive treatment at another page. The U.S. Maritime
Administration has publications that are useful for captains, boat owners and those who are
concerned about maritime security. The Daily
Commercial News carries a good deal of shipping news. It is published in Australia.
Books on SpecOps and similar activities by
Paladin Press Other books are available from Lancer Militaria. A central page for a variety of stores
dealing in used books of all kinds is at ABEbooks. This
is a wonderful site to search for those out of print books that no one seems to have in stock. A
site in the UK, but with U.S. participation, Spectrum
Virtual University has an online catalog of two million titles. Amazon is another well-known site. Barnes and Noble is one of America's largest book
sellers. ACSES site is worth exploring. The Bookplace can be valuable to those in the business
of books. The Bookwire page has information on
books and the publishing industry.
Stop and look around San Francisco for a
moment, see the city from the top of the Fairmont, look at the Golden Gate, gaze at the bay or
mentally meander along Fisherman's Wharf. It's good to relax a moment. If you want
information on San Francisco look at the city's vistor's bureau.
News from and about the city by the Golden Gate is available from the Chronicle, the
Examiner and KRON at SFGATE.COM. The Press Club of San Francisco site contains a number of
useful web-based sources for anyone in the information business.
Finally--in all the crush--it's worthwhile remembering friends and loved ones. Send
a Garfield card. Other cards can be sent through Digitalcard.
