CyberTimes Navigator

A selective guide to the Internet

By RICH MEISLIN

New additions: The Supreme Court is now online. . . . Atom Films offers short films and animations on the Web. . . . Searchmil.com searches for information in military (.mil) computers on the Net . . . Abuzz is a new service that intelligently links people with questions to people who can answer them. (It's part of New York Times Digital.) . . .
For business links, see Business Connections; for politics, Political Navigator.
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Searching the Net? Here Are Places to Start

Google gives terrific results by analyzing a page's popularity. It also offers a government search.
Alta Vista, efficient free-text searching of the Web
Yahoo: Subject guide and free-text searching of the World Wide Web
Fast Search lives up to its name
Excite's concept searching is highly effective (Also visit their Magellan guide.
Northern Light categorizes search results to help you focus
Hotbot now comes to you from Lycos
search.com has the Infoseek engine as well as more obscure topic-oriented choices
Abuzz People with questions find people with answers. (From New York Times Digital)
Ask Jeeves searching with a human touch
ProFusion combines major search engines and filters the results
SavvySearch, Dogpile and Metacrawler offer simultaneous searches of multiple Web search engines
Magellan describes and rates Web resources. Also visit Voyeur to spy on other searchers
Looksmart searches a selection of sites chosen by humans
About.com, formerly the Mining Co., has humans who assemble mini-sites on a wide variety of topics.
Britannica adds human judgment to searching, and presents the results in an unusually effective way
Searchmil.com searches for information in military (.mil) computers
ForumOne One-stop guide to forum topics around the Web
Deja.com (formerly Dejanews) lets you search for Usenet postings or posters
CNet combines computer news, reviews, software and services. Also see their news.com
Achoo and The Hardin Library for the Health Sciences catalog health related sites
Archieplex: Search FTP archives around the Internet
Liszt and Tile.Net will help you find Internet mailing lists
Yack Guide to live events on the Web

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Collections for Journalists

FedWorld Information Services: Comprehensive guide to Government databases
Federal Government Agencies, a clean, easy-to-use listing
Federal Web Locator allows searching
Federal Information Exchange
Fedstats collects and organizes statistics from 70 agencies
National Archives and Records Administration catalogs records held by Government agencies
DefenseLink News and live briefings from the U.S. Department of Defense
The White House
House of Representatives
The Senate
The Supreme Court
State and local government websites from Piper Resources
Statesearch, state-level information on a variety of topics
GPO Access searches the Federal Register, U.S. Code, Congressional bills and other Government publications
Thomas, the Library of Congress information service. Also try the experimental Web catalog
Census Bureau home page, 1990 Census tables and Ferret, for recent population and income data
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
Criminal justice links assembled by Cecil Greek at the University of South Florida
APBNews.com crime news and information, including police scanners from major cities.
United States Geological Survey, current earthquake information and Earthquake Information Center
National Hurricane Center
United Nations and U.N. Web locator
The European Journalism page
Newsahead upcoming news events around the globe
FindLaw has an extensive collection of legal links
KnowX Free and low-cost information about lawsuits, bankruptcies, U.C.C. and other public filings for businesses and individuals
WebGator has a variety of useful investigative links
Federal Aviation Administration databases of airline safety reports
Landings Comprehensive aviation site offers databases of plane registrations, service difficulty reports, pilot certifications
UniSci gives updates on scientific research at U.S. universities
Top 200 Government contractors from Government Executive
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press has links and information, including a fill-in-the-blanks Freedom of Information request. (This list of Federal freedom of information officers may be useful, as well as this New York State FOI page)
The Freedom Forum Journalism, journalism education and first amendment issues
Telecommunications information resources: social, economic, political
The Smoking Gun presents (undigested) documents obtained from court files and through freedom of information requests
Business & Finance references are available from Business Connections

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The Reference Desk

Research It all-in-one reference desk: dictionary, quotes, translators, more
Onelook has more than 400 dictionaries, specialized and general
Encyclopaedia Britannica The one and only.
Roget's Internet Thesaurus
Information Please Almanac Almanac, dictionary and the full Columbia Encyclopedia
Biography.com offers brief, cross-referenced biographies of more than 25,000 notables.
Travlang language-to-language translation dictionaries
Shark Talk: Nolo's Law Dictionary

The Elements of Style The 1918 version
C.I.A. World Factbook
Library of Congress, including Marvel and Locis
The New York Public Library
The World Wide Web Virtual Library
National Library of Medicine and Medline
Carl Uncover Free citations from 17,000 publications; charge for full articles
The Merck Manual guide to diseases
RxList: The Internet Drug Index Extensive information on prescription and over-the-counter drugs
Nutrient database from the U.S.D.A.
Law Guru gives access to hundreds of legal search engines and the Internet Law Library
Lawoffice.com from West's Legal Directory and Martindale-Hubbell's Lawyer Locator
The U.S. Constitution
U.S. Patents since 1971, from I.B.M.
The Bible Browser
I.R.S. information and publications. For more tax sites, try taxsites.com.
Citynet guide to Net information in and about major cities
Metroscope city, business, entertainment guides for major cities
National Geographic's Map Machine
Mapquest gives a street-level map for any U.S. address
Social Security death index
Consumer World has consumer finance rates, company contacts, consumer information
Currency converter from Olsen & Associates converts from any currency to another
Cost-of-living calculator and other useful tools
How Far Is It? gives the distance between two cities
U.S. Naval Observatory clock

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Telephone & E-mail Directories

Anywho from AT&T has fast, clear directory service, and a reverse directory
Switchboard nationwide telephone and address directory
InfoSpace personal, business and goverment phone, fax and e-mail
Zip2 Yellow Pages lets you search businesses by name, category, or distance from your home
Directory of toll free numbers from Infospace
Big Yellow National business yellow pages and residential listings from Bell Atlantic
555-1212.com National and international phone and e-mail directories
Thomas Register of Manufacturers
WhoWhere, Internet Address Finder and Yahoo People Finder can help find e-mail addresses
Network Solutions domain name database
Zip Code and Zip+4 Finder Simple and efficient, but sometimes busy. Also try the Postal Service.

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Publications on the Net
Breaking News & Daily Publications

ABC News offers top news, including the current ABC radio report, and (large) video clips.
Agence France-Presse world report from Yahoo Asia
BBC News British Broadcasting Corporation
CNN Interactive and CNNfn
Fox News Clean, simple search of AP and Reuters wires
MSNBC, from Microsoft and NBC News
NPR Online from National Public Radio

Boston.com, from The Boston Globe
The Electronic Telegraph from The Daily Telegraph of London
The Gate, from the San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle
Los Angeles Times
Philadelphia Inquirer
San Jose Mercury News
The Times of London
USA Today
The Wall Street Journal (Also see DowJones.com, a free business portal)
The Washington Post

Media Central, from Cowles New Media, stays on top of media and marketing

NewsHub culls technology business headlines from major Web sites
News Index and TotalNews search for breaking news on the Web
1stHeadlines offers headlines from 50-some news organizations.
Newspaper archives on the Web from the Special Libraries Association
Wired News and Newsbot
Magazines & Features

The Atlantic
CareerPath.com,a classified ad service from many newspapers (including The Times)
The Drudge Report
Feed, Salon and Word Three flavors of cyber-literary-trend Web publications
Law Journal Extra!, National Law Journal and New York Law Journal
Mr. Showbiz, entertainment news and gossip from Starwave
National Enquirer The supermarket tabloid comes to the Web
Pathfinder and Netly News from Time-Warner
Rolling Stone
Slate, Microsoft's cyber magazine
Thrive Health and fitness features and information
United Media, a collection of comics
U.S. News
Guides to Many Publications

Newslink, a guide to newspapers, magazines and broadcast organizations.
Ecola's 24 hour newsstand, quick and easy access to web sites of more than 900 publications
Electric Book Newspapers, magazines, e-zines and books online
Editor & Publisher's MediaInfo Links also read Steve Outing's Stop the Presses column here.)
Newspaper Association of America
The Electronic Newsstand
Project Gutenberg

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Politics

Project Vote Smart, a guide to candidates and issues
All Politics from Time and CNN
Congressional Quarterly's Campaigns and Elections and Vote Watch
The Empire Page links to major news headlines on politics each day, emphasizing New York
Federal Election Commission data on campaign contributions
Federal Election Commission data in a more useful format, compiled by two former F.E.C. employees
The Right Side of the Web: Links to conservative sources and issues
Turn Left calls itself the home of liberalism on the Web
Political Navigator, also from The Times on the Web, has more political links

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The New York Region

New York City Reference, a subject guide to sites on all aspects of the city
NYC Blue has New York web sites in easy-to-use tabular form
New York Today Arts, entertainment, restaurants and New York life from The New York Times
CitySearch NYC, a guide to arts and entertainment
Digital City New York from America Online
The Paperless Guide to New York City, from Mediabridge (updated sporadically)

NYC Link, New York City's official web site
Guide to New York City Government Government contacts, from the Public Advocate's office
The Official I Love New York State Tourism Guide
M.T.A. maps and schedules for subways, Long Island Railroad, Metro North

New York City Culture Guide and Calendar from the Alliance for the Arts
Playbill On-Line includes Broadway, off-Broadway, national and international theater listings

The New York Daily News
The New York Post
The New York Observer
The Village Voice
papermag.com, virtual sister to the magazine of the Downtown scene

New Jersey Online
New Jersey Web

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Commerce

Amazon.com Books, music, videos, games, electronics, auctions -- and growing
Barnesandnoble.com and Borders have books and music to enjoy off line.
Bizrate lets you see how fellow consumers rate online merchants
BizWeb: Internet commercial sites by category
Buyer's Index searches 6,700 Web sites and catalogs for the product you seek.
CD Now and Tunes.com Online music stores
Ebay online auction house
Internet Fashion Mall
NetMarket and Shopping.com have discounts on brand name goods
PriceLine lets you name a price for travel, cars or mortgages, and see if anyone will bite
PriceScan compares prices for computer hardware and software, as well as books.
Product Review Net Reviews of products from a variety of publications
Travelocity, Biztravel, Expedia and Preview Travel have airline tickets, car rentals, hotel reservations, travel information
Travelzoo collects special travel offers from many sites

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Entertainment/Culture/Pastimes

The Internet Movie Database
Movielink from 777-FILM has theater times and advance ticket purchases in major cities
Ticketmaster has information and tickets for music, theater and sporting events
Film.com News from the movie industry, as well as links to film resources and studios around the Web
Reel surveys your movie tastes and recommends ones it thinks you'll like
Atom Films offers short films and animations on the Web

TV Guide Now includes an extensive movie database
Ultimate Television Network, a guide to everything TV-related on the Web
Gist provides customized TV listings
PBS Online
The Discovery Channel Online

Culturefinder has schedules for the performing arts around the U.S.
National Endowment for the Arts
World Wide Arts Resources
NWHQ:Independent artists on the Web
WebMuseum will take you to the virtual Louvre
Art on the Net, an exhibit by 80 artists, and links to other art sites

Broadcast.com Audio and video of all sorts, from all over
mp3.com makes a wide variety of music available in its eponymous Internet format
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Internet Underground Music Archives
Classical Music Archive Thousands of classical music samples in midi format
Epicurious, the Food Network, Recipes from the Net and Gemini and Leo's recipe links will help you answer the question, "What's for dinner?"
Wine Spectator and WineToday.com have ratings and reviews of thousands of wines

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Sports & Recreation

ESPN SportsZone
Sportsline from CBS
CNN/SI from CNN and Sports Illustrated
The Sports Network gives up to the minute news and results
Allsports has news, scores, odds, audio feeds and more
Total Sports well organized sports news, plus Head to Head Baseball, which lets you compete online with others using real players' stats.
NFL.com from the N.F.L.
Fastball, a Cox Newspapers baseball service with live play-by-play and tons of stats
majorleaguebaseball.com from Major League Baseball
GORP, the Great Outdoor Recreation Pages, has extensive information on parks and outdoor activities of all sorts
The WWW Bicycle Lane A bit dated, but still a good collection of links
The Tennis Server and Tennis Country have news, schedules, rules and more
GolfWeb, GolfDigest.com and Golf.com cover the golf world

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Demonstrations and Miscellany

Cool Site of the Day
Useless Pages Useless, maybe, but fun.
Ghost Sites of the Web will guide you to some of the rusting hulks along the information superhighway.
The F.B.I.'s Most Wanted
Learn2.com teaches you how to do useful everyday things
How Stuff Works tells you just that
Dead People Server Might answer the question, "What ever happened to . . ."
Sites for parents and children from the American Library Association
Internet virus myths and Virus hoax information from the U.S. Energy Department
Tarot Card Reader, I Ching and more
Riddler will help keep you from your work
Elvis Presley's Graceland, the official home page, and the unofficial Elvis home page
iVillage and women.com concentrate on the women's interests.
Queer Resources Directory, Gay.com and Planet Out have news and information for gay people
Jasbits Netcams and Digital Camera Network have links to live cameras all over the Net

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About This Page
Navigator is the home page used by the newsroom of The New York Times for forays into the Web. Its primary intent was to give reporters and editors new to the Web a solid starting point for a wide range of journalistic functions without forcing all of them to spend time wandering around blindly to find a useful set of links of their own. Its secondary purpose was to show people that there's a lot of fun and useful stuff going on out there.
The list is by its nature highly selective and constantly changing. Suggestions are always welcome.

Maintained by Rich Meislin. Last revised 4/28/00.

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