Tools & Reference Material

Pointers:

• CNN News | USA Today | Weather Channel

• Google | YAHOO | HotBot | Lycos | Excite | Altavista
  Web Crawler | Infoseek | Opentext | FTP search | Ask Jeeves

• CARL Searches | Computer Science Bibliographies
• Carnegie Mellon University Library | Carnegie Public Library of Pittsburgh
• ACM Digital Library (CMU has a site license)

• Virtual Reference Desk | Yahoo's most useful sites | Federal Statistics | anonymous web surfing
• U.S. telephone white pages | USPS ZIP Codes | World Timezone Map | NIST Time Service
• PAT Transit Schedule | USAir Schedules | Trip planner | Yahoo City Maps

• US PTO patent database | Delphion (IBM) patents | CNIDR Patent database | patent abstracts
• Intellectual Property FAQs | FAQ on Innovation and Product Development | Patent info for independent inventors

• Shareware.com software search | Ziff Davis shareware library | Jumbo downloads | CD-ROM Access
• Technical Bookstore list | Amazon.com Books

• WWW Viewer Test Page | HTML Quick Reference | Publicizing your web site
• Hypermedia Issues & Application
• Unix Reference Desk | POSIX function documentation | Unix help (US mirror)

• Making a Strategic Plan | Handbook for Stategic Planning

• Consumer Product Safety
• Home Energy Saver

Books:

• Encyclopedia Brittanica
• Webster's Dictionary
• Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
• Bulfinch's Mythology (also in (plain text))

• Natural Handyman Home Repair | Home Improvement Encyclopedia (mostly basics)

News Groups:

• clari.news.briefs

Philip Koopman: