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- Art - Automotive - Business/Finance - Computers - Children
- E-Commerce - Education - Electronic Gaming - Government/Regional - Humor
- Message Boards - Music - News & Media - Politics - Real Estate
- Reference - Religion - Science/Medical - Search Engines - Sports
- Telephony - Television & Movies - Travel

Search Engines and Web Portals

- Google
- Yahoo!
- AltaVista
- Northern Light
- Hotbot
- MetaCrawler
- InfoSeek
- About.com
- Overture
- Lycos
- Mamma.com

- GO Network
- MSN Search
- Ask Jeeves
- Internet.com
- ZenSearch
- Scrub the Web
- AliWeb
- Linkmaster
- Webcrawler
- Open Directory Project

- Usenet Addresses Search
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Various Reference Materials

Description: A wide range of reference materials that can be useful and enjoyable.

Dictionary/Thesaurus/Encyclopedia

- Merriam-Webster
- Dictionary.com
- Thesaurus.com
- Encarta
- Britannica.com (commercial)
- YourDictionary.com
- Catholic Encyclopedia
- ARTFL Project: 1913 Webster's Dictionary

Architecture

- Skyscrapers.com
- Sky Scraper Page

Genealogy, Geography and Demographics

- U.S. Census Bureau
- Profiles of the 50 U.S. States
- Country Reports
- CIA World Factbook
- Family Search
- U.C. Berkeley Maps & Cartography
- Ultimates (White Pages, Yellow Pages, more)
- What's in a Name? (human name dictionary)

Language/Translations

- AltaVista's Translation Service
- LEO German/English Dictionary
- travlang's Translating Dictionaries
- Online English-Latin/Latin-English Dictionary
- Gaelic/English, English/Gaelic Dictionary

Literature

- QuoteLand
- Project Gutenberg

Philosophy

- Stanford Encyoclopedia of Philosophy
- Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- The Secular Web (articles, philosophy)

Psychology

- MentalHelp (learn about mental problems)

Religious/Biblical

- Jewish Publication Society Bible (the Torah)
- Bible Gateway (many Bible translations)
- Bible Study Tools
- Christian Classics Ethereal Library
- Easton's Bible Dictionary
- Skeptic's Annotated Bible

Miscellaneous

- Snopes (urban legends)

More...

- Government, State, and Regional Resources*
- Current Events
- Religious Resources
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Politics (also see Government)

Issues and Philosophy

Description: Sites about politics, political parties, and political issues.
- Political Compass
- Vote.com
- Skeleton Closet

U.S. Political Parties

- Democratic Party
- Green Party USA
- International Green Party
- Green Party
- Republican Party
- Reform Party
- Libertarian Party
- Loudoun GOP

Think Tanks

- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- The Cato Institute
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Government & Regional Resources

Available Resources

United States/Federal Government

Federal Government

State Governments

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HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD
MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ
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Districts, Territories, and Tribal Governments

- Tribal Governments
- Washington, D.C.

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Humor

- The Onion (newspaper satire)
- MadBlast (see the Bombing bin Laden Song)
- Jokes 2000
- Fade to Black
- Bull's Hit
- JOECARTOON
- National Lampoon
- Random Hat
- NewGrounds.com
- The Hampster Dance
- Bob Rivers Twisted Tunes
- Satire Wire
- Ironic Times
- The Darwin Awards
- This Modern World
- Adequacy
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Science/Medical

Science Magazines

- ScienceDaily
- New Scientist

Medical

- Internet Drug Database
- Lycaeum Entheogen Database
- Prescription Drugs Information
- Pill Identification Wizard

Environmental

- The Online Gadfly
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Educational Resources

- ACTs (college preparation testing)
- CollegeLink (college application service)
- College Board (includes SAT and AP info)
- American Council on Education
- GED Information
- State Council of Higher Education of VA
- U.S. Department of Education
- American Association of Community Colleges
- Virginia Department of Education
- Schools In Loudoun County

Special Education

- Gang Programs (fights gangs)
- New Freedom Programs
- Insight and Outlook

Higher Education

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Art

- Smithsonian Institution
- Mark Harden's Artchive
- Printed Matter
- National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.)
- National Museum of American Art
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY)
- The Smart-Ass Guide to Art
- Museum of Women in the Arts (D.C.)
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Religion & Spirituality

Note: Also see the Reference Section
- American Interfaith Institute
- Religious Tolerance (information on religions)
- Presbytarian Church (USA)
- American Anglican Council
- House Shadow Drake (traditional witchcraft)
- Southern Baptist Convention (requires Java)
- The Holy See (official Catholic/Vatican site)
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
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Children's Sites

Description: Sites for and about children.

Sites for Kids

- Yahooligans (Yahoo for kids)
- Prongo (games, education, humor)
- Prongo
Note: More online games can be found in the Web-Based Gaming section of Electronic Games.
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Music (Bands, Individuals, Info)

- Essentials of Music
- Classical Music Pages
- Classical Net
* indicates the site is official.

Distribution

- Easyman

Rock 'N Roll & Pop

- The Beatles*
- Don McLean
- The Kingsmen*
- The Rolling Stones*
- Bob Dylan*
- Eric Clapton*
* indicates the site is official.

Folk and Country

- Folksong Index
- Arlo Guthrie*
- Leonard Cohen*
* indicates the site is official.

1990s & 21st Century Pop Music

- Britney Spears*
- N'Sync*
- Celine Dion*
- Smashing Pumpkins*
- Christina Aguilera*
- Backstreet Boys*
- Jennifer Lopez*
* indicates the site is official.
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Sports

- ABC Sports
- NFL
- NASCAR
- New York Yankees
- Los Angeles Dodgers
- New York Mets
- Atlanta Braves
- Baltimore Orioles
- Texas Rangers
- ESPN
- NBA
- Washington Redskins
- Greenbay Packers
- New York Giants
- Washington Wizards
- L.A. Lakers
- New York Knicks
- Philadelphia Sixers
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Internet Message Boards

- Google Groups (Web access to Newsgroups)
- UseNet.org (information on Newsgroups)
- Yahoo! Message Boards (requires registration)
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Electronic Gaming

Description: Web sites that sell software for electronic gaming or provide information on the subject. Includes both computer games and home console systems.

Game Companies

- Blizzard
- InterPlay
- Microsoft Games
- Sierra
- id Software
- Sega
- Raven
- Acclaim
- Nintendo
- Atari
- 3DO

Console Game Systems

- Microsoft XBOX
- Nintendo (Nintendo 64, NES, SNES)
- Sony Playstation

Where to Consumer Games On the Internet

- MSN Zone (play Microsoft games online)
- Battle.net (for Blizzard games)
- MPlayer
- Transgaming Technologies

Emulation & User Support

- The Emulator Zone
- Atari800
- znes
- OpenXDK

Web-Based Games

Note: Simple games that can be played in your Web browser. Also see the Children's section.
- MSN Zone (many Web-based games)
- NickJR (games for very young kids)
- PBSKids (games for very young kids)
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E-Commerce (Commercial)

Description: Listed below are numerous commercial resources available on the Internet.
- Virginia Businesses Online
- BizRate (ranks e-commerce sites)

General (Covers Two or More Categories)

- Amazon.com
- Priceline.com
- Macys.com
- eBay (auctions)
- BlueLight.com (K-Mart)
- Borders
- Barnes and Noble
- Walmart

Computers

- CompUSA
- Cheap Bytes
- Egghead.com
- Dirt Cheap Drives
- Tiger Direct
- The Chip Merchant
- Apple Store
- Gigabuys

Books

- Amazon.com Books
- Bigwords
- Prometheus Books
- Strand Books
- See Sharp Press
- Textbooks.com

Music

- CDNow (music and movies)
- Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
- Music1Search
- CDQuest
- Tower Records
- Great Music
- cdUSA
- CheckOut.com

Clothes

- Banana Republic
- Express Fashion
- Lands' End
- DKNY
- Nautica Jeans
- Nike
- Lee Jeans
- Arnold Hatters, Inc.
- Elegance LTD

Toys

- ToysRUs.com (toys; electronic games)
- eToys

Food/Flowers/Chocolates/Beverages

- 1-800-FLOWERS
- TasteOfWine
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News & Media

News Publications

United States

Newspapers and Wires

- Washington Post
- New York Times
- Wall Street Journal
- Associated Press
- Roll Call
- Baltimore Sun
- Boston Herald
- Washington Times
- USA Today
- New York Observer
- New York Newsday
- Philadelphia Inquirer
- Philadelphia City Paper
- Chicago Tribune
- Chicago Sun-Times
- Philadelphia Weekly
- Houston Chronicle
- Salt Lake Tribune
- Miami New Times
- Palm Beach Post
- Dallas Morning News
- C.S. Monitor
- Detroit Free Press
- Atlanta J.C.
- Sacramento Bee
- Union Leader (NH)
- Dallas Morning News
- Denver Post
- Village Voice
- LA Weekly

Broadcast

- National Public Radio
- PBS Newshour
- CNN.com
- MSNBC
- CBS News
- Fox News
- ABC News

Internet/Other

- Yahoo! News
- Google News
- U.S. Newswire
- U.S. News
- DefenseLink
- Consortium News
- White House News

Weather

- The Weather Channel
- WxUSA
- Nat'l Hurricane Center

Canada

- The Toronto Star
- Canadian National Post
- CBC News Online

Europe - General

- Int. Herald Tribune

UK & Ireland

- BBC News
- Guardian Unlimited
- The Independent
- Times & Sunday Times
- Irish Times

France

- France-Presse
- French News

Germany & Austria

- Deutsche Welle
- Der Spiegel
- German News
- News from Germany
- Austria Presse Agentur

Norway

- Nettavisen

Russia

- The Moscow Times

Austrailia & New Zealand

- Daily Telegraph
- New Zealand Herald

India

- Times of India
- Hindustan Times
- The Telegraph

China and Taiwan

- S. China Morning Post
- ETaiwanNews.com

Thailand

- Bangkok Post

Japan

- The Asashi Shimbum

The Koreas

- The Korea Herald

Middle East and Israel

- Islamic Republic News
- Al-Jazeera
- Arab Times
- The Jerusalem Post
- Haaretz

South Africa

- Mail & Guardian

Magazines, Editorials, Opinions, Pundits

Magazines

Traditional Print

- The Economist
- Time Magazine
- Newsweek
- Navy Times
- Mother Jones
- The Nation
- Opinion Journal

Online

- Salon
- TomPaine.com
- GlobalSecurity.org
- Slate
- WorldNet Daily
- Townhall.com
- OnlineJournal

Counterculture

- Onion AV Club
- The Stranger

Alternative

- CounterPunch
- MoveOn.org

News Watching

- Buzzflash
- The Drudge Report
- Newsmax
- Navy Times News
- Debka (Israel & Mideast)

Media Criticism

- Columbia Journalism Review
- FAIR
- Media Whores Online

Pundits & People

- Eric Alterman
- Ann Coulter
- Al Franken
- Arianna Huffington
- Paul Krugman
- Rush and David Limbaugh
- Michael Moore
- Ralph Nader
- Robert Novak
- Bill O'Reilly
- Joe Scarborough

Business/Financial News

- Bloomberg.com
- CBS Marketwatch
- The Economist
- Red Herring

- BusinessWire
- Forbes Magazine
- CNNfn

Note: See the business/finance/banking section for more resources.
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Computer-Related

Companies (get support, sales, drivers, etc.)

General Software

- Microsoft
- Symantec
- RhinoSoft
- Corel
- SCO

Web/Video/Image Software

- Macromedia
- Adobe (publishing)
- Jasc Software

Audio Software

- Real Audio
- NullSoft/Winamp

Servers/Networking

- Sun (UNIX solutions)
- Novell
- 3Com, U.S. Robotics
- IBM
- Allied Telesyn
- LinkSys

General Hardware

- Apple
- Hewlett-Packard
- NEC
- Dell
- Gateway
- Sony
- Toshiba
- Intel
- Transmeta
- Advanced Micro Devices
- Epson

Multimedia Hardware

- Matrox
- ATI
- nVidia
- Hercules
- Linux Media Arts
- Creative Labs

Operating Systems & Emulation

Windows

- Windows
- Windows Server 2003
- Windows Embedded

Windows-like

- WINE
- PetrOS
- ReactOS

Emulation

- Bochs
- Plex86

UNIX

- Solaris
- Darwin
- Tru64
- HP-UX
- AIX
- IRIX
- IRIX Freeware
- OpenVMS
- SCO

Mac & BSD

- MacOS
- FreeBSD
- NetBSD
- OpenBSD
- Darwin
- Yamit

DOS

- DR-DOS
- FreeDOS
- PCDOS
- DOSEMU

Other OSes

- Amiga
- AdaOS
- Plan9

Obsolete

- Minux
- GEM

GNU/Linux

- Linux
- Red Hat
- Fedora
- Slackware
- SuSE Linux
- Lindows
- Xandros
- Debian
- Gentoo
- Yellow Dog
- MkLinux
- XBox Linux
- PlayStation 2
- Linux/m68k

Kernels

- HURD
- Linux Kernel

Where to Download Software and Drivers

Repositories and Directories

General/Mainstream

- Tucows
- NoNags
- Download.com
- CWS Software
- SimTelNet
- NetLib Repository
- Freeware Files.com
- UltraSoftware

Free Software

- SourceForge.net
- FreshMeat.Net
- GNU Software Archive
- Linux Online Applications
- LinuxISO

Windows and DOS Software

Browsers

- Internet Explorer
- Mozilla
- Mozilla Firefox
- Opera Browser*

E-mail Clients

- Pegasus E-mail
- Mozilla Thunderbird
- Eudora*

Music & CD Burning

- WinAmp
- CDex
- Real Audio*

FTP/Telnet/SSH

- FileZilla
- WinSCP
- FTP Explorer
- PuTTy

Office Suites

- Microsoft Office*
- StarOffice*
- AbiWord
- Corel WordPerfect

Compilers

- Minimalist GNU For Windows
- DJGPP
- Java Development Kit

Chat & IRC

- mIRC
- Klient
- ICQ

File Management

- Winzip*
- StuffIt!*

Security

- Norton Internet Security
- Norton Firewall
- Norton Antivirus

Linux and UNIX Client Software

Office Suites

- StarOffice*
- AbiWord
- Corel WordPerfect

GUI & Desktops

- XFree86
- KDE
- GNOME

Browsers/E-mail

- Mozilla
- Mozilla Firefox
- Opera Browser*
- ELM
- PINE
- Mozilla Firefox

Chat & IRC

- BitchX (IRC client)
- ircII (IRC client)
- ICQ

Graphics/Web Design

- GIMP
- Nvu

Gaming

- Transgaming Technologies

Compilers

- GCC (compiler suite)
- Java Development Kit

Kernel

- Linux Kernel
- HURD

Macintosh Client-Side Software

Office Suites

- Microsoft Office*
- StarOffice*
- AbiWord
- Corel WordPerfect

File Management

- StuffIt!*

Browsers/E-mail

- Mozilla
- Mozilla Firefox
- Mozilla Camino
- Opera Browser*

Chat & IRC

- Ircle (shareware)
- Snak (another IRC client)
- ICQ

Compilers

- Java Development Kit

Misc.

- OpenOSX

Multi-Platform Server Software

Description: Software here compiles on or is available in binary for many different OSes. UNIX softward will most likely compile on MacOS 10.x Server.
- Apache Software Foundation
- ConferenceRoom (commerical IRC server)
- JSentry Proxy (UNIX and Windows)
- Darwin Streaming Server (Internet radio)
- mod_ssl (free Apache SSL implementation)

Windows Server Software

- Internet Information Server (Windows NT)
- Serv-U FTP Server (Windows shareware)
- Microsoft Proxy Server

UNIX & Linux Server Software

- thttpd
- AOLServer
- BNC (UNIX IRC proxy)
- SquirrelMail
- Bahamut (IRC server)
- Eggdrop (help here)
- fnord (small HTTPD)
- Sendmail (e-mail server; UNIX freeware)
- OpenSSH (secure replacement for telnet)
- gShield (GPL Linux proxy server)
- ADJE Web Mail (PERL Web e-mail interface)
- OpenSSL (open source encryption algorithm)
Note: GPL (GNU Public Liscense) software is software that is released under a liscense making it free to distribute, in binary and source code form, and use provided any modifications you make be made public with source code. See the GNU Web site for more information.

Macintosh Server Software

- 4D WebStar (commercial Web server)
- Interaction (commercial Web server)

Hand Held Computers

- Palm.com (Personal digital assistants, Palm OS)
- PocketPC.com (Microsoft Pocket PC innovations)
- Windows Embedded Operating Systems
- Windows Powered Mobile Devices
- ZaurUX (Linux PDA resources)

Multimedia

Get Music

- Napster
- Audio Galaxy
- KaZaA
- MP3.com
- Soulseek
- Gnutella

Web/Graphics Tutorials

- Paint Shop Pro Tutorials
- artSavant
- PhotoShop Tutorials
- Abstract Dimensions
- Best of PhotoShop Help Links
- PhotoShop for the Web

Computer News and Tech Support

- ZDNet
- News.com
- Macintosh Security Site
- Windows Help
- WinFiles
- Security Focus
- Internet News
- Daemon News (BSD-related news)
- TechWeb Technology Encyclopedia
- MobiliX (support for UNIX on laptops)
- Linux on Laptop Help

Programming & Web Design Resources

- Microsoft Developer's Network (MSDN)
- Official Java Web Site
- Bloodshed Software (programming tools)
- FreeCode (get code for various languages)
- DevX
- Linux Shell Scripting Guide

Programming: C, C++, and C#

Tutorials
- cplusplus.com
- Cprogramming.com
- C++ Howto
- C/C++ Reference
- C Functions List
- C# Overview
People
- Dennis Ritchie
- Bjarne Stroustrup
More Info
- DMOZ C++ Area
References
- C++ Glossary
- C/C++ User's Journal
Code
- C++ Source
Standards/Technical
- C++ Boost
- How C Programming Works

Programming: PERL

- Official Perl Web Site & O'Reilly's Perl Resource
- A Tutorial
- Comprehensive PERL Archive Network
- The PERL Journal

Programming: Python

- Python.org (Includes a tutorial)
- Dive into Python
- WebDocs.org
- Python Quick Reference

Programming: AppleScript

- AppleScript (official site)

Web Content Delivery: General

- CodeAve (Active Server Pages, JavaScript)
- mtWeb

Web Content Delivery: Active Server Pages & .NET

- ASP.NET
- 4GuysFromRolla.com
- ASP Guide
- ASP101
- Mono
- Learn ASP
- Apache::ASP (Apache port of ASP)
- Sun ONE ASP (ASP on UNIX; commercial)
- Instant ASP (ASP on UNIX; commercial)

Web Content Delivery: CGI

- Matt's Script Archives
- cgic (C library for CGI)
- CGI Resource Index
- CGI Programming FAQ
- The CGI Expo
- Zhanshou's Tutorial
- W3C's CGI Resource
- CGI in Visual Basic
- CGI in Python
- NT Web Server Guide

Web Content Delivery: PHP

- PHP (a hypertext preprocessor, like ASP)
- asp2php (convert ASP to PHP)

Web Content Delivery: Client-Side