Computer Science Web Resources

Artificial Intelligence

• AI Repositiories and Resource Lists
• Bot Spot  News and reviews of the latest intelligent agents and their applications.
• Electronic Transactions on Artificial Intelligence  Reporting journal for AI research.
• Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research
• MIT AI Lab

• Yahoo Index to Artificial Intelligence

  Computer Science Sites

  Computer Ethics

• Computer and Information Ethics
• Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility

Computer Science Education

• Learning Strategies for Computer Science Students
• OnLine Instructional Materials, Computer Science

  Documentation and Research Repositories

• Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies  Comprehensive set of bibliographies, fully searchable.
• Computing Research Repository  Sponsored by the ACM, Los Alamos National Lab, and the Networked Computer Science Technical Reference Library. A browseable, searchable repository of computer science research.
• IEEE Computer Society Digital Library  Subscription for full access but does have free content.  Fully searchable.
• Macmillan Personal Bookshelf  With registration, you get free online use of up to five computer titles for 90 days, at the end of which you can select different ones. Titles include info on C++, Active X, Access 95, CGI development, Shockwave, web applets, etc.
• Networked Computer Science Technical Reports Library  Searchable file, to which all research institutions are requested to contribute.
• NIST Computer Security Resource Clearinghouse
• On-line CS Techreports  Searchable list of sites around the world that have online Computer Science technical reports.
• Online Manuals  488 detailed manuals on UNIX, DOS, LINUX, WIN, OS2, Internet, networking, programming, and more.
• Skill Standards for Information Technology

  Hardware and Software Reviews and Benchmarking

• CNet  Web-only computer publication that carries many product reviews and benchmark reseults.
• Computers.com  Cnet's latest production, Computers.com, is summarized simply at the site: "What to Buy. Where to get it."
• Tech Shopper  From CMP, publisher of 14 computer publications, news, reviews, FAQs, instructional articles, reader comments, and an applet library.

  Indexes to Computer Science

• Guide to Computer Science Internet Resources  From Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship. An excellent set of links, particularly good in recommended programming language sites.
• WWW Computer Architecture Home Page  Starting point for all research on computer architecture.
• Yahoo! Computers  Consolidates all their product reviews, shopping sites, and product information.
• Year 2000 Bookmarks  Technically-oriented index for the benefit of people trying to fix the problem.  The year has past but the problem may still exist for older computers.

  Program Languages and Scripts

• ABC's of CGI--Tutorial on Creating CGI's Using Perl
• Public Ada Library (PAL)  All things related to the Ada programming language.
• BASIC Archives
• Anti-Virus Research Project  From Norton's Anti-Virus System. Includes virus alerts, a virus info database, technical support, and a place to submit samples of new viruses for them to examine.
• Comprehensive Perl Archive Network  Look here for documentation, shareware utilities, FAQ. From the editor of the PERL Journal.
• FORTRAN Library
• Linux Resource Page
• Linux Links Page
• Linux Online Journal  News place, an archive, and a set of links to technical Linux sites and Linux news groups.
• Numerical Recipes in C  Full text book.
• Object-Oriented Programming Using C++
• PASCAL Programming
• Programmers' Oasis  "a must bookmark for anyone trying to keep abreast of the current state of more than one programming language," according to one reviewer.
• UNIX Help Desk
• Visual Basic Web Directory: VB Resources for VB Programmers  Guide to tutorials, software, source code, developer resources, etc.

  Other Useful Sites

• Association for Computing Machinery  Searchable browseable files include career info, publications list, and a section on computing and public policy.
• Computer Journals 24 Hour Newsstand
• Computer and Internet Magazines  Yahoo's index.
• Cool Tool of the Day  Info and links for an interesting piece of software on the net.
• Database Management Systems  Chapter 12 of Philip Greenspun's book, Philip and Alex's Guide to Web Publishing.
• Online Reviews of Computer Books
• PC Guide  One of the most thorough introductions on how a computer and its component parts operate, how to set it up, add to the system, and recover from disaster. Useful for amateurs and computer professionals alike.
• Simple Guide to Five Normal Forms in Relational Database Theory  By William Kent, originally published in Communications of the ACM.
• Slashdot: News for Nerds  News items, articles, product info, an Ask Slashdot feature, and lots more for the technically minded.
• Tutorial on Database Design

• World's Computer Society  Otherwise known as the IEEE.

Network Administration Tools

• Complete Intranet Resource
• Embedded Processors Y2K Page  Compliance status for manufacturers of embedded processors.
• Inferno 2.0  From Lucent Technologies, Inferno is "a revolutionary software platform for network-aware devices and applications, whether consumer devices, such as web phones, network elements, or innovative new network-based services." The Scout Report suggests this has the potential to be the Linux of the 21st century.
• Information Technology Outlook 1997--OECD
• Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Home Page
• Internet Standards Archive
• Linux Journal
• Network Buyers' Guide  Guide to where to buy any kind of networking product, with some product evaluations.
• Network Magazine  Full text of current issue, plus archived articles and tutorials.
• Network Professionals' Resource Center  FAQ files on networking technology.
• NIST Computer Security Resource Clearinghouse
• NT Administration Tools
• Online Manuals  488 detailed manuals on UNIX, DOS, LINUX, WIN, OS2, Internet, networking, programming, and more.
• Protocols for WAN, LAN, ATM, Data Communications and Telecommunications
• UNIX Help Desk
• Web Managers' Reference Center

• WebReference  Links to various online internet and system-related journals.
  

Social Impact of the Internet

• Cyberspace and Critical Theory
• Impact of Information Technology  Some useful thoughts on how our new technologies will change our society and our ways of doing business. Not oriented toward education specifically, but useful nonetheless.
• Internet Archive Project  Building a Digital Future. It's attempting to maintain the ephemeral internet in permanent form (they're the ones who donated a complete copy of the web to the Library of Congress).

• Psychology of Cyberspace  Set of papers and links.

  Virus Information

• Anti-Virus Research Project  From Norton Anti-Virus System. Includes virus alerts, a virus info database, technical support, and a place to submit samples of new viruses for them to examine.
• Computer Security Resource ClearingHouse  Includes Computer Virus Myths, comparative reviews of anti-viral protection software, and a quick reference anti-viral review chart.
• Computer Virus Myths  Learn about the myths, the hoaxes, the urban legends, and the implications if you believe in them. You can also see a list of virus hoaxes from A to Z.
• Virus Encyclopedia  Very lengthy identification of known viruses, and how they are attached and what they do.