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Portals

Webcasting, Podcasting, Mashups, and Web 2.0
Web Rings

About.com (The Mining Company)

-- Former About Guides (Marco den Ouden)

-- Other Great Content Sites (ExploreNorth)

About.com Closed Guide Relocation Directory and Assistance Links
(Eric Ward)

About Guides & ex-Guides - Personal Contact Information & Domains
(Murray Lundberg)

ABYAN Super Gateway

Access Place (Bryce W. Westover)

ACTAEON Home Page

The Advent of Portals (Mary E. Jackson, Library Journal, 15 Sep 2002)

Affinicast

Alba36.com - The Wings of the Web

ALFY - The Web Portal for Kids

AltaVista: Main Page

AltaVista Canada

Ambit - The Web Waystation (Ira Brickman)

Anders Main Page

Andilinks Information Sector Database (Andrea Silver)

Angelfire Communications

The Angle

AOL NetFind

A BeamishBoy's Home Page

Bess, The Internet Retriever (Sandra Gleason et al.)

Beyond ...The Black Stump (Pete Garriga)

-- U.S. Mirror

The BIG EYE

TheBigHub.com

Big Sky Telegraph

BigWhat.com Search Portal

Bomis.Com Home Page

Buzzle.com | Intelligent Life on the Web

The Canada Centre

The Canadian Unity Council Portal

CanadianWebs

The Centre for Research and Information on Canada (CRIC) | Canada's Portal (Canadian Unity Council)

Centropolis

Climate Ark -- Climate Change News & Information Portal and Archive

Cobwebbed (Greg Pasterick)

Community Information Networks (U.K.)

ComputingPortals.org (Grid Information Services Working Group)

Contact Consortium HomePage (Nancy Zuidema)

Cosma's Home Page (Cosma Rohilla Shalizi)

Cyberplanet for Renewal (Lowell J. Greenberg)

Cybertown Home Page

Cynbe's Humongous Hotlist: Mixed Net Knowledge, Knick-Knacks & Nuts

Deja.com

Dellnet.com

Deoxyribonucleic Autonomous Zone

The Digital Universe (Digital Universe Foundation, Scotts Valley, California)

Digital Universe Foundation (ManyOne Networks)

Direct Hit

Downtown Anywhere - Front Street

Earthcon - Your Ultimate Portal to The Internet Universe!

Earth Portal (Digital Universe)

Earth Station Nine

EarthWeb.com: The IT Industry Portal

Eatonweb Portal

Eco-Portal -- The Sustainability Portal

Eggleston's JumpGate to Selected Resources (T. Stephen Eggleston)

EloPortal: European Integration Online Portal

Emportal.net

EncycloZine (ed. Alan & Lucy Richmond)

ERIC Web Portal (Education Resources Information Center, U.S. Department of Education)

EuroSeek - English

Everything Online (Mike Trahan)

TheExecutive Club - Toronto

Excite (Handbook)

EXN: Exploration Network (Discovery Channel Canada)

Explore the Internet

Explore the Net (AOL)

Extropy Institute Portal: Exelsior!

FloorZero.com

4every1 Kids Portal

The Fray (Derek Powazek)

Freeinternetservices.com Homepage Portal

Free Pint Portal - Homepage (UK)

FutureFile.com - A Portal for the Future (Tod Maffin)

Gaia 1 Station

Geniusfind

GeoCities

Geometry.Net Online Learning Center

GeoPortals.com

Global Network Navigator (GNN)

TheGlobe.com

GloStart - The Beginning

GNET, the Galaxy Network

GNOME's Science Vessel

GO.com

HerHomePage.com Where the Web Starts for Women

Hidden Rivers

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Official Earth Edition
(Douglas Adams et al., h2g2, BBC Online)

Homo Ludens (Rob van Son)

iBelong Home

IBM: Small Planet Pavilion

Info Bank

Infomicah

InfoSpace.com

Institutional Portals: A Review of Outputs (Liz Pearce, 26 Jun 2003) PDF

I OPENER Frontdoor (Glenn J. Marcus)

iVia Open Source Virtual Library System (Steve Mitchell et al., D-Lib Magazine 9:1, Jan 2003)

JISC Information Environment: Portals
(Joint Information Systems Committee, UK)

Journalist Express: News and Research Portal for Reporters
(ed. Laura Davidson)

The Junction On Line Service

-- Index

Larry's World Home Page (Lawrence J. Magid)

LinkFocus

The LinkMinder

LITA Internet Portals Interest Group (Library and Information Technology Association)

LookSmart

LookSmart Australia

LookSmart Canada

LookSmart UK

Lycos Home Page

Macrocosm USA Home Page

MagPortal.com Home

ManyOne Networks (Joe Firmage et al., Salt Lake City)

Mathematical BBS (University of Ferrara)

MavicaNET - Multilingual Search Catalog

The Membrane Domain

Metadot Open Source Portal Server

Mitch @ The Hub (Mitchell Porter)

MkzdK

Mobileplay (James Ryan et al., Los Angeles)

The Most Online (Sprint Canada)

MSN (Microsoft Network)

MSN Start - Canada

MyBC (Sympatico)

MyInternet

MyPersonal.com

MyTravelGuide.com - The Internet's Travel Portal

My Way

My Yahoo!

Nashville.com Web Links LaunchPad

NetPad

Netscape.ca (Netscape Communications Canada)

Netscape Netcenter

Nettaxi Online Communities Homepage

News for the Soul (Nicole M. Whitney et al.)

-- Portal for the Soul

NISS Services (UK)

Observatory of the Information Society: An International Gateway (UNESCO)

oneMission

1Up Info - Encyclopedia & Reference Resource

Online Education at The Teaching Portal

OpenHere Resources (David Dillard)

Orientation: The Regional Search Directory

Peel -- For the Young and Hip

Personal Webpage Elisabeth Roche

Pick up a Portal (Lorcan Dempsey, Update, Oct 2004)

Planet 9 Studios

Portal:Browse (Wikipedia)

Portal Factory (LINC Caddie.NET, MIT)

Portals, Inc - Home Page

Portals in Higher Education (Michael Looney & Peter Lyman, Educause Review, Jul-Aug 2000) PDF

Portals Magazine (Los Angeles)

Portals to the World Home Page (Library of Congress)

Portal to Asian Internet Resources (PAIR)

Portal Webliography (Eric Lease Morgan)

Posthuman.com Portal (Sabine Atkins)

The recombinant library: portals and people
(Lorcan Dempsey, OCLC, 2 Sep 2003) PDF

Resource Central -- Information Links (Jim Hatch)

Robot Wisdom Weblog (Jorn Barger)

The Scholar's Portal: An International Perspective
(IFLA Workshop, Berlin, 7 Aug 2003)

Science Portals (USC Science Library)

The Scout Portal Toolkit

SelectSurf -- Less Sand, More Surf

The Sites made for Kids Portal (Tom Jaros)

Skworm

South to the Future

The Space Station

The Space-Time Portal

Starting Page

Starting Point

StartSpot Mediaworks

Start Squad Kids' Portal (State Library of North Carolina)

Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web - Home Page

Subject Portals Project (Resource Discovery Network)

-- Turning Gateways into Portals (Ruth Martin, Update, 19 Jun 2003)

Suite 101

Surfer's Paradise (Eric Tittley)

TeAch-nology.com - The Web Portal for Educators

Themestream Home Page

TIN (The-Inter.net)

The Top of the Web (John December)

Topher's Place

Towne Square 2000 Entry Page (USR)

Traffick -- The Guide to Portals (ed. Andrew Goodman)

T. Rex's Guide to Life (Kenneth Quinnell)

Tripod

Tsunami

UNESCO Archives Portal

UNESCO Libraries Portal

V.C.O.T. - The Virtual Community of Tomorrow

VerticalPortals.com

Virtual Sites Index -- A Web Surfer's Guide...

The Virtual Town: Town Square

W3 Jumpstation

WachuNet: Window to the World

Wales on the Web: The All Wales Portal
(National Library of Wales)

WAMPAD Mobile Portal

The Way (World Access Internet Navigator)

WebCity.ca

Web.com - The Web Network

WebData®

WebHelp.com

Web Index

Web Portals and Higher Education: Technologies to Make IT Personal
(Richard N. Katz and Associates, 2002)

WebSeed Directory - Network of WebSeed Publishing Sites

Web Sitings (FamilyPC)

The WELL, Welcome to

The WELL Gopher

Wilton Library Association

Wired Source

WomensNet.Net Full Service ISP & Internet Portal

Wonderport (Gerald O'Connell)

WorldVillage

WZ.com The Busy Person's Guide to What You Love to Do

Yahoo!

The Yellow LinkPage (Roderik Valcke)

Your EZ Link to Everything!

Your OneStop Network

XOOM.com

Zap.com

Zeal.com - Search. Rate. Review. Discover.

Zimbio - The People's Guide to the Web
(Redwood City, California)

ZineZone Home

See also Jump Points

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Webcasting, Podcasting, Mashups, and Web 2.0

ABC Science Podcasts (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Academic Podcasts (Duke University)

Add This! Social Bookmark and Feed Button
(Web2.0 Social Media Optimization)

AfterDark Online

All Things Web 2.0 (Verticom Group, Bronxville, New York)

Amazon.com Podcast Network (Amazon.com, Seattle)

AOL Search Podcast

ArrIve Networks (IFusion)

A to Z Complete Podcast Collection (Open Culture, ed. Dan Colman)

Audiobook Podcast Collection (Open Culture)

BackWeb

BritCaster.com (UK)

Castanet Tuner (Marimba)

The Coming Age of the "Cellcast" or "Mobilcast"
(ResourceShelf, 25 Nov 2006)

Daily Mashup - Popular Links, Photos, and News of the Day
(Peter Freitag, Utica, New York)

Daily SearchCast - Search Engine News Via Podcast (Danny Sullivan)

Digital Bindery

Discovery Now (US National Institute of Space)

Divvio: The Personal Guide to Video & Audio (Hossein Eslambolchi et al., Menlo Park, California)

Downtown (inCommon)

Ed-Cast: The Higher Education Podcast Repository (Margaret Maag & Ray Schroeder et al., University of Illinois at Springfield)

Education Podcast Network (The Landmark Project)

EntryPoint Client Download Center

ESApod Audio & Video from Space (European Space Agency)

Firefly

Fold - Your Web 2.0 Start Page (London)

For Your Listening Pleasure (Shirl Kennedy, ResourceShelf, 4 Jan 2007)

Glide - The first complete online operating system (Marcu Farny, TransMedia, New York)

iLounge.com

IMPALA Project (Informal Mobile Podcasting And Learning Adaptation)

In-Box Direct (Netscape)

INCISA (Wayfarer)

The Informant

Information Literacy meets Web 2.0 (Peter Godwin)

Intermind Communicator

Internet and Multimedia 2006: On-Demand Media Explodes (Bill Rose & Joe Lenski, Arbitron/Edison Media Research, New York, Jun 2006) PDF

iPodder.org (Adam Curry, Amsterdam)

IT Conversations: Audio Podcasts on Information Technology and Business (dir. Doug Kaye)

Jellycast

JPL Podcast (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

JPL Webcasts (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

The Library of Congress - Webcasts (Washington, DC)

MashupCamp (David Berlind)

Mashup Feed

The Missing Link: A Podcast on the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology (Elizabeth Green Musselman)

Mobilcast Social Media Community and Podcast Directory (Melodeo, Seattle)

Most Comprehensive Web 2.0 List (Andreas Dittes, DiTTES.iNFO Blog)

My Yahoo! News Ticker (Net Controls)

NASAcast: Download the Universe (NASA Podcasting)

NETdelivery

NPR Podcast Directory (US National Public Radio)

Orb MyCasting (Orb Networks, Emergyville, California)

Oxford Internet Institute: Webcast (University of Oxford)

Phlip! - Your Active Channel Guide

PhoneCasting :: Phonecasting and Podcasting for Wireless Devices (Kingwood, Texas)

Pligg Web 2.0 Content Management System
(Eric Heikkinen, Boardman, Ohio)

Pluggd - Discover, Listen to, and Share Podcasts (Seattle)

Podanza Podcast Search Engine and Directory (Seattle)

PodcastDirectory.com (Andrew Leyden, Chesapeake Beach, Maryland)

Podcasting (Lee Rainie & Mary Madden, Pew Internet & American Life Project Report, 3 Apr 2005)

Podcasting Avenue (Jean Scholtes)

Podcasting Legal Guide: Rules for the Revolution (Colette Vogele & Mia Garlick, Creative Commons, Apr 2006)

Podcasting News (James Lewin, Des Moines)

Podcasting 101 for K-12 Librarians (Esther Kreider Eash, Computers in Libraries Magazine, Information Today, 19 Apr 2006)

Podcasting Tools

Podcast.net - The Podcast Directory (Dannie Gregoire, Louisville, Kentucky)

Podcasts | American Museum of Natural History (AMNH/NYAS)

Podfeed.net Podcast Directory

Podiobooks.com - Serialized audio books in podcast form
(Evo Terra et al.)

Podlinez - Podcasts On Any Phone

Podmailer (zSlide)

Podscope Audio/Video Search Engine (TVEyes)

Popcasts (Podium, Japan)

Programmable Web: The Web As Platform (John Musser)

PublicRadioFan.com - Podcast directory (ed. Kevin A. Kelly)

Radio Astrobiology (Astrobiology Magazine)

Riding the Waves of "Web 2.0" (Mary Madden & Susannah Fox, Pew Internet Project, 5 Oct 2006) PDF

Science@NASA Podcast

SciVee (PLoS/NSF/SDSC)

Script.aculo.us - web 2.0 javascript (Thomas Fuchs, Vienna)

SharedBook - On-Demand Reverse Publishing for Businesses and Consumers (New York)

Sites to See: Podcasting (Education World)

Skepticality - Truth in Podcasting (Derek Colanduno & Swoopy)

SOA Versus Web 2.0? (John Hagel, Edge Perspectives, 25 Apr 2006)

Social Media or The Impact of Us (webcast of presentation by Ricardo Baeza-Yates, Oxford Internet Institute, 19 Feb 2007)

SplashCast (Splashcastmedia.net, Portland)

Starwave Direct (Starwave Corporation)

Supernova 2006: Connecting in a Complex World (Knowledge@Wharton)

Tap the Power: Podcasting Basics (Arden Rice & Marian G. Rogers, Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau, Dec 2006)

TechCrunch: Tracking Web 2.0 (Michael Arrington, Manhattan Beach, California)

Tech Podcasts on ZDNet

The Terrible Twos: Web 2.0, Library 2.0, and More (Greg R. Notess, Information Today Online 30:3, May-Jun 2006)

Top 10 Sources

Top 25 Web 2.0 Search Engines (OEDb)

2.0 Websites : 2.0 Websites Directory (2.0Websites.com)

Updatebots (BotSpot)

-- Update Bots Search

UpSnap (Davidscon, California)

Webosphere : Internet, RSS, web 2.0 (Matthew Mullenweg, WordPress)

Web 2.0 (Chris Smith, The Education Project Asia, Chiangmai, Thailand)

Web 2.0 (ResourceShelf)

Web 2.0 Awards (SEOmoz, Seattle)

Web 2.0 Blog (Dion Hinchcliffe)

Web 2.0: Building the New Library (Paul Miller, Ariadne Issue 45, Oct 2005)

Web 2.0 Conference (O'Reilly Media)

Web 2.0 Downloads - Shareware and Freeware Software
(Tucows, Toronto)

Web 2.0 Innovation Map (Fourio, Portland, Oregon)

Web 2.0 in Science (Timo Hannay, CTWatch Quarterly 3:3, Aug 2007)

Web 2.0 Mashup Center (John Musser, ProgrammableWeb)

Web 2.0 - a new generation of services
(Phil Bradley, CILIP Update, Apr 2006)

Web 2.0 Search Engine

What is Web 2.0 and how is it impacting on education? (podcast of presentation by Lawrie Phipps & Dave White, JISC, 13 Aug 2007)

What Is Web 2.0: Design Patterns and Business Models for the Next Generation of Software (Tim O'Reilly, O'Reilly Network, 30 Sep 2005)

What is Web 2.0? Ideas, technologies and implications for education (Paul Anderson, JISC Technology and Standards Watch, Feb 2007) PDF

WiseWire

WSFinder (Paul, Tribe Networks, San Francisco)

Yahoo! Podcasts

ZapTXT (San Francisco)

Zoho (Sunnyvale, California)

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Web Rings

See also relevant field node for rings on a specific topic.

Amateur Telescope Making Web Ring (S*T*A*R Astronomy Club)

Anthropology Web Ring Home Page (Archaeology on the Net)

Anti-Quackery Ring (Paul Lee et al.)

British Columbia on the Net Web Ring (Waine Meyers)

CyberStudies WebRing

Dino Land Webring Homepage (Fred Bervoets & Steve Brusatte)

-- NetRing Index

Disability Studies Web Ring (David Kehler)

ETX Web Ring (James F. Bayne)

Free Software Writers Web Ring

GEOSCIENCE Web Ring (Stefan Hildebrand)

Great Books WebRing Home Page (Paul John Barnette Jr)

The Help Ring (Chip Adair)

I Am Woman... Hear Me Roar! Web Ring

The Keyring (Akira Cheng)

Mensa SIG Ring

Muslimas Web Ring

Paleoanthropology Web Resources Web Ring

The Philosophy Webring ("Frommy", a.k.a. "Kyrene Ariadne")

-- Forum (VOiCE)

-- List of Sites

Project Galactic Guide WebRing (Alex McLintock et al.)

The Radio Astronomy Web Ring (Radio-Sky Publishing)

The Rail -- Junction

RASC Member Home Pages Webring (Mark Grice)

Resource Ring (R'Chel Gelona)

Rings and Lines (The One Stop Information Shop)

RingSurf - Free Webring Hosting, Management, and Directory Service

RingWorld -- The Webring Directory

The Science and Theology WebRing (mod. Nick Saunders)

-- Index

Sci-Fi Connections Web Ring (David Shue)

The SETI Webring (Gene Marlin)

The Stellar Visions Webring (Mark C. Farrington)

-- Site List

The World of High IQ Webring (Karyn S. Huntting)

World Ring HeadQuarters

WorldWide Homepage Club®Lost in WebSpace Ring

World Wide Webaholics (Howard V. Barton)

WWWomen WebRing Home Page

Yahoo! WebRing

See also The Farther Shore

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