SURF STEW: A wild and untamed list of interesting sites. Get your bookmarks ready...

BrainWave
Searchable database, requiring registration, and which charges for information. Includes several hundred databases such as ABI/Inform, Business and Industry, CA Search and US Patents. Search in many categories including news, science and technology, and business and company information. Worth a visit.

Business Information Sources on the Internet
Top-notch site by Sheila Webber. Some emphasis on the UK, but useful nonetheless. She keeps it up to date.

A Business Researcher’s Interests
The Association for Information Systems sponsors this site for key resources on issues of interest to both business and technology researchers. Click on Internet and WWW and you’ll get l-o-n-g lists of links.

Complete Intranet Reference
A rich resource for every kind of information source on intranets.

The Electric Library
Registration required for a free trial. Searchable archive of thousands of magazines, books, photographs, maps and newspapers, updated daily.

The Electronic Newstand
At least you don’t have to stand up.

Information Technology Division (ITE) of SLA
See especially http://www.library.miami.edu/ITE/lynne1.htm, for links to computer-related publications on the web. Coming soon: links to company-related publications on the web.

Public Library
Check out the Services for Librarians button, then Professional Services. A list of information professionals is under construction. People to connect to!

The Library and Information Science Toolbox (LIST)
A beautifully laid-out and comprehensive compilation of information related to library science, in a wide range of categories including e-mail lists, reference tools, and jobs.

Other Voices
From Business Wire: “Featuring such wide-ranging content as a daiily comic strip and respected analysis about living with computers, the site presents some of today’s best thinking from the “connected” world, in short bur provocative features.

Point Communications
An interesting indexing and rating of sites. Pay a visit when you’ve got some browsing time.

Sherlock@ - The Internet Consulting Detective
Imaginative, entertaining, thought-provoking, just like Mr. Holmes himself.

The Small Planet Pavilion
An interactive showcase for cutting-edge developments in the arts and education that employ digital telecommunications and web-based multimedia. Featuring events and activities that link people around the world, this site celebrates the technological means for creating a global community.

Software for Windows 95
A huge, attractive source of downloads for Win95 software. You’ve gotta go just to see the cows.

Web21
A hot site for competitive webmasters, this company ranks web sites by traffic volume, with weekly updates. Also lists topics most frequently accessed by users, and will compare company traffic within a field.

WiseWire
The future of information filtering. Read articles from web pages, usenet posts, and newsfeeds. Rate them, and over time the system learns what you like and filters out what you don’t.