Networking

To keep all the necessary contacts and to get useful information

Check out also Yahoo's News section, and the Electronic Newsstand.

1. Daily News

   In English Wire services: Associated Press, Reuters (Reuters Headlines from Yahoo), Hungarian News Agency (news) [H]. Online publications: Excite news, Today's papers by Slate, WorldNetDaily. National dailies: Christian Science Monitor, Electronic Telegraph [GB, R], Evenimentul Zilei [RO], Financial Times [R], Globe and Mail [CDN], International Herald Tribune, Irish News [IRL,R], Irish Times [IRL,R], Times [GB, R], USA Today. Local and regional dailies: Boston Globe, Budapest Sun [H], Kansas City Star, Gazette [Montreal, CDN], New York Times [R], San Francisco Examiner, St. Petersburg Times [RUS], Radio/TV: ABC News, BBC News [GB], CNN, PBS Online Newshour, Voice of America News and EBC Wire Service, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty [CZ]. News from the Balkans: Alternative Information Network in former Yugoslavia [CH], Albanews [a Listserv group], Athens News Agency [GR], Hina [CRO], Macedonian Press Agency [GR], Macedonian Information Agency [MK], Serbian Ministry of Information [YU], Tanjug [YU], Turkish Daily News (headlines) [TR], Auf Deutsch Nachrichtenagenturen: Austria Presse Agentur [A]. Netzveröffentlichungen: Focus [D], Schlagzeilen von Yahoo Germany [D] Schlagzeilen (Schweiz) von Yahoo Germany [D], German News, Jahresübersicht [D], Pipeline (Infobörse deutscher Tageszeitungen) [ D], Stern Online [D]. Nationale Tageblätter: Kurier [A], Die Presse [A], Neue Züricher Zeitung [CH], Der Standard [A], Die Welt [D]. Lokale und regionale Tageblätter: Basler Zeitung [CH], Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung [D], Hamburger Abendblatt [D], Kleine Online Steyermark [A], Rheinischer Post [D], Schweriner Volkszeitung online [D], Süddeutsche Zeitung [D], Wiener Zeitung [A]. Hörfunk und Fernsehen: Bayerischer Rundfunk: Aktuelle Meldungen [D], Deutsche Welle [D], SF DRS [CH].

   Magyarul Távirati stílusban: Duna TV (fõlapjukról elérhetõ a Dunatext) [H], MTI hírek [H], Reuters Hungary [H], Teletext [H]. Világhálóra szerkesztett kiadványok: Gondola [H], Index [H], Klick [H], Observer [H], Origo (Hírek) [H], RMDSZ Sajtófigyelô [RO], Utolsó figyelmeztetés [H]. Országos napilapok: Magyar Hírlap [H], Magyar Nemzet [H], Metro [H], Napi Gazdaság [H], Népszabadság [H], Népszava [H], Romániai Magyar Szó [RO], Új Szó (USA-beli tükõr) [SLO], Világgazdaság [H]. Helyi és regionális napilapok: Háromszék [RO], Népújság [Maros megye, RO], Szabadság [Kolozsvár, RO], Szatmári Friss Újság [RO], Új Dunántúli Napló [H], Rádió és TV: Duna TV [H], Hír TV [H], MTV [H], RTL Klub [H], Magyar Rádió [H], Szabadkai Rádió [YU]. En français Agences de presse : AFP [F], Reuters France [F]. Publications en ligne : Les actualités de Yahoo! France, [F] Branchez vous [CDN], Matinternet [CDN]. Journaux nationaux : Le Droit [CDN], L'Expansion [F, P], Le Figaro [F, P], La Presse [CDN], La Tribune [F, P], Le Monde [F, P], Le Soleil de Québec [CDN], L'Humanité [F], Le Point [F]. Libération [F]. Journaux régionaux et locaux : Dernières nouvelles d'Alsace [F], France-Ouest [F], Journal de Montréal [CDN], Nice Matin [F], Le Parisien [F], La Provence [F]. Radio et TV : TF1 (Infos) [F], France 2 [F], France 3 [F], Radio France Internationale [F], Radio France: France Info, France Inter, France Culture [F].

2. Journals

   See also: "Catholic Journals" in Catholicism and Other Religions, "Journals" in Mathematics, and "Serious Publications" in the Humor section of Exotic Journeys.

   In English General: Al Ahram Weekly [ET], Atlantic Monthly, Budapest Week [H], iAgora, Iranian (the January '96 issue has an article about Jász people in Hungary) [IR, P], Prospect [GB], Slate, Time Magazine. Politics and Economics: Economist, The Nation, National Review, New Republic. Arts, Humanities, Philosophy: London Review of Books [GB], The Hungarian Quarterly [H]. Auf Deutsch Allgemeines: Facts [CH], Der Neue Pester Lloyd [H], Profil [A], Der Spiegel [D], Stern Magazine[D], Die Wochenpost[D], Die Zeit [D]. Politik und Wirtschaft: WirtschaftsWoche [D].

   Magyarul Általános információk: Erdélyi Napló [RO], Élô Erdély [RO], Kanizsai Újság [YU], Nök Lapja [H], Torontói Magyar Rádió [CDN], 168 óra [H], Politika és gazdaság: Figyelô [H], Heti Válasz, [H], Heti Világazdaság, [H], MaNcs [H], Magyar Szemle [H]. Filozófia, mûvészetek, tudomány, vallás: Aetas [H], Alfõld [H], Ezredvég [H], Élet és Tudomány [H], Élet és Irodalom (archív 1, archív 2) [H], Forrás [H], Fotómüvészet [H], Jelenkor [H], Korunk [RO], Lettre [H], Merliner [H], Szelence [H], Egy ideje nincs frissítve: Gondolat-jel [H], Pompeji [H]. En français Informations générales : Le Nouvel Observateur [F], WHebdo [CH]. Vie politique et economique : L'Express [F], Le Monde Diplomatique [F], Voir [CDN].

3. Governments and Organizations

   Hungary Public: Central Statistical Office, Embassy in Washington, D.C., Gallup Hungary, National Assembly [US mirror], Prime Minister's Office, Szonda Ipsos. Political Parties: In the National Assembly: Fidesz-MPP, MDF, MSZP, SZDSZ. Others: Centrum, FKGP, HOME, KDNP, MDNP, MIÉP, Munkáspárt, NDP, SZDP, Zöld Demokraták, Zöld Szalag Mozgalom. See also politika.lap.hu. Private: Batthyány Lajos Alapítvány. USA The Government of the United States: House of Representatives, Senate, White House, THOMAS (information server at the Library of Congress). Other public and govermnet organtizations: CIA (World Factbook), Federal Reserve Bank of NY, Private: Carter Center.

   Other Countries Public: Bundestag [D]. International Public: European Union, International Monetary Fund, International Court of Justice, NATO (list of member countries), World Bank. Private: Open Society of George Soros.

For Yahoo-like collections go to the item "Directories" Compass to the WWW.

Virtual Tourist[supersite] North America Canada: Canadiana - The Canadian Resource Page, La Toile du Québec. United States: accessKansas. Asia Japan: Japan Guide Singapore: Singapore InfoMap

Europe: France: France Online, List of W3 servers, MinitelWeb, France Pratique. Germany: Germany Guide Hungary: Hungary Network, Hungarian homepage, Hollósi Information eXchange [US mirror]. Ireland: web server map, Irish Home Page.

Canada: Université du Québec à Montréal, McGill, Université de Montréal. United States: Mike Conlon's list [supersite], Yahoo's list [supersite], Florida Atlantic University, MIT, University of Kansas.

Hungary: HuDir's list [supersite], Eötvös University, Budapest [gopher servers], Janus Pannonius University, Pécs. Anywhere else: Christina DeMello's list [supersite], Yahoo's list [supersite].

US phonebooks White pages: People Search (by Switchboard), People Finder (by AnyWho), White Pages (by Lycos), White Pages (by Infospace). Yellow pages: Business Search (by AnyWho), Yellow pages (by GTE Superpages), Yellow pages (by Lycos), Yellow Pages (by Infospace), Business Search (by Switchboard), Yellow Pages (by Zip2.com). Non-US phonebooks White Pages: Les Pages Blanches [F]. Both: Post & Telekom Austria [A], Canada411 [CDN], L'annuaire des abbonés au téléphone [F], Tele-Info Online [D], SWITCHetv [CH], MATÁV tudakozó [H]. University phonebooks USA: Harvard University MIT Search. Elsewhere: ELTE elctronic phonebook [H], Répertoire de l'UQAM [CDN].

Email addresses USA: Email adresses (by Lycos), Email lookup (by Switchboard), Internet Address Finder. Elsewhere: AMBIX [D, Researchers], Address finder [H]. Combined search Bigfoot [People, White pages, Yellow pages] Lookup USA [White Pages, Yellow Pages] People finder (by Lycos) [Email, White Pages, Yellow Pages, & more] Who is where (by Lycos) [Email, White pages] People Search (by Yahoo)[Email, White pages] ZIP-codes USA: ZIP Code Lookup and Address Information (by US Post), National Address Server Elsewhere: Codes Postaux Français [F], Das Postleitzahlbuch von Nads [D], Das Postleitzahlbuch von Quantum [D].

1. Finances:

   Currency converters: Classic 164 Currency Converter by Olsen and Associates, Universal Currency Converter (by Xenon Laboratories), Yahoo's Currency Converter.

   Stock quotes: Quicken.com Fornax Monitor [H].

2. Taxes:

   USA Internal Revenue Service (tax forms), U.S. Tax Code, TaxResources [supersite].

   Canada Revenu Canada / Revenue Canada, Ministère du Revenu [Québec].

3. Long-distance Phone:

   Yahoo's list [supersite]. You may also find great advice on USFFees.com Standard companies: AT&T, MCI, Sprint.

   Alternative carriers: C@llDepot, Pannon Telecom, Telegroup.

4. Postal Services:

   Conventional US Post, Federal Express, United Parcel Service.

   Virtual postcards Hungary: Postcards from Baranya by Baranya Internet. USA: E-greetings, MIT Media lab's Postcard service.

5. Shopping:

   Online shopping General: Azzaz.com, Cybershop, EMarket, QVC, Shop at Home Online, Value America, ValueVision International, Wal-Mart. Books: See Bookstores in the Books in Bits section, and Bookstores in the Mathematics section Electronics: Buy.com, Circuit City, CompUsa, Crutchfield, eCost, Fry's Outpost, Insight, Office Depot, PC Connection, PC Mall, Surplus Direct, Zones. Jewelry: AIM Jewelry (damascene from Toledo), CREOR (18K gold), Golden Impulse, Jamming gems, JewelryWeb, Natural Gems, Simply Whispers, ZALES (diamond). Music: DJ Records, CDnow.

   Advice General: Bizrate, Pricegrabber. Cars: Kelly Blue Book, cartalk.com. Jewelry: Gemological Institute Of America, Jewelry Information Center, Jewelry Mall, Ring Sizes by Sndgems.com Special recommendations Balladeer Music, Inc The only place on the Web with a reference to Paco Pena's "Misa Flamenca" La touche Féminine A florist shop in Montréal, whose owner invited to visit her site exactly on my 33d birthday.

6. Travel:

   General: Landseer, Rand McNally. Ground public transportion: Amtrak, Greyhound. Car Rental: Yahoo's list [supersite], Alamo, AVIS, Budget, Dollar, Hertz.

   Airlines: [R] Yahoo's list [supersite], travelocity.com[supersite], travelscape.com[supersite], Continental (tickets), Northwest Airlines, USAir. Maps: Maps on Us, Mapblast, Mapquest.

7. Jobs:

   Academic USA: Employment Information by the the American Mathematical Society, Chronicle Careers by The Chronicle of Higher Education [P]. France: Association Bernard Gregory, Guide de l'Etudiant-Chercheur, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, La Guilde, Legifrance (pour rechercher les postes annoncés dans le Journal Officiel).

   Elsewhere: Stellenmarkt der Zeit [D], TeleJob [CH]. Other USA: CareerNet, Monster.com's job search, Job Bank USA, JobHunt[supersite].

8. Other: Internet FAQ's Consortium   Usenet FAQ's (hypertext) (There is an ftp version at MIT.)

For mathematically involved computational software see the item "Software" in the Mathematics section.

Freeware and shareware Download: freei.net, Commanders, Softseek, key freeware, Henk's Windows freeware page, GNU site. Order: Walnut Creek CD Rom. GNU site TeX and LaTeX Documentation and help: Help and documentation by TeX Users Group (recommended as best by Donald E. Knuth), Hypertext Help with LaTeX (by Sheldon Green at NASA Goddard Institute) LaTeX help (by Emory University Emerson Center, LaTeX-Syntaxhilfe (by Werner Liebscher), List of documents on LaTeX [supersite] (by the Department of Computer Science of the California State U Bakersfield), (La)TeX packages by TeX Users Group. Converting to HTML: LaTeX2HTML. TeX for PC: ftp-archive for TeX containing emtex (from the Washington University in St. Louis Data Archive), emtex fonts (from Rechenzentrum der Universität Würzburg), emtex (from TeX Users Group), emTeXGI (Win95 driver for emtex), MiKTeX.

Emacs Emacs: Emacs page on the GNU site. LINUX The LinuX Home Page Linux Documentation Project Redhat Linux SuSe Linux Other Ghostscript, Ghostview and GSview (Postscript file readers), Jfig by Uni Hamburg, FB Informatik Shockwave Flash by Macromedia

Copyright © 1996 Gábor Hetyei.

hetyei@lacim.uqam.ca

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