Traversing the Alternative Web

by Daniel C. Tsang copyright © 1998

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  • alt.culture: an a-z of the '90s
      URL: www.pathfinder.com/altculture/
      Searchable, online version of a dictionary on alternative culture
  • Alternative Viewpoints on the Internet
      URL: www.altpress.org/links2.htm
      Alternative periodicals and resources compiled by the Alternative Press Center, which publishes the Alternative Press Index.
  • CLNet
      URL: clnet.ucr.edu/
      Rhonda Chabran's site linking Chicana/o and Latina/o communities.
  • The Etext Archives
      URL: www.etext.org
      Electronic texts "of all kinds, from the sacred to the profane". An archive of social change publications.
  • Ethnic NewsWatch
      URL: sun3.lib.uci.edu/~dtsang/ethnews.htm
      Links to home pages of many titles on the Ethnic NewsWatch CD-ROM.
  • Ethnic Studies Librarians Network
      URL: clnet.ucr.edu/library/esln
      University of California's ethnic studies libraries are linked here.
  • Fourth World Documentation Project
      URL: www.halcyon.com/FWDP/fwdp.html
      Indigenous peoples' online resource to documents and treaties.
  • Jay's Leftist and "Progressive" Internet Resources Directory
      URL: www.neravt.com/left/
      Links to dozens of radical groups and sites.
  • Librarians' Index to the Internet: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual
      URL: sunsite.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/searchindex?title=Gay,+Lesbian,+Bisexual&query= gay+lesbian+bisexual&searchtype=subjects
      Carole Leita's selective guide to gay sites.
  • Institute for Global Communications
      URL: www.igc.org/
      Gateway to activist sites grouped as EcoNet, PeaceNet, LaborNet, ConflictNet, WomensNet.
  • NetFirst (via FirstSearch via Melvyl Web)
      URL: www.melvyl.ucop.edu/
      OCLC's catalog of electronic publications and Web sites; e.g., search by title (ti:alternative) or subject (su:alternative press). Click on Resources, then Selected Internet Resources, then FirstSearch (Connect via telnet), then 5-General & Reference, then 4-NetFirst. FirstSearch is a licensed database restricted to UC students, faculty and staff.
  • The Many Voices of Diversity
      URL: latino.sscnet.ucla.edu/library/diversity/contents.htm
      The Librarians' Association of the University of California (LAUC) Report on Diversity and its many recommendations, as well as history.
  • Musician's Assistance Site
      URL: www.musicianassist.com/
      Info on Indie labels and Do-It-Yourself Bands and their tour dates
  • The Public Eye
      URL: www.publiceye.org/pra.html
      Political Research Associates' database of articles confronting the right
  • Street Librarian
      URL: www.geocities.com/SoHo/Cafe/7423/
      Chris Dodge's home page of alternative and "seditious" stuff, including his Minnesota Social Responsiblities Round Table (MSRRT) Newsletter, which reviews alternative media.
  • U.S. History/Women's Studies Consortia
      URL: gort.ucsd.edu/ek/ushist/consort/consort.html
      UC/Stanford bibliographers' consortia; includes links to University of Calfiornia Women's Studies home pages.
  • WWW News Resource Page
      URL: sun3.lib.uci.edu/~dtsang/netnews1.htm
      Dan Tsang's links to hundreds of alternative, progressive, rightwing, leftwing online publications and activist groups.

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