The World Wide Web is made up of thousands of web sites published by individuals and groups from around the world. Some of these are commercial sites, published by businesses; others are created by individuals to share their interest in a unique topic or hobby. Here's some information to help make your exploration of the World Wide Web more enjoyable.

What's New is the only continuously-updated, fully searchable index of web sites in the UK. Each month, new UK and UK-interest sites are added, including a growing number of event-based sites.

Search Engines

Know what topic you're interested in but don't know how to find the web site? You need the help of a search engine. We've assembled some of the best to help you find your way to exciting web sites.

JANET

JANET stands for the Joint Academic NETwork and provides access to the UK academic community websites and FTP servers. Please be aware of JANET's Acceptable Usage Policy -- "When using the Internet as a user, you wil l come across many networks owned and maintained by other people. Some of these have policies defining what sort of traffic they permit on their network. It i s up to you as a user to conform to any restrictions they impose".