Treasure Hunt

The World-Wide-Web (WWW) is a wonderful source of information, with everything from census statistics to on-line art exhibits. However, navigating the Web can be a time-consuming, and daunting, task. It may be simplified by making use of one of the many search engines which are available. Each of the following items is on-line in the WWW or a gopher server connected to the Web. How many of them can you find?

* CIA Factbook 1993

* World Maps

* Current U. S. State Department Travel Advisories

* Roget's Thesaurus

* The Complete Works of Shakespeare

* City of Austin Bulletin on non point-source pollution

* Reuters and Associated Press wire reports

* White House press releases (updated daily)

* Periodic Table of the Elements

* Centers of Disease Control AIDS daily summary

This site maintains full-text newspaper articles and government press releases with AIDS-related content.

* Current international exchange rates

* Geographic Name Server

This site is a searchable database which returns basic geographic information for cities and towns throughout the United States.

* Aerial photo of Austin

* Federal Register

This site contains the full text of the Federal Register and is updated daily.

* Texas Register

* Travis County demographic and economic statistics

* Constitution of the Iroquois Nations

* The Daily Texan

This site contains the full text of The Daily Texan. It is updated daily.

* Full text of the inaugural address of every United States president from George Washington to William Jefferson Clinton.

* Full text of Carl Sandburg's Chicago Poems

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updated 29 July 1994 by SLC