World Wide Web

The collection of interconnected hypertext documents that resides on the Internet.

Sub-headings:

Browsers

Hosting Services

Includes sites that provide free WWW server space and tools for users to develop and publish web pages.

HTML

Portals

Sites that provide a combination of WWW hosting, search, and directory services.

Search Engines

A listing of popular or highly useful search engines or metasearch engines. Search engines are online forms that receive (usually) textual input from users, search one or more indexes of online resources, and return ranked results deemed relevant to the user's input. (Always evaluate a website, or other online resource, to determine how trustworthy and reliable the information is. See Internet Resource Evaluation under Web Searching Guides below to learn how to evaluate the authority of online resources.)

Servers

Web Directories

Navigable, indexed lists of web sites arranged by any of a variety of subject classifications.

Web Searching Guides

These guides explain how to search the web and/or point to useful tools for searching the web.

Resources in this category:

Health on the Net Foundation
http://www.hon.ch/HomePage/Home-Page.html

"An international initiative, Health On the Net Foundation (HON) is a non-profit organisation, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. The Foundation is dedicated to realising the benefits of the Internet and related technologies in the fields of medicine and healthcare. The purpose of the Foundation is to advance the development and application of new information technologies, notably in the fields of health and medicine." The site contains a library, media gallery, lists of future and past health conferences and events, and links to support communities in the health field. The site is available in English or French.

World-Wide Web Consortium
http://www.w3.org/

"The W3C was founded in October 1994 to lead the World Wide Web to its full potential by developing common protocols that promote its evolution and ensure its interoperability. We are an international industry consortium." The site has information about the web and sections on user interface, technology and society, architecture, and the web accessibility initiative.