Exhibits, Archives and Expositions
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EXPO
- Expo, the world's most exciting electronic expostion. A "virtual" tour through the Library of Congress archive and more! Visit
Rome Reborn
, a collection of the Vatican Library's most precious manuscripts, books, and maps. Or, from the Museum of Paleontology, University of California at Berkeley, examine
An Exhibition of Fossil Life
, a presentation of the diversity of life that has existed in the past. For a change of pace, grab a seat at
the Expo Restaurant
, currently serving up masterpieces of French cookery. There's much, much more, so get your
ticket
, or hop on the
bus
and see for youself!
Cultural Studies
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American South Internet Resource Center
- A working project by the Center for the Study of the American South, including
Southern Cultures
, a quarterly publication from Duke University, the Southern Focus Poll, The Southern Historical Collection and Southern Folkways Exhibit, current southeastern weather maps, and Internet resources by state.
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Women's Resources Project
- Information about Women's Studies Programs, library collections and community resources for women in North Carolina and beyond.
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Dazhdbog's Grandsons
- Current news and information about Russia, including politics,law, science and hot topics. Russian music, literature and humor, as well as connections to Russian networks are also available.
Much of this server is in Russian.
Instructions are given to force your browser to display Cyrillic characters.
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Soviet Archive Exhibit
- The first public display of the hitherto highly secret internal record of Soviet Communist rule.
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The Clinton Inauguration
- A Photographic Exhibit based on photographs from the Smithsonian Archives.
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The Gaelic Homepage
- Information about the Gaelic-based languages and cultures.
Belles Lettres
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Internet Poetry Archive
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The University of North Carolina Press
joins the
UNC Office for Information Technology
in publishing the Internet Poetry Archive. The Archive will make available over a worldwide computer network selected poems from a number of contemporary poets. The initial unit, as proposed, will feature eight poets, including
Seamus Heaney
and the Nobel Prize winner in poetry,
Czeslaw Milosz
.
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The Internet Book Information Center
(
IBIC
)
- Book related stuff, including reviews, information on publishers, libraries and booksellers, online books, plus a reference shelf.
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What the Welsh and Chinese Have In Common
- After getting many requests for copies of his poetry chapbook,
Paul Jones
has made it available on the Web. The book was selected by Maxine Kumin as winner of the North Carolina Writers' Network Chapbook Contest in 1990 and was sold out of print in about 18 months, so WWW is the only way to get the book.
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Cyberkind
- A WorldWideWeb magazine of 'Net-related fiction, nonfiction, poetry and art. Cyberkind features prose and art submitted by the Internet population. All genres and subjects are included, as long as there is some connection to the Internet, cyberspace,
computers or the networked world in general. Please send queries and submissions to the
editor:
Shannon Turlington
(shannon@sunsite.unc.edu).
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Verbiage
- A WorldWideWeb magazine of
short
innovative fiction, edited by
Thomas Boutell.
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STAY FREE!
- A zine from the ever-hip staff at WXYC (student/alternative radio at UNC)- lots of articles about indie rock, especially in North Carolina.
Visual Arts
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OTIS
- The
O
perative
T
erm
i
s to
S
timulate on-line art gallery is now on the Web. OTIS is a dynamic and interactive space where image-makers and image-lovers can come to exchange ideas, collaborate and virtually "meet".
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Dr. Fun!
- The first daily cartoon of the Internet.
Music
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IUMA
- The Internet Underground Music Archive is now on SunSITE.
IUMA
, a pioneering organization in the free distribution of music, has been founded to provide a worldwide audience to otherwise obscure and unavailable bands and artists, enabling listeners to go beyond the commercial and traditional.
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The American Music Resource
- Bibliographies and other information about American composers, performers, and many styles of American music, including, blues, country, folk, gospel, and Native American.
Miscellaneous Fun
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Coaster Compendium
- A collection of roller coaster pics, coaster-related events and news, and answers to frequently asked questions.
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Onward
- Roadtrips, pilgrimages, nomadisms, and secret missions, ONWARD is the place to read about them all. Real stories from real people about real places and unreal situations. Now accepting submissions--pictures, sounds, movies and text...all are welcome.
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Georgetown Gonzo
- Georgetown Unversity's unsanctioned, underground, untasteful, unboring satire/humor/culture publication. The brainchild of Richard "Homer" Diefenbeck,
Gonzo
bears the seal of approval of Gonzo deity Dr. Hunter S. Thompson.
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Student Projects
- Projects from the UNC Graduate School of Information and Library Science, including,
The Southern Folklife Collection
,
The Orange County (North Carolina) Visitor's Guide
, a look at our friends the
Gargoyles
, and the Mysterious Case of the 60-Year Old Super-Teen,
Nancy Drew
!
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The Running Page
- A collection of information and links to information about running, races, running products, training tips, other electronic sources of information about runing. races and marathons around the US and the world.
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INFACT
- Information about INFACT's campaign to stop the marketing of tobacco to children and teenagers.
Archives
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SunSITE
- UNC's anonymous FTP site.
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The SunSITE Communications Archive
- With special features in IRC logs, virtual communities, and April Fools!
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SunSITE Linux Homepage
- Linux: A Free *ix-like Operating System for x86 computers.
Web Information and Authoring
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The World Wide Web FAQ
- For Web providers and users,
by Thomas Boutell.
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How to become a Webhead
- A guide and resource for Web information, Web tools, and setting up both clients and servers.
Exhibits from Sun Employees
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Dick Keene's Photon Soup
Keep checking back, the Exhibits are growing daily, and exciting new exhibits are opening all the time.
Paul_Jones@unc.edu