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h.gov Select the "Other U.S. government gopher servers" for access to numerous other federal gophers.
HEALTH
odie.niaid.nih.gov National Institutes of Health databases on AIDS, in the "AIDS related information" menu.
helix.nih.gov For National Cancer Institute factsheets on different cancers, select "Health and clinical information" and then "Cancernet information."
nysernet.org Look for information on breast cancer in the "Special Collections: Breast Cancer" menu.
welchlink.welch.jhu.edu This is Johns Hopkins University's medical gopher.
HISTORY
See under Art.
INTERNET
gopher.lib.umich.edu Home to several guides to Internet resources in specific fields, for example, social sciences. Select "What's New & Featured Resources" and then "Clearinghouse."
ISRAEL
jerusalem1.datasrv.co.il This Israeli system offers numerous documents on Israel and Jewish life.
JAPAN
gopher.ncc.go.jp Look in the "Japan information" menu for documents related to Japanese life and culture.
MUSIC
mtv.com Run by Adam Curry, an MTV video jock, this site has music news and Curry's daily "Cybersleaze"
celebrity report.
NATURE
ucmp1.berkeley.edu The University of California at Berkeley's Museum of Paleontology runs several online exhibits here. You can obtain GIF images of plants and animals from the "Remote Nature" menu.
The "Origin of the Species" menu lets you read Darwin's work or search it by keyword.
SPORTS
culine.colorado.edu Look up schedules for teams in various professional sports leagues here, under "Professional Sports Schedules."
WEATHER
wx.atmos.uiuc.edu Look up weather forecasts for North America or bone up on your weather facts.
8.5. WIDE-AREA INFORMATION SERVERS
Now you know there are hundreds of databases and library catalogs you can search through. But as you look, you begin to realize that each seems to have its own unique method for searching. I
