Web:
Lynda.com Lynda Weinman's extensive site with in-depth website design information; including information on color palettes, html, dhtml, classes, and Lynda's books on web design.

Webmonkey Wired's how-to guide for web developers. Full of the latest information on everything you need to know about web technology; including step by step tutorials and design tips.

A Beginner's Guide to HTML (NCSA) Guide to creating your presence on the web.

World Wide Web Consortium W3C works with the global community to produce specifications and reference software.

Streaming Media World Features comprehensive news, tools, tutorials, resource links, and discussion forums for Webmasters who are developing and managing Internet multimedia content.

Multimedia Authoring Tools Page Descriptions of over 60 multimedia authoring tools with links to their sites.

Multimedia Tackle Box Series of interface kits containing backgrounds, animated buttons, switches, lights, sounds, etc.

Publisher's Toolbox A source for graphic designers and artists.

StoryBoard Artist Production tools for CD-ROMs and Websites from PowerProduction Software.

Maddog World Links for developers, producers, and others interested in virtual worlds: interactive games, text-based muds, 3D worlds.

Index to Multimedia Information Sources A comprehensive list of technology-related sites.

Books by Lynda Weinman Descriptions and ordering information of Linda Weinman's web design books aimed at helping artists, programmers, and hobbyists understand how to prepare and create graphics for the web. Much of Lynda's work examines and deconstructs sites that are successful examples of superior web design.

Net Lingo: The Internet Language Dictionary is an online dictionary with over 400 definitions of the most commonly used terms about the technology and community of the Internet. It includes a guide to computer-related terms, e-mail acronyms, and the largest collection of smileys.

OneLook Dictionaries Here you can type in one word and get the search results from many dictionaries.

Babel A glossary of computer terms and acronyms.

Kadow's Internet Dictionary An alphabetical listing of words relating to the Internet and to Unix.

Online Resources for Women
www.women-mentors.com WAM is a publication written by women for women. Share the knowledge of women who know now what they wish they had known then. Women As Mentors gives women from all walks of life a forum to share their stories. Some women write from a personal perspective, some from a business perspective. All the articles are meant to help women in various points of their lives.

femina.com Femina is the leading searchable directory of links to websites for, by and about women with a special section of sites for and by girls. The Girls' section has sites that help girls know what resources are available to them on the Internet. Subcategories of the Girls' section include health, clubs, technology programs and more.

Young Women
Women may be underrepresented in multimedia companies, but they are quickly making their presence known on the Internet. For those budding young women in multimedia, or for mothers who would like to start exposing their daughters to the wild web, here are are a few resources on the Internet that are geared toward girls from 8-17:

girlzone.com Girl Zone, is a hip and healthy online magazine and community which provides information and interactivity to teen girls in an empowering and safe environment. Since November 1997, the site, which provides girls with a chance to voice their opinions and to connect with other girls their age, has attracted a growing audience in one of the Web's most attractive and rapidly growing demographic groups. Today, despite no formal marketing program and limited capitalization, the site is one of the top 5 sites for girls on the web and has established strong, innovative partnerships with leading U.S. companies and non-profit organizations including: Playtex, Burton, Random House, Ms. Foundation for Women, American Association of University Women and Women's Sports Foundation.

Her Interactive: For girls who aren't afraid of a mouse Games and feature stories for girls. Includes an online community for wired girls.

NewMoon - The Magazine for Girls and their Dreams A zine where girls "tell the world who they are, without adults or advertisers as interpreters.

Girl Power: Personal Writings of Teenage Girls An offshoot of the book of the same name, this site's mission is to "encourage and motivate young women toward creative self-expression." Endorsed by the Ms. Foundation.

Girls Power Website is dedicated to spreading the word that "Girls are Awesome." For girls 11 to 15 years of age.

Club Girl Tech Extensive content for girls, including profiles of women inventors and chat rooms.

WomenSpace: For Young Women and Girls Sponsored by Cybergrrl, this is a community-based site which focuses on women's health issues, along with other women's issues.

Teen Voices Online A magazine written by young women with the aim of "challenging media images of women and serving as a vehicle of change, to improve young women's social and economic status."

Encylopedia of Women's History Developed by third and fourth grade students to address the absence of Websites on Women's History. A "K12opedia" of information on the lives and achievements of great women.

Young Women and Science in rural schools Female students in science classes in 16 rural high schools collaborate on science projects at this website and give advice to college-bound students. Fascinating stuff.

Tampax's Troom for Girls A cool site for pre-teen and teenage girls.

Girl Talk Forum for Teenage Girls A place for girls to speak their minds, complete with guidelines.

A Girl's World: Online Clubhouse "Where it's cool to be a girl." Features pen pals, surveys, info, chat forum.