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This site, produced by the Massachusetts General Hospital, examines the history of the first anesthesia, ether. Discovered as an aid to sedate patients in the middle of the nineteenth century, its use was heralded as a breakthrough which would lead to a new, better age of surgery. The 7 short essays on this site, written for a general audience, discuss the discovery of ether, the doctors involved, its use at Massachusetts General Hospital, and the subsequent history and future of anesthesiology. A few photographs and drawings of related materials are included.

This site provides a detailed chronology of the birth and growth of the world wide web. Its pages include links to descriptions of documents and in some cases, the documents themselves, including Tim Berners-Lee's original proposal to create the WWW, press announcements of mergers, and home pages of key individuals in the history of the web. Each year of the chronology includes information about contemporary events that occurred at or near the same time as innovations and advances in world wide web technologies and access.

In addition to the wealth of material available in the online exhibit and collection, this site includes a "Reflections" section where visitors may share their responses to seven different questions about issues raised in the exhibit and read the responses of others. In addition to asking for reactions to the website and exhibit itself, there are questions asking for visitor experiences of internment or the World War II era.

This large site has two goals: to provide a history of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and the impact it had locally and globally, and to provide a forum for the discussion of anti-nuclear efforts. The section of the site devoted to the history of the topic, has an introductory essay about the Enola Gay and the bomb drop, while subsections examine the destruction of the city with graphs, scientific studies, dozens of photographs of the devastation, and, most powerfully, the recollections of five survivors.

Access Excellence is an educational website aimed at teachers and younger students. The site contains recent news stories about scientific developements and health issues and offers suggestions and activities teachers can use in their classrooms.

Adflip is an archive of more than 6,000 print advertisements published from 1940 to the present. The site is privately financed and was created by two individuals who felt that ¨print advertising captures the essence of society at any given time. Products advertised include everything from dog food to DeSotos. The site may be searched by year, product type, and brand name. Many ads may be sent as electronic post-cards for free. For each ad, the site tells when and in what publication it appeared. A 170-word introduction describes the site.

The AIDS History Project is a collaboration of historians, archivists, AIDS activists, and others preserving the history of the AIDS epidemic in San Francisco. The current phase is sponsored by the University of California, Library and Center for Knowledge Management, Archives & Special Collections. The primary objective of this phase of the AIDS History Project is to secure documentation of the response to the AIDS crisis in the city of San Francisco and particularly the development and effect of community based organizations and activist coalitions.