Research San Francisco!

Merry Pranksters' Acid Test Card, circa 1966, San Francisco Trips Festival

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General Research

Here are a few databases which allow you to search for information, usually by keyword or subject. Just type in, for example, "San Francisco Vintage Clothing" and get information on this exciting topic. Or search by general topics such as "counter-culture," and find out about how this idea fits into a broader context.

• Yahoo!
  A cool name for a cool database, invented by bored graduate students at Stanford who went on to become rich and famous for this very site. Full of interesting sub-menus of websites to explore, an index of weird personal homepages, as well as a great search engine.
• Inktomi
  This is UC Berkeley's own. Support your local search engine! Use this excellent site, and find out about topics listed on websites everywhere. And remember, if you're annoyed with Inktomi, the people who make it are right here at Berkeley within griping range.
• UC Berkeley Library
  Yes, it's our very own library on the web for your researching pleasure.
• The Internet Movie Database
  If you're interested in how San Francisco or another related topic gets represented on film, try searching this list.
• Black Information Network
  An excellent guide and resource for and about U.S. black communities.
• Prostitutes' Education Network
  Links to sources and articles on the sex industry, both political and educational.

Just San Francisco

• San Francisco Bay Resource Net
  About the regions in and around San Francisco, including the East Bay and Peninsula regions.
• San Francisco Area Web Page
  Exhaustive information about everything San Francisco, including parks, festivals, museums, tourism, etc.
• The "Official" San Francisco Webpage
  Clearly maintained by the "official" City of SF, but not as nice as SF Area page listed above. It's interesting to check out what "official" pages look like, however, and ask yourself why it isn't as well-maintained as "unofficial" sites are. Who does the labor to make the "official" city page, anyway?
• City and County of San Francisco Government Information
  Local government information.
• Mayor's Office
  It's the Willie Brown page!
• The San Francisco Chronicle
  The Chronicle, an SF newspaper, on-line, updated daily, with a searchable database of past issues. Also check out The San Francisco Examiner.
• The Museum of the City of San Francisco
  This is a terrific historical resource, with countless documents from SF history, speeches from SF politicians and activists, photographs, and articles. Even features a history of SF Rock Music, 1965 to the present. Definitely a must for those interested in SF of the past.
• Safer Sex Page
  From San Francisco State University.
• KRON
  A San Francisco television station, with interesting SF news media links.
• Haight-Ashbury Free Press
• Directory of Progressive Web Sites
  Progressive websites throughout the Bay Area and beyond. Includes Women's Net, environmental groups, non-profit groups, and more. A rich and interesting resource.
• Hyperreal
  An incredibly informative page devoted to world rave culture.
• Bay Area Hip Hop Coalition
  A grassroots collective of college and community rad/video programmers, journalist and music industry representatives. Under construction, but still worth checking out.
• Hot Wired
  The online version of Wired magazine. Based in San Francisco, Hot Wired brings you the latest on the culture, politics, and science of high technology. It also brings you Suck, which can only be explained by actually looking at it.
• BART
  Bay Area Rapid Transit
• Web Castro
  The Castro, San Francisco's queer neighborhood, online.