A Publication of Internet Scout
Computer Science Department, University of Wisconsin
A Project of the InterNIC
The Scout Report is a weekly publication offering a selection of new and
newly discovered Internet resources of interest to researchers and
educators, the InterNIC's primary audience. However, everyone is welcome to
subscribe to one of the mailing lists (plain text or HTML) or visit the Web
version of the Scout Report. Subscription instructions are included at the
end of each report.
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Y'Know, Issue 2
The second Issue of Y'Know, the Web report for K-12 students, by K-12
students, is available on the InterNIC Net Scout Services Web site. This
issue was produced by students at the New Vista High School of Boulder,
Colorado/Boulder Valley School District. It contains annotations of an
eclectic group of eleven sites, including a Shakespearean curse generator,
the Marx/Engels Archive, the Alternative Higher Education Network, two
financial scandals pages, and the National Space Development Agency of
Japan, among others. More information on Y'Know can be found on the Y'Know
home page. Y'Know will resume publication in the fall, with bi-weekly
issues scheduled throughout the 96-97 school year.
http://rs.internic.net/scout/yknow/
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ALA "Booklist" and Young Adult Library Services Best Books
Lists
The ALA (American Library Association) has recently added two services to
its Web site: "Booklist," and the YALSA (Young Adult Library Services
Association) Annual Lists Home Page. "Booklist" is an electronic version of
ALA's "Booklist" magazine, which has been published for 90 years. The site
contains a selection of books for adults and youth arranged by subject and
genre, audio visual media, and reference materials. All selections provide
bibliographic information and price, and are thoroughly reviewed. In
addition, there are feature articles and "best books" lists, and a
cumulative index of "Booklist" articles, as well as subscription
information. The YALSA Annual Lists Home Page provides annotated lists of
best books, quick picks, and selected books and videos for young adults, as
well as top ten picks and a tip sheet on how to encourage teens to read for
pleasure.
"Booklist":
http://www.ala.org/booklist.html
YALSA Annual Lists (for 1996):
http://www.ala.org/alaorg/yalsa/alhp/message.html
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UNICEF The Progress of Nations 1996
UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund) has recently released The
Progress of Nations 1996 on the Internet. Progress of Nations
records what is happening to the health, nutrition, and education of
children today. It monitors not only specific advances and regression in
some of the key areas of human well-being, but also the overall investment
that countries are making in their own futures. According to Secretary
General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, "Many disturbing issues are dealt with in
this 1996 edition, including exceptionally high rates of child malnutrition
in some areas, and the dreadful toll taken on women's lives and health in
countries that lack emergency care in childbirth. But the facts and figures
set out in these pages also tell a story of sustained progress in reducing
child illnesses and child deaths, in slowly improving nutritional standards
for most countries, and in the steady rise of the percentage of boys and
girls who are enrolled in school." The book contains sections on women,
nutrition, health, education, children's rights, and statistical
indicators. Progress of Nations is available via the Web and gopher.
Earlier editions back to 1993 are available via gopher.
http://www.unicef.org/pon96/
Less graphical:
http://www.unicef.org/pon96/contents.htm
The Progress of Nations 1993-1996 via gopher:
gopher://gopher.unicef.org:70/11/.s2pubdocs
gopher to: gopher.unicef.org
select: UNICEF Public Information/Publications & Information Items (for the
year(s) of your choice)/Progress of Nations
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Emma Goldman Papers Project
The 69-reel microfilm collection Emma Goldman Papers, published by
Chadwyck-Healey in 1991, made widely available the writings of and
documents about this American anarchist and activist. This web site, based
on Emma Goldman: A Guide to Her Life and Documentary Sources
(Chadwyck-Healey 1995), provides a comprehensive guide to the microfilm
collection (available at several libraries across the United States), as
well as excerpts from the text of the book and the traveling exhibition on
Goldman. Users can access indices of the contents of the microfilm edition,
and may search letters by correspondent, Goldman's writings by genre and
date, and government documents by name, title, and subject. In addition,
the complete exhibition narrative is provided, along with selected
photographs and documents.
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Goldman/
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Chemical Patents Plus -- from Chemical Abstracts
Chemical Patents Plus, an information retrieval service provided by
Chemical Abstracts, is available via the Web. After registering, interested
users can freely search and receive title and abstract information for
chemical patents going back to 1971. Other options, such as patent number,
front page and all claims, and complete patent, are fee based. The service
is available from 6:00 p.m. Sunday through 10:00 p.m. Friday and from 3:00
a.m through 6:00 p.m. Saturday.
http://casweb.cas.org/chempatplus/
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Academic Employment Network
The Academic Employment Network provides educators with an opportunity to
browse current educational employment opportunities across the United
States. Users select the state they are interested in, and receive a
listing of jobs arranged by district or institution and job title.
Information on each position is provided, as well as instructions for
contacting the employer. Administrators seeking to hire educators may place
advertisements (for a fee) by email, telephone, or mail; advertisements run
for 30 days. Additional information provided on the site includes
certification requirements for most states, as well as links to relocation
services such as school district profiles and cost-of-living
comparisons.
http://www.academploy.com/
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PSY-PHAR Discussion List -- psychotherapy-pharmacotherapy
PSY-PHAR is a forum for psychologists, psychiatrists, and other mental
health researchers and clinicians to discuss current issues (as well as
longstanding ones) in the area of psychotherapy-pharmacotherapy comparative
outcome research. Empirical, theoretical, and case-based discussion are
welcome; open debate is also welcome.
To subscribe send email to:
LISTSERV@SJUVM.STJOHNS.EDU
In the body of the message type:
SUBSCRIBE PSY-PHAR yourfirstname yourlastname
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Washington Post Online
The Washington Post has recently opened an online version on the
Web. The site includes the full text of the daily edition, plus news from
the 50 states, a daily congressional calendar, and over 1000 pages of links
to news, reference and Web sites for over 200 countries around the world.
Features include movie reviews, book reviews (along with selected first
chapters of books), links to over fifteen online comic strips, and sports
features. A searchable archive of the previous two weeks papers is
available and, in the near future, an archive from 1986 to the present will
be available. There are also several chat rooms on various subjects ranging
from business to local Washington, DC issues. While the Post is well known
for its international and national coverage, the online version is also
very strong with respect to local area news. At present, the Post Web site
is completely free.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
Site index:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/guide/contents.htm
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Money Magazine's Best Places to Live in America
Madison, Wisconsin is this year's Money Magazine choice as best
place to live in America. The story of "Why Madison, Wisconsin is the Big
Cheese," along with a statistical focus of all 300 of the cities Money
surveyed, is available at the Money Best Places to Live in America Web
site. Each focus contains a statistical snapshot, the city's rankings
compared to the 299 others in seven categories, and other information
including a cost of living calculator. The focus sections are available by
ranking and alphabetically. The site also includes an interactive search
page for users to compare any of up to 63 quality factors and locate their
best place to live.
http://pathfinder.com/money/best-cities-96/index.htm
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Inc. Online -- for people starting and running their own
companies
"Inc. Online is the full-service electronic consultant to people starting
and running their own companies." The highlight of the Inc. Web site is the
availability of over 4000 articles from the searchable archives of Inc.
Magazine, Inc. Technology, and "The State of Small Business"
issues going back to 1988. The archives are also arranged chronologically,
and by topic and industry. Articles from the present issue are also
available, as well as articles that go "beyond the magazine," interactive
business worksheets, and shareware/demoware. Inc. product information, as
well as magazine subscription information, is also present.
http://www.inc.com/
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ArtSearch
Get in touch with your creative side by browsing ArtSearch, "The
place on the net to search for Arts and Crafts." This site gathers links to
artists and exhibitions on the Internet, and allows users to search for
media, subjects, and artists. Searchers may query across all categories of
arts and crafts, or narrow their search to fine arts, fine crafts, folk
arts, country crafts, or art resources. Suppliers of arts and crafts
materials are also listed, with links to catalogs and other information.
http://www.ro.com/artsearch/
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Bing Crosby Home Page
The Bing Crosby home page, organized around a list of 62 questions about
Bing Crosby, allows you to test your knowledge of this legendary crooner.
Each question links to detailed information about Crosby, his career, and
his music. Through the end of June users can download and play a
thirty-second excerpt from Crosby's 1932 recording of "Please," which Paul
McCartney credited with inspiring the Beatles' "Please Please Me." In
addition, there is substantial coverage of Crosby's competition with Frank
Sinatra ("the Swooner vs. the Crooner"). Links to other Crosby sites, and
to those of his musical colleagues, round out this tribute to Bing.
http://www.kcmetro.cc.mo.us/pennvalley/biology/lewis/crosby/bing.htm
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GRATIS! Weekly Newsletter -- free software
GRATIS! is a free, sponsored, weekly newsletter dedicated to the
proposition that everybody deserves something for nothing every once in a
while (at least). Every week, GRATIS! sifts through the mountains of free
(and *allegedly* free) software and services available online, and reports
its findings to readers. Published each Monday, each issue contains
valuable information about gratis goodies ranging from software to online
college courses. Coverage is not restricted to the World Wide Web. Since
GRATIS! covers everything available on the entire Internet, you will not be
left out if you don't have Web access.
To subscribe send e-mail to
MAJORDOMO@MYSTERY.COM
In the body of the message type:
subscribe gratis
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The Net: User Guidelines and Netiquette
For those new to the Internet, or for people helping them, "The Net: User
Guidelines and Netiquette" offers general guidelines on the proper use of
Internet resources. Topics covered include: email, telnet, FTP, USENET, and
WWW, as well as the Ten Commandments from the Computer Ethics Institute.
For each Internet technology, basic user information is given, as well as
links to more detailed instructions and guidelines. The question and answer
section provides detailed responses to actual user questions. A
bibliography is included. For network administrators, there is a sample
computer network policy that may be used as-is or adapted to particular
networks (such as schools).
http://www.fau.edu/rinaldi/netiquette.html
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WebWomen-HTML Discussion List
The WebWomen-HTML list was formed to provide a space for women content
providers on the web. Related topics might include advanced HTML,
standards, design issues, graphics assistance, and even Java/Javascript.
Newbies to the web are welcome; however, general newbie-to-Internet
questions will be answered with pointers to FAQs.
To subscribe send email to:
webwomen-html-request@niestu.com
In the SUBJECT of the message type:
SUBSCRIBE
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Copyright Susan Calcari, 1996. Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of the Scout Report provided the copyright notice and this paragraph is preserved on all copies. The InterNIC provides information about the Internet to the US research and education community under a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation: NCR-9218742. The Government has certain rights in this material.
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