The Scout Report - November 10,1995
A Service to the Internet Community
Provided by the Info Scout and the InterNIC
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newly discovered Internet resources of interest to researchers and
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Highlights In This Week's Report:
World Wide Web:
- Franklin College is an American four year liberal arts college
located in
Lugano, Switzerland. It is accredited by the Middle States Association and
offers programs in international relations, international management,
international economics, modern languages, history and literature as well
as visual and communication arts. Regular admission as well as study
abroad are options at this very international college with over 50
nationalities represented in its student body. Franklin offers the
distinctive alternative of an American education in the center of Europe.
http://www.fc.edu
- Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government offers access to
the best
national and international resources for reporters at the News Office's
home page. In addition to faculty sources, events, research and
publications, the News page links to the Online Political Information
Network (OPIN) a well-developed set of links to most major sources of
government and political information available on the Internet. [Click on
Political/Govt Information.]
http://ksgwww.harvard.edu/~ksgpress/ksgnews.htm
- A discussion of "Intellectual Property Rights in the Electronic
Age" with
Patent and Trademarks Office Commissioner Bruce Lehman is in progress on
the Law Journal Extra Web site. A "panel of legal experts" joins
Commissioner Lehman in a question-and-answer session on intellectual
rights and on the Clinton Administration's White Paper on protecting
intellectual property.
http://www.ljx.com
- The U.S. General Accounting Office, (GAO) the
Congressional Watchdog
agency, now has a Web page providing information on how to search and
retrieve the full text of GAO reports, subscribe to a mailing list, and
access other GAO information.
http://www.gao.gov
For instructions on accessing GAO information via email send mail to
info@www.gao.gov.
- The Web page of the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a
project of the National Institutes of Health, provides information about
their programs and how to access their research resources. It also
includes several on-line directories to readily identify the array of
research resource facilities, biomaterials, and models available to
biomedical investigators across the country. In addition, it provides
links to the homepages of many NCRR supported resources, which in turn,
lead to other sources of valuable information relevant to the biomedical
research community.
http://www.ncrr.nih.gov
- U.S. News Online offers their weekly news magazine,
as well as daily newsupdates, photo essays, sound bites, and special
features. Sections include: News Watch, Washington Connection, Town
Hall,
News You Can Use, College Fair and the Current Issue. Special features
include Election '96, with election stories, photos, background
information,
and links to candidates' web sites. People Power offers citizens a
complete
reference for finding their congressional representatives, researching their
financing histories, biographical information, and ratings by special
interest groups. The interactive game Mind Junket offers winners the
chance to see Clinton morph into Newt Gingrich. The Clock Page lets
visitors keep track of the national debt, world population,and more.
http://www.usnews.com
Gopher
- The United States Information Agency's daily news and information
service prepares official texts, policy statements and interpretive
material, features, and byline articles for transmission to United States
Information Service (USIS) offices in 211 locations around the world for
distribution to government officials, media, academics and other
interested persons. Select "Current Issues and Events" for current news
organized by geographic region or topic. Many of these items are
translated by USIA into French, Spanish, and now Russian. The "Latest
Items in English" section under Current Issues contains all USIS news
items produced in the preceding 48 hours, regardless of topic or
geographic focus.
gopher.usia.gov 1776
Electronic Mailing Lists
- C-PSYCH is a forum for all individuals interested in cross-cultural
psychology and is particularly designed to discuss generic issues within
its intertwining disciplines, such as developmental, cognitive,
personality, social psychology, and (both quantitative and qualitative)
methodology. Discussions in related fields are welcome.
send mail to: listserv@sjuvm.stjohns.edu
in the body of the message type: SUBSCRIBE C-PSYCH yourfirstname yourlastname
- The SCHOOLS-ADMIN-L list for discussing school management and
administration. Contributors are welcomed from anywhere in the world.
The topics discussed will depend entirely on the users, e.g.: general
discussion, queries and requests for help or information; dealings with
Central Office; computers and software packages for school administration
and classroom management; reporting to parents; training and staff
development; timetabling and attendance recording; work experience
administration; spreadsheets and databases in the school office; and
student transport. The school-admin-l list is bi-directionally gatewayed
with the local news group "tased.school-admin"
send mail to: MAILSERV@ECC.TASED.EDU.AU
in the body of the message type: SUBSCRIBE SCHOOL-ADMIN-L yourfirstname
yourlastname
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About the Scout Report
The Scout Report is a weekly publication offered by the InterNIC to the
Internet community as a fast, convenient way to stay informed about
network activities. Its purpose is to combine in one place selected new
(and newly-discovered) Internet resources.
A wide range of topics are included in the Report with an emphasis on
resources thought to be of interest to the InterNIC's primary audience,
the research and education community. Each resource has been verified
for substantial content and accessibility within a day of the release of
the Report.
The Scout Report is provided in multiple formats -- mailing lists for
both a plain text and HTML version, and World Wide Web. The World Wide
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In addition to the plain text version, the Scout Report is distributed
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-- Susan Calcari
InterNIC Info Scout
Scout Report Access Methods
Resource Addressing Conventions
After each resource in the Scout Report one or more network addresses are
listed. Every attempt is made to use the same convention in each listing
for the network address of each resource. It is assumed that users
recognize the type of address and know how to use it. However, for those
users unfamiliar with the Internet we provide here the order in which
addresses are listed (by network tool.) A brief explanation of one tool,
WWW is included below.
The four network tools referenced most often in the Scout Report are
World Wide Web, gopher, email, and FTP. Occasionally WAIS and Telnet
addresses are also listed.
After each resource at least one address is listed, and sometimes more.
This is because some resources are available using multiple network
tools. The network tool addresses are always listed in the same order
after each resource:
- World Wide Web (WWW)
- Gopher
- FTP
- Email
- Telnet
- WAIS
A WWW address is called a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) and always
begins with a string of characters followed by a colon and two forward
slashes. For example:
http://www.internic.net/
gopher://gibbs.oit.unc.edu:70/11/research.d/grants.d
ftp://ftp.digex.net/pub/access/hecker/internet/slip-ppp.txt
To access the resource through the WWW you can use a WWW browser
installed on your desktop computer, or a "command-line" WWW client on
your local Internet host computer. Web browsers are available for all
major computer platforms, including Macintosh, PC, and UNIX. Check with
your local support center or your Internet Service Provider for more
information about Web browsers installed on the Internet host computer or
your desktop computer.
Copyright Susan Calcari, 1995.
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