
Net Scout Annotations Listed by Library of Congress Classes
[ A ]
Far Eastern Economic Review
http://www.feer.com/
A weekly publication
from Review Publishing Company, the Far Eastern Economic Review "is a
world authority on Asian current affairs, business, economies and investment,"
now available in an interactive edition on the web. This frames-based, free
(after registration) site contains the contents of each week's issue, as well as
a searchable archive of articles previously published on the site. In addition,
articles from recent issues can be browsed by country and topic (under "Business
News") The site also provides up-to-the-minute Asian business news, and pointers
to Asian web sites. Note that the registration process is lengthy, but the
content behind it is well worth the wait.
[ AG ]
FAQ Finder
http://ps.superb.net/FAQ/
If you think FAQ (Frequently Asked Question) collections are only good for
finding information about computers and technology, a visit to the FAQ
Finder will show you otherwise. This collection of pointers to FAQ sites
currently lists 28 categories, arranged in alphabetical order in a framed
box on the side of the browser window. Within each category users will find
dozens of FAQ collections, browsable from within the framed interface of
the FAQ Finder. One expects to find Internet and computer FAQs in a
collection like this, but here users will also find FAQ collections on
animals, art and music, personal finance, health, and other topics. Of
course, since this is a collection of pointers to other sites and not a
comprehensively maintained FAQ archive, users will find the occasional dead
link or outdated information. But having so many FAQ resources available
from within one site may allow you to find quickly the information you're
looking for.
[ BF ]
Decluttr--Recovery From Cluttering Mailing List
Decluttr is for discussion of recovery from cluttering (aka messiness,
hoarding). It is primarily for clutterers; but family members and
professionals are welcome. Appropriate topics include personal experiences,
helpful organizations, and useful books.
To subscribe send email to:
LISTSERV@SJUVM.STJOHNS.EDU
In the body of the message type:
SUB Decluttr yourfirstname yourlastname
[ CA ]
Britannia Internet Magazine
http://www.britannia.com/
Table of Contents
http://www.britannia.com/content/tofc.html
Britannia Internet Magazine is a monthly e-zine that considers
itself a "gateway to the British Isles." At this site, interested
Internauts can find a combination of articles and web resources on travel,
sports, news, science, history, people, government, the arts, and other
topics, as they relate to the British Isles. It is easy and fun to read,
and spares the graphics for those with slow connections. Future issues
promise to incorporate streaming video and audio, movie clips, and
animations. BIM is a marvelous site for Anglophiles who want to keep up on
all things British. About the only thing missing at present is an organized
complete archive of past issues.
[ DT ]
H-SAfrica
AFRI-PHIL
H-SAfrica is a new electronic discussion group dedicated to the promotion of all aspects of South African history. H-SAfrica can be described as a cross between an academic journal and a friendly academic newspaper that is delivered to your electronic mailbox on an almost daily basis. It will provide all sorts of useful information, like international job adverts, book reviews, conference announcements and calls for papers. Subscribers will be notified at times of new computer software, websites, films and videos. At the same time, however, it is hoped that subscribers with an interest in South African history will join with in mature discussions of ongoing research, of articles and academic papers, books and journals, methods of teaching and debates on historiography. H-SAfrica is moderated by the editors to filter out inappropriate posts. The primary purpose of AFRI-PHIL is to provide a forum for the exchange of views, experiences, techniques, and professional information pertaining to the teaching and study of the philosophical thought of African and African-diaspora cultures. The principal emphasis of the list will be upon the philosophical examination of African thought and culture, though this emphasis should not be taken restrictively or in a manner excluding the consideration of other approaches (e.g., literary, historical, anthropological, etc.).
To subscribe to H-SAfrica send email to:
listserv@h-net.msu.edu
In the body of the message type:
SUB H-SAfrica Firstname Lastname, institution
To subscribe to AFRI-PHIL send email to:
LISTSERV@BUCKNELL.EDU
In the body of the message type:
SUB AFRI-PHIL Yourfirstname Yourlastname
[ E ]
NativeTech--Native American Technology
http://www.lib.uconn.edu/NativeTech/
Site Index
http://www.lib.uconn.edu/NativeTech/content/index.html
NativeTech, "an
educational web site that covers topics of Native American technology and
emphasizes the Eastern Woodlands region," is the brainchild of Tara Prindle of
the Department of Anthropology at the University of Connecticut. This site is
dedicated to disconnecting the term "Primitive" from perceptions of Native
American technology and art. Categories include Essays & Articles, Poetry &
Stories, Beadwork, Birds & Feathers, Clay & Pottery, Leather & Clothes,
Metalwork, Plants & Trees, Porcupine Quills, Stonework & Tools, and Weaving &
Cordage. The site provides in-depth information about many crafts from sewing
moccasins to preparing clay to specifics on pine needle basketry. For quality,
detail and on-target graphics, NativeTech deserves high marks. Note that the
graphical nature of the site will make for slow page downloading for those
without fast connections.
[ F ]
Canadian Information by Subject
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/caninfo/ecaninfo.htm
The National Library of Canada
(whose main site was reviewed in the July 5, 1996 issue of the Scout
Report) has expanded on previous Web sites devoted to information about
Canada by building a subject tree and populating the tree with links to
Canadian-specific information on each subject. The subject tree is based on the
Dewey Decimal Classification and makes the site easy and interesting to
browse--and you don't have to be a librarian. You can also browse the subject
tree in alphabetical order, and keyword searching will be available soon.
[ F ]
The West
http://www3.pbs.org/weta/thewest/
Developed by Stephen Ives and Ken Burns, PBS's offers a Web site debuting
to coincide with the documentary series _The West_, which began airing this
week. This frames-based site is both textually and graphically rich. Its stated
purpose is to explore "elements of Western history--profiles, documents, images."
It includes a mini-guide to each episode, over 75 biographies, interactive
timelines, maps, photographs and text documents (letters, legislation and
judicial rulings). The only drawback is that the site is somewhat confusing to
navigate. Users must follow site instructions carefully in order to navigate
between the contents listing frame and the main frame.
[ GV ]
1996 Chess Olympiad
http://www.chess96.com/
Game transcripts and commentary
http://www.chess96.com/Olympiad/default.html
Latest news on results and pairings
http://www.chess96.com/news/default.html
The 1996 Chess Olympiad is taking place from September 15 through October 2 in Yerevan,
Armenia. Internet Telepresence is providing a web site for interested Internauts to
follow the proceedings. At the heart of the site is the "Live Games" section, which
replays selected games with commentary. Information is also available regarding the
teams, the schedule, and the results, as well as the World Chess Federation's top 100
players listing as of July 1996.
[ GV ]
College Sports Online
http://www.collegesports-online.com/
Follow your favorite major college
football (Division 1-A) and basketball teams from this one-stop shopping site to
all conferences and all schools in the division. Coverage from the local
newspapers for each team is provided, as well as links to those newspapers with
Web sites. National interest information is also provided, including links to
organizations or places important to the overall collegiate and recruiting scene,
and to national publications. You can hear audio clips of Fight Songs from the
schools, and coming soon is a section devoted to those interesting and odd
traditions practiced on many campuses during the season.
[ GV ]
golfcourse.com
http://www.golfcourse.com/
Finding a golf course has never been so easy! What started out as GolfAmerica, the
world's largest golf course directory, has been taken over by InterZine productions
(www.interzine.com), renamed, and added to its popular golf site iGOLF (www.igolf.com).
golfcourse.com is a comprehensive guide to over 16,000 golf courses throughout the world,
and offers complete information about each course's design, layouts, maps, rankings,
reviews, message boards, player fees, caddies/carts, and more. At its heart is the "course
locator," an extensive search engine that can be searched by course name, location,
course difficulty, cost, architect, or description keyword. There are also feature articles
on such topics as travel, course architecture, and effects of the environment on your
game. golfcourse.com has the polished feel of a corporate web site and makes excellent
use of tables and frames to organize information. Note that the site makes liberal use of
graphics and complex layouts, so a fast connection is helpful.
[ H ]
Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library, and Other eLib Projects
Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library
http://www.eevl.ac.uk/
biz/ed--Business education on the Internet
http://www.bizednet.bris.ac.uk:8080/
OMNI--Organizing Medical Networked Information
http://omni.ac.uk/
SOSIG--Social Science Information Gateway
http://sosig.ac.uk/
eLib HomePage
http://ukoln.bath.ac.uk/elib/
EEVL (Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library)is a newly available web engineering
meta-resource. Provided by eLib (Electronic Library Programme), JISC (Joint Information
Systems Committee), and the University Library and Institute for Computer Based Learning
of Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh), it contains over 1300 browsable and searchable
resources. Users may browse nine major categories, including chemical, civil,
electrical, mechanical, petroleum, materials, and environmental engineering, engineering
design, and general engineering. Each major category is further subdivided for ease of
browsing, and filters allow users to specify both resource type and UK- or non-UK-specific
information. Boolean AND/OR/NOT and truncation searching is also available. Each listing
offers a general description of the site and a link to a more detailed entry, as well
as a connection to the described site. EEVL joins several other eLib projects (biz/ed,
OMNI, SOSIG--see URLs above) that should greatly aid researchers and educators in finding
quality UK and non-UK research and education resources on the Internet (OMNI was
discussed in the April 5, 1996 issue of the Scout Report). Each project, although funded
by eLib, is controlled by its own producers.
[ HA ]
Census Data for the United States 1790-1860
http://icg.harvard.edu/census/
The Instructional Computing Group of Harvard University, in cooperation with
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research at the University
of Michigan, has made a subset of historical data from U.S. decennial censuses from
1790 to 1860 available for forms-based querying on the web. Data availability
varies by year and state. From 1790 to 1830, most data concerns population breakouts
by age, sex, and free or slave. From 1840 to 1860 much more data is available,
including occupation, education, churches, mortality, and property and wealth,
among others. After year selection, users query the database for state(s) and
variable(s). Data returned can then be sorted by variable. Data are available at
the state and county level, although county querying is not possible. There is no
facility at this time for downloading data to statistical programs; however, this
is a small price to pay for a virtual treasure house of U.S. historical information.
[ HC ]
Russia's Demographic "Crisis"
http://www.rand.org/publications/CF/CF124/index.html
The Rand Organization has recently made available via the Web the full text
of Russia's Demographic "Crisis." "This volume is an outgrowth of a
June 5-6, 1995 conference at which a group of Russian demographers
presented the results of their pioneering research on Russia's demographic
'crisis' to American colleagues from the Rand Organization, the University
of California-Los Angeles, the University of Southern California, and the
International Programs Center of the US Bureau of the Census." The six
papers that make up the volume deal with two broad categories: "(1)
fertility and family planning; and (2) issues in the area of health and
mortality--health status, health care, and population aging." The scope of
a Russian demographic crisis is hotly debated, as well as "the
interrelations between economic reforms and demographic trends in Russia."
Russia's Demographic "Crisis" should shed some light on this
topic.
[ HF ]
Accounting Resources on the Internet--Rutgers University
http://info.rutgers.edu/accounting/raw/internet/internet.htm
Information on International Accounting Network
http://info.rutgers.edu/accounting/raw.htm
Accounting Resources on the Internet, provided by Rutgers University, provides
one-stop shopping for accounting resources. Here, interested Internauts can
find information on the "Big Six" accounting firms, links to over 200 accounting
firms in the U.S., U.K., and Canada, 30 different accounting associations,
information on accounting-related publications, educational, finance, and audit
resources, and more. Accounting Resources is part of the Rutgers Accounting Web,
which in turn, is part of the International Accounting Network (IAN). IAN, at
present, includes providers from the United Kingdom, Australia, Finland, and
the University of Hawaii.
[ HF ]
Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library, and Other eLib Projects
Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library
http://www.eevl.ac.uk/
biz/ed--Business education on the Internet
http://www.bizednet.bris.ac.uk:8080/
OMNI--Organizing Medical Networked Information
http://omni.ac.uk/
SOSIG--Social Science Information Gateway
http://sosig.ac.uk/
eLib HomePage
http://ukoln.bath.ac.uk/elib/
EEVL (Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library)is a newly available web engineering
meta-resource. Provided by eLib (Electronic Library Programme), JISC (Joint Information
Systems Committee), and the University Library and Institute for Computer Based Learning
of Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh), it contains over 1300 browsable and searchable
resources. Users may browse nine major categories, including chemical, civil,
electrical, mechanical, petroleum, materials, and environmental engineering, engineering
design, and general engineering. Each major category is further subdivided for ease of
browsing, and filters allow users to specify both resource type and UK- or non-UK-specific
information. Boolean AND/OR/NOT and truncation searching is also available. Each listing
offers a general description of the site and a link to a more detailed entry, as well
as a connection to the described site. EEVL joins several other eLib projects (biz/ed,
OMNI, SOSIG--see URLs above) that should greatly aid researchers and educators in finding
quality UK and non-UK research and education resources on the Internet (OMNI was
discussed in the April 5, 1996 issue of the Scout Report). Each project, although funded
by eLib, is controlled by its own producers.
[ HG ]
Finance Area
http://www.tsi.it/finanza/index.html
Central Banks of the World
http://adams.patriot.net/~bernkopf/
Finance Area, provided by Top Services International, is a giant
frames-based meta-page of pointers to international finance sites in the
areas of companies, markets, the European Union, stock, equity markets, and
financial analysis, among others. Sites are not annotated, but the sheer
number of sites along with the international flavor is what makes this site
unique. Note that users must navigate from pointers page to pointers page
inside of the left hand frame and this can be somewhat confusing. The
opening page of any section is just a description of the various
subsections within that section. Note also that almost all of the graphics
at this site (which slow down transmission considerably, depending on the
condition of the network between the user and Venice, Italy), can be turned
off with minimal loss of content.
Central Banks of the World is a pointers page to central banks and central
bank information for over 45 countries, as well as multilateral financial
institutions, research and training establishments, and conference
information. To show how little is generally known about the history of
central banking in the United States, this site includes an email message
sent to the webmaster of the First Bank of the United States, promoting a
certain software company's web interactivity applications. Of course, since
the First Bank of the United States was closed in 1811, its web site is
primarily historical. The Central Banks site lists over 30 Internet
directories and pointers pages that list the First Bank of the United
States as a functioning financial institution. To help remedy this
situation, the site includes a pointer to a brief history of banking in the
US.
[ HQ ]
PlanetOut
http://www.planetout.com/
Yahoo
PlanetOut Headlines
http://headlines.yahoo.com/planetout
Available since mid-1995 on the
Microsoft Network, PlanetOut this week moves to the Web (as well as onto America
Online, a major sponsor of the site). Calling itself a "worldwide community of
gay, lesbian, bi, and trans people," the site offers a new home for the
longstanding Queer Resources Directory (QRD), which since 1991 has been the
Internet starting point for researchers and others interested in issues of
marginal sexualities. In addition, there is netQueery, a guide to "everything
queer on the Net," as well as arts and entertainment features, political and
community pages, and chat and message areas. The news section is updated daily,
and is also available in the PlanetOut section of the Yahoo Headlines service.
Though the site is new to the Web, it shows considerable polish that is the
result of a year's presence on MSN. Registration is free and optional.
[ HQ ]
Issues '96--New York Times and NPR
http://www.nytimes.com/issues/
Issues '96 is "a six-week on-line collaboration by The New York Times on the Web
and National Public Radio focusing on the issues in this fall's US election
campaign." In the areas of community, money, rights, safety, and world, the site
offers synopses of several sub-issues, a collection of NPR and New York Times
stories about the issues, a primer on the issues (produced by "the nonpartisan
research group Public Agenda"), forums hosted by NPR correspondents or other
experts, and "Where they Stand," which points to the party platforms on the
issues. There are also links to Project Vote Smart (discussed in the Feb. 2, 1996
issue of the Scout Report) and the Library of Congress' Thomas service. In
addition, the site contains transcripts and audio clips on issues from local
voters (part of NPR's Election Project). The highlight of the site is the
availability of over 120 articles, transcripts, and audio files from the two
sponsors.
[ HQ ]
CLASSOF64--Teenage Life in the 60s Discussion
List
CLASSOF64-This is the place to come to talk about what it was like to be a
teenager during the 1960s. Ask questions, share some of your favorite
memories. Get the name of that song you loved. What did you call a pair of
shoes? Was growing up a teenager on the East Coast the same as on the West
Coast? Subscribe and find out. CLASSOF64 could be the most fun you've had
since you were a teenager. Join in on the fun as CLASSOF64 recount, recall,
and remember what our life was like as teenagers in the '60s.
To subscribe send email to:
hub@xc.org
In the body of the message type:
subscribe classof64
[ HQ ]
Two New Publications from National Center For Education
Statistics (NCES)
_Youth Indicators 1996_
http://www.ed.gov/NCES/pubs/yi/
_Historically Black Colleges and Universities 1976-1994_
http://www.ed.gov/NCES/pubs/96902.html
Adobe Acrobat Reader Software for many platforms
http://www.adobe.com/acrobat/readstep.html
The US Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
has recently made two publications (in .pdf format) available at its web site.
_Youth Indicators 1996: Trends in the Well-Being of American Youth_ is "a
statistical compilation of data on family structure, jobs, education, and other
elements that comprise the world of young people." It contains 69 tables and
charts covering such subjects as demographics, family income, health, employment,
and educational outcomes, among others. The tables and charts, which generally
present data from the early 1970s to the early 1990s, are intended to give quick,
concise information. _Historically Black Colleges and Universities 1976-1994_ is
a 112-page statistical review of all aspects of its topic, highlighted by 9
charts and 54 tables covering enrollment, degrees conferred, staff and salaries,
finance, revenue, and expenditures. The Executive Summary and Introduction, which
appear on the website, encapsulate the findings. While the 1.15 megabyte download
may be arduous for users with slow connections, but the content of the report is
certainly worth waiting for.
[ HX ]
Gramsci Bibliography
http://www.soc.qc.edu/gramsci
The
Sociology Department of Queens College, City University of New York, offers the
searchable _Bibliographia Gramsciana_, by John M. Cammett and Maria Luisa Righi,
a research bibliography containing 10,350 items on the life and works of Antonio
Gramsci. Citations to works in 33 languages written between 1922 and 1993 are
available. Also available, as ASCII files, are the first five issues (1992-95) of
the Newsletter of the International Gramsci Society. The bibliography is
searchable by keyword, but is not configured for browsing. The introduction to
the bibliography contains bibliographic reference breakouts by year and language.
Note that this is a bibliography of works on and about Gramsci, not by him.
[ JF ]
Electronic Democracy and Elections--EDEM-ELECT Discussion
List
EDEM-ELECT has been established to promote citizen exchange
efforts during the election season. EDEM-ELECT intends to bring together those
working to facilitate online public discussion and participation in elections
held in 1996 or 1997. Depending upon the usefulness of this forum its charter may
be expanded or reduced. For now EDEM-ELECT is focused on the exchange of ideas,
plans, and experiences among individuals and groups working across the world to
develop local, regional, or national efforts. In particular it wishes to
encourage discussions on how to build and maintain geographically focused online
citizen participation forums. Noting the strong concentration of activity by
national media and commercial organizations, the US Presidential race will not be
a primary focus. Instead EDEM-ELECT will concentrate on the "how to's" of
organizing local, non-partisan efforts; such as how to recruit volunteers, how to
attract and use in-kind information infrastructure donations (WWW site, e-mail
lists, etc.), how to build an audience, how to work with campaigns, the media and
political organizations, and how to coordinate the technical and social/political
aspects of online open forums. It must be noted, however, this list is not for
abstract discourse on the virtues and/or vices of representative and/or direct
democracy.
To subscribe send email to:
listproc@mtn.org
In the body of the message type:
subscribe edem-elect Your Name Here
[ JK ]
Government Information Xchange
http://www.info.gov/
The Australian Governments' Entry Point
http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/gov/
Two examples of sites that are powerful in their organization of government
information pointers are the US General Services Administration's Government
Information Xchange, and the National Library of Australia's recently reorganized
Australian Governments' Entry Point. The GSA has established the Government
Information Xchange in order to "facilitate the assimilation, sharing and
dissemination of information resources among federal, state and local governments,
and to provide a convenient forum for all levels of government to share and
exchange information with businesses and the American public." The Xchange is a
page of links to federal, state, and local government information providers, as
well as selected foreign government sources. It is searchable as well as browsable.
The Australian Governments' Entry Point has connections to commonwealth, state,
and local government information, as well as judicial information. Although the
information pointed to by these sites is by no means new, they both act as gateways
to information at all geographical levels of government in their respective countries.
Note that parts of the Government Information Xchange are frames based.
[ JK ]
Government Information Xchange
http://www.info.gov/
The Australian Governments' Entry Point
http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/gov/
Two examples of sites that are powerful in their organization of government
information pointers are the US General Services Administration's Government
Information Xchange, and the National Library of Australia's recently reorganized
Australian Governments' Entry Point. The GSA has established the Government
Information Xchange in order to "facilitate the assimilation, sharing and
dissemination of information resources among federal, state and local governments,
and to provide a convenient forum for all levels of government to share and
exchange information with businesses and the American public." The Xchange is a
page of links to federal, state, and local government information providers, as
well as selected foreign government sources. It is searchable as well as browsable.
The Australian Governments' Entry Point has connections to commonwealth, state,
and local government information, as well as judicial information. Although the
information pointed to by these sites is by no means new, they both act as gateways
to information at all geographical levels of government in their respective countries.
Note that parts of the Government Information Xchange are frames based.
[ JX ]
United Nations Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Conference On Disarmament Information
http://www.unog.ch/frames/disarm/disset.htm
Comprehensive Nuclear Test
Ban Treaty Information and Full Text
http://www.unog.ch/frames/disarm/distreat/ctbt.htm
Major International
Instruments on Disarmament and Related Issues
http://www.unog.ch/frames/disarm/distreat/warfare.htm
Full text of the
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, adopted by the United Nations General
Assembly on September 10, 1996, is available (in .pdf format) from the United
Nations Office (Geneva) web site. In addition, the site contains information on
the Conference on Disarmament, as well as selected full texts of major
international documents on disarmament and related issues, including "Prohibition
of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases" (1925), Geneva
Convention documents (1949), "Partial Test Ban Treaty" (1963), and "Convention on
the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical
Weapons" (1993), among many others. Some of these documents are in .pdf format,
others are ASCII text. Connections to the free Adobe Acrobat reader can be
obtained from the Conference on Disarmament Information home page (a frames-based
page).
[ JX ]
United Nations Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Conference On Disarmament Information
http://www.unog.ch/frames/disarm/disset.htm
Comprehensive Nuclear Test
Ban Treaty Information and Full Text
http://www.unog.ch/frames/disarm/distreat/ctbt.htm
Major International
Instruments on Disarmament and Related Issues
http://www.unog.ch/frames/disarm/distreat/warfare.htm
Full text of the
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, adopted by the United Nations General
Assembly on September 10, 1996, is available (in .pdf format) from the United
Nations Office (Geneva) web site. In addition, the site contains information on
the Conference on Disarmament, as well as selected full texts of major
international documents on disarmament and related issues, including "Prohibition
of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases" (1925), Geneva
Convention documents (1949), "Partial Test Ban Treaty" (1963), and "Convention on
the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical
Weapons" (1993), among many others. Some of these documents are in .pdf format,
others are ASCII text. Connections to the free Adobe Acrobat reader can be
obtained from the Conference on Disarmament Information home page (a frames-based
page).
[ JX ]
United Nations Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Conference On Disarmament Information
http://www.unog.ch/frames/disarm/disset.htm
Comprehensive Nuclear Test
Ban Treaty Information and Full Text
http://www.unog.ch/frames/disarm/distreat/ctbt.htm
Major International
Instruments on Disarmament and Related Issues
http://www.unog.ch/frames/disarm/distreat/warfare.htm
Full text of the
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, adopted by the United Nations General
Assembly on September 10, 1996, is available (in .pdf format) from the United
Nations Office (Geneva) web site. In addition, the site contains information on
the Conference on Disarmament, as well as selected full texts of major
international documents on disarmament and related issues, including "Prohibition
of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases" (1925), Geneva
Convention documents (1949), "Partial Test Ban Treaty" (1963), and "Convention on
the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical
Weapons" (1993), among many others. Some of these documents are in .pdf format,
others are ASCII text. Connections to the free Adobe Acrobat reader can be
obtained from the Conference on Disarmament Information home page (a frames-based
page).
[ K ]
"Emerging Law on the Electronic Frontier"
http://www.usc.edu/dept/annenberg/journal.html
http://shum.huji.ac.il/jcmc/announce.html
The well known Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication (JCMC), a joint project of
the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California and
the Information Systems Division of the School of Business Administration, Hebrew
University of Jerusalem, is a net-only journal focusing on "issues that present special
challenges in computer-mediated communication in a globally interconnected Networld."
Its two most recent issues (Vol 2., Nos. 1 and 2), "Emerging Law on the Electronic
Frontier" Parts 1 and 2, contain sixteen articles on this topic. Included are articles
on "lawyers in the net world," cyberspace and copyright law, privacy, obscenity, online
consumer protection, due process, customary law and process, and selling on the Internet,
among others. "Cyberlaw" is a relatively new field, and there is much to be learned about
it in these two issues. Note that while the home page of JMJC does not use frames, these
two issues are frames based.
[ KF ]
US Supreme Court Decisions--1937-1975
http://www.fedworld.gov/supcourt/index.htm
Full text of US Supreme Court
Decisions from 1937 to 1975 (7,407 decisions from volumes 300 through 422 of US
Reports) has been made available via the US Air Force FLITE (Federal Legal
Information Through Electronics) system. Users may access the decisions through a
search interface that presently allows querying by keyword or case name.
Decisions are available in ASCII format.
[ L ]
Montessori Education Discussion List
The montessori-l mailing list is a forum for the discussion of the Montessori
teaching method. The list is currently moderated and welcomes Montessori
teachers, parents with children attending Montessori schools, parents
homeschooling their children via the Montessori method and everyone who is
interested in the Montessori education of children at any age. It is a place to
share information, lesson plans or ideas, to ask questions, to discuss problems
and successes on a more personal level than on a message board.
To subscribe
send email to:
listserv@listserv.aol.com
In the body of the message type:
SUBSCRIBE MONTESSORI-L your real name
[ LB ]
Education Week Web Edition
http://www.edweek.org/
"America's Education Newspaper of Record" now publishes a Web edition. The
full text of the print version is available online, as well as the monthly
Teacher Magazine. The site is in final testing, so not all areas are
fully functional; however, the depth of material already available makes it
worthwhile to check out now. Content is divided into general categories:
This Week's News offers headlines in education; In Context provides
background on issues, organizations and resources relating to education;
Teacher Magazine is the online version of the popular print publication;
and Election Watch investigates the future of public education under the
two major-party Presidential candidates, as well as important issues in the
election. Searching of 15 years of archived content will be available soon,
and will be free for a limited time (fee information is not yet available).
The site is polished graphically, making effective and unobtrusive use of
frames and images.
[ LB ]
Teachers.Net's Website Handbook and Homepage Maker
2.0
Website Handbook:
http://teachers.net/manual/
Homepage Maker 2.0:
http://teachers.net/sampler/
The
well-known Teachers.Net, a collection of resources aimed at helping educators
establish a web presence, has added two new services. Homepage Maker 2.0 is a
fully automated web page generator. Once you fill out an online form specifying
text, bullets, images, and even Java applets, JavaScripts, and other advanced web
functions, an HTML file is automatically generated and emailed to you. The Net
Website Handbook is not an HTML instructional guide, but rather an introduction
to starting a web site. It reviews the various software (commercial and
shareware) available and indicates how and where to download it; it also
describes the differences between the various browsers, touches on graphics
formats, points to various HTML instructional guides, and explains the procedures
for getting your pages onto the web.
[ LB ]
Teachers.Net's Website Handbook and Homepage Maker
2.0
Website Handbook:
http://teachers.net/manual/
Homepage Maker 2.0:
http://teachers.net/sampler/
The
well-known Teachers.Net, a collection of resources aimed at helping educators
establish a web presence, has added two new services. Homepage Maker 2.0 is a
fully automated web page generator. Once you fill out an online form specifying
text, bullets, images, and even Java applets, JavaScripts, and other advanced web
functions, an HTML file is automatically generated and emailed to you. The Net
Website Handbook is not an HTML instructional guide, but rather an introduction
to starting a web site. It reviews the various software (commercial and
shareware) available and indicates how and where to download it; it also
describes the differences between the various browsers, touches on graphics
formats, points to various HTML instructional guides, and explains the procedures
for getting your pages onto the web.
[ LC ]
STRONG>Institute For Academic Technology--University of North
Carolina
http://www.iat.unc.edu/
Cybrarian's Desk
http://www.iat.unc.edu/cybrary/cybrary.html
The Institute for Academic Technology (IAT) at the University of North
Carolina, "is dedicated to the proposition that information technology can
be a valuable tool for improving the quality of student learning,
increasing access to education, and containing the costs of instruction."
With that in mind, its web site provides a clearinghouse of information
devoted to the subject. The highlight of the site is its publications
section, which includes the full text of academic and technical papers on
such subjects as converting classroom courses to distributed courses, using
multimedia to enhance instruction, and classroom design in the age of
information technology, among others. In addition, this section holds
complete archives of IAT Infobits, a monthly information and
instruction technology newsletter, The Monitor, a new biweekly
publication that explores hot topics in instructional technology, and
information resource guides on 15 different topics ranging from copyright
to grants. The site also contains information about IAT's work in
consulting, consortia, technology, and workshops. The Cybrarian's Desk
contains a site map, as well as external links to related topics.
[ LC ]
Who elects the President?--NickNacks Collaborative
Education on the Internet
http://www1.minn.net:80/~schubert/VoteSum.html
NickNacks: Collaborative Education on the Internet
http://www1.minn.net:80/~schubert/NickNacks.html
Who Elects the President? is a new collaborative education project for
grades 5-12 from the NickNacks Telecollaborative Learning project. It will
run from October 2 to November 22, 1996 and is intended to be a
"multidisciplinary project, incorporating activities in civics, language
arts, mathematics, science, art and technology." Balloting is to be
simulated for the upcoming US presidential election. The project is
designed for individual classrooms or entire schools to participate in.
Balloting, result compilation, and data analysis materials, as well as
materials for several optional activities, will be provided by October 1,
1996. While American students are being solicited to participate in the
balloting exercise, international students are encouraged to participate
(after the actual November 5, 1996 election) in analyzing the results and
contributing their opinions to the forthcoming NickNacks forum Students
OnPolitics Online.
[ LC ]
Two New Publications from National Center For Education
Statistics (NCES)
_Youth Indicators 1996_
http://www.ed.gov/NCES/pubs/yi/
_Historically Black Colleges and Universities 1976-1994_
http://www.ed.gov/NCES/pubs/96902.html
Adobe Acrobat Reader Software for many platforms
http://www.adobe.com/acrobat/readstep.html
The US Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
has recently made two publications (in .pdf format) available at its web site.
_Youth Indicators 1996: Trends in the Well-Being of American Youth_ is "a
statistical compilation of data on family structure, jobs, education, and other
elements that comprise the world of young people." It contains 69 tables and
charts covering such subjects as demographics, family income, health, employment,
and educational outcomes, among others. The tables and charts, which generally
present data from the early 1970s to the early 1990s, are intended to give quick,
concise information. _Historically Black Colleges and Universities 1976-1994_ is
a 112-page statistical review of all aspects of its topic, highlighted by 9
charts and 54 tables covering enrollment, degrees conferred, staff and salaries,
finance, revenue, and expenditures. The Executive Summary and Introduction, which
appear on the website, encapsulate the findings. While the 1.15 megabyte download
may be arduous for users with slow connections, but the content of the report is
certainly worth waiting for.
[ LN
]
Chemistry and Industry Magazine
http://ci.mond.org/
Society of Chemical Industry Home Page
http://sci.mond.org/
Chemistry and Industry Magazine, a bimonthly product of the Society of
Chemical Industry, provides selected full-text articles from the print
magazine in the areas of news, commentary, features, latest results from
chemical literature, and highlights from the latest European patents. In
addition, there is a searchable and browsable archive of past issues, a
daily news section, and searchable jobs and meetings databases. The Society
of Chemical Industry is "an international association of about 6000 members
aimed at furthering applied chemistry." One of the highlights of its web
site is its publication section, where, under "electronic publications,"
readers can find updated daily news, jobs and meetings listings on
chemistry, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and the environment. The SCI
home page also carries information about the organization, as well as
details about its over 35 subject and geographical groups and their meeting
schedules.
[ ML ]
The Nixon-Presley Meeting--George Washington University National Security Archive
http://www.seas.gwu.edu/nsarchive/nsa/elvis/elnix.html
GWU National Security Archive
http://www.seas.gwu.edu/nsarchive/
One of the highlights of the recently opened National Security Archive (George
Washington University) web site, is the Richard Nixon-Elvis Presley meeting section.
After writing a six-page letter in which he suggested being made a "'Federal
Agent-at-Large'" in the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs," Elvis Presley visited
President Nixon on December 21, 1970. This site contains an image of the actual letter
along with a transcription, and several presidential staff memoranda regarding the
meeting (in .gif format). In addition, there is background on the meeting and photographs
from it. The Nixon-Presley meeting is but one example of declassified documents that the
Archive has acquired through the Freedom of Information Act and made available at the site.
In addition, the Archive contains material on the Cuban Missile Crisis, selected White
House email, and a searchable catalog of bibliographic records in its Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Database (1945-1990).
[ N ]
Incredible Art Department
http://www.in.net/~kenroar/
Text only:
http://www.in.net/~kenroar/textindex.html
At the heart of the Incredible
Art Department, provided by an Indiana elementary and middle school art teacher,
is the lesson plan section; it contains over 20 lesson plans, submitted by
elementary, middle school, high school, and college art teachers. The site also
offers links to the best school art on the Net, and a selected monthly school art
room, featuring a gallery of that school's work. Users will also find links to
elementary, secondary, and higher education art rooms and departments ("Art
Stuff"), and a pointer to an art "site of the week." Note that while the main
address is heavily graphical, much of the information at this site is also
available in text-only format.
[ NK ]
The CeramicsWeb--San Diego State
University
http://apple.sdsu.edu/ceramicsweb/ceramicsweb.html
The highlight of the CeramicsWeb, provided by Richard Burkett, a professor
of art - ceramics at San Diego State University, is its section on ceramics
databases, which includes searchable databases of tested and untested glaze
recipes, "a searchable database of glaze and clay ingredient analyses," and
a pointer to an interactive glaze calculation page, among others.
CeramicsWeb also contains pointers to articles on ceramics, electron
microscope photographs of clay, ceramics software, and links to other
ceramics and arts related sites.
[ P ]
MEDIAPOLIS
http://www.partal.com/mediapolis/ANG/index.html
MEDIAPOLIS, provided by Lavinia TV and BiB Media, is meant to be "a whole resources
index about mass media about the Net." To that end, this frames-based site has
compiled a large number of international (predominantly European and American) links
to press, radio, TV, news agencies, university media, and advertising. While the
site is a work in progress and the strength of each section varies, the press section
is particularly strong. The fact that MEDIAPOLIS is organized on international lines
also is a plus. At present the site available in English, Spanish, and French (see
the flags on the bar under the MEDIAPOLIS logo).
[ PN ]
Greatest Films of All Time
http://www.filmsite.org/films.html
Greatest Films of All Time is a loving
tribute to great films, provided by Tim Dirks. Here you can find plot information
on hundreds of classic films, arranged by year, genre, and title. Also, there are
sections on memorable film quotations (which are linked to the movie they came
from), as well as great scenes. Possibly the best part of the entire site is the
large bibliography of film reference books. The only drawback to the site is that
it is not searchable. Are these the best films of all time? Half the fun of this
site is comparing your list to Mr. Dirks'.
[ PN ]
The Gist--TV and the Internet
http://www.theGIST.com/
Gist TV listings
http://www.theGIST.com/index.dpg
At the heart of The Gist TV and the Internet site is a listing of TV shows
for the day on over 35 cable and network channels. Listings can be viewed
in a grid, and by time, channel or category. Also included are Gist's daily
best web picks, daily best TV picks, and special columns about TV. For the
couch potato who spends a lot of time also looking at the computer screen,
Gist can be a virtual TV Guide. Note that this is a very graphical
site, as would be expected for a site about TV.
[ PS ]
NETLiNkS The Written Word--African American and Canadian
Literature
http://www.netlinks.net/Netlinks/AFRO/words.html
NETLiNkS
Afrocentric Guide to the WWW
http://www.netlinks.net/Netlinks/AFRO.HTML
NETLiNkS Afrocentric Guide to
the WWW has recently added the Written Word to its compilation of African
American and Canadian resources. This annotated pointers page includes an
eclectic collection of information and full-text sites. Included are individual
works, collections of works, historic speeches, and connections to such sites as
H-AFRARTS, the Quarterly Black Review of Books, and other meta-collections
of African American literature, among others. Also included in the Afrocentric
Guide are Afro Web Directory, Events Calendar, Black History Archive, and Flavour
of the Week (discussed in
the May 24, 1996 Scout Report). It is one of the better Afrocentric
meta-indexes on the web.
[ PZ ]
Canadian Review of Materials
http://www.mbnet.mb.ca/cm/
Published by the Manitoba Library Association, the Canadian Review of Materials
is the Web version of _CM Magazine_, a bi-weekly review of Canadian materials
for young people. _CM Magazine_ contains book, media, and web reviews, as well
as news, features, and stories of interest to teachers, librarians, parents, and
kids. Though Web issues began appearing in June 1995, the site offers an archive
of reviews, feature stories, interviews, and articles from the print version back
to 1971. The archives are indexed by date, author, title, age group, and media type.
The site contains pictures, sound clips and video clips. You can search for authors,
book titles, and reviewers. In concert with McNally Robinson Booksellers the site
offers ordering services for any book reviewed in the magazine.
[ Q ]
ChemCenter
http://www.ChemCenter.org/
The new
online home of the American Chemical Society, ChemCenter intends to be the
starting point for those seeking chemistry resources on the Internet. The full
text of current-year issues of several ACS journals is available:
Biochemistry, The Journal of Physical Chemistry, and
Environmental Science & Technology. Articles may be read in HTML format or
downloaded as Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) files. The journal pages make intensive,
though effective, use of browser frames. The site currently offers links to the
home pages of the ACS's other journals, as well as Chemical Patents Plus and
Analytical Chemistry's LabGuide; slated for availability in the next two months
are a Graduate School Finder and a Chemcyclopedia. Links to the ACS's many
professional services (career, membership, and grants) are arranged on a single
page for easy reference. The "Conferences and Communications" page provides links
to meetings, conferences, newsletters, policy groups, and outreach programs, as
well as other Internet resources for chemists. The "Education Center" provides
access to the ACS's extensive range of instructional offerings. Free
registration, though not currently required, will be necessary to access special
services in the future.
[ Q ]
Internet Engineering Curriculum
http://iec.nlanr.net/
The Internet Engineering Curriculum, a frames-based site provided by the National
Laboratory for Applied Network Research (NLANR), attempts to "coordinate and make
available on the web a 'distributed living curriculum' in network engineering." At
present, it contains sections on Infrastructure Support, Developing Protocols,
Applications, Social, Code Development, and Imminent Technologies. Each of these
categories is further subdivided; these subcategories point to existing higher
education classes in the topic, when available, as well as to other resources relating
to the topic. The "distributed" aspect of this project means that the site will always
be a work in progress; where class information is presently missing, a forms-based
interface allows you to add the URL of your class. In this way, a "living curriculum"
can be built over time.
[ Q ]
Nobel Prize Internet Archive
http://www.almaz.com/nobel/
Nobel
Prizes will be awarded in October 1996, and interested Internauts can find much
useful information on past prize winners at the Nobel Prize Internet Archive,
provided by Ona Wu and Boris Pevzner. At the heart of this frames-based site is a
collection of annotated links to all past winners in the fields of physics,
chemistry, literature, peace, economics, and physiology & medicine. Entries
contain a short explanation of what the prize was received for, along with brief
biographical information and hypertext links to other information about the
recipient when available. The maintainers of the site encourage submissions of
links. Prize winner information is available both by year and alphabetically.
There is a complete section on the 1995 prizes, and that section should be
updated next month. This site is a very useful reference for those interested in
information on Nobel laureates. Note that the Nobel Prize Internet Archive is in
no way affiliated with the Nobel Foundation.
[ Q ]
STRONG>increase & diffusion--From the Smithsonian
Institution
http://www.si.edu/i+d/
Less graphical
entrance
http://www.si.edu/i+d/toc.html
"increase & diffusion" is a new monthly
webzine from the Smithsonian Institution that seeks to "capture the breadth of
the institution." (The title is based on SI's mission: "the increase and
diffusion of knowledge." The magazine will cover a wide variety of topics and
their relationship to Smithsonian projects. The inaugural issue contains articles
on the Smithsonian's "Wine in American History and Culture" symposium, poetry
from Reuben Jackson's collection _Fingering the Keys_, an interview with former
Los Angeles Laker basketball player James Worthy (in .wav format), and an article
on how the Smithsonian obtained artifacts from a Woolworth's lunch counter in
Greensboro, North Carolina. This was the site of one of the first sit-ins to
challenge racial segregation in the South, initiated by four African American
students on February 4, 1960. The webzine is graphically rich, and it promises to
make the stories behind the scenes at the Smithsonian as interesting as the
Institution itself.
[ QA ]
Netscape Frames Tutorial
http://www.newbie.net/frames/
The Netscape Frames Tutorial, provided by Charlton D. Rose, is a
no-nonsense, illustrated tutorial for the web designer interested in using
this Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) feature that was pioneered by
Netscape. Sections in the tutorial include "Laying Out Frames," "Targeting
Frames," "Targeting Windows," and "The Tags," along with implementation
notes regarding effective frame presentation. Each section contains HTML
examples. Note that this site assumes knowledge of HTML and basic
(non-framed) web site creation.
[ QA ]
Searching The Internet: Some Basic Considerations and
Automated Search Indexes
http://rs.internic.net/nic-support/nicnews/enduser.html
This article, which appears in the September issue of InterNIC Newsletter,
is a primer that looks at eight Internet search engines (Alta Vista, Open
Text, WebCrawler, Excite, Infoseek Guide, Lycos, HotBot, and Infoseek
Ultra), from the point of view of user search features, rather than speed
or size of index. It also gives brief explanations of such features as
Boolean searching, proximity operators, field searching, phrase searching,
and truncation searching. The article is accompanied by a table that gives
the basic syntax for how to use these features. It also speaks to some
fundamental considerations for creating a search strategy. "Searching the
Internet" will be at this URL until October 1, when it will be replaced by
another End User's Corner, and moved to the site's archive.
[ QA ]
Exercises in Math Readiness For University Study
http://math.usask.ca/readin/
This site, provided by the University of Saskatchewan Mathematics Department,
contains a collection of exercises "on those high school mathematics topics
that seem to be most important for university study in mathematics, the other
sciences, engineering, and commerce." Exercises are available at three levels
of difficulty in fifteen subject areas ranging from absolute value and distance
to polynomials and roots. In addition to the exercises, there is an explanation
of each topic. Solutions are provided for all exercises, and, for more advanced
exercises, hints are available as well. At present seven additional topics
contain explanations but not exercises. This site is an effective resource for
advanced high school math students preparing for college classes. Note that your
browser must support subscripts and superscripts in order to get the most out of
the exercises (version 2 of both Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet
Explorer will work fine).
[ QC ]
sci.physics.relativity
This newsgroup is the place to
discuss and ask questions on the theory of relativity. It is an open forum for
discussion related to relativity and physics. The news group
sci.physics.relativity will be open to discussion on all levels. It will accept
talk about alternative theories and other controversial discussions about
relativity which would be outside the charter of most other sci.newsgroups, as
well as more mainstream discussion on physics as described by Einstein's theory
of relativity and modern research to develop more unified theories combining
relativity and quantum mechanics. This reflects the kind of threads which are now
popular in Usenet on the subject of relativity.
[ QC ]
Lawrence and His Laboratory
http://www.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Research-Review/Magazine/1981/
Lawrence Berkeley Lab Image Library
http://imglib.lbl.gov/ImgLib/
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory is celebrating its 65th anniversary this year,
and this frames-based web site is a tribute to its founder. Ernest Orlando
Lawrence, who invented the cyclotron, opened the way to "a Golden Age of
particle physics and revolutionary discoveries about the nature of the
universe." The story was originally told by the lab's public information
department in 1981. In addition to presenting the accomplishments of
Lawrence and the laboratory from 1931 to 1958, the site displays a large
collection of photos from the Berkeley Lab Online Photo Archive. These are
organized by topic, including accelerators, buildings, history, particle
detection, people, publications, and research. Images are searchable and
browsable, and all are described. Users also have a choice of resolutions
for display of the images. All in all, this site provides a personal look
into one of the foremost physics labs in the world, at a time when its
discoveries were literally shaking the world.
[ QH ]
World Wide Web Virtual Library--Microscopy
http://www.ou.edu/research/electron/www-vl/
Non frames version
http://www.ou.edu/research/electron/www-vl/noframes.shtml
The latest
addition to the WWW-VL is the subject area Microscopy, which claims "850 links to
sites on all aspects of light microscopy, electron microscopy and other forms of
microscopy" and is sponsored by the Samuel Roberts Electron Microscopy Laboratory
and the University of Oklahoma. The site includes both a frames-based and
non-frames-based version, both of which are easily navigated. As might be
expected, it includes a broad spectrum of access points such as Internet
Resources; Reference Sites; Laboratories, Organizations and People; Equipment
and Technology; Applications and Topics; General and Education; Techniques; and
Vendors and Other. Highlights include what is billed as the first photo of the
Ebola virus, a Periodic Table of Elements, and the Genome Sequence Database.
[ QS ]
JayDoc HistoWeb--Histology on the Net
http://www.kumc.edu/instruction/medicine/anatomy/histoweb/
JayDoc
HistoWeb, provided by two medical students at the University of Kansas, is a
frames-based site that provides hundreds of microscopic anatomical images,
topically arranged in 19 categories ranging from blood & bone marrow to vascular
system. Each image is accompanied by a short annotation and scale bar. Interested
users have the option of clicking a button for a much larger view. Note that
though this site is extremely graphical and may be a challenge to those with slow
connections, it is a treasure house of anatomical information.
[ RC ]
MediLife Diabetes Center
http://www.medilife.com/medilife/diabetes/
Sponsored by Medilife, Inc.,
makers of diabetes management software, this web site offers resources for those
with diabetes and those interested in finding out more about the condition. From
the main page users can select: a library of information about the various forms
of diabetes and innovations in treatment; a set of pages on exercise programs;
two interactive tests that help users determine their possible risk for diabetes;
a nutrition section that covers meal planning and special diets, and offers
gourmet recipes; a medical supplies area that details the offerings of many
medicine and equipment vendors; and an "ask the educator page," on which a
diabetes nurse educator answers questions from visitors to the site. Also
available on the site is a diabetes trivia quiz, a Java-based memory game, and
"Health University," an evolving series of educational modules designed to
increase diabetes awareness.
[ RS ]
RxList--The Internet drug index
http://www.rxlist.com/
There are two aspects of this drug information site that make it
distinctively useful: first, it uses fuzzy logic as well as wildcard
searching, just in case your spelling of long chemical names is imperfect;
second, it's free. Don't let the simplicity of the search form fool you;
while the searching is easy, it's also powerful. Search results come in the
form of a listing of brand name, generic name, and category; more
information on many of the drugs in the database, and on all of the 200
most frequently prescribed drugs in America, is available through links in
the search results listing. The interactions database is particularly
useful, since it can either search for interactions among categories of
drugs or between a particular drug (that the user enters) and all of the
200 most frequently prescribed drugs at once (this search uses the Alta
Vista search engine to generate results). Users may also display these most
frequently prescribed drugs as an alphabetical or ranked list.
[ S ]
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
http://www.iatp.org/iatp/
gopher://gopher.igc.apc.org:70/11/trade/iatp
The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, an organization whose "mission is
to create environmentally and economically sustainable communities and regions
through sound agriculture and trade policy," has recently upgraded its web site
to include information on the Institute's projects and publications in the fields
of trade, agriculture, and the environment. One of the highlights of the site is
its Global Food Security Resources section (frames based, under Agriculture),
which provides a Food Security Resources Guide, a selected bibliography of 55
resources in the subject, and 10 full-text IATP documents on it. The website is
an enhancement of the IATP's gopher site.
[ S ]
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
http://www.iatp.org/iatp/
gopher://gopher.igc.apc.org:70/11/trade/iatp
The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, an organization whose "mission is
to create environmentally and economically sustainable communities and regions
through sound agriculture and trade policy," has recently upgraded its web site
to include information on the Institute's projects and publications in the fields
of trade, agriculture, and the environment. One of the highlights of the site is
its Global Food Security Resources section (frames based, under Agriculture),
which provides a Food Security Resources Guide, a selected bibliography of 55
resources in the subject, and 10 full-text IATP documents on it. The website is
an enhancement of the IATP's gopher site.
[ SD ]
Satellite Observations of Forest Fires
ftp://fermi.jhuapl.edu/www/seaspace/gallery/fire/fire.html
The Ocean
Remote Sensing Group of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
has made available a series of maps of some of the fifteen major wildfires that
were burning Wednesday across 264,794 acres in six Western states--Oregon,
California, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado. The images are not intended as a
working fire detection resource, but are offered as interesting observations.
Background information is provided, and the subject matter of each image is
briefly described. The files are in GIF format and range in size from 200 to
500K. The publicly available data used is from the NOAA polar orbiter AVHRR
sensor, which scans the earth beneath six times per second. Links are provided to
the Wildland Fire Assessment System of the USDA and Go West forest fire reports,
which offers a list of links for each state with major fires.
[ TA ]
Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library, and Other eLib Projects
Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library
http://www.eevl.ac.uk/
biz/ed--Business education on the Internet
http://www.bizednet.bris.ac.uk:8080/
OMNI--Organizing Medical Networked Information
http://omni.ac.uk/
SOSIG--Social Science Information Gateway
http://sosig.ac.uk/
eLib HomePage
http://ukoln.bath.ac.uk/elib/
EEVL (Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library)is a newly available web engineering
meta-resource. Provided by eLib (Electronic Library Programme), JISC (Joint Information
Systems Committee), and the University Library and Institute for Computer Based Learning
of Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh), it contains over 1300 browsable and searchable
resources. Users may browse nine major categories, including chemical, civil,
electrical, mechanical, petroleum, materials, and environmental engineering, engineering
design, and general engineering. Each major category is further subdivided for ease of
browsing, and filters allow users to specify both resource type and UK- or non-UK-specific
information. Boolean AND/OR/NOT and truncation searching is also available. Each listing
offers a general description of the site and a link to a more detailed entry, as well
as a connection to the described site. EEVL joins several other eLib projects (biz/ed,
OMNI, SOSIG--see URLs above) that should greatly aid researchers and educators in finding
quality UK and non-UK research and education resources on the Internet (OMNI was
discussed in the April 5, 1996 issue of the Scout Report). Each project, although funded
by eLib, is controlled by its own producers.
[ TK ]
News.Com
http://www.news.com/
This week c|net: the Computer Network launched
News.Com, an online service entirely devoted to technology news. It promises to
be a useful site for a wide range of computer and Internet users who can visit
once (or more) a day for updates on who's doing what in the world of the
Internet, computing, Intranets, and business. Each section offers a dozen or more
varied stories produced by c|net or accessed through links to other Internet
publishers. Also offered in each section are short takes that provide a single
paragraph summary of a piece of technology news. On the page with each current
news story are links to related stories from the c|net archives that are useful
for background information (the stories from the archives may be several months
old, however, so be sure to check the dates to know if you are reading news or
background). Opinion pieces can be found under Perspectives, and Newsmakers
offers multimedia interviews with movers and shakers.
[ TK ]
Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library, and Other eLib Projects
Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library
http://www.eevl.ac.uk/
biz/ed--Business education on the Internet
http://www.bizednet.bris.ac.uk:8080/
OMNI--Organizing Medical Networked Information
http://omni.ac.uk/
SOSIG--Social Science Information Gateway
http://sosig.ac.uk/
eLib HomePage
http://ukoln.bath.ac.uk/elib/
EEVL (Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library)is a newly available web engineering
meta-resource. Provided by eLib (Electronic Library Programme), JISC (Joint Information
Systems Committee), and the University Library and Institute for Computer Based Learning
of Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh), it contains over 1300 browsable and searchable
resources. Users may browse nine major categories, including chemical, civil,
electrical, mechanical, petroleum, materials, and environmental engineering, engineering
design, and general engineering. Each major category is further subdivided for ease of
browsing, and filters allow users to specify both resource type and UK- or non-UK-specific
information. Boolean AND/OR/NOT and truncation searching is also available. Each listing
offers a general description of the site and a link to a more detailed entry, as well
as a connection to the described site. EEVL joins several other eLib projects (biz/ed,
OMNI, SOSIG--see URLs above) that should greatly aid researchers and educators in finding
quality UK and non-UK research and education resources on the Internet (OMNI was
discussed in the April 5, 1996 issue of the Scout Report). Each project, although funded
by eLib, is controlled by its own producers.
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TEATIME-LIST mailing list
The teatime-list
is an email discussion list dedicated to the subject of tea. It is an
"unmoderated" discussion forum; however, only subscribers are permitted to post
to the list. All posts are reflected via email to all the subscribers. To
subscribe send email to:
teatime-list-request@teatime.com
In the body of the
message type: subscribe
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PTHER--Physical Therapy Discussion List
PTHER is a forum for the exchange of ideas pertaining to treatment
protocols, clinic management, and the general advancement of the field of
physical therapy. Practicing physical therapists, students of physical
therapy, and those interested in physical therapy and related fields are
encouraged to subscribe and participate. The list is not moderated.
To subscribe send email to:
MAJORDOMO@MAJORDOMO.SRV.UALBERTA.CA
In the body of the message type:
SUBSCRIBE PTHER your@email.address
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Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library, and Other eLib Projects
Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library
http://www.eevl.ac.uk/
biz/ed--Business education on the Internet
http://www.bizednet.bris.ac.uk:8080/
OMNI--Organizing Medical Networked Information
http://omni.ac.uk/
SOSIG--Social Science Information Gateway
http://sosig.ac.uk/
eLib HomePage
http://ukoln.bath.ac.uk/elib/
EEVL (Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library)is a newly available web engineering
meta-resource. Provided by eLib (Electronic Library Programme), JISC (Joint Information
Systems Committee), and the University Library and Institute for Computer Based Learning
of Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh), it contains over 1300 browsable and searchable
resources. Users may browse nine major categories, including chemical, civil,
electrical, mechanical, petroleum, materials, and environmental engineering, engineering
design, and general engineering. Each major category is further subdivided for ease of
browsing, and filters allow users to specify both resource type and UK- or non-UK-specific
information. Boolean AND/OR/NOT and truncation searching is also available. Each listing
offers a general description of the site and a link to a more detailed entry, as well
as a connection to the described site. EEVL joins several other eLib projects (biz/ed,
OMNI, SOSIG--see URLs above) that should greatly aid researchers and educators in finding
quality UK and non-UK research and education resources on the Internet (OMNI was
discussed in the April 5, 1996 issue of the Scout Report). Each project, although funded
by eLib, is controlled by its own producers.
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Macmillan Computer Publishing Online Books
http://www.mcp.com/3316680954417/mcp/online_books/
Macmillan Computer Publishing Home page
http://www.mcp.com/mcp/
Highlight of the Macmillan Computer Publishing web site is the large collection of
free online books available from its subsidiaries Que and Sams. Que's Digital Bookshelf
at present contains 30 online books in topics including world wide web, web publishing,
web programming, web servers, and networking, among others. Sams Publishing offers over
15 online books on topics such as web site construction, Java, Netscape 3.0, and Javascript.
Also offered are _The Internet Starter Kit_, _The Computer Trainer's Personal Training
Guide_, and early galleys from portions of _The Electronic Citizen: How to Speak Out and
Organize on the Internet_, as well as an Internet glossary. Both the Que and Sams libraries
can be searched as well as browsed. While the Macmillan site is designed to sell books,
the publishers have made a staggering amount of their product freely available, and in so
doing have rendered a great service to the net community.
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Library of Congress Classification System--Unofficial
Guide
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/8459/lc.html
This very simple Web site has one very useful function: it contains the
outline of the Library of Congress Classification System. While the outline
is not searchable, users may browse through the twenty-one categories,
which are then arranged by sub-category and number range. For the library
user who would like to be convinced that the LOC system is a logical
organizational structure, this is a good start. This site will be most
useful to library patrons who need to get an overall sense of the LOC
system, and to library staff members who are assisting them.
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Adobe Acrobat Developer's Zone
http://www.projectcool.com/developer/acrobat/
For more
information on Adobe Acrobat see the Scout Toolkit
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/scout/toolkit/3d3.html
The Acrobat Developer's
Zone, provided by Project Cool, Inc. is a frames-based .pdf tutorial for creating
Adobe Acrobat content on the web. Sections include "PDF basics, "Creating PDF,"
"PDF & the web," "Byte-serving," "Embedded PDF," and "Framed PDF." Although not
comprehensive, these lessons provide the user with a basic understanding of .pdf
as well as graphically illustrating what pages can look like if they are served
in .pdf and HTML. This second point is what really makes the site stands out.
Future tutorials are set to include multimedia .pdf, forms processing within
web-based .pdf, and templates for web publishing. Note: in order to utilize this
site to its fullest, users will need Netscape 2.0 or better, along with Adobe
Acrobat Reader 3.0 beta.
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Querying Internet Search Indexes by Email
ftp to: ftp.netcom.com
cd to pub/gb/gboyd
Gerald Boyd has spent much time learning the internal syntax of web search engines. He
has made the fruits of his labor available at an ftp site. Interested Internauts can
download FAQs on how to query fifteen generic and eight specialty search engines by
email. Included are Alta Vista, Excite, Inktomi, Yahoo, Infoseek, OKRA, Open Text,
SwitchBoard, TheList, and others. Also included is a FAQ on how to use an Agora Server
to use the web by email. See the Scout Report for March 8, 1996, along with the discussion
of Dr. Bob Rankin's _The Whole Internet...By E-Mail_, in the Scout Toolkit
(http://www.cs.wisc.edu/scout/toolkit/3d7.html) for more on Agora. The FAQs are of
greatest use to those without a web connection, but are also interesting to anyone who
is intrigued by the intricacies of search engines. Users should download wsintro.faq
(table of contents of FAQs), wscrack.faq (basic strategy for figuring out how to query
search indexes via email) and wshelp.faq (Agora help file) before any others. For those
who would like to download everything at once, wssearch.zip contains all of the files.
Note that while these files are fairly technical, they are very useful for those who
need such Internet access.
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Two sites for US Historical Maps
Rare Map Collection at the Hargrett Library--University of
Georgia
http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/maps.html
Exploring the West from Monticello: A Perspective in Maps from Columbus
to Lewis and Clark
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/lewis_clark/home.html
Two of the
more impressive historical map sites on the Internet are: the Rare Map Collection
at the Hargrett Library, University of Georgia; and "Exploring the West from
Monticello: A Perspective in Maps from Columbus to Lewis and Clark," a collection
of maps and navigational instruments taken from an exhibition at the University
of Virginia's Alderman Library. Hargrett's collection contains hundreds of
images, and, as might be expected, specializes in Georgia historical maps.
However, it also contains many national and international maps from the early new
world, colonial, US Revolutionary and post-Revolutionary eras. The actual size of
each map is indicated and author is given when available. "Exploring the West"
contains 33 items, topically arranged, from "Novus Orbis: Images of the New
World, 1507-1669," to "To the Western Ocean: Planning the Lewis and Clark
Expedition." The power of this site is not so much in the maps themselves, but in
the lavish annotations that accompany them. A bibliography and pointers to
related sites are included.
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Two sites for US Historical Maps
Rare Map Collection at the Hargrett Library--University of
Georgia
http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/maps.html
Exploring the West from Monticello: A Perspective in Maps from Columbus
to Lewis and Clark
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/lewis_clark/home.html
Two of the
more impressive historical map sites on the Internet are: the Rare Map Collection
at the Hargrett Library, University of Georgia; and "Exploring the West from
Monticello: A Perspective in Maps from Columbus to Lewis and Clark," a collection
of maps and navigational instruments taken from an exhibition at the University
of Virginia's Alderman Library. Hargrett's collection contains hundreds of
images, and, as might be expected, specializes in Georgia historical maps.
However, it also contains many national and international maps from the early new
world, colonial, US Revolutionary and post-Revolutionary eras. The actual size of
each map is indicated and author is given when available. "Exploring the West"
contains 33 items, topically arranged, from "Novus Orbis: Images of the New
World, 1507-1669," to "To the Western Ocean: Planning the Lewis and Clark
Expedition." The power of this site is not so much in the maps themselves, but in
the lavish annotations that accompany them. A bibliography and pointers to
related sites are included.
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Electronic Medical Journals from Royal Netherlands Academy of
Arts and Sciences (KNAW)
http://www.library.knaw.nl/www/ejournals/elecjour.htm
Medical Information
Centre
http://www.library.knaw.nl/www/main.htm
The Electronic Medical Journals page is part of the Royal Netherlands Academy of
Arts and Sciences' Medical Information Centre, a large medical resource site. The
Electronic Journals page contains links to approximately 55 freely accessible
scientific and biomedical electronic journals. Most journals offer full-text web
versions of articles previously published in printed form. The Medical
Information Centre offers article title, journal title, and key word searches of
a much larger set of medical articles (taken from approximately 750 biomedical
journals), and allows users to order (for a fee) copies of the articles in print,
HTML, or email form. Numerous links to other websites, newsgroups, discussion
groups, and email lists as well as a database (currently under construction) that
will allow users to search for Internet medical resources, make the Medical
Information Centre a great starting point for the netizen with an interest in
medicine.
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The 1996 National Survey of Public Libraries and the
Internet: Progress and Issues: Final Report
http://istweb.syr.edu/Project/Faculty/McClure-NSPL96/NSPL96_T.html
This
report, by John Carlo Bertot (University of Maryland Baltimore County), Charles
R. McClure (Syracuse University), and Douglas L. Zweizig (University of
Wisconsin), is now available on the web. Major findings include: "Between 1994
and 1996 public library Internet connectivity increased 113% from 20.9% to
44.6%"; "Public libraries in communities under 5,000 are significantly (58.6%)
less likely to use the Internet than those serving populations of 100,000+"; and
"There are significant disparities in connectivity, service provision, and
budget for Internet activities by region and population served." The study is
divided into two major sections: "Study Results," and "Progress and Issues."
Issues discussed include "Factors Affecting Public Library Involvement with the
Internet," "The Current State of Public Library Internet Connectivity,"
"Identified Public Library Benefits to Connecting to the Internet," and
"Connectivity Versus Services," among many others. In addition, there is much
information on the survey instrument and methodology.
Updated: Thursday, October 3, 1996, 3:01 PM
Peter DeVries (pdevries@facstaff.wisc.edu)
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