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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EurekAlert -- science news stories sponsored by
AAAS
EurekAlert, a service of the American Association for the Advancement of
Science, presents the latest news on research in science,
medicine and technology. News releases are submitted by academic
institutions, journals, government sources, and non-profit agencies. The
site is designed to be used by journalists, research institutions and
members of the public. EurekAlert is updated daily and contains
an archive that is searchable by key word, contributor institution type,
and geography. Interesting stories presently available include the finding
that breast-feeding may reduce risk of breast cancer, attempts
by researchers to reduce the environmental impact of making computer
chips, and the effect of doctor and patient age on medical decisions.
Each story is abstracted and contains contact information
and hyptertext links when available. Submissions are free at this time,
but a posting fee will be imposed in the future.
http://www.eurekalert.org/
less graphical:
http://www.eurekalert.org/E-lert/current/mainpage.shtml
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School Librarian Links
School Librarian Links is meant to be "an all-in-one reference site for
school librarians new to seeking professional resources on the Internet."
At present it is a list of selected pointers sorted by topic. Topics
include acceptable use and censorship (including several acceptable use
policies of middle and high schools), best education sites, curriculum
links, librarian resources, online text/news, publishers and vendors, U.S.
government search sites, and search engines. Each link is accompanied by a
short annotation. This is a good starting point for a school librarian or
media specialist who is new to the Internet. The site is a personal effort
by Kathleen Gentili, a Library Media Specialist in Arizona.
http://www.yab.com/~cyberian
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H-Net -- Humanities Online from Michigan State
University
The highlight of the Humanities Online Web site at Michigan State
University is the H-Net List of Lists, a page containing over 75
scholarly discussion lists from H-Africa to H-World, as well as several
humanities lists not affiliated with H-Net. Each listing contains
subscription information, and may also contain discussion logs, reviews of
scholarly works, calls for papers, conference announcements, grant,
scholarship and fellowship information, and links to related sites when
available. In addition, H-Net includes: a Review Project with hundreds of
book reviews that can be sorted by discussion list, author, reviewer, or
date; a weekly Job Guide; reports by the National Coordinating Committee
for the Promotion of History (NCC), and selected links to humanities and
social science sites.
http://h-net.msu.edu/
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Entomology Index of Internet Resources -- Iowa State
University
The Entomology Department at Iowa State University maintains the
Entomology Index of Internet Resources, a comprehensive page of entomology
pointers in over 20 categories, ranging from beekeeping to Usenet. WWW,
gopher, FTP, electronic mailing lists, and Usenet news resources are
included. While the resource is aimed mainly at the higher education
community, the K-12 Educator Recommended Resources page contains nearly 50
pointers. The site has also recently established a new checklist category
that contains pointers to seven insect checklists at this time. Most of
the site is searchable.
http://www.ent.iastate.edu/List/
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Community Memory -- Discussion List on the History of Cyberspace
Computer Professionals For Social Responsibility (CPSR)
announces the creation of "Community Memory -- Discussion List on the
History of Cyberspace," a moderated discussion list whose purpose is to
explore the origins, history and development of computer networks,
computer
hardware, software, and computer science, and the environment collectively
known as "cyberspace." Emphasis is placed on human factors -- on who knew
whom, how ideas spread and originated. This list is dedicated to the
belief
that awareness of history can help us make reasoned decisions in the
present and future. By exploring the history of cyberspace, topical
issues
we face today -- such as privacy concerns, equality of access to
computing,
hacking, computer literacy, intellectual property rights, funding
long-term
R&D -- are placed in a broader, historical context. A primary focus will
be the evolution of ideas in computing and the use of computers.
To subscribe send email to: listserv@cpsr.org
In the body of the message type:
subscribe cpsr-history yourfirstname yourlastname
CPSR home page:
http://www.cpsr.org/dox/home.html
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Federal Court Panel Finds CDA
Unconstitutional
Full text of the unanimous decision of a three judge panel of the United
States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia, Pa., which
ruled much of the Communications Deceny Act unconstitutional, is available
at the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) Web site. Along with the
decision, the site contains a 40 minute ACLU news conference (in RealAudio
format), case materials, and selected trial testimony and transcripts. The
ACLU, along with the American Library Association, spearheaded the legal
challenge to the CDA. An ALA press release about the court result is
available from the ALA gopher.
ACLU:
http://www.aclu.org/issues/cyber/trial.htm
ALA press release:
gopher://ala1.ala.org:70/00/alagophii/alagophiipress/cdarulin.txt
gopher to ala1.ala.org
select About ALA (news, directories, etc.)/ALA Press Releases/Librarians
Applaud CDA Ruling
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Bosnia: Uncertain Paths to Peace
The Dayton accords, signed in Paris on December 20, 1995 by the leaders of
Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia, marked the end of open hostilities in Bosnia.
But the tragic saga of this conflict continues, as the people of the
former
Yugoslavia try to rebuild their shattered region. The New York Times
presents an interactive photo essay by the French photojournalist Gilles
Peress, which documents the last weeks of the siege of Sarajevo in
February
and March. The site is arranged geographically, allowing the viewer to
tour
Sarajevo itself and three of its suburbs, including Grbavica, the last to
be turned over to Bosian rule. Peress' audio narration describes the
scenes
he documents, making this virtual photo gallery truly multimedia. Visitors
to the site can participate in month-long forums on a wide range of
issues,
each hosted by an individual with experience in the Bosnian conflict. The
Times has gathered a great deal of contextual information to accompany the
photoessay, including background articles, maps, and RealAudio broadcasts
from National Public Radio. No registration is required to view this
site.
http://www.nytimes.com/bosnia
Less graphical:
http://www.nytimes.com/bosnia/intro.html
Site index:
http://www.nytimes.com/specials/bosnia/indext.html
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New Photos From the Hubble Space Telescope
Amazing new photos have been added to the Space Telescope Electronic
Information Service Site. Hubble Space Telescope images
released in the last month include Dynamics of the Crab Nebula and Doomed
Star Eta Carinae. Included are several black & white and color
resolutions, as well as well as explanatory captions. Of particular
interest are the incredible gas clouds emanating from each side of Eta
Carinae. "Even though Eta Carinae is more than 8,000 light-years away,
structures only 10 billion miles across (about the diameter of our solar
system) can be distinguished. Dust lanes, tiny condensations, and strange
radial streaks all appear with unprecedented clarity."
Dynamics of Crab Nebula
http://www.stsci.edu/pubinfo/PR/96/22.html
Doomed star Eta Carinae
http://www.stsci.edu/pubinfo/PR/96/23.html
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State Parks Online
State Parks Online contains links to information on state parks in
44 states. Most of the links are to state departments of tourism, but
there are some to personal pages. Also included are a park of the
week, miscellaneous individual state park sites, and a link to
L.L. Bean's ParkSearch service. This site provides one-stop shopping
for prospective vacationers.
http://www.crl.com/~ddickson/parks.html
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Benny Carter -- jazz saxophonist
As saxophonist Benny Carter approaches his ninetieth year, a web site that
pays tribute to this jazz pioneer brings his career to the Web. The site
includes a selected discography (all currently available on CD) and many
photographs of the musician's life and career, as well as information
about
recent and upcoming tributes and live appearances. There are links to
other
Web resources about Benny Carter, and the site itself is well designed and
easy to navigate. Duke Ellington once wrote, "The problem of expressing
the
contributions that Benny Carter has made to popular music is so tremendous
it completely fazes me, so extraordinary a musician is he." This Web site
makes it easy to find out why.
http://www.lpb.com/benny
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Sports-Card Mailing List
The purpose of the Sports-Card mailing list is for trading, buying,
selling, and discussion of sports cards. This list is unmoderated
and card dealers are welcome. This list is also available in digest
form.
To subscribe, send email to: listserv@listserv.aol.com.
In the body of the message type:
SUBSCRIBE SPORTS-CARDS your name
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Beyond Bookmarks -- Schemes for Organizing the
Web
Beyond Bookmarks: Schemes for Organizing the Web, provided by Gerry
McKiernan of the Reference and Instructional Services Department of Iowa
State University, "is a clearinghouse of World Wide Web sites that have
applied or adopted standard classification schemes or controlled
vocabularies to organize Web resources." The page points to alphabetic,
numeric, and alphanumeric schemes, including Klassifikationssystem for
Svenska Bibliotek, Danish Veterinary and Agricultural Library
Classification, Dewey, Ei Classification Code, Mathematics Subject
Classification, Nederlandse Basisclassificatie, UDC (Universal Decimal
System), AGRICOLA (National Library of Agriculture) subject category
codes, Computing Reviews Classification System, and McKiernan's own
Cyberstacks, a beginning attempt at Library of Congress
classification.
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/CTW.htm
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InfoSpace
InfoSpace is a new Web based phone directory that claims to be the "most
comprehensive on the Internet," with over 112 million listings. Users can
search people, businesses, yellow pages, and fax directories in the U.S.
and Canada. A blue pages government and toll free 800 number directory is
available for the U.S. only at this time. Forthcoming services include a
large email search service and map-based individual, business, and
government
directories. As always, there is no guarantee that information found is
correct (as it is based on telephone directory listings), but the sheer
magnitude of this venture, along with the fact that it includes Canadian
as well as American listings, merits a look at InfoSpace.
http://www.infospaceinc.com/
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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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