The Scout Report - May 5, 1995
A Service to the Internet Community Provided by 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
- CHAMPLAIN: Canadian Government-Information Explorer is a new service that
allows you to search for Canadian government information on the Internet.
All varieties of Internet resources are indexed around the Harvest search
engine.
http://info.ic.gc.ca/champlain/champlain.html
- THE GLOBAL SCHOOLNET FOUNDATION now has a home page . There is information
about the Global Schoolhouse and other projects conducted by the Globsal
Schoolnet Foundation, formerly called FrEdMail. Check out Jo Taylor's
Visit from New Zealand, Take Your Daughters to Work, and P.A.A.C.E.
(Personal Achievement and Career Education)
http://gsn.org
- The ERIC CLEARINGHOUSE FOR SOCIAL STUDIES/SOCIAL SCIENCE EDUCATION
(ERIC/ChESS) recently announce its new WWW Site. The site highlights the
services of ERIC/ChESS and offers links to valuable Internet resources for
social studies education, AskERIC virtual Library, other ERIC
clearinghouses, the Indiana University School of Education, and the Social
Studies Development Center.
http://www.indiana.edu/~ssdc/eric-chess.html
- WEB66 announced that as of May 1 over 500 Schools are now registered
there. There are also over 200 school districts and educational
organizations listed. Check it out at:
http://web66.coled.umn.edu
- PATHFINDER is a new Web Site created by the Time Warner Group of
companies. In Pathfinder you will find samples of Time Warner's products
including: Time, Vibe, People, Money, Sports Illustrated, Entertainment
Weekly, Time Warner Electronic Publishing, and the Virtual Garden.
http://www.timeinc.com/pathfinder/Home_low.html
- The BBC Education On-Line is an interactive service that provides details
of programs and resources for all areas of education.Check out the BBC
Education's Internet Experience for a range of page designed to provide
"added value" when used with BBC programming., and the BBC Education's
Guide to the BBC.
http://www.bbcnc.org.uk/education/
- The NATIONAL PRESS CLUB WWW site includes: The Information Center and
Newsroom with acces to Internet sites and resources for journalists from
the NPC News Information Center, and online news media, The National Press
Club which contains information on NPC, and The National Press Building.
http://town.hall.org/places/npc/
- The U.S. FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION WWW Home Page is open for
business. At this site, there is information on the U.S. banking industry,
financial information on the condition of the Bank Insurance Fund and the
Savings Association Insurance Fund, consumer information, and press
releases.
http://www.fdic.gov
- HOT AIR -- The graphical home page of THE ANNALS OF IMPROBABLE RESEARCH
FROM MIT provides a different look at scientific research. Check out a
schedule of AIR events, an art gallery, and SharewAIR--an interactive and
up-to-the-minute moderated forum.
http://web.mit.edu/org/i/improb
- FlyPBA's AVIATION web pages contain information on all the Commercial
Airlines and Commercial Airports currently with Web Sites as well as local
information on Comair, The Delta Connection.
ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/fl/flypba/WWW/aviation.html
- TRIBAL VOICE -- The Way of the Web. Contains WWW subject/Topic Guide,
Geographic Area Guide, Web Reviews, and happenings.
http://www.tribal.com/
- SCN, SEATTLE COMMUNITY NETWORK opened a web site. SCN is a free, public
computer network founded by the Seattle chapter of Computer Professionals.
Contains information about SCN and links to other freenest and community
resources.
http://www.scn.org/
- The EMBASSY OF SPAIN IN OTTAWA has opened a web site that includes an
exhibit on Spanish current affairs, and on its historical and cultural
development as well as reference information on Spanish everyday life,
history, language and culture. You can view it in English or Spanish.
http://www.civeng.carleton.ca/SiSpain/
- The 1995 KIDLINK Worldwide Computer Art Exhibition will be held April
23-26, 1995 at The Botkyrka Friskola in Stockholm, Sweden. The show
presents computer graphics created by kids between the ages of 10 and 15
years as part of their participation in the KIDLINK global dialog. For
those "websurfers" who can't make it to Stockholm, the exhibit will be on
the web.
http://WWW.UC.EDU/~kidart/
Gopher
- Education Technology at Far West Laboratory maintains this gopher to
disseminate educational information. We offer an array of services &
resources to assist educators, educational agencies, policy makers in the
development, implementation, and evaluation of educational technology.
gopher to: edtech.fwl.org
- International Union Against Cancer is devoted exclusively to all aspects
of the worldwide fight against cancer. Its objectives are to advance
scientific and medical knowledge in research, diagnosis, treatment and
prevention of cancer and to promote all other aspects of the campaign
against cancer throughout the world. Particular emphasis is placed on
professional and public education.
gopher to: gopher_uicc.who.ch
- Harvard University On-Line Course Catalogs
gopher to: gopher.harvard.edu
- Pan American Health Organization/World Health Org (PAHO) is the World
Health Organization's regional office for Latin America and the Caribbean.
The PAHO Gopher offers a wealth of information specific to health in the
37 member nations of PAHO. Currently, the gopher contains data files on
PAHO publications, news and press releases, emergency preparedness and
disaster relief, and human resources development, as well as pointers to a
variety of health resources.
gopher to: umabnet.ab.umd.edu 159
- The Utah Education Network Gopher server contains information pertaining
to Networking the Schools of the State of Utah
gopher to: gopher.uen.org
- WIN95-L is an open, unmoderated give-and-take forum relating to
Microsoft's Windows 95 operating system. (WIN95-L is running on
L-Soft's LISTSERV TCP-IP Version 1.8b for Windows 95.)
To subscribe, send the following command in the BODY of mail
to LISTSERV@WIN95.DC.LSOFT.COM
SUB WIN95-L yourfirstname yourlastname
Owners: Nathan Brindle
Scott Ross
- WINNT-L is an open, unmoderated give-and-take forum relating to
Microsoft's Windows NT operating system. (WINNT-L is running on
L-Soft's LISTSERV TCP-IP Version 1.8b for Windows NT.) The list
will cover both the Workstation and Advanced Server versions.
To subscribe, send the following command in the BODY of mail
to LISTSERV@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM
SUB WINNT-L yourfirstname yourlastname
Owner: Nathan Brindle
NetBytes
- PACIFIC TELESIS opened a Web site. Telesis executives
discuss initiatives in PCS, the broadband communications superhighway,
and industry alliances. Visitors can access recent news releases with a
topic search index and order a paper copy of Pacific Telesis' new 1994
summary of the annual report to shareowners.
http://www.pactel.com.
Weekend Scouting
About the Scout Report
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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) and instructions for accessing
additional information in the InterNIC InfoGuide about each 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
for your desktop computer.
Copyright Susan Calcari, 1995.
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