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Provided by the InterNIC as a Service to the Internet Community
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
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***NOTE***
This week marks the introduction of new Web pages for all Scout services
and a new name for the Info Scout organization. The Info Scout project,
now called Net Scout Services, is one of 3 projects which together
comprise the InterNIC. Net Scout Services is based at the University of
Wisconsin - Madison and has a staff of three: Susan Calcari, Info Scout,
Jack Solock, Special Librarian, and Gleason Sackman, moderator of
Net-happenings from his office in Fargo, North Dakota. Registration
Services and Directory and Database Services are the other two InterNIC
projects, managed by Network Solutions, Inc. and AT&T, respectively.
Visit the new Net Scout Services pages for more information.
http://rs.internic.net/scout
This issue of the Scout Report also marks the introduction of a new
service, The Scout Toolkit. The Toolkit is designed to help new users
identify network tools which are most appropriate to their needs. It was
built by collecting, organizing, and annotating a subset of the most
effective network information tools available for searching the Net and
staying current on new resources and network tools. For more information,
see the Network Tools section of this issue or visit the Scout Toolkit
directly.
http://rs.internic.net/scout/toolkit
Please send comments and contributions on the new Web sites and the Scout Toolkit to scout@internic.net.
Gallery of the Open Frontier
The Gallery of the Open Frontier is a digital image library of photos,
paintings, and drawings that pertain to the history of the American West.
This online resource, drawn initially from the primary collections of the
National Archives, is being designed by the University of Nebraska Press
to serve four essential functions: 1) Allow researchers to easily view
portions of the holdings of the National Archives from anywhere in the US
with an Internet connection; 2) Establish a testbed for developing similar
digital image libraries from the nonprofit and public sector image
archives; 3) Provide a service to the educational community by making
thousands of images easily accessible worldwide for educational use and
historical analysis; 4) Provide the raw materials for the creation of
teacher- and scholar-created "tours," educational units, and teaching aids
about the history of the American expansion into the West, both online and
on CD-ROM.
http://www.unl.edu/UP/gof/home.htm
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Learning Resource Server
The Learning Resource Server at the University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign has as its goal the provision of resources that help
learners advance from "surfing" to "serving." It has been redesigned to
better serve the needs of learners and teachers at all levels. The
Learning Resource Server contains resources for accessing and creating
knowledge for K-12 classes, higher education students and teachers, and
teacher education. Resources include exemplary lesson plans, how-to
guides, and good network-based learning projects and papers.
http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/lrs/
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Skull Anatomy 4.0
Skull Anatomy 4.0 is an interactive learning tool for topographic, bony,
and radiographic anatomy of the skull. It provides photographic-quality,
digitized images of the face and radiographs of the skull offering over
120 anatomical features to identify. The mouse is used to identify
features and a quiz is provided for student self-tests. Student files are
password protected but accessible by the instructor. The downloadable file
runs under Windows.
http://www.umdnj.edu/~chamberl/sklanat/sklanat.html
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Hubble Space Telescope Observations
The latest Hubble Space Telescope observations are available at NASA's
Space Telescope Science Institute Web site. They include Saturn Ring-Plane
Crossing, Orion Nebula Mosaic, Galileo Probe Target, Core of Galaxy NCG,
and Brown Dwarf Gliese. Each link offers photos and detailed explanatory
captions. Links back to the central public Hubble picture archive are also
available.
http://www.stsci.edu/EPA/Latest.html
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ScienceDaily
ScienceDaily offers the latest discoveries and research projects in all
fields of science from labs across North America. The OK Web Site of the
Day offers the "coolest" science sites -- OK as in Zero Kelvin -- and you
can't get any cooler than that. Other links lead to Science Magazines and
Journals, collections of top-rated science sites, and hands-on science
centers.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/
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Human Rights Library
The Human Rights Library of the University of Minnesota holds a collection
of over ninety of the most important international human rights
instruments -- treaties, declarations, and other materials -- together
with authoritative citations. The documents are easily accessed by subject
matter or searched by keyword. In addition, the site offers information
about the work of the human rights treaty bodies, including general
comments and recommendations, decisions and views of the U.N. Human
Rights Committee, and other materials. Links to other useful sites
containing information about human rights and relevant resources are also
provided.
http://www.umn.edu/humanrts/
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Transcultural Psychology and Related Topics
discussion list
The Transcultural Psychology and Related Topics discussion list (short:
TRANSPSY) has been established to provide a world-wide electronic forum for
the exchange of ideas, opinions and information among professionals
interested in cross-cultural research, minority issues, and "indigenous
psychologies". The main focus of TRANSPSY is on generic issues in the
study of cultures, and topics in the field of counseling and clinical
psychology, including the delivery of mental health services to
individuals from non-Western cultures and minorities.
To subscribe, send email to:
Listserv@vm1.nodak.edu
in the body of the message type:
Subscribe transcultural-psychology yourfirstname
yourlastname
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19th century American Art from the Carnegie Museum
On January 6, 1996, the 19th Century American Women Writers Web will
present an exhibit of 19th century American Art from the Carnegie Museum.
This exhibit marks the first time the Carnegie has allowed their
collection to be presented on the Internet. Users will be able to view
individual works, details from the works, and to hear, via on-demand
audio, the curator of the collection discuss the works. For those
interested in learning more about the individual works, they can learn
in-depth about terms and concepts from an online encyclopedia and jump to
other web sites that have information about the artists in the exhibit. A
link is also provided to the 19th Century American Women Writers Web, a
site devoted to the study and appreciation of 19th century American women
writers and 19th century American culture.
http://clever.net/19cwww/exhibit.html
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The Sixties Project
The Sixties Project is an interdisciplinary forum for scholars, activists,
authors and artists interested in the 1960s and the effects of that decade
on contemporary culture. The Project and the Web site are a part of Viet
Nam Generation, Inc., a 501c3 literary and educational nonprofit
organization devoted to providing a forum for interdisciplinary work on the
1960s and the Viet Nam War. The site offers the organization's catalog of
publications which include course textbooks, anthologies, fiction,
nonfiction, poetry, and book, film, music, and multimedia reviews.
http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/sixties
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Your Health Daily
Your Health Daily offers daily updates on health and medical news in a
well-organized and easy-to-use format. Provided by The New York Times
Syndicate, Your Health Daily includes news, features, analysis and columns
from a variety of news sources in the United States, Asia and Europe,
including Medical Tribune News Service. Users can browse the latest news
or choose from 15 "Common Topics" for articles of personal interest. A
database of past medical and health articles is available and searchable
by topic or keyword. The site provides links to other NYT Syndicate
services such as Computer News Daily and TimesFax.
http://nytsyn.com/medic/
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CNN Financial News: Grapevine
A relatively new section of the CNN Financial News site is called
Grapevine, and aptly so since the page begins with the line "Fresh from
the rumor mill." What follows is a small collection of tidbits about
money, public relations, or deals gone bad, along with a Tip of the Day.
Link to the Financial News main page for a wide range of meatier stories
and current market information.
http://cnnfn.com/grapevine/
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Marketplace of Political Ideas
The Marketplace of Political Ideas site is now offered by the University
of Houston Libraries. A collection of pointers to the full range of
candidates and issues is available, such as Democratic sites, Republican
sites, third party sites, non-partisan sites, political groups on the
Left, Right, and "Fringes", and a variety of political science pointers.
http://info.lib.uh.edu/politics/markind.htm
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The Beatles!
For those of you who received The Beatles Anthology as a holiday gift, and
for those of you who didn't, this page offers links to everything
available online about the Fab Four: the Anthology companion Web sites by
ABC and Capitol Records, the Life magazine special edition, memorabilia
sites, newsgroups, discographies, book reviews, and about 40 more sites
for both reminiscing and reading about their current project.
http://www.sonic.net/~custom/beat.html
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The Scout Toolkit
The InterNIC and Net Scout Services announce the release of the Scout
Toolkit, a new service designed to help new users identify the network
tools most appropriate for their needs. The Scout Toolkit was built by
collecting, organizing, and annotating a subset of the most effective
network information tools available. The Toolkit is made available for
researchers, educators, and others interested in using the Internet for
access to quality resources.
The Toolkit is not meant to be a comprehensive listing of all network tools, rather a select collection of tools organized by function. Internet users can investigate searchable indexes, subject catalogs, and annotated resource indexes and decide which tool best fits their needs. Links to comprehensive listings of network tools are also provided for further investigation.
Each service included in the Toolkit is previewed with a brief
description, allowing the user to determine its appropriateness before
linking to the site. In addition to information about search tools, the
Staying Current section offers a dozen effective ways to stay informed of
new Internet resources. The Specialized Tools section takes a look at
current and near future graphical, 3D, audio, and video services.
http://rs.internic.net/scout/toolkit
If you find the Scout Toolkit useful for yourself and your users, let us know at scout@internic.net.
Based onfeedback and input from the community the Toolkit will be
maintained
and expanded as a permanent service of Net Scout Services.
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