The Scout Report - August 4, 1995
A Service to the Internet Community
Provided by the Info Scout and the InterNIC
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newly discovered Internet resources of interest to researchers and
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Highlights In This Week's Report:
World Wide Web
- Anglicans Online! has grown to be a comprehensive source of information
for the world's Episcopal/Anglican church on the Internet. Topics offered
are the Newsroom, Canada, USA, World, and Resources including reference
links, biblical study. Ecumenical partners, and a listing of Discussion
mailing lists and newsgroups are also provided.
http://infomatch.com/~haibeck/anglican.html
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The "BIG list" of internet news sources as compiled from the inet-news
mailing list has been organized by topic. Includes links to other major
collections of news sources on the Web.
http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~jmaier/
- The NewsLink Web page has been expanded and re-organized to include free
links to 431 on-line newspapers, 350 on-line broadcasters, 466 on-line
magazines, 465 on-line news services, organizations and other special
sites. [NOTE: There is no guarantee that some sites reached through the
NewsLink page may request or require registration and/or fees. All the
sites I tried were open and free.]
http://www.newslink.org
- The qualitative researchers Web page offers links to conference
announcements and proceedings, discussion forums, grant information, and
qualitative data analysis software and archives.
http://www.oise.on.ca/~jnorris/qual.html
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The Villanova Center for Information Law and Policy (VCILP) at Villanova
University School of Law offers a Web server in its role as a National
Center for Automated Information Research sponsored project. The VCILP Web
page provides the Federal Web Locator, the Federal Court Locator, a
virtual library and conference rooms, the Legal Domain Network, Villanova
University School of Law, and a link to the National Center for Automated
Information Research. VCILP offers specific pieces of law and accounting
information with an emphasis on technology development, and on
articulating a vision of the role of the Internet in the National
Information Infrastructure (NII).
http://www.law.vill.edu/
- The Wall Street Research Net (WSRN) Web page is now available with over
2,700 links to help professional and private investors locate economic
data and perform fundamental research on actively traded companies. The
Company Information section of WSRN has entries for 5,414 companies.
Currently, there are 2,720 links to such items as SEC documents, company
home pages, annual reports, press releases and other investor information,
and stock price information from MIT. The Economic Research section
contains links to economic databases around the globe such as the U.S.
Department of Commerce and the better university sites. The Research
section contains links to independent providers of research to the
investment community. See it now while it's in beta test. In the Fall it
will be available for a "nominal fee."
http://www.wsrn.com/
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A stylish, interactive magazine, Women's Wire on the Web aims to serve as
a virtual resource outpost and electronic mentoring center for women
around the world. The site features weekly advice columnists, daily news
about women, statistics, quotes from newsmakers, and links to other
women-focused Web sites. Topical areas include everything from business to
banking, careers to comix, and haute couture to health.
http://www.women.com
Gopher
- The Ellen G. White Estate gopher contains full text of various books by
Ellen G. White (1827-1915), a writer of books on religious themes, health,
education, other matters. The site features the capability to search the
entire published writings of White, with Boolean operators available.
Search program allows reading full context of passages found by the
search, as well as ability to find any page in any published work.
gopher to: gopher.egwestate.andrews.edu
- The New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM) Medicine and Health Information
Server progresses the Academy's role in the development of a quality
health care system and in providing a forum for the formulation, review
and analysis of policy issues affecting the public health, including,
those relating to the HIV epidemic, adolescent health, and the interaction
of pediatric poverty with social and health care issues. The gopher server
offers information about fellowship programs, library resources, education
programs, HIV/AIDS programs and more.
gopher to: gopher.nyam.org
- Sailor - Maryland's Information Network - provides general Maryland
government information and a wide variety of Internet jump-points. The
gopher is run by the Pratt Free Library and also has local dailup numbers
in Maryland.
gopher to: sailor.lib.md.us
Electronic Mailing Lists
- The South and Meso American Indian Rights Center sponsors an announcement
mailing list for news items and urgent-action alerts to promote its goal
to link Indian peoples of the Americas.
- send email to: majordomo@igc.apc.org
- in the body of the message type: subscribe SAIIC-L
To receive an electronic copy of SAIIC's brochure send a blank e-mail
note to: saiic-info@igc.apc.org.
- Spiramed is a mailing list and discussion group on the topic of the
'spiritual approach to medicine, psychology, and psychiatry' and is
intended for discussions on all aspects of the integration of spirituality
in these areas. All therapists are invited to join, but it is also a place
for non-therapists who would like to share their experience or to receive
information on such topics as spiritual approaches to anxiety, depression
and psychological suffering, spiritual approaches to psychosis, spiritual
practices and conventional therapies, and meditation, psychological
treatments and physical diseases among others.
- send email to: listserv@sjuvm.stjohns.edu
- in the body of the message type:
- sub spiramed yourfirstname yourlastname
NetBytes
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Volunteer positions and internships are available for people who want to
work on "Welcome to the White House: An Interactive Citizens' Handbook."
Applications for this fall must be received by Wednesday 16 August.
The Office of Science and Technology Policy of the Executive Office of the
President has openings for qualified volunteers to help improve the White
House Web site. The strongest applicants would have experience with Unix,
CGI scripts, and with HTML as well as a demonstrated interest in
government. Other useful skills, which should be indicated, include
graphic design, the ability to speak Spanish, and familiarity with Perl
and VRML. In addition to work on the Web site, applicants may also be
called upon to do general office duties. The session dates are as
follows: Fall session is from September 11, 1995 through December 8, 1995.
The spring session will be from February 5, 1995 through May 3, 1996.
1. Interns: College students who will be on site on a full time basis for
an entire quarter or semester. They may receive academic or co-op credit
for their internship. Students must complete a Student Volunteer
Agreement. Applicants must be at least 18 years of age, must be US
Citizens, and will be subject to a security screening process and drug
testing. Candidates for this fall are especially sought, but candidates
for spring semester internships will also be considered at this time. We
are NOT taking applicants for next summer. Interns will not be allowed
access into the complex until ALL paperwork is completed and approved. No
extensions of appointments will be approved.
2. Volunteers: People of any age who are residents of the Capitol region
and can be on site for at least a half day a week during the school year.
All applicants must be at least 18 years of age and will be subject to a
security access into the complex until ALL paperwork is completed and
approved. No extensions of appointments will be approved.
3. Virtual Volunteers: People of any age who are willing to produce HTML
features from their school or home locations. Only a very small number of
volunteers will be selected in this category since this is the first time
we will be trying this.
How to apply: Please send an electronic mail message with the URL of your
Web homepage in the subject line to interns@ostp.eop.gov. The subject
line must begin http:// and it must contain nothing else other than the
address of your homepage, i.e.. http://address/of/yourpage.html. It can
contain links to websites you have helped to build or maintain, but must
at a minimum contain your name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone
number, age, place of birth, and status of US citizenship. You should
also indicate if you are interested in being an intern (and if so, what
time period), an on-site volunteer, or a virtual volunteer. No
applications will be accepted by mail, fax, or telephone. To be considered
at this time your URL must be received by close of business on Wednesday
16 August. Applications will be considered from all qualified persons
without discrimination. Previous volunteers and interns have found the
experience to be educational and rewarding. Be creative and have fun....
Weekend Scouting
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The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences World Wide Web Site lists the
Primetime Emmy Awards Nominations. The Awards will be announced live
during the annual broadcast on September 10. The site also offers Emmy
Awards "Facts & Trivia" and photos from the Emmy Awards Archives. Nice
intro page.
http://www.emmys.org/tindex.html
- CANCOUNTRY - Canadian Country Music List - is an open, unmoderated
discussion list for the discussion of Canadian country music artists and
their music.
- send email to: cancountry-request@webcom.com
- in the body of the message type: subscribe
- "Running & Sports Injuries: A Web Hypertext" presents a variety of lower
extremity running injuries and both self treatment and office treatment.
Also running physiology and how to stay out of the doctor's office. Links
to other sports areas. A new addition is Hot Weather Running.
http://www.clark.net/pub/pribut/spsport.html
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-- Susan Calcari
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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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