The Scout Report - January 12, 1996

January 12, 1996

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In This Issue:

Research and Education

General Interest

Network Tools


Research & Education

BioTech at Indiana University
BioTech is a hybrid biology/chemistry educational resource and research tool on the World Wide Web. BioTech is intended to be a learning tool that will attract students and enrich the public's knowledge of biology issues in the world today. The goal is to make BioTech as useful a tool to a high school student as it is to a postdoctoral fellow, and to educate those who may not have as much experience with biology and biotechnology, while at the same time providing quick access to biology-related resources for those who are dealing with much more specific and detailed information. The providers do not wish to exclude anyone from the project and will assist those who need assistance, or merely open doors for those who are interested in finding information on their own. Provided jointly by Indiana University, Iowa State University, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of Minnesota.
http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/
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MIT's Invention Dimension
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently established Invention Dimension, a Web site devoted to American inventors and information related to past and current inventors. The Inventor of the Week section has featured Leo Baekeland (plastic), Charles Townes (the laser), and Roy Plunkett (Teflon), as well as their more famous colleagues Eli Whitney, Ben Franklin, and Alex Bell. Equally interesting are the Hotlist sections: sites for kids and the kid in all of us, hot research and development labs across the US, and the invention extension -- an eclectic collection of invention sites including the "Wacky Patent of the Month."
http://web.mit.edu/invent/
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Archaeology Magazine & A Guide to Classical Archeology
Archaeology Magazine, brought to you officially by The Archaeological Institute of America, reports all the latest archaeological discoveries. Included are news briefs and links to other relevant web sites such as the WWWorld of Archaeology, which organizes related Web sites geographically.
http://www.he.net/~archaeol/index.html

See also "My Guide to Classical Archeology" by Sue Gerlach and Tom Minton of Loyola University of Chicago. The site is well organized and includes sections on museum links, academic classics departments, and related newsgroups and email lists.
http://orion.it.luc.edu/~sgerlac/links.html
[Note: When last checked by the Internet Scout team, this site URL was no longer available.]
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Seattle Times Commemorates Martin Luther King
The Seattle Times commemorates the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. with a Web site including sections on the man, the movement, the legacy, and the holiday. Timed to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the national King holiday, the site also offers a photo tour of key events in the fight for civil rights, dialogue between students in Alabama and Washington states, a quiz study guide, and sound clips from his speeches.
http://www.seattletimes.com/mlk/index.html
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The National Teachers Enhancement Network
The National Teachers Enhancement Network (NTEN) based at Montana State University offers graduate-credit science and mathematics courses to teachers nationally. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation, NTEN allows educators to participate in the telecomputing courses from home or work through direct Internet access or dial-up modem connections. Courses are taught by university scientists, engineers, and mathematicians. NTEN also enhances professional networking nationwide between science teachers and active research scientists. The site offers telecomputing guides for both students and teachers, and online teaching experiences written by course instructors.
http://btc.montana.edu/nten
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Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
The Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications, with records from January 1994 to the present, is available via the Web. Records are searchable by title, publication year, Superintendent of Documents Class Number, Depository Item Number, and GPO (Government Printing Office) Sales Stock Number. Once your item has been retrieved, you can use the site to locate the nearest federal depository library where it is available, as well as the nearest GPO Book Store where it can be purchased. Help on the searching system and the searchable fields is available on the home page.
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dpos/adpos400.html
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SportsScience mailing list
http://www.sportsci.org/forum/forum.html
SPORTSCIENCE is an open, moderated-no-edit list primarily for researchers interested in the science of sport and exercise performance. Topics include ergogenic aids, field and physiological tests, nutrition, diet and supplementation, performance enhancement, sport in extreme environments, training, and topics from other disciplines if related to physical performance. Notices about conferences, jobs, equipment, and software are also welcome. Subscription information and archives are available at the above URL.
To subscribe, send email to:listproc@stonebow.otago.ac.nz
in the body of the message type:
sub sportscience yournamehere
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General Interest

The Vatican
The Vatican has established an official and attractive Web site under it's own top-level country domain. Total content currently consists of two messages from Pope John Paul II: Christmas 1995 and The Celebration of the World Day of Peace 1 January 1996. However, you can read both in your choice of 7 languages, and a form is provided for sending email to the Vatican.
http://www.vatican.va/
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NativeWeb site and mailing list
NativeWeb, a rich source of information and documents about indigenous peoples, has moved to a new location and has been expanded since we reported on it last year. The site seeks to "provide a cyber-place for Earth's indigenous peoples." The site at present provides pointers to North and South American indigenous peoples' resources, and promises in future to provide sources for Asia and Africa. Information is available by Subject Categories, Geographic Regions, Nations/Peoples, Native Languages and Literature, Native Newsletters and Journals, Native Organizations, and Bibliographies. An electronic store offers listings of mostly Native-owned enterprises, and a Native events calendar is also provided.
http://www.nativeweb.org/

To subscribe to the NativeWeb mailing list send a message to: LISTSERV@THECITY.SFSU.EDU
in the body of the message type:
SUB NATIVEWEB yourfirstname yourlastname
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Electronic Policy Network & Civic Participation Page
The Electronic Policy Network is a group of research and advocacy organizations and publications that provide online analysis of economics, politics, social trends, and public policy. It is composed of such organizations as the Twentieth Century Fund, a nonpartisan foundation that researches and writes about progressive public policy, and the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank that encourages public debate about strategies to achieve a prosperous and fair economy. EPN contains selected articles from such publications as "The American Prospect" and "Political Science Quarterly", as well as selected policy papers from its constituent organizations. It also offers Idea Central, a "Civic Participation Page" with information about the condition of democracy and civil society.
http://epn.org/ for EPN.
http://epn.org/idea/civic.html for Idea Central.
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State and Local Government on the Net
State and Local Government on the Net is a listing of pointers to state, county, and city government pages. Sites included are those which meet the criteria of being produced and managed by state, county, or local agencies. Each state is divided into state, county and local sites when available. Links to Native American tribal sites, federal resources related to state and local governments, and national organizations serving state and local governments are also included.
http://www.piperinfo.com/state/states.html
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ESPNET SportsZone + Cleveland's SOB Internet Day
ESPNET SportsZone is widely regarded as one of the best sources for sports news and stories on the Net. Well executed and very current, SportsZone offers daily news and columns, SportsTalk with athletes answers to questions from readers, Industry Insider with "Quotables" and "Read What the Insiders Read", interviews, schedules for today's games, and more. Did you know that "On Thursday, Jan. 11, Cleveland Browns fans held Save Our Browns (SOB) Internet Day. Cleveland fans bombarded NFL owners, NFL sponsors, media and politicians with e-mail to try to keep the Browns in Cleveland." See the Zoned-Out section for details.
http://espn.go.com/
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Biblio mailing list for lovers of old and rare books
Biblio is for collectors and sellers of old, rare, scarce, and/or out-of-print books. The list provides a forum for buying, selling, and trading books. In addition, there is discussion of issues pertinent to identifying, collecting, preserving, and restoring lovely old books. Bibliophile maintains a web page for the benefit of its subscribers.
http://www.bibliophilegroup.com/

To subscribe, send email to:biblio-request@smartlink.net
in the body of the message type: subscribe
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Net Tools

Internet News Radio
Internet News Radio (iNR) is an audio news program which uses RealAudio software allowing Internet users to play audio files "on-demand" over the Internet, including through a standard modem connection. Most stories are broadcast in both French and English. Each week major stories relevant to the Internet are covered, as well as related technology news. iNR also offers audio articles containing movie reviews, software reviews, and feature stories. Pointers to Web sites relevant to stories are provided. Note that RealAudio now supports 28.8 modem connections in its 2.0 beta version.
http://www.iNewsRadio.com/inr/
[Note: When last checked by the Internet Scout team, this site URL was no longer available.]
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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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