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Subscription request cannot be proc__________ (please specify) (u) o Department chair (v) o Media (w) o District level administration (x) o High school teacher ____________________________________________________ (discipline) ________________________________________*(typedww/iis.com/cakes Java Byte Product Directory http://computek.net/jb/product.html Specialty Foods (S. Wainer and Son) http://www.ag.com/specialty/foods Cauplin Coffee http://emall.com/Ashcreek/AshCreek1.html Republic of Tea http://emall.com/Republic/Tea.html Lobster Direct Home Page http://dorian.csi.nb.ca/~damber/lobster Kosher Express Matzah Market http://www.marketnet.com:80/mktnet/kosher Kosher Restaurant Database http://shamash.nysernet.org/kosher/krestquery.html Spice Merchant http://emall.com/nd see some of the work that is exhibited there. I liked the Coffee Talk section much better than the Art Gallery but you be the judge... In any case the Coffee section and its links are worth the trip alone. Cream and sugar? ------------------------------offee Talk" and then find tons of links to coffee related pages. You'll find an exhaustive listing of coffeehouses, cafes, coffee recipes, coffee related links and even coffee related sounds! You can also choose to head into Solon's digital "Art Gallery" aJava afficianados everywhere. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Project Solon http://www.csulb.edu:80/~solon/ Is it an art exhibit or a cafe? Well... it's a little of both. Solon is your host as you enter into "Ceb and maybe will become your cafe sight of choice. Very cool and enjoyable place. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coffee URL http://www.infonet.net/showcase/coffee A complete coffee FAQ and then some. For the ee related sites. And while your sipping mocha java you can link over to find something refreshingly uptown hip to read. Then there is Cafephreak, your hostess, that always has something crassly cool to say. This is truly a unique little cafe site on the ws nutritional info on beer. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cafephreak http://www.echonyc.com/~cafephrk/cafe.html A hip cafe that is cool and crass. Offers many links to assorted cafes and other coffee and coffal" taste testing that are interactive in nature. Chat with other beer lovers. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Beer Page http://guraldi.itn.med.umich.edu/Beer Links to all sorts of beer resorces and contain-------------------------------------- The Virtual Pub http://lager.geo.brown.edu:8080/virtual-pub/index.html Pull up a chair... err... stool and quaff a few virtual mugs and a pint or two of the ale. Lots of beer and beer related info. Includes a "virtue Beer Street Journal" newsletter amd a calendar of beer events will quench even the most parched traveller. Pour yourself a cold one before travelling - unless you feel you'll get inebriated behind the keyboard wheel. -------------------------------------on the Internet. Excellent! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beers 2 You http://www.interaccess.com/users/intelli/users/Beers_2_You/b2u-home.html A trip across America to visit many micro-breweries. Links to "Th---------------- Wines on the Internet http://www.wines.com/wines.html A self-descibed "cyberspace guide to wines and wineries". Includes virtual winery tours, wine info and many links to other wine and wine-related web pages. One of the best wine pages nd wine related topics are included here as well as links to other wine and wine-making pages. You'll really understand wine complexities and terms after this informative resource page. Well done! -----------------------------------------------------------ul) links to other wine and spirits pages --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Virtual Vineyards http://www.virtualvin.com Peter Granoff has made a wonderful page on wines from around the world. All sorts of wines aSpice/Spice1.html =========================================================================== Sam's Wine Warehouse http://www.ravenna.com/sams Should I have the red or white? From the pedestrian to the very best wines. Check out the various (and plentif--------------------------------------------- The FAQ on Coffee and Caffeinated substances http://daisy.uwaterloo.ca/~alopez-o/caffaq.html This FAQ is dedicated to all beverages and products that contain caffeine including tea, coffee, chocolate, mate, caffeinated soft drinks, caffeinated pills, coffee beans, etc. There are several newsgroups in which this topic may be of relevance, including but not limited to alt.drugs.caffeine, rec.food.drink.coffee, rec.food.drink.tea and alt.food.chocolate. Usenet amed this page up had more on their minds than final exams or reports. Of course maybe this *was* a research report! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fishing For Recipes Gopher to: thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/11/datjello Well don't say you can't get to this site. This is a unique site in that it offers (mostly) alcoholic jello recipes. What better way to drink than to eat jello (?) Actually lots of these recipes seem pretty tasty and I bet the college folks who drecked with yummy info! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jellophile http://sundry.hsc.usc.edu/hazel/www/jello.html ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/ha/hazel/www/jello.html FTP to: ftp.netcom.com in the --> /pub/ha/hazel/ Strawberry Facts Page http://www.wimsey.com/~jmott/sbfacts All sorts of strawberry info here - from how to grow 'em to how best to eat 'em. Tips on growing and cultivation and lots of recipes will keep strawberry lovers busy for a while. A neat page stoose thoughts go to cheesecakes and chocolate cream pies and stuffed porkchops... well... need I say more? Grandma would be proud of this collection. Good old fashioned "real" food. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------d-Fashioned Recipes ftp to: gatekeeper.dec.com located in --> /pub/recipes An old Usenet archive of recipes - none more recent than 1988. But who said that good food and nostalgic recipes go out of style. A nutritional nightmare for some but for those wh/pub/Vegetarian/Recipes/FatFree Thiry-four categories from Burritos to Oatmeal to Zucchini Bread. Full menus of Breakfasts, Lunch ideas and Dinner. Not just for celery sticks! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ol 9. Vietnamese Iced Coffee 10. Melya 7. Administrivia 1. List of Contributors 2. Copyright --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fat-Free Recipe Archive ftp to: ftp.geod.emr.ca located in --> r beverages. 1. Espresso 2. Chocolate covered espresso beans 3. Cappuccino 4. Frappe 5. How to make your own chocolate 6. How to make the best cup of coffee 7. Turkish Coffee 8. Thai Iced Coffee 2. Studies on the side-effects of caffeine... 3. Caffeine and your metabolism. 5. Miscellaneous 1. How do you pronounce mate? 2. How do you spell Colombia/Colombian? 3. How do you spell Espresso? 6. Coffee Recipes and othe you should never use percolators 3. Peripherals and Secondary Storage 1. Proper care of Coffee makers... 2. How to store coffee? 3. Equipment reviews? 4. Caffeine and your Health 1. What happens when you overdose? regular coffee? 7. How does caffeine taste? 8. How much theobromine/theophylline there is in ...? 2. How to brew the ultimate caffeine drink? 1. What is the best temperature for drip coffee? 2. Quality of coffee 3. Why X? 3. Chemically speaking, what is caffeine? 4. Is it true that tea has no caffeine/What is theine, theobromine, etc? 5. Where can I find a gif of the caffeine molecule? 6. Is it true that espresso has less caffeine thannewsgroups info sources: Rec.food.drink.coffee is preferred over alt.coffee and alt.food.coffee. 1. The Chemistry of Caffeine and related products 1. How much caffeine is there in [drink/food/pill]? 2. How much caffeine there is in blendabases/AquaNIC/publicat/recipe More than 60 tantalizing recipes including a huge collection of Catfish recipes. Mostly freshwater fish recipes but a few others as well. From trout to salmon the recipes are assorted in four cooking methods. Baked, Grilled, Smoked and Steamed (a few fried ones are in with baked) and are collected by the Univ of Wisconsin in accordance with their Sea Grant Advisory Services Program. Pass the tartar sauce please! ----------------------------------------------------------------ere is the "Chile-Heads" mailing list, a chile pepper archive, tips on growing, harvesting, preserving and drying chiles and hot peppers (cayennes, jalapenos,serranos and more) and also a section on the science aspect of spiciness. Capsaicinoids are the cu your last meal. A unique site because of its huge image list of pictures of food and produce. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chile-Heads Home Page http://chile.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu:8000/www/chile.html Included hcribed "attempt to link as much food related information as is possible". They certainly are on the right path. Tons of links to every imaginable food resource there could be plus fantastic images of all sorts of foods will keep you at this site long afteround. Of course don't try all these drink recipes at once or you'll be hearing more than ocean breezes... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Food Resource http://www.orst.edu/food-resource/food.html A self-desching for the blender and kicking off your shoes. From the basic Purple Passion to the more complex Tampico Trauma and Cuba Libre and then on to the Perfect Margarita you'll almost hear the distant island breezes and smell the salty ocean air in the backgrr how about...? You get the idea - now have fun. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Boat Drinks http://tigger.cc.uic.edu/~toby-g/boat.html A collection of tropical and not-so-tropical drinks that will have you rea the "wine of the day". --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bartender's Guide http://www.mcs.com/~doc/guide.html How do you make a Mint Julip? Or how about Sex-on-the-beach (a potent but sandy colored concoction) ob! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kirk McKusick's Wine cellar telnet to: chez.cs.berkeley.edu 451 Another fun and offbeat place to surf to show the current temperature of Kirk's wine cellar and suggestions forver single day until something may have cracked inside her for she has given herself over completely to chocolate. Links and more links to chocolate lover's stuff. Recipes, chocolate ritual and a chocolate bar! Chocolate Lover's - This is heaven on the We info. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Chocolate Page http://www.qrc.com/~sholubek/choco/start.html I need my chocolate! The author actually lived near Hershey, PA (US) and could smell the processed cocoa es to visit and find info from. You'll enjoy this site tremendously. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Australian Recipes http://155.187.10.12/oz/faq-recipes A list of Australian recipes and various Aussie cuisine------------------- Web List of Food and Cooking Sites http://www.vuw.ac.nz/non-local/recipes-archive/other-sites.html A huge list of Internet sites and resources that are food and cooking related. Click and browse to your heart's content - lots of placeice, sushi omelettes. A good general overview but the utter novice may feel left out a bit. An ample bibliography will help those interested obtain lots more info on the sushi subject. Pass the saki. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sushi page (Rolling your own Sushi) http://www.rain/org/~hutch/sushi.html This page serves up a list of sushi terms and details the procedures for proper presentation and rolling tecniques. Includes best fish for sushi and recipes for sushi rlprits of spiciness and much information is on this subject. There are also a few recipes and the fantastic "Chile Gallery" where pictures and photos reside of almost every type of hot pepper known to man including what they look like unripe and ripe, ready for picking. If you like chiles then surf on over here! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Creole and Cajun Recipe Page http://www.webcom.com/~gumbo/recipe-page.html A very well done site. It's both informative telnet to: 129.69.1.12 By no means a definitive least or a listing of archives that have vast amounts of nutrition and/or food information - but these sites are worth poking around and finding a file or two. Temple University's site is well worth the tricom in the --> /pub/rec.food.recipes ftp to: cs.ubc.ca in the --> /pub.local.recipes telnet to: astro.temple.edu 12345 telnet to: 129.32.1.100 telnet to: argo.temple.edu 12345 telnet to: 129.32.32.102 telnet to: rusinfo.rus.uni-stutgart.de------------------------------------------------------------------------- Various Nutrition and Food related Internet resources ftp to: gatekeeper.dec.com in the --> /pub/recipes ftp to: mthvax.cs.miami.edu in the --> /pub/recipes ftp to: ftp.neosoft.--------------------------- The Kitchens of Gordon Bleu http://www.aus.xanadu.com/GlassWings/food.html Not everyone will enjoy the Aussie's food fare or food tastes but here is a culinary page from the "Land down under" that might pique your interest. --ces on the 'net. The recipes here are guaranteed foolproof and they are tasty indeed! Give this down-home little site a try - you'll like it! I know of folks that have tried the recipes and enjoyed each one. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Auntie Boo's Kitchen http://www.sar.usf.edu/~zazuetaa/kitchen.html This is just like a favorite Aunt's kitchen and is a virtual tour of not only her kitchen but of all sorts of related food resources. Lots of links to other food pla sharing - you're hooked! The Meal-Master recipe format is ideal for folks who have grown beyond clipping recipes and are now ready to trade on a global scale. Try this out if you like sharing recipes! ------------------------------------------------------/mm/mealmast.html An electronic trading postof recipes from around the world. Recipe samples are here but the real cachet is being able to share recipes with others. Meal Master is also software that is used to present and store recipes and once you startof eateries that include an address and phone number and as this database progresses - a menu list of what each place offers. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meal Master Home Page http://www.primenet.com/~wilson-------------- The Internet Restaurant Guide http://super.hwy.com/RestaurantGuide.html You can search for all sorts of restaurants and places to eat by typing in the name of your town (or whatever town you'll be eating in) and you'll be presented a list pes will make dishes that will look and taste good but perhaps not. If there is anyone out there that has actually tried the recipes and made something from this site - let me know how it fares. ------------------------------------------------------------- A good selection of recipes that seem easy enough to make with ingredients that you'll find on most any grocery store shelf. However, when I read the recipes and then imagined what they would actually taste like, I was taken back a bit. Perhaps these reciboth knowledgable and passionate about this cuisine and you will be too after visiting this most exquisite web site. Well worth the trip! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Healthy Recipes http://heath.net/Virtual and fun. The web page is full of interesting facts about Creole and Cajun cooking and plenty of recipes to try out. It is a great page for beginners for it explains all of the ingredients and what they are. You can tell that the author of this web page is p. I recommend "rooting" around all these sites for info and recipes not to be found elsewhere. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Custard List http://www.execpc.com/~custard A group of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (US) frozen custard vendors decided to get together and write a web page that features all the different flavors that are available each month to the public at their custard stands. Seems that folks in Milwaukee take their custard seriously and now can view fromctronic informational resource and save the paper trail. Look Ma - no paper mill trees! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- EnviroWeb http://www.envirolink.org This is an "outgrowth" of the EnviroLink Network and hMOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrs-------------------------------------- EnviroLink Network gopher to: envirolink.org Contains an evironment watch report and info on endangered species, energy, environmental laws, environment groups, environmental newsletters and tons more. Read this ele Environment and Ecology /////////////////////// National Wetlands Inventory http://www.wi.fws.gov or FTP to: enterprise.nwi.fws.gov in the /dlgdata directory Complete wildlife inventory of our national wetlands. -------------------------------------ookbook reviews. Lots of links and places to visit too! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------- eGG (Electronic Gourmet Guide) http://www.deltanet.com/2way/egg/ An electronic cooking magazine that features news, articles, reviews of kitchen and cooking products/services, recipes and more! Also has tips, classifieds and ce of pizza you want, toppings, the works, and then within 30 minutes your pizza is delivered to you by email. What? Hey - no joke! Of course you can't eat your email but the pizza looks kind of nice... ------------------------------------------------/www.ecst.csuchico.edu OK - this is not exactly what I meant by "Italian food" but I guess this is as close as you can get without actually getting the real thing. What the heck am I talking about? Check this out - you go to this web site and pick the typcipes Lots of seafood recipes here. Baked, fried, steamed, broiled and all seem might delicious. If you need a seafod recipe, or love seafood - surf here! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Electronic Pizza http:/ this site an interesting place to surf to. Even has links to beverage info. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seafood Recipes FTP to: mthvax.cs.miami.edu in the --> /pub/recipes ftp://mthvax.cs.miami.edu:/pub/re--------------------------------------------------- Blue Directory http://www.2way.com/food/pvo/bluedir.html Lots of links to all sorts of food and food related sites. This is a very good selection of links that is varied in tastes (had to pun) and makes their homes with a web browser all the different flavors that the various custard stands will be offering for the month. OK - I could have put this site in the business section of BIGSURF - but it *is* food related and kinda cool! ------------------------as to be one of the best thought out and laid out web sites around. It contains beautifully done pages that don't take years to download the images. It is a breezy ride through page after page and the links flow so easily and quickly that surfing this web site is not a chore or a task - it is highly enjoyable. There is so much to learn and enjoy here that I doubt you will be able to put your browser down. I mean it. Collaberative ventures between public schools are here courtesy of the Environmental Educati info and viewpoints from many other publications. The New York Times, The Nation and The Miami Herald are just a few examples. FDA regulations and how they affect what you eat, farming practices and a whole lot more are included. This is a plethora of infronmental issues. The archive contains over 400 back issues but the organization of the archive is first-rate so finding what you want won't be a difficult task. Not only does this journal contain original articles but it contains compilations of articles,o: ftp.std.com select "ftp" then select "The World's Anonymous FTP Archive" then select "Periodicals" and finally select "Rachels" This weekly journal is put out by the "Environmental Research Foundation" and offers information relating to health and envis to environmental info and reading. There is a Wetlands page and so much more. This is another must visit in your web itinerary. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rachel's Environmental and Health Weekly Gopher tct sheets on areas of the Adirondack Mountains, Endangered Species list and their habitats, Grazing on public lands (still a hot topic), and Yosemite Nat'l Park. It also includes references to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 and contains many other linkected under The Wilderness Act of 1964. This society is devoted to protecting public lands and stopping mismanagement of these public wilderness lands. The web site includes information on the society itself along with kinks to other information such as fa-------------------------------------------------------------------- The Wilderness Society's WWW Page http://town.hall.org/environment/wild_soc/wilderness.html This society is a noble "watchdog" of our nations's (US) 90+ million acres of wilderness protsional voting on environmental issues), the Electric Green Journal at the Univ of Idaho, and many more. This is a very good site for educational institutions to use as it is both informative and interesting. Even non-environmentalists will like it. -------ed topics. There are many links available to other ecological and environmental resources. Links to the National Wetlands Inventory, The League of Conservation Voters National Environmental Scorecard, (which is a watch dog agency that keeps tabs on Congres) http://www.icg.apc.org/igc/en.html gopher to: gopher.igc.apc.org select "Econet Environment" Both sites offer info on a wide variety of ecological issues and topics. Climate, development of lands, pesticide use and pollution are just a few of the cover few scant pieces of info relating to the GreenPeace mission. Stay away until this site is either updated or completely redone. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eco-Net (Institute for Global Commnications projectthis site says the same thing - so where is the information? It seems this site has not been updated on some time and was a let-down. I expected more than this. A few paltry photos (ok a lot of old GreenPeace demonstration photos from the early 90s') and ak Network. HAS TO BE SEEN! TEACHER ALERT! YOU MUST CHECK THIS OUT! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- GreenPeace World Wide Web Home Page http://www.cyberstore.ca/greenpeace/index.html Everyone who comes to visit on Network along with many other on-going projects. A linked list of K-12 education sites is also here. A wealth of information comes from many sources including the Enviro Products Directory and of course links back to the "parent" network - the EnviroLinormation yet its clear and concise layout make it an undaunting archive to find the info you need. A highly recommended site to visit to find health and environmental issues and how they both realte to one another. Informative and well done! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- EE-Link (Environmental Education) http://nceet.snre.umich.edu or gopher to: nceet.snre.umich.edu A great educational K-12 resource as there are lesson plans within this site that deal with scEGUID.HQX>. All files are in plain-text format and have been binhex encoded to ensure consistency. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AskERIC also houses and maintains our Discovery Learning Community Project. This includes WWW and Gopher areas with complete listingse AskERIC project at Syracuse Univ. home of our Discovery Learning Community. AVAILABLE FILES The site contains all the program information from the current Educator Guide, broken down into numerous files. An outline of the files is also available /Discovery/edguideesources. They ended up writing their own materials and paid to publish them (K-6). Their students are now winning national awards because the students are learning hands on practical science and sharing that knowledge through the World Wide Web! ------------ Science Education Home Page http://www.macropress.com/science/ Macro Press is a company of active mentor teachers who got tired of waiting for an integrated curriculum science program that would work in their classrooms within available budget and rAlso includes synopses of Federal Regulations as well as six pages of telephone numbers and hotlines to inquire about EPA regulations as well as other Federal guidelines and mandates. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EPA Gopher (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) Gopher to: gopher.epa.gov A comprehensive source of the EPA FAQ lists - includes the most commonly asked questions and answers. web page site and is located in Christchurch, New Zealand. Scads of information on Anarctica and the arctic environment. No mittens needed! Also includes research efforts underway to save this fragile eco-system from pollution and environmental disaster. on over to this site. No excuses. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gateway to Antarctica home page http://icair.iac.org.nz/ The International Centre for Antarctic Information and Research operates and runs this to other resources this site provides. Even see and hear a bullfrog plus many other sounds and sights! INCREDIBLE! TEACHER ALERT --> EXCELLENT INTERNET RESOURCE AT EE-NET! If your school is on the net then you should drop what you are doing NOW and surf the Aspen Global Change Institute and even includes lesson plans from The Minnesota National Valley Wildlife Refuge. There is so much more that this brief paragraph can hardly begin to scrape the surface of the breadth and depth of the resources and linksable them to start shaping tomorrow's environmental solutions today." Their mission is quite evident within the EE-Link site. Includes links to a solid Waste Recycling course (Univ of Wisconsin) lesson plans galore from all over the United States, links toience and environmental concerns. This site is sponsored by The National Consortium for Environmental for Environmental Education and Training (NCEET) and its mission "...is committed to provide our children with effective tools and strategies that will en for the Educator Guide, educational resources (CD-ROM etc.), and an extensive area devoted to The Promised Land. DISCOVERY NETWORKS ESTABLISHES ONLINE "LEARNING COMMUNITY" Discovery Networks has announced the February launch of the Discovery Learning Community on the Internet. The site features an electronic version of Discovery Networks' Educator Guide and a pilot project kicking off in conjunction with The Promised Land, a five-hour television series about the massive mid-20th century migratious and management of selected fish species. The Business Office of the AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ICHTHYOLOGISTS AND HERPETOLOGISTS, now based at the TNHC, provides (WWW & Gopher) an updated membership directory, meeting announcements, and general information abm other divisions (geology and invertebrate divisions) will soon be added. The WWW pages of DESERT FISHES COUNCIL include its complete bilingual proceedings of meetings, photographs of fishes, distribution maps, and abstracts of biology, conservation statural history with emphaisis relating to Texas collections but also offering world-wide links to information and natural history data. The site includes... WAIS-indexed databases from the ichthyology and herpetology collections are searchable, and data froral History Collections (TNHC) http:/www.utexas.edu/depts/tnhc/.www gopher://gopher.utexas.edu:3003/11/pub/tnhc TNHC, a division of the Texas Memorial Museum of the Univ. of Texas at Austin, is bringing to the public their large database collection of natuse on Information & Technology, Syracuse University, and the InfoMall program of the Northeast Parallel Architecture Center, also located at Syracuse University. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Texas Natuto one year from the date of taping. The Internet site was designed by Discovery Networks and Duggan Associates, an online communities development firm in Baltimore, MD. The site was built and is maintained at the AskERIC project at the ERIC ClearinghoLand series the week of February 27 - March 3, from 9-10am ET/PT. The entire series also airs the weeks of April 17-21 and June 5-9 at the same time. Media specialists, teachers and parents may tape Assignment Discovery programming and use it for up Discovery has set up an online discussion group, or listserv. The Promised Land premieres on The Discovery Channel in prime-time February 12-15. Assignment Discovery, a service of Discovery Networks, presents commercial-free versions of The Promised veterans into existing curricular goals and a wealth of diverse resources from leading institutions and organizations that focus on African-American history and culture. To assist the contribution of teachers' and learners' views on The Promised Land,and civil rights. The site provides teachers and students with activity guides, ideas for interdisciplinary study and connections to local mentors and other classes. The site includes special resources for incorporating the oral histories of migration Learning Channel. Throughout the Spring of 1995 the site will have a special focus on the many curricular themes present in The Promised Land, including African-American experience, economics, artistic expression, urban studies, migrations, politics very Learning Community, which is accessible on Internet via gopher, world-wide web and ftp, provides teachers, learners, parents and mentors with activities and resources that extend the educational value of programming on The Discovery Channel and Thery Learning Community' is designed to support such inquiry and provide additional resources to help young people explore academic themes in rewarding and engaging ways," says Discovery's Hunter Williams, senior manager, educational relations. The Discon of African Americans from the deep South to the industrial North between 1942 and 1970. "Discovery Networks' programs are not only richly informative in their own right but can and should be the springboard for further academic inquiry. The 'Discoveout the society. Finally, the UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS BIODIVERSITY RESOURCES AND COLLECTIONS (UT-BRAC) collaborative project (WWW & Gopher) provides links to other natural history and biodiversity resources at UT Austin. Currently the PLANT RESOURCES CENTER and VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY LAB join the TNHC with online databases and related files. Links to other University of Texas natural history and biodiversity-related collections, and to external regional biodiversity resources, will be added in the near futureassociated with exposure to hazardous substances from waste sites, unplanned toxic releases, and other sources of environmental pollution. If you're unfamiliar with the ATSDR Homepage altogether, it contains links to ATSDR's toxicological profiles of hazarances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) has announced that their monthly newsletter is available to the public online via the WWW at the ATSDR Homepage. ATSDR's mission is to prevent exposure and the adverse human health effects and diminished quality of life ove, and general input on our pages. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hazardous Substances & Public Health Newsletter (ATSDR Homepage) http://atsdr1.atsdr.cdc.gov:8080/atsdrhome.html The Agency for Toxic Subst environmental resources and general environmental information. The environmental page is at http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~opwww/enviro We would appreciate any information you may have about local environmental events and groups, ways that we could imprsources, outdoor conditions, and much more at http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~opwww One of the major objectives of our pages is to provide environmental information. We have and are collecting information on environmental concerns, events, politics, localon.edu/~opwww http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~opwww/enviro Once again the University of Oregon Outdoor Program is exploring the wilderness, except in this case, it's the virtual wilderness. You can now find the latest information about OP trips, events, re scientists at their research sites and classrooms, as well as interactive chat rooms and bulletin board services. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- University of Oregon U.S. Outdoor Program http://gladstone.uoregf significant expedition findings and applications are also available. Readers can request additional information, sign up as Earthwatch member, or make a reservation for the EarthCorps via e-mail. Future on-line services will provide direct links betweenf 150 expeditions, browsing by location (worldwide), time of year, fields of study (such as archaeology, marine mammalogy, paleontology and public health), and issues of concern (endangered species, sustainable development and more). Ground Truth reports oductible. To date, over 40,000 EarthCorps members have contributed to important environmental and cultural research in 111 countries. The Earthwatch Home Page details the mission of the organization. Readers can then explore a graphically rich catalogue o As an EarthCorps member, you support the field research and cover your food and lodging expenses with tax-deductible contributions ranging from $500 to $2000. Airfare costs to and from the site are not included though these costs are also generally tax detific and cultural research expeditions worldwide. No special skills are required - we'll train you in the field on projects ranging from saving endangered rhinos in Africa to monitoring wild dolphins off Monterey to excavating medieval castles in France. ronmental enterprise, has launched the first in a series of on-line services. The 1995 Earthwatch research and exploration portfolio is now available on the World Wide Web. Founded in 1972, Earthwatch offers you the chance to participate on over 150 scien. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Earthwatch Home Page on the WWW http://gaia.earthwatch.org Earthwatch Now On the World Wide Web! Earthwatch, an international nonprofit organization funding scientific and envidous substances, public health statements about exposure effects, and the HazDat database, which contains information about the release of hazardous substances from Superfund sites or emergency events and their effect on health. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Internet Servers http://www.fws.gov The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has two new servers on the Internet. These efforts are in support of our The servers are - Fire Manaiolators such as Ghana, Burma and Zambia. There are links to efforts and ongoing reports from the Human Rights Program, the Conflict Resolution Program, The American Project, Global 2000 Learning and All Kids Count. There are other numerous links to projecrter and it is a shining star of both breadth of topics and freedom of content. This site is truly a bonanza of information, educational resources and more. There are reports from field reps in many countries of the world including perennial human-rights v The Carter Center http://www.emory.edu/CARTER_CENTER/homepage.htm I wasn't sure which category or chapter to place this one in as it contains a plethora of topics and links. This site was founded by former U.S. Pres. Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalyn Catvwxyz{| other topics such as images of flags used for racing, signaling and semifore flags. If you need to find out about a flag or what a particular flag looks like - then here they are! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Educational Reference Sites part 2 /////////////////////////////////// Flags of the World http://osprey.erin.gov.au/flags/flags.html A very complete collection of images of National Flags of world's countries and also includes flags pertaining to manyor future cultures and communities to emulate. This site gives you a window into their world. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- a 4,000 acre preserve and it has an ecologically sound, energy efficient and environmentally friendly mission. The community is self-sustaining and does not depend on outside resources for its food, shelter or water supply. This is supposed to be a model fenvironment links --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arcosanti http://www.getnet.com/~nkoren/arcosanti/arcosant.html A self-contained community that is an ongoing experimental project. The community is located on -------------------------------------------------------------- Planet Earth Home Page Virtual Library http://godric.nosc.mil/planet_earth/info.html A great linked list of fun and educational places to surf to. Includes a lot of science related and Earth nformation. There is an assortment of clip-art and pictures of frogs. How to make an origami frog and information on frog species from around the world. Undaunted by previous reports I could not seem to find recipes . A frog lovers dream! -------------gement - and - Region 1 (Pacific Region) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Froggy Page http://www.cs.yale.edu/HTML/YALE/CS/HyPlans/loosemore-sandra/froggy.html Contains info and links to all sorts of "frog" its concerned with poverty, hunger, disease and political, social and religious opression and persecution. This is an unbelievably well-stocked sight of hard-hitting and relevant info. You would be hard pressed to find a better single resource than this site. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- VMI Gopher site (Virginia Military Institute) gopher to: vax.vmi.edu This is a well stocked library and has complete texts of many owrks in many differing areas. Poetry, prosegopher" ------------------------- Library of Congress Gopher gopher to: marvel.loc.gov Library of Congress WWW site http://www.loc.gov/ ------------------------- US Dept. of Education gopher to: gopher.ed.gov ------------------------- Smithsonian Inst} a boring visit. ------------------------- Education site WWW http://www.wentworth.com/cyber/ ------------------------- AskERIC (find and search for Educational resources on the Internet) gopher to: ericir.syr.edu Telnet to: ericir.syr.edu log in as " Educational Reference Sites part 1 /////////////////////////////////// Kevin's Prairie Dog Town gopher to: skynet.usask.ca One of the most interesting places for students and educators to visit on the Internet. Much to do and much to see - it's never-------------------------------------------------- opher site that you can get lost in for hours - not through a poorly designed site format - but by the sheer size of it and the informative and interesting things it has in here. Grab a BIG shovel - you'll be burrowing for hours ! -------------------------mu.edu or gopher://english-server.hss.cmu.edu:/mac One of the best gopher sites imaginable - there is absolutely too much to list here. Tons of subdirectories that contain a wealth of information. Everything from works of literature of software. A great gand Civil War resources and materials on the Internet. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Carnegie Mellon English Gopher Server (The English Server) gopher to: english-server.hss.cmu.edu or gopher to: english.hss.cis a wonderfully good resource for you can see and read a piece of history and you really almost start to feel like "you are there" being transported back into time. This site is also note- worthy in that it has many links to other Civil War related sites ble to the public via the WWW. You can choose a year from 1862 - 1865 and then you will see a short summary of each letter and if you click on the letter you wish to read in full - the entire text of that letter will appear and can then be read. This site served for 3 years during 1862 - 1865. In this time he wrote many letters to his sweetheart and neighbor back home in Iowa. Her name was Hannah Cone and she was the recipient of this wonderful collection of letters that has been preserved and now is availabe let down. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scott's Civil War Letters http://www.ucsc.edu/civil-war-letters/home.html Scott was a private in the US Civil War (36th Infantry, Company A, Iowa Volunteers) and he , e-zines and reference works are all here. Sections on multimedia info, weather, cooking and recipes, and a searchable reference section make it a great place to begin your reading or research. Burrow on over to here with your gopher client and you won't itutue in Washington, D.C., US ftp to: photo1.si.edu Huge database of info and pictures! Smithsonian Institute WWW page http://www.si.edu/ Wonderfully done - a virtual tour and more of the world famous institute. ------------------------- US Department of Education Gopher to: gopher.ed.gov Contains an extensive set of documents and information relating to education and educational issues. ------------------------- The White House (Wash, DC, USA) FTP to: ftp.whitehouse.gov start in the --> /pub/politic- Three photos of the rain forest, Olympia National Park, near Forks, Washington TelecommInfo - Reading Room - Reference Desk TelecommNews - Odd de Presno's The Online World has now become a hypertext document on the Web - The Ricocial Studies - American Studies, Scenes and People, California - Photo of beach in northern California, near Mendocino - Photo of redwood forest near Leggett, California - American Studies, Scenes and People, Washington management curriculum for grades 6 through 9 - Technology - Pointer to Journal of Technology Education archive - Occupational and Technical - Other Educational Gophers - Pointer to the International Education Forum gopher - Sh, PhysEd and HomeEc - Languages Other than English - Math, Science & Technology - Math Topics - Pointer to Journal of Statistics Education archive - Science, Ecology - Pointer to University of Idaho's EM Power 4-H waste - Pointer to the Information Technology Training Initiative gopher - Pointer to the Instruction Development Services gopher - Pointer to the Online Journal of Distance Education and Communication archive - Healt from each other - Education Technology - Pointer to the Distance Education gopher at Ontario Institute for Studies in Education - Pointer to Educational Technology Initiatives at University of Warwick, UK neral - Pointer to the Teacher Education Internet Server - An article by Meredith Ludwig discusses commonalities between Higher Education and K-12 in how they use technologies and suggesting ways in which they could learn et - Renoir's "Low Tide at Yport": from Usenet - Pisarro's "The Fair in Dieppe, Sunny Morning": from Usenet - Cezanne's "Mont Sainte-Victoire": from Usenet - Disability Resources & Information - English - The Library - Gew online Government Info Internet Resources - Software - Disinfectant3.6 K-12 Resources - Arts & Humanities - The Gallery - Cezanne's "Houses Along a Road": from Usenet - Renoir's "Roses and Jasmine in a Delft Vase": from Usenof gifted children - Update on the Society and the Future of Computing conference - Call for papers for Information Seeking in Context conference Education News - Scientists Standing By - 800 number available on Apr 26 - Internet Public Library nogov Gopher to: unix5.nysed.gov Info on the NYSE Dept unix5 gopher Conferences, Calls for Papers - Announcement of a summer institute on Geometry, the Internet and the Coalition of Essential Schools - Conference on supporting the emotional needs ning across boundaries and the sharing of information on a world-wide scope. Many countries are involved. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New York State Education Department's unix5 gopher gopher://unix5.nysed.er.esa.doc.gov ftp to: ftp.whitehouse.gov The generalized address - has a lot of info to offer! ------------------------- International Centre for Distance Learning web page http://acs-info.open.ac.uk/info/other/ICDL Global learning center promotes learal-science Gopher to: gopher.esa.doc.gov ------------------------- The White House WWW site http://www.whitehouse.gov/ Contains info, links and virtual tours of the White House. ------------------------- The White House, Washington, D.C. gopher to: gophhmond Journal of Law and Technology now available on the Web - GopherVR for Unix, Xwindows available - The home page for Information Technology in a Globay Society is now open --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ED/OERI World Wide Web/Gopher/FTP Servers Please read the following digest for site information and Internet access to the educational resources. 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The full text of each Digest is included, along with selected information from the ERIC bibliographic record--author, title, publicationgs and subject trees of Internet sites, with a focus on educational resources; * lists of Internet sites at K-12 schools, state and local education agencies, postsecondary institutions, and libraries; * educational associations and organizations; * curricular resources and networking projects; and * publishers' and vendors' educational Internet sites. There is a live hypertext link to each site mentioned. The URL is: http://www.ed.gov/EdRes/EducRes.html What's New ---------- The ED/OEtell me about your net dreams... hmmm... very interesting. Tell me about your dreams... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- BBC Education WWW server http://www.bbcnc.org.uk BBC Education On-Line http://www.bbcnc.or college level psychology majors. Of course there is also info for non-psychologists or those with passing interest in the subject. Loads of links to Internet resources are included here along with search engines, and "top of the web" type jump gates. Now hington, D.C. 20208-5725 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Psych Web http://www.gasou.edu/psychweb/psychweb.htm A web site for students and teachers of psychology. There is already lots of useful stuff here for INet Project Manager U.S. Department of Education Office of Educational Research and Improvement National Library of Education 555 New Jersey Ave., N.W., Room 214 Was, and Mail servers, please use one of the following addresses: E-mail: inetmgr@inet.ed.gov gopheradm@inet.ed.gov wwwadmin@inet.ed.gov Telephone: (202) 219-1547 Fax: (202) 219-1817 Snail Mail: Our FTP directories remain somewhat cryptic and the e-mail server is by its very nature a slow method to get documents. 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The Gopher will quickly build you a menu of RI Gopher Server is continuously updated with new press releases, grant announcements, publication summaries, and statistical datasets. New material on GOALS 2000, School-to-Work, Parental Involvement, and ESEA Schoolwides is also added frequently. To quig.uk/education send comments via email to: bbc_education@bbcnc.org.uk A great place to look for educational links and other educational sources of information. Includes educational references and much more. This site is expanding and the folks here really do respond to the educational community and the ideas and/or suggestions you may have. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Education Showcase http://www.infomall.org/Showcase Announcing a new Web site dedicated s-- On-Line Complete Ready Reference Gopher to: sol1.solinet.net once connected choose the On-Line Ready Reference menu item When they say 'complete" they really mean it! This site has got to be one of the best general reference sites on the Internet. Cone or keyword to find the resources or articles you're looking for. Your search results are then printed to screen and include a small abstract of the source article and information in regards to the publication it is in. Invaluable! ----------------------- log-in. Hit D key combo twice to exit. A virtual gold mine of information that is often overlooked. You can use this to perform comprehensive searches through hundreds (thousands?) of magazines published in the US. Search by author, subject, titlmplete classroom edition of CNN online. Look under Education for the CNN Newsroom Classroom Guide. This is global learning ala Internet! ------------------------- Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature Telnet to: lib.uwstout.edu use the word "library" toto the following email address email message to: penpal-l@unccvm.bitnet Subject line: penpal subscribe Message body: subscribe penpal-l ------------------------- Cable News Network Telnet to: vienna.hh.lib.umich.edu -->log in as "mlink" A cons. ------------------------- NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) to join send email to: listserv@cc1.kuleuven.ac.be Subject line: Join listserv Message body: subscribe NATO ------------------------- PENPALS to subscribe send a message mail message to: listserv@pittvms.bitnet Subject line: Message body: sub KIDSPHER A mailing list providing a global network for K-12 students and teachers that focuses on technological issues and international communicatiosk (The B&R Samizdat Express) to join - send an email message to: samizdat@world.std.com Subject line: Join Message body: Include your name, email address and Join Internet on a disk mailing list. ------------------------- KIDSPHER Subscribe by sending ele to the general public also. Every educator should have this address memorized. Use liberally and often. One of the most well respected sites for educational materials on the Internet. ------------------------- Newsletters via Internet Internet-on-a-Diu -->log in as "gopher" An Internet site for answering educationally related questions (which is quite a broad and expansive topical base). It is designed for teachers, librarians, students and administrators although the wealth of information is availabemail message to listserv@msu.edu --> In the subject line type: subscribe =========================================================================== AskERIC (Education Resource Information Clearinghouse) Gopher to: ericir.syr.edu Telnet to: ericir.syr.ed================ ED-TECH This listserv discussion (email messages full of info automatically sent) is focused in Educational Technology and is very well done and a highly informative source of information. To sign up follow these directions: --> send an sional organizations all display their products and services through Education Showcase. You can easily browse through the list of products and services or zero in on your needs using the indexes. ===========================================================olely to educational and library products and services. Education Showcase provides a single place for you to find products, vendors, and services for schools and libraries. Software producers, publishers, library systems companies, suppliers, and profestains such things as the Periodic Table of Elements, Webster's Dictionary, Roget's Thesaurus, US telephone area codes, Zip Code directories, Amtrak train schedules, US State Dept. Travel advisories and the list goes on and on... You will be amazed at all the "goodies" in here. One-stop "info-shopping" at its best. Every educator, student and internaut should have this address memorized! =========================================================================== Education Regulations online (EDGAR) please rfer comments or suggestions on ED Board or to receive technical assistance contact George Wagner or Terri Wood at this voice phone number --> (202) 708-6775. (NOTE: There is *indirect* INTERNET access to ED Board via the FedWorld BBS. Connect to Fy is available for downloading as well. ED Board is online 24 hours a day (except during system maintenance) and has four 14,400 bps modems with settings of 8 data bit, 1 stop bit, no parity (8-1-N). The bulletin board phone number is (202) 260-9950. To ofcan be sent to the following e-mail address: gopheradm@inet.ed.gov DIAL-IN MODEM In addition, the compressed file of EDGAR is available for downloading on the ED Board BBS. Software for inflating the compressed file locall will need either an appropriate Gopher or WWW client (e.g., NCSA Mosaic or Lynx) at their sites or must be able to Telnet to a public access client elsewhere.) Comments, suggestions, or questions about the Department's Gopher server er server is also available via File Transfer Protocol at -----> ftp.ed.gov (NOTE: The Department does not offer public access Gopher or WWW clients. You cannot access the server through Telnet sessions with the Department's site. Readersmation/ from the main menu and then selecting: --> 7. Grant-Related Information - Publications and Notices/ from the sub-menu. From all other Gophers, select: North America-->USA-->General-->U.S. Department of Education The material on the ED Goph also offers software for inflating compressed files locally. Readers can access the electronic version of EDGAR by pointing their Gopher client software to ----> gopher.ed.gov and selecting: --> 4. U.S. Department of Education Programs-General Inforns, and organizations. INTERNET EDGAR is located on the Department's Gopher server. The menu is set up to enable users to view and download each part of EDGAR separately or to download all parts of the publication as a compressed file. The Gopher serverg them to particular grant awards should be directed to the Dept. of Education grant staff member named in Block 3 of the Grant Award Notification. Readers are encouraged to redistribute this announcement on local area network in their agencies, institutioles. The online version is the same text as the printed edition with the cover date of January 1, 1995. The different methods of accessing the electronic version of EDGAR are discussed below. Questions about interpreting the provisions of EDGAR or applyincontinues to be available in print format, it is hoped that this new electronic version will improve service to the Department's customers by offering very rapid access to the regulatory texts for searching citations and printing locally with downloaded fietionary and formula grants awarded by the Dept. Traditionally, EDGAR has been one of the Department's most popular publication with tens of thousands of copies being distributed across the nation to grant recipients and the public each year. While EDGAR ionary and formula grant recipients only in a printed edition. This is now also available electronically for online browsing and downloading. Composed of Parts 74-86 of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, EDGAR governs the administration of discread the following instructions and documentation on EDGAR Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) The Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), which the Department has traditionally provided to its discretedWorld in one of the following ways: Telnet: fedworld.gov (or 192.239.93.3) WWW: http://www.fedworld.gov and follow the selections from the instructions given on the Main Menu for connecting to the Federal Gateway. Once in the Gateway, select the listing for ED Board. FedWorld will connect to ED Board via modem. The help desk number at FedWorld is (703) 487-4608.) submitted by Gregory Vick --- U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC ====mation industry professionals, the Internet Public Library will offer an exciting vision of the library of tomorrow as envisioned by many of the brightest talents in the field today. Bringing the best features of the community library forward into a new tenet Public Library is prepared to provide essential library services to a target audience estimated to number 1/4 of the entire American population by the end of the century. Chaired by an assemblage of internationally renowned librarians and leading infor young people have come to expect of a visit to the best local libraries. Talking mascots, living folk tales, and endless opportunities for the creative spirit...all these await you at the IPL youth division. Ready for patrons on March 17, 1995, the Interas Lois Lowry and Robert Cormier...imagine what it might have been like if our generation had the chance to talk to Dr. Seuss! Best of all, the IPL youth division has been able to develop their online service while maintaining all the excitement and energyative ventures, children and contribute to a budding list of science projects and experiments. In what must surely be one of the IPL's most innovative ventures, children and adults alike will be able to submit questions online to such world famous writers ldren only); an opportunity to communicate with noted children's book authors; an interactive story hour; and opportunities to discover and contribute to a budding list of science projects and experiments. In what must surely be one of the IPL's most innoving technology to reinvent library service delivery for a 21st century audience. The IPL youth services division has already made impressive strides toward realizing its ambitious goals with projects and activities that include a writing contest (for chistated mission of providing "services and information which enhance the value of the Internet to its ever expanding and varied community of users," the IPL youth services division will help point the way to the library of tomorrow, harnessing rapidly changl opening of the youth services division of the Internet Public Library (IPL), a prototype library of the future, at the School of Information and Library Studies of the University of Michigan was recently announced. Central to accomplishing the library's welcome! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Internet Public Library http://ipl.sils.umich.edu/ Internet Public Library advances new initiative through innovative delivery of online youth services. The forman community with easy access to world-wide internet resources of value to social studies education. Webmasters and web page writers, please create a link at your site directing viewers to the ERIC/ChESS home page. Any comments and/or suggestions are alwaysS) is pleased to announce its new WWW Site. The WWW Site highlights the services of ERIC/ChESS and offers links to valuable Internet resources for social studies education. ERIC/ChESS will continue to develop its site to serve the social studies educatioer://knot.queensu.ca:17502/1webster --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ERIC/ChESS WWW Site http://www.indiana.edu/~ssdc/eric-chess.html The ERIC Clearinghouse for Social Studies/Social Science Education (ERIC/ChES======================================================================= Dictionary Look-Up WWW http://c.gp.cs.cmu.edu:5013/prog/webster http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/wessler/dict Gopher gopher://gopher.niaid.nih.gov:70/77/deskref/.Dictionary/enquire gophchnological environment, IPL seeks to challenge our thinking about new "communities" that will arise in the future and a broader range of services the library of tomorrow might provide. OK - so this explanation might seem a bit lengthy but this is a BRAND NEW venture and a full explanation was necessary. An incredible resource that 'netters all over the world will find useful, educational and informative! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Reading Room FTP toe Netwrked Communication: MUDs as Systems Tools http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/remy/documents/cncmast.html A basic primer and darn near required reading on using MUDs as collaberative meeting places. Highly recommended reading. ----- GENESIS (MUD) telnet to: Mosaic and MacWeb. Not for the faint of heart but interest usually leads to knowledge... (or is that vice versa... ?) ----- ChibaMOO http://sensemedia.net/about A multi-media "virtual community" combines HTML and MUD-oriented objects ----- Collaberativ where people can collaberate on projects or use as a discussion "forum". Many MUD environments require a Telnet session to log-in and access. MOOs integrate MUDs with the Web and thus let users interact using commonly found Web browsers such as Netscape,----------------------------------------------- MUDs and MOOs (Multi-User Domains and MUD Oriented Objects) Kinda like IRC on steroids. MUDs are often used as front ends for on-line games but can also serve as a meeting place on a network or the Internethere! ----- Web Chat http://www.irsociety.com/webchat.html A cool "forms-based" chat service via the WWW ----- WWW Chat Server http://www-bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu/Chat/ Another easy to use "forms-based" chat service on the Web ----------------------------hat has an easy to use graphical interface ----- The UnderNet http://www2.undernet.org:8080/~cs93jtl/Undernet.html A "mini-IRC" network that claims to be less busy and more organized than standard IRC channels. An informal and eclectic group of folks are ant to set-up an IRC server...? ----- Chiron IRC Server info http://calypso.cs.uregina.ca Info on what's available on the Chiron IRC server. ----- The Sociable Web http://judith.www.media.mit.edu/SocialWeb/SocialWeb.html Unusual Web based chat service t IRC - FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) http://www.kei.com/irc.html Information on IRC and pointers to sites containing IRC client software ----- IRC server software FTP sites ftp://cs-ftp.bu.edu/irc/servers/ ftp.funet.fi coombs.anu.edu.au So... you w MUDs, MOOs, Chats and IRC ///////////////////////// Internet Conferencing Section Chats http://sunsite.unc.edu/dbarberi/chats.html Inernet guide to synchronous communications. Includes archives and technical documentation on various chat formats. ----- --------------------------------------- research work and it contains an abundance of works from the movers and shakers in the course of world history. This site will leave you in awe of the power of the Internet for this library really is worth the ftp trip. ------------------------------------: info.umd.edu /inforM/Educational_Resources/ReadingRoom ftp://info.umd.edu/inforM/Educational_Resources/ReadingRoom A wonderfully complete library online. Everything from classics to short- stories and beyond. The HistoryPhilosophy section is great for hamal2.cs.chalmers.se 3011 An older and established MUD site this MUD still does it "the old fashion way". This MUD relies on thought, mood and solid game game construction. This is no "shoot-em-up" but a thinking man's MUD (thinking woman's?). There is more imaginative play here than most other MUDs. A truly refined MUD, Genesis reeks of dank chambers and dark castles waiting to be explored ----- The CoVis Project http://www.covis.nwu.edu/ Northwestern Univ. collaberative learning venture focusing on Sciughly explored before they're either appreciated, understood or strongly despised. IgorMUD will grab you and when this MUD so desires the crowd will either beckon to your call or give you a violent thrashing. ----------------------------------------------r originated denizens (and they are really strange characters) are no match for the equally bizarre humans that populate this trippy MUD area. It will take you a while to get the hang of this place - but we all know that strange new worlds need to be thoroound. After getting the beginning ground rules I suggest you wander up north of the opening entry room and get a feel for the MUD before progressing onward. This is truly a weird place and it sets the tone for some great play. Watch out though! The computeght bars were the place to meet interesting folks? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- IgorMUD Telnet to: igor.mtek.chalmers.se 1701 Log in as: guest A bizarre trip through a MUD that has entropic characters all ar======================================================================= Virtual Meetmarket http://wwa.com:1111 http://sashimi.wwa.com:1111 Place your own personal ads or just "shop around" Plenty of available GIFs for the open-minded to see. And you thou- Waxweb http://bug.village.virginia.edu/ Users interact with an educational "movie". Incredibly inspired use of the Web, multimedia and MOO all put together with seemless ease. If you only visit one MOO site - then make this the one. Very well done! ====ttleTech telnet to: btech.netaxs.com 3056 Game with others by controling a robot. Type "help" to get info after telnet log-on. Use the battle simulator first before striking out to conquer other online opponents and become a full fledged clan member. ----ype "help RULES1" and you will be presented with a list of detailed instructions and commands. This is a fairly busy site and no matter what time you sign on - there are others there too who are also ready to play in the cyber-world of MUD games. ----- Bas." They truly succede in their mission here. ----- Realms MUD telnet to: realms.dorsai.org 1501 For new users you should type "guest" at the first prompt and then simply hit the Enter or Return key when the password prompt is up. For full instructions tisions to make as well. Like whether your broken toe emits violent gamma radiation or folds the space-time continuum. Wierd huh? Let me tell you that the IMRF's mission statement is to..."use existing multimedia technology in new, surprising and stupid wayit! ----- Choose Your Own Adventure Story (Internet Multimedia Research Foundation) http://physics.purdue.edu/~sho/choose.html An adventure in progress and YOU get to "fill in the blanks" on web form pages. Careful or you'll get lost easily. You have dece paper concerning Lambda MOO, a programmable multimedia MOO ----- LambdaMOO telnet to: lambda.parc.xerox.com 8888 Absolutely the best and most addictive MOO around. Tough to log into for there are so many others trying to push through the door too! Try //www.ccs.neu.edu/home/nop/mudwww.html Links via Web to interesting experiments and places that have MUD/WWW integration. A good starting point for those interested in MUDs. ----- Multimedia MOOs http://www.peg.apc.org/~firehorse/mmm/mmm.html Project whitence and Science Education. For all K-12 educators. Easy instruction guide. ----- Gopher from MOO ftp://parcftp.xerox.com/pub/MOO/papers/MOOGopher.html A collaberative information retrieval system using gopher servers. ----- MUD WWW Implementations http:----------------------------- Alternative X gopher to: marketplace.com Talk, rant and discuss with the likes of Mark Leyner, Allen Ginsberg or Ken Kesey. Everything from elitist structures to govt. cabals abound. An eclectic group of folks show up here and it is always intellectually stimulating. Pour a cup o' java and let your hair down. A trip for all. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nethack ftp to: linc.cis.upenn.edu /pub/NH3.1/binaries Fantastic Dungeon anhere to browse the offerings. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Languages Page http://www.willamette.edu/~tjones/Language-Page.html Holy cow! This site contains lots of language related links and info. ----------enet FAQs (Primary Site) ftp to: rtfm.mit.edu gopher to: rtfm.mit.edu This is the primary site for Usenet FAQ docs (Frequently Asked Questions) Every frequenter of Usenet should get here a few times a year to read the FAQs - even seasoned "Net Pros" come ndary school and college markets, as well as an extensive line of reference publications This publisher also has many fiction and nonfiction books for adults and young readers. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Us faculty; and an online bookstore for booklovers, bookstore owners and Internet explorers of all types. Houghton Mifflin is a leading publisher of textbooks, instructional technology, assessments, and other educational materials for the elementary and seco General Reference Sites /////////////////////// Houghton Mifflin WWW Page http://www.hmco.com/ Houghton Mifflin's new Web site offers something for everyone; an education center for elementary and secondary educators; resources and services for college on and always a happening place to be. This IRC service is becoming quite popular. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- email address can give their parent's email address. If you want to talk here on a regular basis - you'll have to sign up - but it is a FREE service and costs nothing! If you are a kid and want to talk with your peers - this is the place to go. It's alwaysfriends, music and whatever else is on their mind. If you don't have an IRC client (for Mac there is Homer or Ircle) then you can Telnet in to the IRC conversation for 15 minutes as long as you give your real name and email address. Kids without their own et to: kidlink.hampshire.edu Always log on as: KIDLINK Kidlink IRC allows kids 10-15 years old all over the world to talk with each other in real time. It's a friendly place that lets kids talk about well... what kids like to talk about. Sports, school, A forms based discussion thread that lets users "chat" to one another on diverse subject matter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kidlink IRC IRC: /SERVER +192.33.12.196 +6667 Gopher to: kidlink.ccit.duq.edu Telnas no personal experience with this site but it does sound interesting and possibly interactive... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wired Magazine interactive chat threads http://www.hotwired.com/Piazza/Threads d Dragons game ala Internet. Even non-fans quickly become addicted to this one. Don't say I didn't warn you... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Live Nude Video-conferencing http://www.cts.com/~talon The author h----------------------------------------------------------------- Calendar site point your finger client to: copi@oddjob.uchicago.edu This is soooo coooool! Just try it! finger this address and enjoy! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Obituary Page http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/obituary/readme.html A continually updated collection of obituary listings from around the world At first this seems quite strange - but it is eerily interesting and you'll be surfing thnality Test http://sunsite.unc.edu/jembin/mb.pl A forms based web page that gives you the famous Myers-Briggs test online. You simply answer the multiple choice questions (70 questions) then total up your score. After your score is tallied your "personalitual" library. Try out the "What's New - What's Hot" selection on the homepage to see new and fresh web pages and Internet resources as they are being cataloged --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Myers-Briggs Perso----------------------------------------------------------------- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) http://www.oclc.org A new non-profit government funded project that will attempt to catalog many of the Internet resources into a large organized "vire. By omitting and changing the numbers you can find out any variable such as the interest rate, total amount of interest paid or the principal amount of loan. Choose to calculate again and you're presented with the new loan scenario. Excellent! ---------- tool. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Car Loan Calculator http://pond.cso.uiuc.edu/cgi-bin/loan.pl By entering in a few facts in this forms based page you can quickly determine what the monthly payments will bthe form (room dimensions, how many coats of paint you'll want to use, etc), and then click on the "Calculate" button. The "Paint Calculator" will figure out just how many gallons you'll need for the job. It's accurate and not a toy. This is a professional---------------------------- Painter's Calculator http://www.btw.com After accessing web page, click on "Applets: A collection of Useful Tools Online" and then select (click on) Paint Calculator. (Try out the other neat tools too!) Fill in the blanks on es to writing papers. Let OWL help you out. Don't expect them to actually _write_ the paper for you though. That's another lesson... For more information on the OWL service email to: taylor@sage.cc.purdue.edu -----------------------------------------------most helpful and informative. They also have info on many "official" formats that papers can be required to be written in and understand the needs of college students. Proper paper formatting, footnotes, headers and bibliographies are essential when it comys. This is a public service of Purdue University and it is designed to help students and undergraduates writing research and/or report papers. This service also provides tips and help on how to write effective resumes and business memos. The OWL team is rs by using the following format and address: send email to: owl@sage.cc.purdue.edu Subject Line: owl-request Message body: Type in your question or request as you normally would write email. Be as specific as possible. Your reply will arrive within 2-4 dae! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- On-Line Writing Lab (OWL - at Purdue University) Gopher to: owl.trc.purdue.edu Web page: http://owl.trc.purdue.edu You can also directly send questions to the Writing Lab tutowould be amazed at this web site. Nearly every bit (and byte) of information on him and his writings and other works are here. This is truly a complete Twain site and it has links to other Mark Twain sites and Twain exhibition sites. Excellent resource sitis site far longer than you expected. Bizarre and unique. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Twain Resources on the World Wide Web http://web.syr.edu:80/~fjzwick/twainwww.html Samuel Clemens (aka Mark Twain) ty traits" are reduced to a four letter code that is your Keirsey Temperament Test Result. Your score results also get you a list of others who share your score. People from Abraham Lincoln to Isaac Asimov could be your personality peers and the four letter personality code is recognized world-wide by many Psychiatric and Psychological organizations. Give this a try - it's fun! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- U.S. Information Agency WWW://www.usia.gov gopher://gote provides teachers and students with activity guides, ideas for interdisciplinary study and connections to local mentors and other classes. The site includes special resources for incorporating the oral histories of migration veterans into existing cughout the Spring of 1995 the site will have a special focus on the many curricular themes present in The Promised Land, including African-American experience, economics, artistic expression, urban studies, migrations, politics and civil rights. The siwhich is accessible on Internet via gopher, world-wide web and ftp, provides teachers, learners, parents and mentors with activities and resources that extend the educational value of programming on The Discovery Channel and The Learning Channel. Thro designed to support such inquiry and provide additional resources to help young people explore academic themes in rewarding and engaging ways," says Discovery's Hunter Williams, senior manager, educational relations. The Discovery Learning Community, om the deep South to the industrial North between 1942 and 1970. "Discovery Networks' programs are not only richly informative in their own right but can and should be the springboard for further academic inquiry. The 'Discovery Learning Community' isnet. The site features an electronic version of Discovery Networks' Educator Guide and a pilot project kicking off in conjunction with The Promised Land, a five-hour television series about the massive mid-20th century migration of African Americans fr educational resources (CD-ROM etc.), and an extensive area devoted to The Promised Land. DISCOVERY NETWORKS ESTABLISHES ONLINE "LEARNING COMMUNITY" Discovery Networks has announced the February launch of the Discovery Learning Community on the Inter in plain-text format and have been binhex encoded to ensure consistency. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AskERIC also houses and maintains our Discovery Learning Community Project. This includes WWW and Gopher areas with complete listings for the Educator Guide,cuse Univ. home of our Discovery Learning Community. AVAILABLE FILES The site contains all the program information from the current Educator Guide, broken down into numerous files. An outline of the files is also available . All files areor "anonymous" Password: use your full email address The Discovery Channel is offering public access to all of our Educator Guide files for the Discovery Networks' Winter/Spring '95 programming season. Our site is located at the AskERIC project at Syra----------------------------------------- Discovery Networks Educator Guides (from the Discovery Channel) http://Discovery.syr.edu/Discovery/ gopher to: discovery.syr.edu 95 FTP to: discovery.syr.edu in the --> /Discovery/edguide_spring95 login as "ftp" ncements, and a foreign media reaction section. American and overseas scholars seeking short and long-term grants will find it especially useful for learning about opportunities for travel abroad and travel to the U.S. ----------------------------------agement to American citizens and institutions by helping them build strong long-term relationships with counterparts overseas. Resources include information about the Fulbright Scholar programs, student exchanges, international broadcasting, press annoupher.usia.gov The United States Information Agency has just put its own WWW and gopher sites online to help explain and advocate U.S. policies in terms that are credible and meaningful in foreign cultures, and to bring the benefits of international engurricular goals and a wealth of diverse resources from leading institutions and organizations that focus on African-American history and culture. To assist the contribution of teachers' and learners' views on The Promised Land, Discovery has set up an online discussion group, or listserv. The Promised Land premieres on The Discovery Channel in prime-time February 12-15. Assignment Discovery, a service of Discovery Networks, presents commercial-free versions of The Promised Land series the week of tion dictionaries can be found at: http://calamity.rz-berlin.mpg.de/eg.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- English/Slovene Dictionary http://www.fer.uni-lj.si/dictionary/a2s.html Convert English to Slovenik laGerman English Translations. Come and stop by at and check out rates and other services. Interesting links to sites in Germany and hilarious translations are also included. Unexpected fun and great info all at the same time! Other German/English transla the intended purpose and direction of translation needed. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Knowles German English Translations http://www. infi.net/~sknowles Announcing a new homepage for translations: Knowles French/ef.html --> French to English http://tuna.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/FR-ENG.html Both sites offer English/French translation dictionaries although each site is suited to a particular direction in the translation process. Select the correct site forEnglish and English to Spanish translation dictionaries are to be found at this web site. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- English and French Dictionaries --> English to French http://mlabpower3.uiah.fi/Englisheen Monty Python and the Oxford English Dictionary. Well done and fun resource! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- English/Spanish Dictionaries http://www.willamette.edu/~tjones/forms/spanish.html Both Spanish to ective Home Page http://www.escape.com/~words1/ The Word Detective is a bimonthly newsletter on words and language. TWD features myriad strange little graphics, awards cats as prizes for readers' questions, and in general aims for the large grey area betwl in completely original format with no abridgement or adaptation. A site that could become an excellent resource for both education facilities and personal research. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Word DetyOnline/ Mostly U.S. historical documents including writings from Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and many others. This is a work in progress and the list of historical documents from all over the world is increasing rapidly. They are al 900 schools in 53 cities. This home page also includes links to many other educational and meteorological resources. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Historical Documents WWW site http://www.hypermall.com/Libertool Weather Network http://aws.com/ Automated Weather Source manages a nationwide network of weather stations. K-12 schools access and compare meteorological data including temperature, humidity, pressure, rainfall, wind speed and wind direction from overnology, Syracuse University, and the InfoMall program of the Northeast Parallel Architecture Center, also located at Syracuse University. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Automated Weather Source Nationwide Sch of taping. The Internet site was designed by Discovery Networks and Duggan Associates, an online communities development firm in Baltimore, MD. The site was built and is maintained at the AskERIC project at the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information & TechFebruary 27 - March 3, from 9-10am ET/PT. The entire series also airs the weeks of April 17-21 and June 5-9 at the same time. Media specialists, teachers and parents may tape Assignment Discovery programming and use it for up to one year from the datenguage(s). A new offering that is being updated and enlarged with more words and vocabulary statements. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The WWW Virtual Library http://www.stars.com/Vlib/ http://www.w3.org/hypertext/DataSources/bySubject/Overview.html A fantastic resource on the WWW designed for info retrieval via a great database filled with sites and info. Includes a wide array of subjects and info. You'll use this one again and again... ----------------------- corporate world is here to stay on the World Wide Web and so it is an even harder task to list completely "non- corporate" offerings. However, web pages sponsored by corporate interests can be very informative and still remain free to the public. This webkable list of other weather resources on the World Wide Web, providing everything from the National Weather Service's coast-to-coast radar picture to a tutorial on cloud shapes and atmospheric conditions related to clouds. It is becoming apparent that thegarden supplies and the three latest Random House Books including The Best of The Old Farmer's Almanac, The Book of Weather and the Book of Everyday Advice. This feature will be available in the near future. The site also features a comprehensive and clicange from dating to gardening, household hints, cooking or even excercise. In addition, people can soon shop in the "General Store" featuring licensed products, including food, decorative gifts, books, companion publications, calendars, apparel, lawn and or the start of garden season -- and future planetary occurrences including a graphic, day-by-day look at the moon's phase. Readers may also "Ask the Almanac". Editors will answer questions on any appropriate subject -- not just the weather. Topics may rill include; Today's Advice, This Day in History, This Day in Weather History and Heavenly Details (sunrise, sunset, moonrise and moonset)." Readers may click to other pages for the Almanac's famous weather predictions -- often used for weather planning otographic five-day forecast for New Jersey, Philadelphia, and 25 cities from Boston to San Francisco. The information is updated hourly, 24 hours a day, from data fed by Weather Services Corp. Features of the site directly from The Old Farmer's Almanac wannounced a joint venture to share and develop regional on-line content with the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News, published by Knight- Ridder's Philadelphia Newspapers Inc. The weather site provides current conditions and an automatically updated, phction serving the state. The Almanac's new site is being developed by Newhouse Newspapers New Media, a division of Advance Publications, Inc., publishers of New Jersey's Star-Ledger, Times of Trenton, and Jersey Journal. The three papers had previously ation.The content of the weather site focuses on New Jersey and Philadelphia but also offers forecasts for cities across the country. This is the first offering of New Jersey Online, a local Internet service that will include news, information, and interabeen proud of, The Old Farmer's Almanac, America's oldest continuously published periodical is now wired to the Internet's World Wide Web in a site that features current weather conditions and graphic forecasts plus its famous sage advice and unique informxcuses. Period. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Old Farmer's Almanac, NJ News and US weather WWW site http://www.nj.com/ http://www.nj.com/weather In a keystroke of technology that even Ben Franklin would have r site houses a huge library of things to read all laid out in an organized fashion. There are things here you just won't get anywhere else and if you really want to keep up on the 'net scene and beyond you really *must* come to this site and read up. No e---------------------------------------------------- The WELLgopher Gopher to: gopher.well.com Holy cow! This is a *monster* site (and that's good!). This gopher site is like hitting paydirt - in fact - this site is near legendary on the 'net. This gophe site while "corporate" in nature is a fine example of companies offering the public a glimpse of an advertisement for their services in exchange for a wealth of free information. Not a bad trade-off. (IMHO). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Historical Documents WWW site http://www.hypermall.com/LibertyOnline/ Mostly U.S. historical documents including writings from Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and many others. This is a work in progress and e you need for your paper or give you the ability to find out the originator or author of a famous quote. A great resource for students and the general public. Excellent example of the web as a useful resource. ---------------------------------------------.columbia.edu/~svl2/bartlett The complete Bartlett's Quotations on the web. An invaluable source of quotations from many figures in history. Includes the famous and not so famous. This is a resource that will let you find that appropriate citation or quoto list here. Authors, newsgroups, Internet sites, children's books, and on and on goes the links and lists of topical info. A **** Four Star Page. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bartlett's Quotations http://www. A huge and on-target list of links to books, book related and literature related site all across the WWW. I can't say enough about this page as there are so many informative links to every possible facet of book related material that it's just too much t- I'll take free info anytime. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- BookWire http://www.bookwire.com:80/ A self described "first place to look for book information on the World Wide Web". 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Let's say you are researching an old piece of literature and need to find out about out of date or out of use words then here is the place to turn to. You must remember also that the original format of Roget's Thesaurus d