Discussion of museums that take advantage of the Internet's format options for electronic presentation. Provides a list of 248 museums and galleries around the world that are making use of World Wide Web or Gopher servers, lists 4 recent pertinent articles, and lists 8 online directories. (Author/LRW)

Discusses the application of new generation, external broadband telecommunications networks to academic library reference services. Several of the prominent networks are described, a selected bibliography of 20 recent publications is provided, and addresses for obtaining further information are listed. (CLB)

This directory is a compilation of entries for nearly 2,500 scholarly discussion lists and 675 electronic journals, newsletters, and related titles such as newsletter-digests, available on the Internet. Instructions are provided for accessing each publication. Part 1 is an introduction to electronic scholarly publications, followed by the articles…

This digest identifies Internet resources of particular interest to the educational assessment community. Gopher sites and web sites are identified and discussed for the following organizations and institutions: (1) American Educational Research Association; (2) American Evaluation Association; (3) Arizona State University College of Education;…

This directory is designed to provide an introduction to educational information and documentation services for specialists in information and educational documentation as well as educational administrators, planners, and researchers, and teachers. Its basic objective is to promote cooperation between such services, thereby increasing the transfer…

This document provides information on computer mailing lists available on the Internet that may be of interest to those in the fields of language teaching and linguistics. There are more than 24,000 lists on the Internet, all are free, and each list has a specific topic and scope. Users can access each list and enter into ongoing discussions or…

Technological advancement in academic library resources sharing, networking, and information transfer have developed dramatically in the past decade, with institutions (including nonacademic libraries) finding themselves hard pressed to acquire the resources necessary to institute or otherwise improve their networking capabilities. Further, these…

Lists resources useful for school library media specialists and other individual users of the Internet as well as some that can be used to teach others. Titles include background and philosophical contexts, journals, network access and service providers, ERIC resources, fiction, videos, textbooks, and the U.S. Department of Education Online…

This directory offers a listing of academically created and oriented serials on the Internet. Part I contains articles and bibliographies about electronic publishing: "The Places of Books in the Age of Electronic Reproduction" (Geoffrey Nunberg); "Why Are Electronic Publications Difficult To Classify? The Orthogonality of Print and…

Examines the idea of the whole internet as a library resource, discusses advantages of the Internet, and presents a list of the author's favorite Internet sites. Listed sites include an Internet address and a brief description of what information the source provides. (JMV)

The first of two articles on multiuser access to CD-ROM databases examines options that do not involve a local area network (LAN). Hardware and software requirements, advantages, and disadvantages for several alternatives are described. A product and company directory is included. (MES)

Software programs and Internet and World Wide Web addresses that are available to facilitate data sharing by colleges and universities are listed. Included are government sites, institutional research offices and services, and information on emerging technologies that offer promise in this area. (Author/MSE)

Focuses on sites on the World Wide Web that offer information about volcanoes. Web sites are classified into areas of Global Volcano Information, Volcanoes in Hawaii, Volcanoes in Alaska, Volcanoes in the Cascades, European and Icelandic Volcanoes, Extraterrestrial Volcanism, Volcanic Ash and Weather, and Volcano Resource Directories. Suggestions…

This compilation of "Trace Quick Sheets" provides descriptions, prices, and ordering information for products and services that assist with communication, control, and computer access for disabled individuals. Product descriptions or product sources are included for: adaptive toys and toy modifications; head pointers, light pointers, and…

This article discusses briefly the use of the Internet and World Wide Web as sources of information for teaching English as a second or foreign language (ESL/EFL), describes a directory of related World Wide Web resources, outlines some suggested uses of the resources, and presents the directory. Citations are presented in seven sections: general…