HighWire Press, an enterprise unit of Stanford University libraries and Academic Information Resources is charting new waters as co-publishers of low-cost, graphically-rich Internet editions of university and scholarly society e-journals. An interview with its publisher answers questions involving HighWire's Mission, as well as its uniqueness,…

The English-as-a-Second-Language program at the American Graduate School of International Management (Glendale, AZ) includes a research project on a U.S. company. This article discusses course structure, collaboration between the course instructor and a business librarian, creation of a corporation information Web site, and Web site effects on…

Provides an overview of a case at Santa Rosa Junior College in which the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights found that single sex Internet bulletin boards operated by educational institutions receiving federal financial assistance violate federal sex equity law. Discusses free speech, sexual harassment and women only forums, and…

Compares the efficacy of different approaches to introducing urban adults to Internet resources. Models tested included two training period lengths and two computer interfaces (text-based and graphical). Findings suggest that the interface used does not significantly affect users' ability to find information on the Internet; user confidence in…

Presents guidelines for making a Web site noticeable. Discusses submitting the URL to directories, links, and announcement lists, and sending the site over the server via FTP to search engines. Describes how to index the site with "Title,""Heading," and "Meta" tags. (AEF)

Discusses the SAGE project, a Biology II project in which students analyze a specific disease by utilizing Internet resources. Poses seven problems for students and includes solutions. (ASK)

Describes the Michigan Electronic Library (MEL), the largest evaluated and organized Web-based library of Internet resources, that was designed to provide a library of electronic information resources selected by librarians. MEL's partnership is explained, the collection is described, and future developments are considered. (LRW)

Key architecture reference sites are highlighted and discussed and grouped into the following areas: directory and biographical information, bibliographical databases, architectural education, product information, databases of buildings, and search engines. (Author)

Discusses the current status of classification and its future possibilities based on the 1997 International ISKO Conference in London. Topics include its role in information storage and retrieval systems; new uses due to technological changes; term relationships and hierarchies; vocabularies; knowledge organization, hyperlinks, and…

Presents a list of resources including books, commercial games, software, and Web addresses for games and puzzles in the area of mathematics instruction. (ASK)

Poorly organized and dominated by amateurs, hucksters, and marketeers, the net requires efficient navigating devices. Students at Bellingham (Washington) Public Schools tackle information overload by contributing to virtual museums on school Web sites, using annotated Web curriculum lists, and conducting research in cooperative teams stressing…

Examines the current state of play in text production and consumption in the specific context of electronic text production and consumption. The article points out that the key to the modern textual revolution is the captured keystroke. It is concluded that text on paper, or some synthetic equivalent, will survive, although voice-driven text…

Describes the corporate origins, development, and unique features of three World Wide Web search tools. Open Text released LiveLink Search 64 in April 1996. Harvest indexes fewer sites than many competitors but offers powerful searching options. 2ASK is a service that provides links to over 100 Internet indexing tools and rates Web sites and…

Summarizes how the Library of Congress' digital library collections can be accessed globally via the Internet and World Wide Web. Outlines the resources found in each of the various access points: gopher, online catalog, library and legislative Web sites, legal and copyright databases, and FTP (file transfer protocol) sites. (LAM)

Lists 15 World Wide Web sites that are either completely devoted to charter-school content or have a high percentage of charter-school content. Contains a brief overview of how the Web operates and a short list of basic Web terms. (LMI)