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http://biotech.chem.indiana.edu/pages/contents.html
BioTech is a hybrid biology/chemistry educational resource and research tool on the World Wide Web. BioTech is intended to be a learning tool that will attract students and enrich the public's knowledge of biology issues in the world today. The goal is to make BioTech as useful a tool to a high school student as it is to a postdoctoral fellow, and to educate those who may not have as much experience with biology and biotechnology, while at the same time providing quick access to biology-related resources for those who are dealing with much more specific and detailed information. The providers do not wish to exclude anyone from the project and will assist those who need assistance, or merely open doors for those who are interested in finding information on their own. Provided jointly by Indiana University, Iowa State University, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of Minnesota.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently established Invention Dimension, a Web site devoted to American inventors and information related to past and current inventors. The Inventor of the Week section has featured Leo Baekeland (plastic), Charles Townes (the laser), and Roy Plunkett (Teflon), as well as their more famous colleagues Eli Whitney, Ben Franklin, and Alex Bell. Equally interesting are the Hotlist sections: sites for kids and the kid in all of us, hot research and development labs across the US, and the invention extension - an eclectic collection of invention sites including the "Wacky Patent of the Month."
http://www.he.net/~archaeol/index.html
Archaeology Magazine, brought to you officially by The Archaeological Institute of America, reports all the latest archaeological discoveries. Included are news briefs and links to other relevant web sites such as the WWWorld of Archaeology, which organizes related Web sites geographically.
http://orion.it.luc.edu/~sgerlac/links.html
See also "My Guide to Classical Archeology" by Sue Gerlach and Tom Minton of Loyola University of Chicago. The site is well organized and includes sections on museum links, academic classics departments, and related newsgroups and e-mail lists.
http://www.montana.edu:80/~wwwxs/
The National Teachers Enhancement Network (NTEN) based at Montana State University offers graduate-credit science and mathematics courses to teachers nationally. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation, NTEN allows educators to participate in the telecomputing courses from home or work through direct Internet access or dial-up modem connections. Courses are taught by university scientists, engineers, and mathematicians. NTEN also enhances professional networking nationwide between science teachers and active research scientists. The site offers telecomputing guides for both students and teachers, and on-line teaching experiences written by course instructors.
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dpos/adpos400.html
The Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications, with records from January 1994 to the present, is available via the Web. Records are searchable by title, publication year, Superintendent of Documents Class Number, Depository Item Number, and GPO (Government Printing Office) Sales Stock Number. Once your item has been retrieved, you can use the site to locate the nearest federal depository library where it is available, as well as the nearest GPO Book Store where it can be purchased. Help on the searching system and the searchable fields is available on the home page.
The Vatican has established an official and attractive Web site under its own top-level country domain. Total content currently consists of two messages from Pope John Paul II: Christmas 1995 and The Celebration of the World Day of Peace, 1 January 1996. However, you can read both in your choice of 7 languages, and a form is provided for sending e-mail to the Vatican.
http://web.maxwell.syr.edu/nativeweb/
NativeWeb, a rich source of information and documents about indigenous peoples, has moved to a new location and has been expanded since we reported on it last year. The site seeks to "provide a cyber-place for Earth's indigenous peoples." The site at present provides pointers to North and South American indigenous peoples' resources, and promises in future to provide sources for Asia and Africa. Information is available by: Subject Categories, Geographic Regions, Nations/Peoples, Native Languages and Literature, Native Newsletters and Journals, Native Organizations, and Bibliographies. An electronic store offers listings of mostly Native-owned enterprises, and a Native events calendar is also provided.
http://epn.org/idea/civic.html for Idea Central
The Electronic Policy Network is a group of research and advocacy organizations and publications that provide on-line analysis of economics, politics, social trends, and public policy. It is composed of such organizations as the Twentieth Century Fund, a nonpartisan foundation that researches and writes about progressive public policy, and the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank that encourages public debate about strategies to achieve a prosperous and fair economy. EPN contains selected articles from such publications as "The American Prospect" and "Political Science Quarterly", as well as selected policy papers from its constituent organizations. It also offers Idea Central, a "Civic Participation Page" with information about the condition of democracy and civil society.
http://www.piperinfo.com/~piper/state/states.html
State and Local Government on the Net is a listing of pointers to state, county, and city government pages. Sites included are those which meet the criteria of being produced and managed by state, county, or local agencies. Each state is divided into state, county and local sites when available. Links to Native American tribal sites, federal resources related to state and local governments, and national organizations serving state and local governments are also included.
ESPNET SportsZone is widely regarded as one of the best sources for sports news and stories on the Net. Well executed and very current, SportsZone offers daily news and columns, SportsTalk with athlete's answers to questions from readers, Industry Insider with "Quotables" and "Read What the Insiders Read", interviews, schedules for today's games, and more. Did you know that "On Thursday, Jan. 11, Cleveland Browns fans held Save Our Browns (SOB) Internet Day. Cleveland fans bombarded NFL owners, NFL sponsors, media and politicians with e-mail to try to keep the Browns in Cleveland." See the Zoned-Out section for details.
http://www.smartlink.net/~biblio
Biblio is for collectors and sellers of old, rare, scarce, and/or out-of-print books. The list provides a forum for buying, selling, and trading books. In addition, there is discussion of issues pertinent to identifying, collecting, preserving, and restoring lovely old books. Bibliophile maintains a web page for the benefit of its subscribers.
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