THE ELECTRONIC ZOO A List of Animal-Related Computer Resources (Electronic Mailing Lists, Bulletin Board Systems, Gophers, Mail Servers, Usenet Newsgroups, & FTP Sites) Version 2.0 (last revised: November 25, 1993) Compiled by: Ken Boschert, DVM Associate Director Washington University Division of Comparative Medicine Box 8061, 660 South Euclid Ave. St. Louis, MO 63110 Phone: 314-362-3700 Fax: 314-362-6480 E-mail: ken@wudcm.wustl.edu ============================================================================= INTRODUCTION ============================================================================= There seems to be a list of everything else on the Internet; so I thought, why not a list of animal-related computer systems. Being a veterinarian and a computer nut, I had been net-surfing and cataloging these systems for years for my own use. Noting the spirit of sharing evident all throughout the Internet, I hope this contribution will be helpful to those with similar interests. As this list will bear witness, animals of all sorts are popular topics of discussion and a number of sites have useful files for downloading. Listservers, Telnet & FTP sites, gophers, dial-up bulletin boards (BBS's) - they're all cataloged here and have a common thread of being related to animals in some form or fashion. There are other lists around the net with similar, yet different focuses: Wilfred Drewe's NOT JUST COWS focuses on agricultural computer themes, including animals and crops; Lee Hancock's INTERNET/BITNET HEALTH SCIENCES RESOURCES covers the medical computer field thoroughly; and Una Smith's A BIOLOGIST'S GUIDE TO INTERNET RESOURCES is a great resource describing flora and fauna computer systems around the world. The ELECTRONIC ZOO list has been cross-checked with these documents and extracts the animal-related computer resources from all three, then combines them with additional resources I have uncovered. I do not personally subscribe to all of the systems listed below, but have endeavored to insure that they do exist. This edition of THE ELECTRONIC ZOO is an extensive rewrite of version 1.4 and is as accurate as I can determine. However, if you note errors or omissions, please send corrections or additions to me at: I would especially appreciate additional sources on network sites containing animal-related materials. Many of the descriptions below are contributed directly from the list owners, moderators, and sysops around the world who spend their own time maintaining their respective systems. Collectively, I acknowledge their tremendous efforts and encourage each of you to take the time to pass along a note of thanks when you get a chance. The most recent version of this document can be retrieved via anonymous FTP from wuarchive.wustl.edu (128.252.135.4) in the subdirectory: /doc/techreports/wustl.edu/compmed/elec_zoo.x_x (x_x referring to the most current version) Thanks and enjoy! Ken ============================================================================= Internet / Bitnet Mailing Lists (LISTSERV's) ============================================================================= LISTSERV's or electronic mailing lists allow people with special interests to form electronic discussion groups for asking questions, providing answers, discussions, announcements, etc. Anyone with an e-mail account may join most mailing lists. Most lists have owner(s) who moderate the list and set the rules of conduct. The majority of communication on a mailing list is personal communication with other members of the list rather than the Listserv machine itself. When an e-mail message is sent to the list by a participant, the Listserv machine stores a permanent copy in an archive and the message is forwarded to all other participants on the list. In this manner, it is possible for list participants to communicate to the entire group at once, with geographic and time barriers removed. Resolving problems among many people is an attractive feature of this form of communication. Groups with common interests can exchange information in an efficient, timely manner. The volume of e-mail varies from list to list, with some having maybe a couple of messages a week, and others with many messages in a day. *NOTE* Most electronic mailing lists support the standard BITNET convention of subscription, i.e., sending e-mail to an administrative machine named listserv@server and in the body of the message including the phrase: subscribe listname yourfirstname yourlastname. Other lists do not follow this convention of subscription and must be accessed otherwise, as noted below. For a typical list (using vetmed-l as an example), to join, you would issue the following subscription command in the "body" of the message (NOT the Subject): subscribe vetmed-l John Doe to the administrative machine: listserv@uga (if you're using a Bitnet node) or listserv@uga.cc.uga.edu (if you're using an Internet node). Mail messages posted to the list would subsequently be sent (as in this example) to the listname, e.g., vetmed-l@uga (Bitnet) or vetmed-l@uga.cc.uga.edu (Internet). For convenience, when lists are available from either Bitnet or Internet, I have listed both addresses. There are gateways between the two networks which should do the translation for you somewhere along the line; it just depends on where you're subscribing from. There may be some local variation on the format needed to send mail to Bitnet or Internet addresses. Check with your local computer support people. Note that in almost all instances, the network address you use to subscribe to a list is DIFFERENT from the address you would subsequently use to send mail. Any other administrative commands, SIGNOFF, REVIEW, etc., should be sent to the LISTSERV address, and NOT to the mailing list address. Detailed documentation on LISTSERV, and related services, is available from: LISTSERV@BITNIC (Bitnet) or LISTSERV@BITNIC.EDUCOM.EDU (Internet). European mail-readers can obtain similar information from LISTSERV@EARNCC.BITNET. For a list of available documents send the command: INDEX DOC in the body of an e-mail message, to one of listservers mentioned above. LISTSERV@EARN-RELAY.AC.UK is a server that mirrors most of the U.S. Bitnet LISTSERV lists in Europe. Some of the mailing lists below, although available and active, are restricted to professional participants only. These will be pointed out in the individual list descriptions. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- AAVLD-L American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians Bitnet Subscribe to: listserv@ucdcvdls Internet Subscribe to: listserv@cvdls.ucdavis.edu Bitnet Mail to: aavld-l@ucdcvdls Internet Mail to: aavld-l@cvdls.ucdavis.edu Description: This list has been created to provide a forum for discussion between veterinary diagnostic laboratories and members of the AAVLD. Topics such as test standardization, fees, diagnostic information assistance, animal health surveillance, reports on conferences and symposia are especially welcomed. Discussions related to specific cases should be approached within the limits of diagnostic medicine and restrict discussions of therapy or treatments. The list will be limited to members of the AAVLD. List Owners/Contact: James T. Case, DVM, Ph.D. University of California School of Veterinary Medicine California Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory System P.O. Box 1770 Davis, CA 95617 Phone: 916-752-4408 Bill Cohen ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABSNET Animal Behavior Society Newsletter Internet Subscribe to: jcha@u.washington.edu Internet Mail to: jcha@u.washington.edu (Editor) Description: An electronic mail system for members of the Animal Behavior Society and anyone interested in its goals to increase communication between animal behaviorists. The system currently includes a directory and an electronic mail newsletter, providing distribution of late-breaking job announcements, requests for information, and news of interest to members of the Animal Behavior Society. List Owner/Contact: Dr. James C. Ha Regional Primate Research Center, SJ-50 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- AGDG Animal Genetics Discussion Group Internet Subscribe to: listserv@chuck.agsci.colostate.edu Internet Mail to: breeders@chuck.agsci.colostate.edu Description: Discussion group for people interested in quantitative animal genetics and animal breeding. List Owner/Contact: Bruce Golden Phone: 303-491-7128 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- AGENG-L Agricultural Engineering & Intelligent Control Internet Subscribe to: listserv@ibm.gwdg.de Internet Mail to: ageng-l@ibm.gwdg.de Description: Discussion and information on Engineering and Intelligent Control in agriculture. List Owner/Contact: Johannes grosse Beilage ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- AG-EXP-L Agricultural Production & Management Bitnet Subscribe to: listserv@ndsuvm1 Internet Subscribe to: listserv@vm1.nodak.edu Bitnet Mail to: ag-exp-l@ndsuvm1 Internet Mail to: ag-exp-l@vm1.nodak.edu Description: Discussion of the use of expert systems in agricultural production and management. Primary audience is practitioners, extension personnel and experiment station researchers in the land grant system. List Owners/Contact: Sandy Sprafka Dave Watt ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- AGRIC-L Agriculture Discussion Group Bitnet Subscribe to: listserv@uga Internet Subscribe to: listserv@uga.cc.uga.edu Bitnet Mail to: agric-l@uga Internet Mail to: agric-l@uga.cc.uga.edu Description: Discusses agriculture, including, but not limited to: crop, irrigation and soil science; plant physiology and propagation; grassland husbandry; water resource management; cattle breeding; pig farming; simulation of ecological processes; and crop production and forestry (tropical). List Owner/Contact: Harold Pritchett ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- AGRIS-L Agricultural Information List Bitnet Subscribe to: listserv@irmfao01 Internet Subscribe to: listserv@irmfao01.bitnet Bitnet Mail to: agris-l@irmfao01 Internet Mail to: agris-l@irmfao01.bitnet Description: The AGRIS/CARIS Coordinating Centre has established a list for discussion of issues and questions in the field of agricultural information. This list will open to information professionals as well as end users. Among the issues to be included are: bibliographical, current research and numerical databases; information systems, products and services; access to agricultural information, particularly in developing countries; indexing and retrieval systems, and any other relevant topics. List Owner/Contact: A.I. Lebowitz Head, AGRIS/CARIS Coordinating Centre Food and Agriculture Organization of the U.N. 00151 Rome, Italy Phone: (06) 5797-4993 Fax: (06) 5797-3152 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALTANIM Alternatives to Animals List Internet Subscribe to: listserv@uib.no Internet Mail to: altanim@uib.no Description: For exchange of information regarding alternatives to animals. List Owner/Contact: Richard T. Fosse Laboratory Animal Veterinary Services University of Bergen Armauer Hansens House Haukeland Hospital N-5022 Bergen, Norway Phone: 47-5-97-46-96 Fax: 47-5-97-46-05 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANEST-L Anesthesiology Discussion List Bitnet Subscribe to: listserv@ubvm Internet Subscribe to: listserv@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu Bitnet Mail to: anest-l@ubvm Internet Mail to: anest-l@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu Description: This list discusses topics related to anesthesiology, including computer use in anesthesia research. List Owner/Contact: Andrew M. Sopchak Department of Anesthesiology SUNY Health Science Center 750 East Adams Street Syracuse, NY 13210 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANSSTDS Animal, Dairy, & Poultry Science List (Restricted) Bitnet Subscribe to: listserv@msu.bitnet Internet Subscribe to: listserv@msu.edu Bitnet Mail to: ansstds@msu.bitnet Internet Mail to: ansstds@msu.edu Description: A listserver for undergraduates, graduates and teaching faculty in Department of Animal Science, Dairy Science and Poultry Science. This listserver is intended to be used by Animal Science Graduate, Undergraduates and Animal Science Teaching Faculty. The discussion list will be used for discussion of curricular information, needs for resources, general discussion about Animal Science topics and various other students activities. List Owner/Contact: Russel Erickson <22277rwe@ibm.cl.msu.edu> Department of Animal Science Michigan State University E. Lansing, MI 48824-1225 Phone: 517-355-8423 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- APAARIB American Psychological Association Animal Research Information Board Bitnet Subscribe to: listserv@gwuvm Internet Subscribe to: listserv@gwuvm.bitnet Bitnet Mail to: apaarib@gwuvm Internet Mail to: apaarib@gwuvm.bitnet Description: APA's Animal Research Information Board List The Animal Research Information Board will have information and items of interest on the use of animals in research. It will include the latest information on: activities in Congress (legislation and hearings), the Federal agencies, and the States; Federal regulations; pro- and anti- animal research groups; campus activities, and more. This is a moderated board and material for possible posting will be sent to an editor. List Owners/Contact: Elizabeth Baldwin Margaret Allen Rhonda Fisher American Psychological Association Science Directorate 1200 17th St. NW Washington, DC 20036 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- AQUA-L Aquaculture discussion list Bitnet Subscribe to: listserv@uoguelph Internet Subscribe to: listserv@vm.uoguelph.ca Bitnet Mail to: aqua-l@uoguelph Internet Mail to: aqua-l@vm.uoguelph.ca Description: The Aquaculture list discusses the science, technology and business of rearing aquatic species. Membership in the list is public and unrestricted. Topics include: Who's doing what and where; problems and solutions rearing aquatic larvae; diseases, parasites and pathology; water quality; recirculation technology and applications; research aquatic systems design and operation; commercial aquatic systems design and operation; site selection and environmental impact; new species under culture; genetics, sex reversal and hormonal manipulation; computers in aquaculture; public perceptions of aquaculture; and aqua-business. List Owner/Contact: Ted White ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- AQUARIUM Discussion of Home Fish Aquariums Bitnet Subscribe to: listserv@emuvm1 Internet Subscribe to: listserv@emuvm1.cc.emory.edu Bitnet Mail to: aquarium@emuvm1 Internet Mail to: aquarium@emuvm1.cc.emory.edu Description: Aquarium is an open discussion about all things related to the hobby of keeping fish and other aquatic things in an aquarium. If you have questions about how to solve problems with your aquarium or if you have expertise about aquariums and are willing to answer questions, this is the place. List Owner/Contact: Bert Bruner ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- AR-ALERTS Animal Rights Alerts Internet Subscribe to: listserv@ny.neavs.com Internet Mail to: ar-alerts@ny.neavs.com Description: The Animal Rights Alerts mailing list has been set up to facilitate communication among Animal Rights groups, activists, and other interested individuals. Its primary purpose is to enable rapid dissemination of important information about Animal Rights issues. This venue, it is hoped, will serve as an important adjunct to periodicals such as Animals Agenda and Animals Voice. Any information pertaining to Animal Rights or to issues that relate to Animal Rights, such as habitat destruction, are welcome. List Owner/Contact: James Corrigan New England Anti-Vivisection Society 333 Washington Street, Suite 850 Boston, MA 02108 Phone: 617-523-6020 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- AR-NEWS Animal Rights News (Animal Rights Electronic Network) Internet Subscribe to: ar-news-request@cygnus.com Internet Mail to: ar-news@cygnus.com Description: Administered via the Animal Rights Electronic Network (AREN), an organization dedicated to providing mechanisms for the exchange of ideas and information pertaining to the issues of animal rights/welfare. AR-Talk is an open discussion forum and AR-News is a public news wire. The purpose of these lists is to provide open channels where news, ideas, philosophies, and concerns can be exchanged freely. Debates are likely to occur as well as new friendships and associations. The underlying premise behind these mailing lists is that information is fundamental to forming sound beliefs as well as to making sound decisions. These lists are open to anyone who is interested, regardless of his/her opinion(s) on Animal Rights. Here is a list of topics likely to be addressed in these lists; it is, by far, not complete: Animal Rights, Animal Liberation, Vivisection/Dissection, Animals as Research `Tools', Animals in Laboratories, Animal as Models for Humans, Pet Overpopulation, Animals in Education, Hunting/Trapping /Fishing, Animals in Entertainment, Factory Farming, Fur, Ecology, Environmental Protection, Religious Perspectives, Genetic Engineering, Consumer Product Testing, 'Cruelty-Free' Products, Vegetarianism, and Vegan Lifestyle. Appropriate postings to AR-News include: posting a news item, requesting information on some event, or responding to a request for information. Discussions on AR-News will NOT be allowed and we ask that any commentary either be taken to AR-Talk or to private E-mail. List Owners/Contact: Charles S.`Chip' Roberson Ian Lance Taylor AREN P.O. Box 17521 Raleigh, NC 27619-7521 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- AR-TALK Animal Rights Talk (Animal Rights Electronic Network) Internet Subscribe to: ar-talk-request@cygnus.com Internet Mail to: ar-talk@cygnus.com Description: See AR-NEWS Description above. List Owners/Contact: Charles S.`Chip' Roberson Ian Lance Taylor AREN P.O. Box 17521 Raleigh, NC 27619-7521 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASEH-L American Society of Environmental Historians Bitnet Subscribe to: listserv@ttuvm1 Internet Subscribe to: listserv@ttuvm1.ttu.edu Bitnet Mail to: aseh-l@ttuvm1 Internet Mail to: aseh-l@ttuvm1.ttu.edu Description: American Society of Environmental Historians Discussion. List Owner/Contact: Dennis Williams ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- AVCS Newsletter American Veterinary Computer Society Newsletter (Restricted) Internet Subscribe to: Dr. Ronald Smith University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine 2001 S. Lincoln Avenue Urbana, IL 61801 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- AVIFAUNA Neotropical Bird Discussion List Internet Subscribe to: phillips@cipa.ec Internet Mail to: avifauna.rcp.pe List Owner/Contact: Roberto Phillips ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BATLINE Bat Research & Education Discussion Group Bitnet Subscribe to: listserv@unmvma Internet Subscribe to: listserv@unmvma.umn.edu Bitnet Mail to: batline@unmvma Internet Mail to: batline@unmvma.umn.edu Description: A discussion group to promote the exchange of information, questions, and ideas pertaining to bat research and education. List Owner/Contact: Mike Balistreri ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BEE-L Discussion of Bee Biology Bitnet Subscribe to: listserv@albnyvm1 Internet Subscribe to: listserv@uacsc2.albany.edu Bitnet Mail to: bee-l@albnyvm1 Internet Mail to: bee-l@uacsc2.albany.edu Description: BEE-L discusses the biology of bees, including honey bees, other bees, and wasps, including topics such as: sociobiology, behavior, ecology, adaptation/evolution, genetics, taxonomy, physiology, pollination, and flower nectar and pollen production of bees. List Owners/Contact: Mary Jo Orzech Eric Seielstad ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BEEF-L Beef Specialists Discussion Group Bitnet Subscribe to: listserv@wsuvm1 Internet Subscribe to: listserv@wsuvm1.csc.wsu.edu Bitnet Mail to: beef-l@wsuvm1 Internet Mail to: beef-l@wsuvm1.csc.wsu.edu Description: Discussion group for professionals advising the beef industry and others with an interest in beef cattle management. List Owners/Contact: Tony Wright Don Nelson Phone: 509-335-2922 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIOCIS-L Biology Curriculum Innovation Study Bitnet Subscribe to: listserv@sivm Internet Subscribe to: listserv@sivm.si.edu Bitnet Mail to: biocis-l@sivm Internet Mail to: biocis-l@sivm.si.edu Description: The Biology Curriculum Innovation Study (BIOCIS-L) is a research and development effort between the Smithsonian Institution, IBM, the University of Maryland, UCLA Medical School, and the University of North Carolina. List Owner/Contact: Mignon Erixon-Stanford ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIODIV-L Biodiversity Networks Internet Subscribe to: listserv@bdt.ftpt.br Internet Mail to: biodiv-l@bdt.ftpt.br Description: The Tropical Data Base manages the discussion list. The intention of this list is to discuss technical opportunities, administrative and economic issues, practical limitations and scientific goals, leading to recommendations for the establishment of a biodiversity network. Individual contributions are requested, not only as to network capabilities, but also as to existing databases of interest to biodiversity. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIO-GOPHER Biology Gopher Administrator's List Internet Subscribe to: tim@bch.umontreal.ca Description: The primary function of the Bio-Gopher Administrators list is as a communication forum for all administrators of gopher holes whose primary function is to provide information on the biological sciences through gopher. This list is maintained at the MegaGopher site at the University of Montreal. List Owner/Contact: Tim Littlejohn tim@bch.umontreal.ca Departement de biochimie Universite de Montreal C.P. 6128, succursale A, Montreal (Quebec), H3C 3J7 CANADA Phone: 514-343-7936 Fax: 514-343-2210 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIO-JRNL BIOSCI Bio-Journals E-conference Bitnet Subscribe to: listserv@irlearn Internet Subscribe to: listserv@irlearn.ucd.ie Bitnet Mail to: bio-jrnl@irlearn Internet Mail to: bio-jrnl@irlearn.ucd.ie Description: Postings of Biological Journal tables of contents. Among the journal Table of Contents available in bionet.journals.contents are: Anatomy & Embryology, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Chromosoma, Current Genetics, EMBO Journal, Environmental Physiology, European Journal of Biochemistry, European Journal of Physiology, Experimental Brain Research, Histochemistry, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, Immunogenetics Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Comparative Physiology B, Journal of Membrane Biology, Journal of Molecular Evolution, Journal of Virology, MGG - Molecular and General Genetics, Mammalian Genome, Microbial Releases, Molecular Microbiology, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Roux's Archives of Developmental Biology, and Theoretical and Applied Genetics ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIOLOGIA Y EVOLUCION Biology and Evolution (in Spanish) Internet Subscribe to: biologia-request@athena.mit.edu Internet Mail to: biologia@athena.mit.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIOMCH-L Biomechanics Discussion List Bitnet Subscribe to: listserv@hearn Internet Subscribe to: listserv@nic.surfnet.nl Bitnet Mail to: biomch-l@hearn Internet Mail to: biomch-l@nic.surfnet.nl Description: E-conference for members of the International, European, American, Canadian and other Societies of Biomechanics, and for others with an interest in the general field of biomechanics and human or animal movement science. For the scope of this e-conference, see, e.g., the Journal of Biomechanics (Pergamon Press), the Journal of Biomechanical Engineering (ASME), and Human Movement Science (North-Holland). Biomch-L is operated under the Patronage of the International Society of Biomechanics. List Owners/Contact: Krystyna Gielo-Perczak Christoph Reinschmidt Tom van den Bogert ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIOMED-L Biomedical Ethics Discussion List Bitnet Subscribe to: listserv@ndsuvm1 Internet Subscribe to: listserv@vm1.nodak.edu Bitnet Mail to: biomed-l@ndsuvm1 Internet Mail to: biomed-l@vm1.nodak.edu Description: Mailing list for discussion on the topic of Biomedical Ethics. Since the field of medicine and medical technology are rapidly changing and the field is so broad, it is difficult to have clearly delineated rules as to what should and should not be discussed, but possible topics might include: paternalism, fetal cell transplant, the right to die, AIDS, suicide, patient autonomy, abortion, drug legalization, euthanasia, respirator withdrawal, transplants, allocation of scarce resources, and many others too numerous to list here. The discussions may be ethical, philosophical, religious, political, social or even, in some cases, personal. Open discussion, disagreement, and dissent is encouraged. Open flames are most certainly *not*. List Owner/Contact: Bill Sklar <86730%lawrence.bitnet@vm1.nodak.edu> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIO-NAUT Biological Networking Bitnet Subscribe to: listserv@irlearn Internet Subscribe to: listserv%irlearn.bitnet@vm1.nodak.edu Bitnet Mail to: bio-naut@irlearn Internet Mail to: bio-naut%irlearn.bitnet@vm1.nodak.edu Description: A mailing list for BIONAUTS has been established at IRLEARN The main purpose of the list is to facilitate communications between life scientists. List functions are: to ask questions about networking addresses of scientists in the biological life sciences. e.g. I need to get in contact with some one at EMBL who should I send mail to. If you have small databases of E-mail addresses related to your particular field of interest they can be uploaded onto BIO-NAUT for the benefit of others. Special interest groups welcome. e.g. Numerical taxonomists, Culture Collections, etc. List Owner/Contact: Rob Harper ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIOPI-L Secondary Biology Teacher Enhancement Discussion Group Bitnet Subscribe to: listserv@ksuvm Internet Subscribe to: listserv@ksuvm.ksu.edu Bitnet Mail to: biopi-l@ksuvm Internet Mail to: biopi-l@ksuvm.ksu.edu List Owner/Contact: Tom Manney ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIOSCI ELECTRONIC NEWSGROUP NETWORK Biological Scientists Electronic Discussion Groups (Animal-related portions) Internet Subscribe to: biosci@net.bio.net Internet Mail to: (see following notes) * Note: As your request will be read by a human, there is no need for special syntax in your message. Simply select the newsgroups from the list below to which you would like to subscribe. DO NOT, REPEAT, DO NOT POST SUBSCRIPTION REQUESTS DIRECTLY TO ANY OF THE NEWSGROUP ADDRESSES. PLEASE USE ONLY THE ADDRESS: biosci@net.bio.net Please note that if you have access to Usenet News, you do not need an e-mail subscription! Simply read and post to the newsgroups in the "bionet" newsgroup hierarchy using your USENET news software, (e.g., readnews, rn, vnews, ANU-NEWS, postnews). Description: The BIOSCI newsgroup network was developed to allow easy worldwide communications between biological scientists who work on a variety of computer networks. By having distribution sites or "nodes" on each major network, BIOSCI allows its users to contact people around the world without having to learn a variety of computer addressing tricks. Any user can simply post a message to his/her regional BIOSCI node and copies of that message will be distributed automatically to all other subscribers on all of the participating networks, including the Internet, Usenet, Bitnet, EARN, NetNorth, Heanrt, and JANET. List of BIOSCI Newsgroups ------------------------- NEWSGROUP NAME TOPIC -------------- ----- AGEING Discussions about ageing research BIOFORUM Discussions about biological topics for which there is not yet a dedicated newsgroup BIOLOGICAL-INFORMATION- THEORY-AND-CHOWDER-SOCIETY Applications of information theory to biology BIONAUTS Question/answer forum for help using electronic networks, locating e-mail addresses, etc. BIONEWS General announcements of widespread interest to biologists BIO-JOURNALS Tables of Contents of biological journals BIO-MATRIX Applications of computers to biological databases BIO-SOFTWARE Information on software for the biological sciences COMPUTATIONAL-BIOLOGY Mathematical and computer applications in biology EMPLOYMENT Job opportunities in biology (see BIOSCI FAQ *before* posting commercial job openings) GENETIC-LINKAGE Newsgroup for genetic linkage analysis HIV-MOLECULAR-BIOLOGY Discussions about the molecular biology of HIV IMMUNOLOGY Discussions about research in immunology JOURNAL-NOTES Practical advice on dealing with professional journals METHODS-AND-REAGENTS Requests for information and lab reagents MOLECULAR-EVOLUTION Discussions about research in molecular evolution NEUROSCIENCE Discussions about research in the neurosciences POPULATION-BIOLOGY Discussions about research in population biology RAPD Discussions about Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA SCIENCE-RESOURCES Information from/about scientific funding agencies TROPICAL-BIOLOGY Discussions about research in tropical biology VIROLOGY Discussions about research in virology WOMEN-IN-BIOLOGY Discussions about issues concerning women biologists * Those who use e-mail to post messages should send their mail to the following Internet addresses in the USA: NEWSGROUP NAME Mailing Address -------------- ---------------- AGEING ageing@net.bio.net BIOFORUM bioforum@net.bio.net BIO-INFORMATION-THEORY + bio-info@net.bio.net BIONAUTS bio-naut@net.bio.net BIONEWS ** bionews@net.bio.net BIO-JOURNALS bio-jrnl@net.bio.net BIO-MATRIX biomatrx@net.bio.net BIO-SOFTWARE bio-soft@net.bio.net COMPUTATIONAL-BIOLOGY ** comp-bio@net.bio.net EMPLOYMENT biojobs@net.bio.net GENETIC-LINKAGE gen-link@net.bio.net HIV-MOLECULAR-BIOLOGY hiv-biol@net.bio.net IMMUNOLOGY immuno@net.bio.net JOURNAL-NOTES jrnlnote@net.bio.net METHODS-AND-REAGENTS methods@net.bio.net MOLECULAR-EVOLUTION mol-evol@net.bio.net NEUROSCIENCE neur-sci@net.bio.net POPULATION-BIOLOGY pop-bio@net.bio.net PROTEIN-ANALYSIS proteins@net.bio.net PROTEIN-CRYSTALLOGRAPHY xtal-log@net.bio.net RAPD rapd@net.bio.net SCIENCE-RESOURCES sci-res@net.bio.net TROPICAL-BIOLOGY trop-bio@net.bio.net VIROLOGY virology@net.bio.net WOMEN-IN-BIOLOGY womenbio@net.bio.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIO-SOFTWARE Biological Software Discussion Group Internet Subscribe to: biosci%net.bio.net@vm1.nodak.edu Internet Mail to: bio-software%net.bio.net@vm1.nodak.edu DESCRIPTION: The BIO-SOFTWARE newsgroup is not moderated. Questions, answers, and discussions are welcomed about software related to the biological sciences (or even about problems with other software that scientists might use in the course of their work such as word processors or communications software). List Owner/Contact: Dave Kristofferson ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIOSPH-L Biosphere, Ecology, Discussion List Bitnet Subscribe to: listserv@ubvm Internet Subscribe to: listserv@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu Bitnet Mail to: biosph-l@ubvm Internet Mail to: biosph-l@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu Description: Discusses anything related to the biosphere, pollution, CO-2 effect, ecology, habitats, and climate, etc. List Owner/Contact: Dave Phillips ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIRD_RBA National Birding Hotline Cooperative Bitnet Subscribe to: listserv@arizvm1 Internet Subscribe to: listserv@arizvm1.ccit.arizona.edu Bitnet Mail to: bird_rba@arizvm1 Internet Mail to: bird_rba@arizvm1.ccit.arizona.edu Description: National Birding Hotline Cooperative provides a clearing- house for transcribed birding hotlines from around the country. List Owners/Contact: Charles (Chuck) B. Williamson 4425 E. 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'Bill' Gorman ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- FERRET-LIST Ferret Discussion List Internet Subscribe to: ferret-request@ferret.ocunix.on.ca Internet Mail to: ferret-list@ferret.ocunix.on.ca Description: This is a mailing list for people who have or are merely interested in ferrets (Mustela Furo). Discussions are welcome on any subject relating to ferrets -- suitability as pets, health information, funny ferret stories, advocacy, etc. List Owner/Contact: Chris Lewis Phone: 613-832-0541 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- GOLDEN Golden Retriever Mailing List Internet Subscribe to: golden-request@hobbes.ucsd.edu Internet Mail to: golden@hobbes.ucsd.edu Description: A mailing list for Golden Retriever enthusiasts. 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Heen-list is a forum for professional anthropologists, primatologists, biologists, and others to share information on how they, as professionals, can use their experience and education as a resource for educators and young students in their areas. The list can particularly benefit from having members of different experience levels; some HEEN members have worked extensively in the schools, and others are curious about how they could become involved. Like the HEEN Newsletter _Missing Link_, heen-list is for you to share your ideas, successes, and frustrations. Not only can you be a resource for schools, you can be a resource for your colleagues as well. Heen-list is non-automated; you will not receive immediate confirmation of you subscription, but your name and address will be added to heen-list within a few days of your subscription message. Let us know your name and e-mail address. Since it is non-automated, the format doesn't matter much. 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Rec.hunting (and the LISTSERV list hunting) is a moderated group for the discussion of hunting related issues. These include, but are not limited to, methods, locations, seasons, laws, and hunting ethics. Posts about the morality of hunting will be rejected. List Owner/Contact: Chris Barnes President - Bryan/College Station Retriever Club Phone: 409-845-8300 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- IAPWILD International Arctic Project Wildlife Bitnet Subscribe to: listserv@ndsuvm1 Internet Subscribe to: listserv@vm1.nodak.edu Bitnet Mail to: iapwild@ndsuvm1 Internet Mail to: iapwild@vm1.nodak.edu Description: The International Arctic Project involves three elements: (1) Develop an environmental education program for the world's primary and secondary schools. This includes an on-line global telecommunications network; (2) Create a scientific ice station, frozen into the Arctic Ocean, for use by an international consortium of scientists, educators and university students to collect data and conduct environmental research on the region. It will also serve as a resource for the education program. Special emphasis will be given to developing components of experiments that can be effectively used in the classroom and to surveying existing Arctic science research programs for input in the dynamic educational model; (3) A four-person multinational expedition will embark on a 2,500 mile traverse of the Arctic Ocean to supplement the education programs, underline the message of international cooperation, and generate media and public attention to all scientific work being done in the arctic. The IAP will bring knowledge of the Arctic Circumpolar Region and its environmental fragility, indigenous cultures, natural resources, scientific importance, and relationship to the planet to schools and to the general, international public. During the Steger expedition, which will take place from March through July 1995, members hope to use this telecommunications network to conduct live, two-way communications via satellite. It is planned that the study will be a model for a permanent structure. The IAP in years to come will organize similar projects that study other regional ecosystems with the same combination of education, science and adventure. During the Arctic Telecomputing Pilot, students and teachers in grades 4-9 will take part in a 18-month, on-line computer project to develop, expand and refine an international interactive telecomputing network. The pilot will run from March 1992 through June 1993. 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List Owner/Contact: David Dodell FAX: 602-451-6135 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- MEDSEA-L Marine Biology of the Adriatic Sea List Bitnet Subscribe to: listserv@aearn Internet Subscribe to: listserv@aearn.edvz.univie.ac.at Bitnet Mail to: medsea-l@aearn Internet Mail to: medsea-l@aearn.edvz.univie.ac.at Description: The goal of the list is to increase our knowledge on processes controlling life in the Adriatic Sea. Special emphasis is put on the interactions between eutrophication phenomena and foodweb structures. Another main object of research interest are investigations on marine snow and mucilage as mucoid aggregates in the water column of the Northern Adriatic Sea are more abundant than in any other regions of the world's oceans. 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Box 1212 Eilat, Israel ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- MODEL-HORSE Model Horse Hobby Discussion List Internet Subscribe to: model-horse-request@qiclab.scn.rain.com Internet Mail to: model-horse@qiclab.scn.rain.com Description: Discussion of the model horse hobby. All aspects of showing (live and photo), collecting, remaking/repainting for all breeds and makes are discussed. All ages and levels of experience welcome. List Owner/Contact: Darci L. Chapman ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- MOLLUSCA Molluscan Phylogeny & Systematics Discussion List Internet Subscribe to: listserv@ucmp1.berkeley.edu Internet Mail to: mollusca@ucmp1.berkeley.edu Description: Discussion of phylogenetic hypotheses and the construction of classifications within the Mollusca at all taxonomic levels. 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Marcus Bill Gruber ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- NATRESLIB-L Natural Resources Librarians and Information Specialists Discussion Group Internet Subscribe to: annhed@cc.usu.edu Internet Mail to: natreslib-l@cc.usu.edu Description: This new list exists to provide a medium for interaction between Natural Resource Librarians and Information Specialists. All issues, questions, brainstorming, or discussions pertaining to natural resources librarianship are welcome on this unmoderated list. List Owner/Contact: Anne Hedrich Merrill Library Utah State University Logan, Utah 84322-3000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- NATURA-L Ecology and Environmental Protection in Chile Bitnet Subscribe to: listserv@uchcecvm Internet Subscribe to: listserv@uchcecvm.cec.uchile.cl Bitnet Mail to: natura-l@uchcecvm Internet Mail to: natura-l@uchcecvm.cec.uchile.cl Description: (Chile Spanish Language) Ecologia y Proteccion de la Naturaleza en Chile/Latinoamerica. Esta lista pretende abarcar temas sobre todo lo que implica la proteccion de la Naturaleza principalmente en nuestro pais y latinoamerica y tambien en el resto del mundo. 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List Owner/Contact: Renato Sabbatini ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- OBED Obedience, tracking, agility and schutzhund interests Internet Subscribe to: obedreq@reepicheep.gcn.uoknor.edu Internet Mail to: obed@reepicheep.gcn.uoknor.edu Description: This group discusses all issues related to training dogs, particularly for AKC and UKC obedience trials. Canine good citizenship, temperament testing and therapy dog training are also discussed as well as less formal issues. 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List Owners/Contact: Heike Mueller Andreas Landhaeusser ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- PHARM Medical Pharmacy Discussion Group (Restricted) Internet Subscribe to: pharm-request@dmu.ac.uk Note: Cross-posts to the Usenet Newsgroup sci.med.pharmacy Description: To provide pharmacists with a forum for the discussion of issues related to the teaching and practice of the profession. It is expected that sci.med.pharmacy will attract contributions from all the major disciplines including pharmacology and pharmaceutical chemistry as well as areas with more direct professional implications such as pharmacy practice and legislation. List Owner/Contact: Paul Hodgkinson F.I.Sc.T. Department of Pharmacy De Montfort University UK ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- POP-BIO Population Ecology & Population Genetics Bitnet Subscribe to: listserv@irlearn Internet Subscribe to: listserv@irlearn.ucd.ie Bitnet Mail to: pop-bio@irlearn Internet Mail to: pop-bio@irlearn.ucd.ie Description: Population Biology is a synthesis of population ecology and population genetics, pursuing a unified theory to explain the structure, functioning and evolution of populations of living beings. Such populations are very complex systems, exhibiting a variety of phenomena that we still do not master. Just to quote a famous example, multiannual density cycles (e.g. in lemmings) have not received a satisfactory explanation, despite of decades of debated studies and speculations. 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List Owner/Contact: Larry Jacobsen Head of Library Services Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center Library 1220 Capitol Court Madison, WI 53715-1299 Phone: 608-263-3512 Fax: 608-263-4031 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- PRION Prion Research Digest Internet Subscribe to: prion-request@acc.stolaf.edu Internet Mail to: prion@acc.stolaf.edu Description: Prion (slow virus) Infection Digest discusses current research on prion infection. The Prion Digest was formed as a reference point for the discussion and sharing of current research into prion (or slow virus) infection. Common prion related diseases are Creutzfeld-Jakob disease (CJD), Gerstmann-Straussler syndrome (GSS), transmissible mink encephalopathy, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, chronic wasting disease of deer and elk, scrapie, and kuru. All comers are welcome, from interested lay people to researchers working with prions and/or prion infections. 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List Owner/Contact: Eleanor Cicinsky ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- QMLIST Quantitative Morphology List Internet Subscribe to: listserver@tbone.biol.scarolina.edu Internet Mail to: qmlist@tbone.biol.scarolina.edu Description: This is an open, unmoderated mailing list to support researchers and clinicians in the field of quantitative morphology. This can include (but is not limited to): queries for help with technical or professional problems; pointers to interesting recent publications; summaries and abstracts of your own recent work; news of upcoming meetings; news about job openings or other professional opportunities; and news about granting agencies or programs. We would like to encourage a broad interpretation of "quantitative morphology". We encourage interaction between people working in two- or three-dimensional quantitative analysis of both organic and inorganic structures. Relevant methods include, but are not limited to: serial reconstruction, stereology, geometric modeling, computer graphics, geometric probability, mathematical morphology, pattern analysis, etc. We encourage people from (at least) the following fields to participate: anatomy, biophysics, botany, cell biology, computer vision, forestry, geology, materials sciences, microbiology, pathology, radiology, and zoology. List Owner/Contact: Dean Pentcheff Department of Biology University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 29208 Phone: 803-777-8998 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAFETY Environmental Health and Safety Discussion List Bitnet Subscribe to: listserv@uvmvm Internet Subscribe to: listserv@uvmvm.uvm.edu Bitnet Mail to: safety@uvmvm Internet Mail to: safety@uvmvm.uvm.edu Description: E-conference for people interested in the various environmental, health and safety issues and problems on college and university campuses. 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The sci.answers newsgroup is moderated, and therefore the gateway between it and the SCIFAQ-L mailing list has been made one-way, from Usenet into the list. The list itself is not moderated, and may be used for relevant discussion or distribution of FAQ-like documents by e-mail subscribers. List Owner/Contact: Una Smith Biology Department Yale University New Haven, CT 06511 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCIFRAUD Discussion of Fraud in Science Bitnet Subscribe to: listserv@albnyvm1 Internet Subscribe to: listserv@uacsc2.albany.edu Bitnet Mail to: scifraud@albnyvm1 Internet Mail to: scifraud@uacsc2.albany.edu Description: SCIFRAUD is dedicated to the discussion of fraud in science. Its topics can be easily identified in the last several months with these names: David Baltimore, Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann, Shervert Frazier, Viswa Jit Gupta, Philip Berger, Robert Slutsky, and many others. 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List Owners/Contact: Al Higgins Mike Ramundo ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCUBA-D Digest of the Usenet rec.scuba newsgroup Bitnet Subscribe to: listserv@brownvm Internet Subscribe to: listserv@brownvm.brown.edu Bitnet Mail to: scuba-d@brownvm Internet Mail to: scuba-d@brownvm.brown.edu List Owners/Contact: Catherine Yang Nick Simicich ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCUBA-L Scuba Diving Mailing List Bitnet Subscribe to: listserv@brownvm Internet Subscribe to: listserv@brownvm.brown.edu Bitnet Mail to: scuba-l@brownvm Internet Mail to: scuba-l@brownvm.brown.edu Description: Mailing list for discussion of all aspects of SCUBA diving. Any articles, views, ideas, and opinions relating to SCUBA diving are welcome. Areas discussed will include, but are not limited to: Safety/first aid; places to dive; decompression; computation; decompression tables; history; new equipment; dive shops; new technologies; mail order shopping; diving science & technology; travel; computers; tropical diving; underwater photography; underwater animal life; underwater vehicles; questions/quizzes; PADI certifications; NAUI certifications; & YMCA certifications. List Owner/Contact: Catherine Yang ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOCIETY FOR MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY Society for Mathematical Biology Digest Internet Subscribe to: listserv@fconvx.ncifcrf.gov Internet Mail to: smbnet@fconvx.ncifcrf.gov List Owner/Contact: Ray Mejia ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOCINSCT Social Insect Biology Research List Bitnet Subscribe to: listserv@albany Internet Subscribe to: listserv@albany.edu Bitnet Mail to: socinsct@albany Internet Mail to: socinsct@albany.edu Description: SOCINSCT is dedicated to communication among investigators active in the discipline of social insect biology. It is restricted to discussions of research at the university level. Eusocial insects (bees, wasps, ants and termites) are the main interest but information to be shared could include any area of sociobiology, or solitary bees and wasps. Such areas could include orientation, navigation, adaptation/selection/evolution, superorganism concept, behavior, physiology and biochemistry, pheromones, flight and energetics, taxonomy and systematics, ecology, genetics, pollination and nectar/pollen biology. Announcements of meetings and professional opportunities, requests for research help, sharing of literature references, sharing research topics and discussion of ideas are welcome. List Owner/Contact: Erik Seielstad ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- STARNET Echinoderm Newsletter Internet Subscribe to: whide@matrix.bchs.uh.edu Internet Mail to: star@matrix.bchs.uh.edu Description: The STARNET echhindoerm electronic newsletter is distributed quarterly. List Owner/Contact: Win Hide ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SVHP-L Veterinary Pharmacy Issues (restricted membership) Bitnet Subscribe to: listserv@uga Internet Subscribe to: listserv@uga.cc.uga.edu Bitnet Mail to: svhp-l@uga Internet Mail to: svhp-l@uga.cc.uga.edu List Owner/Contact: Doug Kemp ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- TAXACOM Biological Systematics Discussion List Bitnet Subscribe to: listserv@harvarda Internet Subscribe to: listserv@harvarda.harvard.edu Bitnet Mail to: taxacom@harvarda Internet Mail to: taxacom@harvarda.harvard.edu List Owner/Contact: James H. Beach ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITNET Paridae and Hole-nesting Bird Discussion List Bitnet Subscribe to: jhailman@wiscmacc Internet Subscribe to: jhailman@macc.wisc.edu Note: Send (1) full name, (2) mailing address, which is forwarded to Dr. Ficken for PARUS INTERNATIONAL, (3) email address(es), (4) species studied, and (5) types of studies (population dynamics, general ecology, vocalizations, nesting, behavior, etc.). Description: Promotes communication among scientists working on tits (Paridae) and other hole-nesting birds. TITNET is a publication listing e-mail addresses of conference members. TITNEWS contains announcements and discussions of activities such as bibliographic systems, and hence serves as the email newsletter. TITNOTES contains material on the biology of the birds, and hence serves as a kind of email journal. List Owner/Contact: Jack P. Hailman ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- VEGCNY-L Vegetarians in Central New York area Internet Subscribe to: listserv@cornell.edu Internet Mail to: vegcny-l@cornell.edu Description: VegCNY-L is an open discussion list intended to serve those people living in the Central New York area who are vegetarians and those who, while not yet vegetarian, are interested in vegetarianism. Our goal is to promote vegetarianism, which we define as the practice of living without the use of flesh, fowl or fish. We encourage a sense of inquiry, openness, and tolerance about all matters related to vegetarianism. Topics may include but are not limited to: discussing co-operative and natural food markets; finding a place to dine out; raising a vegetarian child; eating in a college dining hall; shopping animal-free; attending local vegetarian cooking classes; and starting a VegCNY conference. List Owner/Contact: Chuck Goelzer Lyons ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- VEGGIE Vegetarian Issues Discussion List Internet Subscribe to: listserv@gibbs.oit.unc.edu Internet Mail to: veggie@gibbs.oit.unc.edu Description: Veggie is an open list for the discussion of vegetarianism. Topics of discussion are wide-ranging and may include such areas as nutrition, factory farming, recipes, transition from meat-eating to vegetarianism, animal rights, raising vegetarian children, book or magazine recommendations, and descriptions of new and unusual foods. You do not have to be a vegetarian to join. List Owners/Contact: Penny Ward Michael Blackmore Johnn Tan ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- VEGGIES Vegetarian matters in Britain. Internet Subscribe to: veggies-request@ncl.ac.uk ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- VEGLIFE (formerly GRANOLA) Vegetarian Life List Bitnet Subscribe to: listserv@vtvm1 Internet Subscribe to: listserv@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu Bitnet Mail to: veglife@vtvm1 Internet Mail to: veglife@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu Description: Welcome to VegLife! VegLife provides a supportive atmosphere for the discussion of issues related to the vegetarian lifestyle. We define vegetarianism as the quality of living without the use of meat, poultry, or fish, and the ideal of living independent of using animals. Not all our active members are vegetarian; we welcome vegetarians of all degrees as well as non-vegetarians. Discussion topics include, but are not limited to: various types of vegetarianism (lacto, ovo, pesco, vegan, etc.); nutritional information; ideas/support for shifting to a vegetarian diet; diet and the environment; diet and human health; cookbooks, books, magazines, and newsletters on vegetarianism; dining out vegetarian; vegetarian eating while on a college meal plan; vegetarian recipes; organic and natural foods; starting a local vegetarian group; encouraging institutions to become vegetarian-friendly; herbal remedies; animal rights; and your other interests related to vegetarianism. List Owners/Contact: Darrell A. Early Charles Goelzer Lyons ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- VETADM-L Veterinary Hospital Administration List Bitnet Subscribe to: listserv@tamvm1 Internet Subscribe to: listserv@tamvm1.tamu.edu Bitnet Mail to: vetadm-l@tamvm1 Internet Mail to: vetadm-l@tamvm1.tamu.edu Description: Discussion group for veterinary hospital administration. List Owner/Contact: Joel Hammond ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- VETCAI-L Veterinary Medicine Computer Assisted Instruction Bitnet Subscribe to: listserv@ksuvm Internet Subscribe to: listserv@ksuvm.ksu.edu Bitnet Mail to: vetcai-l@ksuvm Internet Mail to: vetcai-l@ksuvm.ksu.edu Description: Veterinary medicine computer-assisted instruction discussion. List Owner/Contact: Pat Oblander ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- VETHIS-L Veterinary Hospital Information Systems Bitnet Subscribe to: listserv@uiucvmd Internet Subscribe to: listserv@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu Bitnet Mail to: vethis-l@uiucvmd Internet Mail to: vethis-l@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu Description: In light of heightened interest in veterinary hospital information systems (HIS), a discussion group devoted to veterinary HIS has been created. VETHIS-L is intended to serve as a forum for the exchange of information on veterinary hospital information systems. Because of the interrelationship between veterinary hospitals and diagnostic laboratories, topics of mutual interest can be discussed here as well. The forum was created in response to initiatives by members of the American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) and the American Academy of Veterinary Informatics (AAVI). List Owner/Contact: Ron Smith University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine 2001 S. Lincoln Ave. Urbana, IL 60801 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- VETIMM-L Veterinary Immunology Discussion Group Bitnet Subscribe to: listserv@ucdcvdls Internet Subscribe to: listserv@cvdls.ucdavis.edu Bitnet Mail to: vetimm-l@ucdcvdls Internet Mail to: vetimm-l@cvdls.ucdavis.edu List Owners/Contact: James T. Case, DVM, Ph.D. University of California School of Veterinary Medicine California Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory System P.O. Box 1770 Davis, CA 95617 Phone: 916-752-4408 Bill Cohen ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- VETINFO Discussion of Veterinary Informatics Bitnet Subscribe to: listserv@ucdcvdls Internet Subscribe to: listserv@cvdls.ucdavis.edu Bitnet Mail to: vetinfo@ucdcvdls Internet Mail to: vetinfo@cvdls.ucdavis.edu Description: This list has been created to stimulate discussion in the area of Informatics, with special reference to the field of Veterinary Medicine. Related topics include Clinical decision support systems, laboratory information management, imaging, disease nomenclature and coding systems, expert systems, knowledge bases, etc. Discussions related to specific hardware and software implementations are welcome as well as approaches to specific approaches to challenges in veterinary informatics. List Owners/Contact: James T. Case, DVM, Ph.D. University of California School of Veterinary Medicine California Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory System P.O. Box 1770 Davis, CA 95617 Phone: 916-752-4408 Bill Cohen ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- VETLIB-L Veterinary Medicine Librarians List Bitnet Subscribe to: listserv@vtvm1 Internet Subscribe to: listserv@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu Bitnet Mail to: vetlib-l@vtvm1 Internet Mail to: vetlib-l@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu Description: VETLIB-L is an e-mail discussion group for librarians in schools and colleges of veterinary medicine world-wide. It is made available by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VPI or Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, Virginia. List Owners/Contact: Victoria T. Kok Veterinary Medicine Librarian Veterinary Medical Library Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Blacksburg, VA 24061-0422 Phone: 703-231-6610 Fax: 703-231-7367 James Powell ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- VETMED-L Veterinary Medicine Discussion List Bitnet Subscribe to: listserv@uga Internet Subscribe to: listserv@uga.cc.uga.edu Bitnet Mail to: vetmed-l@uga Internet Mail to: vetmed-l@uga.cc.uga.edu Description: Discussion group for students, professionals and others employed in or interested in the veterinary profession. List Owners/Contact: Harold Pritchett Jean Snow ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- VETMICRO Veterinary Microbiology Discussion List Bitnet Subscribe to: listserv@ucdcvdls Internet Subscribe to: listserv@cvdls.ucdavis.edu Bitnet Mail to: vetmicro@ucdcvdls Internet Mail to: vetmicro@cvdls.ucdavis.edu Description: Discussion group for veterinary microbiology List Owners/Contact: James T. Case, DVM, Ph.D. University of California School of Veterinary Medicine California Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory System P.O. Box 1770 Davis, CA 95617 Phone: 916-752-4408 Bill Cohen ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- VETMYCOP Veterinary Mycoplasma Discussion Group Bitnet Subscribe to: listserv@ucdcvdls Internet Subscribe to: listserv@cvdls.ucdavis.edu Bitnet Mail to: vetmycop@ucdcvdls Internet Mail to: vetmycop@cvdls.ucdavis.edu List Owners/Contact: James T. Case, DVM, Ph.D. University of California School of Veterinary Medicine California Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory System P.O. Box 1770 Davis, CA 95617 Phone: 916-752-4408 Bill Cohen ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- VETTOX-L Veterinary Toxicology Discussion List (restricted) Bitnet Subscribe to: listserv@ucdcvdls Internet Subscribe to: listserv@cvdls.ucdavis.edu Bitnet Mail to: vettox-l@ucdcvdls Internet Mail to: vettox-l@cvdls.ucdavis.edu Description: A list dedicated to diagnostic toxicology has been established at the University of California. This list will be restricted to those in the practice of diagnostic toxicology, although it will not be an edited list. We hope to provide an atmosphere of cooperation amongst those in the field of diagnostic toxicology to seek solutions to the many challenges that arise during the course of a disease investigation. Subscription is restricted. List Owners/Contact: James T. Case, DVM, Ph.D. University of California School of Veterinary Medicine California Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory System P.O. Box 1770 Davis, CA 95617 Phone: 916-752-4408 Bill Cohen ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- WILDNET Computing and Statistics in Fisheries & Wildlife Biology Internet Subscribe to: wildnet-request@tribune.usask.ca Internet Mail to: wildnet@tribune.usask.ca Description: The Wildnet mailing list was established for the exchange of ideas, questions, and solutions in the area of fisheries and wildlife computing and statistics. Possibilities include reviews of literature, reports on conferences, questions on experimental design, field techniques, relevant hardware, software, databases, etc. List Owner/Contact: Eric Woodsworth Canadian Wildlife Service Saskatoon, Canada Phone: 306-975-4023 ============================================================================= INTERNET MAILSERVERS & DATABASES ============================================================================= ALMANAC USDA Extension Service Mail Server Mail to: almanac@esusda.gov In body of letter, enter: send guide Note: Almanac is a tool for storing information which can be requested by sending an e-mail message to the Almanac. Messages consist of very basic commands. Responses are provided via e-mail messages back to the user. The USDA Extension service runs such an almanac. Among the mailing lists it provides are the following: List: USDA.DVM Type: Server Description: The purpose of this newsletter is to provide information relating to veterinary medicine, science and agriculture which may include: grants from USDA-ES; FDA/EPA/USDA regulations and changes; industry news; food safety and quality updates; meetings; employment opportunities and scientific news. List Owner/Contact: Bonnie Buntain, DVM, MS National Program Leader Veterinary Medicine List: USDA Dairy Update Type: Server Description: Postings of USDA information affecting policy decisions that affect the dairy community. List Owner/Contact: Basil Eastwood List: USDA.RRDB Type: Server Description: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Extension Service offers the Research Results Database (RRDB), containing brief summaries of recent research from the USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Economic Research Service (ERS). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ATCC RECOMBINANT COLLECTIONS NIH/ATCC Repository of human and mouse DNA probes and libraries Internet: telnet to atcc.nih.gov or 156.40.144.248 At the login prompt, enter: username: search password: common Contact: email to phone: 301-231-5586 (Donna Maglott) Requests for materials from the ATCC: email to phone: 800-638-6597 local: 301-881-2600 fax: 301-231-5826 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ATI-NET California State University-Fresno Agricultural Information Internet: telnet to caticsuf.csufresno.edu or 129.8.100.15 At the login prompt, enter: public Modem: 209-294-4265 Help Line: 209-278-4819 12/2400 baud, N-8-1 Description: ATI-Net is a full service information source designed to assist several markets within California. Individual systems provide information for the agricultural market, the educational community (CSUPER-Net), Automated Trade Library Service (ATLS), Biotechnology Information (CSUPERB). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIOETHICS ONLINE SERVICE Medical College of Wisconsin Internet: telnet to min.lib.mcw.edu Modem: 414-266-5777 Help Line: 414-257-8700 - If you do not have a post account at MCW, at the login prompt, enter: c min - If you do have a post account at MCW, at the login prompt, enter: c post, then at the prompt (post>), enter: biomenu Description: The Bioethics Online Service is an information resource of the Center for the Study of Bioethics and the Health Information Technology Center (HITC) of the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW). The Bioethics Online Service consists of: (1) The Bioethics Database; (2) The Bioethics Center and Wisconsin Ethics Committee; Network (WECN) News and Announcements section; and (3) The Bioethics Online E-mail Service. The Bioethics Database is an update service providing information on current bioethics topics, including news reports, abstracts of pertinent journal articles, legislative actions and court decisions, with intermittent commentary. The information is searchable by key words. The Bioethics Center and Wisconsin Ethics Committee Network (WECN) News and Announcements section posts news from the Bioethics Center, including speakers, conferences, journal clubs, and other presentations. It also posts news of the Wisconsin Ethics Committee Network, and information about its Speakers Bureau. A second feature of this section is a case discussion area. Contact: Arthur R. Derse, MD, JD Bioethics Online Service Information Technology Services Medical College of Wisconsin 8701 Watertown Plank Road Milwaukee, WI 53226 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAMIS Center for Advanced Medical Informatics at Stanford Internet: telnet to camis.stanford.edu or 36.44.0.7 At the login prompt, enter: gopher ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- CANCERNET National Cancer Institute Cancer Information Network Mail to: cancernet@icicb.nci.nih.gov Leave Subject line blank In body of letter, enter: help Help Line: 301-486-7403 Description: CancerNet is a quick and easy way to obtain, through electronic mail, recommended treatment guidelines in English or Spanish from the National Cancer Institute's Physician Data Query (PDQ) system. CancerNet also lets you request information about PDQ, PDQ distributors, and other products and services from the NCI, including a list of patient publications available from the Office of Cancer Communications. You can access CancerNet through a number of different networks including BITNET and Internet. There is no charge for the service unless your local computer center charges for use of e-mail. The CancerNet Contents List may change as new statements and other information is included. Contact: CancerNet representative Cheryl Burg Internet: cheryl@icicb.nci.nih.gov Building 82, Room 103A Phone: (301) 496-8880 Bethesda, Maryland 20892 Fax: (301) 480-8105 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION WONDER Database Help Line: 404-332-4569 Description: CDC has a wide variety of databases - including mortality data, hospital discharge, SEER cancer sets, etc - available through WONDER, a free package that provides a pc based graphical front end to format and analyze requests for data and communication software allowing connection to the CDC. Contact: Dan Rosen Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1600 Clifton Rd., MS F-51 Atlanta, GA 30333 Phone: 404-488-7521 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- CUFAN Clemson University Forestry & Agriculture Network, South Carolina Internet: telnet to eureka.clemson.edu or 130.127.8.3 At the login prompt, enter: PUBLIC Description: VTX (Videotex) Information Base, Electronic mail, & conference system. Subject Scope: Information on weather, agricultural economics, plant and animal science, agricultural engineering, home food preparation and preservation, & agricultural news. Contact: Ray Holliday 210 Barre Hall Clemson University Clemson, SC 29634-0310 Phone: 803-656-3383 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH & SAFETY BBS University of Illinois Internet: telnet to romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu or 128.174.74.24 Description: The University of Illinois Division of Environmental Health and Safety maintains a large collection of Material Safety Data sheets. Part of the collection (approximately 26,000 MSDS's) is maintained in paper files at the Division headquarters located at 101 South Gregory St., Urbana, Illinois. The paper collection is constantly updated as new or more current MSDS's are received from manufacturers and suppliers. Each MSDS, is assigned a unique serial number upon arrival. These numbers are referred to as DEHS ID numbers or DEHSID's. A file listing the dehsid, the chemical name and the supplier for each of these MSDS's is maintained on-line. It is accessible through this BBS at the MSDS MENU. In addition to the paper file, the Division also maintains a file containing approximately 86,000 MSDS in the form of a database which is also directly accessible through this BBS. This database consists of a collection which is distributed quarterly by the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS). The CCOHS is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting a safe and healthy environment by providing information about occupational health and safety. The information contained in the CCOHS database is contributed directly to CCOHS by manufacturers and suppliers of chemical products. The MSDS's in the CCOHS database are in English and/or French, as supplied by the contributors. They contain basic information on the properties and potential hazards of chemical products, how to use them safely, and what to do if there is an emergency. The MSDS MENU allows you to simultaneously search the index of all of the paper MSDS's contained in our files as well as the MSDS's obtained on a quarterly basis from CCOHS. As you search the index, you will notice that some of the dehsid's start with the letter "T". These represent MSDS which you may directly look at in their entirety on-line. This program will eventually be used for accessing many information sources in the Division of Environmental Health and Safety. It is currently being developed, so please keep in mind that some things will not work correctly. Contact: Hector Mandel ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- FDA BBS Food and Drug Administration Bulletin Board System Internet: telnet to fdabbs.fda.gov or 150.148.8.48 Modem: 800-222-0185 Help Line: 301-443-3285 12/24/9600 baud, E-7-1 At the login prompt, enter: bbs Description: The FDA's online information service includes information on topics such as, FDA news releases, Drug and Device product approvals list, current information on AIDS, Veterinary Medicine news, import alerts, and many other FDA related subjects. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- FEDERAL REGISTER Internet: telnet to netsys1.netsys.com At the login prompt, enter: fedreg password: register Questions/Comments to: fedreg@internet.com or Counterpoint Publishing Phone: 800-998-4515 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- FEDIX Federal Information Exchange Internet: telnet to fedix.fie.com or 192.111.228.33 At the login prompt, enter: fedix Description: FEDIX is an on-line information service that links the higher education community and the federal government to facilitate research, education, and services. The system provides accurate and timely federal agency information to colleges, universities, and other research organizations. FEDIX provides daily information updates on: Federal education and research programs (including descriptions, eligibility, funding, deadlines); scholarships, fellowships, and grants; available used government research equipment; new funding for specific research and education activities from the Commerce Business Daily, Federal Register, and other sources; minority assistance research and education programs; news & current events within participating agencies; general information such as agency history, budget, organizational structure, and mission statements. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- FEDWORLD National Technical Information Service Federal Information Gateway Internet: telnet to fedworld.gov or 192.239.92.201 At the Login prompt, enter: new Help Line: 703-487-4850 Description: Access to more than 100 U.S. government computer bulletin boards, many of them previously accessible only by modem. Also includes full text of select U.S. government publications, statistical files, federal job lists, satellite images and more. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- GAIA International Multi-Species Survival Project Mail to: gaia@chpc.utexas.edu In subject of letter, enter: help Help Line: 512-471-2472 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- GBASE Genomic Database of the Mouse Jackson Laboratory Internet: telnet to morgan.jax.org or 192.43.249.17 At the login prompt, enter: guest Description: GBASE is the genomic database of the mouse at the Jackson Laboratory, and consists of: genetic linkage maps, all known literature on locus mapping, lists of all locus symbols, locus names, chromosomal locations, and references; information about alleles at polymorphic loci for over 1100 inbred mouse strains; & descriptions of genes and loci. Contact: Alan Hillyard, Ph.D. The Jackson Laboratory 600 Main St. Bar Harbour, ME 04609-0800 Phone: 207-288-3371 FAX: 207-288-5079 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- GENETICS BANK Genetic Database & Nucleic Acid/Protein Sequences Mail to: gene-server@bchs.uh.edu retrieve@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov blast@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov In subject of letter, enter: help ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- GENOME CENTER GENETIC MAP OF THE MOUSE Massachusetts Institute of Technology Mail to: genome_database@genome.wi.mit.edu In subject of letter, enter: help Description: Using this service you can obtain locus and assay names of mapped SSLPs, the forward and reverse primer sequences, the genotypes of the loci on the mapping cross, the sizes of the PCR products on selected standard inbred strains, and other useful information. The database can be queried for markers meeting a number of different criteria. For example, you can ask for markers by name, by chromosome, or by position on the map. You can even request a list of markers that are polymorphic between two mouse strains. This project is an ongoing one. As new markers are added to the map they will be released on a quarterly basis on approximately the following schedule: 1 January 1994, 1 April 1994, 1 July 1994, 1 October 1994, etc. Contact: Lincoln Stein, M.D.,Ph.D. MIT Genome Center (617) 252-1916 Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (617) 252-1902 FAX 9 Cambridge Center Cambridge, MA 02142 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- LOCIS Library of Congress Information System Internet: telnet to locis.loc.gov or 140.147.254.3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- MEDLINE National Library of Medicine Internet: telnet to medlars.nlm.nih.gov or 130.14.10.200 Modem: Access via Grateful Med software Help Line: 800-638-8480; NLM Customer Service: 703-555-1212 Grateful Med BBS: 800-525-5756 E-mail contact: gmhelp@gmedserv.nlm.nih.gov Notes: Account needed to access MEDLINE. Databases include: AIDSDRUGS AIDSLINE (AIDS Information online) AIDSTRIALS (AIDS Clinical TRIALS) ALERTS (Clinical Alerts) AVLINE BIOETHICSLINE CANCERLIT CATLINE (CATalog online) CHEMID (CHEMical Identification) TELNET MEDLARS.NLM.NIH.GOVCHEMLINE (CHEMical dictionary onLINE) DIRLINE (DIRectory of Information Resources onLINE) HEALTH (Health planning & administration) MEDLINE (MEDlars onLINE) - MED86 - MED80 - MED77 - MED72 - MED66 PDQ (Physician Data Query) SDILINE (Selective Dissemination of Information onLINE) SERLINE (SERials onLINE) TOXLINE (TOXicology Information onLINE) - TOXLINE65 TOXLIT (TOXicology LITerature) CCRIS (Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Information System) HSDB (Hazardous Substances Data Bank) RTECS (Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances) TRI (Toxic chemical Release Inventory) - TRI87 - TRI90 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- MIGRATORY BIRD COLLECTION University of Puget Sound Description: The catalog from the University of Puget Sound bird collection is available over Internet. This catalog consists of 18,500+ records of "core data" which includes the museum number, species name, sex, plumage, country, state (or other geopolitical entity), county/other, date, and preparation. Initially, the catalog is only accessible by obtaining a password from Gary Shugart or Dennis Paulson at "slater@ups.edu". The University of Puget Sound has the largest computerized bird collection in the northwest USA. Contact: Gary Shugart or Dennis Paulson Slater Museum of Natural History University of Puget Sound Tacoma, WA 98416 Phone: 206-756-3798 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY Reference Services Send email to: agref@nalusda.gov ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY NETWORK Internet: telnet to etnet.nlm.nih.gov or 130.14.1.123 At the login prompt, enter: etnet ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL REFERRAL CENTER MASTER FILE Library of Congress Internet: telnet to locis.loc.gov or 140.147.254.3 Description: Directory of more than 12,000 organizations qualified and willing to answer questions and provide information on many topics in science, technology and the social sciences. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWTON U.S. Government bulletin board for those teaching and studying science. Internet: telnet to newton.dep.anl.gov or 130.202.92.50 At the login prompt, enter: cocotext ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- NIH GRANT LINE National Institutes of Health Internet: telnet to wylbur.cu.nih.gov When a message has been received that the connection is open, type ,GEN1 (the comma is mandatory). At the INITIALS? prompt, type BB5 and at the ACCOUNT? prompt, type CCS2. This should put the user into the DRGLINE Bulletin Board (also known as NIH Grant Line at NIH). Description: The purpose of NIH Grant Line is to make program and policy information of the Public Health Service (PHS) agencies rapidly available to the biomedical research community. Most of the research opportunity information available on this bulletin board is derived from the weekly publication, "NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts", consisting of Notices, RFAs, RFPs (announcements of availability), Numbered Program Announcements, and statements of PHS policy. The electronic version known as E-Guide is available for electronic transmission each week, sometimes a day or two in advance of the nominal Friday publication dates. The material consists predominantly of statements about the research interests of the PHS Agencies, Institutes, and National Centers that have funds to support research in the extramural community. The information found on the NIH Grant Line is grouped into three main sections: (1) short News Flashes that appear without any prompting shortly after you have logged on; (2) Bulletins that are for reading; and (3) Files that are intended mainly for downloading. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- OCEANIC INFORMATION CENTER Internet: telnet to deloch.udel.edu or 128.175.24.1 At the login prompt, enter: info ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- PENPAGES Agricultural Information Internet: telnet to psupen.psu.edu or 128.118.36.5 At the login prompt, enter: your two-letter state abbreviation Description: PENpages is a full-text information service containing thousands of research-based fact sheets, news articles, newsletters, and reports. Information is entered by faculty and staff of Penn State University, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, USDA and many cooperators nationwide. Information is agricultural-based and consumer-oriented. Topics include: 4-H and youth development, agricultural education, agronomy; dairy and animal science, engineering, entomology, family life and resource management, food safety, forest resources, gerontology, horticulture, human nutrition, pesticide education, plant pathology, poultry science, rural development, veterinary science, water quality, and many others. Contact: Diann Hunsinger 405 Ag Admin. University Park, PA 16802 Phone: 814-863-3449 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- PRIMATE TALK ALMANAC Primate-Talk Information Mail Server Mail to: almanac@primate.wisc.edu Leave subject line blank In the body of the message, enter: send primate-talk The part indicates the information you would like to receive. Currently the Primate-Talk almanac knows about the following: help (this file) index (what is available) calendar (calendar of events) directory (directory of Primate-Talk recipients) etiquette (e-mail etiquette for the Primate-Talk mailing list) archive (past messages from the Primate-Talk list) Contact: primate-talk-request@primate.wisc.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- QUERRI Questions on University Extension Regional Resource Information Internet: telnet to isn.rdns.iastate.edu or 129.186.99.127 At the login prompt, enter: querri ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- STIS National Science Foundation Science & Technology Information System Internet: telnet to stis.nsf.gov or 128.150.195.40 At the login prompt, enter: public Modem: 202-357-0359 or 202-357-0360 12/24/9600 baud, E-7-1 Help Line: 202-357-7555 When connected, press enter. At the login prompt, enter: public. Description: Provides access to grant information, NSF directories and phone books, press releases, full text of select NSF publications and more. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE SCIENTIST NEWSLETTER Internet: telnet to ds.internic.net At the login prompt, enter: guest ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mail to: congress@hr.house.gov ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHITE HOUSE ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS Mail to: clinton-info@campaign92.org In subject of letter, enter: help Bill Clinton E-mail: president@whitehouse.gov Al Gore E-Mail: vice.president@whitehouse.gov ============================================================================= USENET NEWSGROUPS ============================================================================= USENET is a collection of newsgroups distributed electronically around the world. USENET is not an organization and no one person or group is in charge of USENET as a whole. Many USENET sites are at universities, but a large number of sites are commercial organizations. USENET newsgroups can be read at thousands of sites around the world. If your site provides USENET access, then there are a large number of software packages available for reading news, allowing you to subscribe to newsgroups, follow threads of discussion, and allow posting of messages to the various newsgroups. Below are those USENET newsgroups which have some connection to animal topics. alt.agriculture Discussion on agriculture. alt.fishing Fishing as a hobby and sport. alt.pets.rabbits Discussions on pet rabbits. alt.sustainable.agriculture Sustainable agriculture. bionet.* All the BIOSCI groups (previously described) clari.news.interest.animals (Clarinet) Animals in the news. rec.aquaria Keeping fish and aquaria as a hobby. rec.birds Hobbyists interested in bird watching. rec.equestrian Discussion of things equestrian. rec.food.veg Vegetarians. rec.hunting Discussions about hunting. rec.outdoors.fishing All aspects of sport and commercial fishing. rec.pets Pets, pet care & household animals in general. rec.pets.birds The culture and care of indoor birds. rec.pets.cats Discussion about domestic cats. rec.pets.dogs Any and all subjects relating to dogs as pets. rec.pets.herp Reptile, amphibian, & exotic vivarium pets. rec.pets.rabbits Discussion about pet rabbits. sci.answers Frequently Asked Questions about SCI groups. sci.aquaria Only science-oriented posts about aquaria. sci.bio Biology and related sciences. sci.bio.ecology Ecological research (sponsored by ESA). sci.bio.technology Any topic relating to biotechnology. sci.environment Science and its relation to the environment. sci.med Medicine and its related products and regs. sci.med.aids AIDS: treatment, path./biol., HIV prevention. sci.research Research methods, funding, ethics, & misc. talk.environment Discussions about environmental issues. talk.politics.animals The use and/or abuse of animals. ============================================================================= ANONYMOUS FTP SITES ============================================================================= Archival FTP sites containing animal-related text files and software programs are not well documented on the Internet. Help in locating more sites is appreciated. The general procedure to login to these sites is to use the FTP facility on your computer to connect to the remote site, then at the username prompt, login as anonymous and enter your e-mail address as password. To identify files you wish to access, you can use the DIR command, which functions much like in MS-DOS. The CD command also works normally in most cases. To obtain a list of available subdirectories, Use the LS command. Once you locate the file you want, it may be transferred by typing GET (filename). When finished with your FTP session, issue the command QUIT to return to your computer. It is also possible to retrieve archived files via e-mail. BITFTP provides this mail interface to FTP commands and is provided on a Princeton University computer. To use BITFTP, send mail containing your ftp commands to BITFTP@PUCC (on Bitnet) or BITFTP@pucc.Princeton.edu (on Internet). Send the command HELP in the body of a mail message to obtain full instructions on this service. Europeans Bitnet/Internet users should use the BITFTP server in Germany: BITFTP@DEARN or bitftp@vm.gmd.de with the same instructions for obtaining help above. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANIMAL RIGHTS FTP: think.com Directory: /animal-rights ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- AQUARIA FTP: camel.scubed.com or 192.31.63.74 Directory: /aquaria ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- AQUARIA FTP: jerico.usc.edu or 128.125.51.6 Directory: /pub/aquaria Description: The FAQ for sci.aquaria, rec.aquaria and alt.aquaria is posted monthly on the first on of the month. Contact: Tony Li Patti Beadles ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIODIVERSITY Brazil FTP: bdt.ftpt.br ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIOINFORMATICS Australian National University FTP: life.anu.edu.au Description: ANU's Bioinformatics Facility provides information on Internet under a number of themes. At present the major themes include: biodiversity; bioinformatics & biocomputing; biomathematics & biostatistics; complex systems; general interest; landscape ecology and the environment; molecular biology; neurosciences; viruses; and weather & global monitoring. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIOLOGY - INTRODUCTION FTP: ics.uci.edu or 128.195.1.1 Directory: /pub/bvickers/origins ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIOLOGY SOFTWARE AND DATA - Indiana University (Molecular Biology) FTP: ftp.bio.indiana.edu or 129.79.224.25 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIOSCI/bionet Info FTP: net.bio.net or 134.172.2.69 Directory: /pub/BIOSCI ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- CENTER FOR BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS - (State University of Campinas, Brazil) FTP: ccsun.unicamp.br or 143.106.1.5 Directory: /pub/medicine ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMPMED (Washington University Veterinary & Comparative Medicine) FTP: wuarchive.wustl.edu or 128.252.135.4 Directory: /doc/techreports/wustl.edu/compmed ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- DAIRY CATTLE FTP: yorick.umd.edu or 128.8.10.37 Directory: pub/dairy-l ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOGS - Usenet's rec.pets.dogs newsgroup Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) FTP: rtfm.mit.edu or 18.70.0.224 Directory: /pub/usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq Files are: introduction, getting-a-dog, new-puppy, new-dog, health-care, medical-info, training, behavior, working, service, AKC-titles, misc/part1, misc/part2, publications and resources. To obtain the files, first try ftp to rtfm.mit.edu and look under that directory. If ftp does not work from your site, then try the mail server. Send email to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with: send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/introduction send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/getting-a-dog send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/new-puppy send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/new-dog send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/health-care send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/medical-info send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/training send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/behavior send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/working send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/service send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/AKC-titles send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/misc/part1 send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/misc/part2 send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/publications send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/resources send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/rescue/part1 send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/rescue/part2 in the body of the message (leave the subject line empty). If you don't want all of them, include only the lines of the ones you want. You do have to repeat the path information for each file. Also, there are some breed specific faqs kept in the dogs-faq/breeds directory. Just as with the files above, you can ftp and look for them. The existing faqs are: bloodhounds (Bloodhounds), cavaliers (Cavalier King Charles Spaniels), chessies (Chesapeake Bay Retrievers), chows (the Chow Chow), collies (Rough and Smooth Collies), greyhounds (Greyhounds), havanese (Havanese), huskies (Siberian Huskies), labradors (Labrador Retrievers), malamutes (Alaskan Malamutes), ridgebacks (Rhodesian Ridgebacks), and tollers (Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers). These are all the breeds currently covered; new ones are added from time to time as readers contribute them. You can obtain any or all of them from the mail server (as above) with the following commands: send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/bloodhounds send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/cavaliers send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/chessies send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/chows send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/collies send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/greyhounds send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/havanese send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/huskies send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/labradors send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/malamutes send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/ridgebacks send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/tollers These faqs are written by different readers of rec.pets.dogs who have experience with the breed in question. You are encouraged to volunteer to write new breed faqs, please contact tittle@netcom.com for details. Finally, there is a FAQ on fleas and ticks. It is not included with the dog FAQs because it is generalized for dogs AND cats. However, it is archived in the same spot, under: /pub/usenet/news.answers/fleas-ticks for ftp, or "send usenet/news.answers/fleas-ticks" to the mail-server. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOLPHINS FTP: seq1.loc.gov or 140.147.3.12 Directory: /pub/Library.of.Congress/research.guides/science.tracer.bullets ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ECONET California FTP: igc.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ERIN Environmental Resources Information Network (ERIN) Newsletter (Australia) FTP: huh.harvard.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ENTOMOLOGY Australia FTP: spider.ento.csiro.au ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIROFTP The EnviroLink Network FTP: envirolink.hss.cmu.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY LIBRARY FTP: epaibm.rtpnc.epa.gov or 134.67.180.1 Directory: /public ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES FTP: sunsite.unc.edu or 152.2.22.81 Directory: /pub/academic/agriculture/sustainable-agriculture/general ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- FLEAS & TICKS FTP: pit-manager.mit.edu or 18.172.1.27 Directory: /pub/usenet/news.answers/fleas-ticks ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- FLYBASE (Drosophila Melanogaster) FTP: ftp.bio.indiana.edu or 129.79.224.25 Directory: /flybase/greybook Contact: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- GENOME CENTER GENETIC MAP OF THE MOUSE Massachusetts Institute of Technology FTP: genome.wi.mit.edu Directory: /distribution/mouse_sslp_release/oct93 Description: Release four of the Whitehead Institute/MIT Genome Center Genetic Map of the Mouse is now available. This map consists of randomly-chosen simple sequence length polymorphisms (microsatellites) that can be analyzed using the polymerase chain reaction, as described in Dietrich, W., et al., Genetics 131:423-447 (1992). Currently the released map contains 2006 markers. The markers fall into 20 linkage groups spanning approximately 1470 cM with an average spacing of less than 1 cM. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HEALTH SCIENCES RESOURCES FTP: ftp.sura.net Directory: /pub/nic Description: A comprehensive list of on-line resources available to people interested in the Health Sciences. The list is compiled by Lee Hancock. Please send any comments, suggestions, corrections, additions, deletions to Le07144@Ukanvm or Le07144@Ukanvm.cc.ukans.edu. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- JACKSON LABORATORY Mouse Genome Database FTP: hobbes.jax.org or 192.43.249.93 Contact: Alexander G. Smith ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- MARINE SCIENCE SOFTWARE FTP: biome.bio.dfo.ca or 142.2.20.2 Directory: /pub ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY FTP: fconvx.ncifcrf.gov ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL BIOLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT PROGRAM (NBIAP) FTP: ftp.vt.edu Directory: /pub/user/biotechnology Description: NBIAP mission is to facilitate and assess the safe application of new techniques for genetically modifying plants, animals, and microorganisms to benefit agriculture and the environment. Subjects include: advancing research and monitoring techniques, and expediting the flow of biotechnology information. Databases include companies involved in biotechnology R&D; State research and development centers; State biotech regulatory agencies and contacts; publications relating to biotechnology; International biotech researchers; Research sites; International biotech field test approvals; Institutional Biosafety Committees and contacts; APHIS field test approvals; and Scientific references. Contact: Doug King 120 Engel Hall Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 24061 Phone: 703-231-3747 Bulletin Board: 800-NBIAPBD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE FTP: lmpubs.nlm.nih.gov At the login prompt, for the following different services, login as: Service User ID ------- ------- NLM publications nlmpubs Grateful Med files gmuser General anonymous NLM PUBLICATIONS SERVER Currently contains: NLM Current Bibliographies in Medicine, AIDS Bibliographies, UMLS documentation, Chapters of the Online Services Reference Manual and NLM fact sheets. Contact: ftpadmin@nlmpubs.nlm.nih.gov Service help desk at 1-800-638-8480 or E-mail at gmhelp@gmedserv.nlm.nih.gov ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION FTP: nis.nsf.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEXTSTEP BIOLOGY APPLICATIONS FTP: ftp.alleg.edu Directory: /pub/ESDG/Biology ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- OCEAN ENVIRONMENT FTP: ariel.unm.edu or 129.24.8.1 Directory: /pub/MAC/HYPERCARD/Museum ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- OCEANOGRAPHY FTP: unidata.ucar.edu or 128.117.140.3 Directory: /pub/netcdf ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- PENPAGES FTP: psupen.psu.edu Login: U.S. state abbreviation or "world" if outside Description: U.S. agricultural database administered by Pennsylvania State University which contains information on agriculture and weather. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- POPULUS GENETICS University of Washington FTP: poplar1.cfr.washington.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- PRION FTP: beowulf.acc.stolaf.edu or 130.71.192.20 Directory: /pub/prion Description: Prion Digest back issues Contact: Chris Swanson ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOCIETY FOR MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY Society for Mathematical Biology Digest FTP: fconvx.ncifcrf.gov Directory: /smb/digest Description: Back issues of the Digest Contact: Ray Mejia ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- STIS National Science Foundation FTP: stis.nsf.gov or 128.150.195.40 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUPREME COURT RULINGS FTP: ftp.cwru.edu Directory: /hermes ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE SCIENTIST Newsletter FTP: ds.internic.net Directory: /pub/the-scientist ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE FTP: simsc.si.edu FTP: photo1.si.edu Description: "photo1.si.edu" located in the Smithsonian Institution's Office of Printing & Photographic Services in Washington, D.C. "Photo1" is designed to make a variety of Smithsonian photographs available as electronic image files. Contact: Smithsonian Institution Office of Printing & Photographic Services MAH CB-054 Washington, DC 20560 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- TAXACOM - Archive for Systematic Biology and Biological Collections Computing FTP: huh.harvard.edu or 128.103.108.123 Directory: /pub ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- VIROLOGY bionet.virology archives Institute for Molecular Virology Robert M. Bock Laboratories University of Wisconsin-Madison FTP: rhino.bocklabs.wisc.edu or 144.92.19.130 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- VIRUS Database Australian National University Bioinformatics Facility FTP: life.anu.edu.au Directory: /pub/viruses Description: The approved names of virus families/groups and members are now available on-line from the Australian National University's Bioinformatics Facility. This folder will soon contain hold databases about viruses, which are currently being compiled under the Virus Identification Data Exchange. Contact: Dr Cornelia Buchen-Osmond Research School of Biological Research Australian National University GPO Box 475 Canberra ACT 2601 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61-6-249-4842 Fax: 61-6-249-0758 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION FTP: ftp.who.ch Contact: WHO Internet Anonymous FTP Root Server Administrator Information Technology Office (ITO) World Health Organization (WHO) CH-1211 Geneva 27 Switzerland Phone: +41 22 791 2434 FAX: +41 22 791 0746 E-mail: or ============================================================================= GOPHER SITES ============================================================================= The Internet Gopher is a distributed document delivery service. It allows users to explore, search and retrieve information residing on different locations via series of nested menus. Menu choices may be located either on the local server site or on remote sites served by other Gopher servers. Information in a Gopher can be a text or binary file, directory information, images, or sounds. In addition, Gopher offers gateways to other information systems (World-Wide Web, WAIS, Archie, WHOIS) and network services (Telnet, FTP). Gopher uses the client-server model to provide access to Gopherspace. You must be on a TCP/IP network (the Internet) in order to use a client on your computer to access Gopher. Public domain clients for accessing a Gopher server are available for: Macintosh, MS/DOS, OS/2, VM/CMS, VMS, NeXT, Unix, X-Window. The clients are available for anonymous FTP from many FTP sites (eg, boombox.micro.umn.edu in the directory /pub/gopher). Some sites allow public access via Telnet to a client. To access such a remote client, telnet to one of these sites: University of Minnesota Gopher (The Mother Gopher) Access to other services, gophers, and documents Internet: telnet to consultant.micro.umn.edu or 134.84.132.4 At the login prompt, enter: gopher For information about Gopher servers in general, send e-mail to the Gopher development team at the U. of Minnesota: gopher@boombox.micro.umn.edu Other public Gopher Sites; telnet to: gopher.uiuc.edu or 128.174.33.160 gopher North America panda.uiowa.edu or 128.255.40.201 gopher North America infopath.ucsd.edu infopath North America gopher.sunet.se or 192.36.125.2 gopher Europe info.anu.edu.au or 150.203.84.20 info Australia tolten.puc.cl or 146.155.1.16 gopher South America gan.ncc.go.jp or 160.190.10.1 gopher Japan ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Specific Gopher Sites) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACADEME THIS WEEK The Chronicle of Higher Education Gopher Internet: gopher to chronicle.merit.edu or 35.1.1.98 Contact: E-mail to: chronicle-help@chronicle.merit.edu Call Judith Turner or Ed Piou at The Chronicle of Higher Education Phone: 202-466-1000 Description: The Chronicle of Higher Education sponsors "ACADEME THIS WEEK," a free electronic service on the Internet. "ACADEME THIS WEEK" will include: 1. A guide to the news in the current week's issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education. 2. A calendar of the week's events in academe. 3. A schedule of the week's events in Washington, D.C., of interest to the men and women of academe. 4. The week's important deadlines for fellowships, grant applications, exchange programs, and more. 5. A listing of hundreds of job openings at colleges, universities, and other non-profit institutions worldwide. The job announcements come from The Chronicle's "Bulletin Board" section -- the world's largest academic-job marketplace. New edition available every Tuesday at noon, Eastern time (US). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- AGRICULTURE & BIOLOGY North Carolina State University Internet: gopher to dewey.lib.ncsu.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMERICAN PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY Internet: gopher to gopher.uth.tmc.edu Description: The American Physiological Society (APS) Information Server provides for the electronic distribution of APS information, documents and publications via the National Research and Education Network (NREN)/Internet. The American Physiological Society offers Tables of Contents for the following journals: Advances in Physiology Education, American Journal of Physiology (6 consolidated journals), Journal of Applied Physiology, Journal of Neurophysiology News in Physiological Sciences, Physiological Reviews, and The Physiologist. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMERICAN TYPE CULTURE COLLECTION (ATCC) DATABASES NIH Internet: gopher to atcc.nih.gov ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- AVES Bird Related Information Internet: gopher to vitruvius.cecer.army.mil ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIODIVERSITY GOPHER Brazil Internet: gopher to bdt.ftpt.br ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIODIVERSITY & BIOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS Harvard University Internet: gopher to huh.harvard.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIOETHICS ONLINE SERVICE GOPHER Medical College of Wisconsin Internet: gopher to post.its.mcw.edu Description: The Bioethics Online Service is an information resource of the Center for the Study of Bioethics and the Health Information Technology Center (HITC) of the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW). Contact: Arthur R. Derse, MD, JD Bioethics Online Service Information Technology Services Medical College of Wisconsin 8701 Watertown Plank Road Milwaukee, WI 53226 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIOINFORMATICS Australian National University Internet: gopher to life.anu.edu.au Description: ANU's Bioinformatics Facility provides information on Internet under a number of themes. At present the major themes include: biodiversity; bioinformatics & biocomputing; biomathematics & biostatistics; complex systems; general interest; landscape ecology and the environment; molecular biology; neurosciences; viruses; and weather & global monitoring. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIOLINE PUBLICATIONS GOPHER Online publication and delivery of full text and graphics for the bioscience community. Campinas, Brasil Internet: gopher to bdt.ftpt.br or 192.207.195.1 Description: BIOLINE PUBLICATIONS has been set up to help make information more easily available online to the vast community of scientists in universities, institutes and industry, government and regulatory people via the Internet. Focuses on the biosciences (biotechnology, biodiversity, biopolicy, bioinformatics) Using the Internet network, 'readers' may browse and search without cost through large quantities of abstracts, summaries and contents lists, using simple menus, or keywords and phrases to search across the whole system. Full text and associated graphics of material of interest can be ordered online and e-mailed to the reader's computer. Access to Journal abstracts, report summaries and contents lists is available free to all; readers must subscribe to Bioline Publications in order to receive the full text/graphics of documents of interest. Additional registration with the publishers of commercial journals is necessary if full text and graphics of scientific papers are required. Information on registration is available from the main menu of Bioline Publications. The cost of commercial journals is considerably less than the printed version. Contact: Bioline Publications Stainfield House Stainfield, Bourne, Lincs PE10 0RS, UK Phone: +44 778 570618 FAX: +44 778 570175 E-mail: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIOLOGICAL COMPUTING Oregon State University Internet: gopher to gopher.bcc.orst.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIOLOGY University of California - Santa Barbara Internet: gopher to ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu, port 3001 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOING Bio Oriented INternet Gophers Internet: gopher to merlot.welch.jhu.edu Description: Search through the titles of items in Bio-Gopher space and access the items returned. This Bio-veronica style database is called: BOING - Bio Oriented INternet Gophers. Search for your topic of interest. You can use booleans (and, or, not) and wildcards (*) to restrict or broaden your searches. Searchable directories of scientists and research projects currently funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), Department of Agriculture (USDA), and genome researchers funded by several other departments, together with several topical directories, are available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAMIS Center for Advanced Medical Informatics at Stanford University Internet: gopher to camis.stanford.edu Description: The CAMIS gopher features much of the usual and the following: (1) technical report abstracts from the last 10 years from the Knowledge Systems Laboratory (which includes the Section on Medical Informatics and the Heuristic Programming Project); (2) an extensive collection of Mac documentation (including Word 5, Canvas and other applications); and (3) a search test directory, originally designed for testing the NeXT's Digital Librarian indexing) that now can be used to test the searching capabilities of Don Gilbert's WAIS enhancements (in the About the CAMIS Gopher directory). It's simple, but especially useful for novices like myself to figure out what you will get with a particular search on a small, well-defined database. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- CANCERNET PDQ Internet: gopher to gopher.nih.gov ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- CYFER-NET USDA Extension Service Gopher Internet: gopher to cyfer.esusda.gov Description: This server is set up to provide access to the information from the USDA Extension Service and the National Agriculture Library. This gopher server is maintained by the USDA Extension Service. Contact: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY Johns Hopkins University Internet: gopher to merlot.welch.jhu.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- C.A.U.Z. Gopher Consortium of Aquariums, Universities, and Zoos Internet: telnet to vax.csun.edu At the USERNAME prompt, enter: INFO Description: The Consortium of Aquariums, Universities and Zoos goals are to bring scientists and educators at universities into closer working relations with their counterparts at zoos and aquariums. C.A.U.Z. has now grown into an international network of some 650 people in 332 institutions in 19 countries. These people submit information about their interests and professional focus - as well as their current research projects - and this information is published each summer in the annual C.A.U.Z. Directories. Most of the directory is now available on our campus Gopher. Contact: Donna FitzRoy Hardy Professor of Psychology California State University, Northridge 18111 Nordhoff Street Northridge, California 91330 USA Phone: 818-885-4970 [2827 for messages] FAX: 818-885-2829 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE Boston, MA Internet: gopher to gopher.dfci.harvard.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ECOGOPHER University of Virginia Internet: gopher to ecosys.drdr.virginia.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ENTOMOLOGY GOPHER University of Delaware Internet: gopher to bluehen.ags.udel.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIROGOPHER Environmental Gopher Internet: telnet to envirolink.org At the login prompt, enter: gopher Contact: The EnviroLink Network 4551 Forbes Avenue - Third Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Voice: (412) 681-8300 Fax: (412) 681-6707 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ERIN Environmental Resources Information Network (ERIN) Newsletter (Australia) Internet: gopher to huh.harvard.edu or kaos.erin.gov.au ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY Worcester Foundation Internet: gopher to sci.wfeb.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXTENSION SERVICE GOPHER USDA Information Internet: gopher to zeus.esusda.gov ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- FEDERAL REGISTER Internet: gopher to gopher.netsys.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- FEDIX Federal Information Exchange Internet: gopher to fedix.fie.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- GBASE (ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE MOUSE GENOME) Mouse Chromosome Genetic Maps Internet: gopher to merlot.welch.jhu.edu Description: View the genetic maps of each mouse chromosome, search for specific loci on these maps as well as search for references and notes associated with each locus on the map. In addition you can search the Mouse Locus Catalog which contains detailed information on mouse loci. The Encyclopedia of the Mouse Genome is built and maintained at The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor Maine. For further information about the Encyclopedia contact davidnaman@jax.org at the Jackson Laboratory. The Gopher version of the Encyclopedia has been created by Dan Jacobson at Johns Hopkins University. Contact: e-mail to Dan Jacobson ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- GRIN National Genetic Resources Program USDA Agricultural Research Service Internet: gopher to gopher.ars-grin.gov ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- HEALTHLINE University of Montana Student Health Services Internet: gopher to selway.umt.edu port 700 (NOT 70!) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- IUBIO BIOLOGY ARCHIVE Indiana University Internet: gopher to ftp.bio.indiana.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- JACKSON LABORATORY Mouse Genome Database Internet: gopher to hobbes.jax.org or 192.43.249.93 Contact: Alexander G. Smith ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS MARVEL Internet: gopher to marvel.loc.gov Description: One stop source for a multitude of government material -- Congressional information, Census data, White House documents, crime statistics, State Department reports and more -- taken from a variety of sources. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEETS Internet: gopher to isumvs.iastate.edu Description: Though not technically government information, material safety data sheets are produced by chemical manufacturers to comply with a variety of government regulations. They provide safety data on hundreds of chemicals. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- (MMWR) MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT Internet: gopher to odie.niaid.nih.gov Description: Full text of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention weekly journal, available long before libraries receive the paper edition. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY U.S. Department of Agriculture Internet: gopher to locus.nalusda.gov ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL DATA REFERRAL SERVICE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Internet: gopher to scilibx.ucsc.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASE (NIAID) GOPHER Internet: gopher to gopher.niaid.nih.gov Description: Full text of NIAID press releases, AIDS information publications, institute directories and more. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH (NIMH) GOPHER Internet: gopher to gopher.nimh.nih.gov ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH GOPHER Division of Computer Research and Technology Internet: telnet to gopher.nih.gov or 128.231.128.13 port 70 At the login prompt, enter: gopher Questions/comments to: gopher@gopher.nih.gov Description: Provides access to a broad range of NIH resources, including institute phone books and calendars, library catalogs, molecular biology databases, full text of the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts, files containing AIDS and cancer information and more. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE GOPHER Internet: gopher to el-gopher.med.utah.edu Description: Full text of library fact sheets and current bibliographies. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL OCEANIC & ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA) GOPHER National Environmental Data Referral Service Internet: gopher to scilibx.ucsc.edu Description: NOAA catalog provides keyword access to sources of environmental information nationwide. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Internet: gopher to stis.nsf.gov or 128.150.195.40 Description: Provides a wide variety of government information including easy access to many U.S. government gophers. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Center for Biological Timing Internet: gopher to gopher.virginia.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY AND HEALTH Department of Energy Internet: gopher to gopher.ns.doc.gov ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- PRIMATE INFORMATION NETWORK Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center Internet: gopher to gopher.primate.wisc.edu or saimiri.primate.wisc.edu Internet: telnet to telnet.wiscinfo.wisc.edu At the login prompt, enter: wiscinfo Choose: UW-Madison Information Servers Wisconsin Primate Research Center Server Questions/Comments to: jacobsen@primate.wisc.edu Help Line: 608-263-3512 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION Natural History Gopher Internet: gopher to nmnhgoph.si.edu or 160.111.64.84 Description: The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History is pleased to announce the Smithsonian Natural History Gopher Server. With over 120 million collections and 135 professional scientists, the National Museum of Natural History is one of the world's largest museums devoted to natural history and anthropology. This server will provide access to data associated with the collections, and information and tools for the study of the natural world. The Department of Vertebrate Zoology includes checklists of known species names. Currently the Mammal Species of the World have been posted. We plan to expand this to include Amphibians, Fishes, etc. Contact: Don Gourley Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUPREME COURT DECISIONS Internet: gopher to info.umd.edu Description: Full text of Supreme Court decisions issued since 1989. Also includes brief biographies of Court justices. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE SCIENTIST Newsletter Internet: gopher to internic.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED NATIONS Internet: gopher to nywork1.undp.org Description: Full text of U.N press releases, U.N. Conference on Environment and Development reports, United Nations Development Programme documents, U.N. telephone directories and more. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- USDA AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE Internet: gopher to cyfer.esusda.gov or ace.esusda.gov Description: Includes information from the USDA Extension Service, National Agriculture Library and Americans Communicating Electronically (ACE) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- VERTEBRATE MUSEUM University of California-Berkeley Internet: gopher to ucmp1.berkeley.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- VERTEBRATE WORLD GOPHER SERVER Colorado State University Internet: gopher to neptune.rrb.colostate.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- VIRUS GOPHER SERVER Australian National University Bioinformatics Facility Internet: gopher to life.anu.edu.au Description: The approved names of virus families/groups and members are now available on-line from the Australian National University's Bioinformatics Facility. Contact: Dr Cornelia Buchen-Osmond Research School of Biological Research Australian National University GPO Box 475 Canberra ACT 2601 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61-6-249-4842 Fax: 61-6-249-0758 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHITE HOUSE INFORMATION Internet: gopher to sunsite.unc.edu Description: Full text of major policy statements, daily press briefings, speeches, proclamations, the president's daily schedule and more. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Internet: gopher to gopher.who.ch Contact: WHO Internet Gopher Root Server Administrator Information Technology Office (ITO) World Health Organization (WHO) Headquarters CH-1211 Geneva 27 Switzerland Phone: +41 22 791 2434 FAX: +41 22 791 0746 E-mail: or ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Miscellaneous Gopher Sites of Interest) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- {*NOTE* Specific access information under construction in this document} {*NOTE* All these gophers can be found once connected to a gopherserver} Environmental Resources Information Network (ERIN) Long-Term Ecological Research Network (LTERnet) Museum of Paleontology Gopher, Berkeley National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Gopher U. Georgia Zoology Department U. Western Australia Virology Gopher ============================================================================= Miscellaneous Internet Resources ============================================================================= ARCHIE Electronic directory service for locating files and information in anonymous FTP sites on the Internet. Internet: telnet to: (your closest geographic location) At the login prompt, enter: archie archie.au Australia archie.funet.fi Finland archie.th-darmstadt.de Germany archie.doc.ic.ac.uk Great Britain archie.cs.huji.ac.il Israel archie.wide.ad.jp Japan archie.kuis.kyoto-u.ac.jp Japan archie.sogang.ac.kr Korea archie.nz New Zealand archie.luth.se Sweden archie.ncu.edu.tw Taiwan archie.ans.net USA archie.rutgers.edu USA archie.sura.net USA archie.unl.net USA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNC BBS University of North Carolina Bulletin Board System Access to Library of Congress & nationwide libraries Internet: telnet to launchpad.unc.edu or 152.2.22.80 At the login prompt, enter: launch ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- WAISTATION Wide Area Information Service Internet: telnet to quake.think.com or 192.31.181.1 swais.cwis.uci.edu or 128.200.15.2 sunsite.unc.edu or 152.2.22.81 At the login prompt, enter: swais ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHITE HOUSE PRESS RELEASES News, Speeches Mail to: Clinton-Info@Campaign92.Org In the subject of the letter, enter: help FTP to: sunsite.unc.edu or 152.2.22.81 in /home3/wais/white-house-papers ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- WORLD WIDE WEB (WWW) Access to various documents, lists, and services Internet: telnet to eies2.njit.edu or 128.235.1.43 (USA) fatty.law.cornell.edu or 132.236.108.5 (USA) info.cern.ch or 128.141.201.74 (Switzerland) vms.huji.ac.il or 128.139.4.3 (ISRAEL) ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu or 129.237.1.30 (USA) At the login prompt, enter: www ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- WORLD WINDOW Washington University Internet Services Access to Gopher & other Internet Services Internet: telnet to library.wustl.edu or 128.252.173.4 At the login prompt, enter your terminal type, then bypass username prompt with another carriage return. ============================================================================= DIALUP BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEMS (NON-INTERNET) ============================================================================= ***NOTE*** The computer systems (BBS's) listed in this section are NOT accessible via the Internet unless otherwise stated. In other words, you need a modem to dial in and connect to these systems. In most instances, I have included both the phone number of the system and a voice line in case you need help. Modem speeds range from 1200 - 16800 baud and the modem settings (i.e., N-8-1) stands for No Parity, 8 data bits, and 1 stop bit. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFIP BBS Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Bulletin Board System Modem: 202-576-2911 Help Line: 202-576-2453 12/2400 baud, N-8-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- AG-BBS California State University-Fresno Modem: 209-294-4819 Help line: 209-294-2547 12/2400 baud, N-8-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY FORUM (ALF) BBS USDA National Agricultural Library Bulletin Board System Modem: 301-504-8510 / 301-504-5111 / 301-504-5496 / 301-504-5497 Help Line: 301-504-5113 12/24/96/144/16800 baud, N-8-1 Note: Also available via Telnet to FEDWORLD Internet: telnet to fedworld.doc.gov Login to FedWorld for the first time requires a user to register on FedWorld, then access the Gateway system via the "D" command from the main conference. Entry of another "D" brings up the list of federal systems for selection. Enter "2" to select ALF. After the first registration, a user may enter "D D 2" to make an immediate link to ALF from the main FedWorld menu. Description: ALF is a convenient, economical tool for electronically accessing information about NAL'S programs, projects, products and services. It provides a forum for exchanging information among agricultural libraries, information centers and others in the agricultural field. This BBS contains extensive up-to-date bibliographies on many topics related to agriculture and other areas. These are updated on a regular basis. These are from searches on AGRICOLA. ALF is open to anyone. The board is accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMNET ON-LINE Animal Rights Bulletin Board System Modem: 303-364-2257 Help Line: 303-680-9011 12/24/9600 baud, N-8-1 SysOp: James Cherry ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANIMAL HOUSE BBS Modem: 609-488-4527 12/24/96/19200 baud, N-8-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BEENET INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS The BEE Bulletin Board System Amsterdam, Holland Modem: 31-20-6764105 Description: Disseminates bee-software and text files all over Europe. Aims for the Beenet include: making (scientific and other) knowledge available to the common beekeeper of Europe. The only requirement is the ownership or availability of a computer, modem, a telephone line, and communication software. Contact: Hugo Veerkamp THE BEE BBS P.O. BOX 51008 1007EA AMSTERDAM the NETHERLANDS ***Other BEENET SYSTEMS*** Name Location System Operator Modem Number WILDBEES BBS California USA Andy Nachbaur 209-826-8107 APIMO BBS Mariager Denmark Jorn Johanesson 45-98-583997 ECONNECT BBS Prague CSR Vojtech Kment 42-2-802908 AMIGABEE BBS London UK Steven Turner 44-81-695-5328 EXCALIBUR BBS Luebeck Germany Dirk Benemann 49-451-46093 CUCUMBER CITY BBS Vasteras Sweden John Haglof 46-21-333282 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIOTRON American Foundation for Biological Sciences The Biologist's Electronic Network (BioScience) Modem: 202-628-2427 Help Line: 202-628-1500 12/2400 baud, N-8-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIRD INFO NETWORK BBS Modem: 303-423-9775 12/2400 baud, N-8-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BLACK BAG BBS Medical Information Bulletin Board Modem: 302-994-3772 Fidonet Address: 1:150/140 12/24/9600 baud, N-8-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- COLORADO CONNECTION BBS Bird Info Network & Birdnet Modem: 303-423-9775 Help Line: 303-422-6529 (fax) 12/24/9600 baud, N-8-1 P.O. Box 632 Arvada, CO 80001 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMPU-FARM BBS Alberta Agriculture Modem: 403-556-4104 Help line: 403-556-4243 12/2400 baud, N-8-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRO BBS Environmental Bulletin Board System Modem: 703-524-1837 Help Line: 703-522-5427 12/24/96/14400 baud, N-8-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- EPA BBS Environmental Protection Agency Modem: 919-541-5742 Help Line: 202-260-6523 12/24/9600 baud, N-8-1 Notes: This number is the master gateway to 10 different EPA BBSes, most of which are only available through this number. Contact: Dave Rejeski ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- FEDWORLD GATEWAY BBS National Technical Information Service Modem: 703-321-8020 Help Line: 703-487-4608 12/24/9600 baud, N-8-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- FLORIDA FISHLINE Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission Modem: 904-488-3773 Help Line: 904-488-4066 12/2400 baud, N-8-1 Fidonet address: 1:3605/32 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- GPO BBS Government Printing Office Bulletin Board System Modem: 202-512-1387 Help Line: 202-512-1524 12/24/9600 baud, N-8-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- HERP-NET BBS Herpetology Online Network Modem: 215-464-3562/215-698-1905 12/24/9600 baud, N-8-1 SysOp: Mark F. Miller ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- LABBS American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS) Lab Animal Bulletin Board System Modem: 901-758-0401/901-758-0402 Help Line: 901-754-8620 12/24/96/144/16800 baud, N-8-1 SysOps: Ken Boschert, DVM Paul Merz Enrique Morales AALAS 70 Timber Creek Drive, Suite 5 Cordova, TN 38018 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL BIOLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT PROGRAM BBS Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Modem: 800-624-2723 12/2400 baud, N-8-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- NIH GRANT LINE National Institutes of Health Modem: 301-402-2221 12/2400 baud, E-7-1 Note: When you get a response indicating that you have been connected, then type ,GEN1 (the comma is mandatory) and press ENTER; you will be prompted by the NIH system for "INITIALS?". Type BB5 and press ENTER. You will then be prompted for "ACCOUNT?". Type CCS2 and press ENTER. Description: The purpose of NIH Grant Line is to make program and policy information of the Public Health Service (PHS) agencies rapidly available to the biomedical research community. Most of the research opportunity information available on this bulletin board is derived from the weekly publication, "NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts", consisting of Notices, RFAs, RFPs (announcements of availability), Numbered Program Announcements, and statements of PHS policy. The electronic version known as E-Guide is available for electronic transmission each week, sometimes a day or two in advance of the nominal Friday publication dates. The material consists predominantly of statements about the research interests of the PHS Agencies, Institutes, and National Centers that have funds to support research in the extramural community. The information found on the NIH Grant Line is grouped into three main sections: (1) short News Flashes that appear without any prompting shortly after you have logged on; (2) Bulletins that are for reading; and (3) Files that are intended mainly for downloading. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOAH (Network of Animal Health) American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA Network) Description: National electronic communications network for AVMA members and affiliated groups. Available in 1994 Contact: Karl Wise <71151.2646@compuserve.com> Jim Brewer <70641.1337@compuserve.com> AVMA 1931 North Meacham Road, Suite 100 Schaumburg, IL 60173-4360 Phone: 708-925-8070 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- OSPREY'S NEST BBS Birders Bulletin Board System Modem: 301-989-9036 12/24/9600 baud, N-8-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- RABBIT CONNECTION BBS House Rabbit Society Modem: 508-777-0648 Help Line: 508-750-8447 12/2400 baud, N-8-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH ARIZONA BIRDING BBS Modem: 602-881-4280 Help Line: 602-323-2955 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- TAXACOM BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEM An Electronic Service for Biosystematics Modem: 716-896-7581 Help Line: 716-896-5200 1200/2400 baud, N-8-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- VIN Veterinary Information Network America Online Description: National Communications Network for Veterinarians Contact: Duncan Ferguson, DVM Paul Pion VINgram Veterinary Information Network, Inc. 1411 W. Corvell Blvd., Suite 106-131 Davis, CA 95616 Phone: 800-700-4636 FAX: 916-757-6881 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- WILDBEES BBS Bee Bulletin Board System California, USA Modem: 209-826-8107 Contact: Andy Nachbaur ============================================================================= Acknowledgements and References: The world is divided into lumpers and splitters. The following individuals have made enormous contributions to the collective Internet community in their respective arenas. I gratefully acknowledge their efforts and recommend you obtain the following documents from their respective FTP sites. 1. NOT JUST COWS A Guide to Internet/Bitnet Resources in Agriculture and Related Sciences Compiled by: Wilfred Drew FTP to ftp.sura.net or 128.167.254.179 in /pub/nic/agricultural.list 2. INTERNET/BITNET HEALTH SCIENCES RESOURCES Compiled by: Lee Hancock FTP to ftp.sura.net or 128.167.254.179 in /pub/nic/medical.resources.2-23 3. A BIOLOGIST'S GUIDE TO INTERNET RESOURCES Compiled by: Una R. Smith FTP to rtfm.mit.edu 18.70.0.226 in /pub/usenet/news.answers/biology/guide 4. SPECIAL INTERNET CONNECTIONS Compiled by: Scott Yanoff FTP to csd4.csd.uwm.edu in /pub/inet.services.txt 5. GOPHER JEWELS Compiled by: David Riggins 6. AIM RELATED INTERNET RESOURCES Compiled by: David Tong 7. DIRECTORY OF SCHOLARLY ELECTRONIC CONFERENCES (7th REVISION) Compiled by: Diane Kovacs FTP to ksuvxa.kent.edu in /library/acadlist.* 8. INTERNET SOURCES OF GOVERNMENT INFORMATION Compiled by: Blake Gumprecht ============================================================================= (C) 1993 - Changes to this document are not allowable without the author's written consent. Reproduction and distribution of this document without permission are allowable as long as it is left fully intact. Ken Boschert, DVM Associate Director Washington University ^ ^ Division of Comparative Medicine ( / \ ) Box 8061, 660 S. Euclid Ave. O O St. Louis, MO 63110 \ / Phone: 314-362-3700 =\/= FAX: 314-362-6480 E-mail: ken@wudcm.wustl.edu ============================================================================= ###
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