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3.0 GENERAL SOURCES FOR WOMEN'S AND FEMINIST INFORMATION
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3.1 OTHER USEFUL GUIDES
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GOPHERS
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TI: Sources for Women's Studies/Feminist Information on
the Internet
URL: gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu/00/inetdirsstacks/
women:hunt
LO: una.hh.lib.umich.edu
PA: Other Gophers and Veronica
University of Michigan
Clearinghouse for Subject-Oriented Internet
Resource Guides
Guides on the Social Sciences
AU: Laura Hunt ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
DE: Begun in Spring, 1993, this guide is a useful source of
information about the Internet in general and women's studies
in particular. It contains a comprehensive list of
electronic discussion groups and other resources. It is
available in the Clearinghouse for Subject-Oriented Internet
Resource Guides on the UM-Ulibrary gopher, among others.
NT: Latest version is Fall, 1994
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3.2 FINDING ORGANIZATIONS
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FTP
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TI: soc.feminism resource file
URL: ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/feminism/
resources
LO: rtfm.mit.edu
PA: pub/usenet/news.answers/feminism/resources
DE: This resource file, available via anonymous ftp,
contains a list of organizations, publications, electronic
mailing lists, and catalogues related to feminism. It was
last updated on February 26, 1994 for the newsgroup
soc.feminism. You can also obtain it by e-mailing "mail-
[EMAIL PROTECTED]" with no subject in the subject field and
the body reading "send
usenet/news.answers/feminism/resources".
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GOPHERS
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TI: CWSE
URL: gopher://xerxes.nas.edu:70/00/cwse/gopher/CWPS.html
LO: xerxes.nas.edu
PA: Organizations Encouraging Women in Science and
Engineering
DE: This gopher provides a list of organizations that
encourage women in science and engineering. However, this
list contains information about many organizations that have
more general missions as well. Information includes
addresses and telephone numbers.
_____________________________________________________________
TI: Menu of organizations on IGC/APC networks
URL: gopher://gopher.igc.apc.org:70/11/orgs
LO: gopher.igc.apc.org
DE: This listing contains information about a number of
organizations related to women's public policy and legal
issues. However, it is not limited to them. The
organization listings cover a wide range of topics and
concerns.
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WWW
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TI: Mother Jones
URL: http//:www.mojones.com
DE: This site lists non-profit organizations and gives
brief descriptions and addresses.
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3.3 ORGANIZATIONS/INSTITUTIONS
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FTP
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TI: Washington State Chapter of National Organization of
Women
URL: ftp://eskimo.com/feminist
LO: ftp eskimo.com/feminist
AU: Various
DE: This ftp site contains the following documents:
NOWSPRIN.TXT (NOW's declaration from 1966), NOWNETIN.TXT (an
essay about NOW's growing interest in using the Internet),
and wast.now.txt (a statement of several of NOW's positions).
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GOPHERS
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TI: Center for the Education of Women Library
URL: gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu/
LO: una.hh.lib.umich.edu
PA: About the Univesity of Michigan Libraries and
Information Resources
Library Directory
DE: Contains contact information for the Library of the
Center for the Education of Women at the University of
Michigan as well as a brief description of the facility.
_____________________________________________________________
TI: Centre for Women's Studies in Education
URL: gopher://porpoise.oise.on.ca/11/resources/CWSE/others
LO: porpoise.oise.on.ca
PA: Collection of On-line Education Resources at OISE
AU: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DE: In addition to general information about this
organization, this site contains information about its long-
term and short-term projects, its degrees and programs,
publications, and contact information.
_____________________________________________________________
TI: Center on Women and Public Policy
URL: gopher://spinaltap.micro.umn.edu:70/00/providers/
Humphrey/HHHI/Projects/research/women
LO: spinaltap.micro.umn.edu
PA: Providers
Humphrey
HHHI
Projects
Research and Analysis Programs
Women and Public Policy
DE: This contains some very brief information about the
Center for Women and Public Policy of the Humphrey Institute
for Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. It has a
brief description and basic contact information.
_____________________________________________________________
TI: Chicana/Latina Research Center
URL: gopher://latino.sscnet.ucla.edu:70/00/Directory/
Research/Chicana-Latina
LO: latino.sscnet.ucla.edu
PA: Directory
Research Organizations and Associations
DE: This gopher from the Chicano Studies Research Center at
UCLA, contains some information about the Chicana/Latina
Research Center. This site details its structures, recently
received grants, its services and other general information
and a group of statements about issues related to Latinas and
Chicanas.
_____________________________________________________________
TI: Women's Environment and Development Organization
(WEDO)
URL: gopher://gopher.igc.org/11/women/wedo
LO: gopher.igc.org
PA: Women
DE: This organization, which works to foster women's
leadership and advocacy skills, has posted its newsletters
and updates on the gopher in addition to a host of other
information. It contains information about the Women's
Action Agenda 21 from the World Women's Congress for a
Healthy Planet, *Women Making a Difference: An Action Guide*,
Women Non-Governmental Organization Advocacy at the United
Nations, and Women, Environment, and Development Action
Campaigns.
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WWW
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TI: Global Fund for Women
URL: http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/ellens/GFW/gfw.html
DE: This home page contains information about this
international grant-making organization. It provides
information about requesting printed materials from the
organization. It also lists its programs as well as board of
directors and advisory council, indicates how to apply for a
grant, contains a FAQ, and tells how to assist GFW.
_____________________________________________________________
TI: National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
URL: http://www.gems.com/kids/ncmec.html
DE: This homepage tells how to contact the center. It gives
advice on preventing your children from being abducted and
contains a missing child list. It also has a fact sheet on
the National Child Protection Act and the text of remarks
made by the President.
_____________________________________________________________
TI: National Child Rights Alliance
URL: http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/ellens/NCRA/ncra.html
DE: On this homepage are documents about the history and
philosophy of the NCRA as well as information about civil
rights and health protection, "divorces" between parent and
child, and information about Hillary Rodham Clinton's
comments on this subject.
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3.4 PUBLICATIONS/NEWSLETTERS/BULLETINS
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GOPHERS
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TI: Body Politic
URL: gopher://gopher.enews.com/11/magazines/alphabetic/
af/body
LO: gopher.enews.com
PA: Magazines, Periodicals, and Journals (All Titles)
All Titles Listed Alphabetically
Titles from A to F
DE: Monthly news magazine focusing on people and events
involved in the struggle over reproductive freedom. Regular
features include national and local legislation and reports
on Religious Right activities.
_____________________________________________________________
TI: ChoiceNet Report
URL: gopher://gopher.well.sf.ca.us/11s/Politics/Abortion
LO: gopher.well.sf.ca.us
PA: Politics
Abortion and Reproductive Rights
AU: Editor: Kathy Watkins.
Comments/suggestions to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DE: Posted on the WELL gopher, this electronic newsletter
is, according to itself, a "weekly update on reproductive
rights issues distributed thru e-mail, Women's Wire,
gopher.WELL.com, Usenet groups" and other sources. The most
recent issues as of this posting is issue 23 (October 15,
1994). The gopher allows for searching of items contained on
it. It also has the CARAL newsletter from January, 1993. It
contains numerous case studies and statements.
_____________________________________________________________
TI: Dataline -- Glass Ceiling Newsletter
URL: gopher://gopher.cyberwerks.com/11/dataline
LO: gopher.cyberwerks.com
DE: This online newsletter reports on sex discrimination in
corporate America and higher education. It includes reports
on related lawsuits and articles.
_____________________________________________________________
TI: Getting It Gazette
URL: gopher://inform.umd.edu:70/11/Educational_Resources/
AcademicResourcesByTopic/WomensStudies/
GovernmentPolitics/GettingItGazette
LO: inform.umd.edu
PA: Educational Resources
Academic Resources By Topic
Women's Studies Resources
Government and Politics
AU: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DE: This publication deals with women's issues on a national
level. It appears to be produced irregularly.
_____________________________________________________________
TI: National Journal of Sexual Orientation Law
URL: gopher://vector.casti.com:70/11/gaystuff/QRD/usa/
legal/njsol
LO: vector.casti.com
PA: Queer Resources Directory
Queer Info from the United States
Legal Documents
AU: Mary Sylla, editor ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
DE: This electronic journal is currently at volume 1, number
1. In addition to reading it in the Queer Resources
Directory, you can subscribe by sending an e-mail message to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body of the message reading
"subscribe gaylaw [your first name] [your last name]". The
first issue deals extensively with gay legal issues and
practice.
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WWW
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TI: Body Politic
URL: http://english-server.hss.cmu/Journals.html
DE: Web version of the journal by the same name listed above
in the section of gophers.
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3.5 ELECTRONIC DISCUSSION GROUPS
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TI: Feminist
LO: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DE: Run by the American Library Association. Many useful
postings related to a variety of issues. This listserv does
not have heavy traffic. Discussion tends to be civil,
informative, and useful. This is a worthwhile place to post
requests for information.
_____________________________________________________________
TI: Femjur
LO: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DE: Electronic discussion group dealing with issues of women
and the law. This is a very high traffic listserv.
_____________________________________________________________
TI: soc.feminism
LO: Usenet newsgroup
DE: This is a moderated newsgroup open to both men and
women. The postings are both of issues for discussion and of
general information related to feminist issues. Information
about this newsgroup is available via anonymous ftp to
rtfm.mit.edu under pub/usenet/news.answers/feminism. You can
also have any of the files sent via e-mail by messaging mail-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body of the message reading
"send usenet/news.answers/feminism/info".
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WWW
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TI: USENET FAQs
URL: http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/
DE: This is a useful sources for finding out information
about news groups before joining them as well as for finding
out newsgroups pertaining to different subjects. This site
contains all USENET FAQs in news.answers hierarchy. You can
do limited searching of these files.
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3.6 Resources for Women's and Feminist Information
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GOPHERS
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TI: Activist Toolkit
URL: gopher://gopher.well.sf.ca.us/11s/Politics/Abortion
LO: gopher.well.sf.ca.us
PA: Politics
Abortion
DE: Under the Politics section of this gopher is the
Activist Toolkit, a resource with pointers to a variety of
information that may assist individuals who are engaged in
activism.
_____________________________________________________________
TI: Women and the Law
URL: gopher://holmes.law.cwru.edu
LO: holmes.law.cwru.edu
DE: Will have resources related to women and international
law and in specific countries.
NT: This resource is under construction.
_____________________________________________________________
TI: Women's Resources Gathered by IGC
URL: gopher://gopher.igc.apc.org/11/women
LO: gopher.igc.apc.org
PA: Women
DE: This resource is provided by the Institute for Global
Communications, which is part of the Association for
Progressive Communications. The Women's menus include the
APC Women's Networking Support Program, Feminist
International Radio Endeavor, Pacifica Radio, and the Center
of Concern.
_____________________________________________________________
TI: Women's Wire Gopher
URL: gopher://gopher.wwire.net:8101/1
LO: gopher.wwire.net
DE: This is the gopher site for Women's Wire, a for-fee
computer network and conference system devoted entirely to
women's issues. National as well as international in scope,
it is both a clearinghouse for information and an online
gathering place for conversation.
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WWW
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TI: Fight the Right Action Kit
URL: http://vector.casti.com/QRD/.html/FTR/tblentnt.html
DE: Part of the Queer Resource Directory, the action kit
contains information about the religious right, strategies
for coalition building and campaigning, a list of helpful
civil rights organizations, and a selected bibliography.
_____________________________________________________________
TI: Guide to Resources on the Internet for the Active
Feminist
URL: http://www.clark.net/pub/s-gray/feminist.html
AU: Sarah Stapleton-Gray ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
DE: This site has materials related to feminist activism
arranged by the following subjects: communicating with other
feminists, currents feminist issues: news and resources,
women's organizations, feminist resources, general resources
for political activists, TAKE ACTION: suggestions for current
feminist action, and feminist fun and games. The current
topics under the heading Current Feminist Issues are
reproductive rights, sexual harrassment, and domestic
violence. It provides a space for sending comments and
suggestions to the author.
_____________________________________________________________
TI: Women
URL: http://www.igc.apc.org/igc/www.women.html
AU: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DE: IGC's resource page with several links to a variety of
women's political resources.
_____________________________________________________________
TI: Women's Resources
URL: http://sunsite.unc.edu/cheryb/women/wshome.html
DE: This resource has pointers to many resources near
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This serves as
a useful starting point for exploring feminist materials on
the WWW.
_____________________________________________________________
TI: Women's Resources on the Internet
URL: http://sunsite.unc.edu/cheryb/women/wresources.html
DE: This page is organized by tool and points to a number of
useful general and specific resources.
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4.0 GENERAL SOURCES OF LEGAL AND PUBLIC POLICY INFORMATION
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4.1 OTHER USEFUL GUIDES
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TI: Citizen's Guide to Internet Resources on the Rights
of Americans
URL: gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu/inetdirsstacks/
citizens%3abachpfaff
LO: una.hh.lib.umich.edu
PA: Other Gophers and Veronica
University of Michigan
Clearinghouse for Subject-Oriented Internet
Resource Guides
Guides on the Social Sciences
AU: Michelle Pfaff ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and David Bachman
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
DE: Directs users to information about legal rights by
amendments. Also directs individuals to information about
selected statutes and information sources for different
groups.
_____________________________________________________________
TI: Internet Resources of Government Information
URL: gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu/00/inetdirsstacks/
government:gumprecht
LO: una.hh.lib.umich.edu
PA: Other Gophers and Veronica
University of Michigan
Clearinghouse for Subject-Oriented Internet
Resource Guides
Guides on the Social Sciences
AU: Blake Gumprecht ([EMAIL PROTECTED] or
gumpbw@templevm)
DE: This incredibly detailed guide is in its second edition.
This guide is available in the Clearinghouse for Subject-
Oriented Internet Resource Guides on the UM-Ulibrary gopher,
among others. It contains an enormous amount of information
about accessing a wide variety of government information on
the Internet. You can receive a copy via e-mail by sending a
message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do not put anything in
the subject line and the body of the message needs to be:
"send usenet/news.answers/us-govt-net-pointers/part1".
NT: Last updated February 26, 1994.
_____________________________________________________________
TI: Law-Related Resources on the Internet and Elsewhere
URL: gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu/00/inetdirsstacks/
law:heels
LO: una.hh.lib.umich.edu
PA: Other Gophers and Veronica
University of Michigan
Clearinghouse for Subject-Oriented Internet
Resource Guides
Guides on the Social Sciences
AU: Erik J. Heels ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
DE: Extremely comprehensive guide that is currently in
version 5.0. This file is extremely long and contains
information at both the state and federal levels. This guide
is available in the Clearinghouse for Subject-Oriented
Internet Resource Guides on the UM-Ulibrary gopher, among
others.
NT: Last updated August 17, 1994
_____________________________________________________________
TI: Political Science on Internet: A Novice's Guide
URL: gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu/00/inetdirsstacks/
polisci:ballard
LO: una.hh.lib.umich.edu
PA: Other Gophers and Veronica
University of Michigan
Clearinghouse for Subject-Oriented Internet
Resource Guides
Guides on the Social Sciences
AU: John Ballard ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
DE: The author describes this guide as "far from a
definitive guide to the electronic resources available to
political scientists, but an attempt to whet the appetites of
those who have not yet ventured far in surfing the Internet."
This guide is available in the Clearinghouse for Subject-
Oriented Internet Resource Guides on the UM-Ulibrary gopher,
among others.
NT: Latest version is from May 18, 1994.
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4.2 ORGANIZATIONS/INSTITUTIONS
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GOPHERS
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TI: American Civil Liberties Union Free Reading Room
URL: gopher://pipeline.com:70/11/society/aclu
LO: pipeline.com
PA: Society, Law, Politics
American Civil Liberties Union
DE: This is a large gopher with a variety of information on
it about the ACLU and its activities. It contains *Civil
Liberties: The National Newsletter of the ACLU* as well as
information about getting help from and joining the
organization. It also contains the texts of Supreme Court
filings and legislative alerts.
_____________________________________________________________
TI: Amnesty International
URL: gopher://gopher.igc.apc.org:70/11/orgs/ai
LO: gopher.igc.apc.org
PA: Organizations on the IGC Networks Gopher
AI
DE: Contains information posted by Amnesty International,
including facts and figures, statistics from 1993, the AI
mandate, and many press releases.
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WWW
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TI: Amnesty International
URL: http://cyberzine.org/html/Amnesty/aihomepage.html
DE: This homepage contains information on how to contact
Amnesty International as well its brochure and membership
application. It contains copies of the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights and a connection to Amnesty International
Lesbian and Gay Concerns (AIMLGC)
[gopher://vector.casti.com.com/Owaisd]
_____________________________________________________________
TI: Foundation for National Progress
URL: http://www.mojones.com
DE: This homepage contains information about the Foundation
for National Progress and its publication, Mother Jones. It
lists its mission, strategies, and values.
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4.3 PUBLICATIONS/NEWSLETTERS/BULLETINS
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WWW
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TI: Mother Jones
URL: http://www.mojones.com/mojo_interactive
DE: This homepage has not only specific issues of Mother
Jones but also articles arranged by different issues, a
reading room with recent articles, a resource guide with
connections to various Internet sites, and a chat room with
the ability to leave messages that others will be able to
read.
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4.4 LEGAL INFORMATION
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GOPHERS
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TI: Legal Information Institute gopher
URL: gopher://gopher.law.cornell.edu
LO: gopher.law.cornell
DE: Contains texts of Supreme Court decisions from 1990 to
1994 as well as links to all parts of the United States
Federal Government.
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WWW
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TI: Multilateral Treaties
URL: http://www.tufts.edu/departments/fletcher/multi/texts
DE: This site contains the texts of many multilateral
treaties, many of which concern women's issues. It allows
limited searching.
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4.5 UNITED STATES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INFORMATION
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GOPHERS
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TI: Federal Government Information
URL: gopher://marvel.loc.goc/11
LO: marvel.loc.gov
DE: Extensive information from the Library of Congress.
This gopher points to all branches of the government.
_____________________________________________________________
TI: Congressional Quarterly
URL: gopher://gopher.cqalert.com
LO: gopher.cqalert.com
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4.6 UNITED NATIONS/INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION
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GOPHERS
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TI: World Bank gopher
URL: gopher://ftp.worldbank.org/00
LO: ftp.worldbank.org
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WWW
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TI: United Nations
URL: http://www.undp.org
_____________________________________________________________
TI: World Health Organization
URL: http://www.who.ch
_____________________________________________________________
TI: World Hunger Program
URL: http://www.hinger.brown.edu/oxfam
_____________________________________________________________
TI: Worldbank
URL: http://www.worldbank.org
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5.0 CONCLUSION
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5.1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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We would like to thank the following people for their
assistance and advice in designing this guide:
Paula Denney
Margaret Dykens
Lara Friedman
Judy Gourdji
Martin Heggestad
Joe Janes
Joanne Juhnke
Nettie Lagace
Laura Novkov
Lou Rosenfeld
Joan Sitomer
Brad Taylor
And to those who sent us information about resources:
William Affleck-Asch
Barbara Hobson
Amy Lewis
Sarah Stapleton-Gray
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5.2 ABOUT THE AUTHORS
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This guide is the product of Lydia Potthoff and Tom Turner of
the School of Information and Library Studies, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor. Lydia can be reached via e-mail at
[EMAIL PROTECTED] She is a second-year MILS student with
interests in law librarianship and government information
sources. Tom's e-mail address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] He is a
second-year MILS student in the University Library Associates
Program and a student in the Graduate Certificate Program in
Women's Studies. His interests are in academic
librarianship, collection development, and electronic
resources, especially in the humanities and social sciences.
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5.3 COPYRIGHT STATEMENT
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Copyright, 1994 by Thomas P. Turner and Lydia Potthoff.
Electronic reproduction allowed provided authors names are
retained. No printed distribution or reproduction is
permitted without permission from the authors.
