The Scout Report -- September 24, 1999
The Scout Report== September 24, 1999 Volume 6, Number 19 == == Internet Scout Project University of Wisconsin == Department of Computer Sciences == I N T H E S C O U T R E P O R T T H I S W E E K == Subject Specific Reports 1. Scout Report for Social Sciences and Business Economics == Research and Education 2. Canadian Law and Smoking 3. Digital Archives from Excavation and Fieldwork: Guide to Good Practice 4. _New World Coming: American Security in the 21st Century_ Major Themes and Implications 5. World Development Report 1999/2000 6. SparkNotes 7. _Nature_: Science Update 8. Drought of 1999 -- USDA ERS 9. _The Burns Encyclopedia_ == General Interest 10. Y2K Travel Warnings 11. Congressional Directory for the 106th Congress 12. CIA World Factbook 1999 13. Wrapped in Pride -- Smithsonian 14. Beautiful Birds: Masterpieces from the Hill Ornithology Collection 15. Restoration Online -- The Minneapolis Institute of Arts 16. Children's Butterfly Site -- USGS 17. Kodak Picture Playground Online == Network Tools 18. GuruNet (beta version) 19. ICQ Toolkit -- CNET 20. Search Sites -- _PC Magazine_ PC Labs == In The News 21. Mars Orbiter Most Likely Lost Copyright and subscription information appear at the end of the Scout Report. For more information on all services of the Internet Scout Project, please visit our Website: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ If you'd like to know how the Internet Scout team selects resources for inclusion in the Scout Report, visit our Selection Criteria page at: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/criteria.html Feedback is always welcome: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Subject Specific Reports 1. Scout Report for Social Sciences and Business Economics Scout Report for Social Sciences http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/socsci/1999/ss-990921.html Scout Report for Business Economics http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/bus-econ/1999/be-990923.html The first issues of the third volumes of the Scout Reports for Social Sciences and Business Economics are available. The In the News section of the Social Sciences Report annotates nine resources on Democratic Presidential candidate Bill Bradley's stance on gay rights issues. The Business Economics Report's In the News section offers seven resources on the record US trade deficit. [MD] == Research and Education 2. Canadian Law and Smoking http://www.cctc.ca/ncth/docs/legislation/ Produced by the National Clearinghouse on Tobacco and Health with funding from Health Canada, this new site offers the full text of the major Canadian tobacco control laws, including federal, provincial, and territorial legislation. The site allows users to "identify tobacco legislation in each province, conduct comparative analyses, check relevant sections of interest, and to print or post any item." Users can browse legislation by region via a toolbar or clickable map, or by subject. The latter covers topics such as promotion and packaging, point of sale, smoking, signage, and enforcement and is organized in table form, allowing cross reference between subject and province. A third section of the site, containing analysis of Canadian tobacco legislation, is under construction. A keyword search engine is provided, and the site is also available in French. [MD] 3. Digital Archives from Excavation and Fieldwork: Guide to Good Practice http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/project/goodguides/excavation/ This document, produced for the Arts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS) of Great Britain, offers detailed guidelines for the creation and maintenance of digital archives for archaeological projects. Among other things, the authors offer a comprehensive definition of digital archiving, discuss good digital archiving practices, and consider mechanisms for the creation of a national index to digital archives in archaeology. While the Guide is specifically written to address archaeological practice in the United Kingdom, many of its recommendations have universal applicability. The document is best considered in tandem with other documents from the Archaeology Data Service (see the September 22, 1998 Scout Report), such as its Survey of User Needs of Digital Data and Guidelines for Depositors. [DC] 4. _New World Coming: American Security in the 21st Century_ Major Themes and Implications http://www.nssg.gov/Reports/New_World_Coming/new_world_coming.htm Supporting Research and Analysis [.pdf, 146p.] http://www.nssg.gov/Reports/NWR_A.pdf US Commission on National Security/21st century http://www.nssg.gov/ Released last week, this report from a Department of Defense-appointed panel led
The Scout Report -- October 29, 1999
The Scout Report== October 29, 1999 Volume 6, Number 24 == == Internet Scout Project University of Wisconsin == Department of Computer Sciences == I N T H E S C O U T R E P O R T T H I S W E E K == Subject Specific Reports 1. _Scout Report for Science Engineering_ == Research and Education 2. Calendar and Register of Henry James Correspondence 3. PubSCIENCE 4. Student Review Articles: Insect Behavior 5. Two on K-12 Education and Information Technology 6. Icy Continent Mapped from Space with RADARSAT 7. Two from the New York Public Library (NYPL) 8. _The Scientist: The News Journal for the Life Scientist_ 9. history digitisation == General Interest 10. Ad*Access 11. Bitlaw 12. _icon magazine_ 13. LANIC Electoral Observatory 14. The History of Phrenology on the Web 15. The Home Energy Saver 16. Crimeboss == Network Tools 17. Northern Light Search Alert Service 18. Au2HTML 19. Audio Interview with Tim Berners-Lee == In The News 20. Team of the Century? Copyright and subscription information appear at the end of the Scout Report. For more information on all services of the Internet Scout Project, please visit our Website: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ If you'd like to know how the Internet Scout team selects resources for inclusion in the Scout Report, visit our Selection Criteria page at: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/criteria.html Feedback is always welcome: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Subject Specific Reports 1. _Scout Report for Science Engineering_ http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sci-eng/1999/se-991027.html Volume 3, Number 4 of the _Scout Report for Science Engineering_ is available. The In the News section annotates ten resources related to the RADARSAT Satellite's high-resolution radar maps of the Antarctic. [MD] == Research and Education 2. Calendar and Register of Henry James Correspondence http://jamescalendar.unl.edu/ Hosted by the University of Nebraska Press and created by Steven H. Jobe and Susan E. Gunter, this site offers information on all known letters written by novelist Henry James (more than 10,500) and brief biographical information on the (more than 1,000) recipients of these letters. Users can search the database by date, correspondent, repository, or keyword. Search returns include the date and place of the letter's composition, the addressee's name and identity, the publication source, and the repository in which the letter is held. The site also features comprehensive lists of all published sources of the letters and the more than 130 repositories and private collections where they are held, and statistics on the letters and correspondents. Henry James scholars will quickly find this site to be an invaluable research tool. [MD] 3. PubSCIENCE http://pubsci.osti.gov/ Modelled after the National Institutes of Health's PubMed, this new database developed by the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) allows users to search across abstracts and citations of multiple publishers in the physical sciences and other energy-related disciplines for free. Currently, the database indexes more than 1,000 scientific and technical journals. Users can search by keyword or publisher, or perform a multiple option advanced search. Search returns include author, title, journal title and number, date, and a fair-sized abstract. Some returns also contain links to the full text, which will come up immediately if the user or his/her institution has a subscription to the journal. Otherwise, information on pay-per-view or subscription access is provided. [MD] 4. Student Review Articles: Insect Behavior http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/Entomology/courses/en507/papers_1999/index.htm Selected Publications and Databases http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/Entomology/publications.html Colorado State University entomology professor Dr. Louis Bjostad provides this interesting resource of review articles on insect behavior. Each review article was written by a student as part of a graduate level course held in Spring 1999; review articles consist of a three to six paragraph summary of research, followed by a dozen or more recent references. Titles include "Communal Roosting in Insects" and "Behavioral Aspects of Biological Control of Spider Mites," among dozens of others. For those interested in reading summaries of (and finding references to) recent scientific articles on insect behavior, this is an excellent starting place. Note that there are two additional review pages (from the same course in previous years) listed on the Entomology D
The Scout Report -- November 5, 1999
The Scout Report== November 5, 1999 Volume 6, Number 25 == == Internet Scout Project University of Wisconsin == Department of Computer Sciences == I N T H E S C O U T R E P O R T T H I S W E E K == Subject Specific Reports 1. Scout Report for Social Sciences and Business Economics == Research and Education 2. Model Editions Partnership (MEP) 3. Two Research Papers on Devolution 4. Harvard Jean Monnet Table of Contents Service 5. Documenting the American South: The Church in the Southern Black Community 6. Internet Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 1999 7. Doctoral Research in Educational Technology: A Directory of Dissertations, 1977-1998 8. Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science 9. Encyclopedia of 1848 Revolutions 10. Three Bibliographies for Cold War Studies == General Interest 11. "Project Megiddo" 12. _Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony_ 13. Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information 14. Crime in the United States, 1998 15. EIKON 16. 1996 State Poverty Estimates -- Census Bureau 17. Two Recent Reports from Human Rights Watch 18. The _Annotated_ Grateful Dead Lyrics: a Web Site == Network Tools 19. usgovsearch free edition 20. Lycos RichMedia 21. AceExpert3 == In The News 22. Largest Dinosaur Ever Discovered Found in Oklahoma Copyright and subscription information appear at the end of the Scout Report. For more information on all services of the Internet Scout Project, please visit our Website: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ If you'd like to know how the Internet Scout team selects resources for inclusion in the Scout Report, visit our Selection Criteria page at: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/criteria.html Feedback is always welcome: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Subject Specific Reports 1. Scout Report for Social Sciences and Business Economics _Scout Report for Social Sciences_ http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/socsci/1999/ss-991102.html _Scout Report for Business Economics_ http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/bus-econ/1999/be-991104.html The fifth issues of the third volumes of the Scout Reports for Social Sciences and Business Economics are available. The In the News section of the Social Sciences Report annotates eight resources on the recent accord signed by representatives of the Catholic Church and a confederation of Lutheran Churches in Augsburg, Germany. The Business Economics Report's In the News section offers eight resources on France's hesitancy to lift the European Union's ban on the import of British beef. [MD] == Research and Education 2. Model Editions Partnership (MEP) http://adh.sc.edu/ Located at the University of South Carolina and funded in part by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, MEP's mission is to "explore ways of creating [electronic] editions of historical documents which meet the standards scholars traditionally use in preparing printed editions" and to make these electronic editions available online. The site currently hosts seven "experimental mini-editions" of digitized historical texts: Documentary History of the First Federal Congress, Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, Papers of Henry Laurens, Abraham Lincoln Legal Papers (preview only), Papers of General Nathanael Greene, Margaret Sanger Papers, and Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. The texts are easily navigated and searched via the Table of Contents page. An historical introduction, short guides to searching and navigating the texts, and reading aids are also provided for each text. [MD] 3. Two Research Papers on Devolution The Procedural Consequences of Devolution [.pdf, 180K] http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp99/rp99-085.pdf Devolution and Concordats [.pdf, 151K] http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp99/rp99-084.pdf The UK House of Commons Library recently released two research papers concerning the devolution of power to the Scottish Parliament and the National Assembly of Wales. The first paper explores the consequences of devolution for the House of Commons, focusing on a related report from the Commons Procedure Committee which was debated in Parliament on October 21. The paper also discusses topics such as the effects of devolution on Members's constituency role, proposals for the reformed House of Lords's role in post-devolution politics, and the so-called "English Question," the implications of devolution for England. The second paper summarizes the main poin
The Scout Report -- November 19, 1999
The Scout Report== November 19, 1999 Volume 6, Number 27 == == Internet Scout Project University of Wisconsin == Department of Computer Sciences == I N T H E S C O U T R E P O R T T H I S W E E K == Subject Specific Reports 1. Scout Report for Social Sciences and Business Economics == Research and Education 2. Tobacco Industry Documents 3. The Paideia Project On-Line 4. Genamics.com 5. Social and Economic Implications of Information Technologies: A Bibliographic Database Pilot Project 6. CyberSecuritiesLaw 7. Dime Novels and Penny Dreadfuls 8. National Gallery of Art Education Division 9. Microbe World 10. Implementation of the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act: An Interim Report to Congress 11. H-Education == General Interest 12. George Washington Papers Series 1: Exercise Books, Diaries, and Surveys -- LOC American Memory 13. Two New Space Sites 14. The Star-Spangled Banner 15. CBS HealthWatch 16. Letters to future generations -- UNESCO 17. Live@io 18. Five for Thanksgiving == Network Tools 19. Karnak 20. Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0.5 21. Bookmark Converter 22. Google Linux == In The News 23. Optimism in Ulster Copyright and subscription information appear at the end of the Scout Report. For more information on all services of the Internet Scout Project, please visit our Website: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ If you'd like to know how the Internet Scout team selects resources for inclusion in the Scout Report, visit our Selection Criteria page at: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/criteria.html Feedback is always welcome: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Subject Specific Reports 1. Scout Report for Social Sciences and Business Economics _Scout Report for Social Sciences_ http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/socsci/1999/ss-991116.html _Scout Report for Business Economics_ http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/bus-econ/1999/be-991118.html The sixth issues of the third volumes of the Scout Reports for Social Sciences and Business Economics are available. The In the News section of the Social Sciences Report annotates seven resources covering the on-going controversy over the expulsion of six African-American students in Decatur, IL. The Business Economics Report's In the News section offers ten resources on recent initiatives to prohibit banks from levying surcharges on non-customers using their Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) in San Francisco and Santa Monica, CA. [MD] == Research and Education 2. Tobacco Industry Documents http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/industrydocs/index.htm Announced by US Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Donna E. Shalala on November 18, the day of the Great American Smokeout, this important new site will allow the public, for the first time, to conduct searches of key tobacco industry documents "made public by state lawsuits, congressional subpoenas, and the November 1998 master settlement agreement." The site is composed of four major sections. The most relevant of these for general users is the Minnesota Select Set, a full-text, searchable database with about 350,000 pages of viewable documents selected by Minnesota lawyers as key to the state's trial. Second is the searchable citation index, or the 4B Index. The 4B Index represents approximately 4 million documents, totalling 27 million pages, that are stored at the Minnesota Depository. Users may submit requests online or by fax for hard copies. Some of the cited documents may also be found via the collection of annotated links to sites that hold tobacco industry documents, most of which are maintained by the various tobacco companies and are supposed to mirror the documents in the Minnesota Tobacco Document Depository, according to the Master Settlement Agreement. Background and search tips are provided to help users navigate these sites. The fourth major section is a collection of approximately 7,000 selected British American Tobacco Company documents from Guildford, England, which are stored in Minnesota as part of the Minnesota Select Set and may be viewed online. [MD] 3. The Paideia Project On-Line http://www.bu.edu/wcp/PaidArch.html Although the Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy was held in August 1998, this online archive of contributed papers has continued to evolve, adding both new papers and sections on an almost weekly basis. At time of review, the archive contained some 634 papers, searchable by keyword or browseable by over 40 subject categories. The full texts of the papers are offered in HTML format, prefaced by an abstract. Please note that some papers are not available in English. Users may also access a rec
The Scout Report -- November 29, 1999
The Scout Report== November 29, 1999 Volume 6, Number 27 == == Internet Scout Project University of Wisconsin == Department of Computer Sciences == I N T H E S C O U T R E P O R T T H I S W E E K == Subject Specific Reports 1. _Scout Report for Science Engineering_ == Research and Education 2. amfAR HIV/AIDS Treatment Directory 3. OSHA Ergonomics Standard 4. geoCOMMUNITY 5. Social Science Research Network (SSRN) 6. Climate Change Tree Atlas of the Eastern United States 7. NUPI Centre for Russian Studies Database 8. Humanity Development Library 2.0 9. Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Database == General Interest 10. Armed Forces Equal Opportunity Survey 11. Red White Blue Brimstone: New World Literature and the American Millennium 12. John Bull and Uncle Sam: Four Centuries of Anglo-American Relations -- LOC 13. Beyond Discovery: The Path from Research to Human Benefit 14. Multiple Galaxy Collisions Surprise Hubble Astronomers 15. Braintrack University Index 16. Modern Ruins 17. The Jazz Review == Network Tools 18. Search Engine Guide 19. W3C Issues XSLT and XPath Recommendations 20. NeoTrace 21. Internet Explorer (IE) 5.01 == In The News 22. Close Elections in Malaysia Copyright and subscription information appear at the end of the Scout Report. For more information on all services of the Internet Scout Project, please visit our Website: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ If you'd like to know how the Internet Scout team selects resources for inclusion in the Scout Report, visit our Selection Criteria page at: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/criteria.html Feedback is always welcome: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Subject Specific Reports 1. _Scout Report for Science Engineering_ http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sci-eng/1999/se-991124.html Volume 3, Number 6 of the _Scout Report for Science Engineering_ is available. The In the News section annotates nine resources on the role of undersea methane hydrate in global warming during the Paleocene Epoch 55 million years ago and possibly in the future. [MD] == Research and Education 2. amfAR HIV/AIDS Treatment Directory http://www.amfar.org/testtd/index.html Published in print since 1985, the expanded and constantly updated electronic version of the amfAR HIV/AIDS Treatment Directory offers a number of authoritative drug-related resources for people who are HIV-positive and their physicians. Resources are located in three principal sections. The first, Treatments, allows users to search or browse resources on Anti-HIV Treatments and related conditions and their treatments by drug name or condition. In Clinical Studies, users can browse a large collection of clinical trial reports by HIV Treatment Name or Condition Name. The third section, Information Resources, offers a glossary, information on blood values, and a list of drug manufacturers by drug name. Additional resources include several scholarly papers on current issues in HIV treatment and information on upcoming community forums. [MD] 3. OSHA Ergonomics Standard [.pdf, 5.9MB] http://www.osha-slc.gov/ergonomics-standard/index.html On Monday, the US Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released new wide-ranging proposals to protect about 27 million workers engaged in heavy lifting or repetitive motion. Business groups immediately voiced their objections to the proposed standards, which would force them to adopt ergonomics programs to minimize risks if even a few employees suffered such injuries. According to OSHA, the proposal would cost about $4.2 billion annually to implement, but would save over $9 billion in lower compensation claims and fewer lost working days. Business groups dispute this amount and contend that the proposals will result in thousands of legal claims and counterclaims. Users can read the full text of the proposed standards for themselves at the OSHA site. The standards may be downloaded from three mirrors in .pdf format only. Also at the site is an abbreviated text of the standards, an introduction, a FAQ, and a form for submitting electronic comments. [MD] 4. geoCOMMUNITY http://www.geocomm.com/ As maps and mapping tools are increasingly used throughout the scientific community, there is a growing need for a synthesis of available and upcoming geo/graphic materials. This excellent site from geocomm.com highlights a wide variety of resources for researchers interested in the newest GIS maps, tools, and software. The site includes a search engine (focused on geographic-related Websites), geo software (including freeware), recent news related
The Scout Report -- December 17, 1999
The Scout Report== December 17, 1999 Volume 6, Number 31 == == Internet Scout Project University of Wisconsin == Department of Computer Sciences == I N T H E S C O U T R E P O R T T H I S W E E K == Subject Specific Reports 1. Scout Report for Social Sciences and Business Economics == Research and Education 2. Atlas of Cancer Mortality in the United States, 1950-94 3. The Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) 4. _Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General_ 5. Human Rights Watch World Report 2000 6. E-conomy Project 7. HUD Report: Homelessness: Programs and the People They Serve 8. Russian Duma Elections 1999 -- CEIP 9. _Attack of the Killer Weeds_ -- EWG 10. _Psychology of Intelligence Analysis_ == General Interest 11. Y2K Global Status Watch 12. Two From American Memory -- LOC 13. ft.com Business Directory 14. The State of the World's Children 2000 -- UNICEF 15. Grimm Brothers @ nationalgeographic.com 16. NOAA's Top Weather, Water and Climate Events of the 20th Century 17. The Past Men of the Year -- _TIME_ 18. Holiday Recipes == Network Tools 19. SpeechBot 20. Eudora 4.3 Beta 21. Copernic == In The News 22. Israeli-Syrian Talks to Resume on January 3 Copyright and subscription information appear at the end of the Scout Report. For more information on all services of the Internet Scout Project, please visit our Website: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ If you'd like to know how the Internet Scout team selects resources for inclusion in the Scout Report, visit our Selection Criteria page at: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/criteria.html Feedback is always welcome: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Subject Specific Reports 1. Scout Report for Social Sciences and Business Economics _Scout Report for Social Sciences_ http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/socsci/1999/ss-991214.html _Scout Report for Business Economics_ http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/bus-econ/1999/be-991216.html The seventh issues of the third volumes of the Scout Reports for Social Sciences and Business Economics are available. The In the News section of the Social Sciences Report annotates eight resources on the Surgeon General's comprehensive new report on Mental Illness in America. The Business Economics Report's In the News section recounts a "Christmas E-tail" with seven resources exploring online holiday shopping. [MD] == Research and Education 2. Atlas of Cancer Mortality in the United States, 1950-94 [.pdf, .dbf] http://www.nci.nih.gov/atlas/ Recently published by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), this unique resource tracks cancer death rates in over 3,000 counties through more than four decades. Containing over 250 color-coded maps, the atlas allows users and researchers to view patterns of cancer death rates at both the state and county level. For the first time, separate maps are also available for both white and black populations. Users can view the complete atlas online in both HTML and .pdf formats, view maps, download data, and create customizable maps. [MD] 3. The Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) http://www.thegateway.org Announced on December 9 by US Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley, the newly redesigned GEM site (originally reviewed in the June 12, 1998 _Scout Report_) is still a one-stop resource for K-12 educational materials. At the site, teachers, parents, and students can search for lessons, instruction units, and other resources by topic and grade level from over 140 Websites. Users can also browse the more than 7,000 items by subject and keyword. Annotated entries in the database include a link to the resource, an indication of grade level(s), and a link to the full description, which offers GEM subjects, audience, resource type, format, publisher, and rights management information. Additional features at the site include a list of Hot Topics Pages and a new resources listing. [MD] 4. _Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General_ [.pdf] http://www.sg.gov/library/mentalhealth/index.html Released on December 13, the first Surgeon General's report on mental health reveals that nearly half of all Americans who have a severe mental illness fail to seek treatment. The 500-page publication was developed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the guidance of the Surgeon General. It notes that "disorders such as depression, schizophrenia and eating disorders are real illnesses that, if untreated, can be as disabling and serious as cancer and heart disease in terms of premature death and lo
The Scout Report -- January 7, 2000
The Scout Report== January 7, 2000 Volume 6, Number 33 == == Internet Scout Project University of Wisconsin == Department of Computer Sciences == I N T H E S C O U T R E P O R T T H I S W E E K == Research and Education 1. The Public Records of 1969 -- PRO 2. Research Group in Mathematical Inequalities and Applications 3. United Nations Interregional Crime Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) 4. Beilstein Abstracts -- ChemWeb 5. Euro Homepage 6. _Biennial Report to Congress on the Status of GPO Access_ 7. WebChron: The WebChronology Project 8. Lesson Plan Links == General Interest 9. Lycos Vote 2000 10. LisNews 11. The American Experience: Houdini -- PBS 12. Illustrated Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings 13. American Posters of World War One, from the collection of Roger N. Mohovich 14. 2000 Around the World -- _New York Times_ 15. Peter Rabbit Homepage == Network Tools 16. SearchMil.com 17. Internet Explorer (IE) 5.5 Beta 18. 1 Cool Button Tool == In The News 19. Turmoil in Sri Lanka Copyright and subscription information appear at the end of the Scout Report. For more information on all services of the Internet Scout Project, please visit our Website: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ If you'd like to know how the Internet Scout team selects resources for inclusion in the Scout Report, visit our Selection Criteria page at: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/criteria.html Feedback is always welcome: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Research and Education 1. The Public Records of 1969 -- PRO http://www.pro.gov.uk/releases/nyo2000/default.htm On January 1, the UK Public Record Office (PRO) (last discussed in the July 30, 1999 _Scout Report_) released UK Government Records from 1969 that had been sealed under the 30 year rule. The PRO site provides general descriptions of the record series augmented by the releases, a list of the highlights of this release, a list of Cabinet Ministers in 1969, and information on accessing the records at the PRO office in Kew. The highlight of the site, however, is the collection of images of selected original documents. These are offered in thumbnails with brief commentary and include such diverse topics as the deployment of British troops to Northern Ireland, nuclear deterrence, the Royal Family, President Nixon's visit to Britain, and government funding of a study on the communications aspects of fashion changes (dubbed, "the mini-skirt project"). Although this latest release will be noticed mostly by researchers, anyone with an interest in recent British history will enjoy the selected full-text documents. [MD] 2. Research Group in Mathematical Inequalities and Applications [.dvi, .pdf, .ps] http://rgmia.vu.edu.au/ From Australia's Victoria University of Technology, the Research Group in Mathematical Inequalities and Applications (RGMIA) is comprised of academics and researchers from Australia, Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America. The purpose of the group is to disseminate results via publication, create an awareness of the theory of inequalities, and illustrate the applicability of inequalities in the sciences. Highlights of this site include a preprint series called the Research Report Collection. Every few months, a new volume is added online (.dvi, .pdf, .ps) providing registered users with access to cutting edge research. Another excellent feature is the database of Papers in Theory of Inequalities Applications. The database contains an expansive collection of publications in the field, all of which are downloadable. Members are invited to send in a list of publications for inclusion in the database. Membership (which provides a username and password, and serves as a measure to protect copyrights) is free via an online form. This is an excellent resource for those in the field of mathematical inequalities. [KR] 3. United Nations Interregional Crime Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) http://www.unicri.it/ Established in 1968 to "advance policy and practice in the prevention and control of juvenile delinquency and adult criminality," UNICRI has more recently created a Website that offers a number of criminology resources. The most important of these are two databases, the World Directory of Criminological Resources and the LMS Bibliographic Collection. The first contains information on over 470 institutes in 70 countries, and the latter indexes more than 6,000 authors and 300 series. Both are searchable by keyword with several modifiers. A free weekly Alert Service notifies subscribers of new and updated entries to the LMS Bibliographic Collection accord
The Scout Report -- January 14, 2000
The Scout Report== January 14, 2000 Volume 6, Number 34 == == Internet Scout Project University of Wisconsin == Department of Computer Sciences == I N T H E S C O U T R E P O R T T H I S W E E K == Subject Specific Reports 1. Scout Report for Social Sciences and Business Economics == Research and Education 2. Searchlight -- CDL 3. _Global Economic Prospects and the Developing Countries 2000_ -- World Bank 4. LD Online: Learning Disabilities Information and Resources 5. _50 Years of Ocean Discovery: National Science Foundation 1950-2000_ -- National Academy Press 6. _Human Rights and You: A Guide for the States of the Former Soviet Union and Central Europe_ 7. "A Century of Change: Trends in UK Statistics Since 1990" 8. _UNESCO Thesaurus_ 9. _Primary Source_ -- IMLS == General Interest 10. _Garden Forest: A Journal of Horticulture, Landscape Art, and Forestry_ -- LOC 11. free! The Freedom Forum Online 12. Language of the Land -- LOC 13. Clandestine E-Texts 14. National Millennium Food Drive: Y GO 2 WASTE 15. The World At War 2000 -- CDI 16. Traffic Waves: Physics for Bored Commuters 17. TheAdmissionsOffice.com == Network Tools 18. Google Apple/Macintosh Search 19. 1st Page 2000 20. URL Pad 1.0 == In The News 21. Global Warming "Undoubtedly Real" Copyright and subscription information appear at the end of the Scout Report. For more information on all services of the Internet Scout Project, please visit our Website: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ If you'd like to know how the Internet Scout team selects resources for inclusion in the Scout Report, visit our Selection Criteria page at: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/criteria.html Feedback is always welcome: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Subject Specific Reports 1. Scout Report for Social Sciences and Business Economics _Scout Report for Social Sciences_ http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/socsci/2000/ss-000111.html _Scout Report for Business Economics_ http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/bus-econ/2000/be-000113.html The eighth issues of the third volumes of the Scout Reports for Social Sciences and Business Economics are available. The In the News section of the Social Sciences Report annotates nine resources on the UN Security Council and AIDS in Africa. The Business Economics Report's In the News section offers ten resources exploring the recently announced merger plans of America Online (AOL) and Time Warner. [MD] == Research and Education 2. Searchlight -- CDL http://searchlight.cdlib.org/cgi-bin/searchlight While only users in the University of California network will get the full benefit of this new searching tool from the California Digital Library (CDL), public users will still find it quite a helpful resource. In addition to a number of public databases, Searchlight also indexes the CDL Website and many of its resources, "including digitized collections of photographs, manuscripts, and other archival materials from institutions around the state held in the Online Archive of California". Two versions are available, one for Sciences and Engineering, and another for Social Sciences and Humanities. Keyword searches within each can be further narrowed by several topics. The search results page organizes returns in six categories: Books, Journal Indexes, Electronic Journals, Electronic Text and Documents, Reference Resources, and Web Directories. Each return includes the number of hits at that page and a link to both the results and that site's search page. [MD] 3. _Global Economic Prospects and the Developing Countries 2000_ -- World Bank [.pdf] http://worldbank.org/prospects/gep2000/ This annual publication from the World Bank predicts growth patterns in developing countries. It reports that "recovery from the financial crisis is 'fragile and uneven,' with some regions recovering much faster than others." According to this year's report, growth in Asia will be strong through 2000, as the countries slowly pull themselves out of recession. The average per capita income of Third World countries outside of Asia, however, will decline. The full report is available online, but each chapter must be downloaded separately in .pdf format. The official press release, summary, and the forward by Joseph Stiglitz are available in several languages including Chinese, German, Russian, and English. The main site also provides a slide show of the main points and issues of the report, as well as regional economic prospects and related links. [EM] 4. LD Online: Learning Disabilities Information and Resources http://www.ldonline.org/
The Scout Report -- January 21, 2000
The Scout Report== January 21, 2000 Volume 6, Number 35 == == Internet Scout Project University of Wisconsin == Department of Computer Sciences == I N T H E S C O U T R E P O R T T H I S W E E K == Subject Specific Reports 1. _Scout Report for Science Engineering_ == Research and Education 2. The Biosafety Protocol 3. _Pulling Apart: A State-by-State Analysis of Income Trends_ 4. Online Calendar of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin 5. TRIS Online -- TRB 6. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) 7. _Mapping Crime: Principle and Practice_ -- NIJ 8. Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) 9. _Foreign Relations of the United States_ == General Interest 10. _Ending Violence Against Women_ 11. Ben's Guide to US Government for Kids 12. _Talking History_ 13. Secrets of the Ice - An Antarctic Exploration 14. National Center on Sleep Disorders Research -- NIH 15. propaganda 16. Best Books of 1999 -- _Library Journal_ == Network Tools 17. Action GoMac 18. LivingInternet.com 19. Personal Web Pages -- About.com 20. ZDNet: "The Biggest Computer Bugs of 1999!" == In The News 21. Slush Fund Scandal In Germany Copyright and subscription information appear at the end of the Scout Report. For more information on all services of the Internet Scout Project, please visit our Website: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ If you'd like to know how the Internet Scout team selects resources for inclusion in the Scout Report, visit our Selection Criteria page at: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/criteria.html Feedback is always welcome: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Subject Specific Reports 1. _Scout Report for Science Engineering_ http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sci-eng/1999/se-991124.html Volume 3, Number 9 of the _Scout Report for Science Engineering_ is available. The In the News section annotates eight resources on the reintroduction of Gray Wolves to Yellowstone National Park. [MD] == Research and Education 2. The Biosafety Protocol [.pdf, RealPlayer] http://www.usia.gov/topical/global/biosafe/ On January 20, international negotiators resumed talks in Montreal to finalize a Biosafety Protocol that "seeks to reduce potential risks from the transboundary movement of living modified organisms (LMOs) and address potential threats to biodiversity" from products modified by genetic engineering. The Protocol is being negotiated under the UN Convention on Biological Diversity that was adopted at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, and upon acceptance, it would regulate trade and movement of genetically engineered products. At this new site, provided by the US State Department (an advocate of biotechnology), users will find a variety of resources related to the Montreal talks and biosafety. These include the full text of the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) (also in French in Spanish), updated fact sheets, a biotechnology glossary and news stories, biosafety links, summary points on the negotiations, and press releases. [MD] 3. _Pulling Apart: A State-by-State Analysis of Income Trends_ [.pdf] http://www.cbpp.org/1-18-00sfp.htm A new report released on January 18 from the Economic Policy Institute and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities reveals that, despite the strong economy, income disparities in most states are significantly larger in the late 1990s than they were in the 1980s. In all but four states, income disparities between high- and low-income families increased, and in 45 states, "the gap between the average incomes of middle-income families and of the richest 20 percent of families expanded between the late 1970s and the late 1990s." For the US as a whole, the average income of families in the top 20 percent was more than ten times that of the poorest 20 percent of families. Users can read the full text of this important report by section or in its entirety in .pdf format. A press release and state fact sheets are also provided. [MD] 4. Online Calendar of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/Departments/Darwin/calintro.html List of Correspondents http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/Departments/Darwin/corresp.html Darwin Correspondence Project http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/Departments/Darwin/ The Darwin Correspondence Project, a joint UK-US project based mainly at Cambridge University, has to date published eleven volumes (out of a projected 30) of letters of Charles Darwin. As part of the larger effort, the Project has also produced a calendar of the correspondence of Charles Darwin, an electronic version of whi
The Scout Report -- March 3, 2000
The Scout Report== March 3, 2000 Volume 6, Number 41 == == Internet Scout Project University of Wisconsin == Department of Computer Sciences == I N T H E S C O U T R E P O R T T H I S W E E K == Subject Specific Reports 1. Scout Report for Science Engineering_ == Research and Education 2. ClinicalTrials.gov 3. SOSIG New Look 4. MIR FacultyOnline 5. Laboratory for Global Environmental Science Information (LaGESI) 6. The UN and Decolonization 7. Two from the FAO 8. "Creating and Documenting Electronic Texts: A Guide to Good Practice" -- OTA 9. Mathematical Physics Preprint Archive 10. Global Directory of Marine (and Freshwater) Professionals (GLODIR) 11. Search ERIC/AE Draft Abstracts == General Interest 12. British Museums Release List of Art Possibly Looted by Nazis 13. _Almanac of American Politics 2000_ 14. Images from the History of Medicine (IHM) 15. Two Resources on Current Conflicts 16. Africana.com: The Digital Bridge 17. Cleaning Up the Nuclear Weapons Complex: Internet Resources 18. CancerShock 19. _Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships_ (_DANFS_) Online == Network Tools 20. TopClick 21. Audion 1.5 22. Deja.com: Discussions == In The News 23. Pinochet Returns to Chile Copyright and subscription information appear at the end of the Scout Report. For more information on all services of the Internet Scout Project, please visit our Website: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ If you'd like to know how the Internet Scout team selects resources for inclusion in the Scout Report, visit our Selection Criteria page at: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/criteria.html Feedback is always welcome: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Subject Specific Reports 1. Scout Report for Science Engineering_ http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sci-eng/2000/se-000301.html Volume 3, Number 12 of the _Scout Report for Science Engineering_ is available. The In the News section annotates eight resources on the eruption of Mount Mayon in the Phillipines. [MD] == Research and Education 2. ClinicalTrials.gov http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui Announced by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on February 29, this new site offers information on over 4,000 federal and private medical studies involving patients and others at more than 47,000 locations nationwide. Aimed at patients, family members, and the interested public, the database can be searched by keyword or browsed by condition or sponsor. Returns include study title, sponsor, location, design and purpose, eligibility criteria, and contact information. Additional resources at the site include a User's Guide, a backgrounder on clinical trials, and links to several related NIH sites. ClinicalTrials.gov will be updated frequently and will remain confidential (no registration is required). [MD] 3. SOSIG New Look http://sosig.ac.uk/ Social Science Search Engine http://sosig.ac.uk/harvester.html US Mirror http://scout18.cs.wisc.edu/sosig_mirror/ The Web's premiere Social Science gateway has gotten even better, with a new interface and several other features that help users find quality social science research and education resources, hand-picked and described by librarians and subject specialists. The heart of SOSIG remains its excellent Internet catalog, which includes thousands of online resources, browseable or searchable by subject area. Within each section, resources are organized by subcategory and listed by type. Each section supplies information on its editor and a link to an extremely useful Subject Guide to conducting online research in that field. Visitors can find additional, uncataloged resources, using the Social Science Search Engine, which indexes a database of over 50,000 Social Science Webpages. SOSIG also helps users stay current, not only with their constantly updated list of new additions, but also with a new My Account feature. Integrated with SOSIG's Grapevine (reviewed in the April 7, 1998 _Scout Report for Social Sciences_), My Account lets users customize SOSIG and register for a free weekly email notification of new resources in their area of interest. Note: At time of publication, Scout's US mirror of SOSIG does not yet reflect these changes. [MD] 4. MIR FacultyOnline http://www.FacultyOnline.com Open only to college and university instructors, this free site from Monument Information Resource (MIR) can be extremely useful, especially for younger faculty or professors tasked with teaching courses out of their field. The heart of the site is the textbook database of over 60,000 titles searchable by author, title, or ISBN number, and with links
The Scout Report -- April 14, 2000
The Scout Report== April 14, 2000 Volume 6, Number 47 == == Internet Scout Project University of Wisconsin == Department of Computer Sciences == I N T H E S C O U T R E P O R T T H I S W E E K == Subject Specific Reports 1. Scout Report for Science Engineering_ == Research and Education 2. "The Vietnam War Declassification Project" 3. _Behavioral Brain Sciences_ (BBS) 4. _Occupational Outlook Handbook_ 2000-2001 5. Encyclopedia Disease Reference -- NLM 6. Annual Report Gallery 7. Irving v. Lipstadt: The Judgement -- Nizkor Project 8. Noble Foundation Plant Image Gallery 9. Organized Crime and Corruption Bibliographic Database == General Interest 10. Lost Art Internet Database 11. UNESCO Photobank Online Image Database 12. Pulitzer and Peabody Awards 13. Great American Speeches 14. MP3Lit.com 15. _International Trafficking In Women To The United States: A Contemporary Manifestation of Slavery and Organized Crime_ 16. US EPA Earth Day 2000 17. National Poetry Month == Network Tools 18. AOL Instant Messenger 4.0 (AIM) 19. TechTool 20. Swimming With Sharks -- CNET == In The News 21. Runoff in Peru Presidential Election Copyright and subscription information appear at the end of the Scout Report. For more information on all services of the Internet Scout Project, please visit our Website: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ If you'd like to know how the Internet Scout team selects resources for inclusion in the Scout Report, visit our Selection Criteria page at: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/criteria.html Feedback is always welcome: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Subject Specific Reports 1. Scout Report for Science Engineering_ http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sci-eng/2000/se-000412.html Volume 3, Number 15 of the _Scout Report for Science Engineering_ is available. The In the News section annotates eleven resources on the eleventh meeting of the conference of the parties to CITES, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. [MD] == Research and Education 2. "The Vietnam War Declassification Project" http://www.ford.utexas.edu/library/exhibits/vietnam/vietnam.htm To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the fall of Phnom Penh and Saigon, this month the Ford Presidential Library released nearly 30,000 pages of newly declassified material concerning the Vietnam War. Most of the documents "are from the White House offices of national security advisers Henry Kissinger and Brent Scowcroft or from the files of National Security Council staff. Included are President Ford's 'Country Files' for Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos; a 'Backchannel' collection of especially sensitive messages; and 'Memcons,' transcript-like memoranda of high level conversations." At the site, users can view a list of topics covered by the recently opened documents and the Library's core holdings on Vietnam, read a press release, and of course, view the full text of a number of selected documents as well as some photos. The majority of documents are offered as page images, and include Henry Kissinger's cable informing Saigon of President Ford's decision to evacuate, Helicopter pilot radio transmissions during the evacuation, Cabinet meeting minutes, National Security Council meeting minutes, General Fred C. Weyand's Vietnam Assessment Report of April 4, 1975, and materials related to the Mayaguez Incident, among others. While this release will certainly grab the attention of scholars and researchers, almost anyone interested in the waning days of American involvement in Vietnam will find multiple items of interest. [MD] 3. _Behavioral Brain Sciences_ (BBS) http://www.princeton.edu/~harnad/bbs/ Provided by Cambridge University Press, _Behavioral Brain Sciences_ (BBS) is an international, interdisciplinary journal of "open peer commentary." This interesting Website highlights "open science" in a way that many practitioners will find inspiring. Specifically, the Website offers full-text of important and controversial interdisciplinary "target articles" in psychology, neuroscience, behavioral biology, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, linguistics, and philosophy. These "target articles" are "unedited penultimate drafts of BBS target articles that have been accepted for publication" or are already published (since 1993), accompanied by 1,000-word commentaries (analytical critiques) that are co-published with each article, along with the author's response to each. Users may search target articles by subject (BBS keyword)
The Scout Report -- April 28, 2000
The Scout Report== April 28, 2000 Volume 6, Number 49 == == Internet Scout Project University of Wisconsin == Department of Computer Sciences == I N T H E S C O U T R E P O R T T H I S W E E K == Subject Specific Reports 1. Scout Report for Science Engineering_ == Research and Education 2. _Quality Counts 2000: Who Should Teach?_ -- _Education Week_ 3. Two from the AAAS 4. Ancient Coin Collection from MFA and Perseus Project 5. IEE Passport 6. _NEH Outlook_ 7. Jet Propulsion Laboratory Technical Report Server 8. Two Resources for Central Asian Studies 9. H-US1918-45, The New Deal era and its Origins == General Interest 10. Victoria and Albert Museum Images Online 11. "Budgetary and Technical Implications of the Administration's Plan for National Missile Defense" -- CBO 12. 1stHeadlines 13. Library of Congress -- New Sites For All Ages 14. Journal E: _Interviews 50 Cents_ 15. Medterms.com 16. Technocopia == Network Tools 17. ICQ 2000a (beta) 18. NIPC _CyberNotes_ 19. Search Engine Meeting Report == In The News 20. Breaking Up is Hard to Do: DOJ Proposes Microsoft Split Copyright and subscription information appear at the end of the Scout Report. For more information on all services of the Internet Scout Project, please visit our Website: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ If you'd like to know how the Internet Scout team selects resources for inclusion in the Scout Report, visit our Selection Criteria page at: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/criteria.html Feedback is always welcome: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Subject Specific Reports 1. Scout Report for Science Engineering_ http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sci-eng/2000/se-000426.html Volume 3, Number 16 of the _Scout Report for Science Engineering_ is available. The In the News section annotates eight resources on the FDA-approval of Zyvox, the first in a new class of synthetic antibacterial drugs designed to treat a number of drug-resistant infections. [MD] == Research and Education 2. _Quality Counts 2000: Who Should Teach?_ -- _Education Week_ http://www.edweek.org/sreports/qc00/ Produced in collaboration with the Pew Charitable Trusts, _Education Week's_ fourth annual 50-state report card on public education focuses on efforts by states to recruit, screen, and retain competent teachers. It concludes that, "based on the most exhaustive survey of state teacher policies to date," the enforcement of professional standards and the provision of additional training and support to help teachers develop are both falling short. At the site, users will find the full text of this detailed report, including an executive summary, an examination of teacher quality and recruiting, reviews of state policies, a review of the states, state report cards, and state policy updates. Numerous charts and tables are used throughout the text. [MD] 3. Two from the AAAS _Policy or Panic? The Flight of Ethnic Albanians from Kosovo, March-May 1999_ http://hrdata.aaas.org/kosovo/policyorpanic/ _AAAS Science and Technology Policy Yearbook 2000_ [.pdf] http://www.aaas.org/spp/yearbook/2000/ The first of these two new items from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) comes from the Association's Science and Human Rights Program. The report offers a new approach to human rights analysis by "contextualizing the claims made by witnesses with analysis of objective administrative data," namely statistical records of a particular border post, official records of refugee movements, and surveys conducted in refugee camps. The report concludes that the mass movement of refugees in Kosovo in the spring of 1999 "was most likely the result of a deliberate Yugoslav policy of 'ethnic cleansing.'" The full text of the report, with several appendices, is available in HTML format. The AAAS has also placed the 2000 edition of its _Science and Technology Policy Yearbook_ online in .pdf format. This edition of the _Yearbook_ focuses on globalization and the knowledge economy. As in the past, most of the _Yearbook_ is derived from the proceedings of the Annual AAAS Colloquium on Science and Technology Policy, with additional content from the 1999 AAAS Annual Meeting, a special AAAS-sponsored meeting at MIT, and several significant reports issued during the year. [MD] 4. Ancient Coin Collection from MFA and Perseus Project http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/PR/mfa.ann2.html Perseus Coin Collections http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/browser?object=Coinfield=Collection Perseus Lookup Tool http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/sor The Perseus
The Scout Report -- May 5, 2000
The Scout Report== May 5, 2000 Volume 6, Number 50 == == Internet Scout Project University of Wisconsin == Department of Computer Sciences == I N T H E S C O U T R E P O R T T H I S W E E K == Subject Specific Reports 1. Scout Report for Social Sciences and Business Economics == Research and Education 2. National Security Archive: The Ultrasensitive Bay of Pigs 3. Development Forum: Globalization, Development and Poverty 4. The Julius Axelrod Papers -- NLM 5. "Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943 6. London College of Fashion: College Archive -- VADS 7. Global Environmental Change 8. Trajan's Column 9. Lake Michigan Lake Wide Management Plan (LaMP 2000) == General Interest 10. Frontline: Jefferson's Blood 11. Georgia Revealed 12. "National Drug Control Strategy: 2000 Annual Report" 13. Vikings: The North Atlantic Sage -- NMNH 14. "Expenditures on Children by Families, 1999 Annual Report" 15. DATA2010 16. ConsumerSearch.com == Network Tools 17. Raging Search 18. iMovie 1.0.2 19. Software Update Sites == In The News 20. A Funny Way of Showing It: ILoveYou Worm is Most Damaging Virus Yet Copyright and subscription information appear at the end of the Scout Report. For more information on all services of the Internet Scout Project, please visit our Website: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ If you'd like to know how the Internet Scout team selects resources for inclusion in the Scout Report, visit our Selection Criteria page at: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/criteria.html Feedback is always welcome: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Subject Specific Reports 1. Scout Report for Social Sciences and Business Economics _Scout Report for Social Sciences_ http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/socsci/2000/ss-000502.html _Scout Report for Business Economics_ http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/bus-econ/2000/be-000504.html The sixteenth issues of the third volumes of the Scout Reports for Social Sciences and Business Economics are available. The In the News section of the Social Sciences Report annotates eight resources on the most recent nuclear nonproliferation talks. The Business Economics Report's In the News section offers six resources on the commercial actors's stage strike. [TK] == Research and Education 2. National Security Archive: The Ultrasensitive Bay of Pigs http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB29/index.html On Wednesday, the National Security Archive released newly declassified portions of the Taylor Commission Report, the report from the commission charged by President Kennedy with investigating the Bay of Pigs incident. The eight documents in this new release add crucial details to the picture that emerged from prior, more heavily censored releases of Taylor Commission materials in 1977 and 1986. This release serves as a useful supplement to the _The Inspector General's Survey of the Cuban Operation_ (see the February 27, 1998 _Scout Report_), which was declassified in 1998 and scathing in its critique of the CIA's actions. [DC] 3. Development Forum: Globalization, Development and Poverty http://www.worldbank.org/devforum/forum_globalization.html Beginning on May 1, 2000, the World Bank Institute and the Panos Institute London are sponsoring a free four-week, online forum dealing with development issues. Each week, a different topic will be covered. Week One will focus on "Globalization, Development and Poverty: what do we know?" The second week's discussion is titled "Poverty, Basic Needs, and Development." "Modes of Development" will be the topic for week three. And the last week will focus on "Whose Development? Globalization, Empowerment and the Poor." Users may choose to join the mailing list, or they may also visit the globalization site without registration. Along with general information about the forum, this site also contains links to supporting documents and sites, including the _Washington Post_'s coverage of the April protests in Washington DC, as well as articles and commentary written by and about the World Bank and the IMF. [EM] 4. The Julius Axelrod Papers -- NLM [.pdf, QuickTime, RealPlayer] http://www.profiles.nlm.nih.gov/HH/ The National Library of Medicine has just added the Julius Axelrod papers to its Profiles in Science Collection. The fourth scientist to become part of the collection, Axelrod shared the Nobel Prize in 1970 for his research on neurotransmitters. His work was foundational in the later development of antidepressants, and Axelrod coined the term
The Scout Report -- June 2, 2000
The Scout Report== June 2, 2000 Volume 7, Number 3 == == Internet Scout Project University of Wisconsin == Department of Computer Sciences == I N T H E S C O U T R E P O R T T H I S W E E K == Subject Specific Reports 1. Scout Report for Social Sciences and Business Economics == Research and Education 2. BioMed central 3. _Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties_, Volume II 4. USATrade.gov 5. _Freedom's Journal_ 6. SmithKline Beecham Biologicals Worldwide Vaccines 7. Digital Clendening (DC) 8. The Mississippi Writers Page 9. MuSICA (Music Science Information Computer Archive) 10. Electronic African Bookworm == General Interest 11. _The Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2000_, 5th Edition 12. _Censor Dot Gov: The Internet and Press Freedom 2000_ 13. Canadian Library Gateway 14. Final Arguments in Microsoft Case 15. The Rijksmuseum 16. News by E-Mail -- _Financial Times_ 17. Online Maori Exhibition 18. Silent Era: the silent films website == Network Tools 19. xrefer 20. Odigo 2.5 beta 21. Gnutella for Windows and Mac == In The News 22. Clinton Receives Chilly Response from Europe to Offer of Shared Missile Defense System Copyright and subscription information appear at the end of the Scout Report. For more information on all services of the Internet Scout Project, please visit our Website: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ If you'd like to know how the Internet Scout team selects resources for inclusion in the Scout Report, visit our Selection Criteria page at: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/criteria.html Feedback is always welcome: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Subject Specific Reports 1. Scout Report for Social Sciences and Business Economics _Scout Report for Social Sciences_ http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/socsci/2000/ss-000530.html _Scout Report for Business Economics_ http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/bus-econ/2000/be-000601.html The eighteenth issues of the third volumes of the Scout Reports for Social Sciences and Business Economics are available. The In the News section of the Social Sciences Report annotates seven resources on recent developments in the Ethiopia/ Eritrea war. The Business Economics Report's In the News section offers eight resources on the growth of high interest payday lending establishments. [MD] == Research and Education 2. BioMed central http://www.biomedcentral.com/ This new site, currently in Beta testing phase, represents a new and potentially groundbreaking initiative to quickly publish peer-reviewed biological science and clinical medicine research and make it freely accessible to scientists and medical researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) PubMed Central archive (see the February 25, 2000 _Scout Report_). In addition, the site plans to develop or maintain relevant databases that researchers have begun, publish reviews by experts, and develop various tools for professional communication. In all, BioMed central represents an excellent opportunity for authors who wish to sidestep the sometimes interminable delays associated with publishing in print journals but still wish to see their work appear in a professionally recognized forum and subjected to peer-review. It also presents an opportunity for PubMed Central, which at present reposts the full text of research articles already published in participating life science journals, allowing the site to serve as a central repository for free and very recent research in biological science and clinical medicine. The site offers background information, a review of subject areas in which it will be accepting submissions, and detailed instructions for authors. [MD] 3. _Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties_, Volume II http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/ Oklahoma State University Library has recently announced the digitization of Volume II of Charles J. Kappler's _Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties_, originally published in 1903-04. Unlike some digitization projects, which though valuable and worthwhile have a limited audience, Kappler's seven-volume set of government documents is in high demand by various users, such as Native peoples, researchers, journalists, legislators, and teachers. Before this project began, however, there were only five usable copies in the state of Oklahoma. Once the project is finished (Volumes I and III will be completed by the end of the year), "the complete legal text of all treaties between the United States Government and sovereign Indian nations will be available free of charge to anyone with a computer." This first release contains the full text of 380 treaties concern
The Scout Report -- July 14, 2000
The Scout Report== July 14, 2000 Volume 7, Number 9 == == Internet Scout Project University of Wisconsin == Department of Computer Sciences == I N T H E S C O U T R E P O R T T H I S W E E K == Subject Specific Reports 1. Scout Report for Social Sciences and Business Economics == Research and Education 2. Asian Film Connections 3. FindArticles.com 4. "Highlights of Women's Earnings in 1999" 5. Oncology Tools 6. New Search Area for the NCES WebSite 7. _The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History_ 8. Polish Archival Collections 9. Nuclear Files Archive == General Interest 10. lexisONE 11. "Progress of Nations 2000" -- UNICEF 12. Newfoundland and the Great War 13. OnlineNewspapers.com 14. How Race is Lived in America: "Guarding the Borders of the Hip-Hop Nation" -- _New York Times_ Special Series 15. Jargon Scout 16. Stain Removal Guide == Network Tools 17. Internet Explorer 5.5 18. lastminutesearch.com == In The News 19. Promising New Developments in Fight Against Alzheimer's Copyright and subscription information appear at the end of the Scout Report. For more information on all services of the Internet Scout Project, please visit our Website: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ If you'd like to know how the Internet Scout team selects resources for inclusion in the Scout Report, visit our Selection Criteria page at: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/criteria.html Feedback is always welcome: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Subject Specific Reports 1. Scout Report for Social Sciences and Business Economics _Scout Report for Social Sciences_ http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/socsci/2000/ss-000711.html _Scout Report for Business Economics_ http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/bus-econ/2000/be-000713.html The twenty-first issues of the third volumes of the Scout Reports for Social Sciences and Business Economics are available. The In the News section of the Social Sciences Report annotates nine resources on the thirteenth annual International Conference on AIDS, being held this week in Durban, South Africa. The Business Economics Report's In the News section offers eight resources on recent cutbacks and shakedowns in e-businesses. [MD] == Research and Education 2. Asian Film Connections [QuickTime] http://www.asianfilms.org/netpac/ A collaborative effort hosted by the Asia Pacific Media Center (APMC) at the University of Southern California's Annenberg Center for Communication, this attractive and content-rich site is an excellent resource for students and aficionados of recent Asian filmmaking. At the site, visitors will find lists of all films made in China, India, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan since 1988, including information such as synopses, filmmakers, cast, length, format, and availability of prints. Sections for each of the countries will also include a general introduction with multiple essays and background, detailed information and video clips for eight to fifteen highlighted films and directors (most include only one of each at present), a list of all internationally awarded films since 1988, and links to course syllabi and other resources for developing educational curriculum on the respective country's film and culture. The site is available in English, Chinese, or Korean, with a Japanese version under development. [MD] 3. FindArticles.com http://www.findarticles.com/PI/index.jhtml This new service is a partnership between LookSmart and the Gale Group, a publisher of research and reference materials for libraries, businesses, and information technologists. The site offers free access to the full-text of articles published in over 350 magazines and journals dating from 1998. Users can search the database by keyword and by one of the nine subject categories (Arts Entertainment, Computers Technology, Reference Education, Sports, etc.). Search returns include article title, periodical, and short description, with a link to the full-text, which is conveniently and quickly displayed at the FindArticles site, though with numerous advertising banners. Visitors can also view a list of the publications indexed, alphabetically or by subject. Periodical listings include a one-sentence description and a link to their Website. Despite the banners and other commercial content (the bills must be paid, after all) this site is a very useful reference source, indexing many leading journals and magazines. [MD] 4. "Highlights of Women's Earnings in 1999" [.pdf] http://stats.bls.gov/pdf/cpswom99.pdf In 1999, median, weekly earnings of male, full-time wage and salary workers were $618,
The Scout Report -- August 25, 2000
The Scout Report== August 25, 2000 Volume 7, Number 15 == == Internet Scout Project University of Wisconsin == Department of Computer Sciences == I N T H E S C O U T R E P O R T T H I S W E E K == Subject Specific Reports 1. Scout Report for Social Sciences and Business Economics == Research and Education 2. Two from NCES 3. Community Health Status Indicators Project -- HRSA 4. Federal Rulemaking: Proposed Amendments for Comment 5. International Regulation Database -- OECD 6. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program: Annual Report to Congress -- OPRE 7. Managing the Digital Future of Libraries: Proceedings 8. The Chemistry Preprint Server == General Interest 9. Report of the Panel on United Nations Peace Operations 10. MoMA2000 11. Two Surveys on Internet Use and Effects 12. disAbility.gov 13. Exquisite Corpse 14. HealthLink Plus == Network Tools 15. ResellerRatings.Com 16. DomainNameBuyersGuide.Com == In The News 17. NIH Publishes Guidelines for Federal Funding of Pluripotent Stem Cell Research Copyright and subscription information appear at the end of the Scout Report. For more information on all services of the Internet Scout Project, please visit our Website: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ If you'd like to know how the Internet Scout team selects resources for inclusion in the Scout Report, visit our Selection Criteria page at: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/criteria.html Feedback is always welcome: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Subject Specific Reports 1. Scout Report for Social Sciences and Business Economics _Scout Report for Social Sciences_ http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/socsci/2000/ss-000808.html _Scout Report for Business Economics_ http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/bus-econ/2000/be-000810.html The twenty-fourth issues of the third volumes of the Scout Reports for Social Sciences and Business Economics are available. The In the News section of the Social Sciences Report annotates eight resources on presidential candidate Al Gore's bounce back in the post Democratic Convention polls. The Business Economics Report's In the News section offers eight resources on Silicon Valley's backlash against the changes wrought by dotcoms. [TK] == Research and Education 2. Two from NCES [.pdf] "NAEP 1999 Trends in Academic Progress: Three Decades of Student Performance" http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pubs/main1999/2000469.shtml "Projections of Education Statistics to 2010" http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=271 The National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) released two new reports this week. The first, a 138-page report from NCES's National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), presents long-term trends in the performance of nine-, thirteen-, and seventeen-year-olds in reading, mathematics, and science. The NAEP has administered assessments in these three areas since the early seventies (1969 for seventeen-year-olds in science), and this report summarizes the findings, including overall national trends, trends analyzed by student subgroup (e.g., ethnicity, gender, parents's level of education), and data on experiences at school and home that may have an impact on achievement (e.g., classroom equipment, television watching). Generally speaking, the NAEP reports that math and science performance declined in the 1970s but increased during the 1980s and early 1990s, remaining mostly stable since then. Students made modest gains in reading, and improved most clearly across the assessment years in mathematics. The second report listed is part of an ongoing series begun in 1964. The 179-page report revises projections made in last year's "Projections of Education Statistics to 2009" (see the August 20, 1999 _Scout Report_), and includes national data covering the last fourteen years and projections to the year 2010 for enrollments, teachers, graduates, and expenditures; and state-level projections for enrollment graduates to the year 2010. [TK] 3. Community Health Status Indicators Project -- HRSA [.pdf] http://www.communityhealth.hrsa.gov/ The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), in collaboration with the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, the National Association of County and City Health Officials, and the Public Health Foundation, has recently unveiled a new Website that makes available health data for all 3,082 US counties. The Community Health Status Indicators (CHSI) Project has compiled pre-existing data from a variety of sourc
The Scout Report -- October 27, 2000
The Scout Report== October 27, 2000 Volume 7, Number 24 == == Internet Scout Project University of Wisconsin == Department of Computer Sciences == I N T H E S C O U T R E P O R T T H I S W E E K == Subject Specific Reports 1. _Scout Report for Science Engineering_ == Research and Education 2. The UCLA Internet Report: "Surveying the Digital Future" 3. The BSE Inquiry: The Report 4. EIRData 5. Final Report of COPA Commission 6. Regard Relaunch 7. Rotenone Stewardship Program 8. OPE Campus Security Statistics 9. Voter Turnout from 1945 to 1998 10. _Echo_ == General Interest 11. _Privacy and Human Rights 2000_ 12. Prague Watchdog 13. LitSite, the Literary Community of Alaska 14. Guinness World Records 15. A Simple Book Repair Manual 16. Astronomy.com 17. Bethlehem Digital History Project == Network Tools 18. Netscape Communicator 4.76 19. Napster for Mac == In The News 20. Violence in the Ivory Coast Copyright and subscription information appear at the end of the Scout Report. For more information on all services of the Internet Scout Project, please visit our Website: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ If you'd like to know how the Internet Scout team selects resources for inclusion in the Scout Report, visit our Selection Criteria page at: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/criteria.html Feedback is always welcome: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Subject Specific Reports 1. _Scout Report for Science Engineering_ http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sci-eng/2000/se-001011.html Volume 4, Number 5 of the _Scout Report for Science Engineering_ is available. The In the News section annotates ten resources on a recent unexplained mass mortality among sharks in the Gulf of Mexico. [MD] == Research and Education 2. The UCLA Internet Report: "Surveying the Digital Future" [.pdf] http://www.ccp.ucla.edu/newsite/pages/internet-report.asp Released on October 25 by the UCLA Center for Communication Policy, this new report challenges the conventional wisdom that the Net creates social isolation. The 53-page report is the product of "the first comprehensive study ever conducted of the sweeping changes produced by the Internet," created to "explore how computers, information technology and their users are shaping and changing society." In contrast to what some journalists and politicians have claimed, the vast majority of respondents to the study claimed that online activities such as email, chat rooms, and surfing have made a positive impact, if a modest one, on their ability to make friends and communicate with their family. The report itself offers lots of interesting information for anyone who uses or studies the Net. This includes the top ten Internet activities, who uses the internet, views about the Internet, email use, children and the Internet, online shopping, work and the Internet, and online contact and friendships. This is a very important study, and, as far as publications of this type go, not a bad read. [MD] 3. The BSE Inquiry: The Report http://www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/report/contents.htm The BSE Inquiry http://www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/ In-Depth: BSE and CJD - BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/in_depth/uk/2000/bse_and_cjd/ Released on October 26, this long-awaited report from the UK government on BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) and CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease) is based on oral and written evidence from over 600 witnesses including scientists, farmers, private industry, senior civil servants, local authorities, former ministers and families of victims of variant CJD. Among its most important findings are that government ministers repeatedly misled the public about the dangers of mad cow disease. It also cites poor communication between government departments and bureaucratic delays in responding to scientific warnings. As the party leading the government at the time, the Conservatives, are currently in opposition, the political fallout of the report may develop over time, though a number of leading Tories have alread issued public apologies for their role in the crisis. Users can read the full text of the report and learn more about the commission at the BSE Inquiry site. The BBC News special report offers background, analysis, audio and video selections, and related resources. [MD] 4. EIRData http://www.pgil-eirdata.org This new resource from the Princess Grace Irish Library (PGIL) is a useful tool for students and scholars of Irish Studies. Contents of the site include two datasets, a detailed biblgiography, the library catalogue, and electronic texts.
The Scout Report -- January 12, 2001
The Scout Report== January 12, 2001 Volume 7, Number 29 == == Internet Scout Project University of Wisconsin == Department of Computer Sciences == I N T H E S C O U T R E P O R T T H I S W E E K == Subject Specific Reports 1. Scout Report for Social Sciences Humanities and Business Economics == Research and Education 2. First Census 2000 Results -- Resident Population and Apportionment Counts 3. Quality Counts 2001: A Better Balance 4. _Beyond Agriculture: New Policies for Rural America_ 5. Functional Genomics 6. JNUL Kettubot Database 7. The Power of the Internet for Learning: Final Report of Web-Based Education Commission 8. British Library Newspaper Library Catalogue 9. Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon 10. _Public Bodies 2000_ 11. H-Communal-Societies == General Interest 12. Report of the No Gun Ri Review 13. The Real Thirteen Days: The Hidden History of the Cuban Missile Crisis 14. Two on the US Criminal Justice System 15. DOD USS Cole Commission Report 16. Fast Facts: Almanacs/ Factbooks/ Statistical Reports Related Reference Tools 17. _Merck Manual of Medical Information: Home Edition_ - Update 18. The Database of Houses 19. Familyrecords.gov.uk 20. _The Nation_ Directory == Network Tools 21. SearchTurtle.com 22. Macworld Expo Keynote 23. BeeHoo == In The News 24. AOL Time Warner Clears Final Hurdle Copyright and subscription information appear at the end of the Scout Report. For more information on all services of the Internet Scout Project, please visit our Website: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ If you'd like to know how the Internet Scout team selects resources for inclusion in the Scout Report, visit our Selection Criteria page at: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/about/criteria.html The Scout Report on the Web: Current issue: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/current/ This issue: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/2001/scout-010112.html Visit the Internet Scout Weblog at: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/weblog/ Feedback is always welcome: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Subject Specific Reports 1. Scout Report for Social Sciences Humanities and Business Economics _Scout Report for Social Sciences Humanities_ http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/socsci/2001/ss-010109.html _Scout Report for Business Economics_ http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/bus-econ/2001/be-010111.html The ninth issues of the fourth volumes of the Scout Reports for Social Sciences Humanities and Business Economics are available. The In the News section of the Social Sciences Humanities Report annotates seven resources on the failure of President Clinton's final effort to secure a peace agreement in the Mideast. The Business Economics Report's In the News section offers eight resources on the recently announced buyout of Trans World Airlines (TWA) by American Airlines. [MD] == Research and Education 2. First Census 2000 Results -- Resident Population and Apportionment Counts http://www.census.gov/main/www/cen2000.html On December 28, the US Census Bureau released its preliminary results for the 2000 Census. According to the Bureau, "the nation's resident population on Census Day, April 1, 2000 was 281,421,906, a 13.2 percent rise over the 248,709,873 counted in the 1990 census" -- an increase that exceeded the Bureau's projections. Visitors to the site can examine tables and maps showing population data for states, congressional districts, and US overseas population as well as state population rankings and percentage change since the 1990 Census. The site also provides a press release summarizing the data and background information on congressional apportionment -- the constitutional cause of the census -- as well as a link to educational materials for studying the census in schools (see the January 11, 2000 _Scout Report for the Social Sciences_). [DC] 3. Quality Counts 2001: A Better Balance http://www.edweek.org/sreports/qc01/ Produced in collaboration with the Pew Charitable Trusts, Education Week's fifth annual 50-state report card on public education finds that "states need to strike a better balance among academic standards, testing and the tools students and schools need to succeed." At the site, users will find the full text of this detailed report, including an executive summary, an examination of issues and trends in standards and testing, standards-related policy tables, a review of the states, state report cards, and state policy updates. Numerous charts and tables are used throughout the text. [MD] 4. _Beyond Agriculture: New Policies for Rural America_ [.pdf] http://www.kc.
The Scout Report -- February 9, 2001
The Scout Report== February 9, 2001 Volume 7, Number 3 == == Internet Scout Project University of Wisconsin == Department of Computer Sciences == I N T H E S C O U T R E P O R T T H I S W E E K == New From Internet Scout 1. Open Letter to Our Readers == Subject Specific Reports 2. Scout Reports for Social Sciences Humanities and Business Economics == Research and Education 3. Tobacco Control Archives 4. New Jersey Environmental Digital Library (NJDEL) 5. Making of America Collection (MOA) Update 6. War, Chaos, and Business: Modern Business Strategy 7. "No Child Left Behind": President Bush's Education Initiative to Congress -- US Department of Education 8. Foreign Relations of the United States 9. UNICEF Innocenti Report Card 10. H-Caribbean == General Interest 11. The Hannah Arendt Papers at the Library of Congress 12. "Sexual Victimization of College Women" -- DOJ 13. The Centennial Exhibition -- Philadelphia 1876 14. "Resource Guide on Racial Profiling Data Collections Systems: Promising Practices and Lessons Learned" -- DOJ 15. "Road Map for National Security: Imperative for Change" 16. Breakthrough Books -- _Lingua Franca_ 17. Louis Armstrong Discography 18. Public Radio Fan == Network Tools 19. ProFusion - Version 2 Beta 20. AltaVista Tools 21. Google Now Indexes PDF Files == In The News 22. Peace Summit in Columbia Copyright and subscription information appear at the end of the Scout Report. For more information on all services of the Internet Scout Project, please visit our Website: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ If you'd like to know how the Internet Scout team selects resources for inclusion in the Scout Report, visit our Selection Criteria page at: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/about/criteria.html The Scout Report on the Web: Current issue: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/current/ This issue: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/2001/scout-010209.html Visit the Internet Scout Weblog at: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/weblog/ Feedback is always welcome: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == New From Internet Scout 1. Open Letter to Our Readers http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/about/letter-010202.html Dear Readers: Here at the Internet Scout Project, we have been working on securing a new source (or sources) of funding for the Scout Reports. We are soliciting your ideas in an Open Letter to Readers that has been sent to the subscriber mailing lists and is available on our Website. Please read the letter at the address above and send us your ideas. == Subject Specific Reports 2. Scout Reports for Social Sciences Humanities and Business Economics _Scout Report for Social Sciences Humanities_ http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/socsci/2001/ss-010206.html _Scout Report for Business Economics_ http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/bus-econ/2001/be-010208.html The eleventh issues of the fourth volumes of the Scout Reports for Social Sciences Humanities and Business Economics are available. The In the News section of the Social Sciences Humanities Report annotates eight resources on disagreements between the US and its European allies on the issues of a US missile defense system and the deployment of a "rapid reaction" European Union force. The Business Economics Report's In the News section offers seven resources on the recently proposed patients' bill of rights. == Research and Education 3. Tobacco Control Archives [.pdf] http://www.library.ucsf.edu/tobacco/ Sponsored and hosted by the University of California-San Francisco Library Center for Knowledge Management, Department of Archives Special Collections, this site offers a wealth of papers, unpublished documents, and electronic resources relevant to tobacco control issues (primarily in California). The final version of the archive will contain over 40 million pages of documents, but even now users can access thousands of pages in three collections. These are the Brown Williamson Collection, the Joe Camel Campaign: Mangini v. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Collection, and California Documents from the State of Minnesota Depository. All three are searchable and browseable. Also included at the site are a guide to searching tobacco industry Websites, full-text reports on tobacco industry activity, and links to related resources. [MD] 4. New Jersey Environmental Digital Library (NJDEL) [.pdf, RealPlayer] http://njenv.rutgers.edu/njdlib/ Developed by the Scholarly Communication Center of Rutgers University Libraries, this site offers access to an impressive array of materials related to the N
The Scout Report -- February 16, 2001
The Scout Report== February 16, 2001 Volume 7, Number 4 == == Internet Scout Project University of Wisconsin == Department of Computer Sciences == I N T H E S C O U T R E P O R T T H I S W E E K == New From Internet Scout 1. Open Letter to Our Readers == Subject Specific Reports 2. _Scout Report for Science Engineering_ == Research and Education 3. Two on the Human Genome 4. Civics Online 5. _Investment in Tobacco Control: State Highlights 2001_ 6. History Cooperative 7. Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) 8. Two Research Papers on the Middle East Peace Process 9. Malcolm X Conference 10. New Additions to ERIC Digests Database == General Interest 11. The President's Agenda for Tax Relief 12. National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center 13. Two on Eros Asteroid Landing: 14. HistoryLink: The Online Encyclopedia of Seattle and King County 15. Osh.Net 16. _Washington Post_ Email Newsletters 17. Early Recorded Sounds and Wax Cylinders 18. Hubble Space Telescope: New Views of the Universe == Network Tools 19. Google Acquires Deja's Usenet Archive 20. Metor Search 21. Netscape 6.01 == In The News 22. Whither Napster? == Corrections 23. Hannah Arendt Papers Copyright and subscription information appear at the end of the Scout Report. For more information on all services of the Internet Scout Project, please visit our Website: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ If you'd like to know how the Internet Scout team selects resources for inclusion in the Scout Report, visit our Selection Criteria page at: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/about/criteria.html The Scout Report on the Web: Current issue: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/current/ This issue: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/2001/scout-010216.html Visit the Internet Scout Weblog at: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/weblog/ Feedback is always welcome: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == New From Internet Scout 1. Open Letter to Our Readers http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/about/letter-010202.html Dear Readers: Here at the Internet Scout Project, we have been working on securing a new source (or sources) of funding for the Scout Reports. We are soliciting your ideas in an Open Letter to Readers that has been sent to the subscriber mailing lists and is available on our Website. Please read the letter at the address above and send us your ideas. == Subject Specific Reports 2. _Scout Report for Science Engineering_ http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sci-eng/2001/se-010214.html Volume 4, Number 12 of the _Scout Report for Science Engineering_ is available. The In the News section annotates eight resources on the landmark publication of the complete human genome sequence and its scientific interpretation. == Research and Education 3. Two on the Human Genome Genome Gateway -- _Nature_ [.pdf] http://www.nature.com/genomics/human/ Human Genome Special Issue -- _Science_ [.pdf] http://www.sciencemag.org/genome2001/ This week scientists published a rough draft of the three billion letters of the human genetic code. Two complete sequences were actually released, one by a consortium of publicly funded laboratories and the other by a private venture, Celera Genomics. To mark this event, _Nature_ and _Science_ have published the International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium and the US National Human Genome Research Institute and Celera Genomics sequences respectively. These are accompanied by research papers, commentary, and additional resources. For more on the human genome and the first scientific analyses see this week's _Scout Report for Science Engineering_. [MD] 4. Civics Online [RealPlayer] http://civics-online.org/ Designed by Lansing, Michigan area K-12 teachers and faculty at Michigan State University, this handsome and well-organized site is a fine resource for K-12 teachers and students. At the site, users can search for and retrieve a variety of digitized primary sources related to American government and democracy, such as treaties, court decisions, inaugural addresses, maps, paintings, and photos. There are numerous search options and each resource includes notes on the applicable "Core Democratic Values" and Michigan Curriculum Strands. The Teachers section also features hypermedia case studies, a collection of useful annotated links, and information on the Michigan Curriculum Framework. The Students section includes a glossary, timeline, annotated links, and a "a civic adventure tracing civic themes and using primary sources to consider the case of Elian Gonzalez." Finally, the Parents area offers an introductio
The Scout Report -- February 23, 2001
The Scout Report== February 23, 2001 Volume 7, Number 5 == == Internet Scout Project University of Wisconsin == Department of Computer Sciences == I N T H E S C O U T R E P O R T T H I S W E E K == New From Internet Scout 1. Open Letter to Our Readers == Subject Specific Reports 2. Scout Reports for Social Sciences Humanities and Business Economics == Research and Education 3. Health Poll Search 4. J. Paul Getty Trust Site Redesign 5. Verbatim Records - 55th Session of the General Assembly 6. New Features from the USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) 7. Internet Economy Indicators 8. _Juvenile Crime, Juvenile Justice_ 9. Fire and Ice: Puritan and Reformed Writings 10. Guidelines for Studies of the Social and Economic Impact of HIV/AIDS -- UNAIDS 11. Pilot Analysis of Global Ecosystems (PAGE): Agroecosystems == General Interest 12. HeadlineSpot 13. "Telecommunications: Characteristics and Choices of Internet Users" -- GAO 14. Internet Country Guides -- INCORE - Update 15. Albumen -- albumen photographs: history, science and preservation 16. Web Gallery of Art 17. Max Hunter Folk Song Collection 18. World Bank Photo Library 19. Early Islamic Tiles 20. Homeglossary.com == Network Tools 21. Room 102 - Slide Show Search Engine 22. XML4Lib Electronic Discussion 23. Mactella 1.0.1 == In The News 24. New Theory for Permian-Triassic Mass Extinction Copyright and subscription information appear at the end of the Scout Report. For more information on all services of the Internet Scout Project, please visit our Website: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ If you'd like to know how the Internet Scout team selects resources for inclusion in the Scout Report, visit our Selection Criteria page at: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/about/criteria.html The Scout Report on the Web: Current issue: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/current/ This issue: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/2001/scout-010223.html Visit the Internet Scout Weblog at: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/weblog/ Feedback is always welcome: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == New From Internet Scout 1. Open Letter to Our Readers http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/about/letter-010202.html Dear Readers: Here at the Internet Scout Project, we have been working on securing a new source (or sources) of funding for the Scout Reports. We are soliciting your ideas in an Open Letter to Readers that has been sent to the subscriber mailing lists and is available on our Website. Please read the letter at the address above and send us your ideas. == Subject Specific Reports 2. Scout Reports for Social Sciences Humanities and Business Economics _Scout Report for Social Sciences Humanities_ http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/socsci/2001/ss-010220.html _Scout Report for Business Economics_ http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/bus-econ/2001/be-010222.html The twelfth issues of the fourth volumes of the Scout Reports for Social Sciences Humanities and Business Economics are available. The In the News section of the Social Sciences Humanities Report annotates seven resources on the controversy over who will make the final call on whether to adjust the 2000 Census results to include the estimated undercount of just above one percent. The Business Economics Report's In the News section offers seven resources on a newly published book and lawsuit which claim that IBM aided the Nazi government. == Research and Education 3. Health Poll Search http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_poll Kaiser Network [RealPlayer] http://www.kaisernetwork.org Presented by the Roper Center at the University of Connecticut and the Kaiser Family Foundation, this new feature at the Kaiser site is a searchable archive of public opinion questions on health issues. The database contains about 40,000 selected questions dating back to 1935, which are drawn from the Roper Center's comprehensive database of more than 350,000 questions. Users can browse the archive by topic and subtopic or search by keyword with several modifiers. The number of results varied substantially in text runs. For instance, selecting euthanasia from the topics menu returned 344 questions, while a keyword search for the same word produced only six hits. Returns include a list of questions that users may select to view, while the full records contain response categories with marginal frequencies and full source citations. The main Kaiser Network offers a number of additional resources, such as daily health news reports, Webcasts of congressional hearings and conferences, and an online library of health policy issue ads. [MD] 4
The Scout Report -- April 6, 2001
The Scout Report== April 6, 2001 Volume 7, Number 11 == == Internet Scout Project University of Wisconsin == Department of Computer Sciences == I N T H E S C O U T R E P O R T T H I S W E E K == Subject Specific Reports 1. Scout Reports for Social Sciences Humanities and Business Economics == Research and Education 2. Johns Hopkins Antibiotic Guide 3. US Trade Internet System 4. Australian Digital Theses Program (ADT) 5. _Informing America's Policy on Illegal Drugs: What We Don't Know Keeps Hurting Us_ 6. Stock Markets Performance 7. _Women's Economic Independence and Security: A Federal/Provincial/Territorial Strategic Framework_ 8. A Romantic Natural History 9. Education Resource Organizations Directory (EROD) == General Interest 10. Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 11. _The Mill Hill Essays_ 2000 12. NewPages - Alternatives in Print and Media 13. Aboriginal Canada Portal 14. _Budget 2001 Investing for the Long Term: Building Opportunity and Prosperity for All_ 15. _The Art Newspaper_ 16. Search for Scotland 17. ArtMagick.com == Network Tools 18. PrcView for Windows 19. Google Machine Translation (Beta) 20. Bantha Tracks.com - Star Wars Search Engine == In The News 21. US-China Standoff - Views from Outside America Copyright and subscription information appear at the end of the Scout Report. For more information on all services of the Internet Scout Project, please visit our Website: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ If you'd like to know how the Internet Scout team selects resources for inclusion in the Scout Report, visit our Selection Criteria page at: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/about/criteria.html The Scout Report on the Web: Current issue: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/current/ This issue: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/2001/scout-010406.html Visit the Internet Scout Weblog at: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/weblog/ Feedback is always welcome: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Subject Specific Reports 1. Scout Reports for Social Sciences Humanities and Business Economics _Scout Report for Social Sciences Humanities_ http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/socsci/2001/ss-010403.html _Scout Report for Business Economics_ http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/bus-econ/2001/be-010405.html The thirteenth issues of the fourth volumes of the Scout Reports for Social Sciences Humanities and Business Economics are available. The In the News section of the Social Sciences Humanities Report annotates eight resources on the arrest of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic. The Business Economics Report's In the News section offers seven resources on pay disparities between American women and men. == Research and Education 2. Johns Hopkins Antibiotic Guide http://hopkins-abxguide.org/ Designed expressly for medical professionals, this peer-reviewed database will offer users free and frequently updated information on antibiotics and their proper use. This is the first in a planned series of digital medical specialty handbooks from Johns Hopkins and is available both on the Web and on PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants). At present, the guide contains information on over 160 drugs and more than 140 diseases treated by both specialists and primary care physicians. After free registration, users may search the database by diagnosis, pathogen, antibiotic type, or by keyword. Additional features at the site include recent news and feature articles. Johns Hopkins is to be congratulated for this excellent new initiative. [MD] 3. US Trade Internet System http://www.fas.usda.gov/ustrade/ Announced on April 2, this new site from the US Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) will allow anyone to access "the most up-to-date trade data on US exports and imports of agricultural, fishery, and forestry products." Visitors may search for a commodity by keyword or code or select from over 20 commodity groupings of interest. Searches in the latter are easily customized with numerous options, including year range, country, and specific commodity, among others. In addition, the data for exports and imports date back to 1989, allowing users to track specific trade trends. The most recent data, for February 2001, will be added on April 18. [MD] 4. Australian Digital Theses Program (ADT) [.pdf] http://adt.caul.edu.au/ Based on the Virginia Tech model and utilizing the deposit process software developed at Tech (see the January 21, 2000 _Scout Report_), this site offers access to the full text of digitized theses from seven Australian un
The Scout Report -- April 13, 2001
The Scout Report==
April 13, 2001
Volume 7, Number 12 ==
== Internet Scout Project
University of Wisconsin
== Department of Computer Sciences
== I N T H E S C O U T R E P O R T T H I S W E E K
== Subject Specific Reports
1. Scout Report for Science Engineering_
== Research and Education
2. Two Report Cards on American Education
3. TRAC IRS Update
4. EarthRef
5. DISA: Digital Imaging South Africa
6. Two Reports on the Dissemination of US Government Information
7. Guide to the Animal Kingdom for Students and Educators -- BIOSIS
8. "E-Mail Overload In Congress: Managing a Communications Crisis"
9. UMUC-Bell Atlantic Virtual Resource Site for Teaching with Technology
== General Interest
10. Budget of the United States Government Fiscal Year 2002
11. Hubble: a view to the edge of space
12. Child Family WebGuide
13. RIAA Gold Platinum Database Search
14. Moreover - Update
15. Extreme Weather Sourcebook 2001
16. Sculpture of Angkor and Ancient Cambodia - Virtual Tour
== Network Tools
17. Opera 5.1 for Windows
18. WinAmp for Mac 0.71 Alpha
19. ICQ 2000b Beta
== In The News
20. Bush Administration Decides to Enact Medical Privacy Rules
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== Subject Specific Reports
1. Scout Report for Science Engineering_
http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sci-eng/2001/se-010411.html
Volume 4, Number 16 of the _Scout Report for Science Engineering_
is available. The In the News section annotates nine resources on the
recent announcement by the Bush administration that it would not sign
the Kyoto Protocol.
== Research and Education
2. Two Report Cards on American Education
The Nation's Report Card: Fourth-Grade Reading 2000 -- NAEP [.pdf. .ppt]
http://nces.ed.gov/naep3/reading/results/
_Raising Achievement and Reducing Gaps: Reporting Progress Toward
Goals for Academic Achievement_ -- NEGP [.pdf]
http://www.negp.gov/issues/publication/negpdocs/negprep/rpt_barton/barton_paper.pdf
Individual State Releases
http://www.negp.gov/page5.htm
On April 6, two important educational assessment reports were issued,
both based on data collected by the National Assessment of
Educational Progress (NAEP). The first of these focuses on the
reading skills of fourth-graders and finds that the gap between the
highest and lowest performing students has widened over the past
eight years. Users may access the data and report contents in a
number of forms, including an executive summary, highlights report,
fact sheets, charts and tables, and as a Power Point presentation.
The second report, produced by the National Education Goals Panel,
discusses this gap in reading ability, but also finds that math
skills improved slightly in the 1990s. The report analyzes NAEP state
data to identity state trends in performance and changes among
students in the top and bottom quartiles. For a limited time, users
may access individual state assessments at the third URL. [MD]
3. TRAC IRS Update
http://trac.syr.edu/tracirs/index.html
TRAC, a nonpartisan "data gathering, data research and data
distribution organization" located at Syracuse University (last
reviewed in the {April 21, 2000 _Scout
Report_--http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/2000/scout-000421.html#3),
has once again updated its widely respected IRS Website. The
important new findings featured at the site, which received some
notice in the national press, focus on the deterioration of IRS
enforcement activities. As the site notes, "key computer matching
programs are down, audits have dropped, collection activities are
down, criminal and civil enforcement is way down. However, depending
upon where you live, odds differ." Users can delve deeper than the
headlines at the site, where they will find numerous graphs, maps,
and tables which illustrate these key findings, analyze national
trends over time, and provide figures and rankings for specific IRS
administrative districts. The site also includes several short essays
A Letter to Our Readers
Dear Scout Report Readers, A promise we've always made to our readers is that the Scout Report distribution lists would not be used for anything except the distribution of the reports to our subscribers. However, occasionally over the last 5+ years we have overridden that promise in order to send you an important announcement or to make a special request such as the survey we sent you in 1996. This is such a special request. It concerns the future publication of the four scout reports currently published by tbe Internet Scout Project: the general Scout Report, published every Friday, and the three subject-specific scout reports, published biweekly: The Scout Report for Science Engineering, the Scout Report for Social Sciences, and the Scout Report for Business Economics. The reports have always been "free to the end user" because the National Science Foundation has funded their production and distribution under a series of grants from the division of Advanced Networking Infrastructure and Research (ANIR). However, that funding will end after the current funding cycle runs its course in the Spring of 2000 and will not be renewed because the reports have proven their effectiveness so well that they can no longer be considered "research." Therefore, we are working hard to secure new funding so that we can continue to produce and distribute the reports for your use. We are concentrating our efforts on both government and philanthropic sources. We are confident we will find the right funding source, but your brief input on any or all of the three points below will make our job easier and help us to meet our goal faster. We are asking for your help, as our valued readers, in three ways: 1. Please let us know how you use the reports and why you find them useful. Tell us why you think the reports should continue to be funded. While we can list many reasons why the reports should continue, we are sure that you know even better than we do, and we'd like to hear it "in your own words." This is critical information for us and for our potential funding sources. 2. We would like to hear any ideas you may have regarding potential sources that may be open to proposals for funding of publications such as the scout reports. We have several proposals already submitted or in production, but any further ideas you have would be very helpful. 3. Tell us what you think we should be doing in the future. What would you find most helpful in the way of improvements to or expansion of the scout reports? What kinds of "resource discovery" services would make a real difference to you? Our sincere thanks go out to all of you who have offered encouragement and feedback over the years. It is our plan that the scout reports will continue to be funded and will be published for your benefit well into the future. Warmest Regards, Susan Calcari and the Internet Scout Project Staff
Scout Report Funding Update
[Email subscribers will receive a copy of this letter for each report to which they subscribe. We apologize for the inconvenience.] An Open Letter to Our Readers February 2, 2001 We'd like to update all our loyal readers concerning the future of the Scout Reports and their funding. In the Spring of this year, the National Science Foundation was able to provide additional funding that has supported the four Scout Reports for another year. That funding will end on April 30, 2001. Although this funding gave us some breathing room as we searched for long-term support, other circumstances made it a difficult year. Our Executive Director, Susan Calcari, has been fighting an ongoing battle with cancer for the past two years. This has drastically limited her energy and ability to initiate a new funding drive for the Scout Reports. Fortunately, her health is improving, and she is now able to work with potential sponsors to ensure the ongoing publication of the reports. In addition, an important staffing change was made early this Fall when we brought on as the new Director of the Internet Scout Project. Rachael is now managing all the current projects at Scout, leaving Susan free to step into the new role of Executive Director, where she can tackle long-term strategy and funding issues on a full-time basis. As a result of these staffing changes and Susan's improved health, we are now initiating a new campaign to find corporate or foundation sponsorship for the Scout Reports. Many of you contacted us last year with funding suggestions and ideas, and your support and interest were very much appreciated. If any of you are still interested in discussing ideas for ensuring the future of the reports, please let us know at your earliest convenience at [EMAIL PROTECTED] As mentioned above, we need new funding for the Reports by April 30, 2001 in order for the publication of the reports to continue uninterrupted. Listed here are some of the benefits of sponsoring one or more Scout Reports: --Prominent display of the sponsor's name, logo, and other information, including a link to the sponsor's Website on both the Internet Scout Project's homepage and the homepage for the report or reports being sponsored. A banner announcement of sponsorship at the top of each issue of the report for an entire year. --Association of the sponsor's brand with one of the oldest and most trusted sources of quality information on the Internet, one that is highly respected and extensively used by the higher academic and research communities. The Scout Reports are also used extensively by life-long learners in all fields, as documented by our thousands of letters from readers everywhere. --An editorial letter to _The Chronicle of Higher Education_ from the Scout Project thanking the sponsor and promoting the sponsor as an entity that has truly made a difference to the higher education and research communities. --Prominent acknowledgement of the sponsor at all outreach events, including presentations at conferences, conference display booths, and professional meetings. --Potential for other promotional opportunities that will benefit both the sponsor and the Internet Scout Project. We are very interested in making this a mutually beneficial relationship for everyone involved. We welcome your thoughts, comments, and additional ideas. Most of all, we thank you for your continued use of and interest in the Scout Reports. Best regards, Susan, Rachael, and the entire Internet Scout Project staff Suggestions? Ideas? Comments? Please send them to [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Scout Report -- June 1, 2001
The Scout Report== June 1, 2001 Volume 7, Number 19 == == Internet Scout Project University of Wisconsin == Department of Computer Sciences == I N T H E S C O U T R E P O R T T H I S W E E K == New From Internet Scout 1. Scout Report Archives Improvements 2. The End of the Subject-specific Scout Reports == Subject Specific Reports 3. Scout Reports for Social Sciences Humanities and Business Economics == Research and Education 4. AIDS Epidemic at 20 -- Kaiser Family Foundation, Ford Foundation 5. SD Online 6. Moving Image Gateway (MIG) 7. The Pentagon's Spies -- NSA 8. C-18L - Resources for 18th-Century Studies Across the Disciplines 9. Center for Energy and Environmental Studies (CEES) 10. sponet.de == General Interest 11. Amnesty International: 2001 Annual Report 12. _Emerging Answers: Research Findings on Programs to Reduce Teen Pregnancy_ 13. The Next Big Thing 14. CAPHIS 100 15. Orion Online 16. Country Music Hall of Fame == Network Tools 17. Opera 5.0 for Mac (Beta) 18. Dot-gov Goes Retail == In The News 19. Indonesian Crisis Deepens Copyright and subscription information appear at the end of the Scout Report. For more information on all services of the Internet Scout Project, please visit our Website: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ If you'd like to know how the Internet Scout team selects resources for inclusion in the Scout Report, visit our Selection Criteria page at: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/about/criteria.html The Scout Report on the Web: Current issue: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/current/ This issue: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/2001/scout-010601.html Visit the Internet Scout Weblog at: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/weblog/ Feedback is always welcome: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == New From Internet Scout 1. Scout Report Archives Improvements http://durden.cs.wisc.edu/archives/index.html Building on software development research sponsored by the Mellon Foundation, the Internet Scout Project has made improvements to the Scout Report Archives' browsing and search features. Response time is now significantly faster, and you can construct more focused searches with greater precision in the results. The Scout Report Archives is a searchable and browseable database which indexes over seven years' worth of resources from the Scout Report and subject-specific Scout Reports. It contains more than 11,000 critical annotations of carefully selected Internet sites and mailing lists. 2. The End of the Subject-specific Scout Reports The Internet Scout Project is sad to announce that, due to a lack of funding, this week marked the last issue of the _Scout Report for Social Sciences Humanities_ and the _Scout Report for Business Economics_. The last issue of the _Scout Report for Science Engineering_ will be June 20. We have, however, no immediate plans to cease publishing our flagship report, the _Scout Report_. Many thanks to our loyal readers. == Subject Specific Reports 3. Scout Reports for Social Sciences Humanities and Business Economics _Scout Report for Social Sciences Humanities_ http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/socsci/2001/ss-010529.html _Scout Report for Business Economics_ http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/bus-econ/2001/be-010531.html The final issues of the Scout Reports for Social Sciences Humanities and Business Economics are available. The In the News section of the Social Sciences Humanities Report annotates six resources on the summer blockbuster _Pearl Harbor_ and recent public interest in World War II. The Business Economics Report's In the News section offers nine resources on the recent approval by German lawmakers to free a $4.5 billion fund to begin to compensate over 1.5 million survivors of Nazi slave labor camps. == Research and Education 4. AIDS Epidemic at 20 -- Kaiser Family Foundation, Ford Foundation [.pdf] _The AIDS Epidemic at 20 Years: The View From America_ (Survey Report) http://www.kff.org/content/2001/3026/aids20_rpt.pdf The AIDS Epidemic at 20 Years: Selected Milestones (Timeline) http://www.kff.org/content/2001/3026/aids20_timeline.pdf Press Release: http://www.kff.org/content/2001/3026/Press%20Release2.htm Last Friday, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Ford Foundation released a report on the public's perception of the AIDS epidemic in America. This release is in advance of the National Symposium on AIDS convening on June 5, which will, among other things, take up these findings. According to the 64- page report, when asked to name the most urgent health problem facing the U.S., more than one in four Americans (26
The Scout Report -- November 16, 2001
The Scout Report== November 16, 2001 Volume 7, Number 43 == == Internet Scout Project University of Wisconsin == Department of Computer Sciences == I N T H E S C O U T R E P O R T T H I S W E E K == Research and Education 1. Two on Stem Cells 2. Internet Guide to Engineering, Mathematics, and Computing 3. The Secret History of the ABM Treaty, 1969-1972 -- NSA 4. Two on Globalization 5. Bioterrorism Articles -- _JAMA_ 6. Biosecurity, Bioterror, and the Threat to Agriculture -- National Agricultural Library 7. New pages from the Avalon Project 8. American Political Development == General Interest 9. The Frederick Douglass Papers -- LOC 10. A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution -- NMAH 11. Gemini G.E.L. online catalogue raisonne 12. The Interactive 500 13. New York Times at 150 [RealPlayer 14. Forum -- Soros Foundation 15. Iron Science Teacher! 16. Astronomers Anticipate Meteor Storm on November 18th == Network Tools 17. Opera 6.0 for Windows (Beta) 18. Fat Chuck's Corrupt CDs == In The News 19. Revisiting the Florida Vote Copyright and subscription information appear at the end of the Scout Report. For more information on all services of the Internet Scout Project, please visit our Website: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ If you'd like to know how the Internet Scout team selects resources for inclusion in the Scout Report, visit our Selection Criteria page at: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/about/criteria.html The Scout Report on the Web: Current issue: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/current/ This issue: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/2001/scout-06.html Visit the Internet Scout Weblog at: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/weblog/ Feedback is always welcome: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Research and Education 1. Two on Stem Cells Human Embryonic Stem Cell Registry http://escr.nih.gov/ _Stem Cells: The International Journal of Cell Differentiation and Proliferation_ [.pdf] http://stemcells.alphamedpress.org/ The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has recently released the Human Embryonic Stem Cell Registry in response to the President's announcement on August 9, 2001 to allow federal funds for stem cell research. The site lists the eleven laboratories or companies that meet the specific criteria for approved stem cell lines and explains the criteria themselves. The NIH gives the number of actual lines for each entity, the NIC and providers code for each, as well as contact information. The Website also provides links to those seeking additional information about NIH stem cell information, grants and funding opportunities, technology transfer issues, and further facts about the NIH. Researchers may also be interested to know that the journal _Stem Cells_ is offering full content for free during a trial period that has been extended until further notice (for at least three months). The forthcoming issue leads off with an editorial devoted to the new registry, National Stem Cell Resource: Stem Cells Find a Niche, by Robert G. Hawley. [JAB] 2. Internet Guide to Engineering, Mathematics, and Computing http://www.eevl.ac.uk/ Seasoned Internauts in engineering fields will recognize this site as the formerly titled Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library (EEVL, see the September 20, 2001 _Scout Report_). EEVL (which will retain its acronym) has expanded its offerings and now brings users resources in mathematics and computing as well. The site should feel familiar to users of the old EEVL database, but along with the widened scope of materials, EEVL has undergone a redesign offering some new features. Users can search a catalog of more than 7,000 resources as well as search the full text of sites included in the catalog. Each of EEVL's three sections -- Engineering, Mathematics, and Computing -- is searchable and browseable, and the EEVL Catalogue page offers a more advanced search with a large number of limits, including location and resource type, and fielded searching. Other resources on-site include Web tutorials, an e-journal search engine, job sites, and more. [TK] 3. The Secret History of the ABM Treaty, 1969-1972 -- NSA [.pdf] http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB60/index.html Last week, George Washington University's National Security Archive (NSA) posted this briefing book on the ABM treaty in anticipation of this week's talks between Putin and Bush, which covered, among other topics, missile defense issues. The 42 newly declassified documents posted here reveal the previously secret inside story of the ABM negotiations, explaining why the U.S. and the USSR agreed that the Treaty
The Scout Report -- December 7, 2001
The Scout Report== December 7, 2001 Volume 7, Number 46 == == Internet Scout Project University of Wisconsin == Department of Computer Sciences == I N T H E S C O U T R E P O R T T H I S W E E K == Research and Education 1. CERN Document Server Posters 2. Parallel History Project on the Warsaw Pact 3. MENALIB: Middle East Virtual Library 4. Netsurfer Robotics 5. After September 11: Perspectives from the Social Sciences 6. GeoCommunicator 7. Advanced Encryption Standard 8. Re-envisioning the PhD == General Interest 9. Devices of Wonder 10. Toolkit to End Violence Against Women 11. Afghanistan: Land in Crisis -- _National Geographic_ 12. Criminal Enforcement Against Terrorists 13. NYC Surveillance Cameras 14. Holocaust Era in Croatia, 1941-1945 15. Special Report: 2001 Odyssey Mission to Mars == Network Tools 16. purportal.com 17. Web Design Tools -- prana3 == In The News 18. NJ Teachers Back to Work Copyright and subscription information appear at the end of the Scout Report. For more information on all services of the Internet Scout Project, please visit our Website: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ If you'd like to know how the Internet Scout team selects resources for inclusion in the Scout Report, visit our Selection Criteria page at: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/about/criteria.html The Scout Report on the Web: Current issue: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/current/ This issue: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/2001/scout-011207.html Visit the Internet Scout Weblog at: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/weblog/ Feedback is always welcome: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Research and Education 1. CERN Document Server Posters [.pdf, PostScript] http://weblib.cern.ch/Home/Multimedia/Posters/ Posters for various exhibitions and workshops at CERN, the Swiss-based European Laboratory for Particle Physics, are now available within the Multimedia collection of the CERN Document Server. At this site, over 220 posters can be searched (keyword, title, or date) or browsed by title. The posters cover CERN projects such as the L3 detector and the End-cap Muon system and exhibitions including Crystals of China and Collaborating through the Cold War. They display labeled diagrams of equipment, specifications, and historical facts. Because the online CERN Document Server is set to provide thorough information about documents in its database, users can find the top ten keywords for each poster, get detailed file format information (.pdf, .gif, .ps), extract figures, and receive documents by email. The printable color posters provide an interesting look into the history of CERN research and outreach and make nice office decorations for science geeks such as this editor. [HCS] 2. Parallel History Project on the Warsaw Pact [.pdf] http://www.isn.ethz.ch/php/ The Parallel History Project (PHP) began in 1999 in response to the increasing declassification of documents related to the Warsaw Pact. The project collects and analyzes these documents, and users will find a regularly updated collection (.pdf) on the site. The Project's latest findings include documents from Hungarian archives that detail command exercises (which resemble actual war plans) describing the destruction of European cities including Vienna, Munich, and Verona. Visitors can read the documents (which are available in an English translation) and commentary from PHP members and a wealth of other items related to NATO and the Warsaw Pact. PHP's Website is part the International Relations and Security Network (ISN), operated by the Swiss Center for Security Studies and Conflict Research, and affiliated with NATO's Partnership for Peace. [TK] 3. MENALIB: Middle East Virtual Library http://ssgdoc.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/vlib/html/index.html A collaborative venture of more than a half dozen international libraries, MENALIB is coordinated by the University and State Library Saxony-Anhalt, Halle in an attempt to combine contributors' resources into a virtual library of materials on the Middle East and North Africa. The library's primary goals are to create a subject guide for electronic resources in the areas of Middle Eastern and Islamic studies, a current contents service for scholarly journals, a virtual catalog, and databases for dissertations and conferences. The site currently contains ALMISBAH, a searchable and browseable (by source type and subject) database of Internet resources, and the classification scheme of the special subject collection (in German and English). [TK] 4. Netsurfer Robotics http://www.netsurf.com/nsr/ This new monthly e-zine from Netsurfer, available on-site
The Scout Report -- December 14, 2001
The Scout Report== December 14, 2001 Volume 7, Number 47 == == Internet Scout Project University of Wisconsin == Department of Computer Sciences == I N T H E S C O U T R E P O R T T H I S W E E K == Research and Education 1. Two New Reports on Race Equality and Diversity in the UK 2. GEBCO Names of Undersea Features 3. Lesson Plans Library 4. Climate Indices for the Economy 5. Walking with Prehistoric Beasts 6. Online Guide to Eastern Shorebirds 7. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative == General Interest 8. Two Pieces of Evidence for Terrorist Plots 9. Fine Arts in Hungary 10. First Among Equals 11. Nobel Centennial 12. A Century of Drawing: Works on Paper from Degas to LeWitt 13. The Wildflower Center == Network Tools 14. Roboform 15. Nevermind == In The News 16. Runaway Cycle of Violence Between Israel and Palestine Copyright and subscription information appear at the end of the Scout Report. For more information on all services of the Internet Scout Project, please visit our Website: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ If you'd like to know how the Internet Scout team selects resources for inclusion in the Scout Report, visit our Selection Criteria page at: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/about/criteria.html The Scout Report on the Web: Current issue: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/current/ This issue: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/2001/scout-011214.html Visit the Internet Scout Weblog at: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/weblog/ Feedback is always welcome: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Research and Education 1. Two New Reports on Race Equality and Diversity in the UK _Building Cohesive Communities: A Report of the Ministerial Group on Public Order and Community Cohesion_ http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/reu/pocc.pdf _A Report of the Independent Review Team Chaired by Ted Cantle_ http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/reu/community_cohesion.pdf The British governments Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) reports that a sharp division between whites and ethnic minorities in Britain has formed, with the two groups leading separate lives with no social or cultural contact and no sense of belonging to the same nation. These new reports come from a government-commissioned inquiry in response to the race riots that rocked northern England this summer. The first report, _Building Cohesive Communities: A Report of the Ministerial Group on Public Order and Community Cohesion_, aims to identify the underlying causes which made these areas prone to the violence and suggest ways to prevent further disturbances while building more cohesive communities. Some of the causes cited are as follows: lack of a strong civic identity or shared social values; economic, geographical, racial and cultural fragmentation of communities (on a scale which amounts to segregation); inter-generational tensions; inadequate provision of youth facilities and services; high levels of unemployment; weaknesses of police response to racial incidents; and irresponsible coverage of race stories by sections of the local media. The second report, _A Report of the Independent Review Team Chaired by Ted Cantle_, details the investigative methods and findings of the review led by Cantle, who is Associate Director of the Improvement and Development Agency (IdeA) for Local Government. The review team sought the views of local residents and community leaders in the affected towns and in other parts of England on the issues which need to be addressed. Through a survey, interviews and group meetings, participants provided input on how best to mend the social breakdown. [HCS] 2. GEBCO Names of Undersea Features [.pdf, Excel] http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/gebco/underseafeatures.html The Website for GEBCO, the most comprehensive Bathymetric Chart of the world from UNESCO, and the International Hydrographic Organisation (IHO), now includes a gazetteer of undersea feature names. The downloadable Excel spreadsheet gives names and geographic data on undersea canyons, troughs, seamounts, banks, rises, channels, fracture zones, etc. The .pdf file gives the guidelines used in assigning undersea feature names, definitions of terms, and contact information for members of the GEBCO Sub-Committee on Undersea Feature Names and the Working Group on Maritime and Undersea Features of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN). The 38 page text is in English and French. [HCS] 3. Lesson Plans Library http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/index.html As part of Discovery.com and DiscoverySchool.com, the Lesson Plans Library gives educators a collection of hundreds of original lesson plans, all
The Scout Report -- February 1, 2002
The Scout Report== February 1, 2002 Volume 8, Number 3 == == Internet Scout Project University of Wisconsin == Department of Computer Sciences == I N T H E S C O U T R E P O R T T H I S W E E K == Research and Education 1. US Census Bureau: 2001 Statistical Abstract of the United States 2. CDC: Recent Trends in Mortality Rates for Four Major Cancers, by Sex and Race/Ethnicity -- United States, 1990-1998 3. Trends in Racial and Ethnic-Specific Rates for the Health Status Indicators: United States, 1990-1998 4. JFK Link 5. National Gallery of Art: Aelbert Cuyp 6. Two on Piedmont Natural History 7. The Winter War 1939-1940 8. History of the United States Capitol == General Interest 9. Hall of Black Achievement Gallery 10. PBS Kids: ZOOM 11. LLRX.com: Business Filings Databases 12. USPTO Releases Annual List of Top 10 Organizations Receiving Most Patents 13. Fortune: Best Companies to Work For 14. ProGenealogists 15. Official Site of the 2002 Olympic Games == Network Tools 16. Advanced CSS Layouts: Step by Step 17. The Lemur Toolkit for Language Modeling and Information Retrieval == In The News 18. The Recording Industry and Napster, Inc. May Reach a Settlement Copyright and subscription information appear at the end of the Scout Report. For more information on all services of the Internet Scout Project, please visit our Website: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ If you'd like to know how the Internet Scout team selects resources for inclusion in the Scout Report, visit our Selection Criteria page at: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/about/criteria.html The Scout Report on the Web: Current issue: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/current/ This issue: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/2002/scout-020201.html Visit the Internet Scout Weblog at: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/weblog/ Feedback is always welcome: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Research and Education 1. US Census Bureau: 2001 Statistical Abstract of the United States [.pdf] http://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/01statab/stat-ab01.html This report was released on January 22, 2002 by the U.S. Census Bureau. This in-depth report is over 1,300 pages in length and contains 30 sections of statistical data, including population, vital statistics, education, elections, energy, transportation, health and nutrition, and much more. Each section can be viewed separately and is only accessible with Adobe Acrobat Reader. [MG] 2. CDC: Recent Trends in Mortality Rates for Four Major Cancers, by Sex and Race/Ethnicity -- United States, 1990-1998 http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5103a1.htm Reason for mild optimism, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report Recent Trends in Mortality Rates for Four Major Cancers, by Sex and Race/Ethnicity -- United States, 1990-1998 does give one cause for hope in the ongoing fight against cancer. Tracking four major cancers by racial/ethnic type and gender, the report reveals that cancer mortality has declined slightly overall across the general population of the United States. Alarming, however, is the striking statistical disparity between cancer rates for white and African Americans. For, while white Americans outnumber African Americans by a ratio of 5 to 1, government tracking reveals that the latter group consistently suffers the highest death rates for the four most prevalent forms (lung, colorectal, prostate and breast) of cancer. Particularly troubling are the tables indicating that African American women are more than twice as likely to succumb to breast cancer as white women, and that the same is true for the same racial groups regarding the occurrence of prostate cancer. [WH] 3. Trends in Racial and Ethnic-Specific Rates for the Health Status Indicators: United States, 1990-1998 [.pdf] http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/statnt/statnt23.pdf The Department of Health and Human Service's report, Trends in Racial and Ethnic-Specific Rates for the Health Status Indicators: United States, 1990- 1998 traces the success of the US government's Healthy People 2000, a program intended to target and improve the health care needs of specific racial and ethnic groups in the United States over the course of the 1990's. Tracking performance by racial group in 17 categories, including cancer, poverty, suicide, infant mortality, and murder rates, the report reveals statistical improvement for almost every racial and ethnic group, save for American Indians and Native Alaskans, whose needs clearly remain unmet. Despite overall improvement in many areas, however, the authors of the report note that relatively little progress was made toward the goal
The Scout Report -- February 15, 2002
The Scout Report== February 15, 2002 Volume 8, Number 5 == == Internet Scout Project University of Wisconsin == Department of Computer Sciences == I N T H E S C O U T R E P O R T T H I S W E E K == NSDL Scout Reports 1. NSDL Scout Report for Math, Engineering, and Technology == Research and Education 2. The Shifting Pattern of Black Migration From and Into the Nonmetropolitan South, 1965-95 3. US Steel Gary Works Photograph Collection, 1905-1971 4. Sigmund Freud: Conflict Culture 5. Margaret Mead: Human Nature and the Power of Culture 6. The Economic Report of the President, 2002 7. The Challenge of Helping Low-Income Fathers Support Their Children 8. Pacific Institute Releases New Economy of Water 9. Mill Hill Essays 2001 == General Interest 10. Time.com: Celebrating Black History 11. Two African American Resource Sites 12. Extending the Cooperative: OCLC Annual report 2000-2001 13. Highway Statistics Series 14. Women in Military Service 15. ERS: World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates, 2002 16. ClassBrain: State Reports == Network Tools 17. AbiWorld 0.9.6 18. WebPosition Gold Search Engine and Web Promotion Software == In The News 19. The Figure Skating Controversy of the 2002 Winter Games Copyright and subscription information appear at the end of the Scout Report. For more information on all services of the Internet Scout Project, please visit our Website: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ If you'd like to know how the Internet Scout team selects resources for inclusion in the Scout Report, visit our Selection Criteria page at: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/about/criteria.html The Scout Report on the Web: Current issue: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/current/ This issue: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/2002/scout-020215.html Visit the Internet Scout Weblog at: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/weblog/ Feedback is always welcome: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == NSDL Scout Reports 1. NSDL Scout Report for Math, Engineering, and Technology The first issue of the MET Report is now available. The Topic in Depth section offers sites and annotations on nanotechnology. == Research and Education 2. The Shifting Pattern of Black Migration From and Into the Nonmetropolitan South, 1965-95 [.pdf] http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/rdrr93/ Recently published by the Economic Research Service (ERS) of the US Department of Agriculture, this report focuses on the migration of African Americans between the nonmetropolitan South and the rest of the Nation, along with education and poverty trends from 1965-1970 through 1990-1995. According to the report, since 1970, there has been a reversal of the lasting trend of Black migration loss from the South. Black migration to Northern or Western states has dramatically declined, while a simultaneous increase in the rate of movement of southern metro African Americans into the nonmetro South has occurred, particularly during the 1990's. Created by Glenn Fuguitt, John Fulton, and Calvin Beale, this 21-page report can be viewed chapter-by-chapter or in its entirety using Adobe Acrobat Reader (.pdf). [MG] 3. US Steel Gary Works Photograph Collection, 1905-1971 http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/collections/steel/ Presented by the Indiana University Library Program and the Calumet Regional Archives, the US Steel Gary Works Photograph Collection provides access to more than 2,200 digital images documenting the creation of the world's largest steel mill during the height of America's industrial revolution. While the tour takes Internet users through the building of the U.S. Steel Gary Works, it also depicts the life of the city during this period. Not only is this site a valuable resource for scholars and historians of American history and the Industrial Revolution, it also meets the needs of school teachers and students. The site includes a teacher's guide equipped with lesson plans, learning objectives, and online activities for classroom use for fourth grade, middle school, and high school teachers. In addition, viewers can either perform a basic, advanced, or ID search, or browse this easily navigable site by subject, date, or box. [MG] 4. Sigmund Freud: Conflict Culture http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/freud/ Sigmund Freud: Conflict and Culture was organized by the Library of Congress in cooperation with the Sigmund Freud-Museum, Vienna and the Freud Museum, London. The exhibit features vintage photographs, prints, and original manuscripts. In addition, selected film and television clips, along with materials from newspapers, magazines, and comic books, are interwoven throughout
The Scout Report -- March 8, 2002
The Scout Report== March 8, 2002 Volume 8, Number 8 == == Internet Scout Project University of Wisconsin == Department of Computer Sciences == I N T H E S C O U T R E P O R T T H I S W E E K == NSDL Scout Reports 1. NSDL Scout Reports for the Life Sciences and Physical Sciences == Research and Education 2. World Development Report 2002: Building Institutions for Markets 3. Internet Archive: Movie Collection 4. Two from the Canada's Digital Collection 5. The Year in Review: United Nations Peace Operations in 2001 6. Digital Library of Georgia 7. Russian Basic Science After Ten Years of Transition and Foreign Support 8. Linus Pauling Research Notebooks 9. Biz/ed: Virtual Learning Arcade == General Interest 10. The American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition 1909-1915 11. Will D. Campbell: A Man of the Word 12. Scholarly Work in the Humanities and the Evolving Information Environment 13. Two from the National Library of Australia 14. Principles for Managing Contaminated Sediment Risks at Hazardous Waste Sites 15. Medicare: Nursing Home Compare 16. Final Report of the Independent Counsel In Re: Madison Guaranty Savings Loan Association Regarding Monica Lewinsky and Others == Network Tools 17. DivX Version 5.0 18. AltaVista Shortcuts == In The News 19. EPA Official Quits over White House Air Pollution Policies Copyright and subscription information appear at the end of the Scout Report. For more information on all services of the Internet Scout Project, please visit our Website: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ If you'd like to know how the Internet Scout team selects resources for inclusion in the Scout Report, visit our Selection Criteria page at: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/about/criteria.html The Scout Report on the Web: Current issue: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/current/ This issue: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/2002/scout-020308.html Visit the Internet Scout Weblog at: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/weblog/ Feedback is always welcome: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == NSDL Scout Reports 1. NSDL Scout Reports for the Life Sciences and Physical Sciences The fourth issues of the first volumes of the Life Sciences Report and Physical Sciences Report are available. The Topic in Depth section of Life Sciences Report provides sites and annotations about endocrine disrupters. The Physical Sciences Report's Topic in Depth section offers comments and Web sites on tornadoes. == Research and Education 2. World Development Report 2002: Building Institutions for Markets [.pdf] http://www.worldbank.org/wdr/2001/fulltext/fulltext2002.htm A carefully weighted, well-conceived document, the World Banks World Development Report 2002 (last mentioned in the October 5, 2000 _Scout Report_) discusses the viable options available to developing nations attempting to open their markets to the world and thereby better the circumstances of their peoples. Honestly recognizing that free market economies are not one-size-fits-all, the report encourages policy builders and analysts to carefully consider the specific circumstances and histories of their countries as they add to infrastructure. A primary focus of the report is on individual institutions and their positive potential in serving in a nationwide system of checks and balances, ones which can greatly extend the interests of the people. Here, the reports insists, policy makers must look to establish institutions and organizations that are right for given populations at a given place and time. Ultimately, therefore, the report calls on those responsible for true nation building to look to the welfare of their own people, especially as they seek to move their nations into an increasingly voracious global market. [WH] 3. Internet Archive: Movie Collection [RealPlayer] http://www.archive.org/movies/index.html In addition to its Wayback Machine (last mentioned in the November 2, 2001 _Scout Report_, the Internet Archive offers the Internet Moving Images Archive, an extensive collection of digitized films from the Prelinger Archives. Not Hollywood movies, these films should provide researchers and scholars unique insight into certain aspects of 20th-century culture, industry, and institutions. Being able to select from titles like Care of Hair and Nails (1951), The Kingdom of Plastics (1955), and This is Coffee (1961), other users should easily find something interesting in the 956-film archive. Each film tends to have multiple file formats; RealPlayer, MPEG-2, and MPEG-4 are the most frequently employed. Because many of the files are over 100MB, users with low
The Scout Report -- April 26, 2002
The Scout Report== April 26, 2002 Volume 8, Number 15 == == Internet Scout Project University of Wisconsin == Department of Computer Sciences == I N T H E S C O U T R E P O R T T H I S W E E K == NSDL Scout Reports 1. NSDL Scout Report for Math, Engineering, and Technology == Research and Education 2. Long-Term Care Insurance: An Assessment of States' Capacity to Review and Regulate Rates 3. Usage and Usability Assessment: Library Practices and Concerns 4. Connecticut's Job First Program Final Report Overview 5. Wisconsin Historical Images of the Wisconsin Historical Society 6. Ohio Memory Online Scrapbook 7. Black Wings: African American Pioneer Aviators 8. The Division of Paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History 9. Federal Reserve Research Roundup: 1st Quarter 2002 == General Interest 10. Art Trails Through the Victoria's Regional Galleries 11. Teacher's Mind Resources 12. Small Farm Center Online Library 13. International Dictionary of Performing Arts Collections and Institutions 14. Dictionary of New Zealand Biography 15. US News and World Report: 2003 Graduate School Rankings 16. Branham300 Online == Network Tools 17. MicroSurfer 2.0 18. Web|3D SDK: Spring 2002 Software Development Kit == In The News 19. School Violence Continues Copyright and subscription information appear at the end of the Scout Report. For more information on all services of the Internet Scout Project, please visit our Website: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ If you'd like to know how the Internet Scout team selects resources for inclusion in the Scout Report, visit our Selection Criteria page at: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/about/criteria.html The Scout Report on the Web: Current issue: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/current/ This issue: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/2002/scout-020426.html Visit the Internet Scout Weblog at: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/weblog/ Feedback is always welcome: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == NSDL Scout Reports 1. NSDL Scout Report for Math, Engineering, and Technology The sixth issue of the first volume of the MET Report is available. Its Topic in Depth section offers Web sites and comments about fluid power. == Research and Education 2. Long-Term Care Insurance: An Assessment of States' Capacity to Review and Regulate Rates [.pdf] http://research.aarp.org/il/2002_02_ltc.html Issued by the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) Public Policy Institute, this report explores the inadequacies of the state government's review process of long-term care insurance premiums, and offers recommendations to remedy these problems. Authors Steven Lutzky, Lisa Maria B. Alecxih, and Ryan Foreman of the Lewin Group suggest that states require premium reviews by an actuary with training in long-term care insurance, review the process used to set the premiums, and offer consumers comparative rate guides as well as information regarding insurance companies' rate increase histories. The entire report can be downloaded in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format. This report is not easily readable online; therefore, printing the report is recommended. [MG] 3. Usage and Usability Assessment: Library Practices and Concerns http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub105abst.html The most recent offering from the Digital Library Federation (DLF), this report (99 pages) covers the best management and design strategies for digital library services. Authored by Denise Troll Covey, Associate Librarian, Carnegie Mellon University, the report offers a survey of the methods that are being deployed at leading digital libraries to assess the use and usability of their online collections and services. Through interviews, Ms. Covey gathered the collective knowledge and experiences across several DLF member institutions. She relates these collective experiences and provides readers with a solid understanding of the practical application of information gathering strategies (surveys, focus groups, user protocols, transaction log analysis, etc.). Each methodology is fully explained and the difficulties and drawbacks described. In addition to a useful bibliography, Covey also includes a review of traditional library input/output measures for comparison. This report is a must read for anyone involved in the development of digital services and collections. While you're at the DLF site, take a moment to review other DLF reports. All are useful and worth the time. [DJS] 4. Connecticut's Job First Program Final Report Overview [.pdf] http://www.mdrc.org/Reports2002/CT_JobsFirst/CT-Overview.htm Since its establishment in 1996
The Scout Report -- May 3, 2002
The Scout Report== May 3, 2002 Volume 8, Number 16 == == Internet Scout Project University of Wisconsin == Department of Computer Sciences == I N T H E S C O U T R E P O R T T H I S W E E K == NSDL Scout Reports 1. NSDL Scout Reports for the Life Sciences and Physical Sciences == Research and Education 2. Revalidating External Prison Classifications Systems: The Experience of Ten States and Model for Classification Reform 3. Factiva 2002 White Paper Series: Free, Fee-Based and Value-Added Information Services 4. Feminist Perspectives on TANF Reauthorization: An Introduction to Key Issues for the Future of Welfare Reform 5. Black Drama: 1850-Present 6. Asian-Nation: The Landscape of Asian America 7. Classics of American Colonial History 8. National Geographic Inca Mummies: Secrets of a Lost World 9. Jacob Lawrence: Over the Line == General Interest 10. Mines and Mineral Occurrences of Afghanistan 11. theclearances.org 12. Voices of the Colorado Plateau 13. NOVA Online: Fire Wars 14. A Brush with Wildlife: Create a Composition with Carl Rungius 15. Population and Reproductive Health 16. Museums Online == Network Tools 17. ETB Thesaurus 18. GNU wget == In The News 19. Rat Robot Copyright and subscription information appear at the end of the Scout Report. For more information on all services of the Internet Scout Project, please visit our Website: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ If you'd like to know how the Internet Scout team selects resources for inclusion in the Scout Report, visit our Selection Criteria page at: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/about/criteria.html The Scout Report on the Web: Current issue: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/current/ This issue: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/2002/scout-020503.html Visit the Internet Scout Weblog at: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/weblog/ Feedback is always welcome: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == NSDL Scout Reports 1. NSDL Scout Reports for the Life Sciences and Physical Sciences The eighth issues of the first volumes of the Life Sciences Report and Physical Sciences Report are available. The Topic in Depth section of Life Sciences Report annotates sites on biological remediation. The Physical Sciences Report's Topic in Depth section offers Web sites and comments about telescopes. == Research and Education 2. Revalidating External Prison Classifications Systems: The Experience of Ten States and Model for Classification Reform [.pdf] http://www.nicic.org/pubs/2002/017382.pdf The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) funded projects to assist ten states with the revalidation of their external objective classification systems that determine which facility an inmate should be housed. The ten participating states included Delaware, Montana, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Written by Patricia L. Hardyman, James Austin, and Owan C. Tulloch, this 146-page report reveals the work undertaken by the participating states, provides an overall outline of the essential tasks required for revalidation, and summarizes external classification trends along with the lessons learned from these reforms. The report also includes copies of classification instruments and statistical tables to describe options for other states faced with similar problems. [MG] 3. Factiva 2002 White Paper Series: Free, Fee-Based and Value-Added Information Services [.pdf] http://factiva.com/collateral/files/whitepaper_feevsfree_032002.pdf While promotional, the Factiva 2002 White Paper, entitled Free, Fee-Based and Value-Added Information Services, raises some issues worth considering by anyone relying on Web information. Primarily aimed at those working in knowledge-based enterprises, the report argues that, while the majority of knowledge professionals believe they can find everything they need online, most are inefficient at doing so, wasting much of their time wading through all of the hits that a random search generally yields. It is this imprecision and basic inefficiency (in the free Web world) that leads Factiva to maintain that information professionals would do better to rely on value-added services such as those they provide, services tailored to granting access to a broad spectrum of authoritative, proprietary, and professionally-maintained resources. Rightly, the Factiva report points to two critical problems or needs confronting all information professionals and, beyond them, everyone else seeking reliable factual content on the Web: authority and efficiency. Noting that search time is money, and that not everything available
