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    INTERNET RESOURCES:  U.S. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INFORMATION


Release 0.6, April 1994

Compiled/copyright by Maggie Parhamovich ([e-mail]),
Government Documents, Dickinson Library, University of Nevada Las
Vegas.

This document is available via anonymous ftp at the University of
Nevada (ftp nevada.edu  directory /liaison) and at the Internet
Clearinghouse at the University of Michigan (gopher or ftp
una.hh.lib.umich.edu).

                        TABLE OF CONTENTS

I.   Introduction

II.  Internet Sites

2.01      Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

2.02      AGRICULTURE
2.021     Americans Communicating Electronically (ACE)
2.022     Extension Service, USDA
2.023     GRIN: National Genetic Resources Program
2.024     National Agricultural Library
2.025     National Agricultural Library Plant Genome
2.026     PENPages

2.03      ARCHEOLOGY
2.031     National Archeological Database (NADB) Online

2.04      CENSUS
2.041     Census Bureau Gopher
2.042     Merit
2.043     Population Studies Center Gopher
2.045     TIGER Files
2.046     University of Missouri

2.05      COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF
2.051     Commerce Business Daily
2.052     Economic Bulletin Board (EBB)
2.053     EBB - University of Michigan
2.0531    University of California - Santa Cruz
2.0532    University of Maryland
2.054     Economic Conversion Information Exchange (ECIX) Gopher
2.055     Office of Budget Analysis

2.06      CONGRESS
2.061     Congressional Research Service (CRS) Abstracts
2.062     United States House of Representatives E-Mail System
2.063     United States House of Representatives Gopher
2.064     United States Senate Bibliographies
2.065     United States Senate Gopher

2.07      COPYRIGHT
2.071     LOCIS - Library of Congress

2.08      CRIME
2.081     Bureau of Justice Statistics

2.09      EDUCATION
2.091     Department of Education/OERI Institutional Communications
          Network (INET)
2.092     ERIC
2.0921    Auburn University
2.0922    Syracuse University
2.0923    AskERIC (Syracuse University)
2.0924    University of North Carolina
2.0925    University of Saskatchewan
2.093     JASON Online
2.094     National Education BBS

2.10      ENERGY
2.101     Comprehensive Oil and Gas Information Source (COGIS)
2.102     MMES/ORNL Gopher

2.11      ENVIRONMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
2.111     Dendrome Gopher
2.112     EcoNet
2.113     EPA
2.114     EPA
2.115     EPA Environmental Software
2.116     National Environmental Data Referral Service (NOAA)
2.117     NOAA Environmental Information Services Gopher
2.118     Oak Ridge National Lab
2.119     Office of Environmental Safety and Health (DOE)

2.12      FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
2.121     FCC Gopher

2.13      FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT

2.14      FEDERAL REGISTER
2.141     Counterpoint Publishing/Internet Company
2.142     LEGI-SLATE Gopher

2.15      FEDERAL RESERVE
2.151     Internet Town Hall
2.152     New England Electronic Economic Data Center

2.16      FEDIX  (Federal Information Exchange Inc.) and MOLIS
          (Minority Online Information Service)

2.17      FEDWORLD (NTIS)

2.18      FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
2.181     FDA Bulletin Board

2.19      GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE (GAO)
2.191     GAO Daybook on CapAccess
2.192     GAO REPORTS

2.20      GEOGRAPHY      (see also USGS)
2.201     Earth Science Data Directory
2.202     Geographic Name Server
2.203     Global Land Information System (GLIS)

2.21      HEALTH    (see also science)
2.211     CancerNet
2.212     CancerNet via National University of Singapore
2.213     Health Educational Technology Web Server
2.214     National Center for Biotechnology Information
2.215     NIH Server
2.216     National Library of Medicine
2.217     Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)

2.22      INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
2.221     Maxwell Laboratories

2.23      LABOR
2.231     Bureau of Labor Statistics

2.24      LEGISLATION
2.241     LAWLIB
2.242     LEGI-SLATE Gopher
2.243     LOCIS - Library of Congress
2.244     Washington College of Law's
2.245     WASHLAW

2.25      LIBRARY OF CONGRESS (see also Library Catalogs and
          Legislation)
2.251     Library of Congress FTP Site
2.252     MARVEL

2.26      MILITARY
2.261     Defense Data Network (DDN)
2.262     Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)
2.263     Navy News Service (NAVNEWS)
2.264     Navy Public Affairs Library
2.265     US Military Academy, West Point
2.266     USMA Ranger

2.27      NATIONAL AERONAUTIC AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA)
2.271     Ames Research Center
2.272     Center for Advanced Space Studies (CASS)
2.273     COSLINE
2.274     ENVIRONET
2.275     Goddard Space Flight Center
2.276     Images
2.277     Langley Research Center
2.278     Los Alamos National Laboratory
2.279     Lunar and Planetary Institute see NASA, Center for
          Advanced Space Studies
2.280     NASA Extragalactic Database (NED)
2.281     NASA Gopher
2.282     NASA Headline News
2.283     NASA Mid-Continent Regional Technology Transfer Center
2.284     NASA Science Internet Network Information Center
2.285     NASA Spacelink
2.286     Network Applications and Information Center
2.287     NICOLAS (Network Information Center On-Line Aid System)
2.288     NODIS National Space Science Data Center
2.289     NONA (National Science Internet Online Network Aid)

2.290     Planetary Data System (PDS)
2.291     Planetary Data System Geosciences Node
2.292     Miscellaneous NASA Anonymous FTP Sites
2.293     Miscellaneous NASA sites

2.30      NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORD ADMINISTRATION (NARA)
2.301     Library of Congress Gopher
2.302     NIH Server

2.31      NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY (NIST)

2.32      NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERE ADMINISTRATION
2.321     Earth System Data Dictionary (NOAA)
2.322     National Environmental Data Referral Service (NEDRES)
2.323     NOAA Environmental Information Services Gopher
2.324     NOAA - Space Environment Services Center

2.33      NATIONAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE/NREN
2.331     Commerce Department Information Infrastructure Task Force
2.332     Digital Information Infrastructure Guide (DIIG)
2.333     National Coordination Office for High Performance
          Computing and Communications (NCO/HPCC) Gopher
2.334     National Information Infrastructure Agenda
2.335     National Science Foundation
2.336     National Telecommunications and Information
          Administration (NTIA)

2.34      NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
2.341     NSF FTP Site
2.342     NSF WAIS
2.343     National Science Foundation

2.35      NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER CENTER
2.351     Business Gold

2.36      NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION (NATO)
2.361     NATODATA

2.37      NUCLEAR ENERGY
2.371     ES&H Nuclear Safety Gopher
2.372     Nuclear Data Center

2.38      OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
2.381     National Science Foundation

2.39      PRESIDENT      (See also Reference Texts)
2.391     Economic Plan (President Clinton)
2.392     President Clinton's e-mail
2.393     Vice-President Gore's e-mail
2.394     White House Press Releases
2.395     White House Press Releases via Email
2.396     White House Press Releases Archive

2.40      REFERENCE TEXTS
2.401     CARL (Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries Catalog)
2.402     Center for Electronic Records (NARA)
2.403     Cornell Law School
2.404     CPSR Internet Library
2.405     Internet Wiretap
2.406     Law Library
2.407     OSS-IS
2.408     PANDA (Pan-Campus Data Access Network)
2.409     RiceInfo
2.410     Rutgers CWIS
2.411     Syracuse University
2.412     UC-Santa Cruz
2.413     University of Maryland
2.414     University of Michigan
2.415     University of North Carolina
2.416     University of Pennsylvania
2.417     World Wide Web

2.42      SCIENCE
2.421     AVES
2.422     Genetic Sequence Data Bank (NLM)
2.423     National Referral Master File, Library of Congress
2.424     NEWTON
2.425     Oceanic Information Center
2.426     Ribosomal Database Project (RDP)
2.427     Science and Technology Information System (STIS)
2.428     Spacemet

2.43      SECURITY AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
2.431     EDGAR
2.432     EDGAR on WashLaw

2.44      SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
2.441     Social Security Administration (OSS-IS)

2.45      SUPREME COURT
2.451     Case Western Reserve University
2.452     Cleveland Free Net
2.453     Cornell Law School
2.454     Merit
2.455     Youngstown Free Net

2.46      TECHNICAL REPORTS
2.461     Vortex Technology Gopher

2.47      TRAVEL ADVISORIES
2.471     St. Olaf

2.48      UNITED NATIONS
2.481     United Nations Development Program Gopher

2.49      UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2.491     USAID Gopher

2.50      UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES
2.501     U.S. Bureau of Mines Gopher

2.51      UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
2.511     USFWS - Division of Refugees
2.512     USFWS - Division of Law Enforcement and Forensic Lab

2.52      UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (USGS)  (see also
          geography)
2.521     Seymour
2.522     USGS Gopher
2.523     USGS National Mapping Division (NMD)
2.524     USGS Weekly Seismicity Report

2.53      WEATHER INFORMATION
2.531     Weather Service


III. LIBRARY CATALOGS

3.01      Air Force Institute of Technology
3.02      Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries (CARL)
3.021     Arizona State University
3.03      LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
3.031     Library of Congress (Data Research Associates)
3.032     Library of Congress
3.04      North Carolina State University
3.05      UNCBBS
3.06      United States Military Academy
3.07      University of California and the California State Library
          (MELVYL)
3.08      University of California at Berkeley
3.09      University of Nevada


IV.  DISCUSSION LISTS

4.01      ADA-LAW
4.02      BAYOUDOC
4.03      CALDOC-L
4.04      COGOPUB-L
4.05      DOXNJ
4.06      FEDLIB-L
4.07      GOVDOC-L
4.08      Legi-Slate
4.09      MAPHIST-L
4.10      MAPS-L
4.11      NATOSCI
4.12      REGO-L
4.13      TXDXN-L
4.14      WINDY-L



                        I.  INTRODUCTION


This guide was compiled primarily for librarians who provide
reference assistance for U.S. Government Documents and contains
Internet sites which may assist in providing reference service for
library patrons who need government information.

A word about gophers; if I know the telnet address and password for
a gopher I have included login instructions.  However, I recommend
you "point your gopher client" to a gopher instead of using telnet.
This not only facilitates login but is also easier to use.  In
addition, Mosaic and WAIS software is becoming more available and
user friendly.  I have included Mosaic (http) directions when I
know the address and will continue to adapt this guide to emerging
technologies.  Your computing services can provide you with
information on your institution's technical capabilities.

There are a number of gophers which provide pointers to U.S.
Government Gophers.  This is an good method to find federal
information on the Internet.  An excellent collection of U.S.
Government Gophers can be found at  peg.cwis.uci.edu.  Calvin Boyer
of the University of California at Irvine maintains this list which
is the best collection of U.S. Government gophers I have seen.  I
would recommend you add this site to your gopher bookmarks.

Thank you to Raymond Jansen from Tri-C West Library in Cleveland,
Ohio who put together the indexing format for this edition.  I hope
the new format makes it easier to locate specific sites.  Each
edition gets longer as electronic information continues to increase
and I appreciate all of the support and input from other Internet
surfers.

Original funding and research was conducted with the support of
ALA/USIA Fellows Program.  As a Fellow to Dalhousie University,
Halifax, Nova Scotia and the University of New Brunswick, Canada I
conducted a number of workshops on U.S. government information.  I
appreciate the support of the ALA/USIA Fellows Program which
provided the opportunity and time necessary to investigate
electronic government information.

Reproduction/distribution without my permission is allowable for
nonprofit educational purposes so long as this document is left
fully intact and includes the copyright notice.

Please send any comments, corrections or suggestions to
[e-mail].


                       II.  INTERNET SITES

Internet sites are listed by agency or topic.  Use telnet, gopher,
mosaic, or ftp commands to access the following sites.  Login
passwords for telnet sites are provided when known.  For gopher
sites, you may use either telnet or gopher to access the site.  To
obtain government documents and information on ftp sites, use the
ftp command and login as anonymous and use your e-mail address as
your password.  IP addresses are listed when known.


2.01      Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Contains an extensive collection of files related to ADA and
legislation on disabilities.
     Address:  ftp handicap.afd.olivetti.com


2.02      AGRICULTURE

2.021     Americans Communicating Electronically (ACE)  Includes
information from the USDA Extension Service, National Agriculture
Library and Americans Communicating Electronically (ACE) which is
a collection of federal information for the purpose of increasing
access to government information.
     Address:  gopher cyfer.esusda.gov
          Or:  gopher ace.esusda.gov

2.022     Extension Service, USDA  In addition to USDA information,
this gopher contains a variety of government information including
the "National Performance Review" and Clinton Health Plan.
     Address:  gopher esusda.gov  OR  gopher zeus.esusda.gov
     Login:    password unknown - use local gopher client

2.023     GRIN: National Genetic Resources Program
     Address:  gopher sol.ars-grin.gov
     Or:       gopher gopher.ars-grin.gov

2.024     National Agricultural Library
     Address:  gopher probe.nalusda.gov
     Or:       ftp cliff.nalusda.gov

2.025     National Agricultural Library Plant Genome
     Address:  gopher locus.nalusda.gov

2.026     PENPages  U.S. agricultural database administered by
Pennsylvania State University which contains information on
agriculture and weather.
     Address:  telnet psupen.psu.edu
     Login
     Username: U.S. state abbreviation or "world" if outside


2.03      ARCHEOLOGY

2.031     National Archeological Database (NADB) Online NADB has
information on archeology reports and laws.  Also included is the
Database on Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.
     Address:  telnet cast.uark.edu
     Login:    nadb


2.04      CENSUS

2.041     Census Bureau Gopher  Currently under development but
promises to be a key site for Census statistics.
     Address:  gopher gopher.census.gov
     Or:       ftp  ftp.census.gov
     Or:       http www.census.gov

2.042     Merit  Contains 1990 Census data.
     Address:  telnet hermes.merit.edu  (35.1.1.42)
     Select:   um-ulibrary
     Login:    gopher

2.043     Population Studies Center Gopher (University of
Pennsylvania)  In addition to Census data, this gopher includes
some health statistics.
     Address:  gopher  lexis.pop.upenn.edu

2.045     TIGER Files  Contains some TIGER files and census data.
     Address:  ftp spectrum.xerox.com   /pub/map/tiger

2.046     University of Missouri
An excellent source for 1990 Census statistics.
     Address:  gopher bigcat.missouri.edu
     Directory  ref cent/united states & missouri/census
     information


2.05      COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF

2.051     Commerce Business Daily  Provides free access to the
Commerce Business Daily.
     Address:  gopher cscns.com

2.052     Economic Bulletin Board (EBB)  Primarily a fee based
service but some files such as the U.S. Budget are available free
to guests.  Contact the Department of Commerce for subscription
information.
     Address:  telnet ebb.stat-usa
     Or:       gopher gopher.esa.doc.gov

2.053     EBB - University of Michigan
The Economic Bulletin Board contains current economic indicators
and statistics including employment figures and CPI.
     Address:  telnet una.hh.lib.umich.edu
     Login:    gopher
     Directory:  /social science resources/economics
     Or:       gopher una.hh.lib.umich.edu

Several gophers have pointers to the EBB at the University of
Michigan including the following:

2.0531    University of California - Santa Cruz
     Address:  telnet infoslug.ucsc.edu
     Login:    gopher

2.0532    University of Maryland
     Address:  telnet info.umd.edu (128.8.10.29)
     Login:    gopher


2.054     Economic Conversion Information Exchange (ECIX) Gopher
     Address:  gopher ecix.doc.gov
     Or:       ftp ecix.doc.gov

2.055     Office of Budget Analysis - Department of Commerce
     Address:  gopher sunny.stat-usa.gov
     Or:  ftp sunny.stat-usa.gov


2.06      CONGRESS

2.061     Congressional Research Service (CRS) Abstracts
The full text of CRS reports are available from members of Congress
or through commercial vendors.
     Address:  telnet cap.gwu.edu
     Login:    guest
     Password: visitor
     Command:  go federal

2.062     United States House of Representatives Constituent
Electronic Mail System  This is a pilot program to test the
feasibility of establishing an e-mail system.  For information,
send a request for information to:  [e-mail]

2.063     United States House of Representatives Gopher
     Address:  gopher gopher.house.gov

2.064     United States Senate Bibliographies  Contains
bibliographic records from the 98th Congress to the present.
     Address:  telnet library.ncsu.edu
     Login:    library  /resources on the ncsu campus/gopher at the
     ncsu libraries/library without walls/study carrels/government
     and law
     Or:       gopher library.ncsu.edu
     Or:       gopher dewey.lib.ncsu.edu  /library without walls
     /discipline specific study carrels/government and law
     /mcgeachy's bibliography of senate hearings
     Or:       ftp    library.ncsu.edu  /pub/doc/senate

2.065     United States Senate Gopher
     Address:  gopher gopher.senate.gov
     Or:       ftp ftp.senate.gov


2.07      COPYRIGHT

2.071     LOCIS - Library of Congress  Contains copyright
information and records from 1978 to the present.
     Address:  telnet locis.loc.gov     (140.147.254.3)


2.08      CRIME

2.081     Bureau of Justice Statistics  BJS statistics are
maintained on the gopher at the State University of New York at
Albany.
     Address:  gopher uacsc2.albany.edu      /United Nations
Criminal Justice Information Network/BJS


2.09      EDUCATION

2.091     Department of Education/OERI Institutional Communications
Network (INET) Contains information from the Department of
Education including press releases and guides for educators.
     Address:  gopher gopher.ed.gov
     Or:       ftp  ftp.ed.gov
     Or:       http www.ed.gov

2.092     ERIC

2.0921    Auburn University  (1966-)
     Address:  telnet auducacd.duc.auburn.edu     (131.204.2.13)
     Command:  select Application
     Note: requires a TN3270

2.0922    Syracuse University  (1984-)
     Address:  telnet suvm.acs.syr.edu  (128.230.1.47) OR
               telnet acsnet.syr.edu    (128.230.1.21)
     Command:  suinfo

2.0923    AskERIC (Syracuse University)  Includes the Education
2000 reports.
     Address:  telnet ericir.syr.edu    login:    gopher
     Or:       gopher ericir.syr.edu
     Or:       ftp  ericir.syr.edu
     Or:       http eryx.syr.edu

2.0924    University of North Carolina
     Address:  telnet bbs.oit.unc.edu   (152.2.22.80)
     Login:    launch
     Name/Password: select and remember your password for future
                    sessions
     Command:  Select Topical Documents Search (WAIS)

2.0925    University of Saskatchewan  (1983-)
     Address:  telnet.sklib.usask.ca    (128.233.1.20)
     Login:    sonia

2.093     JASON Online  Supported by the Department of Education in
order to increase telecommunication among schools.
     Address:  telnet  topcat.bsc.mass.edu   (134.241.41.3)
     Login:    jason
     Password: guest

2.094     National Education BBS
     Address:  telnet nebbs.nersc.gov   (128.55.160.162)
     Login:    new


2.10      ENERGY


2.101     Comprehensive Oil and Gas Information Source (COGIS)
Contains up to ten years of oil and gas data collected by the
Energy Information Administration.  For information on subscribing,
call EIA's National Energy Information Center 202-586-8800.

2.102     MMES/ORNL Gopher  Martin Marietta Energy Systems manages
the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.  The combined gopher contains a
variety of information such as project reports, technical reports
and directories.
     Address:  gopher gopher.ornl.gov


2.11      ENVIRONMENT


2.111     Dendrome Gopher  A collection of specialized forest tree
genome databases which is being developed by the Institute of
Forest Genetics.
     Address:  gopher s27w007.pswfs.gov

2.112     EcoNet - U.S. Congressional Environmental Voting Records
     Address:  gopher gopher.econet.apc.org
     Or:       http www.econet.apc.org  /lcv/scorecard.html
     Or:       e-mail  [e-mail]

2.113     EPA  Includes EPA publications such as the full text of
Access and the EPA National Online Library System.
     Address:  telnet epaibm.rtpnc.epa.gov   (134.67.180.1)
     Login:    public

2.114     EPA
     Address:  gopher futures.wic.epa.gov

2.115     EPA Environmental Software EPA Region 5 in cooperation
with Purdue University has created a database of environmental
software programs for PC's.  This software is in the public domain.
     Address:  gopher glnpogis2.r05.epa.gov
     Directory:     /education
     Or:       gopher gopher.great-lakes.net

2.116     National Environmental Data Referral Service (NOAA)
     Address:  gopher scilibx.ucsc.edu

2.117     NOAA Environmental Information Services Gopher
     Address:  gopher gopher.esdim.noaa.gov

2.118     Oak Ridge National Lab (ORL) Environmental Sciences
Division (ESD)
     Address:  gopher jupiter.esd.ornl.gov

2.119     Office of Environmental Safety and Health (DOE)
     Address:  gopher gopher.ns.doe.gov


2.12      FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

2.121     FCC Gopher  Includes daily digests, news releases and
public notices.
     Address:  gopher fcc.gov
     Or:       ftp  fcc.gov


2.13      FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT
     Address:  gopher dartcms1.dartmouth.edu
     Also available on listserve:  [e-mail]
                                   sub fedjobs firstname lastname
     Also available as ftp:        ftp dartcms1.dartmouth.edu
                                   directory fedjobs


2.14      FEDERAL REGISTER

2.141     Counterpoint Publishing/Internet Company  Provides free
access to the Federal Register.
     Address:  telnet gopher.internet.com
     Login:    fedreg
     Password: register
     Or:  gopher gopher.internet.com

2.142     LEGI-SLATE Gopher  This is a prototype under development
and includes sample bills, resolutions and the Federal Register.
     Address:  gopher mudhoney.micro.umn.edu 7000
     Or:       telnet mudhoney.micro.umn.edu
     Or:       telnet consultant.micro.umn.edu


2.15      FEDERAL RESERVE

2.151     Internet Town Hall  Provides selected interest rates,
money stock measures and flow of fund tables.
     Address:  gopher  town.hall.org

2.152     New England Electronic Economic Data Center (Federal
Reserve Bank of Boston)
Address:  ftp neeedc.umesbs.maine.edu


2.16      FEDIX  (Federal Information Exchange Inc.) and MOLIS
(Minority Online Information Service)
     Address:  telnet fedix.fie.com          (192.111.128.33)
     Login:    fedix  OR  molis
     ID:       new


2.17      FEDWORLD (NTIS)  Provides connections to many government
bulletin boards and online systems as well as full text for some
government publications including the "National Information
Infrastructure: Agenda Action" and the "Electronic Delivery of
Federal Services".
     Address:  telnet fedworld.gov      (192.239.92.201)
     Login:    new
     Or:       ftp ftp.fedworld.gov     (192.239.92.205)


2.18      FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

2.181     FDA Bulletin Board  Contains news releases, aids
information and consumer information.
     Address:  telnet fdabbs.fda.gov         (150.148.8.148)
     Login:    bbs
This site is closed to public access - try FedWorld.


2.19      GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE (GAO)

2.191     GAO Daybook on CapAccess  The GAO Daybook lists the
reports and testimony issued daily.
     Address:  telnet cap.gwu.edu
     Login:    guest
     Password: visitor
     type "go gao"

2.192     GAO REPORTS
     Address:  ftp cu.nih.gov (128.231.64.7)
     Directory: GAO-REPORTS


2.20      GEOGRAPHY
see also USGS

2.201     Earth Science Data Directory
     Address:  gopher scilibx.ucsc.edu

2.202     Geographic Name Server  Provides information by city or
area code on population, latitude and longitude, and elevation.
     Address:  telnet martini.eecs.umich.edu 3000
               (141.212.99.9 3000)
     Login:    name of city and state (phoenix, az)

2.203     Global Land Information System (GLIS)  Contains land use
maps.
     Address:  telnet glis.cr.usgs.gov  (152.61.192.54)
     Login:    guest


2.21      HEALTH
see also science

2.211     CancerNet  Contains cancer information from the National
Cancer Institute's Physician Data Query (PDQ) in English or
Spanish.
     Send e-mail message to:  [e-mail]
     with "help" in the body of the message for a content list.
     Or:       gopher helix.nih.gov

2.212     CancerNet via National University of Singapore  A
secondary site for cancer information as a result of collaboration
between NUS and NCI.
     Address:  gopher biomed.nus.sg
     Or:       http biomed.nus.sg
     Or:       send e-mail message to: [e-mail]
     with "cancernethelp" in the message.

2.213     Health Educational Technology Web Server  The server
contains information from the Educational Technology Branch at the
National Library of Medicine.
     Address:  http wwwetb.nlm.nih.gov

2.214     National Center for Biotechnology Information  Compiled
by the National Institutes of Health, the directory contains
databases and software which has been deposited at the NCBI.
     Address:  gopher ncbi.nlm.nih.gov  (130.14.25.1)
     Directory:  /repository
     Or:       http www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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