Received: from ATHENA-AS-WELL.MIT.EDU by po7.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA18529; Tue, 15 Mar 94 23:48:05 EST Received: from auvm.american.edu by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA10383; Tue, 15 Mar 94 23:47:58 EST Message-Id: <9403160447.AA10383@MIT.EDU> Received: from AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU by AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 6999; Tue, 15 Mar 94 23:45:47 EST Received: from AMERICAN.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@AUVM) by AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 9520; Tue, 15 Mar 1994 23:33:35 -0500 Date: Tue, 15 Mar 1994 17:21:11 -0700 Reply-To: Molly Molloy Sender: Technology Transfer in International Development From: Molly Molloy Subject: more internet info X-To: lasnet@emx.utexas.edu, ladig-l@unmvma.unm.edu, latco@psg.com, devel-l@auvm.american.edu, latam-info@mailbase.ac.uk, redalc@frmop11.cnusc.fr To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L This is an update to the internet info I posted back in May. It is actually a much shorter version, focusing specifically on Latin America-related stuff. The mainstream press now writes a lot about Internet... Molly mmolloy@lib.nmsu.edu ********************************************************************* BIBLIO/NETOGRAPHY: LATIN AMERICAN INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET compiled by Molly Molloy, New Mexico State University Library, Las Cruces, NM 88001 Listed here are references to articles, books, electronic files, gophers, databases, computer programs and other resources that might be of interest to Latin Americanists exploring the Internet. This list is not meant to be comprehensive. The UT-LANIC gopher provides the best gateway at present for exploring Latin American resources on the Internet. Association for Progressive Communications. Global Computer Communications for Environment, Human Rights, Development and Peace [ftp document]. : GNET Archive; 1993. Note: Brochure of the Association for Progressive Communications. FTP Directory Filename . Details of the APC organization, including addresses of the APC member networks all over the world, including Uruguay, Brazil, Ecuador, Nicaragua. Association of Research Libraries. Directory of Electronic Journals [serial publication]. ISBN: 1057-1337. Printed edition of the Strangelove list of electronic journals (see below). For more information on the publication email . Chicano/LatinoNet [gopher system]. Note: Access via gopher Director: Richard Chabran . Clearinghouse for information on Chicano/Latino research at the University of California and elsewhere. CYBERLIBRARY [gopher system]. Gainesville: University of Florida Library Systems Office. Note: To access via telnet: Login: Also available via any gopher server that provides menu access to other gophers. Contact: Suzy Shaw . Cyberlibrary provides online access to Internet reference sources such as the Art St. George list of telnet accessible library catalogs, the Kovacs list of electronic conferences, the Strangelove list of electronic journals and more. It also contains a "L atin American Information" menu item that provides access to several electronic mail lists on Latin America. The user can also search the State Department Travel Advisories via Cyberlibrary and several other electronic reference sources. ECUANET: Corporacion Ecuatoriana de Informacion [gopher system]. : Corporacion Ecuatoriana de Informacion. Note: Access via any gopher menu which provides access to gopher servers worldwide. Contact for ECUANET: Xavier Baquero, Director or or . ECUANET provides Internet access and services to more than 500 users in Ecuador as of May 1993. Via the ECUANET gopher, users can access library catalogs, other gophers, archie and a variety of (standard) Internet services. Also provides a news service, " Diario Hoy", which is also sent to the ECUADOR e-mail list subscribers. Hahn, Harley; Stout, Rick. The Internet Complete Reference. Berkeley, CA: Osborne McGraw-Hill; 1994. Said to be one of the best Internet books so far... Handbook of Latin American Studies [bibliographic database]. Note: Access via the UT-LANIC gopher or via telnet login: lanic Follow the menus: Latin AMerica/Latin America General Information/ Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS). HLAS is produced by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress. It covers published materials on a wide range of topics in the humanities and social sciences. Jacobson, Thomas L.; Zimpfer, Scott. Non-Commercial Computer Networks and National Development [ftp document]. : GNET Archive; 1993. Note: FTP from Directory Filename Article to be published in Telematics and Informatics . Discusses the growing role of computer networks in developing countries in the context of other communications media. Kehoe, Brendan. Zen and the Art of the Internet: A Beginners Guide [book]. 2nd ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall; 1993. Note: The first edition is available from several FTP sites, including: nic.merit.edu in the directory: introducing.the.internet. Filename: zen.txt. The new version is published as a book and contains new information and some corrections. Maybe the best self-help guide to Internet resources including explanation of Internet addressing, how to use archie and WAIS, how to connect to freenets, and much more. Kovacs, Diane [and others]. Directory of Scholarly Electronic Conferences [ftp document, electronic mail file, hypercard stack]. 7th revision ed. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Libraries; 1993; c1992. Note: Exists as a set of electronic files. Files can be retrieved via email or FTP. Send email messages to with the message line: get filename.filetype. To retrieve via FTP, ftp ksuvxa.kent.edu Look in the library directory fo r a list of the files. Also available in this directory as keyword-searchable hypercard stacks. For more information contact Diane Kovacs [dkovacs@kentvm.kent.edu] . Provides good subject access to hundreds of electronic discussion lists. Subject divisions in this revision include: anthropology, education, geography and area studies, library science, linguistics, political science, business, biological sciences, compu ter science, etc. contains the area studies lists, including many on Latin America. FILE2 also includes the library science lists. The contains detailed information about retrieving the files and about subscribing to the lists. The entries note whether or not the list is moderated and/or archived. Krol, Ed. The Whole Internet User's Guide and Catalog [book]. : O'Reilly & Asso.; 1992. Comprehensive guide to the network, how it works, acceptable use, security and other issues. Lane, Graham. Communications for Progress: A Guide to International E-Mail [book]. London: Catholic Institute for International Relations; 1990. Excellent overview of electronic communications intended as a manual for non-profit organizations. Good technical background with details on networks accessible in developing countries. LaQuey, Tracey; Ryer, J. C. The Internet Companion: A Beginner's Guide to Global Networking [book]. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley; 1993. Foreword by VP Al Gore. This book explains Internet origins, netiquette, and other basics. Includes chapter on network legends... Latin American Information Base (LAIB) [database]. Note: LAIB is designed and maintained by K.C. Walpole <76200.3533@compuserve.com> It can be retrieved on the Internet as a set of binary files from the UT-LANIC gopher. LAIB is a "database of databases" on Latin America. The user can retrieve the files from the Internet and run the database on a PC under DOS or Windows. For more information contact the database developer, K.C. Walpole, PO Box 13856, Gainesville, FL 90 4-371- 0458 or via email <76200.3533@compuserve.com>. McGee, Arthur R. African, African American, African-Caribbean, African Latin Internet/Bitnet Mailing Lists [ftp document]. Note: Retrieve latest version of this list-of-lists via FTP from: in the directory: Also available via email to: . Art McGee regularly posts updates of this list to many of the Latin American interest groups and other email discussions. The list includes many of interest to Latin Americanists. McGee also produces a list of lists on Native/Indigenous peoples' issues. Announcements of updates are posted on many of the lists noted here, on USENET and on bulletin boards. Molloy, Molly. Internet Resources for Latin American Studies. College and Research Libraries News. 1993 Jul; 54(7). Introductory list of Latin American resources on the Internet. NAFTA: North American Free Trade Agreement [ftp document]. Note: The full text of the NAFTA document is available from several ftp archives: and probably more. An Archie search yielded only the ariel site, but the other addresses were given as answers to various inquiries. The NAFTA document is quite long and unless you have a lot of disk space available and facility for electronically storing and searching the document, you may not want to retrieve it. You can however, search the text via WAIS (Wide Area Information Serve r) at . See WAIS entry below. NAFTA--North American Free Trade Agreement [electronic documents]. Note: Send e-mail to In the body of the message typr . Instructions for retrieval will come by return email. For more info send message to and in the body of message type . The NAFTA documents exist in various electronic formats on the Internet. It is available via WAIS and FTP from various sites. The USDA Extension Service provides an easy way to retrieve relevant sections of NAFTA. The command will g et a listing of the sections available with instructions on how to retrieve each. O'Brien, Rory. The APC Computer Networks: Global Networking For Change [ftp document]. : GNET Archive; 1993. Note: Retrieve via FTP from the GNET Archive. FTP Directory Filename Paper also published in the July 1992 edition of the Canadian Journal of Information Science. Analysis of how social activists all over the world are using computer communications to enhance networking, focusing specifically on the Association for Progressive Communications. Pimienta, Daniel. La Comunicacion Mediante Computador: una esperanza para el sector academico y de investigacion del Tercer Mundo. La experiencia de REDALC en America Latina y el Caribe [ftp document]. : GNET Archive; 1993 May. Note: Paper available from the GNET Archive via FTP in the directory Filename . First paper of the GNET archive published in Spanish...Pimienta gives various reasons why network communication aids development. Description of the REDALC project. Polly, Jean Armour. Surfing the Internet: an Introduction. New York: Nysernet; 1992 Dec. Note: To retrieve this electronic document FTP to . CD to /pub/resources/guides. Name of file . This is a longer version of Polly's article in the June 1992 issue of WILSON LIBRARY BULLETIN. It describes many ways that a librarian might use the Internet to communicate via email, locate information, etc. Contains detailed information on how to searc h for files using archie, gopher, WAIS. Bibliographic information on many basic Internet access sources. Resmer, Mark [and others]. LIBS: Internet access software [computer program via FTP]. Note: To obtain LIBS software free of charge: FTP in the directory /pub. Available in DOS or UNIX format. DOS has .com extension; UNIX has .tar.z extension. Software for Internet access. Provides telnet connections to Internet accessible libraries, gophers, WAIS servers and other Internet access tools. Installation requires DOS or UNIX expert. Saizar, Pedro. A Guide to the Latin-American Mailing Lists [electronic mail document]. Note: This list appears at intervals on various e-mail lists. Contact compiler: . This list was used by Kovacs in the Latin American section of the "Directory of Scholarly Electronic Conferences." The latest update I have seen is January 1992. The document includes basic instructions for subscribing to the lists and some info on membe rship and subject matter of the lists. Schwartz, Michael F. [and others]. A Comparison of Internet Resource Discovery Approaches. COMPUTING SYSTEMS. 1992 Sep; 5(4): 461-493. Taxonomy and analysis of Internet resource discovery tools, such as WHOIS, archie, WAIS, Netfind, Gopher, etc. Scott, Peter. HYTELNET: Internet Access Software [computer program via ftp]. Note: Available via FTP: in the directory Filename: Also available in a UNIX version, created by Earl Fogel This program gives the IBM-PC user instant access to Internet- accessible library catalogs, freenets, gophers, WAIS, etc. Requires some expertise in DOS and/or UNIX systems, file transfer, and dealing with compressed files. Smith, Richard J.; Gibbs, Mark. Navigating the Internet. Indianapolis: SAMS Publishing; 1993. Good and basic. Detail on internet access to online databases such as CARL, DIALOG, OCLC and ERIC. St. George, Art; Larsen, Ron. Internet Accessible Library Catalogs & Databases [ftp document]. : University of Maryland, University of New Mexico; 1992. Note: Available as an FTP file from in the directory with the filename . This file provides telnet addresses and user information for library catalogs in the U.S., Canada, UK, Mexico and several other countries. New catalogs are always becoming available and the directory is updated frequently. Many libraries are also instal ling software (such as gopher, libs, etc) that make the telnet connection automatically. Strangelove, Michael. Directory of Electronic Journals & Newsletters [electronic mail document, ftp document]. Edition 2.1 ed. Ottawa: University of Ottawa; 1992 Jul. Note: Available in two large files via electronic mail. Send an e-mail message to: . In the body of the message type: You may also be able to retrieve via interactive listserv c ommands. Also available via FTP <137.122.6.16> CD File is One of the first attempts to maintain a listing of electronic journals and newsletters. Useful for identifying potential information sources on the net. Entries usually contain details for subscribing. An updated version of the Strangelove list has been published by the Association of Research Libraries (see above). Tennant, Roy [and others]. Crossing the Internet Threshold: An Instructional Handbook [book]. Berkeley: Library Solutions Press; 1992. Guide for training users on the Internet. United Nations Development Programme. UNDP Gopher [gopher system ]. Note: Telnet address [nywork1.undp.org, port 70] For information contact Lorraine Waitman, Dag Hammarskjold Library [lwaitman@nygate.undp.org]. This gopher server contains a directory of the UN system, UNCED documentation with WAIS search facility, UNDP field office telecommunications catalog, press highlights, etc. New information is added daily. USAID Latin America & Caribbean Economic & Social Data [gopher/ database]. Note: Access via the UT-LANIC gopher or login: lanic or access UT-LANIC from any "All the gophers in the world" menu. In the UT-LANIC menu system it is located at Latin America/Latin America General Inf ormation/Latin America and the Caribbean Economic and Social Data, USAID. Excellent source for current statistics covering many economic and social indicators. Easy to find charts and download or email using the gophermail feature. UT-LANIC: Latin American Network Information Center [gopher system]. Austin: University of Texas, Institute of Latin American Studies. Note: Access via telnet Login You can also access via any gopher server with a menu system that allows access to "all gophers in the world" or something else like that. Just choose North America, Texas, etc. For more i nformation contact: Ning Lin, LANIC Technical Director or Carolyn Poage . Announced in April 1993, the UT-LANIC gopher provides access to library catalogs, specialized databases, internet access tools and information, FTP archives, economic/social statistics from Latin America and much more. WAIS Searchable Information of Interest to Latin Americanists [WAIS Wide Area Information Server]. Note: To connect to WAIS: Login: 'wais'. The LIBS software described above provides seamless access to WAIS. . WAIS allows keyword access to various archived electronic files. Browse the list to see what is available. This does change often and there are other WAIS sites out there. Some e-mail list archives are searchable via WAIS. The following files and sites c urrently available may be of interest to Latin Americanists: . You can also search the Kovacs list of Academic E-mail Conferences via WAIS This makes more sense once you get into the WAIS server at quake. think.com. You can browse through the list, select files to search, enter keywords, and retrieve relevant texts from the files. Weis, Allan. Commercialization of the Internet. ELECTRONIC NETWORKING: RESEARCH, APPLICATIONS, & POLICY. 1992 Sep; 2(3): 7- 16. Describes Internet history and growth and the current trend toward commercial use of the Internet. Emphasizes the need to revise acceptable use policies to account for private use and investment, the need for statutory treatment of liability issues for ne twork providers, the need to integrate developments networks based on leading edge technologies with heavily used production networks based on proven technologies, and the need for more global planning. Yanoff, Scott. Internet Services List [ftp document, electronic mail document]. Note: Updated about every 2 weeks. Obtain via FTP Directory filename Also available via Or subscribe to the USENET list alt.internet.services. An eclectic list of special Internet files and services. Arranged in ABC order, browse list to become aware of new things on the net.