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LM_NET  FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
Revised  November 1, 1996

This listing of questions frequently asked (and answered) on LM_NET has
been created in hope of reducing some of the repetition encountered by our
members.  Members may wish to save the FAQ for quick reference.  We expect
to post this twice each month and will note in subject line when changes
are made.

Information in items 1,2,3,4 & 5 comes from postings to the listserv.  We
can take no responsibility for accuracy.  Please direct corrections or
updates of this information to       sbaker@orca.esd114.wednet.edu

Contents:
-1-biblographic citations for electronic resources
-2.-gry words
-3. sources for keypals/penpals
-4. sources for internet acceptable use policies
-5. listservs for educators and others
-6. signing off LM_NET
-7. temporarily stopping LM_NET mail
-8. reaching the LM_NET archives

*****1. Bibliographic citations for electronic resources*****
http://www.classroom.net/classroom/CitingNetResources.html
http://www.library.uwa.edu.au/libweb/w_sch/sc_mla_cite.html
http://doe.state.in.us/LearningResources/cybercite
~~~~~~~~~~
MLA Examples:
http://www.cas.usf.edu/english/walker/mla.html
http://www.csc.eku.edu/honors/beyond-mla
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/MLAStyleShe
et.html

Take a look at the interactive forms at:
http://www.nueva.pvt.k12.ca.us/~debbie/library/research/research.html

APA examples:
http://www.pitt.edu/~grouprev/Language/apa-cite-forms
http://neal.ctstateu.edu/history/cite.html
http://www.cc.emory.edu/WHSCL/citation.formats.html
~~~~~~~~~~
http://www.uvm.edu/~xli/reference/estyles.html
~~~~~~~~~~~
http://achilles.gonzaga.pvt.k12.dc.us/library/mlabibli.txt
~~~~~~~~~~
Print resources:
Xia Li and Nancy B. Crane's Electronic Style (Westport,CT: Meckler
Publishing, 1993).


*****2. -gry words*****
Among the suggestions from LM_NET members:
Web site::  Use Lycos, :Http://.lycos.com and using the string "gry" will
find  words ending in "gry"
~~~~~~~~~
Search the Stumpers archive: gopher://gopher.cuis.edu,
under Library resources.
~~~~~~~~~~
In Richard Lederer's _Adventures of a Verbivore_....at least 50 -gry words
in addition to angry and hungry and every one of them is either a variant
spelling, as in augry for augury, ... or ridiculously obscure, as in
anhungry, an obsolete synonym for hungry; aggry, a kind of variegated
glass bead much in use in the Gold Coast of West Africa; puggry, a Hindu
scarf wrapped around the helmet or hat and trailing down the back to
keep the hot sun off one's neck, or gry, a medieval unit of measurement
equaling one-tenth of a line.
~~~~~~~~~~
>From an article in the Chicago Tribune, Ap 17, 1981 by Jack Mabley:
anhungry & mawgry.

*****3. sources for keypals/penpals*****
For "keypals", try these:

KIDINTRO@sjuvm.stjohns.edu    A penpal intro group for kids.
~~~~~
http://www.usa.net/~pitsco/pitsco/keypals.html  - keypals from different
countries
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FLTEACH (subscription info:   http://cnidr.org:90/lists.html)
     for Spanish and French keypals
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
WEBSITES
      CyberFriends          http://www.dare.com/fr_main.htm
      CyberKids               http://www.woodwind.com/mtlake/CyberKids/
      E-Mail Key Pal Connection       http://www.comenius.com/index.html
      Exchange Programs      http://www.eskimo.com/~user/zpenpal.html
      Find a Key Pal               http://www.kidscom.com/
      The Global Classroom Keypal Page
               http://www.ozemail.com.au/~reed/global/keypal.html
      Global Rigby Keypals
               http://www.reedbooks.com.au/rigby/global/keypal.html
      Looking for Keypals
               http://www1.snunit.k12.il/snunit_e/keypals.htm
      Heinemann Global Keypals Email anyone on the list with
                a mouse click or post your own request for keypals or
                partner classes. Grades (approx.) 7-12. Another great
                place to seek and find.
            http://www.reedbooks.com.au/heinemann/global/keypal.html
       Mighty Media's KeyPals Club   http://www.mightymedia.com/keypals

LISTSERVS
Send the command "sub << listname> your name" to the LISTSERV
       (such as listserv@listserv.net) to join a group
            Example "sub JTIT-L Jane Doe" email to
                  listserv@xxxxxxx.xxx.xx
       Listservs:
                Keypals -  A listserv for educator's searching for
individual or
                       classroom pen pals
                                  keypals@esd105.wednet.edu
                 K12Pals -  Electronic Communication and Pen Pals
                                   listserv@unccvm.uncc.edu
                 PEN-PALS -  Pen Pals
                           listproc@mainstream.com
                 PENPAL-L   -   Electronic Communication and Pen Pals
                           listserv@suvm.syr.edu
                 PENPAL-L      -          On-line penpal exchange
                         listserv@unccvm.bitnet
                 TESLEC-L     -    Electronic Communication and Pen Pals
                         listserv@cunyvm.bitnet
                 IECC  -  International E-Mail Classroom Connections
                          iecc-request@stolaf.edu
                        (This list is not for discussion or for individual
penpals,
                           but for teachers seeking partner classrooms for
                           international or cross-cultural connections
only.)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
For "old fashioned" penpals

Gifted Children's Penpals International (GCPPI)  [ages 4-18],
 contact Dr. Debby Sue Vandevender
          3076 Silver Maple Drive  Virginia Beach, VA  23452-6772
          phone/fax:  (757) 431-1017    e-mail - debbysue@juno.com

 Japan Penpals' League, P.O. Box 121, Okayama,  700-91 Japan.

The  following addresses came from the Kids Address Book by Levine.
--International Pen Pals,  P.O. Box 290065,  Brooklyn, NY 11229
--Science Fiction Pen Pal Center,  P.O. Box 2522,  Renton, WA  98056
--World Pen Pals,  1694 Como Ave.,  St. Paul, MN  55108

*****4. sources for internet acceptable use policies*****

ericir.syr.edu
   ->17. Internet Guides and Directories/
   ->1. Acceptable Use  Policies/Agreements

riceinfo.rice.edu
   ->2. More about  armadillo and other gophers/
   ->2. Acceptable and unacceptable  use of net
http://chico.rice.edu/armadillo/Rice/Resources/acceptable.html

inspire.ospi.wednet.edu
   ->9. K-12 Acceptable Use Policies
http://inspire.ospi.wednet.edu/AUP.html

gopher://ds.internic.net:70/11/rfc/rfc1746.txt

nic.merit.edu
   ->4. Internet documents
   -> Acceptable  Use Policies

http://www.uwsp.edu/acaddept/comm/591class/14/tempb.htm
http://silver.ucs.indiana.edu/~lchampel/netadv.htm
http://www.wentworth.com/classroom/crcsamp.htm
http://www.mbnet.mb.ca/~mstimson/hotspots.html
~~~~~~~~~~
A simple way to start a search for this information is to do a webcrawler
search--to do this if you have only a lynx connection to the world wide
web is this -- type
lynx http://www.webcrawler.com
when you get there simply follow the directions.

*****5. listservs for educators and others*****
Tile.Net.   is a directory that allows you to locate listservs by subject
or name and provides you with current subscription information.
The address is http://tile.net/listserv/
~~~~~~~~~~
Lists of  educational listservs:
http://k12.cnidr.org:90/lists.html
http://edweb.cnidr.org/lists.html
~~~~~~~~~~
Resource tool on the Web:  Shirl's Internet Toolbox
http://www.bcr.org/garden.html.   Scroll down to the 6th group "Find an
internet mailing list"  Click on "Listserv All-in-One Resource" and go
from there.  There are lots  of other goodies on this page as well.
        A shortcut to listserv searches can also be found at
http://www.liszt.com.
~~~~~~~~~~
Good list of lists available on the web or gopher...usually known as the
Kovacs list, real name is the Directory of Scholarly and Professional E-
Conferences. The access information is taken from a posting
distributed on Net-Happenings.

http://www.n2h2.com/KOVACS
Contact:  Paul Kramer paul@n2h2.com

gopher://gopher.usask.ca/1/Computing/Internet
Information/Directory of Scholarly Electronic Conferences
Contact: Earl Fogel earl.fogel@usask.ca
~~~~~~~~~~~
 One source is *John December's List of Mailing Lists*
FTP access  address: ftp.rpi.edu
Instructions: To change directories type  cd pub/communications
Then type   get internet.cmc
The listserv file will be downloaded.


*****6. signing off LM_NET*****
 In the event that you want to unsubscribe/sign off from LM_NET....
  1.  Send your signoff message to:
      listserv@listserv.syr.edu

  2. Send these words in the first line of the message:
     signoff lm_net
      and you will be dropped.  (No other words are necessary.)

*****7.  Temporarily Stopping Mail From LM_NET*****
If you want to stop receiving mail from LM_NET for a period of time, all
you have to do is send a specific message to the listserv computer which
handles LM_NET mail.
  Send the message to this address:  listserv@listserv.syr.edu
In the body of the message, on the first line, type the following:
   set lm_net nomail
To restart your LM_NET mail, send to the same address, the following:
   set lm_net mail

*****8. finding the LM_NET archives*****
   The LM_NET Archives, LM_Netiquette, the membership directory  and
related information is available at the AskERIC World Wide Web and Gopher
site.

 gopher://ericir.syr.edu:70/11/Listservs/LM_NET

 http://ericir.syr.edu/cgi-bin/wwwwais

   Another way to find it is to  telnet to
ericir.syr.edu
   and then, by going through a series of menus, you will reach the
   LM_NET Archives.
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