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LM_NET  FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
May 1, 1997

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 post
this twice each month, note in subject line when changes are made, and
mark with an asterisk (*)in the contents items updated that issue.

Information in items 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
Susan Baker
Library Media Specialist
Bremerton [Washington] High School

Contents:
*1." they came for...I didn't speak up" quote
  2. biblographic citations for electronic resources
  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. "they came for...I didn't speak up" quote*****

First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out -
   because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out -
   because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out -
   because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out -
   because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me -
   and there was no one left to speak out for me.
       - Pastor Martin Niemoeller, Protestant leader in
            Germany and concentration camp survivor
            - source, Christian Ethics Today, February 1997,
               as quoted in The Oklahoma Observer, April 10, 1997
                   (Thanks to Cindy Carr)
(Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, Fifteenth Edition has a slightly
different and less poetic version):


*****2. Bibliographic citations for electronic resources*****
http://www.hol.edu/main/aca_ref.htm
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
http://www.uvm.edu/~xli/reference/estyles.html
~~~~~~~~~~
MLA Examples:
http://www.cas.usf.edu/english/walker/mla.html
http://www.uvm.edu/~xli/reference/mla.html
http://www.csc.eku.edu/honors/beyond-mla
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/MLAS
tyleSheet.html
Take a look at the interactive forms at:
http://www.nueva.pvt.k12.ca.us/~debbie/library/research/research.html
http://achilles.gonzaga.pvt.k12.dc.us/library/mlabibli.txt
~~~~~~~~~~
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
Web Extension to APA Style
                http://www.nyu.edu/pages/psychology/WEAPAS/
~~~~~~~~~~
 Citation Guide for History and Humanities (derived from
                                        Turabian, 5th ed.)
                http://www.nmmc.com/libweb/employee/citguide.htm
~~~~~~~~~~
Print resources:
Xia Li and Nancy B. Crane's Electronic Style (Westport,CT: Meckler
Publishing)

*****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 (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/
     Find a Key Pal     http://www.kidscom.com/
     Exchange Programs    http://www.eskimo.com/~user/zpenpal.html
     E-Mail Key Pal Connection   http://www.comenius.com/index.html
     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
     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 only for teachers seeking partner classrooms for   international or
cross-cultural connections.)

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
   ->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. 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 on the World Wide Web
   http://ericir.syr.edu/plweb
         cgi/fastweb?searchform+listservs
Also available by gopher
    gopher://ericir.syr.edu:70/11/Listservs/LM_NET
Or by telnet: 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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