LM_NET: Library Media Networking
LM_NET FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
Last updated: January 1, 1999
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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 usually=
post this twice each month, note in subject line when changes are made, and=
mark in the contents with an asterisk(*) items updated that issue.=
Everything has been rearranged this posting so no notations were made.
Retired FAQ's may be visited at the website
http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/retiredfaqs.htm.
Topics covered include: words ending in gry words, "they came for...I
didn't speak up" quote and sources for internet acceptable use policies.
We can take no responsibility for accuracy of information that comes from
postings to the listserv and which are listed here. Please direct
corrections or updates of this information to:
Diane Chen (chend@ten-nash.ten.k12.tn.us), Library Media Specialist,
Hickman Elementary School, Nashville, TN
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Contents:
1. Out-of-print book sources
2. Websites with lesson plans
3. Hello, thanks, other greetings in multiple languages
4. This month is...
5. This Day in History Sites
6. Name of the series for boys like Dear America
7. Dealing with junk e-mail
8. Urban legends and False Virus alerts
9. Choosing the best search engine
10. Bibliographic citations for electronic resources
11. Sources for keypals/penpals
12. Listservs for educators and others
13. Vendors and publishers lists on the web
14. Job descriptions & program evaluatons
15. Embassy addresses and links
16. Subscribing to LM_NET
17. Signing off LM_NET
18. Temporarily stopping LM_NET mail
19. Keyword subject headings for posting to LM_NET
20. Reaching the LM_NET website, archives, etc.
21. Copyright and Message Posting Reminder
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********* 1. out-of-print book sources **********
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http://www.bibliofind.com (recommended the most, try first)
http://www.amazon.com (they will try, but costly and slow)
http://www.auldbooks.com/booksearch.html
http://www.abebooks.com/
http://antiquarian.com/bookworm/
http://www.wcsu.k12.vt.us/~wardsboro/mpb.htm#BookSales
http://www2.gol.com/users/steve/f_books.htm#Usedbooks
http://www.interloc.com/
http://www.bookwire.com
http://www.powells.com
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********** 2. Lesson plan sites **********
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Ask ERIC Lesson Plans http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/
May browse by subject; links to other sites
Blue Web'n http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
A table like you've never seen before! Lesson and resources galore!!!
Ed's Oasis - The Treasure Zone - Teacher Resources
http://www.EDsOasis.org/Treasure/treasT.html#META
Lesson Plans From SRVUSD Model Classroom Teachers
http://jefferson.srvusd.k12.ca.us/tech/TechResource/lesson.plans.html
TeacherLink - Teacher Resources - Units and Lesson Plans
http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/resources/ed_lesson_plans/
Teachers Helping Teachers http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/
Free, non-profit service, updated weekly during the school year.
Collaborative Lesson Archive http://faldo.atmos.uiuc.edu/CLA/
Language Arts Lesson Plans
http://www.csun.edu/~vceed009/languagearts.html#Lesson
Teacher Talk Forum - Lesson Plans
http://education.indiana.edu/cas/ttforum/lesson.html
Teacher Resources http://www.sonoma.edu/CThink/K12/k12class/trc.nclk
Teacher Net http://www.teachnet.com/
A little of every thing. Lesson Plans. Teacher Portfolio Development.
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators http://www.capecod.net/schrockguide/
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** 3. hello, thanks, other greetings in multiple languages =
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Jennifer's Language Page lists basic words/phrases & links to similar sites.
http://www.elite.net/~runner/jennifers/
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********* 4. This month is... *********
Lists at http://www.wcsu.k12.vt.us/~wardsboro/monthly.htm
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***** 5. This Day in History Sites: *****
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The first three are most highly recommended:
http://www.scopesys.com/year/
http://www.historychannel.com/thisday/
http://dmarie.com/asp/history.asp
http://www.440int.com/twtd/today.html
http://acorn.educ.nottingham.ac.uk/cgi-bin/daynum
http://almanac.mpr.org/
http://www.altogethernow.orglsc/109.htm#Top
http://www.capecod.net/schrockguide/history/histg.htm
http://www.dailyglobe.com/day2day.html
http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html
http://www.idiotdavant.com/raymond/index.htm
http://www.lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/today.html
http://litcal.yasuda-u.ac.jp/
http://www.membersxoom.com/AriKukkonin/today.html
http://memory.loc.gov/
http://www.netcore.ca/~gkillops/free.html
http://www.n-polk.k12.ia.us/Pages/Departments/media/days.html
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~pfs/aapl/hf-us.html#nin
http://www.sanjuan.edu/schools/mesaverde/index.html
http://www.shambles.net
http://shoga.wwa.com/~mjm/almanac2.html
http://www.yahooligans.com/Around_the_World/History/Today_in_History
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6. Name of the series for boys like Dear America
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This series is called My Name is America and includes so far: The Journal=
of James Edmond Pease: A Civil War Union Soldier, Virginia 1863 by Jim=
Murphy and The Journal of William Thomas Emerson: A Revolutionary War=
Patriot, Boston, Massachusetts 1774 by Barry Denenberg.
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********** 7. Dealing with junk e-mail **********
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A. Set filters on your email program.
B. To prevent getting on some lists, download an "anonymizer" which can
block your identity when visiting a site. Two download URL's are:
http://www.anonymizer.com and http://www.pgp.com
C. A very good resource page for all sorts of Spam/privacy issues is the
CAUCE (Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email) homepage at:
http://www.cauce.org/
and, more specifically, their Resouces page with many links is at:
http://www.cauce.org/resources.html
D. For more info on SPAM and what to do about it, see section 21 of
getit4u. Send message to: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp with no subject and
ONE of these 3 lines in the body of the message:
send ftp://ftp.crl.com/users/iv/iverham/getit4u.txt
send http://inetw.com/home/ak/4useries/getit4u.txt
send http://members.aol.com/bombagirl/freeware/getit4u.txt
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***** 8. Urban legends and False Virus alerts *****
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Alt.Folklore.Urban Legneds Archive
http://www.urbanlegends.com/
The Mining Company Urban Legends & Folklore
http://urbanlegends.tqn.com/
The Urban Legends Reference Page
http://www.snopes.com/
Computer Virus Myths Homepage
http://kumite.com/myths/
DataFellows AntiVirus Hoax Warnings Page
http://www.DataFellows.com/news/hoax/
Stiller Research Virus Hoax News
http://www.stiller.com/hoaxes.htm
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***** 9. Choosing the best search engine *****
http://www.nueva.pvt.k12.ca.us/~debbie/library/research/adviceengine.htm
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***** 10. Bibliographic citations for electronic resources *****
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http://www.classroom.net/classroom/CitingNetResources.html
http://doe.state.in.us/LearningResources/cybercite
http://www.uvm.edu/~ncrane/estyles
Print resources:
Xia Li and Nancy B. Crane's Electronic Style (Westport,CT: Meckler Publishin=
g)
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********** 11. Sources for keypals/penpals **********
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To connect with classrooms from 90 countries =20
http://www.epals.com/index.html
=46or "keypals", try this comprehensive database which covers all countries=
grade levels, and can search by several different categories:
http://www.iglou.com/xchange/ece
For WEBSITES try these
CyberFriends http://www.dare.com/fr_main.htm
=46ind 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
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********** 12. Listservs for educators and others **********
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http://edweb.gsn.org/lists.html
http://www.ucssc.indiana.edu
http://www.liszt.com.
Tile.Net. is a directory that allows you to locate listservs by subject o=
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name and provides you with current subscription information.
http://tile.net/listserv
A good list of lists available on the web or gopher...usually known as the
Kovacs list, (real name is the Directory of Scholarly & Professional
E-Conferences). http://www.n2h2.com/KOVACS
Contact: Paul Kramer paul@n2h2.com
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****** 13. Vendors and publishers lists on the web: ******
http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/law/acqs/pubr.html
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****** 14. Job descriptions & program evaluatons ******
http://www.alltogethernow.org/mp/79.htm#Top
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****** 15. Embassy addresses and links ******
http://www.embassy.org
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******** 16. Subscribing to LM_NET ********
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1. Send an e-mail message to: LISTSERV@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
2. In the first line of the message, type:=20
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such as "SUBSCRIBE LM_NET Libby Rarian" No quotes necessary)
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which will ask for a confirmation. You will then be added if you properly
follow the directions.
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****** 17. Signing off LM_NET ******
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********** 18. Temporarily Stopping Mail From LM_NET **********
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In the body of the message, on the first line, type the following:
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********** 19. LM_NET Keywords for Subject Headings **********
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Those posting to LM_NET are asked to help the LM_NET community by using=
clear, concise subject headings indicating the content of the message.
refacing the detailed subject with one of our accepted keywords saves time
and energy of all those who read the list. Currently recommended keyword
headings are:
TARGET: request for information to be compiled for a HIT:
HIT: the compiled information from the TARGET request
GREET: for requests for greetings
TECH: for PC & MAC software & hardware discussions
REF: requests for all types of reference questions
JOBS: postings of job vacancies
ELEM: postings for kindergarten to 5th grade topics
MIDDLE: postings for middle school topics
SEC: postings for secondary grades (9 to 12)
GEN: anything that doesn't fit the other categories
When in doubt about which to choose pick GEN:
A Subject header might look like these:
Subject: GEN: Special movie on PBS tonight
Subject: REF,SEC: Info on World War II
Comments: The TOPIC KEYWORD or KEYWORDS must be followed by a COLON and a=
BLANK SPACE before the regular description.
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****** 20. Finding the LM_NET Archives, Website, etc.******
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The LM_NET Archives, membership directory, and other related information=
are available at the AskERIC World Wide Website, and also linked via LM_NET=
On the Web. http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/
To find the LM_NET Message Archives:
1. Go directly to the host website, at AskERIC.
http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/LM_NET.html
There you will find several options. You may browse by date or thread,
subject or author, or to do a keyword search of current and past LM_NET
messages. Messages are organized by year and month in folders.
2. Another way to access them is by going to the LM_NET On the Web Page:
http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/
Once at the "LM_NET On the Web Page", scroll down just a bit until you
see the section title: The Web LM_NET Archives. This points to a search
engine which allows access to LM_NET's Archives, plus the archives of
several other online groups that are archived at AskERIC. There is also
a link to the LM_NET archives listed by month and year.
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Diane R. Chen, Library Media Specialist
Hickman Elementary School
3125 Ironwood Drive Nashville, TN 37214
Telephone: 615 885-8956
ChenD@ten-nash.ten.k12.tn.us
DianeRChen@aol.com
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