June 20, 1996 Vol. 25 No. 35

By Doug Stanfield
technology editor

A number of readers have written requesting a list of web sites we've mentioned in previous columns. So, in response and because it IS the season for summer reruns, here goes.

Sites at Penn State, or sited intended for use by University faculty, staff and students

• History Museum of Slavery in the Atlantic; The Madagascar Museum Society; Larson's Markets for Educators:
  URL: http://squash.la.psu. edu/~plarson/homepage.html
  
  
• GURU (Policy manuals online)
  URL: http://guru.sp.psu.edu/
  
  
• Journal of public administration and management:
  URL: http://www.hbg.psu.edu/Faculty/ jxr11/
  
  
• Penn State Police Services
  
  URL: http://cac.psu.edu/~fld1/
  
  
• On-campus computer lab usage reports
  URL: http://dsg.cac.psu.edu/pals/
  
  
• CIC Web site
  URL: http://www.psu.edu/ur/CIC/CIC index.html
  
  
• Britannica Online for Penn State users
  
  URL: http://www.eb.com (Click on "subscribers" link only)
  
  
• Fund-raising and Development
  URL: http://www.development.psu.edu/. Jerry welcomes visitors
  
  
• Penn State colleges and academic unit web pages
  
  URL: http://www.psu.edu/ur/PROFILE/Statewide.html
  
  
• Penn State: a Profile. An overview of the University
  
  URL: http://www.psu.edu/ur/PROFILE/profileindex.html
  
  
• The University Style Manual for writers and editors
  
  URL: http://www.psu.edu/ur/PUBS/PUBS.html
  
  
• Virtual tour of President Spanier's office
  URL: http://stingray.cac.psu.edu/President/

General news and information

Switchboard database

• URL: http://www.usc.edu/dept/garden/

New search engines:

• Starting Point
  URL: http://www.stpt.com/

• MetaCrawler
  URL: http://metacrawler.cs.washington.edu:8080/

Collection of links to free stuff on the web

URL: http://members.tripod.co m/~tabbie/index.html

Interesting devices attached to the web

• WebCams around the country
  URL: http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet/wxcam.html
  
  
• Links to other devices living on the web: Everything from artificial life, to pets, to virtual pizza.... hmmm....takeout, anyone?
  URL: http://www.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Internet/
  Entertainment/Interesting_Devices_Connected_to_the_Net/
  

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Many thanks to dozens and dozens of good tips from all of you over the past few months. I depend on good suggestions for sites you think would be of interest to the readers of the Intercom. Please pass your suggestions along to me via email at dws9@psu.edu. If you prefer to be an anonymous "donor," please let me know. I do like to give credit unless you prefer otherwise. DS.

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