Path: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news.kodak.com!news-nysernet-16.sprintlink.net!206.229.87.26!news-east.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.gip.net!news.gsl.net!gip.net!ix.netcom.com!pln-w!extra.newsguy.com!lotsanews.com!news1.mpcs.com!news.iinet.net.au!not-for-mail From: david@cn.net.au (David Novak) Newsgroups: sci.research,comp.infosystems.www.announce,comp.answers,sci.answers,news.answers Subject: Information Research FAQ v.2.6 (Part 6/9) Followup-To: poster Date: 12 May 1998 00:00:00 GMT Organization: iiNet Technologies Lines: 711 Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.EDU Message-ID: <6je25h$554$7@news.iinet.net.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: classic25.nv.iinet.net.au Summary: Information Research FAQ: Resources, Tools & Training Xref: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu sci.research:17565 comp.infosystems.www.announce:22077 comp.answers:31288 sci.answers:8274 news.answers:130018 Archive-name: internet/info-research-faq/part6 Posting-Frequency: monthly Last-modified: May 12 1998 URL: http://cn.net.au Copyright: (c) 1998 David Novak Maintainer: David Novak Information Research FAQ (Part 6/9) This section of the FAQ contains a collection of heavily researched articles. These articles are also available from the Spire Project (including http://cn.net.au), & from our free shareware (see http://cn.net.au/tools/infokey.html). You may wish, for convenience, to reach for the webpage version of this information. If you have suggestions, leads or corrections, please do inform us: david@cn.net.au Note also, the disclaimer statement on Part 1 of this FAQ. Contents ----- Part 6 ----- 24. Information Research: Software & IT Research 25. Information Research: Researching Research 26. Information Research: Unexpected Research Venues 27. Information Research: Research as a Discipline 28. Information Research: Research Tools & Software 29. Information Research: Advanced Research Training ___________________________________________________ 24. Information Research: Software and IT Research From the cn.net.au research site http://cn.net.au/articles/computer.html These research tools only pertain to the field of computer studies. Other, more general sources like article or book searches may be useful, but these are specific to computing. Software Archives [1] One of the fixtures of computer studies are the large archives of computer software. In some cases, like this link to CPAN[1] for Perl resources, these archives are integral to distributing advances in programming. [2] SimTel Software Archives archives Windows, Dos, and other software. Here is the central site[3]. [4] Winsite is a large archive for windows software. See their Winsite mirror list[5], but don't overlook their search function[6] on the winsite website. [7] Tucows[7], is a small but precise archive of Internet software. ShareWare Lists and Search Engines [8] If you nee a more detailed search for software, start with the Virtual Software Library (VSL), available through shareware.com, with its power search option[8]. An alternative source of competitive information would be the Association of Shareware Professionals[9] (ASP), is strong in organizing and reporting on Shareware. There is a directory of shareware through the Simtel archive (mirrored everywhere, but here in Tas.) Look for the directory: asp804.zip [Oct 30 20:00] 382k and the update: aspdat71.zip [Jan 30 13:32] 61k [10] The ASP also has the definitive listing of shareware archives and sites (with a short description). RFC and FYI Archive In Australia, the Request for Comment (RFC) and For Your Information (FYI) documents are also located at plaza.aarnet. These documents have some kind of central role in the development of new standards in the computing field. FYI and RFC text archive in Australia, but look for the FYI index (20k) and the RFC index (300k) first. Archie Archie is one of the oldest search engines constructed. Essentially it is a database of ftp addresses to files found in ftp archives. Now Unix allows for long file names, and you may locate information about a topic without necessarily knowing a specific file name. In either case, asking Archie will provide you with a list of sites with files (or directories) matching your search word. A word of advice, keep the words small, think of alternative spelling, and try to have the name of an existing program first. [11][12] New Simple Query[11] New Advanced Query[12] Also consider the emailing your request to archie@plaza.aarnet.edu.au Archie records are also slightly different depending on which archie service you visit. An international list of Archies[13] is provided by NEXOR. Commercial Databases [14] Newsbytes[15] is a newswire solely on computer topics, computer, telecom and online world. Their websites includes a trial search engine and a description[16]. [17] Computer Select[17] - commercial database of text from computer magazines. [18] Computer Database Plus[18], by Ziff-Davis is another large computer database. [19] Several commercial databases focus solely on software programs, including ISIS software database and Softbase. These[19] are the relevant commercial database descriptions. WWPing Form Page [20] This webpage holds a script for dns or http pings. Further Resources Computer newsgroups Guidebooks Link to FAQ archive Computer Books CD-rom directory - CD-roms in print... Closing Note For the longest time, the computer industry has led the way in effective use of the Internet. It is perhaps the one true way to predict the changes the Internet will have on the rest of our society. Many of these online resources are more current, authoritative and useful than alternative formats, with the possible exception of computer books. Good luck. This post comes from The cn.net.au research site, a site devoted to information research. Advice welcome : email david@cn.net.au (c)Copyright Community Networking. (http://cn.net.au) --- footnotes for the above article --- [1] http://theory.uwinnipeg.ca/CPAN/ [2] http://micros.hensa.ac.uk/+misc/simtel.net/mirrors.html [3] http://www.simtel.net/simtel.net/ [4] http://www.winsite.com [5] http://www.winsite.com/about/mirrors.html [6] http://www.winsite.com/search/ [7] http://www.tucows.com [8] http://shareware.com/code/engine/Power/ [9] http://www.asp-shareware.org/ [10] http://www.asp-shareware.org/searchsites.html [11] http://archie.au/archie.html [12] http://archie.au/archie-adv.html [13] http://web.nexor.co.uk/archie.html [14] http://nbnn.com [15] http://www.nbnn.com [16] http://nbnn.com/html_p/f_what.html [17] http://cn.net.au/cgi-bin/cd_find.pl?search=computer+select [18] http://cn.net.au/cgi-bin/cd_find.pl?search=computer+plus [19] http://cn.net.au/cgi-bin/cd_find.pl?search=software [20] http://js.stir.ac.uk/jsbin/jsii ___________________________________________________ 25. Information Research: Researching Research From the cn.net.au research site http://cn.net.au/articles/research.html Finding the research of others can be difficult. Basically, this is a large scale research project making use of Patents, newspaper searches, article searches, specialty research databases and a collection of sources on the internet. Governmental Research Databases Collation and management of research databases appears to be a government project - and many place considerable information freely on the Internet. [1] Cordis is a free online database of European Research Developments by the EC. [2] US Federally-Funded Research website. [3] Australia's CSIRO Research Programs and Project[3] on the web. Early days yet, but they are investigating a more comprehensive service. [4] Current Research Information System (CRIS) : Current Research in Agriculture sponsored by US, Canada and Czech government is free on the Internet. This is an important and occassionally commercial database of research infromation. [5] The US Small Business Innovation Research Awards[6] (SBIR) is a US government investment program for innovative business research, and is searchable online[5]. [2] US Funded Research Projects[2] is a page which links to NSF - The National Science Foundation, the USDA - The United States Department of Agriculture, MRC - The Medical Research Council, UK, the SBIR - Small Business Innovation Research, and the NIH - The National Institutes of Health. [10] The US Department of Energy[7] (DOE) publishes a database of energy related research[10] free on the Internet. University Research While all universities publish some information about their research capability on the Internet, the real value is kept for their annual report. Archives of state annual reports are available at State Libraries. A more professional approach would be to locate a directory of research institutions and search for one with an area of expertise matching your interest. The Research Centers and Services Directory is a directory of 26,000+ Research Centres Internationally. Available on Dialog for ~ 50cents/min + ~$1.20/record, but also found at many large libraries. Unfortunately, this directory is a self-assessment of research capability and not specific current research descriptions. Actually there are four directories, Research Centers Directory, Research Services Directory, Government Research Directory (all US & Canada) and the International Research Centers Directory (world but not US & Canada). Commercial Resources National Databases of Research exist for many countries including JICST in Japan, and another for Germany. [8] The Italian National Research Council Database has a webpage online[8]. The Gale Directory of Databases will help you take the next step. For a sample of the databases available, here is a list of Australian Commercial Research Databases: Australian Rural Research in Progress, a Commercial Database by CSIRO, Australia. CSIRO Index, 70,000+ citations to publications from CSIRO-sponsored projects - bibliographic and a long standing database. Available on Ozline The Australian Education Index is an annual book of citations with some abstracts on published and unpublished work in education - Australia wide since 1978. Approx. 4000 new records/year, thus incomplete. By ACER (Australian Council for Educational Research) The Australian Energy Research in Progress database is a directory and fulltext description of R&D in energy and demo projects. 1986 to 1992 on Ozline. Closing Note Completely apart from the search of specific research resources, we have the patent search, the news search, and the article search. These searches may often be easier and will illuminate research not found in the above resources. Try the very-large news databases in particular for their very wide coverage. Also be sure to search the free patent databases if only because they are quick and free. This post comes from The cn.net.au research site, a site devoted to information research. Advice welcome : email david@cn.net.au (c)Copyright Community Networking. (http://cn.net.au) --- footnotes for the above article --- [1] http://www.cordis.lu/ [2] http://medoc.gdb.org/best/fed-fund.html [3] http://www.csiro.au/csiro/csirores.htm [4] http://cristel.nal.usda.gov:8080/ [5] http://cos.gdb.org/best/fedfund/sbir/sbir.form.html [6] http://cos.gdb.org/best/fedfund/sbir/sbir-intro.html [7] http://www.doe.gov/ [8] http://www.area.fi.cnr.it/cnr.htm ___________________________________________________ 26. Information Research: Unexpected Research Venues From the cn.net.au research site http://cn.net.au/articles/meta.html There are many places where information resides. The common venues are covered by other articles, but there are a collection of more unexpected venues we can not list directly. This article will guide you. The twin keys to unlock this door are imagination and experience. Imagination: If you can envision a resource, most likely it does exist. I can imagine a CD-rom with all the phone numbers across Australia. Such a CD-rom exists. I envision a documentary film makers would become quite expert in the subject being filmed. Would there be some kind of database or directory of documentary films? Probably. Try to imagine if someone else would take the effort to create a resource. Experience: The defining skill of information brokers are an awareness of existing resources. This said, many resources for focused interests are poorly publicized. While there are guides and resource lists for any topic, one of the best resources are other experts and specialist librarians. Standard Directories The vast number of directories which exist make it impractical to list them. Instead a researcher should rely on their experience and imagination to decide if a directory should exist. Most are published as books, a few as commercial databases, very few as webpages on the Internet. Every city has Telephone directories and Yellow Pages (even though Istanbul's latest is five years old!). [1] Most universities maintain academic staff directories with many on the Internet. Many countries have Government Directories, listing government agencies and departments, or prominent staff. Some government information is online (see our Government Resources[2] article). [3] Especially in the last few years, a vast collection of directories have emerged, including: Lloyds Shipping Register Radio Airtime Sales National Directory of Multicultural Research [4] Certain directories stand out as uniquely valuable and perhaps not immediately obvious. The Who's Who series of directories such as who's who of Business in Australia Kompass Series of Directories (more information in Import and Export Statistics[5]) Australian Exports by Austrade (more information in Import and Export Statistics[6]) Lastly, there is a Directory of Australian Directories published by Thorpe. No doubt similar directories exist in other countries. [7] Public Assistance Services The next great resource is the public service. Many services offer the public assistance in gathering information. Associations and Government are prominent sponsors, but sometimes others are involved. Here are a few local examples. [3] The US Information Service (USIS) can help you retrieve information about the US. Their resources are quite impressive, but I shall have to inquire more as to their role. [8][8] Here in Western Australia, InfoLink is a Government and Community Information Database - advice with addresses and directions to sources of information. You can call and ask for information about what government agency/ies could answer your question, or what community groups operate in your field. One of those very valuable ways to find experts and to begin a search - now on the web. SBDC - Manufacturing Find Service. In an effort to promote 'buy Western Australia' I think the SBDC has created a database of manufactured goods here in Western Australia. If you need a product and would consider buying Western Australian, give this a go. I don't know much about this yet - just that it does exist. Be sure to ask if there is a charge involved. Business License Centre in Western Australia is a nice state government service - want to know anything about licenses and work restrictions - call or visit this service by the SBDC. You get a large pack of data about super, licenses... They will also do this by phone and post you the results. A really well designed service. Expert Advice Experts can offer firsthand knowledgeable experience in a personal and factual manner. They can also be a pain in the butt. There is a whole sphere of study in how to interview an expert, championed by the newspaper reporter (who often does little else), but the basics are not hard to understand. 1) Locate someone who is deeply involved in an issue. 2) Try to interest them in discussing their views 3) Ask a few pertinent questions, but mostly just summarize their words and look interested. Finding experts is not so very difficult. In a pinch, I would look for a relevant association, government departments, academic staff or book author. In each case, you merely need to interest them in coffee and get a highly informed description of their experience. Be aware that all experts are potentially biased, but most often invaluable. Experts are also brilliant sources for finding additional sources of information: try to take out your research to date and quickly describe where you have been. The expert is unlikely to learn of a new source (though they hope to), but will certainly end up recommending some statistical source you had not considered. (One reason to keep experts for late in the research process.) Sometimes you must go to people who have only experience with the people in the field, rather than people with first-hand experience. I am thinking of reporters, business experts and advisors. This is fine if you intend to follow the leads suggested, but somehow unprofessional if used as a resource itself Compound Resources Specialty Libraries are a brilliant resource for two reasons. Firstly, many of the unique resources reside here, but secondly the specialty librarians are experts in resources for their area. Many of these libraries do not invite public access, but will be almost universally open to you. Directory of Special Libraries in Australia by ALIA lists 1400 specialist libraries. Other countries will most certainly have similar directories. Secondly, there are a collection of mixed information directories emerging. Directories which list associations, directories, books, research centers, museum collections and government departments all together. Croner's A-Z of [UK] Business Information Sources and the Aslib Directory of Information Sources in the United Kingdom are prominent examples. These directories appear to be less than definitive, but the ASLIB Directory (the larger of the two at 1500+ pages) is certainly something to consider if you live in the UK. As an example, Aslib, under the subject "Egypt" lists the British Museum, the Egypt Exploration Society, the Tutankhamun Exhibition, and the York College of Further & Higher Education. Aslib provides really good contact details for these sources. Conclusion If you are good, and I mean real good, unique resources will naturally spring to mind. The rest of us should consider 1) past experience, 2) imagination and 3) expert assistance. Books on competitive research make a big effort on gathering information from within your organization (talk to your sales staff - install a TQM system - etc...) partly because other people will encountered research resources you have not considered. Some truly bizarre examples spring to mind, like going through the competitors trash, or measuring the wear on the railroad tracks to estimate the volume of traffic. As researchers, we should always fear the answers to all our questions are waiting, somewhere. This post comes from The cn.net.au research site, a site devoted to information research. Advice welcome : email david@cn.net.au (c)Copyright Community Networking. (http://cn.net.au) --- footnotes for the above article --- [1] http://cn.net.au/articles/books.html [2] http://cn.net.au/articles/gov.html [3] http://cn.net.au/articles/books.html [4] http://cn.net.au/articles/books.html [5] http://cn.net.au/articles/imports.html [6] http://cn.net.au/articles/imports.html [7] http://cn.net.au/articles/books.html [8] http://www.liswa.wa.gov.au/infodb.html ___________________________________________________ 27. Information Research: Research as a Discipline From the cn.net.au research site http://cn.net.au/articles/disciple.html In our effort to consolidate information for effective research, we would like to venture into the many sources useful primarily to information brokers. As a professional group, researchers have diverse skills and needs. Constantly working with information, in a competitive market, professional information seekers are often starved for high quality information about research techniques, skills and sources. Keep in mind, these sources tend to be far too technical for occasional researchers. Special Interest Groups Researchers are particularly in need of contact with other researchers. Associations and discussion groups are important for this. [1] Information Professionals Network[1] (IPN) hosts InfoPro-l, the mailing list for active information brokers to subscribe to. [2] The next best is Buslib-l (business librarians list), which has a bit too much traffic for most of us. The Buslib archive is becoming available: Best of Buslib-l[2] and searching instructions[3] (not downloadable in bulk). [4] The Association of Independent Information Professionals (AIIP[4]), and associations like the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP[5]) also bring members together. Events and Functions Considerable amount of contact and exchange of information occurs at the conferences. Certainly this is a fine time to see the commercial organizations display their wares. The Journal, Online & CDROM Review has a very good directory of up and coming events for this industry. The bi-annual pacific conference Information Online & Ondisc '99 will be held at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour, Australia, Jan 19-21 1999. Sources of Research Training Secrets of the Super Searchers by Reva Basch. Unfortunately a 1993 book, but unique as a look into the field of information brokers. Published by Eight Bit Books. (dewey 025.524 BAS) The Information Broker's Handbook by Sue Rugge and Alfred Glossbrenner, McGraw-Hill. Third Edition (1997) This is a must-read for the business of information research. [6] Online is a good bi-monthly magazine for information brokers. (dewey 025.04). They have a website[6] with samples. [7] There are other interesting periodicals. This page[7] has a list and description of some, including Information Today, Information World Review, and Searcher. The contents pages for Information Today, a monthly, newsy, review of the information industry, are here[8] and Information World Report has a website here[9]. Background on Library Sciences and Internet. When you are searching on the Internet, the words Library Science, Information Research and Information Brokers are useful. Recently there have been a number of emerging websites, though none are comparable to the published sources just listed. [10][11] LIBRES[10]: Library and Information Science Research Electronic Journal is a bi-annual scholarly journal. Information Research[11] is a little more frequent. [12] The Universities at Albany Libraries have a really good "Information and Library Science[12]" webpage. [13] BUBL[14] keeps a good collection of Library and Information Science Periodicals, though most of them are not linked to online periodicals, but rather to contents pages or abstracts. [15] The Research Webring[15] lists certain organizations involved in providing research assistance on the Internet. The Internet Public Library[16] is worth your attention. [17][18] There are three further reports you may find interesting. Preserving Digital Information[17]: Report of the Task force on Archiving of Digital Information, Librarians and Publishers in the Scholarly Information Process[18]: Transformation in the Electronic Age, and the far more recent TheEmerging Digital Economy [19]by the US Department of Commerce. Recommended Reading. Another sources is LISA, the Library and Information Science Abstracts, a useful commercial database to Library sources. Library and Research topics are also covered by other databases, including Business Periodicals OnDisc. Research directories [20] This site keeps a fine World List of Departments and Schools of Information Studies... We are also building our own list here on the Spire Project. See the article: Information Industry Directory[21]. [22] 1995/96 Burwell World Directory of Information Brokers, provides contact details and descriptions to 1700+ organizations worldwide. Edited by Helen P. Burwell and Carolyn N. Hill and available for about US$100, they have a promotional webpage online[22]. [1] The Information Professionals Network[1] (IPN) membership list is searchable once you are a member. Their mailing list is dominated by requests for help in certain regions. There are also large directories like the Information Industry Directory (Gale Research) which attempt to list every information business in the world. These directories are useful if you have a name, but less so if you are looking for products. [15] ECHO has a database called I'M Guide which is really a directory of the European Information Industry. Yes, this is a telnet session, and can be painfully slow, but in time this will migrate to the web. Connect, type 'ECHO' as the password at the first prompt, then 1 for english, the 2 for the I'M GUIDE (database). Searching is accomplished using their Common Command Language (CCL). Start with 'Find ' then 'Show' to retrieve your results. For more, read the pdf manual on CCL[17]. This post comes from The cn.net.au research site, a site devoted to information research. Advice welcome : email david@cn.net.au (c)Copyright Community Networking. (http://cn.net.au) --- footnotes for the above article --- [1] http://www.ipn.net/ [2] http://www.montague.com/review/buslibbest.html [3] http://www.montague.com/review/howto.html [4] http://www.aiip.org/ [5] http://www.scip.org/ [6] http://www.onlineinc.com/onlinemag [7] http://www.infotoday.com/catalog/period.htm [8] http://www.infotoday.com/it/itnew.htm [9] http://www.iwr.vnu.co.uk [10] http://aztec.lib.utk.edu/libres/ [11] http://www.shef.ac.uk/~is/lecturer/ircont.html [12] http://www.albany.edu/library/virtual/infosci.html [13] http://bubl.ac.uk/journals/lis/ [14] http://bubl.ac.uk/ [15] http://webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=researchwebring;list [16] http://www.ipl.org/ [17] http://www.rlg.org/ArchTF/ [18] http://arl.cni.org/clr/Frontmatter.html [19] http://www.ecommerce.gov/emerging.htm [20] http://www.shef.ac.uk/~is/publications/worldlist/wlist1.html [21] http://cn.net.au/articles/iid.html [22] http://www.infotoday.com/catalog/direct.htm ___________________________________________________ 28. Information Research: This page has moved From the cn.net.au research site http://cn.net.au/tools/index.html With the launch of The Spire Project, the information previously found here has been moved to the articles directory. You will find it here[1]. David Novak david@cn.net.au This post comes from The cn.net.au research site, a site devoted to information research. Advice welcome : email david@cn.net.au (c)Copyright Community Networking. (http://cn.net.au) --- footnotes for the above article --- [1] http://cn.net.au/articles/tools.html ___________________________________________________ 29. Information Research: Research Training From the cn.net.au research site http://cn.net.au/training/index.html Welcome to the research training section of the Community Networking website. Research is a skill much like every other, and a little bit of practice and guidance will improve anyone's research. For a good introduction, start with the basic research[1] page, then consider downloading a copy of the Information Research FAQ[2] for a good bedtime read. Everyone should also read the webpage on Internet research[3]. The other pages may be too technical. For the experienced researcher, you will find the Research as a Discipline[4] article useful, but your should also read The Sociology of the Internet[25] and any of the following articles which interest you. Research Skills and Advice basic research[5] search training[6] Internet research[7] database searching[8] professional research[9] Further Articles [3] Research as a Discipline[10] - describes sources useful primarily to information broker. [3] Sociology of Internet Development[11] - applying sociology to the Internet backed with past work and lengthy observation. [3] While not an article, The Research Webring[15] will lead you to the comparable projects on the Internet aiming for research guidance. The Information Research FAQ This website is just one publication of ours. We also maintain the Information Research FAQ, currently 220k in size. [12][13] The Information Research FAQ is available as a very large text file[14], or select sections are present as a smaller webpage[15]. Contents ----- Part 1 ----- 1. What is Information Research?[16] 2. What does the Internet have to do with Information Research?[17] 3. Research : Step One : Frame the Question / Visualize the Answer[18] 4. Research : Step Two : Select the Tools[19] ----- Part 2 through 6 ----- The text from the research articles are included here. ----- Part 7 ----- 31. More on the Internet as a research resource[20] 32. More on the Commercial Information Sphere[21] 33. More on the Information Service Industry[22] 33.1[23] judging information value 34. Emerging Trends in the information sphere[24] 35. Education and Training in Professional Research[25] 35.1[26] Facts 35.3[27] Guidance 35.2[28] Practice 36. Question and Answer Section[29] 36.1[30] How do I find information on the Internet? 37. Acknowledgments[31] ----- Part 8 and 9----- Currently Empty This post comes from The cn.net.au research site, a site devoted to information research. Advice welcome : email david@cn.net.au (c)Copyright Community Networking. (http://cn.net.au) --- footnotes for the above article --- [1] http://cn.net.au/training/basic.html [2] http://cn.net.au/training/index.html#faq [3] http://cn.net.au/training/net.html [4] http://cn.net.au/articles/disciple.html [5] http://cn.net.au/training/basic.html [6] http://cn.net.au/training/search.html [7] http://cn.net.au/training/net.html [8] http://cn.net.au/training/database.html [9] http://cn.net.au/training/prof.html [10] http://cn.net.au/articles/disciple.html [11] http://cn.net.au/articles/disciple.html [12] http://cn.net.au/tools/faq.html [13] http://cn.net.au/tools/faq.txt [14] http://cn.net.au/tools/faq.txt [15] http://cn.net.au/tools/faq.html [16] http://cn.net.au/tools/faq.html#1 [17] http://cn.net.au/tools/faq.html#2 [18] http://cn.net.au/tools/faq.html#3 [19] http://cn.net.au/tools/faq.html#4 [20] http://cn.net.au/tools/faq.html#31 [21] http://cn.net.au/tools/faq.html#32 [22] http://cn.net.au/tools/faq.html#33 [23] http://cn.net.au/tools/faq.html#33.1 [24] http://cn.net.au/tools/faq.html#34 [25] http://cn.net.au/tools/faq.html#35 [26] http://cn.net.au/tools/faq.html#35.1 [27] http://cn.net.au/tools/faq.html#35.3 [28] http://cn.net.au/tools/faq.html#35.2 [29] http://cn.net.au/tools/faq.html#36 [30] http://cn.net.au/tools/faq.html#36.1 [31] http://cn.net.au/tools/faq.html#37 ___________________________________________________ This document continues as Part 7/9. __________________________________________________ Copyright (c) 1998 by David Novak, all rights reserved. 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