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The Legal List
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(version 1.0, 17 May 93)
maintained by the
University of Maine School of Law
Maine Law and Technology Association
- TABLE OF CONTENTS -
O. REVISION HISTORY ETC
0.1. QUICK REFERENCE E-MAIL ADDRESSES
1. HOW TO GET THE LEGAL LIST
1.1. ANONYMOUS FTP
1.2. GOPHER
1.2.1. ADDING THE LEGAL LIST TO YOUR GOPHER SITE
1.2.2. OTHER KNOWN GOPHER SITES
1.3. E-MAIL
1.4. MAILING LIST
1.5. UPDATES
2. OVERVIEW AND PURPOSE
2.1. PURPOSE
2.2. BBN's INTERNET RESOURCE GUIDE
2.3. DISCLAIMER
2.4. FOR NEW INTERNET USERS
3. INTERNET FTP RESOURCES
3.1. FTP VIA E-MAIL
3.2. SUPREME COURT DECISIONS
3.2.1. FTP SITES
3.3. ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION
3.4. PROJECT GUTENBERG
3.5. SLU LAW LIBRARY "INTRODUCTION TO USING BITNET AND
INTERNET."
4. INTERNET TELNET RESOURCES
4.1. LIBRARY CATALOGS
4.1.1. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
4.2. NISS
4.3. WASHINGTON & LEE
4.4. THE CIESIN GLOBAL CHANGE INFORMATION GATEWAY
5. USENET (NETNEWS) NEWSGROUPS
5.1. USENET (NETNEWS) NEWSGROUPS
6. GOPHER
6.1. GOPHER SOFTWARE
6.2. WASHINGTON & LEE
6.3. THE CIESIN GLOBAL CHANGE INFORMATION GATEWAY
6.4. CORNELL LAW SCHOOL
7. WAIS
7.1. WAIS SOFTWARE
8. BITNET AND UNIX LISTSERV GROUPS
8.1. INTRODUCTORY BITNET INFORMATION
8.2. BITNET LISTSERV GROUPS
8.3. UNIX LISTSERV GROUPS
8.4. LISTSERV GROUPS
8.4.1. INT-LAW
8.4.2. LAWSCH-L
8.4.3. TEKNOIDS
8.4.4. AIL-L
8.4.5. FORENS-L
8.4.6. INFO-LAW
8.4.7. LAW-LIB
8.4.8. COMLAW-L
8.4.9. EURO-LEX
8.4.10. CNI-COPYRIGHT
8.4.10.1. COALITION FOR NETWORKED INFORMATION
8.4.11. CALL-L
8.4.12. EC
8.4.13. GOVDOC-L
8.4.14. PACS-L
8.4.15. UN
8.4.16. CYBERLAW
8.4.17. PSYLAW-L
8.4.18. RIGHTS-L
9. BBS SITES
9.1. BBS SITES
9.1.1. THE FEDERAL BULLETIN BOARD
10. COMPUTER AIDED LEGAL RESEARCH
10.1. WESTLAW
10.2. LEXIS/NEXIS
10.3. DIALOG
11. INTERNET, UUCP, AND USENET INFORMATION
11.1. INTRODUCTORY INTERNET INFORMATION
11.2. INTRODUCTORY UUCP INFORMATION
11.3. INTERNET, UUCP, AND USENET PROVIDERS
12. OTHER RESOURCES
12.1. BOOKS
12.2. JOURNALS
12.3. UUCP SOFTWARE
12.3.1. COMMERCIAL UUCP SOFTWARE
12.3.2. SHAREWARE UUCP SOFTWARE
12.3.2.1. MACINTOSH
12.3.2.2. DOS
12.4. OTHER SHAREWARE SOFTWARE
12.5. SEMINARS AND MEETINGS
O. REVISION HISTORY ETC.
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17 May 92, beta.1 - Project started by justice!heels@nic.unh.edu
(Erik J. Heels).
17 Jun 92, beta 2 - Added BITNET info.
17 Jul 92, beta 3 - Major format revisions.
17 Aug 92, beta.4 (16 K) - Released early due to popular demand.
17 May 93, 1.0 (36 K) - Available via GOPHER and anonymous FTP.
Added TOC. Many thanks to Midnight Networks Inc.,
midnight@midnight.com, for their help with the FTP
service. "***" in text indicates things to do.
0.1. QUICK REFERENCE E-MAIL ADDRESSES
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justice!legal-list@nic.unh.edu - Questions, additions, corrections.
justice!legal-mail@nic.unh.edu - Include "e-mail legal list"
anywhere in the message to receive
latest version.
justice!legal-list-request@nic.unh.edu - Include "subscribe your-
address" anywhere in the message to
subscribe to a periodic distribution
list. Include "signoff your-address" to
unsubscribe.
1. HOW TO GET THE LEGAL LIST
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1.1. ANONYMOUS FTP. The Legal List is available via anonymous FTP
from ftp.midnight.com (Midnight Networks Inc.) in
pub/LegalList/legallist.txt. If you have problems send mail to
admin@midnight.com or justice!heels@nic.unh.edu.
1.2. GOPHER. The Legal List is available via GOPHER from the University
of Southern Maine GOPHER site (University of Maine School of Law).
1.2.1. ADDING THE LEGAL LIST TO YOUR GOPHER SITE. You are encouraged to
add The Legal List to your local GOPHER site. If you chose to do so, please
include "The Legal List v1.0, sponsored by U. Maine Law" in the title of the
GOPHER document.
1.2.2. OTHER KNOWN GOPHER SITES. The Legal List has been posted to the
following GOPHER sites: malahat.library.uvic.ca, and ecnet.ec. Do a
VERONICA search of "The Legal List" to find other sites.
1.3. E-MAIL. If you wish the receive the latest version of The Legal List
via e-mail, send a message to justice!legal-mail@nic.unh.edu with the words
"e-mail legal list" either as the subject of the message or in the body of
the message. The Legal List will be e-mailed to you within a week.
1.4. MAILING LIST. If you wish to be added to The Legal List Mailing List,
send a message to justice!legal-list-request@nic.unh.edu.and include the
following text, without the quotations, in the body of the message:
"subscribe your-address" where "your-address" is your domain/MX (preferable)
or non-MX Internet e-mail address. Updates will be mailed periodically to
this mailing list. To cancel your subscription to this list, send a message
to justice!legal-list-request@nic.unh.edu, and include the following text,
without the quotations, in the body of the message: "signoff your-address"
where "your-address" is as described above.
1.5. UPDATES. Updates, additions, and corrections to The Legal List should
be sent to justice!legal-list@nic.unh.edu.
2. OVERVIEW AND PURPOSE
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2.1. PURPOSE. The purpose of The Legal List is to provide a consolidated
list of all of the resources available on the Internet and beyond that may
be of interest to those people who are involved in legal education, legal
practice, or to those who have a general interest in legal issues.
2.2. BBN's INTERNET RESOURCE GUIDE. The Legal List is one of many
resources officially documented (as section3-***) in The Internet Resource
Guide, which is compiled by the NSF Network Systems Center at BBN Systems
and Technologies Corporation. Send a message to nnsc@nnsc.nsf.net to find
out how to get a copy of The Internet Resource Guide. The Guide is
invaluable, and everyone with a serious interest in the Internet should
maintain a copy. The NNSC's stated goal is "...to expose users to those
facilities that will help them do their work better." (Internet Resource
Guide, Introduction, dated 16 Apr 90.) We wholeheartedly agree with this
goal. We also rely on the Internet community to furnish us with updates,
additions, and corrections to The Legal List.
2.3. DISCLAIMER. The editors of The Legal List have made reasonable
efforts to provide correct information, but neither the University of Maine
School of Law nor Midnight Networks is responsible for the accuracy of the
information in The Legal List.
2.4. FOR NEW INTERNET USERS. A certain level of familiarity with the
Internet is assumed by the editors of The Legal List. For information on
how to get introductory Internet information, see Section 9.1. For
information on how to get introductory UUCP information, see section 9.2.
For introductory BITNET information, see section 6.1.
3. INTERNET FTP RESOURCES
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3.1. FTP VIA E-MAIL. Some resources are available via anonymous ftp. If
you do not have access to ftp, but you do have access to e-mail, send a
message to ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com with "help" in the body of the body of the
message for information on their "ftp by e-mail" service.
3.2. SUPREME COURT DECISIONS. U.S. Supreme Court decisions are available
online as part of "Project Hermes." On May 11th, 1990 the United States
Supreme Court announced that it was beginning a two-year experimental
program with the objective to rapidly provide copies of the Court's
opinions in electronic form to as wide an audience as possible.
One of the twelve participants is a noncommercial, nonprofit, consortium
composed of Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), EDUCOM, and the National
Public Telecomputing Network (NPTN). You will now be able to receive
electronically the full text of the Court's opinions within minutes of their
release--free.
You may have the Court's opinions sent directly to you if you have access to
either a BITNET or Internet computer (many, if not most, major universities
are connected to one service or the other); or you may download the files
directly from any NPTN community computer system. To receive more
information on how to sign-up for the BITNET/Internet service, or if you
would like to know more about accessing these files on an NPTN community
computer, please send your name, organization or firm, address, city, state,
and zip, to: PROJECT HERMES, CWRU COMMUNITY TELECOMPUTING LAB, 319
WICKENDEN BUILDING, CLEVELAND, OHIO 44106.
For general information about Project Hermes or about the National Public
Telecomputing Network, please contact: Tom Grundner at the above address or
at (216) 368-2733.
You can also contact Project Hermes electronically at
aa584@cleveland.freenet.edu (Internet), and
aa584%cleveland.freenet.edu@cunyvm (BITNET)
The consortium grants permission to download, reproduce, or re-post any of
the Supreme Court opinion files PROVIDED NO CHANGES OR EDITING ARE MADE TO
THE SUBJECT MATERIAL. The consortium would greatly appreciate it if source
credit were given to CWRU, EDUCOM, and the National Public Telecomputing
Network if these files are used.
3.2.1. FTP SITES. The following list contains some of the anonymous FTP
locations that maintain the Supreme Court rulings:
ftp ftp.cwru.edu
cd /hermes
ftp ftp.uu.net (137.39.1.9)
cd /archive/opinions/supreme-court
3.3. ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION. The archives of the Electronic
Frontier Foundation, ***, are available from the following location:
ftp kragar.eff.org (192.88.144.4)
cd /pub/EFF/legal-issues
3.4. PROJECT GUTENBERG. There are a number of text documents available
from "Project Gutenberg", ***.
ftp mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu
login: anonymous
password: your-address
cd etext/etext91
cd etext/etext92
cd etext/articles (get suggest gut for more information)
*** cd etext/freenet (Federalist Papers, the Magna-Carta,
Articles of Confederacy, etc.)
3.5. SLU LAW LIBRARY "INTRODUCTION TO USING BITNET AND INTERNET." Contact
James Milles, Head of Computer Services, Saint Louis University Law Library,
3700 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63108, (314) 658-2759, fax (314) 658-
3966, millesjg@sluvca.slu.edu, for more information. The "Introduction to
Using Bitnet and
Internet" is intended for an audience of law librarians, law faculty, and
law students. The material consists of two parts: Part 1 (BITINTR1.WP)
covers e-mail (both VAX VMS and Bitnet), and Part 2 (BITINTR2.WP) covers
telnet and ftp, as well as useful tools like archie, WAIS, WWW, GOPHER, and
the Washington and Lee Law Library site. The training materials are in
WordPerfect 5.1 format.
ftp fatty.law.cornell.edu
login: anonymous
password: your-address
cd incoming
type binary
get bitintr1.wp
get bitintr2.wp.
quit
4. INTERNET TELNET RESOURCES
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4.1. LIBRARY CATALOGS. Many library catalogs are available online. These
are described in detail in Chapter 2 of The Internet Resource Guide (see
Section 2.2 of this list.).
4.1.1. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. Access to The Library of Congress is described
in Section 2.22 of The Internet Resource Guide (see Section 2.2 of this
list.). To access the system, telnet to dra.com (192.65.218.43). Only two
(***five) guest users are allowed access between 8:00 am and 5:00 pm Central
Time.
4.2. NISS. A UK national resource.
telnet sun.nsf.ac.uk (128.86.8.7)
login: janet
hostname: uk.ac.niss
Menu option O5 is Law; O5C is a diary of upcoming legal events related to
computer technology, with an emphasis on UK and Europe.
4.3. WASHINGTON & LEE.
telnet liberty.uc.wlu.edu
login: lawlib
Here are some notable files available (with the numbers to pick):
41 Electronic Jurisprudence BBS
42 etext/peru-const (the text in Spanish of the constitution of
Peru)
65 Int-Law members list
66 International Law Internships Bibliography
75 Jensen, Internet Resources-Law (Mary Brandt Jensen's "Electronic
Conferences & Lists Related to Law, Politics, Govt. &
Librarianship", "Law Library Catalogs on the Internet",
"Interesting FTP sites related to Law, Politics & Government",
"Selection of Usenet Newsgroups Related to Law, Politics, Govt.
& Librarianship").
76-92 Kovacs (lists of scholarly e-conferences)
119 Louis-Jacques, International Law & Library Related E-Mail Lists
120 Louis-Jacques, Law Library-Related E-Mail Lists/Conferences
128 Magna Carta
132 NAFTA, Synopsis-Aug. 28, 1992
133-185 NAFTA text and annexes (September 6, 1992)
207 Perkins, Researching Indigenous Peoples Rights Under
International Law
236 Treaties guide
4.4. THE CIESIN GLOBAL CHANGE INFORMATION GATEWAY. This contains a
selection of international legal instruments and documents related to UNCED.
telnet gopher.ciesin.org 70
Select "exploring Human Dimensions of Global
Change/Policy&Political Systems", and "Environmental
Internet Catalog/Law".
5. USENET (NETNEWS) NEWSGROUPS
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5.1. USENET (NETNEWS) NEWSGROUPS. The following USENET newsgroups are of a
legal nature (some more than others):
alt.activism (discussion of activism)
alt.child-support
alt.child-support
alt.dads-rights
alt.dads-rights
alt.discrimination
alt.politics.bush
alt.politics.clinton
alt.politics.correct
alt.politics.usa.constitution (discussions of constitutional law)
alt.society.civil-liberty
alt.society.civil-liberty
alt.tv.la-law
clari.news.issues.civil_rights (Clarinet is a paid service which
provides newspaper articles)
clari.news.law
clari.news.law.civil
clari.news.law.crime
clari.news.law.crime.sex
clari.news.law.crime.trial
clari.news.law.crime.violent
clari.news.law.drugs
clari.news.law.investigation
clari.news.law.police
clari.news.law.prison
clari.news.law.profession
clari.news.law.supreme :
comp.patents (issues related to computers and patents, including
software patents)
comp.software.licensing
gnu.misc.discuss (discussion in this group frequently includes
issues of software patents, copyright, and "copyleft")
misc.consumers (legal issues of consumer recourse frequently arise)
misc.consumers.house
misc.int-property
misc.legal (legal issues not adequately addressed in other groups)
misc.legal.computing (legal issues related to computers)
misc.taxes
news.announce.newusers (Introductory material for the net as a
whole)
news.newusers.questions (Introductory material for the net as a
whole)
talk.politics.animals
talk.politics.drugs
talk.politics.guns
talk.politics.misc
talk.politics.theory
usa-today.law (the legal portion of another paid information feed)
6. GOPHER
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6.1. GOPHER SOFTWARE. Gopher software is available via anon ftp from
gopher.micro.umn.edu, the source. There are various clients.
6.2. WASHINGTON & LEE. The Washington & Lee site (see section 4.3) is
also accessible via GOPHER.
telnet liberty.uc.wlu.edu 70
login: lawlib
choose ->to Legal Sources, ->to Local Files
6.3. THE CIESIN GLOBAL CHANGE INFORMATION GATEWAY. This is also available
via GOPHER. See section 4.4.
6.4. CORNELL LAW SCHOOL. Cornell Law School, through its wholly-owned
subsidiary the Legal Information Institute, operates a Gopher server on
fatty.law.cornell.edu (132.236.108.5 port 70). It is focussed largely on
legal information. TEKNOIDS is archived there in searchable form, and law-
lib soon will be. If you don't have a gopher client, you can telnet to
fatty and log in as 'gopher'; you'll be placed in the UN*X gopher client.
The Directory of Legal Academia is a CSO-style directory server, also
mounted on fatty.law.cornell.edu. It is accessible via Gopher, via telnet,
and via electronic mail. To use the Gopher version, simply find your way to
the Gopher server at fatty.law.cornell.edu; there's a menu choice for it.
To use the telnet version, telnet to fatty (132.236.108.5) and login as
'lookup'. Simple instructions are provided on the opening screen. To use
the mail version, send mail to lookup@fatty.law.cornell.edu. Somewhere in
the body of the mail message, you may place one or more queries in one of
two forms:
query name=Somebody
query department=Somewhere
The 'query name' form looks up someone by name; the 'query
department' form looks up someone by location, eg.
query name=Bruce
returns five entries, including Thomas Bruce and Bruce Kennedy.
query department=Harvard
returns entries for all personnel at the Harvard Law School.
There are about 1000 names of legal academics and law librarians
currently in the database; we are looking for more. To add or
change information, send appropriate mail to
change-request@fatty.law.cornell.edu.
For more information on the above, contact tom@law.mail.cornell.edu.
7. WAIS
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7.1. WAIS SOFTWARE. WAIS is public domain software that enables one to
have access to databases maintained at other people's Internet sites. A
notable WAIS site is Columbia University Law Library. There are better ways
to use WAIS than TELNET. The Macintosh client software is excellent
(available by anonymous FTP from quake.think.com), and there is a directory-
of-servers at quake.think.com that considerably reduces the problem of
knowing where to look. Search on "LAW" to see law related sources.
8. BITNET AND UNIX LISTSERV GROUPS
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8.1. INTRODUCTORY BITNET INFORMATION. BITNET is an electronic
communication network linking institutional and departmental computers at
550 participating Corporation for Research and Educational Networking (CREN)
Members and Affiliates in the United States, including universities,
colleges, and collaborating research centers. With its Cooperating Networks
in other countries, BITNET is part of a single logical network connecting
more than 3300 mini- and mainframe computers in about 1400 organizations
spanning 46 countries, for the electronic exchange of non-commercial
information among its participants in support of research and education.
BITNET is operated by the Corporation for Research and Educational
Networking, a non-profit membership corporation, which also operates CSNET.
Day-to-day operations and support are provided by the BITNET Network
Information Center located at EDUCOM and funded through CREN membership
fees. For more information write to BITNET Network Information Center,
EDUCOM, Suite 600, 1112 16th St, NW, Washington, DC 20036, or call (202)
872-4200.
8.2. BITNET LISTSERV GROUPS. Many interest groups exist on BITNET. A
central computer maintains the list of subscribers to a particular interest
groups, and when you mail to this computer (the LISTSERV program), LISTSERV
mails your message to the subscribers. In this way, the membership list
need only be maintained in one location.
8.3. UNIX LISTSERV GROUPS. The BITNET LISTSERV software (which runs on IBM
mainframes) has been ported to the UNIX environment. The features of the
two are similar. The UNIX LISTSERV software, written by Anastasios C.
Kotsikonas (Copyright (c) 1992), has many features similar to BITNET
LISTSERV systems, although the syntax of commands may vary slightly. UNIX
LISTSERV sites typically do not have the "cooperative" features of the
original LISTSERV software, which allow you to subscribe to any BITNET
LISTSERV list from any BITNET LISTSERV server.
8.4. LISTSERV GROUPS. The following LISTSERV interest groups are of a
legal nature. All are BITNET LISTSERV interest groups unless noted as UNIX
LISTSERV groups.
8.4.1. INT-LAW. This is a list for librarians and others interested in
exchanging information related to foreign, comparative and international
legal materials and issues.
Selected topics in the six months since INT-LAW began include the READEX CD-
ROM Index to United Nations documents, databases containing information on
foreign and international law, the "European Court Reports", sources of
information on careers in international law, GATT panel reports, the
"National Trade Data Bank" CD-ROM, etc. INT-LAW came up on April 31, 1991.
To subscribe to INT-LAW, send the following message to
LISTSERV@UMINN1.BITNET (BITNET) or LISTSERV@VM1.SPCS.UMN.EDU (Internet):
Subscribe INT-LAW your_full_name where "your_full_name" is your
real name.
8.4.2. LAWSCH-L. This is a forum to discuss matters of concern which
affect all law students; it is also designed to allow for interaction
between students and law schools to lessen the gap between them. The list
is based at American University Law School.
To subscribe to LAWSCH-L send the following message to LISTSERV@AUVM.BITNET
(BITNET) or LISTSERV%AUVM.BITNET@VM1.NODAK.EDU (Internet):
SUB LAWSCH-L your_full_name where "your_full_name" is your real
name.
8.4.3. TEKNOIDS. This is a UNIX LISTSERV list primarily for those
providing technical services to law Schools. Discussions on the list range
from the mundane (anybody know how to such-and-so in WordPerfect?) to the
philosophical. For more information, contact:
Thomas R. Bruce 607-255-1221
Research Associate FAX: 607-255-7193
Cornell Law School
481 Myron Taylor Hall tom@law.mail.cornell.edu
Ithaca, NY 14853 CompuServe: 75360,542
GENIE: T.BRUCE4
To subscribe, send the following message to listserv@fatty.law.cornell.edu:
SUBSCRIBE TEKNOIDS your_full_name where "your_full_name" is
your real name.
8.4.4. AIL-L. This is a UNIX LISTSERV list about artificial intelligence
and law. The list is not moderated. Thus, anything you send to the list
will go out to all subscribers. To submit an item to the list, the message
containing the item should be sent to ail-l@austin.onu.edu. For more
information, contact:
David R. Warner, Jr. (419) 772-2227
Professor of Law FAX: (410) 772-1927
Pettit College of Law Internet:
Ohio Northern University warner@austin.onu.edu
Ada, Ohio 45810 ABANet: ABA1744
To subscribe, send the following message to listserv@austin.onu.edu:
subscribe ail-l your_full_name where "your_full_name" is your
real name.
8.4.5. FORENS-L. Discussion of forensics and law topics.
*** forens-l@acc.fau.edu
8.4.6. INFO-LAW. General law list.
*** info-law@brl.mil.
8.4.7. LAW-LIB. Discussion list for Law Librarians.
*** law-lib@ucdavis.edu
8.4.8. COMLAW-L. Computers and Legal Education list.
*** comlaw-l@ualtavm.bitnet
8.4.9. EURO-LEX. Discussion of European Legal Matters.
*** euro-lex@ds0rus1i.bitnet
8.4.10. CNI-COPYRIGHT. The Coalition for Networked Information's UNIX
LISTSERV mailing list on copyright law. This list was organized to give
those who ask, answer, and discuss copyright questions of any type a forum
for discussion. Discussion is not limited to any one area such as copyright
for electronic materials. All questions regarding the substance of, or
policies related to, the discussions on this forum, and queries regarding
difficulties with mail or requests for technical assistance should be sent
to the Coalition's Systems Coordinator, Craig A. Summerhill (craig@cni.org).
This forum is currently moderated by Mary Brandt Jensen and Czeslaw Jan
Grycz. Questions regarding the content of the forum should be directed to:
Mary Brandt Jensen, Director
Law Library, School of Law
University of South Dakota
mjensen@charlie.usd.edu
(605) 677 6363
Czeslaw Jan Grycz
Scholarship and Technology Study Project
University of California / Office of the President
cjg@stubbs.ucop.edu
(510) 987-0561
*** CNI-COPYRIGHT@CNI.ORG
To unsubscribe, send the following message to LISTSERV@CNI.ORG: UNSUBSCRIBE
CNI-COPYRIGHT.
To send e-mail the participant of this forum, send your message to CNI-
COPYRIGHT@CNI.ORG.
8.4.10.1. COALITION FOR NETWORKED INFORMATION. The Coalition for Networked
Information, a joint project of the Association of Research Libraries,
CAUSE, and EDUCOM promotes the creation of and access to information
resources in networked environments in order to enrich scholarship and to
enhance intellectual productivity. Currently 162 organizations and
institutions are members of the Coalition Task Force. To see a membership
list, you can send the following message to LISTSERV@CNI.ORG: GET CNI-INFO
CNIMEMBERS.
8.4.11. CALL-L. Canadian Academic Law Libraries.
*** CALL-L@UNBVM1
8.4.12. EC. European Communities.
*** EC@INDYCMS
8.4.13. GOVDOC-L.
*** GOVDOC-L@PSUVM
8.4.14. PACS-L. Public-Access Computer Systems Forum.
*** PACS-L@UHUPVM1
8.4.15. UN. United Nations.
*** UN@INDYCMS
8.4.16. CYBERLAW. The Law and Policy of Computer Networks.
*** CYBERLAW@WMVM1
8.4.17. PSYLAW-L. Psychology and Law, international discussion list.
*** PSYLAW-L@UTEPA
8.4.18. RIGHTS-L. Rights and Responsibilities
*** RIGHTS-L@AUVM
9. BBS SITES
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9.1. BBS SITES. Many Bulletin Board Systems/Services (BBS) sites of a
legal nature exist, including private BBSs, commercial BBSs, and Government
BBSs. (***Editor's note: Dozens of BBS numbers were tested in putting
together this section, including numbers for the Dept. of Justice, the US
Navy Judge Advocate General, the American Bar Association Network, and
numerous private BBSs. Many numbers had been disconnected. Your help in
updating this section is needed. Please send updates to justice!legal-
list@nic.unh.edu.)
9.1.1. THE FEDERAL BULLETIN BOARD. The Federal Bulletin Board is a service
of the U.S. Government Printing Office, Office of Electronic Information
Dissemination Services (EIDS), Washington, DC 2040l. The BBS enables
Federal agencies to provide the public immediate, self-service access to
Federal information in electronic form at reasonable rates.
baud: 300 to 9600
settings: 8N1 (8 bits, no parity, 1 stop bit)
dial-up: (202) 512-1387
human help: User assistance for The Federal Bulletin Board is
available from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday
through Friday (except Federal holidays) by calling the GPO
Office of Electronic Information Dissemination Services (EIDS)
at (202) 512-1524.
hours: Available 22 hours each day, 7 days a week. It is
unavailable from 3:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m, Eastern Time, when
routine maintenance is performed
costs: Some resources are free, some cost. Once you complete the
new user registration process, you may use the free services on
The Federal Bulletin Board for 30 minutes.
10. COMPUTER AIDED LEGAL RESEARCH
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10.1. WESTLAW. For information on Westlaw computer aided legal research,
contact:
West Publishing Company
50 W. Kellogg Blvd.
P.O.Box 64526
St. Paul, MN 55164-0526
1-800-WESTLAW (1-800-937-8529)
WESTLAW is accessible via TELNET from hermes.merit.edu.
10.2. LEXIS/NEXIS. For information on LEXIS/NEXIS computer aided legal
research, contact:
Mead Data Central
P.O.Box 933
Dayton, Ohio, 45401
1-800-543-6862
1-513-859-1608
Internet: 192.73.126.20
LEXIS/NEXIS is accessible via TELNET from hermes.merit.edu.
10.3. DIALOG.
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11. INTERNET, UUCP, AND USENET INFORMATION
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11.1. INTRODUCTORY INTERNET INFORMATION. To receive introductory
information on the Internet, send a message to service@nic.ddn.mil the
subject line "RFC1325" (without the quotations). You will receive the
Request For Comments (RFC) which is Questions and Answers for New Internet
Users. This service is documented in Section 3.16 of The Internet Resource
Guide (see Section 2.2 of this list).
11.2. INTRODUCTORY UUCP INFORMATION. The following book is an excellent
introduction to UUCP and USENET: "Using UUCP and USENET" by Grace Todino,
published by O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., ISBN 0-937175-10-2. This is one
of the "Nutshell" series. For more information call 1-800-338-NUTS.
11.3. INTERNET, UUCP, AND USENET PROVIDERS. The following are the major
commercial Internet, UUCP, and USENET providers:
Anterior Technology
P.O. Box 1206
Menlo Park, CA 94026-1206
Voice: (415) 328-5615
Fax: (415) 322-1753
info@fernwood.mpk.ca.us
(UUCP, connectivity, name service, MX forwarding, news feeds)
MSEN, Inc.
628 Brooks Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
Voice: (313) 741-1120
info@msen.com
(UUCP, connectivity, name service, MX forwarding, news feeds)
MV Communications, Inc.
P.O. Box 4963
Manchester, NH 03108-4963
Voice: (603) 429-2223
Data: (603) 429-1735 (log in as "info" or "rates")
info@mv.mv.com
(UUCP, name service, MX forwarding, news feeds)
Netcom - Online Communication Services
P.O. Box 20774
San Jose, CA 95160
Voice: (408) 554-8649
bobr@netcom.com
(UUCP, connectivity, name service, MX forwarding, news feeds)
UUNET Canada, Inc.
1 Yonge St., Suite 1801
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5E 1W7
Voice: (416) 368-6621
Fax: (416) 369-0515
info@uunet.ca or uunet-ca@uunet.uu.net
(UUCP, connectivity, name service, MX forwarding, news feeds)
UUNET Technologies Inc.
3110 Fairview Park Drive, Suite 570
Falls Church, VA 22042
Voice: (703) 876-5050
Fax: (703) 876-5059
info@uunet.uu.net
AlterNet (network connectivity) info: alternet-info@uunet.uu.net
(UUCP, connectivity, name service, MX forwarding, news feeds)
UUNORTH, Inc.
UUCP & Connectivity Across Canada and the Northern USA
Box 445, Station E
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M6H 4E3
Voice: (416) 537-4930 or (416) 225-UNIX
Fax: (416) 537-4890
Performance Systems International, Inc.
11800 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 1100
Reston, VA 22091
Voice: (703) 620-6651 or (800) 827-7482
Computerized info: all-info@psi.com
Human-based info: info@psi.com
(UUCP, connectivity, name service, MX forwarding, news feeds)
12. OTHER RESOURCES
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12.1. BOOKS.
AUTHOR MacGilvray, Marian W.
TITLE Electronic bulletin board system for the Federal
Depository Library Program : a study.
PUBLISHER Washington, D.C. : Library Programs Service, U.S.
G.P.O., 1991.
PHYS DESCR iv, 33 p. ; 28 cm.
NOTE "February 1, 1991."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 13)
SUBJECT Federal Depository Library Program.
Computer bulletin boards.
Electronic mail systems --United States --Library
applications.
ALT AUTHOR Paskoski, Joseph P.
Walters, John M.
United States. Superintendent of Documents. Library
Programs
AUTHOR Greenwood, J. Michael.
TITLE The impact of word processing and electronic mail on
United States Courts of Appeals.
PUBLISHER Washington, D.C. : Federal Judicial Center, 1979.
PHYS DESCR ix, 91 p. : ill., forms ; 27 cm.
SERIES Courtran II series.
NOTE Includes bibliographical references.
"FJC-R-79-2."
SUBJECT Court administration --United States --Data processing.
ALT AUTHOR Farmer, Larry C.
Federal Judicial Center.
12.2. JOURNALS.
JOURNAL OF LAW AND INFORMATION SCIENCE.
Eugene Clark, Managing Editor
Journal of Law and Information Science
University of Tasmania, Faculty of Law
Box 252C, Hobart
7001, Tasmania, Australia.
email: eugene.clark@law.utas.edu.au
phone: 002 202075
fax: 002 238163
Albany law journal of science & technology
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Harvard journal of law and technology
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High technology law journal
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Idea : the journal of law and technology
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The Journal of law and technology
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Queensland University of Technology law journal
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Rutgers Computer & Technology Law Journal
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12.3. UUCP SOFTWARE.
12.3.1. COMMERCIAL UUCP SOFTWARE.
For the Macintosh:
uAccess, ICE Engineering, (313) 449-8288
ICE Engineering time@ice.com
8840 Main Street uupsi!ice.com!time
Whitmore Lake, MI 48189 !heifetz!tbomb!time
(313) 449 8288
FAX (313) 449 9208
12.3.2. SHAREWARE UUCP SOFTWARE.
12.3.2.1. MACINTOSH. Shareware UUCP software for the Macintosh:
Dave Platt
Snulbug Software
1095 Burgoyne Street
Mountain View, CA 94043
Fernmail. dplatt@snulbug.mtview.ca.us.
12.3.2.2. DOS. Shareware UUCP software for the PC:
Fubar Systems Support Staff
1742 Lima Drive
San Luis Obispo, CA 93405-6817
info: fsuucp-request@zeus.calpoly.edu
12.4. OTHER SHAREWARE SOFTWARE. Other shareware software is available from
the numerous data archives describes in chapter 3 of The Internet Resource
Guide (see Section 2.2 of this list). The archives of Washington University
(Section 3.10) are a good place to start.
12.5. SEMINARS AND MEETINGS.
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