---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 17 Dec 1994 09:48:22 -0600 From: Anne M. Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: women's policy 2/2 3.0 GENERAL SOURCES FOR WOMEN'S AND FEMINIST INFORMATION ======================= 3.1 OTHER USEFUL GUIDES ======================= ~~~~~~~ GOPHERS ~~~~~~~ TI: Sources for Women's Studies/Feminist Information on the Internet URL: gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu/00/inetdirsstacks/ women:hunt LO: una.hh.lib.umich.edu PA: Other Gophers and Veronica University of Michigan Clearinghouse for Subject-Oriented Internet Resource Guides Guides on the Social Sciences AU: Laura Hunt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) DE: Begun in Spring, 1993, this guide is a useful source of information about the Internet in general and women's studies in particular. It contains a comprehensive list of electronic discussion groups and other resources. It is available in the Clearinghouse for Subject-Oriented Internet Resource Guides on the UM-Ulibrary gopher, among others. NT: Latest version is Fall, 1994 ========================= 3.2 FINDING ORGANIZATIONS ========================= ~~~ FTP ~~~ TI: soc.feminism resource file URL: ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/feminism/ resources LO: rtfm.mit.edu PA: pub/usenet/news.answers/feminism/resources DE: This resource file, available via anonymous ftp, contains a list of organizations, publications, electronic mailing lists, and catalogues related to feminism. It was last updated on February 26, 1994 for the newsgroup soc.feminism. You can also obtain it by e-mailing "mail- [EMAIL PROTECTED]" with no subject in the subject field and the body reading "send usenet/news.answers/feminism/resources". ~~~~~~~ GOPHERS ~~~~~~~ TI: CWSE URL: gopher://xerxes.nas.edu:70/00/cwse/gopher/CWPS.html LO: xerxes.nas.edu PA: Organizations Encouraging Women in Science and Engineering DE: This gopher provides a list of organizations that encourage women in science and engineering. However, this list contains information about many organizations that have more general missions as well. Information includes addresses and telephone numbers. _____________________________________________________________ TI: Menu of organizations on IGC/APC networks URL: gopher://gopher.igc.apc.org:70/11/orgs LO: gopher.igc.apc.org DE: This listing contains information about a number of organizations related to women's public policy and legal issues. However, it is not limited to them. The organization listings cover a wide range of topics and concerns. ~~~ WWW ~~~ TI: Mother Jones URL: http//:www.mojones.com DE: This site lists non-profit organizations and gives brief descriptions and addresses. ============================== 3.3 ORGANIZATIONS/INSTITUTIONS ============================== ~~~ FTP ~~~ TI: Washington State Chapter of National Organization of Women URL: ftp://eskimo.com/feminist LO: ftp eskimo.com/feminist AU: Various DE: This ftp site contains the following documents: NOWSPRIN.TXT (NOW's declaration from 1966), NOWNETIN.TXT (an essay about NOW's growing interest in using the Internet), and wast.now.txt (a statement of several of NOW's positions). ~~~~~~~ GOPHERS ~~~~~~~ TI: Center for the Education of Women Library URL: gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu/ LO: una.hh.lib.umich.edu PA: About the Univesity of Michigan Libraries and Information Resources Library Directory DE: Contains contact information for the Library of the Center for the Education of Women at the University of Michigan as well as a brief description of the facility. _____________________________________________________________ TI: Centre for Women's Studies in Education URL: gopher://porpoise.oise.on.ca/11/resources/CWSE/others LO: porpoise.oise.on.ca PA: Collection of On-line Education Resources at OISE AU: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DE: In addition to general information about this organization, this site contains information about its long- term and short-term projects, its degrees and programs, publications, and contact information. _____________________________________________________________ TI: Center on Women and Public Policy URL: gopher://spinaltap.micro.umn.edu:70/00/providers/ Humphrey/HHHI/Projects/research/women LO: spinaltap.micro.umn.edu PA: Providers Humphrey HHHI Projects Research and Analysis Programs Women and Public Policy DE: This contains some very brief information about the Center for Women and Public Policy of the Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. It has a brief description and basic contact information. _____________________________________________________________ TI: Chicana/Latina Research Center URL: gopher://latino.sscnet.ucla.edu:70/00/Directory/ Research/Chicana-Latina LO: latino.sscnet.ucla.edu PA: Directory Research Organizations and Associations DE: This gopher from the Chicano Studies Research Center at UCLA, contains some information about the Chicana/Latina Research Center. This site details its structures, recently received grants, its services and other general information and a group of statements about issues related to Latinas and Chicanas. _____________________________________________________________ TI: Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) URL: gopher://gopher.igc.org/11/women/wedo LO: gopher.igc.org PA: Women DE: This organization, which works to foster women's leadership and advocacy skills, has posted its newsletters and updates on the gopher in addition to a host of other information. It contains information about the Women's Action Agenda 21 from the World Women's Congress for a Healthy Planet, *Women Making a Difference: An Action Guide*, Women Non-Governmental Organization Advocacy at the United Nations, and Women, Environment, and Development Action Campaigns. ~~~ WWW ~~~ TI: Global Fund for Women URL: http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/ellens/GFW/gfw.html DE: This home page contains information about this international grant-making organization. It provides information about requesting printed materials from the organization. It also lists its programs as well as board of directors and advisory council, indicates how to apply for a grant, contains a FAQ, and tells how to assist GFW. _____________________________________________________________ TI: National Center for Missing and Exploited Children URL: http://www.gems.com/kids/ncmec.html DE: This homepage tells how to contact the center. It gives advice on preventing your children from being abducted and contains a missing child list. It also has a fact sheet on the National Child Protection Act and the text of remarks made by the President. _____________________________________________________________ TI: National Child Rights Alliance URL: http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/ellens/NCRA/ncra.html DE: On this homepage are documents about the history and philosophy of the NCRA as well as information about civil rights and health protection, "divorces" between parent and child, and information about Hillary Rodham Clinton's comments on this subject. ====================================== 3.4 PUBLICATIONS/NEWSLETTERS/BULLETINS ====================================== ~~~~~~~ GOPHERS ~~~~~~~ TI: Body Politic URL: gopher://gopher.enews.com/11/magazines/alphabetic/ af/body LO: gopher.enews.com PA: Magazines, Periodicals, and Journals (All Titles) All Titles Listed Alphabetically Titles from A to F DE: Monthly news magazine focusing on people and events involved in the struggle over reproductive freedom. Regular features include national and local legislation and reports on Religious Right activities. _____________________________________________________________ TI: ChoiceNet Report URL: gopher://gopher.well.sf.ca.us/11s/Politics/Abortion LO: gopher.well.sf.ca.us PA: Politics Abortion and Reproductive Rights AU: Editor: Kathy Watkins. Comments/suggestions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] DE: Posted on the WELL gopher, this electronic newsletter is, according to itself, a "weekly update on reproductive rights issues distributed thru e-mail, Women's Wire, gopher.WELL.com, Usenet groups" and other sources. The most recent issues as of this posting is issue 23 (October 15, 1994). The gopher allows for searching of items contained on it. It also has the CARAL newsletter from January, 1993. It contains numerous case studies and statements. _____________________________________________________________ TI: Dataline -- Glass Ceiling Newsletter URL: gopher://gopher.cyberwerks.com/11/dataline LO: gopher.cyberwerks.com DE: This online newsletter reports on sex discrimination in corporate America and higher education. It includes reports on related lawsuits and articles. _____________________________________________________________ TI: Getting It Gazette URL: gopher://inform.umd.edu:70/11/Educational_Resources/ AcademicResourcesByTopic/WomensStudies/ GovernmentPolitics/GettingItGazette LO: inform.umd.edu PA: Educational Resources Academic Resources By Topic Women's Studies Resources Government and Politics AU: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DE: This publication deals with women's issues on a national level. It appears to be produced irregularly. _____________________________________________________________ TI: National Journal of Sexual Orientation Law URL: gopher://vector.casti.com:70/11/gaystuff/QRD/usa/ legal/njsol LO: vector.casti.com PA: Queer Resources Directory Queer Info from the United States Legal Documents AU: Mary Sylla, editor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) DE: This electronic journal is currently at volume 1, number 1. In addition to reading it in the Queer Resources Directory, you can subscribe by sending an e-mail message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body of the message reading "subscribe gaylaw [your first name] [your last name]". The first issue deals extensively with gay legal issues and practice. ~~~ WWW ~~~ TI: Body Politic URL: http://english-server.hss.cmu/Journals.html DE: Web version of the journal by the same name listed above in the section of gophers. -------------------------------- 3.5 ELECTRONIC DISCUSSION GROUPS -------------------------------- TI: Feminist LO: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DE: Run by the American Library Association. Many useful postings related to a variety of issues. This listserv does not have heavy traffic. Discussion tends to be civil, informative, and useful. This is a worthwhile place to post requests for information. _____________________________________________________________ TI: Femjur LO: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DE: Electronic discussion group dealing with issues of women and the law. This is a very high traffic listserv. _____________________________________________________________ TI: soc.feminism LO: Usenet newsgroup DE: This is a moderated newsgroup open to both men and women. The postings are both of issues for discussion and of general information related to feminist issues. Information about this newsgroup is available via anonymous ftp to rtfm.mit.edu under pub/usenet/news.answers/feminism. You can also have any of the files sent via e-mail by messaging mail- [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body of the message reading "send usenet/news.answers/feminism/info". ~~~ WWW ~~~ TI: USENET FAQs URL: http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/ DE: This is a useful sources for finding out information about news groups before joining them as well as for finding out newsgroups pertaining to different subjects. This site contains all USENET FAQs in news.answers hierarchy. You can do limited searching of these files. ================================================== 3.6 Resources for Women's and Feminist Information ================================================== ~~~~~~~ GOPHERS ~~~~~~~ TI: Activist Toolkit URL: gopher://gopher.well.sf.ca.us/11s/Politics/Abortion LO: gopher.well.sf.ca.us PA: Politics Abortion DE: Under the Politics section of this gopher is the Activist Toolkit, a resource with pointers to a variety of information that may assist individuals who are engaged in activism. _____________________________________________________________ TI: Women and the Law URL: gopher://holmes.law.cwru.edu LO: holmes.law.cwru.edu DE: Will have resources related to women and international law and in specific countries. NT: This resource is under construction. _____________________________________________________________ TI: Women's Resources Gathered by IGC URL: gopher://gopher.igc.apc.org/11/women LO: gopher.igc.apc.org PA: Women DE: This resource is provided by the Institute for Global Communications, which is part of the Association for Progressive Communications. The Women's menus include the APC Women's Networking Support Program, Feminist International Radio Endeavor, Pacifica Radio, and the Center of Concern. _____________________________________________________________ TI: Women's Wire Gopher URL: gopher://gopher.wwire.net:8101/1 LO: gopher.wwire.net DE: This is the gopher site for Women's Wire, a for-fee computer network and conference system devoted entirely to women's issues. National as well as international in scope, it is both a clearinghouse for information and an online gathering place for conversation. ~~~ WWW ~~~ TI: Fight the Right Action Kit URL: http://vector.casti.com/QRD/.html/FTR/tblentnt.html DE: Part of the Queer Resource Directory, the action kit contains information about the religious right, strategies for coalition building and campaigning, a list of helpful civil rights organizations, and a selected bibliography. _____________________________________________________________ TI: Guide to Resources on the Internet for the Active Feminist URL: http://www.clark.net/pub/s-gray/feminist.html AU: Sarah Stapleton-Gray ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) DE: This site has materials related to feminist activism arranged by the following subjects: communicating with other feminists, currents feminist issues: news and resources, women's organizations, feminist resources, general resources for political activists, TAKE ACTION: suggestions for current feminist action, and feminist fun and games. The current topics under the heading Current Feminist Issues are reproductive rights, sexual harrassment, and domestic violence. It provides a space for sending comments and suggestions to the author. _____________________________________________________________ TI: Women URL: http://www.igc.apc.org/igc/www.women.html AU: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DE: IGC's resource page with several links to a variety of women's political resources. _____________________________________________________________ TI: Women's Resources URL: http://sunsite.unc.edu/cheryb/women/wshome.html DE: This resource has pointers to many resources near University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This serves as a useful starting point for exploring feminist materials on the WWW. _____________________________________________________________ TI: Women's Resources on the Internet URL: http://sunsite.unc.edu/cheryb/women/wresources.html DE: This page is organized by tool and points to a number of useful general and specific resources. ************************************************************* 4.0 GENERAL SOURCES OF LEGAL AND PUBLIC POLICY INFORMATION ======================= 4.1 OTHER USEFUL GUIDES ======================= TI: Citizen's Guide to Internet Resources on the Rights of Americans URL: gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu/inetdirsstacks/ citizens%3abachpfaff LO: una.hh.lib.umich.edu PA: Other Gophers and Veronica University of Michigan Clearinghouse for Subject-Oriented Internet Resource Guides Guides on the Social Sciences AU: Michelle Pfaff ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and David Bachman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) DE: Directs users to information about legal rights by amendments. Also directs individuals to information about selected statutes and information sources for different groups. _____________________________________________________________ TI: Internet Resources of Government Information URL: gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu/00/inetdirsstacks/ government:gumprecht LO: una.hh.lib.umich.edu PA: Other Gophers and Veronica University of Michigan Clearinghouse for Subject-Oriented Internet Resource Guides Guides on the Social Sciences AU: Blake Gumprecht ([EMAIL PROTECTED] or gumpbw@templevm) DE: This incredibly detailed guide is in its second edition. This guide is available in the Clearinghouse for Subject- Oriented Internet Resource Guides on the UM-Ulibrary gopher, among others. It contains an enormous amount of information about accessing a wide variety of government information on the Internet. You can receive a copy via e-mail by sending a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do not put anything in the subject line and the body of the message needs to be: "send usenet/news.answers/us-govt-net-pointers/part1". NT: Last updated February 26, 1994. _____________________________________________________________ TI: Law-Related Resources on the Internet and Elsewhere URL: gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu/00/inetdirsstacks/ law:heels LO: una.hh.lib.umich.edu PA: Other Gophers and Veronica University of Michigan Clearinghouse for Subject-Oriented Internet Resource Guides Guides on the Social Sciences AU: Erik J. Heels ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) DE: Extremely comprehensive guide that is currently in version 5.0. This file is extremely long and contains information at both the state and federal levels. This guide is available in the Clearinghouse for Subject-Oriented Internet Resource Guides on the UM-Ulibrary gopher, among others. NT: Last updated August 17, 1994 _____________________________________________________________ TI: Political Science on Internet: A Novice's Guide URL: gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu/00/inetdirsstacks/ polisci:ballard LO: una.hh.lib.umich.edu PA: Other Gophers and Veronica University of Michigan Clearinghouse for Subject-Oriented Internet Resource Guides Guides on the Social Sciences AU: John Ballard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) DE: The author describes this guide as "far from a definitive guide to the electronic resources available to political scientists, but an attempt to whet the appetites of those who have not yet ventured far in surfing the Internet." This guide is available in the Clearinghouse for Subject- Oriented Internet Resource Guides on the UM-Ulibrary gopher, among others. NT: Latest version is from May 18, 1994. ============================== 4.2 ORGANIZATIONS/INSTITUTIONS ============================== ~~~~~~~ GOPHERS ~~~~~~~ TI: American Civil Liberties Union Free Reading Room URL: gopher://pipeline.com:70/11/society/aclu LO: pipeline.com PA: Society, Law, Politics American Civil Liberties Union DE: This is a large gopher with a variety of information on it about the ACLU and its activities. It contains *Civil Liberties: The National Newsletter of the ACLU* as well as information about getting help from and joining the organization. It also contains the texts of Supreme Court filings and legislative alerts. _____________________________________________________________ TI: Amnesty International URL: gopher://gopher.igc.apc.org:70/11/orgs/ai LO: gopher.igc.apc.org PA: Organizations on the IGC Networks Gopher AI DE: Contains information posted by Amnesty International, including facts and figures, statistics from 1993, the AI mandate, and many press releases. ~~~ WWW ~~~ TI: Amnesty International URL: http://cyberzine.org/html/Amnesty/aihomepage.html DE: This homepage contains information on how to contact Amnesty International as well its brochure and membership application. It contains copies of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and a connection to Amnesty International Lesbian and Gay Concerns (AIMLGC) [gopher://vector.casti.com.com/Owaisd] _____________________________________________________________ TI: Foundation for National Progress URL: http://www.mojones.com DE: This homepage contains information about the Foundation for National Progress and its publication, Mother Jones. It lists its mission, strategies, and values. ====================================== 4.3 PUBLICATIONS/NEWSLETTERS/BULLETINS ====================================== ~~~ WWW ~~~ TI: Mother Jones URL: http://www.mojones.com/mojo_interactive DE: This homepage has not only specific issues of Mother Jones but also articles arranged by different issues, a reading room with recent articles, a resource guide with connections to various Internet sites, and a chat room with the ability to leave messages that others will be able to read. ===================== 4.4 LEGAL INFORMATION ===================== ~~~~~~~ GOPHERS ~~~~~~~ TI: Legal Information Institute gopher URL: gopher://gopher.law.cornell.edu LO: gopher.law.cornell DE: Contains texts of Supreme Court decisions from 1990 to 1994 as well as links to all parts of the United States Federal Government. ~~~ WWW ~~~ TI: Multilateral Treaties URL: http://www.tufts.edu/departments/fletcher/multi/texts DE: This site contains the texts of many multilateral treaties, many of which concern women's issues. It allows limited searching. ================================================ 4.5 UNITED STATES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INFORMATION ================================================ ~~~~~~~ GOPHERS ~~~~~~~ TI: Federal Government Information URL: gopher://marvel.loc.goc/11 LO: marvel.loc.gov DE: Extensive information from the Library of Congress. This gopher points to all branches of the government. _____________________________________________________________ TI: Congressional Quarterly URL: gopher://gopher.cqalert.com LO: gopher.cqalert.com ============================================ 4.6 UNITED NATIONS/INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION ============================================ ~~~~~~~ GOPHERS ~~~~~~~ TI: World Bank gopher URL: gopher://ftp.worldbank.org/00 LO: ftp.worldbank.org ~~~ WWW ~~~ TI: United Nations URL: http://www.undp.org _____________________________________________________________ TI: World Health Organization URL: http://www.who.ch _____________________________________________________________ TI: World Hunger Program URL: http://www.hinger.brown.edu/oxfam _____________________________________________________________ TI: Worldbank URL: http://www.worldbank.org ************************************************************* 5.0 CONCLUSION ==================== 5.1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ==================== We would like to thank the following people for their assistance and advice in designing this guide: Paula Denney Margaret Dykens Lara Friedman Judy Gourdji Martin Heggestad Joe Janes Joanne Juhnke Nettie Lagace Laura Novkov Lou Rosenfeld Joan Sitomer Brad Taylor And to those who sent us information about resources: William Affleck-Asch Barbara Hobson Amy Lewis Sarah Stapleton-Gray ===================== 5.2 ABOUT THE AUTHORS ===================== This guide is the product of Lydia Potthoff and Tom Turner of the School of Information and Library Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Lydia can be reached via e-mail at [EMAIL PROTECTED] She is a second-year MILS student with interests in law librarianship and government information sources. Tom's e-mail address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] He is a second-year MILS student in the University Library Associates Program and a student in the Graduate Certificate Program in Women's Studies. His interests are in academic librarianship, collection development, and electronic resources, especially in the humanities and social sciences. ======================= 5.3 COPYRIGHT STATEMENT ======================= Copyright, 1994 by Thomas P. Turner and Lydia Potthoff. Electronic reproduction allowed provided authors names are retained. No printed distribution or reproduction is permitted without permission from the authors.