Internetting Corner

By Heather Kelsall

Knowing where to go for particular information saves hours of surfing, so lets share worthwhile WWW sites and e-mail addresses ...


http://www.aust.emb.nw.dc.us
Australian Embassy in Washington provides information on Australian economic and trade matters, history, government and culture.

http://www.nla.gov.au/aedaec.html
Data on current by-elections from the Australian Electoral Commission.

http://www.who.ch/
World Health Organisation

http://clinet.fi:80/gm/
Global recycling network

http://www.christus rex.org/www1/vaticano/O-Musei.html
The Vatican Museum art collection.

http://icair.iac.org.nz/
Antarctica - environmental concerns and educational resources.

http://commsun.its.csiro.au/csiro/index.html
CSIRO information service

http://www.nla.gov.au/finance/budget95/budget95.html
1995 Budget

http://www.aph.gov.au/library/trial.html
Australian government containing Notice Papers for both Houses, Daily Programs, Order of Business, profiles of members, Hansard ... etc.

http://www.bvis.uic.edu/museum/
The Field Museum, Chicago: on-line dinosaurs

FOR MORE: e-mail your request to [email protected]

Recommended reading on the Net:

PHELPS Katherine. Surf's up: Internet Australian style.
Port Melbourne: Mandarin/Reed, 1995. isbn:1863304401
Available through Reed Library. fax: 07 8440900

EBBS Geoff & HOREY Jeremy. The Australian internet book: your information highway toolkit. Warriewood, NSW: Woodlands Press, 1995. isbn:1875889000

Both books are useful reference guides for staff and students, containing simple directions for accessing the Net and listing many sites covering a wide range of topics. Happy surfing ....

Heather Kelsall

Editor

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