LISTSERV LISTS: USEFUL COMMANDS IN THE BODY OF A
MAIL MESSAGE (note - These work for most situations, but
there are execptions)
  
       Subscribe List_Name Your_Name - puts you on the
       mailing list

       Review list_name (short - returns a description and
       purpose of the list

       Review list_name - returns a list of subscribers,
       including the owner

       Index List_name returns a list of files associated
       with the list

REMEMBER: ALWAYS SEND THESE COMMANDS TO THE LISTSERV, i.e. 
Listserv@address

       LISTSERV DISCUSSION GROUPS 
=================================================================
======
       Name: AAVLD-L 
       Description: 
                Forum for discussion between veterinary
diagnostic   
                laboratories and members of the AAVLD. 
       Access:  Electronic Mail 
       Contact: 
       Bitnet Address:  UCDCVDLS      Internet Address: 


       Name: ABUSE-L 
       Description: 
                The ABUSE-L list was formed to serve as a forum
for  
                professionals for discussion of topics related to 

                child abuse. 
       Access:  Electronic Mail 
       Contact: 
                Ann S. Botash, MD  botasha@vax.cc.hscsyr.edu 
                Director, Child Abuse Referral and                
    

                Evaluation Program 
                SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse 
                750 East Adams Street 
                Syracuse, NY 13210 
       Bitnet Address:  UBVM        Internet Address:
                                        UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU 


      Name: ADDICT-L 
       Description: 
                ADDICT-L exists for the mature discussion of the  
                various addictions experienced by a large portion 

                of society.  The focus of this list is to provide 

                an information exchange network for individuals  
                interested in researching, educating or
recovering  
                from a variety of addictions.  It is not the
intent  
                of this list to focus on one area of addiction,
but  
                rather to discuss the phenomena of addiction as
it  
                relates to areas of various types of addictions. 
       Access:  Electronic Mail 
       Contact: 
                Owner: 
                David Delmonico 
                ddelmoni@kentvm.kent.edu 
       Bitnet Address:   KENTVM       Internet Address: 
VM1.NODAK.EDU 
     Name: AGEING 
       Description: 
                BIOSCI Aging electronic conference. 
       Access:  Electronic Mail 
       Contact: 
       Bitnet Address:             Internet Address: 
DARESBURY.AC.UK 


       Name: AGRIS-L 
       Description: 
                The Food and Agriculture Organization Library. 
       Access:  Electronic Mail 
       Contact: 
       Bitnet Address:  IRMFAO01      Internet Address: 


       Name: AHL 
       Description: 
                American Health Line News Service. 
       Access:  Electronic Mail 
       Contact: 
       Bitnet Address:  GWUVM         Internet Address: 


       Name: AI-MEDICINE-REQUEST 
       Description: 
                A discussion list for the areas of medical  
                informatics that deal with AI, like CAI or
decision  
                support.  Computer scientists and engineers with  
                interest in biomedical and clinical research, and 

                of physicians with interest in medical  
                informatics.  AI in Medicine is a broad subject  
                area which encompasses almost all research areas
in  
                artificial intelligence.  For the purposes of
this  
                e-conference, AI in Medicine may be defined as  
                "computed-based medical decision support" or  
                "computer-assisted medical decision making".  All 

                requests to be added to or deleted from this e- 
                conference, problems, questions, etc., should be  
                sent to: 
                AI-MEDICINE-REQUEST@VUSE.VANDERBILT.EDU 
       Access:  Electronic Mail 
       Contact: 
                Owner: 
                Serdar Uckun, MD  
                serdar@vuse.vanderbilt.edu 
       Bitnet Address:       Internet Address:
VUSE.VANDERBILT.EDU 


       Name: AIDS 
       Description: 
                This is a redistribution list for the Usenet  
                newsgroup Sci.Med.AIDS.  Mail to the list is  
                automatically forwarded to the moderator team for 

                the newsgroup. 
       Access:  Electronic Mail 
       Contact: 
                Owner: 
                aids@cs.ucla.edu 
                Moderator Team 
       Bitnet Address:  RUTVM1        Internet Address: 
RUTGERS.EDU 


       Name: AIDS-STAT 
       Description: 
                This discussion list is for the distribution of  
                AIDS statistics from various agencies.  The prime 

                information being distributed will be the Center  
                for Disease Control's monthly AIDS Surveillance  
                Report. 

                All requests to be added to or deleted from this  
                distribution list, problems, questions, etc.,  
                should be sent to: 
                AIDS-STAT-REQUEST@WUBIOS.WUSTL.EDU. 
       Access:  Electronic Mail 
       Contact: 
                Owner: 
                David Dodell 
                ddodell@stjhmc.fidonet.org 
       Bitnet Address:             Internet Address: 
WUBIOS.WUSTL.EDU 

      Name: AMALGAM 
       Description: 
                The AMALGAM list distributes information about  
                chronic mercury poisoning from dental "silver"  
                tooth fillings. 
       Access:  Electronic Mail  
       Contact: Herausgeber: 
                Siegfried Schmitt 
                Klosterweg 28 
                D-76131 Karlsruhe 
                uj21@dkauni2.bitnet 
                uj21@ibm3090.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de 
               
S=UJ21;OU=ibm3090;OU=rz;P=uni-karlsruhe;A=d400;C=de 
       Bitnet Address:  DEARN           Internet Address: 
VM.GMD.DE 
                       

                German). 
       Access:  Electronic Mail 
       Contact: 
       Bitnet Address:  DS0RUS11      Internet Address:
                                     IBMVM.RUS.UNI-STUTTGART.DE 

  Name: BACKS-L 
       Description: 
                A discussion list concerning research on low back 

                pain, and resulting disabilities. 
       Access:  Electronic Mail 
       Contact: Owner: 
                Elizabeth H. Dow 
                edow@moose.uvm.edu 
       Bitnet Address:                Internet Address: 
MOOSE.UVM.EDU 



       Name: BEHAVIOR 
       Description: 
                Behavioral and Emotional Disorders in Children  
                discussion list. 
       Access:  Electronic Mail 
       Contact: Owners: 
                Samuel A. DiGangi 
                atsad@asuacad 
                Robert B. Rutherford Jr. 
                atrbr@asuacad 
       Bitnet Address:  ASUACAD       Internet Address: 

 Name: BRAIN-L 
       Description: 
                Mind-Brain discussion group. 
       Access:  Electronic Mail 
       Contact: Owner: 
                Chris Westbury 
                chris@ego.psych.mcgill.ca 
       Bitnet Address:  MCGILL1       Internet Address: 
  Name: CANCER-L 
       Description: 
                This list is a public list for the discussion of  
                CANCER related topics. 
       Access:  Electronic Mail 
       Contact: 
                Owner: 
                Susan Rodman 
                u0ac3@wvnvm.bitnet 
       Bitnet Address:   WVNVM        Internet Address: 

Name: DIABETES 
       Description: 
                International Research Project on Diabetes. 
       Access:  Electronic Mail 
       Contact: 
       Owner: 
                Martin Wehlou 
                wehlou@fgen.rug.ac.be 
       Bitnet Address:  IRLEARN       Internet Address: 


       Name: DIABETIC 
       Description: 
                Open Discussion forum for DIABETIC patient  
                concerns.  This forum is open to all users on
this  
                and any other node to aid diabetic persons  in
the  
                exchange of views, problems, anxieties, and other 

                aspects of their condition.  As this is a public  
                forum, all messages are subject to review by any  
                one who might request a copy.  This list was  
                started in response to comments from some of the  
                users of DIABETES@IRLEARN that perhaps a separate 

                forum for diabetic patient questions and comments 

                could be made available. 
       Access:  Electronic Mail 
       Contact: 
                Owner: 
                R N Hathhorn 
                sysmaint@pccvm 
       Bitnet Address:  PCCVM         Internet Address: 

  Name: DIET 
       Description: 
                Support and Discussion of Weight Loss. 
       Access:  Electronic Mail 
       Contact: 
                Owner: 
                Roger Campbell 
                campbell@ubvm 
       Bitnet Address:  NDYCMSI       Internet Address: 

       Name: FET-NET 
       Description: 
                A discussion list concerning research in fetal
and  
                perinatal care. Target Group: Those investigators 

                concerned with basic and/or clinical research in  
                fetal and neonatal physiology.  Aims of this  
                distribution list: 
                 - Fast circulation of new research information. 
                 - Better international contacts and cooperation. 
                 - Announcement of scientific meetings in this  
                field. 
                 - Distribution of abstracts and programs for  
                scientific meetings.        
                - Questions/discussions about theoretical and 
                practical matters in our field of research. 
                 - Questions and announcements about
fetal-research  
                funding 
                 - All other information related to fetal  
                physiology: the latest news, gossip, etc... 
       Access:  Electronic Mail 
       Contact: 
                Owners: 
                Bouke Woudstra/Jan Aarnoudse 
                fetalnet@rug.nl
                Bouke Woudstra 
                xpvkbouke@rug.nl 
       Bitnet Address:  HEARN         Internet Address: 


       Name: GENETICS 
       Description: 
                Genetics is dedicated to the discussion of
clinical  
                human genetics.  Its focus is on the diagnosis,  
                management and counseling of conditions of known
or  
                possible genetic origin, and the clinical  
                application of genetic technologies in
obstetrics,  
                pediatrics and medicine.  Genetics is open to all 

                persons interested in clinical human genetics,  
                including health care providers (clinicians,  
                nurses, and other health professionals) and  
                consumers (interested laypeople).  Genetics is  
                owned and coordinated by a Board-certified
Clinical  
                Geneticist (Luis Fernando Escobar, MD) and an  
                interested layperson (John B Harlan) 
       Access:  Electronic Mail 
       Contact: 
                Owners: 
                Editorial:  Luis Fernando Escobar M.D. 
                ized100@indyvax 
                ized100@indyvax.iupui.edu 
                Administrative:  John B Harlan 
                ijbh200@indyvax 
                ijbh200@indyvax.iupui.edu 
       Bitnet Address:  INDYCMS       Internet Address:  
                                        INDYCMS.IUPUI.EDU.INDYCMS 



       Name: GRANTS-L 
       Description: 
                NSF Grants & Contracts Bulletin  Board. 
       Access:  Electronic Mail 
       Contact: 
       Bitnet Address:  JHUVM         Internet Address: 
 Name: HEALTH-ED-REQUEST 
       Description: 
                A conference area dealing with Health Education.  

                Any topic dealing with ideas, problems, or  
                solutions is acceptable. 
       Access:  Electronic Mail 
       Contact: 
       Bitnet Address:       Internet Address: STJHMC.FIDONET.ORG
                        


       Name: HEALTH-L 
       Description: 
                HC-L HEALTHCOM/VM Discussion International  
                Discussion on Health Research, 
       Access:  Electronic Mail 
       Contact: 
                Owner:
                Jill Foster 
                jill.foster@newcastle.ac.uk
       Bitnet Address:                Internet Address: 
IRLEARN.UCD.IE
                                                      
       Name: HEALTHCO 
       Description: 
                Communication in health/medical context
discussion  
                list. 
       Access:  Electronic Mail  
                     * HEALTHCO@RPICICGE.BITNET (list) 
                     * COMSERVE@VM.ECS.RPI.EDU (listserv) 
                Subscriptions to this list must be sent to  
                COMSERVE@RPITSVM (bitnet) or
COMSERVE@VM.ITS.RPI.EDU  
                (internet).  Send the following command to that
address
                to initiate your subscription: 
                Join HealthCo  Your name   
                For example:   
                Join HealthCo  Susan Smith 
       Contact: Owner: 
                support@rpitsvm (Comserve Support Staff). 
       Bitnet Address:  RPICICGE      Internet Address: 
VM.ECS.RPI.EDU

                                                        
Name: HERB 
       Description: 
                Medicinal and Aromatic Plants discussion list.   
                This list is semi-officially supported by the  
                ANADOLU UNIVERSITY MEDICINAL PLANTS RESEARCH
CENTRE  
                (TBAM), 26470 ESKISEHIR / TURKEY"  
                Tlf-Net:+90 (22) 150580 ext.3661 
                Fax-Net:+90 (22) 150127 
                Bitnet: TBAM@TRANAVM2 
                D54@TRANAVM1 
        Contact:
                Owners: 
                Suleyman Aydin 
                d54@tranavm1 
                Huryasa Aslan 
                huryasa@tranavm1 
       Bitnet:  TRANAVM2                   Internet:
Name: DIABETES 
       Description: 
                International Research Project on Diabetes. 
       Access:  Electronic Mail 
       Contact: 
       Owner: 
                Martin Wehlou 
                wehlou@fgen.rug.ac.be 
       Bitnet Address:  IRLEARN       Internet Address: 


       Name: DIABETIC 
       Description: 
                Open Discussion forum for DIABETIC patient  
                concerns.  This forum is open to all users on
this  
                and any other node to aid diabetic persons  in
the  
                exchange of views, problems, anxieties, and other 

                aspects of their condition.  As this is a public  
                forum, all messages are subject to review by any  
                one who might request a copy.  This list was  
                started in response to comments from some of the  
                users of DIABETES@IRLEARN that perhaps a separate 

                forum for diabetic patient questions and comments 

                could be made available. 
       Access:  Electronic Mail 
       Contact: 
                Owner: 
                R N Hathhorn 
                sysmaint@pccvm 
       Bitnet Address:  PCCVM         Internet Address: 

  Name: DIET 
       Description: 
                Support and Discussion of Weight Loss. 
       Access:  Electronic Mail 
       Contact: 
                Owner: 
                Roger Campbell 
                campbell@ubvm 
       Bitnet Address:  NDYCMSI       Internet Address: 

       Name: FET-NET 
       Description: 
                A discussion list concerning research in fetal
and  
                perinatal care. Target Group: Those investigators 

                concerned with basic and/or clinical research in  
                fetal and neonatal physiology.  Aims of this  
                distribution list: 
                 - Fast circulation of new research information. 
                 - Better international contacts and cooperation. 
                 - Announcement of scientific meetings in this  
                field. 
                 - Distribution of abstracts and programs for  
                scientific meetings.        
                - Questions/discussions about theoretical and 
                practical matters in our field of research. 
                 - Questions and announcements about
fetal-research  
                funding 
                 - All other information related to fetal  
                physiology: the latest news, gossip, etc... 
       Access:  Electronic Mail 
       Contact: 
                Owners: 
                Bouke Woudstra/Jan Aarnoudse 
                fetalnet@rug.nl
                Bouke Woudstra 
                xpvkbouke@rug.nl 
       Bitnet Address:  HEARN         Internet Address: 


       Name: GENETICS 
       Description: 
                Genetics is dedicated to the discussion of
clinical  
                human genetics.  Its focus is on the diagnosis,  
                management and counseling of conditions of known
or  
                possible genetic origin, and the clinical  
                application of genetic technologies in
obstetrics,  
                pediatrics and medicine.  Genetics is open to all 

                persons interested in clinical human genetics,  
                including health care providers (clinicians,  
                nurses, and other health professionals) and  
                consumers (interested laypeople).  Genetics is  
                owned and coordinated by a Board-certified
Clinical  
                Geneticist (Luis Fernando Escobar, MD) and an  
                interested layperson (John B Harlan) 
       Access:  Electronic Mail 
       Contact: 
                Owners: 
                Editorial:  Luis Fernando Escobar M.D. 
                ized100@indyvax 
                ized100@indyvax.iupui.edu 
                Administrative:  John B Harlan 
                ijbh200@indyvax 
                ijbh200@indyvax.iupui.edu 
       Bitnet Address:  INDYCMS       Internet Address:  
                                        INDYCMS.IUPUI.EDU.INDYCMS 



       Name: GRANTS-L 
       Description: 
                NSF Grants & Contracts Bulletin  Board. 
       Access:  Electronic Mail 
       Contact: 
       Bitnet Address:  JHUVM         Internet Address: 
 Name: HEALTH-ED-REQUEST 
       Description: 
                A conference area dealing with Health Education.  

                Any topic dealing with ideas, problems, or  
                solutions is acceptable. 
       Access:  Electronic Mail 
       Contact: 
       Bitnet Address:       Internet Address: STJHMC.FIDONET.ORG
                        


       Name: HEALTH-L 
       Description: 
                HC-L HEALTHCOM/VM Discussion International  
                Discussion on Health Research, 
       Access:  Electronic Mail 
       Contact: 
                Owner:
                Jill Foster 
                jill.foster@newcastle.ac.uk
       Bitnet Address:                Internet Address: 
IRLEARN.UCD.IE
                                                      
       Name: HEALTHCO 
       Description: 
                Communication in health/medical context
discussion  
                list. 
       Access:  Electronic Mail  
                     * HEALTHCO@RPICICGE.BITNET (list) 
                     * COMSERVE@VM.ECS.RPI.EDU (listserv) 
                Subscriptions to this list must be sent to  
                COMSERVE@RPITSVM (bitnet) or
COMSERVE@VM.ITS.RPI.EDU  
                (internet).  Send the following command to that
address
                to initiate your subscription: 
                Join HealthCo  Your name   
                For example:   
                Join HealthCo  Susan Smith 
       Contact: Owner: 
                support@rpitsvm (Comserve Support Staff). 
       Bitnet Address:  RPICICGE      Internet Address: 
VM.ECS.RPI.EDU

                                                        
Name: HERB 
       Description: 
                Medicinal and Aromatic Plants discussion list.   
                This list is semi-officially supported by the  
                ANADOLU UNIVERSITY MEDICINAL PLANTS RESEARCH
CENTRE  
                (TBAM), 26470 ESKISEHIR / TURKEY"  
                Tlf-Net:+90 (22) 150580 ext.3661 
                Fax-Net:+90 (22) 150127 
                Bitnet: TBAM@TRANAVM2 
                D54@TRANAVM1 
        Contact:
                Owners: 
                Suleyman Aydin 
                d54@tranavm1 
                Huryasa Aslan 
                huryasa@tranavm1 
       Bitnet:  TRANAVM2                   Internet:
Name: MAXLIFE-L ?? THIS MAY HAVE CHANGED
       Description: 
                MaxLife-L is a list for those working toward a    
   
                positive, healthy life style while at the same
time  
                choosing to avoid heavy consumerism.  It is for  
                people who choose their activities with careful  
                consideration to the pleasure they bring as well  
                as all their costs.  Please note that this is a  
                MAILSERV and not a listserv server. 
       Access:  Address posts for the list to: 
maxlife@email.unc.edu 
                or maxlife@gibbs.oit.unc.edu. 
       Contact: 
               Penny Ward 
                crunchy@email.unc.edu . 
                Sharon Gordon
                gordonse@iris.uncg.edu 
       Bitnet Address:  UNCG       Internet Address: Name: NEWS-L 
       Description: 
                 NYS Department of health news. 
       Access:  Electronic Mail 
       Contact: 
       Bitnet Address:  ALBNYDH2      Internet Address: 



      Name: NUTEPI 
       Description: 
                Nutritional epidemiology discussion list. 
       Access:  Electronic Mail 
       Contact: 
                Owner: 
                Gert Mensink 
                mensink@db0tui11 
       Bitnet Address:  DB0TUI11      Internet Address: 
 Name: POP-BIO 
       Description: 
                Population Biology is a synthesis of population  
                ecology and population genetics, pursuing a
unified  
                theory to explain the structure, functioning and  
                evolution of populations of living beings.  Such  
                populations are very complex systems, exhibiting
a  
                variety of phenomena that we still do not master. 
 
                Just to quote a famous example, multiannual
density  
                cycles (e.g. in lemmings) have not received a  
                satisfactory explanation, despite decades of  
                debated studies and speculations.  Population  
                Biology is a very active field, encompassing such 

                diverse approaches as tenacious, harsh field work 

                to track long term demographic and genetic  
                fluctuations, or sophisticated conversations with
a  
                computer about strange attractors possibly
causing  
                chaos in the density fluctuations. 

                Topics that can be discussed include: ecology,  
                population genetics, systematics, evolution,  
                morphometry, interspecific competition,  
                sociobiology, mathematical modelling, population  
                regulation, pest control, chromosomal evolution,  
                social behavior, statistical methodology in  
                population study, population management of  
                endangered species, applications of molecular  
                biology techniques, etc., and, last but not
least,  
                your own topic.  There is no restriction on the  
                species: viruses, protokaryotes, plants, animals  
                (including man), mythic or extinct species,  
                computer-simulated species...  Technical
problems,  
                book reviews, meeting announcements and so on are 

                also welcome. 

                The names of the new groups are: 
                   
                Internet: POPULATION-BIOLOGY 
                Bitnet: POP-BIO        
                Usenet: bionet.population-bio 
                If you wish to participate in the group, please  
                send your subscription request to the appropriate 
   
                BIOSCI node below.  More information on BIOSCI
can also
                be requested at the  addresses below: 
                BIOSCI%NET.BIO.NET@VM1.NODAK.EDU   (Internet,
USA) 
                BIOSCI@NET.BIO.NET     (BitNet, USA) 
                BIOSCI@IRLEARN.UCD.IE       (Internet, Ireland) 
                EARN/BitNet BIOSCI@UK.AC.DARESBURY  (Janet, U.K.) 
                BIOSCI@BMC.UU.SE   (EARN/Internet, Sweden) 
       Access:  Electronic Mail 
       Contact: Moderator: 
                Vincent Bauchau 
                (Internet) VINCENT%BUCLLN11.BITNET@VM1.NODAK.EDU 
                (Bitnet) VINCENT@BUCLLN11 
       Bitnet Address:              Internet Address: 
DARESBURY.AC.UK
                                                       

       Name: PRENAT-L 
       Description: 
                Perinatal outcomes discussion list.  The primary  

                purpose of this listserv is to share information
on  
                perinatal health data and information resources
for  
                NYS, including birth and death data,  
                hospitalization data, health status measures,  
                program participation, congenital malformations  
                registry data, and data on maternal risk factors. 
 
                National and other-level data may also be  
                pertinent.  This listserv is one of the products  
                resulting from a RWJ Foundation-funded project to 

                improve health data for policy making.  It was  
                developed  as one way to make health data
resources  
                more accessible to the health policy and research 

                community.  Many of the have been involved in
this  
                project and advised on ways to improve maternal
and  
                infant data.  Contributors will make some summary 

                tables available, will notify members of new  
                reports or studies that they feel will be of  
                interest, and will report on other data
initiatives  
                in which they are involved or know about. 
       Access:  Electronic Mail 
       Contact: 
                Owner: 
                Michael Zdeb 
                msz03@albnydh2 
       Bitnet Address:  ALBNYDH2      Internet Address: 


       Name: VEGGIE 
       Description: 
                Vegetarianism.  If you are interested in  
                vegetarianism, veganism, fruitarianism,  
                macrobiotics, whole/natural foods,
health/fitness,  
                cooking, etc., this new mailing list may be for  
                you! (We are a "dissident" spin-off of Granola,  
                another vegetarian mailing list.) Our list is  
                called "VEGGIE" to be inclusive of vegans,  
                fruitarians, lacto-, ovo-, ovo-lacto-vegetarians, 

                vegetable-lovers, those simply interested in  
                vegetarianism or veggie recipes, etc! You do not  
                have to be a vegetarian to join! 
       Access:  Electronic Mail 
       Contact: 
               Owner:
               Penny Ward 
       Bitnet Address:             Internet Address: 
GIBBS.OIT.UNC.EDU

       Name:  BIONET NEWS GROUPS 

       Description: 
               Unlike most Usenet newsgroups, the bionet
newsgroups  
               all have gateways into non-listserver mailing
lists.   
               The cross-posting of articles to more than one  
               newsgroup is discouraged, since at this time the
e-mail 

               subscribers will get multiple copies of any cross- 
               posted articles.These mailing lists are
administrated  
               by David Kristofferson's BIOSCI service, which is  
               funded by the US National Science Foundation for
the  
               express purpose of supporting computer networking
among 

               biologists.By supporting personal e-mail
subscriptions  
               to the bionet newsgroups, BIOSCI has effectively
formed 

               a bridge between biologists with e-mailand those
with  
               Usenet (once familiar with Usenet, few people have
the  
               patience for e-mail subscriptions).  David  
               Kristofferson is responsible for proposing the
creation 

               of the bionet domain of Usenet and starting many
of the 

               bionet newsgroups.  Requests for e-mail
subscriptions  
               to bionet newsgroups are handled by
biosci@net.bio.net  
               (for requests from he Americas) and  
               biosci@daresbury.ac.uk (for all others). 

               BioSci 

               Three important items follow: BIOSCI archive
searching  
               by e-mail, the BIOSCI FAQ, and the BIOSCI User
Address  
               Directory form.  If you have not yet listed
yourself in
               our e-mail address directory, please take a few
minutes
               to complete and return the form below.  If your
address
               information has changed since you listed 
yourself,
               please send us an updated form. 

                                               Sincerely, 

                                               Dave Kristofferson 
                                               BIOSCI/bionet
Manager 
                                              
kristoff@net.bio.net 


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forming    

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used   

               elsewhere in Usenet. Various other FAQs dealing
with    

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bionet.info- 

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ncifcrf.gov:  

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               bionet.general                      
                    General BIOSCI discussion 
               bionet.genome.chrom22             
                    Discussion of Chromosome 22 
               bionet.journals.contents
                   Biology Journals Contents 
               bionet.immunology  
                    Discussion concerning immunology research 
               bionet.molbio.ageing
                   Cellular and organismal ageing  
               bionet.molbio.bio-materix             
                    Computer applications to biological databases 
               bionet.molbio.embldatabank
                    EMBL Nucleic acid database discussion 
               bionet.molbio.genbank  
                    Information concerning the GenBank Nucleic
acid 
               bionet.molbio.genbank.updates 
                    Moderated. GenBank updates  
               bionet.molbio.gene-linkage
                    Discussions about genetic linkage analysis 
               bionet.molbio.evolution
                    How genes and proteins have evolved       
               bionet.molbio.genome-program 
                    Discussion of Human Genome Project issues 
               bionet.molbio.hiv        
                    Discussion concerning the molec. biology of
HIV 
               bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts     
                    Requests for information and lab reagents 
               bionet.neuroscience
                    Research issues in the neurosciences 
               bionet.molbio.proteins
                    Research on proteins and protien databases 
               bionet.sci-resources
                    Information about funding agencies 
      

       Name: BITNET LISTSERV ECHOS 

       Description: 
               As with all of the bit.listserv news groups, these
are  
               echos of the corresponding Bitnet mailing lists. 

               bit.listserv.aidsnews 
               bit.listserv.autism       
               bit.listserv.deaf-l  
               bit.listserv.l-hcap                                
    

               bit.listserv.mednews 
               bit.listserv.psycgrad. 
       
       Name:  MISC NEWSGROUPS 

       Description: 
               misc.emerg-services 
                    Emergency services discussion group 
               misc.handicap 
                    This newsgroup covers all areas of
disabilities,   
                    technical, medical, educational, legal, etc. 
       
       Name:  SCI NEWSGROUPS 

       Description: 
               sci.bio        
                    Biology and related sciences discussion 
               sci.bio.technology       
                    Discussion of technology in biology 
               sci.med                          
                    Medicine and its related products and  regs. 
               sci.med.aids          
                   AIDS: treatment, path./biol., HIV prevention 
               sci.med.nurs        
                    Nursing discussion 
               sci.med.physics             
                    Physics in medicine discussion 
               sci.med.radiol            
                    Radiology discussion 
               sci.med.telemedicine     
                    Medical Networking - Hospital Networks 
               sci.psychology     
                    Psychology issues               
               sci.psychology.digest     
                    Psychology issues in digest form 
               sci.med.occupational   
                    Occupational Injuries discussion. 
      
       Name:   TALK NEWSGROUPS 

       Description: 
               talk.abortion
                    Abortion issues discussion 
               talk.politics.drugs
                    The politics of drug issues 
       
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DOCUMENTS:  These are pointers to significant documents (files)
concerning health related subjects.

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       Name: california initiative 

       Description: 
         The version proposed in california -- returns huge  
         amounts of authority and responsibility to the  
         consumers and providers (meaning doc and other direct  
         deliverers of services, NOT health plans, insurance  
         companies, any third-party managers) 
       Access: e-mail  
               Ask for the full text of the California
Initiative. 
       Contact: 
       Bitnet Address:                 Internet Address:          
    

                                        DAEMON@IGC.APC.ORG 

               NEWSPAPERS, NEWSLETTERS, AND DISCUSSION GROUPS
BIOSCI 

               Biocomputing News 
              
href="http://beta.embnet.unibas.ch/basel/bcnews/default.

              html "

               Bionic . 
               href="http://nearnet.gnn.com/wic/molbio.05.html"> 

               EMBNet/ 
              
href=http://beta.embnet.unibas.ch/embnet/info.html"> 

               Discover; The World of Science 
               href="gopher://gopher.internet.com:2100/1 
               GOPHER://1/category/science/General/discover"> 

               Drosophila Information Newsletter 
               href="http://gopher.cic.net/1GOPHER://1/e- 
               serials/alphabetic/d/drosophila"

               GenTools 
              
href="gopher://gopher.gdb.org:70/77/.INDEX/gentools"> 

               Human Genome Newsletter (U.S. DOE) 
              
href="http://gopher.gdb.org/1GOPHER://1/Genome/hgnews"> 

               MORE INFORMATION ON ELECTRONIC JOURNALS, JOURNAL
INDEXES

                & DATABASES 
            
               Biosequence analysis bibliographie 
              
ref="http://journal.biology.carleton.ca/Journal/backg  
               round/HotArticles.html"> 

               National Animal Genome Research Program Newsletter 
              
href="http://probe.nalusda.gov:8000/animal/NAGRPnews/ind

               ex.html"> 

               News Archives 
              
href="gopher://ftp.bio.indiana.edu/1GOPHER://1/Network- 
               News"> 

               The Scientist 
               href="http://ds.internic.net/1GOPHER://1/pub/the- 
               scientist"> 

               Swiss Node of the EMBnet
               href="http://beta.embnet.unibas.ch"> 

               World Health Organization Library Digest 
              
href="http://gopher.who.ch/1GOPHER://1/.hlt/.digest"> 

               SeqAnalRef . 
              
href="gopher://gopher.gdb.org:70/77/.INDEX/seqanalref"> 


               BIOLOGICAL JOURNALS TABLES OF CONTENTS: 

               AIDS 
               href="gopher://gopher.cic.net/1GOPHER://1/e- 
               serials/general/science/medical/aids"> 


               BROWSE 
              
href="gopher://gopher.genethon.fr:70/1GOPHER://1/Biblio/

              Journaux"> 

               CICNet Electronic  Journal Indices 
               href="gopher://gopher.cic.net/1GOPHER://1/e- 
               serials/general"> 

               Harvard Biolabs 
               href="http://golgi.harvard.edu/homepage.genome"> 

               Medicine 
               href="gopher://gopher.cic.net/1GOPHER://1/e-       
               serials/general/science/biology"> 
               Biology serials/general/science/medical"> 

               Science 
              
href="gopher://gopher.internet.com:2100/1GOPHER://1/
               category/science"> 

               Search<LI><a  
              
href="gopher://gopher.genethon.fr/7waissrc%3a/Biblio/
               Journaux/.TOCS"> 

               WWW Servers for Biology &  
               Medicine
               href="http://golgi.harvard.edu/biopages.html"> 
       Access: URL (graphical www browser such as NCSA Mosaic    
               recommended) 
  Name: JOURNAL OF NIH RESEARCH 

       Description: 
               Life Sciences Research and News about the National 

               Institutes of Health.  The  Journal of NIH
Research is  

               edited for doctoral level scientists engaged in
life  
               sciences research that is funded by the National  
               Institutes of Health. 

               Each issue contains the following sections:  

               Life sciences news. 

               Research: including original research reviews,  
               summaries of significant initiatives, (such as
AIDS and 

               the human genome project); 

               Notes for the bench scientist (legal issues,
ethical   
               questions, NIH resources and funding news, and  
               technological advances in instrumentation and
other lab 

               equipment, procedures and techniques.) 
       Access: Gopher
       URL Address:
gopher://gopher.internet.com:2100/11/collected/nih

       
       Name: LYMENET-L 

       Description: 
               The Lyme Disease Electronic Mail Network. 
Subscribers  
               to LymeNet-L receive The LymeNet Newsletter  
               approximately twice a month.  This publication
provides 

               readers with the latest research, treatment and  
               political news about the Lyme disease epidemic. 
Lyme  
               Disease is now the fastest growing infectious
disease  
               in the United States.  In 10 short years, this
little  
               known bacterial infection has claimed half a
million  
               victims and the number of new patients continues
to  
               spiral upward with no relief in sight.  It is
estimated 

               that in 1991, 100,000 Americans contracted this  
               dangerous disease.  If left untreated, LD can
cause  
               permanent nerve, musculoskeletal and cardiac
damage. 
       Access: Electronic Mail 
                 * Back issues can be obtained via 2 methods: 

                   - Internet users may use anonymous FTP at: 
                         ftp.Lehigh.EDU:/pub/listserv/lymenet- 
                         l/Newsletters/x-yy 
                         where x is the volume number and yy is
the  
                         issue number 

                   - Internet and Bitnet users may use the
listserver 
                     by sending it this command: 

                         get LymeNet-L/Newsletters x-yy 
                         where x is the volume number abd yy is
the  
                         issue number 

                   * The LymeNet Newsletter is automatically
                    crossposted to the sci.med UseNet group. 

                   * The Newsletter is suitable for both
scientific and

                    patient communities, as it contains sections
for
                    each. 

                   * We will complete volume 1 by releasing issue
#27 
                     soon. 
               The Newsletter has been in publication since
January
               '93. Volume 2 will begin in late January '94. 
       Contact: Marc Gabriel 
                Editor-in-Chief, The LymeNet Newsletter 
                mcg2@lehigh.edu 
      

       Name: MEDNEWS - Health Infocom Newsletter 

       Description: 
               This newsletter contains health oriented news
articles  
               from around the globe.  The HEALTH INFOCOM
NEWSLETTER  
               is published once a week.  The newsletter is
usually  
               quite large, so to facilitate network movement, it
is  
               broken up into multiple sections.  These are
always  
               clearly marked. 
       Access: Send an email to LISTSERV@ASUACAD.BITNET with the
line
               Sub  MEDNEWS FirstName LastName 
       

       Name: MIDWIFERY 

       Description: 
               MIDWIVES ARRIVE ON THE ELECTRONIC FRONTIER 

               Midwifery Today, a small press magazine located at
390  
               High Street, Eugene, Oregon, combines one of
humanity's 

               oldest professions, midwifery, with some of
today's  
               newest methods of communication and networking. In 

               January, the magazine staked its claim on the  
               electronic frontier with an account on America
Online  
               and an e-mail address of Midwifery@aol.com. 

               Today, for this gives the staff another way to  
               communicate with midwives and other birth
practitioners 

               around the world. Although the magazine is small,
it  
               has subscribers in 20 different countries and has  
               covered midwifery in areas as diverse as Bali,
Russia  
               and Japan. In addition, plans are in full swing
for an  
               international Pacific Rim Conference, "Weaving a
Global 

               Future," to be held in Hawaii in February 1995. 

               The international reach of internet mail is
important  
               to Midwifery. Midwifery Today's electronic
outreach
               extends beyond simply having an E-mail address.
The
               magazine itself actively encourages midwives to
use
               computers and to go online, with articles like
               "Midwifery in the Information Age," by Linda R.
Barnes,
               MS, CNM,  and "PC, IBM, Mac, DOS--Making Sense of
the
               Alphabet Soup,"  by Daphne Singingtree, CM, both
in the
               Winter 1993 issue. An article about midwives
online,
               also by Singingtree, is slated for the Spring 1994
               issue, now in production. 

               Founded in 1986, Midwifery Today, Inc. publishes a 

               quarterly magazine filled with up-to-date
information  
               on the many issues surrounding birth and midwifery 

               care. Midwifery Today magazine promotes the
exchange of 

               ideas and knowledge between many different kinds
of  
               birth practitioners, from medical doctors to lay  
               midwives to childbirth educators. A strong
editorial  
               emphasis is teaching women about alternatives in  
               pregnancy and childbirth: including a woman's
right to  
               have her children where and how she chooses. 
       Access: Anyone with full internet access can read
Midwifery
               Today's subscription, submission and conference
               information on the Nightingale Nursing Gopher at
the
               University of Tennessee and the University of
Warwick
               Nursing Gopher, in England.   
               (See Gophers section).  The Nightingale Gopher
also has
               the bibliography and references for "Guidelines
for
               Serving Disabled Women," a two-part series which
               appeared in the Autumn and Winter 1993 issues. 

       Contact:  MIDWIFERY TODAY 
                 Midwifery information: 
                 Jan Tritten 
                 P.O. Box 2672, Eugene OR 97402 
                 Editorial information: Jan Tritten 
                 1-503-344-7438 1-800-743-0974 
                 Kimberley Mangun, midwifery@aol.com 
        

       Name: NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE PUBLICATIONS 

       Description: 
               National Library of Medicine publications. 
       Access: Gopher - World Wide Web 
       URL Address:  Gopher://.nlm.nih.gov:70/11/nlmpubs_link 


       Name: NIBnews 

       Description: 
               This is a biomedical informatics monthly
newsletter.   
               Covers Brazilian (and eventually South American)  
               activities, people, information, events,
publications,  
               software,  and computer applications in health
care,  
               medicine and biology.  Each issue contains about
100  
               lines in English.  There is a longer printed
version,  
               available through postal mail to anyone wishing to 

               receive it. 
       Access: Send email to either sabbatini@bruc.Bitnet or   
               sabbatini@ccvax.unicamp.br and request a
subscription. 


       Name: ONLINE JOURNAL OF CURRENT CLINICAL TRIALS 

       Description: 
               Searchable database of current clinical trials 
       Access: Gopher - World Wide Web 
       URL Address:  Gopher://gopher.psi.com:2347/7?clinical 


       Name: ONLINE JOURNAL OF KNOWLEDGE SYNTHESIS FOR NURSING 

       Description: 
               Published by Sigma Theta Tau, premiered at the
Biennial 

              Convention in November 1993. 

       Access: Demo disks are available.  A subscribtion (1 year)
costs

               $60.00. 
       Contact:Sigma at 317-634-8171 or e-mail the editor, Jane  
               Barnsteiner at barnstnr@son.nursing.upenn.edu. 
     

       Name: PHNFLASH 

       Description: 
               PHNFLASH is an electronic newsletter on key
population, 

               health, and nutrition issues, produced by the  
               Population, Health and Nutrition Department in the 

               World Bank.  This department is solely responsible
for  
               its content. 
       Access: Here are several useful commands that will enable
you to

               subscribe to PHNFLASH, unsubscribe from PHNFLASH,
and  
               receive copies of any issues of PHNFLASH.  Refer
to the
               appropriate section for subscription information. 
               If you are a World Bank staff, please refer to
Section
               1.  If you are not a World Bank staff, please
refer 