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Directs users to Internet mailing lists, Usenet newsgroups, electronic journals and newsletters, and bulletin board systems related to environmental issues, with entries describing resources, audience, and contact information, for users with some familiarity with the Internet. Of interest to environmental consultants, industry professionals, researchers, lawyers, and students. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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Library Journal Review

These two guides are intended to help the ecologically minded pursue their interests online. The Environmental Guide to the Internet is an annotated directory that lists nearly 100 listservs (electronic discussion groups) covering environment-related topics such as alternative energy, biodiversity, eco-feminists, and water quality; dozens of Usenet groups; 45 electronic journals and newsletters (such as Climate Change Bulletin, Earthlink, Rainforest News, and Wind Energy Weekly); 29 bulletin board systems (both governmental and nongovernmental); and other miscellaneous sources, all available on the Internet. Schupp, who specializes in business intelligence analysis at TASC, has focused on easily available electronic sources for a wide audience, not just specialists, and has included subscription and archive information for each source. Sources are arranged alphabetically with a keyword index. This should prove very useful, as no comparable directories are available at this time. Be forewarned, however, that electronic sources appear and disappear like comets. The second edition of Eco-Data (the first appeared in 1993) focuses on electronic bulletin boards‘both government and private‘that contain environmental information. Over 100 boards are listed alphabetically, with modem numbers, baud rate, price (if any), and author comments. While heavy on environmental and engineering topics, it also includes a range of miscellany (herpetology, water lilies, nature photography, Mexico, fire emergencies, etc.). Information is current, and the author's personal impressions are helpful, but the book's usefulness in a library setting is hampered by the lack of a keyword index. The chapter on "understanding the Internet" isn't really necessary, and the World Wide Web is barely mentioned. If funds are limited, choose Schupp's book over this one.‘Laura Lipton, Miller Horticultural Lib., Seattle (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

CHOICE Review

One of many recent guides intended to help navigate and use the Internet more efficiently and with more relevant results, this work focuses on environmental science sources. It is arranged in five sections: (1) electronic mailing lists, (2) Usenet newsgroups, (3) other sources accessible through e-mail, (4) electronic journals and newspapers, and (5) bulletin board systems. Internet guides are welcome as additions to library collections and as resources to support individual research and instruction. They identify rich sources of varied information that emphasize the increasing importance of gray or nontraditional literature and of networking contributions by individual users. The materials Schupp includes, especially the directories of listservs and e-journals, can be found elsewhere, but it is convenient to have them gathered in one place. Entries are consistent and brief and give clear instructions for access. For those interested in environmental issues, the Internet is excellent for statistical data compiled from government sources and for discussions of policy, regulations, ethics, and scientific processes. This guide assumes users will be computer literate and familiar with e-mail; those who are not may like to consult introductory guides such as Gail Clement's Science and Technology on the Internet (1995) or Joshua Eddings's How the Internet Works (1994). The book's only drawback is its price. Graduate students, faculty, professionals. J. Gelfand; University of California, Irvine