Here is the most recent revision. Hope it proves useful.
Regards, Jeanne Brown
INTERNET SOURCES IN ARCHITECTURE AND
BUILDING
Compiled by Jeanne M. Brown
Architecture Studies Librarian
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
This edition is dated May 23, 1994. Additions to the
previous edition (2-94) are indicated with an *. Thanks
to Ziga Turk for keeping me up to date on ICARIS
developments, and suggesting sites that might be added to
the list.
I plan on issuing periodic revisions and additions, to be
posted to the University of Michigan Clearinghouse for
Subject-Oriented Internet Resource Guides (URL:
gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu/70/00/inetdirsstacks/archi:brown;
Address: gopher una.hh.lib.umich.edu/inetdirsstacks/Architecture)
and would appreciate receiving corrections and/or
suggestions. They may be sent to jeanneb@xxxxxxxxxx
or to Jeanne Brown, The University Libraries, Box 45-
7001, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
89154-7001.
This is not, indeed cannot be, a comprehensive list.
There are, for instance, many additional technically-
oriented sites, such as the ones in civil engineering, that
would be of interest to architects and builders. There are
also many arts and graphics sites, sources of business
information, etc. that would be of interest. I have
attempted to include at least some of these types of
sources.
I cannot guarantee that you will find exactly what is
reported. Addresses, paths, and contents change with
regularity on the Net. Nonetheless it is hoped that it will
assist those interested in architecture and building in their
use and explorations of the Internet.
Knowledge of basic Internet operations such as gopher,
telnet, ftp etc. is assumed.
Keywords include: architecture, building, construction,
AEC
Copyright: Permission is granted to use this material for
non-commercial purposes, provided the author is
credited.
Contents:
Section 1: Gopher Collections
a. gophers devoted to architecture/
construction/ building, or with architectural
sections and/or information
b. gophers of architecture schools/
university architecture programs
Section 2: World Wide Web Sites
Section 3: Electronic Journals
Section 4: Listservs
Section 5: Newsgroups
Section 6: Images
Section 7: Indexes
Section 8: Library Catalogs
Section 9: FTP Sites
Section 10: Government Information Sources
* Section 11: Fun and Games
Format: A standard address format is followed. That
format is "protocol address/subdirectory/subdirectory". For
example, UNLV's Architecture Studies Department has
material on the UNLV gopher. The directions for
finding it are in this format: gopher sparkie.nevada.edu/
UNLV Campus Information/ College of Engineering/
Architecture Studies. The URL (Uniform Resource
Locator) is also given. The URL is the address you
would enter at a web site with a browser to get to the
desired location. The format is similar to the one being
followed for the address: protocol://address/subdirectory/subdirectory.
When using the URL, enter the complete address, including
subdirectories. Sometimes the "Address" and the "URL"
given below will be the same; sometimes they will look
quite different.
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Section 1: GOPHER COLLECTIONS
a. Many gophers offer information grouped by subject
or discipline. A few which have good sections devoted to
art and architecture, or architecture alone are listed here.
Other gophers listed below are devoted specifically to
architecture, building construction, and related fields.
They tend to have more local/original material, as
opposed to pointers to others sites (although those are
also included).
1a.1 Name: Daedalus Design Gopher
Address: gopher daedalus.edc.rmit.edu.au
URL: gopher://daedalus.edc.rmit.edu.au:70
An experimental gopher at the Centre for Design
at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in
Australia, it is intended to provide "virtual
document collections that reflect the original
nature of the research being undertaken at the
Centre." Centre research papers are available
full-text. The particular focus of the Centre is
environmental design. Links are provided to
other net sources under the subjects architecture,
building & construction, design, horticulture,
urban planning, and environment. The Co-
operative Network for Building Researchers is
using this gopher as a home as well, with a
database of members.
1a.2 Name: RiceInfo
Address: gopher riceinfo.rice.edu/information by
subject area/ architecture
URL: gopher://riceinfo.rice.edu:70/11/Subject/
Architecture
This section of the Rice University gopher is one
of the four gophers (along with ArchiGopher,
NCSU and University of California Berkeley)
currently listed in gopher jewels under
architecture. It has a relatively extensive menu
including standard sources such as Archigopher,
but also some not usually seen, such as menu
choices for the Rice Design Alliance, the Chicago
Architecture Foundation and Netspiro (the UCB
image library).
*1a.3 Name: University of California Berkeley Library
Address: gopher infolib.lib.berkeley.edu/Research
Databases and Resources by Subject/Architecture
URL: gopher://infolib.lib.berkeley.edu:70/11/
resdbs/arch
This library gopher includes several library guides
produced for the patrons of the UC-B
Environmental Design Library, as well as links to
online archives of Cadalyst and Computer World
Magazine, and other architecture information.
1a.4 Name: ArchiGopher
Address: gopher libra.arch.umich.edu
URL: gopher://libra.arch.umich.edu:70
Currently concentrating on images, it plans to
expand and serve the cause of "dissemination of
architectural knowledge." Included are samples
of Palladio's architectural projects, CAD images,
lunar architecture, and Greek architecture.
*1a.5 Name: Calpoly Library Gopher
Address: gopher library.calpoly.edu/subject guide
to online resources/architecture
URL:
gopher://library.calpoly.edu:70/11/Subject_Guide/Architecture
Nice selection of pointers to sites such as the US
ADA Design Standards, Rensselaer's slides, and
Arizona State's solar energy index. Also includes
local information: a "Descriptive Guide to the
Julia Morgan Collection."
1a.6 Name: UCSB Library Gopher
Address: gopher ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu/ucsb gopher
central/ Infosurf (Davidson Library Gopher)/
Subject Collections/ the Arts Collections/ Art and
Architecture
URL: gopher://ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu:3001/11/.Arts/
.Art
The University of California Santa Barbara's
combined art and architecture section includes, as
of 5/94, the ACM SIGGRAPH Online
Bibliography Project, Archigopher, Artbase:
Bibliography of Arts Online, Ceramics gopher,
Listservs in Art, the Vatican Library Exhibition,
the Art and Images collection from Texas Tech,
and a UCSB Library Reference Guide for Art.
1a.7 Name: Carnegie Mellon Gopher
Address: gopher english-server.hss.cmu.edu/ Art
and Architecture
URL: gopher://english-server.hss.cmu.edu:70/
11ftp:English Server:Art&arch:
Carnegie Mellon's gopher is Mac-based, with lots
of Mac compressed files. It includes postings
from alt.architecture (newsgroup), Architronic,
image files, the Mosaic image archive at the
Australian National University, and more. The
Carnegie Mellon gopher also includes full text of
some article-length pieces, e.g. "Office Patterns,"
Artbase, and a review of the Robert Irwin
exhibition catalog.
1a.8 Name: Output Magazine
Address: gopher bongo.cc.utexas.edu/ UT Austin/
Colleges, Departments and Projects/ Output
Magazine (Design)
URL: gopher://ftp.cc.utexas.edu:3003/1/pub/
output
University of Texas, Austin, gopher. It calls
itself a magazine, but it is really a collection of
items gleaned from the Internet. It contains
design-related items, and menu entries for Internet
material as well.
1a.9 Name: University of Texas, Austin, School of
Architecture
Address: gopher bongo.cc.utexas.edu/UT
Austin/Colleges, Departments and Projects/Output
Magazine/SLAB and UT School of Architecture
URL: gopher://gopher.utexas.edu:3003/11/pub/
output/architecture
This selection from Output Magazine deserves a
separate listing. It contains links to other gophers
of interest, SLAB Magazine articles, and full-text
of some of the papers from the 3Cyberconf.
1a.10 Name: ICARIS
Address: gopher gopher.fagg.uni-lj.si/ICARIS
URL: gopher://audrey.fagg.uni-lj.si:70/lusr/icaris
Integrated CAD in AEC Research Information
Server, from Slovenia. Started in August 1993.
"The server should collect information related to
research . . . in . . . : topics of the CIB W78,
integrated computer aided design in architecture-
engineering-construction industries, topics of the
CBR (Computers and Building Regulations), AEC
Information Systems, and automation in
construction in general."
1a.11 Name: TNO Gopher
Address: gopher gopher.tno.nl/Information about
the TNO Organization/ Building and Construction
Research (TNO-Bouw)
URL: gopher://gopher.tno.nl:70/11/tno/bouw
Netherlands R & D consulting center. Menu
choices include Centre for Building Research,
Centre for Fire Research, Building Technology,
Indoor Environment, and others.
1a.12 Name: IRMA
Address: gopher irma.hs.jhu.edu
URL: gopher://irma.hs.jhu.edu:70/11
IRMA (Information Reference Model for AEC)
archive. It contains papers, archives from the
email conference, and software utilities.
1a.13 Name: Construction and Real Estate (CARE)
Information System
*
Address: gopher gopher.bs.hkp.hk
URL: gopher://158.132.56.177/11%5cCAREinfo
Part of the gopher of the Hong Kong Polytechnic
Department of Building and Real Estate, the
Construction and Real Estate Information System
has just recently been announced, and currently
contains only a brief introduction. The
department does have information about its
courses and staff available. A web site was
announced simultaneously with the gopher site,
although I have not been able to connect yet. The
URL is http://www.bs.hkp.hk/
1a.14 Name: McGill University School of Architecture
Address: gopher gopher.architecture.mcgill.ca
URL: gopher://gopher.architecture.mcgill.ca:70/1
Produced by the students in an Architectural
Modeling class, the projects in siteX provide the
substance here.
*1a.15 Name: Safety Information Resources
Address: gopher siri.uvm.edu
URL: gopher://siri.uvm.edu:70/1
Safety resources can be found at this University of
Vermont gopher. Topics include construction
safety, occupational safety, ergonomics, air
contaminants, and fire safety.
1a.16 Name: Michigan State University, Composite
Materials and Structures Center
Address: gopher jeeves.egr.msu.edu/composite
materials and structures center
URL: gopher://jeeves.egr.msu.edu:70/11/cmsc
Primarily engineering, the center's information
includes newsletters and a calendar of conferences
in the US with the dates of the conference, date
the abstract is due, and date the paper is due.
b. More and more university departments and schools are
taking advantage of the capabilities of gopher to mount
information on their programs. Most are "under
development." Many offer menu choices that prove to
have little or no information attached. This list is a
sampling of sites at various stages of development.
1b.1 Name: Istituto Universitario di Architetture,
Venice
Address: gopher gopher.iuav.unive.it
URL: gopher://gopher.iuav.unive.it:70
It includes syllabi, and research projects of the
faculty (in Italian), as well as a link to their
library catalog.
1b.2 Name: Technishe Universiteit Eindhoven, Faculty
of Architecture and Building
Address: gopher gopher.tue.nl/Information
Servers Technishe Universiteit Eindhoven/ Faculty
of Architecture Building and Planning
URL: gopher://gopher.tue.nl:70/11/TUE-
CIS/Bouwkunde
Netherlands. Student projects, information on the
department, and other local information is
included.
1b.3 Name: University of Southern California School
of Architecture
Address: gopher cwis.usc.edu/University
Information/ Catalogue/ School of Architecture.
URL: gopher://cwis.usc.edu:70/11/
University_Information/Catalogue/
School_of_Architecture
Fully developed architecture school gopher. In
addition to the pathway given in the address
above, another approach to finding information
related to the School of Architecture is to search
the indexes (a choice on the first menu) by
"architecture". This turns up the School of
Architecture's responses to the provost's questions
regarding strategic planning, as well as
information on the Architecture Library.
*1b.4 Name: Harvard Graduate School of Design
Address: gopher courses.harvard.edu/Harvard
University On-Line Course Catalogs/design,
graduate school of
URL: gopher://gopher.harvard.edu:71/11/.links/
.DES
Also a well-developed site, with information on
the degree programs, facilities, courses, etc. The
following can be searched: course descriptions,
faculty information, and general information.
*1b.5 Name: Cornell College of Architecture, Art and
Planning
Address: gopher gopher1.cit.cornell.edu/academic
life/courses/Cornell University courses/college of
architecture, art and planning
URL: gopher://gopher1.cit.cornell.edu/00/.files/
CSAA
158 screens (at last count) of course descriptions!
You can also search the Cornell gopher by
keyword, and "architecture" turns up such
interesting information as the alumni list of the
department (the firm at which they work is given,
although the individual's name is coded).
1b.6 Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas,
Architecture Studies Department
Address: gopher sparkie.nevada.edu/UNLV
Campus Information/ College of Engineering/
Architecture Studies
URL: gopher://elmore.CS.UNLV.EDU:70/11/
engineering/architecture_studies
Planning is underway to expand in the next
several months. Currently only general
information about the program is included.
1b.7 Name: Czech Technical University, Faculty of
Architecture
Address: gopher isdec.vc.cvut.cz/ctu information
catalog/ Faculty of architecture
URL: gopher://isdec.vc.cvut.cz:70/11/.gopherdir/
ctu/Architecture
A description of the program, course-related
reading, and staff information.
1b.8 Name: Brown University, History of Art and
Architecture Department
Address: gopher gopher.brown.edu/Brown
University Information/Departments/History of
Art and Architecture
URL: gopher://gopher.brown.edu:70/11/brown/
departs/historyo
Departmental description and concentration
requirements.
1b.9 Name: Yale University, School of Architecture
Address: gopher yaleinfo.yale.edu/Yale University
Information/ Academic Information/ Professional
Schools/ Architecture, School of
URL: gopher://gopher.cis.yale.edu:70/11/Yale/
Academic/Professional/architecture
At the moment, only the school's academic
calendar is posted, but it includes jury week!
1b.10 Name: University of Virginia, School of
Architecture
Address: gopher minerva.acc.virginia.edu/schools
of the university/School of Architecture
URL: gopher://minerva.acc.Virginia.EDU:70/00/
schools/architecture
Although only one of the three menu choices
contains information (the description), the
computers in planning menu choice (to be
developed) is intriguing.
1b.11 Name: University of Hawaii School of
Architecture
Address: gopher gopher.hawaii.edu/student
information/1993-95 UHM general and graduate
information catalog/school-college information/
School of Architecture
URL: gopher://gopher.hawaii.edu:70/11/Student/
Cat/Schools/ARCH
Program descriptions, honors and awards, list of
faculty.
1b.12 Name: University of Minnesota, College of
Architecture & Landscape Architecture
Address: gopher gumby.arch.umn.edu
URL: gopher://gumby.arch.umn.edu:70
"Under Development" but does have information
on their lecture series posted, as well as gopher
links to gophers pulled from this list (the February
1994 version).
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Section 2: WORLD WIDE WEB SITES
As with gophers, you can go directly to the address
given. There are several ways to do this. If you have a
www browser, type the name of the browser (e.g. lynx)
at your account prompt, then "g" [for go]. You will then
be asked for a URL (Uniform Resource Locator), which
is the complete address, including subdirectories and final
dashes if given (punctuation is important). If you do not
have a www browser, you can telnet to a web site that
does (e.g. to fatty.law.cornell.edu), use www as the
login, then type "g" etc. as described above. Additional
web sites appear in other sections below, particularly the
section on government information.
*2.1 Name: ArtSource
URL: http://www.uky.edu/Artsource/
artsourcehome.html
ArtSource, established March 1994 and already an
extremely useful source, provides both text, and
links to information on art and architecture. A
hypertext version of this list is being planned by
site owner Mary Molinaro. Materials are also
available for ftp from
ftp://convex.cc.uky.edu/pub/artsource
2.2 Name: EDV-Lab at the Technical University of
Vienna (Austria)
URL: http://info.archlab.tuwien.ac.at/info
This architecture-related web site includes
connections to other architecture-related gophers,
online art and architecture journals, architecture-
related newsgroups, and miscellaneous.
*2.3 Name: Australian National University -- Institute
of the Arts
URL: http://rubens.anu.edu.au
2500 images of classical architecture of the
Mediterranean Basin. To go directly to the
searchable architecture database, use the URL:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/architecture_form.html
*2.4 Name: University of Virginia Digital Image
Center, Fiske Kimball Fine Arts Library
URL: http://www.lib.virginia.edu/dic/class/
arh102/
Images from an architecture history class, on
Renaissance and Baroque architecture in France
and Italy.
*2.5 Name: Landscape Architecture Web
URL: http://general.uoguelph.ca:3333/
LA_startingpoints.html
Great site for landscape architecture and planning.
Includes links to lots of environmental servers,
landscape images, and planning documents and
statistics.
*2.6 Name: Rice Design Alliance
URL: http://riceinfo.rice.edu/ES/Architecture/
RDA
This site holds full-text of many of the papers
given in the spring lecture series on the virtual
city, as well as information on the Design
Alliance.
*2.7 Name: ICARIS
URL: http://www.fagg.uni-lj.si
Recently announced, this is an expansion of the
ICARIS gopher mentioned above (1a9). From the
table of contents, they will also be including full-
text of papers.
2.8 Name: Georgia Institute of Technology Graphics,
Visualization and Useability Center
URL: http://www.gatech.edu/gvu/gvutop.html
Research projects and technical reports are
included.
*2.9 Name: OTIS
URL: http://sunsite.unc.edu/otis/otis.html
A collection of art and graphics. The web site
also allows you to access the ftp materials, or you
can do that directly from:
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/multimedia/pictures/
OTIS
*2.10 Name: EINET Galaxy
URL: http://galaxy.einet.net/galaxy.html
This site has a topical arrangement to assist in
accessing other web sites. Architecture is listed
under Arts and Humanities.
*2.11 Name: Solar Energy and Building Physics
Laboratory (Laboratoire d'Energie Solaire et de
Physique du Batiment)
URL: http://lesowww.epfl.ch/index.html
Includes information on research projects in
daylighting and photovoltaics. It is also an
excellent entry into some of the technical Internet
sources related to building.
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Section 3: ELECTRONIC JOURNALS AND NEWSLETTERS
3.1 Architronic, architecture's one electronic journal,
produced by Kent State University Department of
Architecture and Environmental Design, is
available at several sites, or you can subscribe by
sending a message to listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx :
subscribe arcitron <name>
Various gophers have different issues of
Architronic. For the most recent issue:
Gopher address:
scorpio.kent.edu/electronic
journals/architronic
Gopher site URL:
gopher://gopher.kent.edu:70/11/Electronic
Journals/Architronic:Electronic Journal of
Architecture
Web site URL:
http://www.kent.edu/homepage.html
The Architronic archives is at URL:
ftp://ksuvxa.kent.edu (login: architecture;
password: archives)
*3.2 Name: Energy Smart Newsletter
To subscribe, send your email address to
barryg16@xxxxxxx. This is a free monthly
newsletter which aims to educate the consumer
about energy efficient technology. It is also
interesting for its orientation toward the
incorporation of new communications technologies
in buildings.
3.3 Name: Commerce Business Daily
Address: gopher cscns.com/special -- Commerce
Business Daily
URL: gopher://cscns.com:71/11/cbd
This is available on the net, but for a fee.
However, a searchable index, which provides a
partial description (whatever fits on one line) is
provided for the last day's issue, and the last ten
days. Commerce Business Daily "announces
invitations to bid on proposals requested by the
US Federal Government. This gopher is updated
every business day."
3.4 Although Architronic is the only electronic journal
in architecture, related areas are fielding journals
of their own. To find electronic journals in
related areas, gopher to gopher.cic.net (URL:
gopher://gopher.cic.net). Journals are organized
in various ways, including subject. Art is a
subject; Architecture is under the subject
"Science" -- as are engineering, environment, and
other topics of interest.
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Section 4: LISTSERVS (DISCUSSION GROUPS)
4.1 DESIGN-L: this discussion group interprets
"design" broadly to include arts, architecture,
industrial design, etc. The list owner pulls many
postings from other discussion groups (like
ARTCRIT) and newsgroups (like alt.architecture).
To subscribe send the subscription request to
listserv@psuvm or listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx. If
you want to view some recent postings, gopher to
Daedalus or RiceInfo (see above in gopher
section).
4.2 You can subscribe to the lighting discussion
group, which, by the way, became much less
active with the establishment of newsgroup
sci.engr.lighting, by sending a subscription
request to LIGHTING-REQUEST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
4.3 The only specifically "architecture" discussion
group is ARQUITECTURA-L, in Spanish,
originating in Venezuela. To subscribe, send a
message to listserv@xxxxxxxxxx.
4.4 Computer-related lists include
AUTOCAD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, [email protected]
(or @vtvm2.cc.vt.edu), Ingr-en
(subscribe to this Intergraph list by sending mail
to mailserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) and GIF-
[email protected]. There are others.
*4.5 Several building/construction discussion groups
are operating out of the UK: To subscribe to
BUILT-ENVIRONMENT, BEPAC (Building
Environmental Performance Analysis Club),
IBPSA (International Building Performance
Simulation Association), or IT-RD send a JOIN
message (e.g. JOIN IT-RD First Name Last
Name) to mailbase@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx. To browse
the archives of mailbase lists, gopher to
nisp.ncl.ac.uk (URL: gopher://nisp.ncl.ac.uk:70).
Lists are in sections, alphabetically by list name.
4.6 The Consortium of Art and Architecture
Historians (CAAH) is a restricted list. To apply
send a subscribe message to [email protected]
or listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. You'll be given
further instructions by email.
4.7 Cooperative Network for Building Researchers
(CNBR). To join, send a message to
edwards@xxxxxxxxxxx with your name,
department, institution; email, fax, phone and
postal addresses; and indicate your main teaching
and research areas. Rather than a discussion
group, this list's mission is to circulate research
enquiries and distribute information of common
interest.
4.8 ICARIS (see gopher description 1a9 above) also
runs a discussion group. To subscribe send
message to mailserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx. The message
should read SUBSCRIBE ICARIS-L [Your Name]
4.9 IRMA (also a gopher, see 1a11 above). To
subscribe to the discussion list send mail to
listserv@jhunix. hcf.jhu.edu with SUBSCRIBE
IRMA-L [Your Name] in the body of the
message.
*4.10 There are two lists particularly of interest to
landscape architects: LARCH-L (send subscribe
message to listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) and
LARCHNET (subscribe to
listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx). LARCH-L has
substantially more postings than LARCHNET.
*4.11 The environment, design and human behavior
discussion group (ENVBEH-L) addresses "topics
concerning the relations of people and their
physical environments." Send a message to
rwener@xxxxxxxxxxx if you would like to join the
discussion.
*4.12 Architecture librarians have several discussion
groups. Two in the United States are ARLIS-L
(listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxx), sponsored by Art
Libraries Society of North America and AASL-L
(listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx), sponsored by the
Association of Architecture School Librarians.
ARLIS-L has substantially more postings than
AASL-L; AASL-L was announced in March
1994.
4.13 Lists of listservs in the arts, and their addresses,
are available at many sites. e.g. gopher
ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu/ gopher central/ InfoSurf/
Subject Collections/ Arts Collections/ Art and
Architecture/ Listservs in Art (URL:
gopher://ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu:3001/00/.Arts/.Art/.art-lists).
Easy access to the standard Kovacs list by
academic discipline is provided at the University
of Saskatchewan (gopher gopher.usask.ca/
Computing/ Internet Information/Directory of
Scholarly Electronic Conferences; URL:
gopher://gopher.usask.ca:70/11/Computing/Internet Information/
Directory of Scholarly Electronic Conferences). This list is
searchable by keyword.
The section of the Kovacs list on Art and
Architecture was compiled by Kara Robinson.
That list is posted at the University of Michigan
Clearinghouse for Subject-Oriented Internet
Research Guides (URL:
gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu:70/00/
inetdirsstacks/artarch:robinson).
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Section 5: NEWSGROUPS
alt.architecture is the name of a "newsgroup" or
informal discussion group. Some topics which
have been discussed in the past are architecture
schools, alternatives to fiberglass insulation,
pedestrian malls, and gargoyles. You can read
the most recent postings to alt.architecture by
gophering to RiceInfo (see above). Other usenet
newsgroups of interest are alt.housing.nontraditional,
alt.architecture.alternative, alt.architecture.int-
design, alt.cad, alt.planning.urban,
sci.engr.lighting, and misc.consumers.house. The
gopher at the Virginia Polytechnic (Address:
gopher gopher.vt.edu/other information services/
usenet news servers; URL:
gopher://gopher.vt.edu:70/11/other/newsservers)
accesses 46 usenet news servers (each server has
thousands of newsgroups), including their own (an
excellent site for browsing through newsgroups).
And hopefully your system will have local news
feeds and readers (such as RN, TIN, or Trumpet)
to read these groups at will.
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Section 6: IMAGES
Images are available at many of the gopher and
web sites mentioned above (web sites are
beginning to be the major source of online
images). In this section are sources which do not
fit in those categories, as well as information on
finding viewers.
Unless you have mosaic on your system (and
many of us do not), images on the Internet must
be retrieved and downloaded before viewing.
Software for viewing is also necessary. Several
freeware software can be obtained easily from the
Library of Congress gopher: marvel.loc.gov/
Events, Facilities, Programs, and Services/ Events
and Exhibits/ Online Exhibits/ [any of the exhibits
listed]/ viewers (URL:
gopher://marvel.loc.gov:70/11/loc/events/online).
Information in the README will help you select
the appropriate viewer.
Images are posted to the newsgroups
alt.binaries.pictures.fine-art.graphics (for pictures
done using computer graphics programs) and
alt.binaries.pictures.fine-art.digitized (for
reproductions). Archives are available for ftp
(URL: ftp://uxa.ecn.bgu.edu/pub/fine-art).
Spiro, the University of California Berkeley image
library, has approximately 8000 images. To
access it, you must have x windows. Xhost
pflueger.ced.berkeley.edu. Then telnet or rlogin
to pflueger.ced.berkeley.edu. At the prompt,
enter "netspiro". You will be prompted for the
name of your X Window display. Enter in the
format: your.machine.full.address:0. (This
information is taken from a brochure on SPIRO.
For more information send mail to
slides@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx).
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Section 7: INDEXES
7.1 Name: ACM SIGGRAPH Online Bibliography
Project.
Searchable by keyword, this online bibliography
turns up material on such topics as CAD and
computer graphics. It is available at several
gophers, including UCSB's (1a6 above).
7.2 Name: Arizona State's Solar Energy Index
Address: telnet pac.carl.org/ Other Library
Systems/ Carl Corporation Network Libraries --
Western US/ Arizona Libraries/ Other ASU
Libraries Specialized Collections and Databases
URL: telnet://pac.carl.org
Journal articles, patents, technical reports,
pamphlets -- on alternative energy sources.
7.3 Name: Uncover
Address: telnet database.carl.org/Uncover
URL: telnet://database.carl.org
A table of contents index covering many
architecture periodicals (1986- ), Uncover is
accessible without charge. To exit type //exit.
7.4 Name: Archpics
Address: telnet library.cmu.edu, login:library
(press the esc key and 2 at the same time to
change databases and get to archpics).
URL: telnet://library.cmu.edu, login:library
This index to architectural illustrations is also
available through many gophers (e.g. RiceInfo,
1a2 above).
7.5 Name: Artbase: Bibliography of Arts Online
Available at several gophers, including UCSB's
(1a6 above).
7.6 Name: Art/Architecture titles from Princeton
University Press
Address: gopher gopher.pupress.princeton.edu/
Princeton University Press Books In Print/
Princeton University Press/ By Disciplines/ Art
and Architecture
URL: gopher://gopher.pupress.princeton.edu/
11n%3a/discp
*7.7 Name: Quakeline
Address: telnet bison.cc.buffalo.edu 23 (from the
menu choose INDX, then QKLN)
URL: telnet://bison.cc.buffalo.edu:23 (from the
menu choose INDX, then QKLN)
"The database of the National Center for
Earthquake Engineering Research (NCEER),
contains bibliographic information on the subjects
of earthquakes, earthquake engineering, natural
hazards mitigation, and related topics." Primarily
1987 onwards. Includes non-book as well as print
materials.
*7.8 Name: BRI Index
Address: telnet niss.ac.uk/AB NISS Bulletin
Board/Academic Disciplines "N"/ N7 Building
and Construction/ N7a BRI Index
URL: telnet:// niss.ac.uk
The 1993 Index for Building Research and
Information, the International Journal of Research,
Development and Demonstration, is by subject,
name, and classified title (annotated).
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Section 8: LIBRARY CATALOGS (a sampling).
To obtain the telnet address and logon procedures
for libraries not listed below, access the list
maintained at Yale, which is searchable by
location or keyword.
Address: gopher yaleinfo.yale.edu/ Research and
Library Services/ More Research and Library
Services/ Library Catalogs Beyond Yale
URL: gopher://yaleinfo.yale.edu:7000/11/
Libraries
8.1 Name: Julia Morgan Collection, San Simeon:
Calpoly State University, San Luis Obispo
Address: telnet library.calpoly.edu (to exit type x
at menu)
URL: telnet://library.calpoly.edu
8.2 Name: Roman Ecclesiastical Architecture,
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee.
Address: telnet uwmcat.lib.uwm.edu (to exit type
exit or end)
URL: telnet://uwmcat.lib.uwm.edu
8.3 Name: Columbia University Library.
Address: telnet columbianet.columbia.edu (to exit
type q twice)
URL: telnet://columbianet.columbia.edu
The Avery is the premier architecture collection;
however their online catalog, named CLIO, dates
from 1981 only.
8.4 Name: Carnegie Mellon
Address: telnet library.cmu.edu (login:library)
URL: telnet://library.cmu.edu
Includes archpics, an index to architectural
illustrations.
8.5 Name: Iowa State Visual Resources Collection
(College of Design)
Address: gopher isumvs.iastate.edu/ISU Research
Information/VRC
URL: gopher://isumvs.iastate.edu:70/
1~db.SLIDES
Indexes for medium, country, artist, title, style,
technique, century, location. Includes architecture.
8.6 Name: EPA National Catalog Database
Address: telnet epaibm.rtpnc.epa.gov
URL: telnet://epaibm.rtpnc.epa.gov
8.7 Name: Rensselaer Polytechnic
Address: telnet infotrax. rotary.its.rpi.edu
URL: telnet://infotrax. rotary.its.rpi.edu
About 30,000 volumes in architecture, with a
special interest in emerging technologies, and a
separate architecture slides database.
8.8 Name: University of California Melvyl
Address: telnet melvyl.ucop.edu
URL: telnet://melvyl.ucop.edu
In addition to strong collections in architecture at
UCLA (23,000 volumes) and Berkeley (160,000
volumes), the UC Melvyl catalog is also a
gateway to the catalogs of many other impressive
collections including Harvard, Princeton, Penn
State, Yale.
8.9 Name: Arizona State University
Address: telnet pac.carl.org/Other Library
Systems/ Carl Corporation Network Libraries --
Western US/ Arizona Libraries
URL: telnet://pac.carl.org
Arizona State University has architecture
collection of about 20,000 volumes, and a
specialization in solar and energy efficient design.
8.10 Name: Harvard
Address: telnet hollis.harvard.edu (login: hollis)
URL: telnet://hollis.harvard.edu
About 235,000 volumes in architecture. VT100
required.
8.11 Name: Yale
Address: telnet umpg.ycc.yale.edu 6520
URL: telnet://umpg.ycc.yale.edu:6520
VT100 required. About 75,000 volumes in
architecture, with emphasis on theory and
research.
8.12 Name: University of Michigan
Address: telnet hermes.merit.edu (At host?
prompt type mirlyn).
URL: telnet://hermes.merit.edu
VT100 required. About 50,000 volumes in
architecture.
8.13 Name: University of Maryland College Park
Address: telnet victor.umd.edu/ pac/vt 100/ UMS
Campus Library Catalogs/ UM College Park
URL: telnet://victor.umd.edu
Includes the National Trust Library.
*8.14 Name: Library of Congress LOCIS
Address: telnet locis.loc.gov
URL: telnet://locis.loc.gov
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Section 9: FTP SITES (Ftp sites have been incorporated
into the sections above on gophers, world wide web sites,
and images. Additional sites can be identified by
searching archie. In terms of images, the ftp sites I've
seen announced have been primarily art/graphics, rather
than architecture.)
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Section 10: GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SOURCES
(This is a selection of those sites thought to
be of interest to architecture/building. Extensive guides
to government sources are found at the University of
Michigan Clearinghouse for Subject-Oriented Internet
Research Guides).
Many gophers link to government information,
including (of course) the Library of Congress
gopher (URL:
gopher://marvel.loc.gov:70/11/federal) and
InfoSlug at the University of California Santa
Cruz (Address: gopher scilibx.ucsc.edu/the
community/guide to government; URL:
gopher://scilibx.ucsc.edu:70/11/The
Community/Guide to Government--U.S., State
and Local)
A good collection of US government gophers can
be found at the UC-Irvine gopher. Address:
gopher gopher-server.cwis.uci.edu/virtual
reference desk/US government gophers.
URL: gopher://peg.cwis.uci.edu:7000/11/
gopher.welcome/peg/GOPHERS/gov
Another good collection has been set up at the
University of Missouri at St. Louis. It includes
the Occupational Outlook Handbook, Overseas
Business Reports, the U.S. Industrial Outlook (for
such as construction and construction materials),
and Small Business Administration Industry
Profiles (amongst many other titles).
Address: gopher umslvma.umsl.edu/library/
government information
URL: gopher://umslvma.umsl.edu:70/11/library/
govdocs
10.1 Name: NTIS FedWorld
Address: telnet fedworld.gov
URL: telnet://fedworld.gov
In addition to NTIS information, this is a major
gateway to government information. It is
however, often busy and difficult to access.
10.2 Name: Environmental Protection Agency
Address: gopher gopher.epa.gov
URL: gopher://gopher.epa.gov:70/11
The EPA gopher includes EPA information
locators such as ACCESS EPA (a directory full of
information that also refers you to other sources,
to the EPA online library catalog, and to EPA
gophers), EPA standards, rules, etc.
10.3 Name: Water Resources gopher
Address: gopher gopher.c-wr.siu.edu
URL: gopher://gopher.c-wr.siu.edu:70/11
This one is not produced by the government, but
it does include some government-produced
information, such as the USGS WRSIC Research
Abstracts.
10.4 Name: National Science Foundation
Address: gopher stis.nsf.gov
URL: gopher://stis.nsf.gov:70
NSF publications, awards, agencies, as well as
links to other government gophers.
10.5 Name: Code of Federal Regulations
Name: Federal Register
Address: gopher gopher.counterpoint.com
URL: gopher://gopher.counterpoint.com
Both are searchable, but full information available
only for a fee.
10.6 Name: US National Archives, Center for
Electronic Records
Address: ftp ftp.cu.nih.gov/
NARA_ELECTRONIC
URL: ftp://ftp.cu.nih.gov/NARA_ELECTRONIC
The file contains the Center's title list of data
files. It can also be accessed through the Library
of Congress gopher (Address:gopher
marvel.loc.gov/government information/ federal
information resources/ national libraries and
national archives/ National Archives and Records
Administration/ Center for Electronic Records;
URL: gopher://marvel.loc.gov:70/11/federal/
fedinfo/natlibs/archives/electronic).
10.7 Name: Occupational Safety and Health
Administration gopher
Address: gopher ginfo.cs.fit.edu
URL: gopher://ginfo.cs.fit.edu:70/11/OSHA
The OSHA gopher includes standards, grants,
workstation ergonomics, and a searchable OSHA
archive.
10.8 Name: National Institute of Standards and
Technology
Address: gopher zserve.nist.gov
URL: gopher://zserve.nist.gov:79/1
Includes information on their laboratory programs,
such as the Materials Science and Engineering
Laboratory, and the Building and Fire Research
Laboratory.
10.9 Name: US Budget
Address: gopher gopher-server.cwis.uci.edu/
virtual reference desk
URL: gopher://sunsite.unc.edu:70/11/.pub/
academic/political-science
Searchable by keyword. The address is for the
University of California Irvine link to the US
Budget at the University of North Carolina gopher
site. Both are included since it is easier (i.e. fewer
menu choices) to retrieve the budget from the
University of California Irvine address.
10.10 Name: Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Address: gopher gopher.rtd.utk.edu/ federal
government information
URL: gopher://solar.rtd.utk.edu:70/11/
Federal/CFDA
WAIS-searchable; also available on the WAIS list.
10.11 Name: Census of Population and Housing
Address: gopher bigcat.missouri.edu/ reference
and information center/ US and Missouri Census
Information/US Census Data
URL: gopher://bigcat.missouri.edu:70/11/
reference/census/us
1990 data with comparisons from 1980.
10.12 Name: Federal Information Exchange
Address: gopher fedix.fie.com
URL: gopher://fedix.fie.com:70
On research programs, grants and more.
10.13 Name: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
URL: http://www.lbl.gov
Access is provided to their gopher, their library
catalog, and their publications list. The Lawrence
Berkeley Laboratory has a Center for Building
Science which has programs in Building
Technologies (including windows and
daylighting), Energy Analysis, and Indoor Air
Quality.
10.14 Name: Cornucopia of Disability Information,
Government Information
*
Address: gopher val-dor.cc.buffalo.edu/
government documents
URL: gopher://val-dor.cc.buffalo.edu:70/
11/.legislation/
The full-text of the Americans with Disabilities
Act (ADA), as well as accessibility guidelines,
can be found at this gopher.
10.15 Name: U.S. AID Procurement and Business
Opportunities
*
Address: gopher gaia.info.usaid.gov
URL: gopher://gaia.info.usaid.gov:70/
11/procurement_bus_opp
10.16 Name: EPA Chemical Substance Factsheets, at
EcoGopher
*
Address: gopher ecosys.drdr.virginia.edu/
education-- EcoGopher Environmental
Library/Environmental Factsheets/EPA Chemical
Substance Factsheets
URL: gopher://ecosys.drdr.Virginia.edu:70/
11/library/factsheets/toxics
10.17 Name: National Renewable Energy Laboratory
* Address: gopher gopher.nrel.gov
URL: gopher://gopher.nrel.gov:70
Research in progress, NREL publications
database, new energy information locator, solar
radiation data and maps, wind energy resources
maps, and more.
10.18 Name: National Technology Transfer Center
* Address: gopher iron.nttc.edu
URL: gopher://iron.nttc.edu:70/1
http://iridium.nttc.edu/nttc.html
A gateway to funding and research opportunities,
technologies available for licensing, and contacts
for the federal laboratory system.
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*Section 11: FUN AND GAMES
*11.1 Name: Architecture Virtual Pub
Instructions: To join, type irc from GO (or $);
type in your nickname (/nick nickname); type
/join #arcpub
Internet relay chat forum, occurring Fridays at 5
p.m. EST. The pub was started by students and
staff at McGill University, Montreal. [As
announced on the net; not actually tested.]
*11.2 Name: Point Moot, Texas
Address: telnet actlab.rtf.utexas.edu 8888 (Type
help for list of commands, and @quit to leave).
URL: telnet://actlab.rtf.utexas.edu:8888
Claims to be the Net's first virtual city. A moo
(multiple object-oriented site), with multiple
simultaneous users.
Regards, Jeanne Brown
INTERNET SOURCES IN ARCHITECTURE AND
BUILDING
Compiled by Jeanne M. Brown
Architecture Studies Librarian
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
This edition is dated May 23, 1994. Additions to the
previous edition (2-94) are indicated with an *. Thanks
to Ziga Turk for keeping me up to date on ICARIS
developments, and suggesting sites that might be added to
the list.
I plan on issuing periodic revisions and additions, to be
posted to the University of Michigan Clearinghouse for
Subject-Oriented Internet Resource Guides (URL:
gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu/70/00/inetdirsstacks/archi:brown;
Address: gopher una.hh.lib.umich.edu/inetdirsstacks/Architecture)
and would appreciate receiving corrections and/or
suggestions. They may be sent to jeanneb@xxxxxxxxxx
or to Jeanne Brown, The University Libraries, Box 45-
7001, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
89154-7001.
This is not, indeed cannot be, a comprehensive list.
There are, for instance, many additional technically-
oriented sites, such as the ones in civil engineering, that
would be of interest to architects and builders. There are
also many arts and graphics sites, sources of business
information, etc. that would be of interest. I have
attempted to include at least some of these types of
sources.
I cannot guarantee that you will find exactly what is
reported. Addresses, paths, and contents change with
regularity on the Net. Nonetheless it is hoped that it will
assist those interested in architecture and building in their
use and explorations of the Internet.
Knowledge of basic Internet operations such as gopher,
telnet, ftp etc. is assumed.
Keywords include: architecture, building, construction,
AEC
Copyright: Permission is granted to use this material for
non-commercial purposes, provided the author is
credited.
Contents:
Section 1: Gopher Collections
a. gophers devoted to architecture/
construction/ building, or with architectural
sections and/or information
b. gophers of architecture schools/
university architecture programs
Section 2: World Wide Web Sites
Section 3: Electronic Journals
Section 4: Listservs
Section 5: Newsgroups
Section 6: Images
Section 7: Indexes
Section 8: Library Catalogs
Section 9: FTP Sites
Section 10: Government Information Sources
* Section 11: Fun and Games
Format: A standard address format is followed. That
format is "protocol address/subdirectory/subdirectory". For
example, UNLV's Architecture Studies Department has
material on the UNLV gopher. The directions for
finding it are in this format: gopher sparkie.nevada.edu/
UNLV Campus Information/ College of Engineering/
Architecture Studies. The URL (Uniform Resource
Locator) is also given. The URL is the address you
would enter at a web site with a browser to get to the
desired location. The format is similar to the one being
followed for the address: protocol://address/subdirectory/subdirectory.
When using the URL, enter the complete address, including
subdirectories. Sometimes the "Address" and the "URL"
given below will be the same; sometimes they will look
quite different.
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Section 1: GOPHER COLLECTIONS
a. Many gophers offer information grouped by subject
or discipline. A few which have good sections devoted to
art and architecture, or architecture alone are listed here.
Other gophers listed below are devoted specifically to
architecture, building construction, and related fields.
They tend to have more local/original material, as
opposed to pointers to others sites (although those are
also included).
1a.1 Name: Daedalus Design Gopher
Address: gopher daedalus.edc.rmit.edu.au
URL: gopher://daedalus.edc.rmit.edu.au:70
An experimental gopher at the Centre for Design
at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in
Australia, it is intended to provide "virtual
document collections that reflect the original
nature of the research being undertaken at the
Centre." Centre research papers are available
full-text. The particular focus of the Centre is
environmental design. Links are provided to
other net sources under the subjects architecture,
building & construction, design, horticulture,
urban planning, and environment. The Co-
operative Network for Building Researchers is
using this gopher as a home as well, with a
database of members.
1a.2 Name: RiceInfo
Address: gopher riceinfo.rice.edu/information by
subject area/ architecture
URL: gopher://riceinfo.rice.edu:70/11/Subject/
Architecture
This section of the Rice University gopher is one
of the four gophers (along with ArchiGopher,
NCSU and University of California Berkeley)
currently listed in gopher jewels under
architecture. It has a relatively extensive menu
including standard sources such as Archigopher,
but also some not usually seen, such as menu
choices for the Rice Design Alliance, the Chicago
Architecture Foundation and Netspiro (the UCB
image library).
*1a.3 Name: University of California Berkeley Library
Address: gopher infolib.lib.berkeley.edu/Research
Databases and Resources by Subject/Architecture
URL: gopher://infolib.lib.berkeley.edu:70/11/
resdbs/arch
This library gopher includes several library guides
produced for the patrons of the UC-B
Environmental Design Library, as well as links to
online archives of Cadalyst and Computer World
Magazine, and other architecture information.
1a.4 Name: ArchiGopher
Address: gopher libra.arch.umich.edu
URL: gopher://libra.arch.umich.edu:70
Currently concentrating on images, it plans to
expand and serve the cause of "dissemination of
architectural knowledge." Included are samples
of Palladio's architectural projects, CAD images,
lunar architecture, and Greek architecture.
*1a.5 Name: Calpoly Library Gopher
Address: gopher library.calpoly.edu/subject guide
to online resources/architecture
URL:
gopher://library.calpoly.edu:70/11/Subject_Guide/Architecture
Nice selection of pointers to sites such as the US
ADA Design Standards, Rensselaer's slides, and
Arizona State's solar energy index. Also includes
local information: a "Descriptive Guide to the
Julia Morgan Collection."
1a.6 Name: UCSB Library Gopher
Address: gopher ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu/ucsb gopher
central/ Infosurf (Davidson Library Gopher)/
Subject Collections/ the Arts Collections/ Art and
Architecture
URL: gopher://ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu:3001/11/.Arts/
.Art
The University of California Santa Barbara's
combined art and architecture section includes, as
of 5/94, the ACM SIGGRAPH Online
Bibliography Project, Archigopher, Artbase:
Bibliography of Arts Online, Ceramics gopher,
Listservs in Art, the Vatican Library Exhibition,
the Art and Images collection from Texas Tech,
and a UCSB Library Reference Guide for Art.
1a.7 Name: Carnegie Mellon Gopher
Address: gopher english-server.hss.cmu.edu/ Art
and Architecture
URL: gopher://english-server.hss.cmu.edu:70/
11ftp:English Server:Art&arch:
Carnegie Mellon's gopher is Mac-based, with lots
of Mac compressed files. It includes postings
from alt.architecture (newsgroup), Architronic,
image files, the Mosaic image archive at the
Australian National University, and more. The
Carnegie Mellon gopher also includes full text of
some article-length pieces, e.g. "Office Patterns,"
Artbase, and a review of the Robert Irwin
exhibition catalog.
1a.8 Name: Output Magazine
Address: gopher bongo.cc.utexas.edu/ UT Austin/
Colleges, Departments and Projects/ Output
Magazine (Design)
URL: gopher://ftp.cc.utexas.edu:3003/1/pub/
output
University of Texas, Austin, gopher. It calls
itself a magazine, but it is really a collection of
items gleaned from the Internet. It contains
design-related items, and menu entries for Internet
material as well.
1a.9 Name: University of Texas, Austin, School of
Architecture
Address: gopher bongo.cc.utexas.edu/UT
Austin/Colleges, Departments and Projects/Output
Magazine/SLAB and UT School of Architecture
URL: gopher://gopher.utexas.edu:3003/11/pub/
output/architecture
This selection from Output Magazine deserves a
separate listing. It contains links to other gophers
of interest, SLAB Magazine articles, and full-text
of some of the papers from the 3Cyberconf.
1a.10 Name: ICARIS
Address: gopher gopher.fagg.uni-lj.si/ICARIS
URL: gopher://audrey.fagg.uni-lj.si:70/lusr/icaris
Integrated CAD in AEC Research Information
Server, from Slovenia. Started in August 1993.
"The server should collect information related to
research . . . in . . . : topics of the CIB W78,
integrated computer aided design in architecture-
engineering-construction industries, topics of the
CBR (Computers and Building Regulations), AEC
Information Systems, and automation in
construction in general."
1a.11 Name: TNO Gopher
Address: gopher gopher.tno.nl/Information about
the TNO Organization/ Building and Construction
Research (TNO-Bouw)
URL: gopher://gopher.tno.nl:70/11/tno/bouw
Netherlands R & D consulting center. Menu
choices include Centre for Building Research,
Centre for Fire Research, Building Technology,
Indoor Environment, and others.
1a.12 Name: IRMA
Address: gopher irma.hs.jhu.edu
URL: gopher://irma.hs.jhu.edu:70/11
IRMA (Information Reference Model for AEC)
archive. It contains papers, archives from the
email conference, and software utilities.
1a.13 Name: Construction and Real Estate (CARE)
Information System
*
Address: gopher gopher.bs.hkp.hk
URL: gopher://158.132.56.177/11%5cCAREinfo
Part of the gopher of the Hong Kong Polytechnic
Department of Building and Real Estate, the
Construction and Real Estate Information System
has just recently been announced, and currently
contains only a brief introduction. The
department does have information about its
courses and staff available. A web site was
announced simultaneously with the gopher site,
although I have not been able to connect yet. The
URL is http://www.bs.hkp.hk/
1a.14 Name: McGill University School of Architecture
Address: gopher gopher.architecture.mcgill.ca
URL: gopher://gopher.architecture.mcgill.ca:70/1
Produced by the students in an Architectural
Modeling class, the projects in siteX provide the
substance here.
*1a.15 Name: Safety Information Resources
Address: gopher siri.uvm.edu
URL: gopher://siri.uvm.edu:70/1
Safety resources can be found at this University of
Vermont gopher. Topics include construction
safety, occupational safety, ergonomics, air
contaminants, and fire safety.
1a.16 Name: Michigan State University, Composite
Materials and Structures Center
Address: gopher jeeves.egr.msu.edu/composite
materials and structures center
URL: gopher://jeeves.egr.msu.edu:70/11/cmsc
Primarily engineering, the center's information
includes newsletters and a calendar of conferences
in the US with the dates of the conference, date
the abstract is due, and date the paper is due.
b. More and more university departments and schools are
taking advantage of the capabilities of gopher to mount
information on their programs. Most are "under
development." Many offer menu choices that prove to
have little or no information attached. This list is a
sampling of sites at various stages of development.
1b.1 Name: Istituto Universitario di Architetture,
Venice
Address: gopher gopher.iuav.unive.it
URL: gopher://gopher.iuav.unive.it:70
It includes syllabi, and research projects of the
faculty (in Italian), as well as a link to their
library catalog.
1b.2 Name: Technishe Universiteit Eindhoven, Faculty
of Architecture and Building
Address: gopher gopher.tue.nl/Information
Servers Technishe Universiteit Eindhoven/ Faculty
of Architecture Building and Planning
URL: gopher://gopher.tue.nl:70/11/TUE-
CIS/Bouwkunde
Netherlands. Student projects, information on the
department, and other local information is
included.
1b.3 Name: University of Southern California School
of Architecture
Address: gopher cwis.usc.edu/University
Information/ Catalogue/ School of Architecture.
URL: gopher://cwis.usc.edu:70/11/
University_Information/Catalogue/
School_of_Architecture
Fully developed architecture school gopher. In
addition to the pathway given in the address
above, another approach to finding information
related to the School of Architecture is to search
the indexes (a choice on the first menu) by
"architecture". This turns up the School of
Architecture's responses to the provost's questions
regarding strategic planning, as well as
information on the Architecture Library.
*1b.4 Name: Harvard Graduate School of Design
Address: gopher courses.harvard.edu/Harvard
University On-Line Course Catalogs/design,
graduate school of
URL: gopher://gopher.harvard.edu:71/11/.links/
.DES
Also a well-developed site, with information on
the degree programs, facilities, courses, etc. The
following can be searched: course descriptions,
faculty information, and general information.
*1b.5 Name: Cornell College of Architecture, Art and
Planning
Address: gopher gopher1.cit.cornell.edu/academic
life/courses/Cornell University courses/college of
architecture, art and planning
URL: gopher://gopher1.cit.cornell.edu/00/.files/
CSAA
158 screens (at last count) of course descriptions!
You can also search the Cornell gopher by
keyword, and "architecture" turns up such
interesting information as the alumni list of the
department (the firm at which they work is given,
although the individual's name is coded).
1b.6 Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas,
Architecture Studies Department
Address: gopher sparkie.nevada.edu/UNLV
Campus Information/ College of Engineering/
Architecture Studies
URL: gopher://elmore.CS.UNLV.EDU:70/11/
engineering/architecture_studies
Planning is underway to expand in the next
several months. Currently only general
information about the program is included.
1b.7 Name: Czech Technical University, Faculty of
Architecture
Address: gopher isdec.vc.cvut.cz/ctu information
catalog/ Faculty of architecture
URL: gopher://isdec.vc.cvut.cz:70/11/.gopherdir/
ctu/Architecture
A description of the program, course-related
reading, and staff information.
1b.8 Name: Brown University, History of Art and
Architecture Department
Address: gopher gopher.brown.edu/Brown
University Information/Departments/History of
Art and Architecture
URL: gopher://gopher.brown.edu:70/11/brown/
departs/historyo
Departmental description and concentration
requirements.
1b.9 Name: Yale University, School of Architecture
Address: gopher yaleinfo.yale.edu/Yale University
Information/ Academic Information/ Professional
Schools/ Architecture, School of
URL: gopher://gopher.cis.yale.edu:70/11/Yale/
Academic/Professional/architecture
At the moment, only the school's academic
calendar is posted, but it includes jury week!
1b.10 Name: University of Virginia, School of
Architecture
Address: gopher minerva.acc.virginia.edu/schools
of the university/School of Architecture
URL: gopher://minerva.acc.Virginia.EDU:70/00/
schools/architecture
Although only one of the three menu choices
contains information (the description), the
computers in planning menu choice (to be
developed) is intriguing.
1b.11 Name: University of Hawaii School of
Architecture
Address: gopher gopher.hawaii.edu/student
information/1993-95 UHM general and graduate
information catalog/school-college information/
School of Architecture
URL: gopher://gopher.hawaii.edu:70/11/Student/
Cat/Schools/ARCH
Program descriptions, honors and awards, list of
faculty.
1b.12 Name: University of Minnesota, College of
Architecture & Landscape Architecture
Address: gopher gumby.arch.umn.edu
URL: gopher://gumby.arch.umn.edu:70
"Under Development" but does have information
on their lecture series posted, as well as gopher
links to gophers pulled from this list (the February
1994 version).
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Section 2: WORLD WIDE WEB SITES
As with gophers, you can go directly to the address
given. There are several ways to do this. If you have a
www browser, type the name of the browser (e.g. lynx)
at your account prompt, then "g" [for go]. You will then
be asked for a URL (Uniform Resource Locator), which
is the complete address, including subdirectories and final
dashes if given (punctuation is important). If you do not
have a www browser, you can telnet to a web site that
does (e.g. to fatty.law.cornell.edu), use www as the
login, then type "g" etc. as described above. Additional
web sites appear in other sections below, particularly the
section on government information.
*2.1 Name: ArtSource
URL: http://www.uky.edu/Artsource/
artsourcehome.html
ArtSource, established March 1994 and already an
extremely useful source, provides both text, and
links to information on art and architecture. A
hypertext version of this list is being planned by
site owner Mary Molinaro. Materials are also
available for ftp from
ftp://convex.cc.uky.edu/pub/artsource
2.2 Name: EDV-Lab at the Technical University of
Vienna (Austria)
URL: http://info.archlab.tuwien.ac.at/info
This architecture-related web site includes
connections to other architecture-related gophers,
online art and architecture journals, architecture-
related newsgroups, and miscellaneous.
*2.3 Name: Australian National University -- Institute
of the Arts
URL: http://rubens.anu.edu.au
2500 images of classical architecture of the
Mediterranean Basin. To go directly to the
searchable architecture database, use the URL:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/architecture_form.html
*2.4 Name: University of Virginia Digital Image
Center, Fiske Kimball Fine Arts Library
URL: http://www.lib.virginia.edu/dic/class/
arh102/
Images from an architecture history class, on
Renaissance and Baroque architecture in France
and Italy.
*2.5 Name: Landscape Architecture Web
URL: http://general.uoguelph.ca:3333/
LA_startingpoints.html
Great site for landscape architecture and planning.
Includes links to lots of environmental servers,
landscape images, and planning documents and
statistics.
*2.6 Name: Rice Design Alliance
URL: http://riceinfo.rice.edu/ES/Architecture/
RDA
This site holds full-text of many of the papers
given in the spring lecture series on the virtual
city, as well as information on the Design
Alliance.
*2.7 Name: ICARIS
URL: http://www.fagg.uni-lj.si
Recently announced, this is an expansion of the
ICARIS gopher mentioned above (1a9). From the
table of contents, they will also be including full-
text of papers.
2.8 Name: Georgia Institute of Technology Graphics,
Visualization and Useability Center
URL: http://www.gatech.edu/gvu/gvutop.html
Research projects and technical reports are
included.
*2.9 Name: OTIS
URL: http://sunsite.unc.edu/otis/otis.html
A collection of art and graphics. The web site
also allows you to access the ftp materials, or you
can do that directly from:
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/multimedia/pictures/
OTIS
*2.10 Name: EINET Galaxy
URL: http://galaxy.einet.net/galaxy.html
This site has a topical arrangement to assist in
accessing other web sites. Architecture is listed
under Arts and Humanities.
*2.11 Name: Solar Energy and Building Physics
Laboratory (Laboratoire d'Energie Solaire et de
Physique du Batiment)
URL: http://lesowww.epfl.ch/index.html
Includes information on research projects in
daylighting and photovoltaics. It is also an
excellent entry into some of the technical Internet
sources related to building.
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Section 3: ELECTRONIC JOURNALS AND NEWSLETTERS
3.1 Architronic, architecture's one electronic journal,
produced by Kent State University Department of
Architecture and Environmental Design, is
available at several sites, or you can subscribe by
sending a message to listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx :
subscribe arcitron <name>
Various gophers have different issues of
Architronic. For the most recent issue:
Gopher address:
scorpio.kent.edu/electronic
journals/architronic
Gopher site URL:
gopher://gopher.kent.edu:70/11/Electronic
Journals/Architronic:Electronic Journal of
Architecture
Web site URL:
http://www.kent.edu/homepage.html
The Architronic archives is at URL:
ftp://ksuvxa.kent.edu (login: architecture;
password: archives)
*3.2 Name: Energy Smart Newsletter
To subscribe, send your email address to
barryg16@xxxxxxx. This is a free monthly
newsletter which aims to educate the consumer
about energy efficient technology. It is also
interesting for its orientation toward the
incorporation of new communications technologies
in buildings.
3.3 Name: Commerce Business Daily
Address: gopher cscns.com/special -- Commerce
Business Daily
URL: gopher://cscns.com:71/11/cbd
This is available on the net, but for a fee.
However, a searchable index, which provides a
partial description (whatever fits on one line) is
provided for the last day's issue, and the last ten
days. Commerce Business Daily "announces
invitations to bid on proposals requested by the
US Federal Government. This gopher is updated
every business day."
3.4 Although Architronic is the only electronic journal
in architecture, related areas are fielding journals
of their own. To find electronic journals in
related areas, gopher to gopher.cic.net (URL:
gopher://gopher.cic.net). Journals are organized
in various ways, including subject. Art is a
subject; Architecture is under the subject
"Science" -- as are engineering, environment, and
other topics of interest.
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Section 4: LISTSERVS (DISCUSSION GROUPS)
4.1 DESIGN-L: this discussion group interprets
"design" broadly to include arts, architecture,
industrial design, etc. The list owner pulls many
postings from other discussion groups (like
ARTCRIT) and newsgroups (like alt.architecture).
To subscribe send the subscription request to
listserv@psuvm or listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx. If
you want to view some recent postings, gopher to
Daedalus or RiceInfo (see above in gopher
section).
4.2 You can subscribe to the lighting discussion
group, which, by the way, became much less
active with the establishment of newsgroup
sci.engr.lighting, by sending a subscription
request to LIGHTING-REQUEST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
4.3 The only specifically "architecture" discussion
group is ARQUITECTURA-L, in Spanish,
originating in Venezuela. To subscribe, send a
message to listserv@xxxxxxxxxx.
4.4 Computer-related lists include
AUTOCAD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, [email protected]
(or @vtvm2.cc.vt.edu), Ingr-en
(subscribe to this Intergraph list by sending mail
to mailserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) and GIF-
[email protected]. There are others.
*4.5 Several building/construction discussion groups
are operating out of the UK: To subscribe to
BUILT-ENVIRONMENT, BEPAC (Building
Environmental Performance Analysis Club),
IBPSA (International Building Performance
Simulation Association), or IT-RD send a JOIN
message (e.g. JOIN IT-RD First Name Last
Name) to mailbase@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx. To browse
the archives of mailbase lists, gopher to
nisp.ncl.ac.uk (URL: gopher://nisp.ncl.ac.uk:70).
Lists are in sections, alphabetically by list name.
4.6 The Consortium of Art and Architecture
Historians (CAAH) is a restricted list. To apply
send a subscribe message to [email protected]
or listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. You'll be given
further instructions by email.
4.7 Cooperative Network for Building Researchers
(CNBR). To join, send a message to
edwards@xxxxxxxxxxx with your name,
department, institution; email, fax, phone and
postal addresses; and indicate your main teaching
and research areas. Rather than a discussion
group, this list's mission is to circulate research
enquiries and distribute information of common
interest.
4.8 ICARIS (see gopher description 1a9 above) also
runs a discussion group. To subscribe send
message to mailserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx. The message
should read SUBSCRIBE ICARIS-L [Your Name]
4.9 IRMA (also a gopher, see 1a11 above). To
subscribe to the discussion list send mail to
listserv@jhunix. hcf.jhu.edu with SUBSCRIBE
IRMA-L [Your Name] in the body of the
message.
*4.10 There are two lists particularly of interest to
landscape architects: LARCH-L (send subscribe
message to listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) and
LARCHNET (subscribe to
listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx). LARCH-L has
substantially more postings than LARCHNET.
*4.11 The environment, design and human behavior
discussion group (ENVBEH-L) addresses "topics
concerning the relations of people and their
physical environments." Send a message to
rwener@xxxxxxxxxxx if you would like to join the
discussion.
*4.12 Architecture librarians have several discussion
groups. Two in the United States are ARLIS-L
(listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxx), sponsored by Art
Libraries Society of North America and AASL-L
(listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx), sponsored by the
Association of Architecture School Librarians.
ARLIS-L has substantially more postings than
AASL-L; AASL-L was announced in March
1994.
4.13 Lists of listservs in the arts, and their addresses,
are available at many sites. e.g. gopher
ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu/ gopher central/ InfoSurf/
Subject Collections/ Arts Collections/ Art and
Architecture/ Listservs in Art (URL:
gopher://ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu:3001/00/.Arts/.Art/.art-lists).
Easy access to the standard Kovacs list by
academic discipline is provided at the University
of Saskatchewan (gopher gopher.usask.ca/
Computing/ Internet Information/Directory of
Scholarly Electronic Conferences; URL:
gopher://gopher.usask.ca:70/11/Computing/Internet Information/
Directory of Scholarly Electronic Conferences). This list is
searchable by keyword.
The section of the Kovacs list on Art and
Architecture was compiled by Kara Robinson.
That list is posted at the University of Michigan
Clearinghouse for Subject-Oriented Internet
Research Guides (URL:
gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu:70/00/
inetdirsstacks/artarch:robinson).
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Section 5: NEWSGROUPS
alt.architecture is the name of a "newsgroup" or
informal discussion group. Some topics which
have been discussed in the past are architecture
schools, alternatives to fiberglass insulation,
pedestrian malls, and gargoyles. You can read
the most recent postings to alt.architecture by
gophering to RiceInfo (see above). Other usenet
newsgroups of interest are alt.housing.nontraditional,
alt.architecture.alternative, alt.architecture.int-
design, alt.cad, alt.planning.urban,
sci.engr.lighting, and misc.consumers.house. The
gopher at the Virginia Polytechnic (Address:
gopher gopher.vt.edu/other information services/
usenet news servers; URL:
gopher://gopher.vt.edu:70/11/other/newsservers)
accesses 46 usenet news servers (each server has
thousands of newsgroups), including their own (an
excellent site for browsing through newsgroups).
And hopefully your system will have local news
feeds and readers (such as RN, TIN, or Trumpet)
to read these groups at will.
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Section 6: IMAGES
Images are available at many of the gopher and
web sites mentioned above (web sites are
beginning to be the major source of online
images). In this section are sources which do not
fit in those categories, as well as information on
finding viewers.
Unless you have mosaic on your system (and
many of us do not), images on the Internet must
be retrieved and downloaded before viewing.
Software for viewing is also necessary. Several
freeware software can be obtained easily from the
Library of Congress gopher: marvel.loc.gov/
Events, Facilities, Programs, and Services/ Events
and Exhibits/ Online Exhibits/ [any of the exhibits
listed]/ viewers (URL:
gopher://marvel.loc.gov:70/11/loc/events/online).
Information in the README will help you select
the appropriate viewer.
Images are posted to the newsgroups
alt.binaries.pictures.fine-art.graphics (for pictures
done using computer graphics programs) and
alt.binaries.pictures.fine-art.digitized (for
reproductions). Archives are available for ftp
(URL: ftp://uxa.ecn.bgu.edu/pub/fine-art).
Spiro, the University of California Berkeley image
library, has approximately 8000 images. To
access it, you must have x windows. Xhost
pflueger.ced.berkeley.edu. Then telnet or rlogin
to pflueger.ced.berkeley.edu. At the prompt,
enter "netspiro". You will be prompted for the
name of your X Window display. Enter in the
format: your.machine.full.address:0. (This
information is taken from a brochure on SPIRO.
For more information send mail to
slides@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx).
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Section 7: INDEXES
7.1 Name: ACM SIGGRAPH Online Bibliography
Project.
Searchable by keyword, this online bibliography
turns up material on such topics as CAD and
computer graphics. It is available at several
gophers, including UCSB's (1a6 above).
7.2 Name: Arizona State's Solar Energy Index
Address: telnet pac.carl.org/ Other Library
Systems/ Carl Corporation Network Libraries --
Western US/ Arizona Libraries/ Other ASU
Libraries Specialized Collections and Databases
URL: telnet://pac.carl.org
Journal articles, patents, technical reports,
pamphlets -- on alternative energy sources.
7.3 Name: Uncover
Address: telnet database.carl.org/Uncover
URL: telnet://database.carl.org
A table of contents index covering many
architecture periodicals (1986- ), Uncover is
accessible without charge. To exit type //exit.
7.4 Name: Archpics
Address: telnet library.cmu.edu, login:library
(press the esc key and 2 at the same time to
change databases and get to archpics).
URL: telnet://library.cmu.edu, login:library
This index to architectural illustrations is also
available through many gophers (e.g. RiceInfo,
1a2 above).
7.5 Name: Artbase: Bibliography of Arts Online
Available at several gophers, including UCSB's
(1a6 above).
7.6 Name: Art/Architecture titles from Princeton
University Press
Address: gopher gopher.pupress.princeton.edu/
Princeton University Press Books In Print/
Princeton University Press/ By Disciplines/ Art
and Architecture
URL: gopher://gopher.pupress.princeton.edu/
11n%3a/discp
*7.7 Name: Quakeline
Address: telnet bison.cc.buffalo.edu 23 (from the
menu choose INDX, then QKLN)
URL: telnet://bison.cc.buffalo.edu:23 (from the
menu choose INDX, then QKLN)
"The database of the National Center for
Earthquake Engineering Research (NCEER),
contains bibliographic information on the subjects
of earthquakes, earthquake engineering, natural
hazards mitigation, and related topics." Primarily
1987 onwards. Includes non-book as well as print
materials.
*7.8 Name: BRI Index
Address: telnet niss.ac.uk/AB NISS Bulletin
Board/Academic Disciplines "N"/ N7 Building
and Construction/ N7a BRI Index
URL: telnet:// niss.ac.uk
The 1993 Index for Building Research and
Information, the International Journal of Research,
Development and Demonstration, is by subject,
name, and classified title (annotated).
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Section 8: LIBRARY CATALOGS (a sampling).
To obtain the telnet address and logon procedures
for libraries not listed below, access the list
maintained at Yale, which is searchable by
location or keyword.
Address: gopher yaleinfo.yale.edu/ Research and
Library Services/ More Research and Library
Services/ Library Catalogs Beyond Yale
URL: gopher://yaleinfo.yale.edu:7000/11/
Libraries
8.1 Name: Julia Morgan Collection, San Simeon:
Calpoly State University, San Luis Obispo
Address: telnet library.calpoly.edu (to exit type x
at menu)
URL: telnet://library.calpoly.edu
8.2 Name: Roman Ecclesiastical Architecture,
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee.
Address: telnet uwmcat.lib.uwm.edu (to exit type
exit or end)
URL: telnet://uwmcat.lib.uwm.edu
8.3 Name: Columbia University Library.
Address: telnet columbianet.columbia.edu (to exit
type q twice)
URL: telnet://columbianet.columbia.edu
The Avery is the premier architecture collection;
however their online catalog, named CLIO, dates
from 1981 only.
8.4 Name: Carnegie Mellon
Address: telnet library.cmu.edu (login:library)
URL: telnet://library.cmu.edu
Includes archpics, an index to architectural
illustrations.
8.5 Name: Iowa State Visual Resources Collection
(College of Design)
Address: gopher isumvs.iastate.edu/ISU Research
Information/VRC
URL: gopher://isumvs.iastate.edu:70/
1~db.SLIDES
Indexes for medium, country, artist, title, style,
technique, century, location. Includes architecture.
8.6 Name: EPA National Catalog Database
Address: telnet epaibm.rtpnc.epa.gov
URL: telnet://epaibm.rtpnc.epa.gov
8.7 Name: Rensselaer Polytechnic
Address: telnet infotrax. rotary.its.rpi.edu
URL: telnet://infotrax. rotary.its.rpi.edu
About 30,000 volumes in architecture, with a
special interest in emerging technologies, and a
separate architecture slides database.
8.8 Name: University of California Melvyl
Address: telnet melvyl.ucop.edu
URL: telnet://melvyl.ucop.edu
In addition to strong collections in architecture at
UCLA (23,000 volumes) and Berkeley (160,000
volumes), the UC Melvyl catalog is also a
gateway to the catalogs of many other impressive
collections including Harvard, Princeton, Penn
State, Yale.
8.9 Name: Arizona State University
Address: telnet pac.carl.org/Other Library
Systems/ Carl Corporation Network Libraries --
Western US/ Arizona Libraries
URL: telnet://pac.carl.org
Arizona State University has architecture
collection of about 20,000 volumes, and a
specialization in solar and energy efficient design.
8.10 Name: Harvard
Address: telnet hollis.harvard.edu (login: hollis)
URL: telnet://hollis.harvard.edu
About 235,000 volumes in architecture. VT100
required.
8.11 Name: Yale
Address: telnet umpg.ycc.yale.edu 6520
URL: telnet://umpg.ycc.yale.edu:6520
VT100 required. About 75,000 volumes in
architecture, with emphasis on theory and
research.
8.12 Name: University of Michigan
Address: telnet hermes.merit.edu (At host?
prompt type mirlyn).
URL: telnet://hermes.merit.edu
VT100 required. About 50,000 volumes in
architecture.
8.13 Name: University of Maryland College Park
Address: telnet victor.umd.edu/ pac/vt 100/ UMS
Campus Library Catalogs/ UM College Park
URL: telnet://victor.umd.edu
Includes the National Trust Library.
*8.14 Name: Library of Congress LOCIS
Address: telnet locis.loc.gov
URL: telnet://locis.loc.gov
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Section 9: FTP SITES (Ftp sites have been incorporated
into the sections above on gophers, world wide web sites,
and images. Additional sites can be identified by
searching archie. In terms of images, the ftp sites I've
seen announced have been primarily art/graphics, rather
than architecture.)
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Section 10: GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SOURCES
(This is a selection of those sites thought to
be of interest to architecture/building. Extensive guides
to government sources are found at the University of
Michigan Clearinghouse for Subject-Oriented Internet
Research Guides).
Many gophers link to government information,
including (of course) the Library of Congress
gopher (URL:
gopher://marvel.loc.gov:70/11/federal) and
InfoSlug at the University of California Santa
Cruz (Address: gopher scilibx.ucsc.edu/the
community/guide to government; URL:
gopher://scilibx.ucsc.edu:70/11/The
Community/Guide to Government--U.S., State
and Local)
A good collection of US government gophers can
be found at the UC-Irvine gopher. Address:
gopher gopher-server.cwis.uci.edu/virtual
reference desk/US government gophers.
URL: gopher://peg.cwis.uci.edu:7000/11/
gopher.welcome/peg/GOPHERS/gov
Another good collection has been set up at the
University of Missouri at St. Louis. It includes
the Occupational Outlook Handbook, Overseas
Business Reports, the U.S. Industrial Outlook (for
such as construction and construction materials),
and Small Business Administration Industry
Profiles (amongst many other titles).
Address: gopher umslvma.umsl.edu/library/
government information
URL: gopher://umslvma.umsl.edu:70/11/library/
govdocs
10.1 Name: NTIS FedWorld
Address: telnet fedworld.gov
URL: telnet://fedworld.gov
In addition to NTIS information, this is a major
gateway to government information. It is
however, often busy and difficult to access.
10.2 Name: Environmental Protection Agency
Address: gopher gopher.epa.gov
URL: gopher://gopher.epa.gov:70/11
The EPA gopher includes EPA information
locators such as ACCESS EPA (a directory full of
information that also refers you to other sources,
to the EPA online library catalog, and to EPA
gophers), EPA standards, rules, etc.
10.3 Name: Water Resources gopher
Address: gopher gopher.c-wr.siu.edu
URL: gopher://gopher.c-wr.siu.edu:70/11
This one is not produced by the government, but
it does include some government-produced
information, such as the USGS WRSIC Research
Abstracts.
10.4 Name: National Science Foundation
Address: gopher stis.nsf.gov
URL: gopher://stis.nsf.gov:70
NSF publications, awards, agencies, as well as
links to other government gophers.
10.5 Name: Code of Federal Regulations
Name: Federal Register
Address: gopher gopher.counterpoint.com
URL: gopher://gopher.counterpoint.com
Both are searchable, but full information available
only for a fee.
10.6 Name: US National Archives, Center for
Electronic Records
Address: ftp ftp.cu.nih.gov/
NARA_ELECTRONIC
URL: ftp://ftp.cu.nih.gov/NARA_ELECTRONIC
The file contains the Center's title list of data
files. It can also be accessed through the Library
of Congress gopher (Address:gopher
marvel.loc.gov/government information/ federal
information resources/ national libraries and
national archives/ National Archives and Records
Administration/ Center for Electronic Records;
URL: gopher://marvel.loc.gov:70/11/federal/
fedinfo/natlibs/archives/electronic).
10.7 Name: Occupational Safety and Health
Administration gopher
Address: gopher ginfo.cs.fit.edu
URL: gopher://ginfo.cs.fit.edu:70/11/OSHA
The OSHA gopher includes standards, grants,
workstation ergonomics, and a searchable OSHA
archive.
10.8 Name: National Institute of Standards and
Technology
Address: gopher zserve.nist.gov
URL: gopher://zserve.nist.gov:79/1
Includes information on their laboratory programs,
such as the Materials Science and Engineering
Laboratory, and the Building and Fire Research
Laboratory.
10.9 Name: US Budget
Address: gopher gopher-server.cwis.uci.edu/
virtual reference desk
URL: gopher://sunsite.unc.edu:70/11/.pub/
academic/political-science
Searchable by keyword. The address is for the
University of California Irvine link to the US
Budget at the University of North Carolina gopher
site. Both are included since it is easier (i.e. fewer
menu choices) to retrieve the budget from the
University of California Irvine address.
10.10 Name: Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Address: gopher gopher.rtd.utk.edu/ federal
government information
URL: gopher://solar.rtd.utk.edu:70/11/
Federal/CFDA
WAIS-searchable; also available on the WAIS list.
10.11 Name: Census of Population and Housing
Address: gopher bigcat.missouri.edu/ reference
and information center/ US and Missouri Census
Information/US Census Data
URL: gopher://bigcat.missouri.edu:70/11/
reference/census/us
1990 data with comparisons from 1980.
10.12 Name: Federal Information Exchange
Address: gopher fedix.fie.com
URL: gopher://fedix.fie.com:70
On research programs, grants and more.
10.13 Name: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
URL: http://www.lbl.gov
Access is provided to their gopher, their library
catalog, and their publications list. The Lawrence
Berkeley Laboratory has a Center for Building
Science which has programs in Building
Technologies (including windows and
daylighting), Energy Analysis, and Indoor Air
Quality.
10.14 Name: Cornucopia of Disability Information,
Government Information
*
Address: gopher val-dor.cc.buffalo.edu/
government documents
URL: gopher://val-dor.cc.buffalo.edu:70/
11/.legislation/
The full-text of the Americans with Disabilities
Act (ADA), as well as accessibility guidelines,
can be found at this gopher.
10.15 Name: U.S. AID Procurement and Business
Opportunities
*
Address: gopher gaia.info.usaid.gov
URL: gopher://gaia.info.usaid.gov:70/
11/procurement_bus_opp
10.16 Name: EPA Chemical Substance Factsheets, at
EcoGopher
*
Address: gopher ecosys.drdr.virginia.edu/
education-- EcoGopher Environmental
Library/Environmental Factsheets/EPA Chemical
Substance Factsheets
URL: gopher://ecosys.drdr.Virginia.edu:70/
11/library/factsheets/toxics
10.17 Name: National Renewable Energy Laboratory
* Address: gopher gopher.nrel.gov
URL: gopher://gopher.nrel.gov:70
Research in progress, NREL publications
database, new energy information locator, solar
radiation data and maps, wind energy resources
maps, and more.
10.18 Name: National Technology Transfer Center
* Address: gopher iron.nttc.edu
URL: gopher://iron.nttc.edu:70/1
http://iridium.nttc.edu/nttc.html
A gateway to funding and research opportunities,
technologies available for licensing, and contacts
for the federal laboratory system.
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*Section 11: FUN AND GAMES
*11.1 Name: Architecture Virtual Pub
Instructions: To join, type irc from GO (or $);
type in your nickname (/nick nickname); type
/join #arcpub
Internet relay chat forum, occurring Fridays at 5
p.m. EST. The pub was started by students and
staff at McGill University, Montreal. [As
announced on the net; not actually tested.]
*11.2 Name: Point Moot, Texas
Address: telnet actlab.rtf.utexas.edu 8888 (Type
help for list of commands, and @quit to leave).
URL: telnet://actlab.rtf.utexas.edu:8888
Claims to be the Net's first virtual city. A moo
(multiple object-oriented site), with multiple
simultaneous users.