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Subject:      Electric Mystics Guide Draft 10

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            The Religious Studies Publications Journal - CONTENTS

Volume 1.081         Revised Electric Mystic's Guide         ISSN 1188-5734
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*** Electric Mystic's Guide (Draft #10) NOW AVAILABLE VIA FTP ***

A new revision of _The Electric Mystic's Guide to the Internet: A Complete
Bibliography of Networked Electronic Documents Relevant to Religious
Studies_, is now available via FTP as a Postscript file.  This new draft is
150 pages in length.  The table of contents follows retrieval instructions
below.

This Guide is a non-technical survey of all major, archives and services of
relevance to religious studies and related fields that are available through
the international, academic computer networks commonly referred to as the Net
(BITNET, Internet and affiliated networks).  This includes networked papers,
reviews, book notes, dissertations, major sacred texts, software programs,
electronic mail address collections, general information files, data banks,
electronic journals, newsletters, online discussion groups, specialized
commercial and public networks, and relevant networked organizations,
associations, institutions and companies.

Please note that the Electric Mystic's Guide is only available as a Unix
compressed (.Z) file.  For those who cannot access FTP postscript files,
a WordPerfect 5.1 DOS diskette containing the latest revision is available
from the author for ten dollars (Canadian currency, prepaid orders only).
Send orders to:

Michael Strangelove
Religious Studies Department
University of Ottawa
177 Waller
Ottawa, Ontario
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(613) 747-0642 (voice)
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     If you experience difficulty in accessing, uploading, or uncompressing
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the CONTENTS Project.
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*** RETRIEVAL INSTRUCTIONS ***

      VIA FTP:

FTP to the CONTENTS fileserver:

FTP 137.122.6.16 (panda1.uottawa.ca)
LOGIN: anonymous
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cd /pub/religion/
get electric-mystics-guide.ps.Z     (for the postscript version)
BYE                                 (when finished)

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Table of Contents

[Not all sections are completed within this draft]

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  1

      The Networks Covered in this Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . .  2
      Casting about the Net: How to Make the Most of
            Electronic Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
      How to Use This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
      How to Retrieve Documents Listed in This Guide. . . . . . . .  4
      A Guide to Online Research Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
      A Note to Moderators, Authors and Maintainers of
            Networked Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7

SECTION I -- Network Accessible Documents

1.   Anthropology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   10
2.   Articles and Prepublication Papers . . . . . . . . . . . . .   11
3.   Bible Study Aids and Software Programs . . . . . . . . . . .   14
4.   Bibliographies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   15
5.   Book Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   18
6.   Buddhism and Related Topics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   19
7.   Contemporary Jewry and Israel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   23
8.   The CONTENTS Project Miscellaneous Files . . . . . . . . . .   26
9.   Course Outlines, Seminar Syllabi and Subject Glossaries. . .   27
10.  Electronic Texts and Databases (CDROMS and Others) . . . . .   29
11.  IOUDAIOS Miscellaneous Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   30
12.  Islamic Studies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   31
13.  Journal Indexes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   34
14.  Lists in Review Supplements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   35
15.  Miscellaneous. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   36
16.  Online E-Mail Address Compilations . . . . . . . . . . . . .   37
17.  RELIGION Miscellaneous Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   38
18.  Reviews. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   39
19.  Sacred Texts (Networked Electronic Versions) . . . . . . . .   41
20.  Software/Hardware Reviews and Information Files. . . . . . .   44
21.  Software Programs for Religious Studies. . . . . . . . . . .   45
22.  Thesis and Dissertations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   46
23.  Thesis and Dissertations -- Abstracts. . . . . . . . . . . .   47

SECTION II -- Religious Studies Related Networked Archives

24.  Coombspapers Social Sciences Research Data Bank. . . . . . .   49
25.  The CONTENTS Project Archives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   53
26.  The American Jewish Information Network. . . . . . . . . . .   57
27.  The Israel Project at Nysernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   59
28.  The Aboriginal Studies Electronic Data Archive . . . . . . .   62
29.  The Georgetown Center for Text and Technology. . . . . . . .   64
30.  Project Gutenburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   67
31.  The Oak Software Repository. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   70
32.  The SIMTEL20 Archives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   71

SECTION III -- How to Use the Damn Thing

33.  How to Send Electronic Mail to Different Networks. . . . . .   78
34.  How to Find E-mail Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   80
35.  Networked Directories, Manuals and Help Files. . . . . . . .   85

APPENDICES:

A.  The CONTENTS Project FTP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   88
B.  Ecunet and PresbyNet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   89
C.  Centre de Traitement Electronique des Documents (CETEDOC) . .   91
D.  Center for Computer Analysis of Texts (CCAT). . . . . . . . .   94
E.  Online Academic Conferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   97
F.  Electronic Journals and Newsletters . . . . . . . . . . . . .  125
G.  Online Book Initiative. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  133
H.  Networked Organizations and Associations. . . . . . . . . . .  136

Index of Document Titles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  139
Index of Authors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  145
Index of Authors' E-mail Addresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  146
Glossary of Terms     [not yet entered]
Glossary of Commands  [not yet entered]
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