You can choose to communicate with people or simply observe other people's communications. There are a great many scholarly discussion groups available for those interested in the environment. Many of these have archives of the messages sent to them that can be searched by keyword. These are both examples of mailing list archives hosted by Mailbase. Mailbase provides and manages electronic discussion lists for the UK higher education community.
Most universities now publish Web pages for each of their departments.
These are useful for providing contact details for members of staff. There are a number of sites that aim to help you find the Web pages for particular university departments. The database can be searched by keyword or browsed by subject. Back to contents menu 5. Finding out about Conferences and Professional Development Home pages of professional organisations Most scholarly and professional organisations now have a Web presence.