Some subscribers to Phys-L and Physoc might be interested in "A Guide
to the ADLsphere: Over Eighty Academic Discussion Lists With Links To
Their Archives & Search Engines" [Hake (2010)].
The abstract reads:
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ABSTRACT: The present "Guide to the ADLsphere" (pronounced
Addlesphere - no pun intended) consists of five parts:
I. Addresses, Descriptions, and Links to the Archives and Search
Engines of Over Eighty Academic Discussion Lists (ADL's) - including
Phys-L and Physoc.
II. Some Strengths of ADL's
III. Some Weaknesses of ADL's
IV. LISTSERV Utilization
A. What's a LISTSERV?
B. Subscribing and Unsubscribing
C. Monitoring Posts
"It is not enough to observe, experiment, theorize, calculate and
communicate; we must also argue, criticize, debate, expound,
summarize, and otherwise transform the information that we have
obtained individually into reliable, well established, public
knowledge."
John Ziman (1969): "Information, Communication, Knowledge," Nature 224
(5217): 324 online at <http://bit.ly/cNPB1d>.
REFERENCES [URL's shortened by <http://bit.ly/>]
Hake, R.R. 2010. "A Guide to the ADLsphere: Over Eighty Academic
Discussion Lists With Links To Their Archives & Search Engines,"
online as a 3.9 MB pdf at <http://bit.ly/970OZr>.