[Phys-l] A Guide to the ADLsphere

[Richard Hake <rrhake@earthlink.net>]

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

V. References
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To access the complete 3.7 MB guide please click on <http://bit.ly/970OZr>. 

Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
Honorary Member, Curmudgeon Lodge of Deventer, The Netherlands
President, PEdants for Definitive Academic References which Recognize the
      Invention of the Internet (PEDARRII)
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"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>.