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• AT&T 800 Directory
• Computers in the Social Sciences list
• European Network for Information Technology in Human Services (ENITH) Web page
• Feminist Social Work discussion list
• Field Education for Social Workers list
• Good Works: A Guide to Social Change Careers
• Human Services Research Institute
• National Referral Center Master File
• OneWorld Online
• Penpages
• Social Work discussion list (SOCWORK)

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AT&T 800 Directory on the Internet

• TYPE: World Wide Web site
• URL: http://att.net/dir800
• CONTACT: Patricia G. Selden, Publisher (dir800@mail.att.net)
  OR call 1-800-562-2255 for information.
• COMMENTS:
  This WWW site contains the electronic version of AT&T's directory of 1-800 phone numbers (although the documentation states that not everything from the printed version is duplicated here). At present, one can access these numbers either alphabetically by category or organization name; keyword searching capabilities are newly available as well. Though most of the entries are for companies and products, there are many categories which could be used by non-profits for information and referral. Of note are the categories "social service organizations," "adoption services," "child abuse information and treatment centers," "women's organ- izations," and more. Some numbers belong to local or state organizations, while others belong to national hotlines.

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Computers in the Social Sciences (CUSSNET) discussion list

• TYPE: E-mail discussion list
• ADDRESS: cussnet-list@stat.com (to post)
• SUBSCRIBE: Send e-mail to listserv@stat.com; use "subscribe cussnet-list YOUR NAME" in message body, OR:
  To receive daily digests of messages, use "subscribe cussnet-digest YOUR NAME" in message body.
• CONTACT: cussnet-request@stat.com
• COMMENTS:
  This is a list for social workers, counselors, human service workers, and everyone else interested in the applications and implications of information technology in the social sciences. Fairly low traffic - at most, several messages/day.

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European Network for Information Technology in Human Services (ENITH) Web page

• TYPE: World Wide Web page
• URL: http://www.uia.ua.ac.be/u/enith
• CONTACT: enith@psws.uia.ac.be
• COMMENTS:
  The highlight of this newly-developed (1/95) page is an abstracting-indexing service that provides, free of charge, over 850 references and abstracts for articles on the use of information technology in human services. Articles are searchable by keyword, author, or journal. In addition, information on ENITH's projects, publications, and upcoming conferences is available here.

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Feminist Social Work discussion list

• TYPE: E-mail discussion list
• ADDRESS: femsw-l@moose.uvm.edu (to post)
• SUBSCRIBE: Send e-mail to listproc@moose.uvm.edu; use "subscribe femsw-l YOUR NAME" in message body
• CONTACT: Katy Biron (kbiron@moose.uvm.edu)
• COMMENTS:
  This new list (1/95) branched off of the Social Work discussion list recently; discussions here are meant to cover how feminism fits with social work. Conversation debating the validity of feminism itself is discouraged.

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Field Education for Social Workers list

• TYPE: E-mail discussion list
• ADDRESS: sw-fieldwork@nmsu.edu (to post)
• SUBSCRIBE: Send e-mail to listserv@nmsu.edu; use "subscribe sw-fieldwork YOUR NAME" in message body
• CONTACT: Gerald Vest (gvest@nmsu.edu)
• COMMENTS:
  This list is directed toward social workers in the field, and field education specifically; potential list members include field directors, coordinators, students, and supervisors.

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Good Works

• TYPE: Web page
• URL: http://www.essential.org/goodworks/
• CONTACT: goodworks@essential.org
• COMMENTS:
  Though the main purpose of this site is to promote its national directory of social change organizations (in print form; available for a charge), it supplements it by including a list of current job openings in social change organizations, organized by state. Note that not all states present will have postings available at any given time.

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Human Services Research Institute

• TYPE: Gopher, E-mail discussion lists, FTP Site, File by Mail Server
• ADDRESS: gopher gopher.std.com
  / Non-Profit Organizations
  / Human Services Research Institute
  OR ftp ftp.std.com / nonprofit / hsri
• URL: gopher://ftp.std.com/11/nonprofits/hsri
• CONTACT: Jonathan Hurwitz (postmaster@hsri.org)
  Mail: Human Services Research Institute
  2336 Massachusetts Avenue
  Cambridge MA 02140
  PHONE (1) 617 876-0426 tecenter@hsri.org
  FAX (1) 617 492-7401 tecenter@world.std.com
  
• COMMENTS:
  This system is part of the Evaluation Center at the Human Services Research Institute, and is funded to help provide assistance with the evaluation of adult mental health system change. This gopher can be broken down into four separate parts, all of which revolve around different aspects of adult mental health system evaluation and health care reform. Each part is actually a listserv discussion group that is archived at this gopher site. The four parts are as follows:

  NHCTEN (Topical Evaluation Network on National Health Care Reform) - which focuses on the effects of the national health care reforms on mental health care and substance abuse systems. To subscribe to the listserv, send an e-mail message to: majordomo@world.std.com with "subscribe nhcten" as the message body.

  OUTCOME (Topical Evaluation Network on Outcomes Evaluation) - which attempts to "develop a broad collective expertise with regard to problems assessing and analyzing outcomes of interventions aimed at improving mental health." To subscribe to the listserv, send an e-mail message to: majordomo@world.std.com with "subscribe outcometen" as the message body

  LEGALTEN (Topical Evaluation Network on Legal & Forensic Issues in Mental Health) - focuses on the relationship between the mental health system, the criminal justice system and the courts. To subscribe, send an e-mail message to: majordomo@world.std.com with "subscribe legalten" as the message body

  EVALTEN (Topical Evaluation Network on Evaluation Methodology & Statistics) - focuses on providing a network of individuals to provide all aspects of survey development and statistical analysis of mental health systems. To subscribe to this discussion list, send an e-mail message to: majordomo@world.std.com with "subscribe evalten" as the message body.

  There is also a File by Mail Server which allows users that only have e-mail access to send for files. To learn how to use this service send an e-mail message to the following address: tecinfo@hsri.org, with "request" (in all lowercase letters) as the subject line and "get help" as the message body.

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National Empowerment Center

• TYPE: Gopher
• ADDRESS: gopher gopher.std.com
  / Non-Profit Organizations
  / The National Empowerment Center
• URL: gopher://gopher.std.com:70/11/nonprofits/ empowerment-ctr
• CONTACT: Not available
• COMMENTS:
  This resources contains a vast wealth of information. Some of the topics included at this site are : the Americans with Disabilities Employers Manual and other ADA information, depression, health care and health care reform, disability statistics, etc. The list is quite impressive (and too long to include in its entirety). Many of the sources are papers or text documents that present a perspective on a particular issue, such as the document entitled Invisible in the U.S.A. which discusses post-recovery experiences for mentally ill persons. Of particular interest might the informtion regarding the following:

  Gifts in Kind America, which is an organization that collects and redistributes used computer equipment to non-profit organizations.

  Information regarding the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, which includes disability and rehabilitation research.

  This is certainly a site worth taking a moment to look at, as it contains a wealth of potentially useful information.

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National Referral Center Master File

• TYPE: Telnet site / Database
• ADDRESS: telnet to locis.loc.gov
  / choose "organizations" from main menu
• URL: telnet://locis.loc.gov
• CONTACT:
• COMMENTS:
  We cannot emphasize enough the potential value this database from the Library of Congress holds for non- profit organizations wishing to contact organizations with similar focus across the country. The system contains over 12,000 entries for American organizations, including address, phone, information services provided by each, areas of concern, a brief description, their library holdings, publications they produce, and whether there is any charge to use their services (most will provide information about their organizations and programs at no charge).

  The database can be used as an instant "information and referral service" to find information on or to direct clients to a variety of national, state, and local organizations. The one drawback to this database is its user-unfriendli- ness; we suggest going through the help screens thoroughly. One hint: "BRWS " will display the names of all organizations concerned with a given subject. Searches can also be limited to a given city or state if desired.

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OneWorld Online

• TYPE: Web page / electronic magazine
• URL: http://www.oneworld.org
• CONTACT: feedback@oneworld.org
• COMMENTS:
  OneWorld is a UK-based electronic magazine covering a wide range of social causes, from migrants to sustainable development. Every weekday, this site is updated to reflect current news and information about worldwide developments in social issues. Links to related sites are provided, as well as current job vacancies in the field, worldwide.

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Penpages

• TYPE: Telnet Databases
• ADDRESS: telnet psupen.psu.edu
  / login as your two letter state abbreviation (MI, NY, etc.) or as WORLD if you are logging in from outside the United States
• CONTACT: PENpages Coordinator
  405 Ag Admin Building
  University Park, PA 16802
  Internet: PPMENU@PSUPEN.PSU.EDU
  BITNET: PPMENU@PSUPEN
  Phone: (814) 863-3449
• COMMENTS:
  Penpages is a series of full text databases that can easily be searched in order to find relevant information on a wide variety of topics. Because Penpages is maintained by the College of Agricultural Sciences at Pennsylvania State University, there is a tremendous amount of agricultural oriented information. The system is certainly not limited to agricultural information, which makes useful for most any organization. The following databases are included in Penpages:
  
  1. IFAN - International Food And Nutrition database
  2. MAPP - National Family Database
  3. Senior Series Database
  4. The 4-H Youth Development Database
  5. Cooperative Extension System (CES) Diversity & Pluralism Database
  These databases provide a wide range of documents that can be obtained through Penpages. The databases are all searched simultaneously, so that users do not need to attempt to determine which database fits their needs best. The documents are provided by universities and other organizations that have created documents that fit the scope of Penpages and credit and contact information is given for each article. The documents are arranged by topics, such as homeless, aging or youth, which makes searching for documents fairly easy. The system is different than most other Internet-accessible databases, so it may take the user a few extra minutes the first time that Penpages is used. Once you've learned how to maneuver within the system, finding information should be fairly easy.

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Social Work discussion list (SOCWORK)

• TYPE: E-mail discussion list
• ADDRESS: socwork@uafsysb.uark.edu(to post)
• SUBSCRIBE: E-mail to listserv@uafsysb.uark.edu; use "subscribe socwork " in message body
• CONTACT: Cindy L. Jones (cljones@comp.uark.edu)
• COMMENTS:
  A high-volume list (10-20 messages per day), SOCWORK contains discussion among social workers both in academia and out in the field. Members typically talk about social programs currently in progress and ask advice to see how their peers would handle a given situation. As with many high-volume lists, flame wars occasionally develop. However, this is a forum recommended to all interested in social work, especially those individuals involved in the running of a shelter or crisis service organization (if their mailboxes can handle it). Note new list address as of 2/95.

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