ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 3 0 6 /C&RL News In tern et R eview s Sa ra A m a to, ed ito r C L N e t . A c c e s s : h t t p : / / latino.sscnet.ucla.edu/. CLNet, directed by librarian Richard Chabran of UCLA’s C hicano Studies Research C e n te r a n d m a n a g e d by com puter resource special­ ist and librarian Romelia Sali­ nas, is the prem ier Internet site for U.S. Latino informa­ tion. The site provides ac­ cess to print an d electronic resource materials in the h u ­ m an ities, so cial sc ien c es, an d sciences, with an em ­ phasis o n Chicano (M exican A m erican) re­ sources. There is sporadic coverage o f infor­ m a tio n s p e c ific to P u e r to R icans, C u b a n Americans, an d other Latinos; most text is in English. CLNet began in 1993 as a gopher-based information service and transformed in late 1994 into the current W eb site. Although the go p h er is still available, only the W eb site contains the most current information. The hom epage organizes information in ten main sections. O f special interest are an em ­ ploym ent center, a museum, an d a com munity center. Elsewhere there are links to informa­ tion about student scholarships an d financial aid, an d dem ographic data and statistics. The “Bronze Pages” section invites Latino faculty, staff, and students to develop an d link their ow n personal pages to the site, thereby creat­ ing a u n iq u e listing o f academ ic colleagues, resource people, an d role models. For most librarians, students, an d faculty, how ever, the focal points o f CLNet will b e its library and research center. The library section o f this site identifies major Latino research collections an d archives, and offers telnet sessions to the online catalogs of selected libraries. There are a num ber o f h elp­ ful subject-oriented bibliographies that point to print reference materials. A listing o f Latino- related listservs here is dated, how ever, and includes groups that rarely discuss U.S. Latino issues, if at all. The library also leads to num er­ ous electronic publications, publishers, and o n ­ line bookstores. The research center organizes a massive collection of text files, go p h er and Sara Amato is automated systems librarian at Central W ashington University; sam ato@ tahoma.cwu.edu W eb sites, a n d searchable d a ta b a s e s . T o p ic s ra n g e fro m a f firm a tiv e a c tio n , health, Chicana studies, di­ versity, an d a collection of d o cu m en ts relating to th e u s e o f th e I n t e r n e t b y Latinos. Reports an d statis­ tics h ere have b ee n culled from familiar sources such as th e Eric Clearinghouse for Urban Education, the Cen­ sus Bureau, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. O ther in­ formation has been provided by organizations such as the Inter-University Program for Latino Research an d MCLR (the Midwest Consortium for Latino Research), em ­ phasizing the fact that CLNet is very m uch a cooperative effort am ong librarians, other pro­ fessionals, and Latino organizations. The producers o f CLNet note that o n e un­ expected result o f the popularity o f their site is the growing num ber o f Internet training ses­ sions they’ve b ee n invited to present. Besides prom oting com puter literacy in this way, the site also functions as a curricular tool for teach­ ing users about the Chicano experience, and the research process itself. Syllabi, reading lists, and excellent guides on refining a research topic can b e found, along w ith the bibliographies already m entioned. For our profession, CLNet is overall an excellent exam ple o f the expert role subject-specialist librarians can take in or­ ganizing, utilizing, an d teaching the Internet to patrons. Anyone interested in Latino issues will w ant to explore the m any strands o f this com ­ plex W eb site.— Susan A. Vega Garcia, Iowa State University; savega@iastate.edu T h e F a s h io n P a g e . Access: http://w w w .charm. n et/~ jak ec/contents.html. Fa sh io n N et. Access: http ://w w w .fash io n . net/. The fashion field is show ing a strong presence on the Web, and these tw o sites provide infor­ mation for both fashion enthusiasts an d those w orking in the fashion industry. The F ashion Page‚ a W eb magazine, is cre­ ated an d w ritten by Lynda Stretton, a former buyer. The hom epage is categorized by “sea­ sons,” “esoterica,” “reviews and overviews,” and “reference.” Within these categories are analy­ mailto:savega@iastate.edu http://www.chann http://www.fashion mailto:samato@tahoma.cwu.edu May 1 9 9 6 /3 0 7 ses o f current fashion trends, interviews with designers, and reviews of fashion films and tele­ vision program s. Some o f Stretton’s articles cover such topics as Afro d eco and urban glam­ our fashion trends, as well as overview articles on the history of underw ear and corsets, body piercing, an d tattooing. Images are appropri­ ately incorporated into the text, adding value to the information. The site is well organized and the material easy to access, though some o f the links n ee d to be updated and new ar­ ticles added. The Fashion Page is a unique site that draws those interested in fashion to the creative and well-written articles. The goal of Fashion Net, produced by the Fashion Industry Network, is to provide infor­ mation to two different audiences: the general public and the fashion industry. It accomplishes this by dividing its W eb site into two sections focusing on each group. The first section, “Fash­ ion and Style,” is for the general public and includes a w ealth of hypertext links to fashion designers, fashion sites, modeling agencies, and fashion photographers. The seco n d section, “Fashion Industry,” links to the Fashion Yellow Pages (a global directory for the fashion indus­ try), a portfolio presentation service, other in­ dustry sites, a bulletin board o f job postings, freelance services, and other opportunities. This site is current, com prehensive, and utilitarian and the design is simple and functional. The value o f this site is the multitude o f fashion links in o n e place and Fashion Net is the place to visit to begin exploring fashion on the Web.— M o n ica F usich, U niversity o f N orth Texas; m fusich@library.unt.edu. O n-Line L ite ra ry R eso urces. Access; http: //w w w .en g lish .u p enn.edu/~jlynch/Lit/. Although created specifically to highlight avail­ able Internet resources pertaining to English and American literature, On-line Literary Re­ sources provides links to a wealth of hum ani­ ties materials, and will be of interest to aca­ demic librarians, humanities faculty, graduate students, and upper-division undergraduates. University of Pennsylvania doctoral candidate in English Jack Lynch created and maintains this quick-loading, n o frills m eta-index to W eb-based research materials. Lynch divides the hom epage into 16 sub­ ject areas o f literature, from classical and bib­ lical, medieval an d Renaissance sources, to contem porary British and American, theater and drama, literary theory, and w om en’s lit­ erature and feminism sites. Subject categories begin w ith a com pilation of scholarly listservs relevant to the area, follow ed by a “Calls for Professional Papers” list that typically includes deadlines for submissions of papers, nam es and addresses o f contacts, an d suggested topics. Next com es extensive lists o f course syllabi submitted by university faculty from across the United States. The heart of this resource, how ever, lies in the many links to sites devoted to b oth general topics and to specific authors w ithin each sub­ ject area. Bibliographies abound throughout the pages of this resource, as d o a surprising num ­ b er of scholarly articles w ritten by university subject specialists. Included in the Victorian p a g e s , fo r e x a m p le , is a lin k to B ro w n University’s Victorian Web, and to an article, com plete with bibliography, entitled “Racism and Anti-Irish Prejudice in Victorian England,” by Anthony Wohl, professor o f history at Vassar College. Surprisingly, too, there are a num ber o f excellent literary chronologies now available online via this source. Numerous recurring links lead one to other equally invaluable literary sites, including the Carnegie Mellon University English Server, the University o f Virginia’s Electronic Text Center, and the University of California-Santa Barbara Voice o f the Shuttle Project. Included within nearly all categories are links to thousands of electronic texts: the full text of H om er’s Iliad an d Odyssey; C h a u c e r’s C a n terb u ry Tales; Milton’s Paradise Lost; the com plete w orks of Shakespeare; the poetry o f W. B. Yeats; and Bulfinch’s Mythology, to nam e but a few. Lynch additionally includes a link at the bottom of the hom epage to an integrated list o f electronic texts available online. Finally, O n-line Literary Resources might prove to be an excellent and enjoyable m eans of introducing humanities faculty new to the Internet to a w ealth o f content-based materials migrating to th e W orld W ide Web. Recom­ m ended.—John Creech, California State Univer­ sity a t Monterey Bay; jo h n_creech@monterey. edu. ■ 308/C&RL News All the Latest Information fro m Academic Press One o f Am erican Libraries' Outstanding Base price allows fo r up to five users! References o f 1993! 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