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From: Patricia Dines, 73652,1202
To: INTERNET:almanac@sulaco.oes.orst.edu
Date: Sat, Nov 23, 1996, 12:52 AM
Subject: send extoxnet catalog

send extoxnet catalog
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From: Almanac Information Server, INTERNET:almanac@oes.orst.edu
To: Patricia Dines, 73652,1202
Date: Sat, Nov 23, 1996, 1:07 AM
Subject: RE:  send extoxnet catalog
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## Regarding your request:
   send extoxnet catalog

               EXTOXNET -  EXtension TOXicology NETwork

     A cooperative effort of UCD, OSU, MSU, and CU.
     Primary files maintained and archived at Oregon State University.
                                                                            
WHAT IS EXTOXNET?
        The EXTension TOXicology NETwork (EXTOXNET) is an effort of
University of California, Davis, Oregon State University, Michigan
State University, and Cornell University.  Some of the goals of
EXTOXNET are to stimulate dialog on toxicology issues, develop and
make available information relevant to extension toxicology, and
facilitate the exchange of toxicology-related information in
electronic form, accessible to all with access to electronic mail
(email) or the Internet.  While the ALMANAC, GOPHER and World Wide Web
(WWW) sites for EXTOXNET are located at Oregon State University,
information available from the EXTOXNET infobase via ALMANAC, GOPHER
and WWW will be contributed by all EXTOXNET collaborators.

WHAT KINDS OF INFORMATION ARE PROVIDED BY EXTOXNET?
        Various types of toxicology information are (or soon will be)
available from ALMANAC and GOPHER at Oregon State University.  These
include: discussions of toxicological issues of concern; toxicology
newsletters; other resources for toxicology information; toxicology
fact sheets; Pesticide Information Profiles (PIPs); and Toxicology
Information Briefs (TIBs).  In addition, various closed mailing groups
will be established for EXTOXNET participants to facilitate
communication and response to requests for information.

HOW DOES ONE RETRIEVE INFORMATION FROM EXTOXNET?
        Information may be retrieved by sending a simple email message
to the ALMANAC Information Server developed by the Oregon State
University Extension Computer Support Group.  ALMANAC, in turn, mails
the information back to the requestors' email address.  For those with
a real-time connection to the Internet, information can be viewed and
selectively retrieved by the use of GOPHER or a World Wide Web (WWW)
client.  Brief instructions on the use of these methods to retrieve
EXTOXNET information are given below:

ALMANAC access:

        address email message to -      almanac@sulaco.oes.orst.edu
        with message -                  send extoxnet catalog

GOPHER access:

        gopher to -     sulaco.oes.orst.edu
        choose -        option #3 - Or. Ext. Ser. Projects and Programs
        then choose -   option #4 - EXTOXNET

WWW access:

        URL -           http://www.oes.orst.edu:70/1/ext
        choose -        EXTOXNET

# # ALMANAC EXAMPLES: To retrieve the Pesticide Information Profiles (pips)
catalog, send the message (to - almanac@sulaco.oes.orst.edu):

        send extoxnet pips catalog

and to recover a specific pips, say aldicarb, send the message:

        send extoxnet pips aldicarb.p93

  -----> Be sure to match the case of all letters <-----

# # ALMANAC: For more information about the Almanac information server
in general, send:

 >   send guide

* * * * * 

                   EXTOXNET PRIMARY CATALOG

Topics:

  pips           - Pesticide Information Profiles                     

     Title:         "Pesticide Information Profiles"
     Send:          send extoxnet pips catalog

     Description:  Pesticide Information Profiles are documents which
     provide specific pesticide information relating to health and
     environmental effects.  The information does not in any way replace or
     supersede the information on the pesticide product labeling or other
     regulatory requirements.  Pips are not based on an exhaustive 
     literature search.

  tibs           - Toxicology Information Briefs                      

     Title:         "Toxicology Information Briefs"
     Send:          send extoxnet tibs catalog

     Description:  Toxicology Information Briefs are short descriptions
     of a variety of issues that pertain to pesticides such and health and
     environmental effects.  The TIBs are intended to assist in the
     understanding and interpretation of the PIPs.

  tics           - Toxicology Issues of Concern                       

     Title:         "Toxicological Issues of Concern"
     Send:          send extoxnet tics catalog
 
     Description:  Discussion of various toxicology issues of current
     concern.  The intent is to discuss such issues in the context of 
     the most sound scientific data available, thus providing the 
     background to allow the reader to put the toxicology issue of 
     concern into perspective.

  factsheets     - Factsheets                                         

     Title:         "Factsheets"
     Send:          send extoxnet factsheets catalog

     Description: Factsheets presenting information about toxicology
     and/or environmental chemistry as related to specific chemicals
     or chemical problems.

  news           - News about Toxicology Issues                       

     Title:         "Toxicology News"
     Send:          send extoxnet news catalog

     Description:  News about recent events in the area of toxicology
     and/or environmental chemistry.

  newsletters    - Newsletters                                        

     Title:         "Toxicology Newsletters"
     Send:          send extoxnet newsletters catalog

     Description:  Newsletters related to extension toxicology.

  resources      - Resources for Toxicology Information               

     Title:         "Toxicology Resources"
     Send:          send extoxnet resources catalog

     Description:  A listing of the some of the resources available for
     toxicology information.  These could include people resources,
     computerized databases, written information, etc.

  techinfo       - Technical Information                              

     Title:         "Technical Information"
     Send:          send extoxnet techinfo catalog

     Description: Descriptive information of a technical nature 
     related to toxicological and/or environmental chemistry concerns.

  mg             - Mailing Groups                                     

     Title:         "Mailing Groups"
     Send:          send extoxnet mg catalog

     Description: Various mailing groups (i.e, a collection of email
     addresses) will be setup for the purpose of being able to commun-
     icate quickly with appropriate addressees.  Almanac archives
     the messages sent to each mailing group - these archived messages
     are available by request to Almanac or via gopher.

Files:

  migrat.txt     - *** IMPORTANT! EXTOXNET has migrated to a new site.
  extoxnet.txt   - What is the EXTension TOXicology NETwork?          

     Send:          send extension extoxnet extoxnet.txt

     Description:  This is a brief description of EXTOXNET and the
     philosophy behind EXTOXNET.