Science Net PHYSICS is online!

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Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 11:18:40 -0500
From: Wayne Daniels <wdaniels at gwmail.mtrl.toronto.on.ca>
Subject: Science Net PHYSICS is online!

(Pardon any duplication.)

PHYSICS, the first of eight subject gateways in the Toronto Public =
Library=27s Science Net, is now available at this address:

http://sciencenet.tpl.toronto.on.ca

Science Net brings together K-12 education resources and classifies them =
by Dewey, creating what are, in effect, virtual library shelves. Intended =
as a time-saving alternative to the search engine, Science Net enables =
browsing for useful resources much as you might do in a conventional =
library.=20

There are over 650 links in the PHYSICS gateway, arranged by the Dewey =
subdivisions (somewhat adapted) for that subject. These are further =
grouped by target audience: teachers, K-6, and 7-12.=20

The collection contains materials in English and French and Science Net =
itself is available in both languages.

There is an =22A-Z=22 index that will eventually contain all the Dewey =
headings used for all eight subjects. Main access, recommended for the =
present, is via the =22Subject=22 choice. (Once again, only PHYSICS is so =
far available.) Here you will find a selection of general physics sites, =
with 7-12 as the default offering. Choose whichever of the three audiences =
is appropriate. To explore the subdivisions just use the drop down menu. =
You can return to the first page by pointing to the word Physics (in blue =
letters) at the top of each page.

We=27ve been testing the software and we believe some initial wrinkles =
have been ironed out. A newer, faster version has just been mounted. =
However, if you do get any problems, please let us know about it via the =
e-mail form that=27s available at the site.=20

Let us know what you think of the site, and please pass on any sites =
we=27ve missed for inclusion at a later date.

CHEMISTRY will open up next, around the end of January. Then the rest will =
follow at fairly regular intervals: BIOLOGY, BOTANY, ZOOLOGY, GEOLOGY, =
PALEONTOLOGY, and ASTRONOMY. It=27s hoped that all will be available by =
the end of 1999.

Hope you find us useful=21

Wayne Daniels
Project Coordinator
Science Net / R=E9seau sciences
Toronto Reference Library
789 Yonge Street
M4W 2G8

(416) 393-7037
wdaniels=40gwmail.mtrl.toronto.on.ca