• Citation Style For Research Papers (Review Available)
• European Telematics for Libraries Programme (Review Available)
• Exploit (Review Available)
• Pan Asia Networking (Review Available)
• A Student�s Guide To The Study Of History (Review Available)
• TheseNet (Review Available)
• The UK Office For Library And Information Networking (UKOLN) (Review Available)

Mounted by the Schwarz Memorial Library of Long Island University, this site provides the basics of citation for the most commonly used style manuals in the United States: American Pschological Association, Modern Language Association, American Medical Association, and the manuals produced by Kate Turabian and the University of Chicago. A standard format, using colours to differentiate elements like author versus publisher, is followed by examples directly from the manuals, with short explanatory notes. Citations for Web sites are included both under each manual and in a separate detailed set of recommendations by Robert Delaney, the compiler.

In November 1998 Niels Ole Pors reviewed the debate in the European Parliament concerning a report on the future of public libraries in Europe. Another set of EU-related papers have just appeared. I am quite sure, that a lot of librarians wonder about all the acronyms and what they mean in relation to projects supported by the European Union. There is help to be found. Hans-Georg Stork is a very central person in DG XIII. He has been heavily involved in many telematics and library programmes. He has recently given a very illuminating overview of projects the European Union has supported during the latest 10 years. The support from the Commission falls in 3 phases:

• a pre-implementation phase, 1988-1991, based on four action lines: enhancing library related data sets; trans-border networking of library systems; setting up I&CT based services, and developing new high-tech products for libraries.
• implementation phases under the third (1991-1994) and fourth (1994-1998) Framework Programmes, as a sector of the Telematics Applications Programme.

Stork ends his overview with a short introduction to the coming 5th framework that applies to libraries, archives and museums.

The objective of this WEB is to give information about the different library programs in the EU. Arbejder p� at udbrede kendskabet til EUs forskellige biblioteksprojekter. The WEB contain the interactive journal Exploit Interactive, which has papers about The Telematics program. All in all a great place to be kept informed about EU's library projects.

Pan Asia Networking is an initiative of IDRC Canada to help researchers and communities in the developing world find solutions to their social, economic and environmental problems. It provides a gateway and host to R and D information from more than 150 leading organisations from the government, academic, NGO and private sectors. Information resources include: full-text publications and periodicals; bibliographic databases; databanks; multimedia resources and training materials.

Part of a larger site, called The History Guide maintained by Steven Kreis, this is not a content, but a methods site, aimed at the beginning historian (in senior secondary school or university). The intent is to provide general skills in such areas of taking notes in class, writing short essays, budgeting one�s study time and the like. As a growing proportion of students come to libraries with no idea of how to obtain information except to search the Web, this is an excellent, if rather simple, site. Kreis has some very definite ideas on the role of the teacher, which makes this a particularly good resource for explaining why and how historians do their work.

This site is a database covering French PhD theses from 1972 onwards. It covers humanities, social sciences and science, including medicine and agricultural studies. It is searchable by author, institution, subject and title. It also gives information about the library holding the PhD thesis.

UKOLN is the national focus of digital information management, providing policy, research and awareness services to the UK library, information and cultural heritage communities. It offers a wealth of information covering current R & D in the field, news of conferences, workshops etc. Regular publications include a Newsletter and Ariadne. The research and awareness pages are grouped under: metadata; web focus; interoperability focus; public library networking; distributed library systems; bibliographic management. Well designed and easy to navigate, it is a good starting point for information and documents about networking.

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