Part 5 of 13 from the Resource Guide to Aquaculture Information

SECTION IV: ELECTRONIC AND ONLINE RESOURCES

There are numerous international as well as North American electronic resources of value to the person interested in aquaculture or aquatic information. The listing here is not comprehensive but provides selected basic sources with a focus on the United States and Canada. The first section covers databases. These are usually bibliographic and are available online as well as by CD-ROM subscription. Many charge a fee to access directly or charge a subscription for the CD-ROM. Many libraries subscribe to these CD-ROMs and make them available to their patrons. Check your regional library for availability or contact the address provided in the description. The second section lists Bulletin Board Systems (BBS). These usually provide electronic messaging services (e'mail), archives of files, announcements, public and private conferencing sections, and any other services or activities of interest to the Bulletin Board System's operator. A BBS may be small and regional in scope, but an increasing number are currently operated by government, educational, and research institutions. FTP/Gopher Sites and gopher servers can be reached via telnet address or gopher address and lead the user to a list offiles/documents that can be obtained electronically and/or read online. Listservs are mailing list programs for electronic communication that allow users to exchange data and ideas through the Internet by subscribing. You must have an e'mail address to belong. Services listed below are sometimes a combination BBS/Database/Listserv, so their selection for a particular section has been made somewhat arbitrarily. The final section lists the various commercial and noncommercial vendors which provide communication access for your computer to some of the services in the preceding sections.

Acknowledgment is given to John Bostock at the University of Stirling in Stirling, Scotland, for information he provided on several of the following resources in this section. A comprehensive listing of international aquatic sources with a broader scope has been compiled by John Bostock and an electronic version of that list is available via anonymous FTP from ftp.stir.ac.uk directory /aqua; file online.txt.

DATABASES

Name: AGRICOLA (AGRICultural OnLine Access)
Host: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Address: National Agricultural Library
10301 Baltimore Boulevard
Beltsville, MD 20705-2351
Phone: (301) 504-5479
Access: via DIALOG Information Services; also on CD-ROM
Cost: Yes
Scope: Comprehensive bibliographic database on the agricultural sciences including aquaculture. This is an index to the document collection at the National Agricultural Library as well as materials not in the library's collection.
AGRICOLA

Name: AGRIS (Agricultural Information System)
Host: FAO (Coordinating agency)
Address: Information Services Division
National Agricultural Library
10301 Baltimore Boulevard
Beltsville, MD 20705-2352
Phone: (301) 504-6813
Access: via CompuServe; via DIALOG Information Services; via DATA STAR (account required)
Cost: Yes  Scope: Bibliographic database of worldwide agricultural literature which includes aquaculture.

Name: Aquaculture II
Host: National Agricultural Library
Aquaculture Information Center
10301 Baltimore Boulevard
Beltsville, MD 20705-2351
Phone: (301) 504-5558
FAX: (301) 504-6409
E'mail: aic@nalusda.gov
Access: CD-ROM
Cost: Free while supplies last
Scope: 154 aquaculture publications in full text with page images.

Name: AQUAREF
Host: Environment Canada
Address: Environment Canada
Ecosystem Sciences and Evaluation Directorate
WATDOC
Ottawa, ON Canada K1A 0H3
Phone: (613) 993-1210
Cost: Yes
Access: CAN/OLE also as CD-ROM
Scope: Citations and abstracts on Canadian water resources and environmental topics--retrospective only.

Name: AQUIRE (Aquatic Toxicity Information Retrieval Database)
Host: Scientific Outreach Program
Address: U.S. EPA
Environmental Research Laboratory-Duluth
6201 Congdon Boulevard
Duluth, MN 55804
Phone: (218) 720-5602
FAX: (218) 720-5539
Access: via Internet: telnet epavax.rtpnc.epa.gov or telnet 134.67.208.95 (request packet from above address prior to accessing database)
Scope: Contains records on data on acute, chronic, bioaccumulative and sublethal effects of approximately 5,100 chemical substances and on 2,400 freshwater and saltwater organisms.

Name: ASFA (Aquatic Science and Fisheries Abstracts)
Host: FAO (Coordinating agency)
Address: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
7200 Wisconsin Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20814
Phone: (301) 961-6750
Access: via CompuServe; via DIALOG; also on CD-ROM
Cost: Yes
Scope: Bibliographic citations on biology of aquatic organisms, as well as aquatic issues in ecology, ecosystems, fisheries, policy, legislation, technology and engineering, commerce, and pollution.

Name: BIOSIS PREVIEWS
Host: BIOSIS, Philadelphia, PA
Address: BIOSIS
User Communications
2100 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-1399
Phone: (800) 523-4806 or (215) 587-4847
Access: via CompuServe; via Dialog; also on CD-ROM
Cost: Yes
Scope: Citations and abstracts in the biological and biomedical sciences.

Name: CAB Abstracts (formerly Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux)
Host: CAB International
Address: Farnham Royal
Slough, United Kingdom
Access: via CompuServe; via Dialog; via NISS gateway in United Kingdom; also on CD-ROM
Cost: Yes
Scope: Provides citations and abstracts in English to the worldwide literature of agriculture. Comprised of some 50 subfields including veterinary medicine/science.

Name: CRIS (Current Research Information System)
Host: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Address: CRIS/USDA
5th Floor
National Agricultural Library
Beltsville, MD 20705-2351
Phone: (301) 504-3816
Access: via Dialog; also on CD-ROM; also future searching via Internet
Cost: NO
Scope: Contains project summaries of ongoing research conducted by USDA and State agricultural research entities.

Name: FARAD (Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank)
Host: Food and Drug Administration
Address: [East Region]
FARAD
4700 Hillsborough Street
Raleigh, NC 27606
Phone: (919) 829-4431
Access: via Internet: farad@ncsu.edu

Address: [Central Region]
FARAD
Animal Poison Control Center
University of Illinois
College of Veterinary Medicine
Urbana, IL 61801
Phone: (217) 333-3611

Address: [West Region]
FARAD
Veterinary Medicine Extension
University of California
Davis, CA 95616
Phone: (916) 752-7507
Access: via Internet: farad@ucdavis.edu
Cost: Free
Scope: Cannot access database directly but must go through staff. Database lists approved trade names, generic drug, access by species, withdrawal times, and indications for use. Also contains specific generic drug data, levels in feeds, tolerances, USDA Residue Avoidance Program projects, and bibliographic files.

Name: FISHLIT
Address: FISHLIT Information Service
J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
Private Bag 1015
Grahamstown 6140, South Africa
Phone: (0461) 27124
Access: Direct dial and future via Internet: ihmc@hippo.ru.ac.za
Cost: Yes
Scope: Includes literature on aquaculture particularly practical information, information on finfish and abalone, and South Africa aquaculture information as well as general fisheries information.

Name: Fish and Fisheries Worldwide
Host: National Information Services Corporation
Address: Suite #6
Wyman Towers
3100 St. Paul Street
Baltimore, MD 21218
Phone: (410) 243-0797
Access: CD-ROM
Cost: Yes
Scope: Combines the databases from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Fisheries Review, the FISHLIT database from J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology at Rhodes University in South Africa, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Aquaculture file, and Fish Health News abstracts.

Name: FSTA (Food Science and Technology Abstracts)
Host: International Food Information Service
Address: Herriotstrasse 5
D-60000 Frankfurt am Main 71
Federal Republic of Germany
Phone: 069/6687 281
Access: via CompuServe; via Dialog; also on CD-ROM
Cost: Yes
Scope: Research and new development literature in food science and technology.

Name: National Water Quality Database
Host: Purdue University
Address: Extension Specialist, Water Quality and Environment
Cooperative Extension Service
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907-1530
Phone: (317) 494-7924
Access: via Internet; telnet hermes.ecn.purdue.edu (login id: cerf; password: Purdue); gopher hermes.ecn.purdue.edu; select "The Purdue Cooperative Extension Gopher Information Server;" select "Environment;" then select "National Water Quality Database." (Write for guide).
Cost: Free
Scope: Lists current water quality publications, audiovisuals, bibliographic citations in the Water Quality Bibliography and more than 100 Extension documents.

Name: NTIS (National Technical Information Service)
Host: National Technical Information Service, U.S. Department of Commerce
Address: 5285 Port Royal Road
Springfield, VA 22161
Phone: (703) 487-4650
Access: via Dialog
Cost: Yes
Scope: U.S. government-sponsored research, development, and engineering plus analyses.

Name: TOXLINE
Host: National Library of Medicine
Address: MEDLARS Management Section
National Library of Medicine
8600 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20894
Phone: (800) 638-8480 or (301) 496-6193
Access: via CompuServe; via Dialog
Cost: Yes
Scope: Toxicological, pharmacological, biochemical and physiological effects of drugs and chemicals.

Name: UIAIS (University of Idaho Aquaculture Information Service)
Host: University of Idaho
Address: Librarian
Aquaculture Information Service
Aquaculture Research Institute
University of Idaho
Moscow, ID 83844-2260
Access: (208) 885-5992 for information
Cost: Direct dial costs
Scope: Information on references held in the Idaho Fish and Game Library, the Western Regional Aquaculture/Fisheries Distinguished Scientist Collection, the National Agricultural Library, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Reference Service, the Southern Regional Aquaculture Center, the Montana Fish and Wildlife Parks Library, the U.S. Department of Interior Office of Water Research and Technology, among others.

Name: Water Resources Abstracts
Host: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
Address: 7200 Wisconsin Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20814
Phone: (800) 843-7751
Access: CD-ROM and CSA's Internet Database Service, http://www.csa.com.
Cost: Yes
Scope: WRA contains comprehensive coverage of water planning ( including demand, economics, and cost allocations), the water cycle (including precipitation, snow, groundwater, lakes and erosion), and water quality (including pollution and wastewater treatment). Related legal and engineering issues are also examined.

Name: WATERNET (American Water Works Association and AWWA Research Foundation bibliography)
Host: DIALOG
Address: Dialog Information Services Inc.
Marketing Department
3460 Hillview Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Phone: (800) 334-2564 or (415) 858-3785
FAX: (415) 858-7069
Access: via Dialog; via CompuServe
Cost: Yes
Scope: Index of publications related to water and waste water.

BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEMS:

Name: ALF (Agricultural Library Forum)
Host: National Agricultural Library
Address: 10301 Baltimore Avenue
Beltsville, MD 20705-2351
Access: Direct Dial (301) 504-6510, or 504-5111,or 504-5496, or 504-5497; or via Internet through Fedworld; or telnet fedworld.gov
Cost: Direct dial costs if you do not have Internet access.
Scope: Agriculture- and aquaculture-related publications produced in the library in addition to some specialized conferences and mail messaging. For assistance call systems operator at (301) 504-5113.

Name: AQUADATA
Host: CompuServe
Address: 500 Arlington Centre Boulevard
P.O. Box 20212
Columbus, OH 43220
Phone: (614) 457-8600
Access: via CompuServe
Cost: Yes--per minute
Scope: Fish drugs, chemicals, aquatic publications, etc.

Name: AQUAFORUM
Host: CompuServe
Address: 500 Arlington Centre Blvd.
P.O. Box 20212
Columbus, OH 43220
Phone: (614) 457-8600
Access: via CompuServe
Cost: Yes--per minute
Scope: Bulletin board and files relating mostly to aquariums with small section for aquaculture.

Name: Aquaria and Fish Forum
Host: CompuServe
Address: 500 Arlington Centre Boulevard
P.O. Box 20212
Columbus, OH 43220
Phone: (614) 457-8600
Cost: Yes
Access: via CompuServe
Scope: Provides trade and hobby information on fish, aquaria and aquatic sciences with international coverage.

Name: CIDS (Commercial Information Delivery Service)
Host: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Address: Charles Hobbs
Office of Communications
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Commercial Information Delivery Service Administration Building
14th and Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20250
Phone: (202) 720-9045
Access: Direct dial or via telnet
Cost: Yes
Scope: Federal bulletin board network that provides access to time-sensitive U.S. Government information.

Name: FISHNET
Host: FISHNET
Address: 102 Haram Street
Sheffield, AL 35660
Phone: (205) 383-3009
FAX: (205) 386-7615
Access: via CompuServe
Cost: Yes
Scope: Includes fish farming and aquatic conservation as well as a number of files useful to aquarists on fish chemicals, drugs, and identification guides.

FTP/GOPHER SITES

Name: AquaNIC (Aquaculture Network Information Center)
Host: Purdue University
Address: Cooperative Extension Service
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907-1530
Phone: (317) 494-6264
Access: http://aquanic.org
Scope: Provides a computer gateway to other aquaculture resources and provides educational products and scientific-based products electronically.

Name: Biotechnology Information Center
Host: University of Maryland
Address: Biotechnology Information Center
National Agricultural Library
10301 Baltimore Boulevard
Beltsville, MD 20705-2351
Phone: (301) 504-5340
FAX: (301) 504-7098
Access: via Internet: inform.umd.edu
Path=1/Ed._Res./Acad._Res._By_Topic/Ag._and_Env._Resources/
Cost: Free-direct dial costs only
Scope: Access to a variety of information services and publications on agricultural biotechnology. Includes text files of some aquatic biotechnology bibliographies published through the Center at the National Agricultural Library.

Name: CRIS (Current Research Information System)
Host: nic.sura.net
Access: http://aquanic.org
Scope: Limited search capability on USDA Current Research Information System database of currently funded research projects.

Name: Economic Research Service (ERS) Reports
Aquaculture Outlook
Access: http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/
Scope: Text of current U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Situation and Outlook Reports including Aquaculture Situation and Outlook Report from the Economic Research Service of USDA.

Name: Fishing for Information
Host: University of Stirling
Address: John Bostock
Institute of Aquaculture
University of Stirling
Stirling, Scotland FK9 4LA
Access: Anonymous ftp to ftp.stir.ac.uk; directory /aqua; file online.txt
Cost: Free
Scope: Comprehensive international listing of network and online resources on aquaculture and aquatic science.

LISTSERVS

Name: AQUA-L
Host: University of Prince Edward Island
Address: Nigel Robbins
Canadian Aquaculture Institute
University of Prince Edward Island
Internet: NROBBINS@UPEI.CA
or
T. B. (Ted) White
NovaCulture Inc.
Internet: WHITE@MALA.BC.CA
Access: via Internet: send subscribe message to listproc@UPEI.CA
Cost: Free
Scope: Discussion covers issues on rearing aquatic larvae, diseases, parasites, pathology, water quality, recirculation technologies, systems design and operation, genetics, etc.

Name: BRINE-L
Host: Mercer University--Contact Lamar Jackson Jackson@uga.cc.uga.edu
Access: via Internet: send subscribe message to
LISTSERV@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU; Bitnet: LISTSERV@UGA.
Cost: Free
Scope: Brine shrimp (Artemia) electronic conference.

Name: CRUST-L
Host: Smithsonian Institution---contact Jan Clark hiv002@sivm.si.edu
Access: via Internet: send subscribe message to LISTSERV@sivm.si.edu
Cost: Free
Scope: Discussion of the systematics, distribution, and ecology of members of the arthropod Subphylum Crustacea.

Name: FISH-ECOLOGY
Host: Sunet (Swedish University Network)
Access: via Internet: subscribe to the listserv by sending message to
LISTSERV@SEARN.SUNET.SE (Subscribe FISH-ECOLOGY)
Cost: Free
Scope: International computer conference for academic personnel and students involved in issues related to ecology of fish and fisheries, evolutionary aspects, population dynamics, modeling, management, conservation, and bioeconomics.

Name: FISH-JUNIOR
Host: Sunet (Swedish University Network)
Address: Aldo-Pier Solari
SOLARIS@SEARN.SUNET.SE
University of Umea (Ume})
S-901-87 Umea, Sweden
Phone: 090-16-50-00
Access: via Internet: send subscribe statement to
LISTSERV@SEARN.SUNET.SE (or LISTSERV@SEARN.BITNET)
Cost: Free
Scope: FISH-JUNIOR is a forum for knowledge transfer between marine scientists and children/high school students. The aim of this forum is to enable juniors of early age to interact with scientists and scientific issues mainly related to Fisheries ecology and related topics. The FISH-ECOLOGY management would like to encourage the participation of scientists, advisors, PhD students, and other research personnel who would like to be involved as teachers in FISH-JUNIOR.

Name: MAR-FACIL
Host: Dalhousie University
Address: Aquatron Laboratory
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3J5
Access: via Internet: send subscribe statement to mailserv@ac.dal.ca
Cost: Free
Scope: MAR-FACIL is a mailing list for managers and technical staff at marine research facilities, aquaculture operations, public aquaria and other facilities supplying seawater for the support of marine life; intended as a forum for the discussion of technical and business topics.

Name: SHELLFISH
Host: Kenyon College
Address: Scott Siddall
Kenyon College
Department of Biology
Gambier, OH 43022
Phone: (614) 427-5696
Access: via Internet: send subscribe statement to shellfish-request@kenyon.edu
Cost: Free
Scope: Forum for the discussion of shellfish research, shellfish industry worldwide, funding opportunities, employment in shellfish research and industry, and meetings and conferences.

ONLINE VENDORS/HOSTS:

Name: AMERICA ONLINE, INC.
Address: America Online, Inc.
8619 Westwood Center Drive
Vienna, VA 22182
Phone: (703) 448-8700

Name: BRS
Address: BRS Information Technologies
8000 Westpark Drive
McLean, VA 22102
Phone: (800) 955-0906 or (703) 442-0900
FAX: (703) 893-4632
Scope: Approximately 200 databases on BRS and ORBIT.

Name: CAN/OLE
Address: Canadian Online Inquiry System
Montreal Road
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0S2
Phone: (613) 993-1210
Scope: More than 40 databases online in major fields of science and technology.

Name: CompuServe
Address: CompuServe Incorporated
5000 Arlington Centre Boulevard
Columbus, OH 43220
Phone: (614) 457-8650
Scope: The major reference areas are IQUEST and Knowledge Index (a cheap-rate service available in the evenings and at weekends).

Name: DATA STAR
Address: D S Marketing Ltd
The Plaza Suite
114 Jermyn Street
London SW1Y 6HJ
United Kingdom
Phone: +44-71-9305503
FAX: +44-71-9302581
Scope: Access to over 200 files with emphasis on European business, medical and pharmaceutical databases.

Name: DIALOG
Address: Dialog Information Services Inc.
Marketing Department
3460 Hillview Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Phone: (800) 334-2564 or (415) 858-3785
FAX: (415) 858-7069
Scope: Access to over 400 database files with broad scope of subjects.

Name: NEWSNET
Address: NewsNet Inc.
945 Haverford Road
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
Phone: (215) 527- 8030
FAX: (215) 527- 0338
Scope: A network of over 3,000 news groups exchanging information electronically.

Name: PRODIGY
Address: Prodigy Services Company
445 Hamilton Avenue
White Plains, NY 10601
Phone: (914) 993-8000