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The five NSF supercomputing centers have posted multimedia articles on scientific topics to the "Computational Science Highlights" repository. Access it through , , , , or . [Chronicle of Higher Education, 4/28/95, A53. EDUPAGE.]

A new CD ROM with over 500 Landsat images is available at a discount until 5/15/95. It includes the Grand Canyon, Mississippi floods, Gulf War zone, Hurricane Andrew, all 50 state capitals (in an interactive game), etc. Also a tutorial. Doug Munn or , (800) 280-4030, (801) 355-4063 Fax. Put "SURVEY" in the subject field if you want a free poster for filling out a short survey. [comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.announce, 5/5/95.]

The NSSDC COHOWeb is an interactive data retrieval, visualization, and "discovery" system for space physics data (including NASA's Voyager and Pioneer missions). You can access it over WWW to visualize selected data to follow trends and isolate areas of interest, then download the data to your own computer. Try the context-sensitive help system on . [Jason Mathews , c.i.www.announce, 5/3/95.] (Perhaps the source code is available for your own projects.)

20 software packages for spectroscopy, image processing, theoretical modeling, and statistical analysis are available free to astronomers on the Starlink site, . [WEBster, 5/2/95.]

Popular differential-equation solvers can be found on , from the Consortium of ODE Experiments (CODEE). They also publish a newsletter, C*ODE*E. [WEBster, 5/2/95.]

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers BBS has a lot of engineering shareware, at 608-233-3378. Another source is the Tarheel Assoc. of Energy Engineers BBS at 704-547-3114, with FTP and telnet access by about 8/95. [Curt Phillips , alt.comp.shareware, 5/5/95.]

Neuroscience information is available at , with pointers to other biological and medical sites. [Neil A. Busis , www-announce, 2/1/95. Roy M. Turner.]

The List of Language Lists, covering Klingon and other specific language discussions, is now available in hypertext on . [, LINGUIST, 2/13/95. Michael Niv.]

Connectionist models of musical cognition and artistic creativity are the subject of Connection Science, V6 N2&3, covering aspects of musical perception, conception, and action, and the generation of interesting visual patterns. $93.50 for a single copy of the double issue. A book version is planned. [Niall Griffith , connectionists, 1/26/95.]

The Arts Network for Integrated Media Applications (ANIMA) offers art work and essays on the convergence of art and technology, plus pointers to tools and online publications. . [WEBster, 5/2/95.]

Patrick J. Lynch has documented WWW design principles at Yale's Center for Advanced Instructional Media (C/AIM). See for the manual. [WEBster, 5/2/95.]

Over 650 public-domain online books are listed on CMU's On-Line Books Page. The WWW address has recently changed to . Links to other etext repositories (in many languages) are included. For alerts, subscribe to the occasional ON-LINE BOOKS NEWSLETTER. [John Ockerbloom , alt.etext, 4/5/95.]

Rare and scholarly books and ephemera in mathematics, physics, and other areas can be found at Xerxes Fine & Rare Books and Manuscripts (Glen Head, NY), 516 671-6235. Five catalogs per year. See for their 10,000-item inventory list in the Virtual Bookshop. Carol Travis . [c.i.www.announce, 3/4/95.] (Good birthday presents?)