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Appendix E
7 PERTINENCE: Probably not of direct value, but may be useful for inclusion on MCC’s home
page.
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1 ITEM: Environ/Net!
2 SOURCE: Internet (private group) (http://www.w3.org/hypertext/DataSources/bySubject/)
3 CONTENT: Listing/access to companies and organizations dealing with the environment, includes
index of “solutions” for environmental “problems.”
4 ACCESSIBILITY: Unlimited (Internet).
5 COST: Free access to all data/information/sites.
6 UPDATE: Unknown.
7 PERTINENCE: Questionable value. Appears to be high on commercial content. However,
the resources associated with real solutions to environmental problems should be assessed.
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1 ITEM: EINet Galaxy
2 SOURCE: Internet (private company) (Internet: http://www.einet.net/)
3 CONTENT: General directory provided by commercial Internet provider company. Lists several
categories of potential interest including “computer technology” and “environment.”
4 ACCESSIBILITY: Unlimited (Internet).
5 COST: Free access to all data/information/sites.
6 UPDATE: Unknown.
7 PERTINENCE: Probably of limited use for the Roadmap. A one-time evaluation is in order to
see if any data/information/sites are unique. Otherwise, only infrequent access would be of interest.
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1 ITEM: U.S. Bureau of the Census Home Page and DES (Data Extraction System)
2 SOURCE: Internet (U.S. Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce)
(Internet: http://www.census.gov/DES/welcome.html )
3 CONTENT: Access to activities, information and data of the U.S. Bureau of the Census.
Includes WAIS search capability. DES provides a means for in-depth searching of census data
and downloading.
4 ACCESSIBILITY: Unlimited (Internet).
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