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Winter 1998 UCLA Online / 27UCLA HomepageThe UCLA homepage (http://www.ucla.edu) offers access to a widevariety of campus resources and information. Its main menu links tosites for Admissions and Student Services, Academic Programs,Health Sciences, Athletics, Campus Resources, Research, InternationalPrograms, Continuing Education, Alumni and Friends, and Libraries,Museums, and the Arts. In addition, the homepage links tothe campus calendars, directory and map, campus news, and theUCLA Store. The “Explore” site provides a virtual tour of the campus.New sites and features are frequently added to its extensive contentpages.MyUCLA (http://my.ucla.edu)MyUCLA provides an online gateway to a range of personalized studentinformation. Students access the site by entering their UniversityI.D. number and individual passcode, which, for first time users, isbased on the last four digits of their social security number. (Foreignstudents can get a passcode by following the instructions on theMyUCLA homepage.) Features of the MyUCLA site include• A personalized study list showing the courses a student is currentlyenrolled in and providing links to each course’s website.• A notifications section where important announcements can beposted.• A subscriptions section where students can access informationfrom a customizable selection of online newspapers, journals, ormagazines.• A variety of links to UCLA online resources, including URSAOnLine.• A general academic information section.Letters and Science students are able to obtain additional servicesincluding the ability to view their counseling appointments, add/droppetitions, and honors progress.Instructional EnhancementInitiativeThe instructional Enhancement Initiative, which was launched by theCollege of Letters and Science in Fall 1997, is designed to1. Provide all Letters and Science undergraduate courses, exceptindependent studies and other similar courses, with an individualcourse website for faculty, teaching assistants, and enrolledstudents. The sites facilitate the distribution of supplementarycourse materials, lecture notes, homework assignments, researchlinks, and electronic communication, including virtual officehours and class bulletin boards for interactive question andanswer sessions. Instructors decide which of these online capabilitiesare best suited to their course websites.2. Provide enhanced computer laboratories with expanded hoursof access for student useStudents enrolled in most Letters and Science courses are assessedthe Instructional Enhancement Fee (see “Miscellaneous Fees” in the“Registration” section). Fee assessment through the BAR billingstatement is based on actual enrollment at the end of the fourth weekof the quarter.NewsgroupsNewsgroups, also called Usenet News or Net news, are accessiblethrough most web browsers and act like a “bulletin board” for messagesfrom all over the world. Some newsgroups are business ornews orientated, like those discussing science and computers, forexample, while others offer conversation about sports, collecting, or aparticular TV show. Some, particularly those whose name beginswith “alt” for alternative, border on the strange.UCLA has many newsgroups that can only be accessed from campusaccounts. Bruin OnLine has its own newsgroups, for example,that post announcements about their service and where studentsask questions and offer advice about computer software and hardware(ucla.bol.announce, ucla.bol.general, and ucla.bol.webpages).Other newsgroups at UCLA help computer users with specific platformquestions (ucla.pc and ucla.mac), while still others post announcementsand offer forums for students to ask all sorts ofquestions or even advertise (e.g., ucla.general, ucla.announce, ucla.rumor,and ucla.forsale, to name just a few). Some classes havetheir own newsgroups as well.The worldwide and UCLA newsgroups are valuable resources; keepthem in mind the next time you have a question or problem.ORIONYou can find information about the UCLA library collections on ORION,the online information system. Most UCLA libraries also maintainrecords of circulation transactions on ORION. You can search ORIONfrom terminals in all UCLA libraries. If you have access to a personalcomputer with a modem, you can access ORION with your Bruin On-Line account I.D. at http://www.library.ucla.edu/catalog/orion.htmlFor a small fee, you may request photocopies of journal articles andbook chapters through ORION Express. You can obtain sign-upforms and further information about this service at the URL CirculationDepartment, Louise Darling Biomedical Library, Law Library,Management Library, and all locations of the Science and EngineeringLibrary (i.e., at the SEL/Chemistry, SEL/Engineering and MathematicalSciences, SEL/Geology-Geophysics, or SEL/Physics collections).The following databases are available on the ORION Main Menu onterminals in all UCLA libraries:1. Library — UCLA LibraryCollections and services of the UCLA Library2. InfoUCLA — InfoUCLA Campuswide Informationonline campus information3. MELVYL — MELVYLThe University of California’s MELVYL Library System4. Reserves — College Library ReservesMaterials on Course Reserve in the College Library5. Chicano — Chicano Studies Research LibraryBooks and journals related to Chicano and Latino cultures6. Ethno — Ethnomusicology ArchiveMusic recordings from cultures worldwide7. Film-TV — Film and Television ArchiveCollections of films and television and news programs8. HAPI — Hispanic American Periodical IndexIndex to articles and book reviews from and about Latin America9. IML — Instructional Media Library/LabCollection of film and video and slide tape and laserdisc programs10. ISSR — ISSR Data ArchivesCollection of statistical databases for the social sciences