urls of likely P-list interest

[Doug Millison]

from: The Scout Report -- March 16, 2001

Two from the CIA
CIA's Analysis Of The Soviet Union, 1947-1991 [.pdf]
http://www.cia.gov/csi/books/princeton/
CIA Electronic Document Release Center -- Princeton Collection
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/Princeton_Collection.html
Titles Page
http://www.foia.ucia.gov/net_princeton.htm
Search Page
http://www.foia.ucia.gov/search2.htm

Late last week the Central Intelligence Agency announced two
important online releases of intelligence documents. The first is a
compilation of declassified documents which collectively offer a
retrospective on the CIA's analytical role during the Cold War. These
are grouped in five chapters, each of which is prefaced by some brief
comments. The second release is a sizable cross-section of the
"Directorate of Intelligence's analyses of the Soviet Union's
political, military, scientific, and economic structures during the
period of the Cold War, 1947-1991." Unfortunately, these are
accessible only via an unwieldy process involving two browser windows
and a sometimes recalcitrant search engine. Instructions are provided
at the first site listed. In test searches we had the most success
entering either the document number or the title in the keyword
search box. Users may also use a form to search by title, abstract,
date created or released, and document number, but we had much less
success with all of these options. The documents are presented as
digitized page images.


The Information Warfare Site (IWS) [.pdf]
http://www.iwar.org.uk/

Based in the UK, IWS is "an online resource that aims to stimulate
debate about a range of subjects from information security to
information operations and e-commerce," with an emphasis on offensive
and defensive information operations. To these ends, it offers a
number of resources, including selected documents, articles, and
online journals that relate to twelve topics, such as computer
security, military affairs, crime & espionage, and legal issues,
among others. In January, the site launched its INFOCON Threat
Centre, a research project that will monitor and analyze cyberthreat
trends across the world and in specific regions each month. From the
homepage, visitors may also access the latest stories, a security
news ticker, recently added documents, site news, an internal search
engine, and the IWS discussion forum. This is a good current
awareness resource for anyone interested in information and Internet
security.

_Columbia Encyclopedia_, Sixth Edition -- Bartleby.com
http://www.bartleby.com/65/

Bartleby.com has relaunched its electronic version of the _Columbia
Encyclopedia_ with numerous updates, including improved search and
navigation features. The sixth edition contains close to 51,000
entries, including 17,000 biographies, with over 80,000 hypertext
cross-references, as well as links to other resources such as maps,
speeches, and additional full-text collections held by Bartleby.com.
Visitors may search the encyclopedia by keyword (either full-text or
entry word), browse the entries alphabetically, or browse the
biographical entries by 140 categories. Definitely one of the
standard online general reference works.

Aria Database [.zip]
http://www.aria-database.com/

Designed and maintained by Robert Glaubitz for both singers and fans,
this site indexes information on over 1,200 arias from 170 operas,
offering some 380 translations, 1,000 aria texts, and 223 MIDI files.
Visitors can undertake a quick keyword search from the splash page or
proceed to the main page for advanced searches and browsing by
alphabetical entry or resource type (translations, MIDI file, operas,
etc.). The entries are cross-referenced, and most include links or
information on finding recordings and related materials. Also
included on the main page are a what's new listing and a respectable
collection of briefly annotated links.