The Internet Scout Project
Surf smarter, not longer.
The Internet Scout Project is sponsored by the National Science Foundation to provide timely information to the education community about valuable Internet resources. Daily and weekly updates are offered for K-12 and higher education faculty, staff, and students, as well as interested members of the general public. Every day professional librarians, educators, and content specialists filter hundreds of announcements looking for the most valuable and authoritative resources available online. Information about the best of what we've found is then summarized, organized, and provided to the Internet community in various formats, including email and the Web.
Internet Scout's two flagship services, The Scout Report and Net-happenings, both celebrated anniversaries recently: the Scout Report has been published (almost) every week for the past three years, while Net-happenings has been published daily on a regular basis for the past four years.
For information about the people who make Internet Scout work, see our staff page. The Internet Scout Project is located in the Computer Sciences Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Internet Scout services
Daily and Weekly Updates on the Best Internet Resources for Education
Internet Scout's services are highly selective, including only resources chosen by librarians and content specialists. The resulting professional publications are well researched and accurately written.
Scout Report
- the premier weekly guide to new Internet resources
- each resource described in critical detail
- reaches 100,000+ people weekly
- now features three Subject Specific Scout Reports
- The Scout Report for Science & Engineering
- The Scout Report for Business & Economics
- The Scout Report for Social Sciences
Scout Report Signpost
- searchable archive of over three years of the best of the net's resources from the Scout Report, the Scout Report for Science & Engineering, the Scout Report for Business & Economics, and the Scout Report for Social Sciences
- fully cataloged resources that include assigned subject headings and classifications
- cataloged resources are browseable by:
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Library of Congress Classifications
- resources are searchable by:
- title, author, subject, resource type, language, resource location, publisher, URL (Advanced Search)
- full text of the original Scout Report annotations (Quick Search)
Net-happenings
- for four years the essential daily guide to Internet announcements
- the detail and currency you need to stay on top of the Internet's growth
- reaches 25,000+ people daily
Scout Toolkit
- eases the search for research and educational resources through:
- carefully selected, quality meta-pages by discipline
- detailed listings of search engines, guides, catalogs, and directories
- Sidekicks (postcard-sized quick-reference search guides)
- the End User's Corner, a monthly column that provides information on a variety of network issues
- current information on browsers, plug-ins, and authoring tools
- current listings of virtual publications
KIDS Report
- the only Internet newsletter written by students for students
- students select and annotate resources on the basis of their own established criteria
- reaches 2,000+ people twice each month
Let Internet Scout be your guide
Everyone is welcome to use the publications provided by Internet Scout, and we encourage feedback and suggestions from the entire Internet community. Remember--surf smarter, not longer. Internet Scout is a project of the InterNIC and is sponsored by the National Science Foundation.

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