UCEA/PETERSON'S GUIDE TO DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAMS - is a 700 page wealth of information that is updated annually. The 1999 edition is now available. A survey is being mailed this spring for information for the year 2000 edition. The year 2000 Guide goes to press late summer and hits libraries and bookstores in late fall. See: www.lifelonglearning.com (UCEA Mar 99)

THE NEW AGE OF THE BOOK - "If the future brings newspapers without news, journals without pages and libraries without walls, what will become of the traditional book? Will electronic publishing wipe it out?" Robert Darnton, professor of history at Princeton University and the president of the American Historical Association, asks these questions in his article "The New Age of the Book" (THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS, March 18, 1999). Darnton believes that the traditional scholarly book could survive by being transformed into or supplemented by the electronic monograph. His article is available online at: http://www.nybooks.com/nyrev/WWWfeatdisplay.cgi?19990318005F

Other articles from The New York Review of Books are available online at http://www.nybooks.com/nyrev/index.html (INFOBITS No. 9, Mar 99)

FUNDING SOURCES FOR K-12 EDUCATION - is an excellent source now in its second edition. It includes information on over 1,500 funding opportunities for K-12 education programs with 200 new entries. Among programs funded are those for curriculum development, teacher training and development, arts-in-education and other discipline-enrichment programs, conferences and seminars, materials and equipment, building construction and renovation and general operating costs. It also includes a Guide to Proposal Planning and Writing by Jeremy and Lynn Miner. It can be ordered through The Oryx Press, 800-279-6799.

THE VIDEOCONFERENCING COOKBOOK - is a new manual published by the Southeastern Universities Research Association and available over the Internet. It is designed for university and college administrators and faculty members with responsibility for selecting hardware and software for video. To access it, go to: http://sunsite.utk.edu/video_cookbook/

ENGINES OF INQUIRY: A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR USING TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHING AMERICAN CULTURE - is a new resource created as part of the American Studies Crossroads Project with major funding by FIPSE and the Annenberg/CPB Project and Georgetown University. It provides practical information and a framework for integrating technology into teaching and learning. A companion video is also available. To preview, visit: www.georgetown.edu/crossroads/guide/index.html