Good day to everybody.

Please notice that I just added to Qalam a *links* section and a
*bibliography*. So far, the two lists are almost empty; I just added a few
entries for works which had already been mentioned in Qalam, or whose
inclusion has been explicitly requested, or that are absolutely well known.

All members are free (and *invited*) to contribute new links and books.

Unluckily, members are *not* authorized to delete or modify existing
entries. This annoying limitation is necessary to avoid the risk of
vandalism. So if you realize that you made any mistake when adding an entry,
please ask me (qalam-owner@egroups.com) to change or remove that entry.

Thanks to Steven R. Loomis for suggesting the idea of the bibliographical
database.


*** The Links List

From the main page (http://www.egroups.com/group/qalam), click on "Links" to
reach the links section (http://www.egroups.com/links/qalam).

To add an entry, click on the "[Add Link]" command on top of the list.

Please, use the top folder only for very general links. In all other cases
try and locate an appropriate folder.

If no existing folder seems fit for your new link, you can click on the
"[Add Folder]" command to create a new one.


*** The Bibliography

From the main page (http://www.egroups.com/group/qalam), click on
"Database", to go in the databases section
(http://www.egroups.com/database/qalam), then click on "Bibliography" to
select the bibliographical database
(http://www.egroups.com/database/qalam?method=reportRows&tbl=1).

To add an entry, click on the "[Add Record]" command on top of the list.

Please remember to fill the field "Submitted by" with a recognizable id (you
name, or the first part of the e-mail address), so that I or other member
may contact you to ask further information about the entries you added.

Please, consider entering the data following the same style as for the
existing entries. Consistent conventions will make it easier to use the
bibliography when it will grow.

Note. If you don't have the book/journal at hand when you fill in your
entry, on-line book selling services (such as <http://www.amazon.com/>) can
be a handy help to find all the data you need (ISBN, etc.).

In the main databases section (http://www.egroups.com/database/qalam) you
also have a command to add new databases. You are free to use it but, if you
don't mind, I would prefer that, before doing so, you send a message to the
mailing list for discussing the new database with other members.


Greetings,
Seshat (Qalam owner)


P.S. Qalam has now 22 members: enough for two soccer teams! We have already
seen a few interesting postings, and I hope we will soon enjoy interesting
and instructive discussions.


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