Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 07:38:03 +0200 From: [log in to unmask] Reply-To: [log in to unmask] X-Mozilla-Draft-Info: internal/draft; vcard=1; receipt=0; uuencode=0; html=0; linewidth=0 X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [nl] (Macintosh; I; PPC) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Purple Dye & size records & help for articles Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dear Conch-Lers, Maybe I'm just telling what everybody knows, but am I right in telling that here in Europe, also our most common Nucella lapillus was used by the Romans to colour their luxury clothing ? Regarding another tread going on here on record sizes of shells : I have in my possession for the moment a Pecten maximus measuring 19,2 cm. Can anybody inform me on record sizes for this clam ? Third question concerns my studies. I'm a librarian and I'm taking evening courses in information technology and retrieval. We need to do a paper on availability of scientific papers (full text) on Internet. We have to pick a subject ourselves and then have to find at least tree relevant articles of scientific value on the net. Can anybody point me out to URL's containing articles on malacology or related subjects. The articles don't have to be recent. Last ten years will do very fine. Thanks a lot (3 x) in advance, have a nice weekend Jan Haspeslagh Belgium