TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR INQUA - COMMISSION FOR THE STUDY OF THE HOLOCENE WORKING GROUP ON DATA-HANDLING METHODS NEWSLETTER 1 THROUGH 13 SUB-COMMISSION ON DATA-HANDLING METHODS NEWSLETTER 14 THROUGH 15 ---------- Working Group on Data-Handling Methods NEWSLETTER 1, JUNE 1988 Gajewski, K., Pollen Data Storage and Analysis on Microcomputers, #1, p. 2-4 Davis, Owen K., Specific Programs, #1, p. 4-5 Birks, H.J.B., Recent Publications in Multivariate Data Analysis and Practical Computing of Relevance to Palaeoecologists, #1, p. 5-10 ---------- Working Group on Data-Handling Methods NEWSLETTER 2, JUNE 1989 Jacobson, George L., Jr., Workshop Leading to Creation of a European Repository for Late-Quaternary, Pollen Data. August, 1989, Lund, Sweden, #2, p. 1-2 Shepherd, K.M., Computerized cataloguing: Paleobiology Division, National Museum of Natural Sciences, Ottawa, #2, p. 2-3 Charles, D. F., Smol, J.P., Uutala, A.J., Sweets, P.R., and Whitehead, D.R., The PIRLA DataBase Management System, #2, p. 3-6 Fritts, Hal, Diagnostic analyses of Tree-Ring Data, #2, p. 6-7 Green, David G., Polsta Interactive Time Series Analysis, #2, p. 7-8 ---------- Working Group on Data-Handling Methods NEWSLETTER 3, JANUARY, 1990 Janssens, Jan A., Ecology of Peatland Bryophytes and Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction of Peatlands using Fossil Bryophytes Summary, #3, p. 1-5 Bennett, K.D., Pollen Counting on a Pocket Computer, #3, p. 5 Davis, Owen K., The ASSP Data Committee, #3, p. 5-6 Birks, H.J.B., and Saetersdal, Magne, An Annotated Bibliography of Numerical Methods in Quaternary Pollen Analysis 1985 - 1989, #3, p. 6-7 Birks, H.J.B., New Bookshelf, #3, p. 7-8 Birks, H.J.B., Useful PC Software 1, #3, p. 8-10 ---------- Working Group on Data-Handling Methods NEWSLETTER 4, JULY, 1990 Kovach, Warren L., MVSP: A Multivariate Statistical Package, #4, p. 1-3 Ritchie, Jim, Pollen Data Bases, General and Particular, #4, p. 3-4 Grimm, Eric C., The North American Pollen Database, #4, p. 4-5 Grimm, Eric C., Tilia and Tilia-Graph: PC Spreadsheet and Graphics Software for Pollen Data, #4, p. 5-7 Maher, L.J., Jr., Programs Useful in the Pollen Lab, #4, p. 7-10 ---------- Working Group on Data-Handling Methods NEWSLETTER 5, JANUARY, 1991 Ralska-Jasiewiczowa, Magdalena, and Walanus, Adam, Polish Palynological Database (POLPAL) in Course of Building, #5, p. 1-2 Chumbley, Craig A., PALYPLOT: A PC-based Program for Plotting Pollen and Plant Macrofossil Stratigraphic Data, 5, p. 2-4 Maher, L.J., Jr., Re-Configuring your Computer made Easy, #5, p. 4-5 Birks, H.J.B., New Bookshelf 2, #5, p. 6-7 Birks, H.J.B., Useful PC Software 2, #5, p. 7-8 Birks, H.J.B., Juggins, Hazel, and Saetersdal, Magne, An Annotated Bibliography of Numerical Methods in Quaternary Pollen Analysis 1985-1989, #5, p. 8 Maher, L.J., Jr., Thoughts on Practical Data Exchange, #5, p. 8-10 ---------- Working Group on Data-Handling Methods NEWSLETTER 6, JULY, 1991 Cushing, E.J., SARI: A HyperCard Stack for Describing and Identifying Spores and Pollen Grains, #6, p. 1-3 Maher, L.J., Jr., Computer Class after Aix Palynology Congress, #6, p. 3 Lotter, Andre F., and Juggins, Steve, POLPROF, TRAN and ZONE: Programs for Plotting, Editing and Zoning Pollen and Diatom Data, #6, p. 4-6 Batten, D.J., Kovach, W.L., Lamb, H.F., Tocher, B.A., and Duigan, C., Palynology at Aberystwyth, #6, p. 6-7 Grimm, Eric C., The North American Pollen Database, #6, p. 7-8 Birks, H.J.B., New Bookshelf 3, #6, p. 8-9 Birks, H.J.B., Useful PC Software 3, #6, p. 9-10 Maher, L.J., Jr., Sending Binary Files by E-mail, #6, p. 10-31 Triage, Dr., First Aid for TILIA and PALYPLOT Users, #6, p. 13-14 ---------- Working Group on Data-Handling Methods NEWSLETTER 7, JANUARY, 1992 de Beaulieu, J-L, Guiot, J., and Cheddadi, R., The European Pollen Database, #7, p. 1-4 Maher, L.J., Jr., Borland Software, #7, p. 4 Odgaard, Bent, Speeding up Screen Plotting in Tilia-Graph, #7, p. 5 Maher, L.J., Jr., Computer Class after Aix Palynology Congress, #7, p. 5 Bennett, K.D., Use of PostScript to Increase Portability of Pollen Diagrams, #7, p. 6-7 Maher, L.J., Jr., Seeing Laptop Cursors, #7, p. 8 Birks, H.J.B., New Bookshelf 4, #7, p. 8-9 Davis, Owen K., A Questionnaire on Data-Handling, #7, p. 9-10 Zippi, Pierre, A., Scientific Software for Apple Macintosh, #7, p. 10-13 Maher, L.J., Jr., DEPTH-AGE Conversion of Pollen Data, #7, p. 13-17 Triage, Dr., First Aid for TILIA and PALYPLOT Users, #7, p. 18-20 ---------- Working Group on Data-Handling Methods NEWSLETTER 8, JULY, 1992 Hope, Geoff, Martinello, Carlo, and Owen, Judy, Australian and Southwest Pacific Pollen Atlas Project, #8, p. 1-3 Clark, Malcolm, Sequence Comparisons and Sequence-Slotting, #8, p. 3-6 Goodman, D.K., and Becker, R.C., The PALCAT Interactive Paleontological Database and Image Storage and Retrieval System, #8, p. 6-8 Grimm, Eric C., BTA: Binary to ASCII Conversion Program, #8, p. 9-11 Bennett, K.D., PSIMPOLL - A QuickBASIC Program that Generates PostScript Page Description Files of Pollen Diagrams, #8, p. 11-12 Maddy, D., and Brew, J.S. (editors) Statistical Modelling of Quaternary Science Data: A Practical Manual, #8, p. 13 Davis, Owen K., Preliminary Results of Data Format Survey, #8, p. 14-16 Birks, H.J.B., New Bookshelf 5, #8, p. 16-17 Maher, L.J., Jr., The Ultimate Palynological Database, #8, p. 17 Juggins, Steve, Kovach, Warren, and Maher, L.J., Jr., The Data- Handling Internet, #8, p. 17-24 Maher, L.J., Jr., Turn Your Expensive Old PC into a Dumb Pollen Counter, #8, p. 24-27 Triage, Dr., First Aid for TILIA and Palyplot Users, #8, p. 27-28 ---------- Working Group on Data-Handling Methods NEWSLETTER 9, JANUARY, 1993 Birks, H.J.B., Impact of Computer-Intensive Procedures in Testing Palaeoecological Hypothesis, #9, p. 1-5 Clark, Malcolm, Assessment of Sequence-Slotting, #9, p. 5-10 Webb, R.S., Overpeck, J.T., Anderson, D.M., and Bauer, B.A., A Description of the NOAA Paleoclimatology Program and World Data Center-A for Paleoclimatology, #9, p. 10-12 Green, David G., Databasing the World, #9, p. 12-17 Birks, H.J.B., New Bookshelf 6, #9, p. 17-18 Maher, L.J., Jr., Material Available by Anonymous FTP from geology.wisc.edu, #9, p. 18-19 Cushing, E.J., Sealing Compounds for Slides of Pollen in Silicone Oil, #9, p. 20-21 Maher, L.J., Jr., SLOTDEEP.EXE: Manual Correlation using the Dissimilarity Matrix, #9, p. 21-26 Triage, Dr., First Aid for TILIA and PALYPLOT Users, #9, p. 26-27 ---------- Working Group on Data-Handling Methods NEWSLETTER 10, JULY, 1993 MacDonald, Glen M., Environmental Data Bases on CD-ROM Part I, #10, p. 1-3 Treloar, W.J., Automation of Pollen Identification and Counting using Digital Image Processing Techniques, #10, p. 3-5 Marcoux, Nancy, and Richard, P.J.H., A New Look at Betula Pollen Curves, #10, p. 6-8 Andrews, J.T., CORESEG: A Program for the Detection of Changes (i.e. Definition of Segments) in a Down-Core Property, #10, p. 8-11 Bulman, Dave, and Kershaw, Peter, On the Use of the Chi-Square Statistic for the Detection of Modern Analogues for Fossil Pollen Spectra, #10, p. 11-12 Maher, L.J., Jr., Calibrate your 14C Dates with the Latest Version of CALIB, #10, p. 12 Birks, H.J.B., New Bookshelf 7, #10, p. 13 Grimm, Eric C., North American Pollen Database Call for Data, #10, p. 14 Webb, R.S., Overpeck, J.T., Anderson, D.M., and Bauer, B.A., World Data Center-A for Paleoclimatology at the NOAA Paleoclimatology Program: July 1993 Update, #10, p. 14-15 Maher, L.J., Jr., Keep the Heart of the NAPD on a Single HD Floppy, #10, p. 15-17 Campbell, Ian, CANPLOT: A FORTRAN Program for Plotting Pollen (and other) Data, #10, p. 17-18 Campbell, Ian, A Short Introduction to PostScript Code, #10, p. 18-20 Kovach, Warren L., MVSP 2.1, #10, p. 20-21 Clark, Malcolm, A New Version of PCSLOT, #10, p. 21-22 Gajewski, Konrad, A Pollen Database Bulletin Board?, #10, p. 22 Maher, L.J., Jr., POLPAL-L, A List-Server for Palynologists, #10, p. 22-23 Green, David G., Hypermedia and Palaeoenvironmental Research, #10, p. 23-27 Maher, L.J., Jr., The Inqua File Boutique, #10, p. 27 Maher, L.J., Jr., Data-Handling while Sampling Cores, #10, p. 27-30 Davis, Owen K., Program Sources, #10, p. 30-33 ---------- Working Group on Data-Handling Methods NEWSLETTER 11, JANUARY 1994 Guiot, J., The Quantitative Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions using Biological Proxy Data: Recommendations, #11, p. 1-4 Bennett, K.D., 'PSIMPOLL' version 2.23: A C Program for Analysing Pollen Data and Plotting Pollen Diagrams, #11, p. 4-6 Walanus, Adam, Optimizing Taxon Codes in Pollen Counting, #11, p. 6 Maher, L.J., Jr., A Program for Counting Things on 16 Fingers, #11, p. 6-7 Ward, Jerome, and Maher, L.J., Jr., Spore Marker Tablets - Help!, #11, p. 7 MacDonald, Glen M., CD-ROM Data Sets: Part 2 Global Ecosystems Database Version 1.0, #11, p. 8-10 McAndrews, J.H., and Yu, Zicheng, Random Access Computer Keys (RACKs), #11, p. 10-12 Maher, L.J., Jr., EDITKEY: For When You Change Your Mind, #11, p. 12-14 Naldrett, Dana L., An Internet Guide to Quaternary Library Resources, #11, p. 14-17 Birks, H.J.B., New Bookshelf 8, #11, p. 17-18 Maher, L.J., Jr., POLPAL-Listserver, #11, p. 18-19 Sweets, P. Roger, DIATOM-L, A Listserver for Diatom Research, #11, p. 19 Maher, L.J., Jr., Useful Addresses Available to Public by Telnet or Anonymous FTP, #11, p. 19 Green, David G., The Year of the Web, #11, p. 20-21 Reimer, Paula, Radiocarbon Calibration News, #11, p. 21-23 Maher, L.J., Jr., Using the Global Positioning System, #11, p. 23-28 Maher, L.J., Jr., Geodesics for Fun and Profit, #11, p. 28-29 Maher, L.J., Jr., MacPollen, #11, p. 29 ---------- Working Group on Data-Handling Methods NEWSLETTER 12, JULY 1994 Keltner, John, SiteSeer & ShowTime: Pollen Database Visualization Tools, #12, p. 2-5 Kutzbach, J., and Behling, P., Comparison of Paleoclimate Simulations and Observations, #12, p. 5-7 Green, David G., Wesley, Anthony, and Peters, David, Information Analysis via the World Wide Web, #12, p. 7-9 Berglund, Bjorn, and Persson, Thomas, Information on Spore Tablets: Lycopodium Spore Tablets (Batch 124961), #12, p. 10 Suc, J.-P., Call to all Pollen Analysts, #12, p. 11 Hope, Geoff, Southwest Pacific Pollen Atlas, #12, p. 11-12 Listservers of Interest: Quaternary, Pollen-Sweden, Arch-theory, Micropal, Polpal-l, Diatom-l, #12, p. 12-14 Maher, L.J., Jr., Characters with Diacritical Marks and the Internet, #12, p. 14-15 Naldrett, Dana L., An Internet Guide to Quaternary Library Resources (2) - Scandinavia and the United Kingdom, #12, p. 15-18 Birks, H.J.B., New Bookshelf 9, #12, p. 19-20 Walker, Ian, Emulation of DOS-based Programs on the Powermac, #12, p. 20 Clark, Malcolm, Corrections and Extensions to PCSLOT, #12, p. 21 Maher, L.J., Jr., Locate your Scandinavian Sites with SITESCAN.BAS, #12, p. 21-23 Webb, Robert S., and Bauer, Bruce A., World Data Center-A for Paleoclimatology Database Holdings and Data Documentation Requirements, #12, p. 23-24 Triage, Dr., First Aid for PSIMPOLL and TILIA Users, #12, p. 24-27 Maher, L.J., Jr., Useful Addresses Available to Public by Telnet or Anonymous FTP, #12, p. 27 Maher, L.J., Jr., Menu Structure of TILIA and TILIA-GRAPH, #12, p. 28-33 Smol, John P., and Last, William M., Computer Applications to Paleolimnology, #13, p. 2-3 ---------- Working Group on Data-Handling Methods NEWSLETTER 13, JANUARY 1995 Keltner, John, MapPad: A Windows Notepad for Map-based Information, #13, p. 3-5 Maher, L.J., Jr., LIGA and SLICE Colleagues, #13, p. 5-6 Maher, L.J., Jr., INQUA File Boutique on World Wide Web: http://geology.wisc.edu/~maher/inqua.html, #13, p. 6 Frenzel, Burkhard, Call for Papers International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA), XIV International Congress, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany, August 3-10, 1995 #13, p. 6-7 Schweitzer, Peter N., ANALOG: A Program for Estimating Paleoclimate Parameters using the Method of Modern Analogs, #13, p. 7-9 Wolfe, Alexander, Rarefaction Analysis and Microfossil Count Size, #13, p. 9-11 Clark, Malcolm, Depth-Matching using PCSLOT Version 1.6, #13, p. 11-13 Walanus, Adam, Pollen Data in Space and Time - Local Approach, #13, p. 13-14 Green, David G., and Stocker, Robert C., A Special Interest Network for Quaternary Research--SINQUA, #13, p. 14-17 Beaudoin, Alwynne B., A List Survey of Statistics Texts, #13, p. 17-19 Naldrett, Dana L., An Internet Guide to Quaternary Library Resources (3) -- The Pacific Rim, #13, p. 19-21 Birks, H.J.B., New Bookshelf 10, #13, p. 21-22 Maher, L.J., Jr., Required Reading: (Bennett, K.D., 1994, Confidence intervals for age estimates and deposition times in late-Quaternary sediment sequences: The Holocene, v. 4, n. 4, p. 337-348), #13, p. 23 Anonymous, Psimpoll PostScript Files and Adobe Illustrator, #13, p. 23 MacDonald, Glen M., Examining Large Files, #13, p. 24 Anonymous, PaleoVu Browse and Visualization Software, #13, p. 24 Sweets, P. Roger, Paleolimnology/Diatom Home Page: http://nickel.ucs.indiana.edu/~sweets/home.html, #13, p. 24 Whitmore, Tom, and Brenner, Mark, Paleolimnology Listserv, #13, p. 25 Keltner, John, New Webware for the World Data Center-A for Paleoclimatology, #13, p. 25-28 Maher, L.J., Jr., Synthetic Pollen Slides, #13, p. 28-31 Anonymous, Useful Addresses Available to Public by Telnet, Anonymous FTP, Mosaic, etc., #13, p. 31 ---------- Sub-Commission on Data-Handling Methods NEWSLETTER 14, JULY 1996 Birks, H.J.B., Achievements, Developments, and Future Challenges in Quantitative Quaternary Palaeoecology, #14, p. 2 Campbell, Ian, Tree-Ring Width and Density Measurement System, #14, p. 8 Keltner, John, MapPad II: The Sequel, John Keltner, #14, p. 9 Beaudoin, Alwynne, Padding Around the Prairies, #14, p. 12 Bennett, K.D., So You Want to Run a World Wide Web Server?, #14, p. 14 Lotter, Andre, Book Review: "Statistical Modelling of Quaternary Science Data," #14, p. 17 Maddy, Darrel, Statical Modelling of Quaternary Science Data: Trials and Tribulations, #14, p. 18 Birks, H.J.B., New Bookshelf 11, #14, p. 20 Kovach, Warren, Togetherness - MVSP and SIMSTAT, #14, p. 21 Clark, Malcolm, Extensions to Slotting Program PCSLOT, #14, p. 22 Zippi, Pierre, Spreadsheet Conversion Utility, #14, p. 23 Anderson, D.M., et al., An Update on Data Sets and Data Handling Tools Available from the World Data Center-A for Paleoclimatology, #14, p. 23 Wells, Lisa, Help with MAPINFO, #14, p. 25 Hicks, S., et al., Protocols of the European Pollen Database, #14, p. 26 Maher, L.J., Convert Your Data, #14, p. 27 Triage, Dr., on Tilia, psimpoll, MapPad, Windows95, & Netscape, #14, p. 28 Useful New Addresses, #14, p. 31 Index for Newsletters No. 1 - 13, #14, p. 31 ---------- Sub-Commission on Data-Handling Methods NEWSLETTER 15 JANUARY 1997 Maher, L. J., and Bennett, K. D., Note from the Old and New Coordinators, #15, p. 1 Grimm, Eric, The Future of Tilia, #15, p. 2 Green, David G., The Environmental Challenge for Numerical Palynology, #15, p. 3 Maher, L. J., Plot2, Plotover, and Plotlim; Specialty Programs for Special Problems, #15, p. 6 K. D. Bennett, Useful Programs for the Psion series 3a/c, #15, p. 9 Birks, H. J. B., New Bookshelf 12, #15, p. 11 Matthews, John, Multimedia Science Presentations and Teaching Aids, #15, p. 12 Maher, L. J., Voices from the Past; Pollen Analysis and Pollen & Spore Circulars, #15, p. 16 Maher, L. J., Tst2norm Determines the Overlap in Two Normal Populations, #15, p. 16 Telford, Richard, CNT-WIS.XLM: An Excel Macro for Concatenating Polcount Files for Importation into Tilia, #15, p. 18