Information Sources: the Internet and Computer-Mediated Communication

John December (decemj@rpi.edu)

Copyright © 1993 by John December (decemj@rpi.edu). Permission to use for non-commercial, educational purposes. This copyright and permission notice must appear in all copies. Permission is also granted to mention, cite, refer to, link to, or describe this document in commercial books, products, or online services (but not to reproduce in whole or in part without permission.)

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PURPOSE:

to list pointers to information describing the Internet, computer networks, and issues related to computer-mediated communication (CMC). Topics include the technical, social, cognitive, and psychological aspects.

AUDIENCE

those getting started in understanding the Internet and CMC; for those experienced, it compactly summarizes sources of information.

ASSUMPTION

you have access to and know how to use finger, ftp, gopher, http, telnet, email, or Usenet newsgroups.

NOTES

1. Respect access privileges. (See Net Etiquette Guide, below.)
2. This information changes quite a bit; Additions/comments welcome.
3. Use Archie to find a file if it is not at the site given here.
4. Learn to use Gopher, Veronica, WAIS, WWW, to find more information.

Contents

• THE INTERNET AND SERVICES

• INFORMATION SERVICES/ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS

• SOCIETIES AND ORGANIZATIONS

• NEWSGROUPS

• SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Information about updates to this document:

• Internet-cmc information (internet-cmc.readme) describes the Internet and Computer-Mediated Communication list

INTERNET DESCRIPTIONS

• NEW USER INTRODUCTION/MOTIVATION
  • Gold in Networks! (fyi_10.txt) a description of gold nuggest in the network, by J. Martin
  • Hitchikers Guide (rfc1118.txt) describes the Internet (circa September 1989), by Ed Krol
  • New User's Questions (fyi_04.txt) answers questions commonly asked by new users, by Malkin and Marine
  • Surfing the Internet (surfing.2.0.3.txt) a narrative of what the Internet has to offer, by Jane Armour Polly
  • What is the Internet? (fyi_20.txt) by Krol and Hoffman
  • Internet Services FAQ (faq) The Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) list for alt.internet.services Usenet newsgroup
• COMPREHENSIVE GUIDES
  • AARNet Guide Australian Network Sites and Resources Guide
  • AARNet User Guide Australian Network User's Guide
  • Big Dummy's Guide (big-dummys-guide.txt) written by Adam Gaffin for the Electronic Frontier Foundation
  • CERFNet Guide by the California Education and Research Federation Network
  • Desktop Internet a DOS hypertext reference to the Internet.
  • De Presno Guide (online.txt) a shareware book, `The Online World' (long)
  • DDN New User Guide (nug.doc) Defense Data Network guide for new users
  • Internet Companion(parts) A Beginner's Guide to Global Networking by Tracey LaQuey
  • Internet Guide (guide1.txt) A guide to Internet/Bitnet, by Dana Noonan
  • NSF Resource Guide (overview) National Science Foundation Guide to Internet Resources
  • NWNet Internet Guide (README.nusirg) NorthWestNet's User Service Internet Resource Guide
  • NYSERNet Internet Guide (Guide.V.2.2.text) New York State Education and Research Network Guide to the Internet
  • SURANet Internet Guide () updated as infoguide.MM-YR.txt
  • Zen / Art of Internet
• SPECIALIZED GUIDES OF GENERAL INTEREST
  • Agricultural Guide (agguide.dos) Not Just Cows, by Wilfred Drew
  • Electric Mystics Guide (electric-mystics-guide*)
  • Library Resources (libcat-guide) Strategies for Selection and use, Ed. Laine Farley
  • BUBL The Bulletin Board for Libraries
• EXPLORING:
  • Internet Cruise A Cruise of the Internet, computer-based tutorial for Internet navigators, DOS or Mac formats
  • Internet Explorer's Kit (explorer.doc) a hypertext system about the Internet for DOS, by Ernest Perez
  • Internet Hunt a game for learning about Internet resources
  • Internet Hunt Gopher Hunt Questions, Results, and Comments
  • Internet Navigating Navigating the Internet Workshop List, by Richard J. Smith
  • Internet Mining (mining_readme) workshops and electronic event
  • Internet Safari (safari-guide.txt) A Classroom User's Guide to the Internet, by Yvonne Marie A
• TRAINING:
  • HWGUIDE (hwguide.txt) A hypertext version of Noonan's Guide to Internet/Bitnet
  • LeJeune Course course materials and files, by Urban A. LeJeune
  • Milles (interlaw.txt) An Introduction to Using the Internet at St. Louis University School of Law
  • Monsarrat (internet_course.tar.Z) Internet Course for Basic or Serious Level
  • Newcastle/Tyne (tms-list.txt) Network Training Materials and Related Documentation
  • Schneider Bib (training.bib) A bibliography of Internet Training Materials, by Karen Schneider
  • Trainpack (README) repository of training and training-related materials
  • Wheeler (nettrain.00readme) Internet Training handouts written by Bill Wheeler
  • Usenet and trn
  • VAX/VMS Networking (vms-mail.guide) Beginner's Guide to Networking on the VAX/VMS, by Lucia Ruedenberg
• ADMINISTRATIVE/TECHNICAL/HISTORY:
  • Internet Growth charts showing the Internet's past and projected growth, by Texas Internet Consulting
  • Internet History (nethist8.txt) Master's Thesis, Henry Edward Hardy
  • Internet Monthly Report monthly communications to the Internet Research Group
  • Internet Maps (Europe)
  • Internet Maps (Many)
  • Internet Maps (NSFNET)
  • Internet Maps (SuraNet)
  • Internet Size
  • Internet Statistics NSF Statistics about Internet use

INFO REPOSITORIES

• COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTIONS:
  • Merit (READ.ME) network information center
  • Merit Gopher network information center
  • NIC/DDN Network Information Center/Defense Data Network
• NETWORK INFO CENTER
  • InterNic Telnet Directory and Database Services Telnet Interface Login as : guest
  • InterNIC Ftp ftp archives for InterNIC
  • InterNIC Gopher information server for Internet Network Information Center
  • InterNIC Database Services
  • InterNIC Reg Services
  • InterNIC Info Sources (infosource-contents)
• DOCUMENT SERIES:
  • For Your Information (INDEX.fyi)
  • Internet Standards (INDEX.std)
  • Request for Comments (INDEX.rfc)
• SOURCES OF INTERNET AND RELATED INFORMATION:
  • IEEE Gopher Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineer's information server
  • HelpNet Archives reference base for new users to the Internet
  • Introducing the Internet Merit's Directory of miscellaneous introductory Internet information
  • Library of Congress (index) a directory of Internet User Guides
  • MSU Net and DB Network and Database Resources (CWIS, gopher, electronic info.)
  • MSEN Gopher MSEN offers Usenet and Internet Connectivity
  • NEARnet New England Academic and Research Network
  • NYSERnet New York State Education and Research Network
  • Software Tool and Die The World, online service for dialup access to the Internet
  • SRI's Network Info SRI International
  • SURAnet (README) Southeastern Universities Research Association Network
  • SWITCHinfo Swiss Network
  • Telecomm Archives files about telecommunications, from the Usenet group comp.dcom.telecom
  • UNC's Sunsite Univ of North Carolina's collection
  • USENET Repository collection of FAQ's and files from Usenet newsgroups
  • USENET Periodic Postings list of Usenet periodic postings
  • UUNET archive UUNET Communications Services collection
  • UWO's NIC Univ of Western Ontario's Network Information Centre
  • Washington and Lee Explore Internet Resources

SERVICES AND TOOLS

• LISTS OF SERVICES
  • MaasInfo Indexes (maasinfo.files) The index of indexs of Internet online files, by Robert Elton Maas
  • May List (nal006.txt) lists telnet sites/services, by CC May
  • Must Have List (musthave-list.txt) List of five `must have' Internet Resources
  • Smith's BigFun List (bigfun.txt.Z) telnet, ftp, and other sites, by Jeremy Smith
  • Yanoff's Services List (inet.services.txt) Special Internet Connects, by Scott Yanoff
  • Yanoff List HTML (inet.services.html) Hyptertext markup language version of Yanoff's list
• TOOLS
  • Alex (README) provides transparent read of remote files at anonymous FTP sites
  • Alex paper (README) paper on Alex as published in Usenix Workshop on File Systems, May 1992
  • Archie (whatis.archie) a service for finding files remotely
  • Archie manual (archie.man.txt) reference manual page for archie
  • Archie demo a telnet session to demonstrate archie Login as : archie
  • Cello (readme.1st) DOS-based Internet browser incorporating WWW, Gopher, FTP, Telnet, News
  • Email-How to Introduction to Sending and Receiving Electronic Mail
  • Essence (README) resource discovery system using indexes
  • Essence paper (Essence.txt.Z) A Resource Discovery System Based on Semantic File Indexing, by Hardy and Schwartz
  • Ftp-How to A Short Guide to Anonymous ftp
  • Gopher (00README) locates and retrieves resources using a graph of menus
  • Gopher FAQ (gopher-faq) the Frequently Asked Questions and answers list from the Usenet group comp.infosystems.gopher
  • Gopher demo a session demonstrating gopher at Univ of Minnesota
  • Gopher telnet demo a telnet session demonstrating gopher Login as : gopher
  • Gopher/Veronica-how to (vol6no1.txt) a special issue of the Univ of Illinois newsletter describing gopher and veronica
  • Hytelnet (README) Peter Scott's Hypertext database of publicly accessible Internet sites
  • Internet Tools EARN (earn-resource-tool-guide.txt) guide to network resource tools, by European Academic Research Network Association
  • Internet Tools NIR (nir.status.report) A status report on networked information retrieval tools and groups, by Joint IETF/RARE/
  • Internet Tools Summary (internet-tools) a compact list summarizing Internet tools and forums, by John December
  • Internet Systems UNITE (systems-list.txt) a list of Internet tools and systems, by User Network Interface To Everything
  • Jughead (jughead.ReadMe) (Jonzy's Universal Gopher Hierarchy Excavation And Display) gets menu information
  • LISTSERV: A mailing-list server for group communication: mail listserv@uacsc2.albany.edu Body: "send listserv memo"
  • Mosaic (README.Mosaic) provides network distributed hypermedia system for information discovery
  • Mosaic paper (mosaic.ps.Z) NCSA Mosaic Technical Summary, by Marc Andreesen
  • Mosaic Home Page (NCSAMosaicHome.html) the HTML file for the mosaic home page
  • Netfind (README) a way to find someone on the Internet
  • Netfind telnet demo a demonstration of Netfind Login as : netfind
  • Ping (README) requests echo from an Internet host to check status
  • Prospero () provides user-centered view of remote files
  • Telnet-How to Introduction to telnet
  • USENET World (acn4-5.txt.Z) special issue of Amateur Computerist Newsletter about Usenet
  • USENET What is? (part1) What is Usenet? by Salzenberg
  • Veronica locates titles of Gopher items by keyword search
  • Veronica blurb (veronica) an announcement of the Veronica service
  • Veronica demo gopher server at veronica.scs.unr.edu
  • Vi-How to The vi Editor
  • WAIS retrieves resources by searching indexes of databases
  • WAIS information at think.com directory of sources and documents
  • WAIS, Free (README) a UNIX based, freely available information server.
  • WAIS information at UWO
  • WAIS (wais.txt) A Sketch of An Overview, by Jeff Kallem
  • Whois (rfc0954.txt) provides info on registered network names
  • Whois demo a telnet session demonstrating whois
  • Whois Servers List (whois-servers.list) List of Internet whois servers, by Matt Power
  • World Wide Web retrieves resources by hyptertext browser of databases
  • World Wide Web demo a telnet session demonstrating the World Wide Web
  • WWW, Entering the (www.guide.html) A Guide to Cyberspace by Kevin Hughes
  • World Wide Web Book (the_www_book.tex) a book describing the World Wide Web project
  • X.500 (rfc1308.txt) provides globally distributed directory service
  • X.500 Implement (fyi_11.txt) A Catalog of Available X.500 Implementations
• SERVICES
  • Anonymous post: : mail anonymus+ping@tygra.michigan.com Body: "help"
  • Anonymous post: : mail help@anon.penet.fi Body: "help"
  • CARL Systems databases for article access and delivery
  • Correct Time/NBS tells National Bureau of Standards correct time
  • Electronic Newsstand information provided by U.S.magazine publishers Login as : enews
  • FAXNET: FAX's via email ($): mail info@awa.com Body: "help"
  • Finger database: Access to a database facility via finger: finger help@dir.su.oz.au
  • FTP MAIL: get files at anonymous ftp sites via email.: mail ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com Body: "help"
  • Internet Marketing: by the Internet Company: mail market@internet.com Body: "send market info""
  • IP Address Resolver: resolves given Internet Protocol host address: mail dns@grasp.insa-lyon.fr Body: "help"
  • Knowbot provides a uniform user interface to heterogeneous remote information services
  • MarketBase Gopher on-line catalog of goods and services
  • Softlock: selling freely-copyable computer programs and documents: mail Info@SoftLock.COM Body: "send info"
  • The World public access Unix

NETWORKING

• BITNET intro: : mail LISTSERV@bitnic.educom.edu Body: "send BITNET INTRO"
• FidoNet News archives of the newsgroup comp.org.fidonet
• FidoNet Nodes (fidonet-nodelist.src) a list of systems with FidoNet
• FidoNet Gateway (internet.fidonet) How to use the UUCP/Fido-Net Gateway
• Gateways Guide (gateways.txt) describes email transfer across networks, by Jeremy McDermond
• INET 93 Proceedings of the INET '93 conference
• International Connect International Connectivity Table, by Larry Landweber
• Internet Country Codes (country-codes) FAQ about country codes
• Internet Domain Names (rfc1394.txt) Relationship of Telex Answerback Codes to Internet Domains
• Internet Root Domain lists of Internet hosts
• Internet Security (gao8957.txt) GAO report on Computer Security (June 1989)
• InterNetwork Mail (internetwork-mail-guide) methods of sending mail from one network to another, by John Chew and Scott Yanoff
• Intro TCP/IP (intro.to.ip) describes the Internet protocols
• List of FTP Sites (ftp.list) list of Internet sites accepting anonymous ftp (December 1991), by Jon Granrose
• PSGnet/RAINet info networking in developing world, low-cost tools, networking in general
• NREN Information (INDEX.nren) Merit's directory of National Research and Education Network information
• NREN Recompetition (INDEX.recompete) contains information about the recompetition of the NSFNET backbone project
• SDSC Appl Net Res Group (README) activities of the San Diego Supercomputer Center Applied Network Research group.
• Sprintlink FTP site for Sprint's networking activities
• Sprintlink Gopher Sprint's internetworking activities and networking information
• USENET Maps Maps of Usenet news feeds/backbones
• ACCESSING NETWORKS:
  • BBS Internet List (internet_bbs.txt) Zamfield's Wonderfully Incomplete, Complete Internet BBS List
  • Community Networks (communet.msg) information about community networks, by Arthur R. McGee
  • Connecting to Internet (fyi_16.txt) What Connecting Institutions Should Anticipate
  • Freenet papers papers about network public access
  • Global Networks (readme.txt) an archive for documents to bring the network to lesser-developed areas of the world
  • Internet Access Guide (access.guide) Access Guide to introducing.the.internet, by Ellen Hoffman
  • Internet Access (internet.access) Individual access to Internet, by James Milles
  • Internet Modem (dial-access) Internet service providers in the US accessible through dial-up connections from a personal computer, by Geneviev
  • K12 Access (README) documents of California Education Network (CENet) Technical Planning Committee
  • NII (nii) National Information Infrastructure
  • Network Startup (README) NSF-sponsored Network Startup Resource Center
  • Public Dialup (pdial) The Public Dialup Internet Access List, by Peter Kaminski
  • Public Access UNIX (Nixpub_Posting_(Long)) Public/Open Access UNIX, by Bux Technical Services
  • Registering on the Net (rfc1400.txt) Transition and Modernization of the Internet Registration Service, by S. Williamson
  • SEA Community Network Seattle's community networks

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL

• Cataloging Internet Res: explores how to catalog electronic information, by Priscilla Caplan: mail listserv@uhupvm1.uh.edu Body: "get caplan prv4n2"
• CNI Coalition for Networked Information
• DIMUND Document Understanding Information and Resources
• DIMUND FTP Document Understanding FTP Archives
• CNI TopNode Project part of CNI's Directories and Resource Information Services Working Group
• CNI Gopher Coalition for Networked Information Gopher
• CNIDR Gopher Coalition for Networked Information Discovery and Retrieval Gopher
• NIR Archives Networked Information Retieval
• NIR Gopher Networked Information Retrieval Gopher
• OCLC Research Report
• Retrieval success successful stories of using the Internet for reference, by Karen Schneider
• Uniform Resources (url3.txt)
• UNITE Archive User Network Interface To Everything
• URI Archive (uri-archive) transcript of Uniform Resource discussion list

DIRECTORIES

• Dartmouth Merged SIGL Special Interest Group Lists
• Electronic Conferences (acadlist.readme) Directory of Scholarly Electronic Conferences, by Diane K. Kovacs
• Electronic Journals
• Electronic Magazines an archive of various electronic magazines
• Electronic Zines List (e-zine-list) summary of electronically-accessible zines, by John Labovitz
• Free Databases (free-databases) a catalog databases that are available without payment
• Gopher Jewels text (gopher-jewels.txt) text version of subject-oriented gopher list
• Gopher Jewels HTML (gopher-jewels.html) subject-oriented gopher list
• Interest Groups List (interest-groups) The Lists of Lists, a listing of special interest group mailing lists available on the Interne
• Library Access Script (libs.tar) a script to login to online card catalogs
• Library Guide Accessing on-line Bibliographic Databases, by Billy Barron and Marie-Christine Mahe
• Library Catalogs Noonan (guide2.txt) a list of academic and public library catalogs online, by Dana Noonan
• Library Catalogs St Geo Internet - Accessible Library Catalogs & Databases, Art St. George and Ron Larsen
• Finding Lists: how to find LISTSERV lists: mail listserv@vm1.nodak.edu Body: "GET NEW-LIST WOUTERS"
• Subject-Oriented Guides subject-specific Internet Resource Guides collected by UMich
• Technical Reports technical reports archive
• WAIS sources (readme) a brief description of the content of many WAIS sources on the Internet, grouped into relevant categories

COMMUNICATION

• AUDIO
  • Internet Sound (INDEX) various documents and programs having to do with sound
  • Internet Talk Radio (ITRintro.readme) by Carl Malamud
  • Internet Multicasting FAQ: FAQ for the Internet Multicasting Service: mail info@radio.com Body: "send FAQ"
  • Multicast Backbone (faq.txt) live audio and video multicast virtual network on top of Internet
• MULTIMEDIA
  • Multimedia Survey (mmsurvey.txt) A Survey of Distributed Multimedia Research, Standards and Products, by RARE
  • MIT Media Lab access to Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab
• GROUP COMMUNICATION
  • Computer Network Conf (rfc1324.txt) A Discussion on Computer Network Conferencing, by D. Reed
  • Internet Relay Chat(IRC) real-time, many-many text discussion divided into channels
  • Multiple User Dialogue (MUD) real-time interaction usually for social role-playing
  • LISTSERV managing: How to Start and Manage a BITNET LISTSERV Discussion Group, by Kovacs, McCarty, and Kovacs: mail listserv@uhupvm1.uh.edu Body: "get kovacs prv2n1"
  • LISTSERV searching: Quick Start Guide to Searching the CARR-L Archives: mail listserv@ulkyvm.bitnet Body: "get database search"
  • LISTSERV tips: List Management Tips for LISTSERV Postmasters and List Owners, by Lisa M. Covi: mail listserv@bitnic.bitnet Body: "get listserv tips"
• EMAIL
  • Email Services (email_services.txt) a list of serves available via email, by David DeSimone
  • Email Understanding (vol3no2.txt) special issue of Univ of IL newsletter describing electronic mail
  • Email 101 (email025.txt) describes how to use email as well as other Internet features, by John Goodwin
  • College Email addresses information on email addresses at colleges
  • Finding Email addresses (email_address.txt) how do I find someone's email address?
  • MetaMail (README) multimedia
  • MIME (rfc1341.txt) Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
  • MIME overview (MIME-overview.txt) Internet Multimedia Mail with MIME, Emerging Standards for Interoperability, by Nathaniel S. Borens
  • Pine email (pine.blurb) a Program for Internet News & Email
  • PGP Mail Pretty Good Privacy, a public key encryption package
  • PEM (FAQ) Privacy Enhanced Email

LANGUAGE/CULTURE/COMMUNITY

• Activism a collection of various online resources about activism
• African a collection of various online resources about African issues
• APC (orgs-on-igc) Association for Progressive Communications
• Artwork OTIS project to collect online art
• ASCII Art (asciifaq.us) A FAQ about ASCII art, by Jorn Barger
• BABEL (babel.txt) a listing of computer-orientated abbreviations and acronyms, by Irving Kind
• BABEL 93 (babel93c.txt) a listing of computer-orientated abbreviations and acronyms, by Irving Kind
• Computer Jargon (jargon-README) The Jargon File (the definitive compendium of hacker slang)
• Computer Underground (meyer)
• Cyberspace/Law (cyberspace)
• Electronic Text Catalogue of projects in electronic text, Center for Text and Technology
• FineArt Forum (fineart_online) a newsletter about online art
• Gender a collection of various online resources about gender issues
• Gutenberg Project Texts
• Indigenous a collection of various online resources about indigenous peoples issues
• Internet Glossary (fyi_18.txt) Internet-specific terms defined
• Internet Wiretap (FEATURES) electronic books and information
• Internet Wiretap Gopher electronic books and information
• IRC Community (electropolis)
• Latin a collection of various online resources about Latin issues
• Net Etiquette Guide (netiquette.txt) by Arlene H. Rinaldi
• Netizen Paper (netizens.Z) by Michael Hauben, The Net and Netizens
• Online Book Initiative (README)
• Book Stacks Unlimited on-line Bookstore and Readers' Conference System
• Post-Gutenberg Galaxy (harnad.jnl) The Fourth Revolution in the Means of Production of Knowledge, by Steven Harnad
• Privacy archive about network privacy, from usenet group alt.privacy
• Smiley Dictionary (smiley-dictionary) unofficial list of smilies
• Smileys (part01.Z) a smiley server by David W. Sanderson
• The WELL (town-on-internet-highway) Small Town on the Internet Highway
• Togethernet on-line information and communication network for sustainable planetary future
• Virtual Community (slice.of.life) A Slice of Life in My Virtual Community, by Howard Rheingold
• Writer's Resources (resources) Internet Writer Resources, Compiled/Edited/Maintained by L. Detweiler

EDUCATION/ACADEMIA

• AskERIC automated information outlet for ERIC system
• AskERIC Gopher
• CAF Archive Computers and academic Freedom Archive
• CWIS List (cwis-l) Campus-Wide Info Systems list
• CWIS Paper (hallman.txt) Campus-Wide Info Systems by Judy Hallman
• Distance Ed (disted:ellsworth)
• Education Gopher Florida Tech's collection of educational resources
• Educator's Email (educatrs.lst) An Educator's Guide to E-Mail Lists
• Educator's USENET (edusenet.gde) Ednet Guide to Usenet Newsgroups
• Empire Schoolhouse Empire Internet Schoolhouse, a selection of K-12 resources, projects and discussion groups Login as : empire
• IAT: Institute for Academic technology (IBM and UNC): mail INFO.IAT@mhs.unc.edu Body: "send help"
• Incomplete Guide K12 Internet and other telecommunications opportunities for k-12
• Internet and Ed by Noel Estabrook
• IRD/Educators (K-12NREN1.1) Internet Resource Directory for Educators
• Jericho information technology in education project
• K-12 NREN (K-12NREN1.1) Equity, Access, and a Trojan Horse
• NPTN (basic.guide.txt) National Public Telecomputing Network
• Scholarly Communication (reports) Quarterly Technical Reports
• Scholarly Comm/Libraries Published by The Association of Research Libraries for The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
• Scholarly Publishing (trln-copyright-paper) Model University Policy Regarding Faculty Publication in Scientific and Tech
• Tech/Schools (refuse_1.4) Technology Refusal and the Organizational Culture of Schools, by Steven Hodas
• USENET University (FAQ) an online a society of people interested in learning, teaching or tutoring

GOVERNMENT/PUBLIC POLICY

• Clinton Information a collection of presidential and government information
• Federal Info Resources (INDEX.omb) documents from the Information Policy Branch, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
• Federal Information (keller-gov-guide.txt) Federal Information and the Internet by Anna Keller
• Fedworld a system for government information
• Fedworld Feasibility (fedline.txt) a report on government-wide information locator system by NTIS
• Govt Agencies (government-agencies) government agencies on the internet
• Govt Information (gumprecht-guide.txt) Internet Sources of Government Information by Blake Gumprecht
• Economic BB Commerce Department's Economic Bulletin Board (EBB) Login as : trial
• Electronic Records U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
• Internet Accounting (accting.sg.ps.Z)
• Internet Economics (Economics_of_Internet.txt) Some Economics of the Internet by Jeffrey K. MacKie-Mason
• Internet Pricing (Pricing_the_Internet.txt) Pricing the Internet by MacKie-Mason and Varian
• Internet Public Subsidy (schickele.txt) The Economic Case for Public Subsidy of the Internet, by Sandra Schickele
• Library of Congress Marvel (Machine-Assisted Realization of the Virtual Electronic Library) Login as : marvel
• NII (niiagenda.asc) National Information Infrastructure

MISC/POPULAR TOPICS

• Current Weathermap GIF
• File Compression Info (pcnet)

INFORMATION SERVERS

• ALMANAC: A service for multi-media document and information delivery and database functions: mail almanac@oes.orst.edu Body: "send guide"
• CCITT Doc Retriev: : mail teledoc@itu.arcom.ch Body: "help"
• Comserve: online service for human communication research: mail comserve@vm.its.rpi.edu Body: "send Comserve Helpfile"
• HCIBIB: A mail-based retrieval system interface to a database related to Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).: mail hcibib@bellcore.com Body: "query:"
• RFCs via mail: Request For Comments--documents about various issues for discussion, covering a broad range of networking issues.: mail rfc-info@isi.edu Body: "help: ways_to_get_rfcs"

DISCUSSION LISTS

• ARACHNET: An association of electronic discussion groups and electronic journals of interest to scholars.: mail listserv@uottawa.bitnet Body: "sub ARACHNET YOUR NAME"
• CMC: Computer-Mediated Communication Comserve Hotline: mail comserve@vm.its.rpi.edu Body: "join CMC YOUR NAME"
• EduTel: Comserve Hotline use of computers in education: mail comserve@vm.its.rpi.edu Body: "join edutel YOUR NAME"
• IAMCRNet: Comserve Hotline International Association for Mass Communication Research Network: mail comserve@vm.its.rpi.edu Body: "join IAMCRNet YOUR NAME"
• CNI-DIRECTORIES: Coalition for Networked Information Directories.: mail listserv@cni.org Body: "sub CNI-DIRECTORIES YOUR NAME"
• HELP-NET: For people new to the Internet: mail listserv@templevm.bitnet Body: "sub HELP-NET YOUR NAME"
• HYTEL-L: announcements of new versions of the popular HYTELNET program: mail listserv@kentvm.kent.edu Body: "sub HYTEL-L YOUR NAME"
• IPCT-L: The Interpersonal Computing and Technology List, issues in education, especially networking and computing.: mail listserv@guvm.georgetown.edu Body: "sub IPCT-L YOUR NAME"
• NIS: Network Information Services. Announcement of new resources, services, and applications being offered the Internet, and the tools to access them.: mail listserv@is.internic.net Body: "sub YOUR_EMAIL_ADR nis"
• NETTRAIN: a discussion list about training/support of others in using the resources available on Bitnet and Internet.: mail listserv@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu Body: "sub NETTRAIN YOUR NAME"
• Net Happenings: conferences, publications, political news, resources, newsletters, etc.: mail listserv@is.internic.net Body: "sub net-happenings YOUR NAME"
• Net Resources: resources only, low volume: mail listserv@is.internic.net Body: "sub net-resources YOUR NAME"
• NEW-LIST: discusses new LISTSERV mailing lists.: mail listserv@ndsuvm1.bitnet Body: "sub NEW-LIST YOUR NAME"
• NewJour-L: new electronic journals/newsletters: mail LISTSERV@e-math.ams.org Body: "sub NewJour-L YOUR NAME"
• NIR: Network Information Retrieval. List dedicated to studying networked information retrieval tools and processes.: mail mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk Body: "sub NIR YOUR NAME"
• OCLC-JOURNALS: OCLC electronic journal publishing: mail listserv@oclc.org Body: "sub OCLC-JOURNALS YOUR NAM"
• UNITE: interface to all network services.ng. theme: mail mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk Body: "join UNITE YOUR NAME"
• VPIEJ-L: Electronic publishing issues, especially Scholarly Electronic Journals: mail listserv@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu Body: "sub VPIEJ-L YOUR NAME"

ELECTRONIC JOURNALS/NEWSLETTERS

• Bits and Bytes: a weekly electronic newsletter about miscellaneous high-tech issues: mail slakmaster@aol.com Subject: "SUBSCRIBE" Body: "your email address"
• Chaos Corner: Dr. Chaos's random and interesting things about computers, networks, and other things: mail chaos-request@pelican.cit.cornell.edu Body: "sub YOUR NAME"
• Chaos Corner Archive
• Chaos Digest: frauds, hacking, swapping, legislation: mail tk0jut2@mvs.cso.niu.edu Body: "sub YOUR NAME"
• Chaos Digest Archive
• Cook Report($): a monthly newsletter on NREN, National Information Infrastructure, and Internet commercialization: mail cook@path.net Body: "Please send Cook Report info."
• CPU: electronic journal for computer industry workers: mail listserv@cpsr.org Body: "sub CPSR-CPU YOUR NAME"
• CPU Archives
• Cu-Digest: technical, social, ethical, legalekly electronic journal/newsletter devoted to many computing issues: mail tk0jut2@mvs.cso.niu.edu Body: "sub YOUR NAME"
• Cu-Digest Archive
• Current Cites A journal which provides citations and brief annotations for articles from 30 journals in networks and information and computer technolog
• EDUPAGE: summary of information technology news: mail listserv@bitnic.educom.ed Body: "sub EDUPAGE YOUR NAME"
• Effector Online (Index) Electronic Frontier Foundation Newsletter
• EJC/REC: Electronic Journal of Communication/La Revue Electronique de Communication Covers communication theory, research, practice, and policy: mail comserve@vm.its.rpi.edu Body: "join EJCREC YOUR NAME"
• EJournal: Concerned with implications of electronic networks and texts: mail listserv@albany.bitnet Body: "sub EJRNL YOUR NAME"
• EJVC: Electronic Journal on Virtual Culture, communicate scholarly thought on aspects of virtual [CMC] culture.: mail listserv@kentvm.kent.edu Body: "sub EJVC-L YOUR NAME"
• EJVC Archive
• GNN: Global Network Navigator: mail info@gnn.com Body: "Please send GNN info."
• GNN Home Page (GNNhome.html)
• HPC SELECT NEWS: The Electronic News Magazine for High-Performance Computing: mail sub@hpcwire.ans.net Body: "Select 601"
• INFOBITS: electronic service of the Institute for Academic Technology's Information Resources Group: mail listserv@gibbs.oit.unc.edu Body: "sub INFOBITS YOUR NAME"
• Intertext
• Netweaver: The Newsletter of the Electronic Networking Association: mail comserve@vm.its.rpi.edu Body: "send Netweave Winter91"
• DISTED: Online Journal of Distance Education and Communication: mail listserv@uwavm.bitnet Body: "sub DISTED YOUR NAME"
• ConneXions: Newsletter on information on networking: mail ole@csli.stanford.edu" Body: "Please send ConneXions info."
• IBJ Internet Business Journal
• Internet Review An `irregular and on-line journal of new and interesting stuff on the net
• Internet World: a newsletter from Meckler Associates: mail meckler@jvnc.net Body: "Please send Internet World info."
• Legion of Doom Tech J
• Link Letter Merit/NSFNET newsletter.
• LITA Newsletter Library and Information Technology Association
• Matrix News: (monthly online newsletter, $) Covers crossnetwork issues.: mail mids@tic.com Body: "Please send Matrix News info."
• Matrix News some issues
• MC Journal: The Journal of Academic Media Librarianship: mail listserv@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu Body: "sub MCJRNL YOUR NAME"
• NETNEWS: newsletter for network resources by Metronet (St. Paul, MN): mail listserv@ndsuvm1.bitnet Body: "sub NNEWS YOUR NAME"
• NETNEWS Archive
• PACSR: The Public-Access Computer Systems Review: mail listserv@uhupvm1.uh.edu Body: "sub PACS-P YOUR NAME"
• Voices Voices from the Net Magazine

ORGANIZATIONS/AGENCIES

• CIOS: Communication Institute for Online Scholarship, a non-profit organization for online communication scholarship: mail comserve@vm.its.rpi.edu Body: "help topics associates"
• CIX (README) Commercial Internet eXchange Association, non-profit trade association promoting communications services.
• CME: Center for Media Education, promotes democratic potential of electronic media.: mail cme@access.digex.net Subject: ""CME Sub"" Body: ""
• CNI Coalition for Networked Information, promotes creation of and access to information resources in networked environments
• CNI Gopher Coalition for Networked Information, promotes creation of and access to information resources in networked environments
• CNRI Corporation for National Research Initiatives, develop information processing technology
• CoSN: Consortium for School Networking, helps educators and students access information and communications resources: mail cosn@bitnic.bitnet Body: "Please send CoSN info."
• CPSR Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility, alliance of computer professionals who discuss the impact of computer technology on society.
• CPSR Gopher
• CREN supports low-cost access to worldwide electronic networking for education and research
• EARN European Academic Research Network
• EDUCOM: dedicated to the study and access of information technology in higher education and integrating technology into learning and research: mail inquiry@educom.edu Body: "Please send EDUCOM info."
• EFF (about-eff) public interest organization to educate public about computer and communication technologies.
• EFF Gopher A gopher information server for the Electronic Frontier Foundation
• ENA: Electronic Networking Association, promotes electronic networking: mail comserve@vm.its.rpi.edu Body: "send Netweave Winter91"
• FARNET non-profit corporation to advance the use of computer networks for research and education.
• IETF Internet Engineering Task Force
• IGC (README) Institute for Global Communications, improving global network communication and information exchange
• IRVC Institute for Research on Virtual culture
• ISOC The Internet Society, supports the development of the Internet and promotes education and applications.
• ISOC Gopher
• ITU International Telecommunication Union, a United Nations agency which coordinates telecommunications
• RARE Reseaux Associes pour la Recherche Europeenne, European networking organizations
• RIPE Reseaux IP Europeen, ensures coordination to operate a pan-European IP network.
• RIPE Gopher
• WAENA: WideArea Educational Network: mail jwmilton@WAENA.PORTAL.COM Body: ""
• SEA Society for Electronic Access

COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATIONS

• MailCom (README) a telecommunications publishing and training firm located in Oakland, California.
• MIDS (TIC) Matrix Information and Directory Services, a private consulting partnership based in Austin, Texas.
• MIDS Gopher
• NOMA: National Online Media Association: mail natbbs-request@echonyc.com Body: ""
• O'Reilly and Assoc. publisher of books for UNIX, open systems, and networking. Login as : gopher
• Internet.COM: The Internet Company, consulting in network access and commercial use of the Internet: mail info@internet.com Body: "Please send Internet.com info""
• Internet.COM Gopher

• Beginners (news.announce.newusers) for people new to USENET
• Computer Archives (comp.archives)
• Computer BBS (comp.bbs.misc)
• Cu-Digest (comp.society.cu-digest) Computer Underground Digest
• Email (comp.mail.misc)
• FAQs (news.answers) Frequently Asked Questions (and answers)
• Gopher (comp.infosystems.gopher)
• Groupware (CSCW) (comp.groupware)
• Hackers (alt.hackers)
• ISDN (comp.dcom.isdn)
• Information Systems (comp.infosystems)
• Internet Access (alt.internet.access.wanted)
• Internet BBS (alt.bbs.internet)
• Internet Best (alt.best.of.internet)
• Internet Culture (alt.culture.internet)
• Internet Library (comp.internet.library)
• Internet Protocols (comp.protocols.tcp-ip)
• Internet Relay Chat (alt.irc)
• Internet Services (alt.internet.services)
• Internet Talk Radio (alt.internet.talk-radio)
• Lists of Information (news.lists)
• MUDS (rec.games.mud.announce) Multiple User Dialogues
• New Newsgroups (news.announce.newgroups)
• Newsgroups (news.groups)
• PostScript Net Maps (news.lists.ps-maps)
• Technical Reports (comp.doc.techreports)
• Telecomm (clari.nb.telecom)
• Telecomm (comp.dcom.telecom)
• USENET Culture (alt.culture.usenet)
• USENET Humor (alt.humor.best-of-usenet)
• USENET Recovery (alt.usenet.recovery)
• USENET University (alt.uu.future)
• WAIS (comp.infosystems.wais)
• World Wide Web (comp.infosystems.www)

ONLINE BIBLIOGRAPHIES

• Computer Communication (parker.bib)
• CMC Bib/Shedletsky (cmc-bibliography.txt)
• CMC Study Review (cmc-study-review.txt) Ed CMC, a field study of recent research
• CSCW Bibliography (README)
• Electronic Serials (bailey.bib)
• FYI Bibliography (fyi_03.txt)
• Hacker CMC: : mail comserve@vm.its.rpi.edu Body: "get compumed biblio"
• Higgins CMC/ED: : mail comserve@vm.its.rpi.edu Body: "get rescmc syllabus"
• IAT Internet Bib (irg-14.txt)
• Information Soc (cud5.68) bibliography by Rob Kling
• Internet Bks Quarterman (rfc1432.txt)
• Internet Bks Review: reviews of Internet books, from NETTRAIN list: mail LISTSERV@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu Body: "GET NETTRAIN REVIEWS NETTRAIN"
• Intro Internetworking (fyi_19.txt)
• Network Reading List (net-read.txt)
• Networked Info Bib (stanton.bib)
• New User's Bib: a short bibliography for new users, from NETTRAIN list: mail LISTSERV@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu Body: "GET NEWUSERS FAQ NETTRAIN"
• Paulsen CMC/ED: : mail comserve@vm.its.rpi.edu Body: "get disted2 biblio"
• Pugh Internet/NREN: an annotated bibliography of the Internet and NREN by Pugh: mail comserve@vm.its.rpi.edu Body: "get internet biblio"
• Rice CMC/ED: : mail comserve@vm.its.rpi.edu Body: "get cmced biblio"
• Thelen/Email 1: email in social contexts (A-H): mail comserve@vm.its.rpi.edu Body: "get email 1 biblio"
• Thelen/Email 2: email in social contexts (I-Z): mail comserve@vm.its.rpi.edu Body: "get email 2 biblio"
• WAIS Bibliography (lincoln.bib)

SPECIAL ISSUES/JOURNALS ON NETWORKS/CMC

• Communications of the ACM (1991). Collaborative computing issue. Volume 34, number 12, December.
• Communication Research (1987). Special issue on Theories of Organizations and Information Technology. Volume 14, number 5, October.
• Communication Yearbook (1989). Issues and Concepts in Research on Computer-Mediated Communication Systems. Volume 12, chapter 8.
• EJC/REC V3N2: Electronic Journal of Communication special issue on CMC: mail Body: "send EJCTOC V3N293"
• Internet Business Journal (1993). Special Issue on Internet Advertising. Volume 1, numbers 3/4, September/October 1993.
• Journal of Communication (1989). Issue on computer communication affecting social power distribution. Volume 39, number 3.
• Online Access (1993). Issue on the Internet. October.
• The Serials Librarian (1991). Issue on technology and information for serials. Volume 21, numbers 2/3.
• Serials Review (1992). Issue on Economic Models for Networked Information. Volume 18, numbers 1-2.
• Scientific American (1991). Issue on computer networks. Volume 265, number 3, September 1991.
• Wired: : finger info@wired.com
• Written Communication (1991). Issue on computers, language, and writing. Volume 8, number 1, January.

BOOKS: a selected listing of particularly useful books.

• BIBLIOGRAPHIES
  • Burge, Elizabeth (1992). Computer Mediated Communication and Education: A Selected Bibliography. Toronto, Ontario: Distance Learning Office, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, 252 Bloor St W,
  • Romiszowski, A. J. (1992). Computer-mediated communication: a selected bibliography. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Educational Technology Publications.
• THE INTERNET
  • Dern, Daniel P. (1994). The Internet Guide for New Users. New York: McGraw-Hill. %CHECKED 11-Oct-93
  • Estrada, Susan (1993). Connecting to the Internet: An O'Reilly Buyer's Guide (1993) Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly and Associates. %CHECKED 11-Oct-93
  • Glister, Paul A. (1993). The Internet navigator: a new user's guide to network exploration. New York: Wiley.
  • Hahn, Harley (1993). A Student's Guide to Unix. New York: McGraw-Hill.
  • Hardie, Edward T. L. and Vivian Neou (1993). Internet: mailing lists. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. %CHECKED 11-Oct-93
  • Kehoe, Brendan (1993). Zen and the Art of the Internet: A Beginner's Guide. 2nd ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
  • Krol, Ed (1992). The Whole Internet User's Guide and Catalog. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly and Associates.
  • Lane, Elizabeth S. and Craig Summerhill (1992). An Internet primer for information professionals: a basic guide to Internet networking technology. Westport, CT: Meckler.
  • LaQuey, Tracy with Jeanne C. Ryer. Foreword by Al Gore. (1992). The Internet companion: a beginner's guide to global networking. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.
  • Lynch, Daniel C. and Marshall T. Rose., Eds. (1993). Internet System Handbook. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.
  • Malamud, Carl. (1993). Exploring the Internet: a Technical Travelogue. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
  • Rose, Marshall T. (1993). The Internet Message: Closing the Book with Electronic Mail. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: PTR Prentice Hall.
  • Fisher, Sharon (1993). Riding the Internet Highway. Carmel, IN: New Riders. %CHECKED 11-Oct-93
  • Smith, Richard and Mark Gibbs (1993). Navigating the Internet. SAMS Publishing.
  • Tennant, Roy, John Ober, and Anne G. Lipow (1993). Crossing the Internet Threshold: An Instructional Handbook. Berkeley, CA: Library Solutions Press.
  • Quarterman, John (1994). The Internet connection: system connectivity and configuration. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.
• COMPUTER NETWORKS
  • Adams, Rick and Frey, Donnalyn. (1993). !%@:: A Directory of Mail Addressing and Networks, 3rd Ed. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly and Associates.
  • Kessler, Gary C. (1990). ISDN: concepts, facilities, and services. New York: McGraw-Hill.
  • LaQuey, Tracy L., ed. (1990). The User's Directory of Computer Networks. Bedford, MA: Digital Press.
  • McClure, Charles R., Ann P. Bishop, Philip Doty, and Howard Rosenbaum. (1991). The National Research and Education Network (NREN): Research and Policy Perspectives. Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
  • Motorola Codex. (1992). The Basics Book of Information Networking. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.
  • Quarterman, John S. (1990). The Matrix: Computer Networks and Conferencing Systems Worldwide. Bedford, MA: Digital Press.
• COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION
  • Chesebro, James W. and Donald G. Bonsall. (1989). Computer-mediated communication: human relationships in a computerized world. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press.
  • Dunlop, Charles and Rob Kling, eds. (1991). Computerization and Controversy: Value Conflicts and Social Choices. Academic Press.
  • Gattiker, U. E., ed. (1992). Technology-mediated communication. Berlin; New York: W. de Gruyter.
  • Hiltz, Starr Roxanne and Murray Turoff. (1993). The Networked Nation: Human Communication via Computer. Rev. Ed. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
  • Lea, Martin, ed. (1992). Contexts of computer-mediated communication. New York: Harvester Wheatsheaf.
  • Mason, Robin and Anthony Kaye., eds. (1989). Mindweave: Communication, Computers, and Distance Education. New York: Pergamon Press.
  • Rapaport, Matthew. (1991). Computer mediated communications : bulletin boards, computer conferencing, electronic mail, and information retrieval. New York: Wiley.
  • Sproull, Lee and Sara Kiesler. (1991). Connections: New Ways of Working in the Networked Organization. MIT Press.