Information Sources: the Internet and Computer-Mediated Communication

John December (decemj@rpi.edu)

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11 Feb 94; Release 3.25

Copyright © 1994 by John December (decemj@rpi.edu). You may use this document for any personal or educational purpose. For-profit use requires my permission. Provided "as is" without expressed or implied warranty.

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

Respect access privileges. (See Net Etiquette Guide, below.)
This information changes quite a bit; Additions/comments welcome.
Use Archie to find a file if it is not at the site given here.
Learn to use Gopher, Veronica, WAIS, WWW, to find more information.
When using with WWW/Mosaic, sometimes an ftp link will not work; if it doesn't, try to access via ftp manually.

THE INTERNET AND SERVICES
INFORMATION SERVICES/ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS
SOCIETIES AND ORGANIZATIONS
- NON PROFIT/ACADEMIC
- COMMERCIAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS/CONSULTING/PUBLISHERS
NEWSGROUPS
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Information about updates to or different formats of this document:

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

Internet-cmc tips (internet-cmc.use) describes tips for using the Internet and Computer-Mediated Communication list

THE INTERNET AND SERVICES

This section lists information about the Internet, services available on it, and topics related to computer networking.

INTERNET DESCRIPTIONS

NEW USER INTRODUCTION/MOTIVATION
- Gold in Networks! (fyi_10.txt) a description of gold nuggets in the network, by J. Martin
- Hitchikers Guide (rfc1118.txt) describes the Internet (circa September 1989), by Ed Krol
- Internet Index (internet-index.txt) The Internet Index [Inspired by `Harper's Index'], by Win Treese
- 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 Jean 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 written by Adam Gaffin for the Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Big Dummy Web (bdg_toc.htm) Big Dummy's Guide in HTML
- Big Dummy Search (mylist) search the Big Dummy Guide
- CERFNet Guide by the California Education and Research Federation Network
- Desktop Internet a DOS hypertext reference to the Internet.
- De Presno Guide a shareware book, `The Online World' (long)
- DDN New User Guide (nug.doc) Defense Data Network guide for new users
- Infopop (readme) a WINHELP (hypertext) guide to the Internet, Compuserve, BBS systems, and more
- 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
- Meng's (guide.htm) Holistic Guide to the Internet
- 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
- SURFnet Guide SURFnet is the Dutch academic network
- 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
- The Dos Internet Kit public domain programs that enable Ethernet or serially-connected PCs to access Internet services, by Dean Pentcheff
- Internet Beginner (bgi12.zip) The Beginner's Guide to the Internet, a DOS-based tutorial, by Pat Suarez
- 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
- Gopherin a course for cyberspace
- 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
- Navigating an interactive workshop, by Richard J. Smith
- Newcastle/Tyne (tms-list.txt) Network Training Materials and Related Documentation
- Schneider Bib (training.bib) A bibliography of Internet Training Materials, by Karen Schneider
- Start (newusers.faq) Where to Start for New Internet Users, by James Milles
- Syracuse Courses (bmis.htm)
- Trainmat Training Materials Gopher
- Trainpack (README) repository of training and training-related materials
- Wheeler (nettrain.00readme) Internet Training handouts written by Bill Wheeler
- Unix tutorials
- Unix Help (TOP_.htm) Novalinks's Unixhelp for users
- 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
- Web country maps (maps.htm)

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
- InternNIC via email: Mail service: mail mailserv@internic.net Body: "help"
- InterNIC Gopher information server for Internet Network Information Center
- InterNIC Home Page (internic.htm)
- 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)
INTERNET HOME PAGES
- Duke's NetCom
- Internet Web Text (text.htm) an index to the Internet's resources, John December
- Italian Net Tools (NIR-map.htm)
- GNN's Internet (internet.toc.htm) Internet information from Global Network Navigator
- Nova Links (start.htm) Nova Southeastern University, in Ft. Lauderdale Florida
- Stanford (Net.htm) Stanford Medical School Internet Page
- NCIH (welcome.htm) North Carolina Information Highway
- NOSC Page (internet.htm) list of Internet-related sources, by Richard Bocker
- Yale (WorldWideWebTop.htm) General Overview of Worldwide Internet Resources
- Worldwide WWW Info (world)
SOURCES OF NETWORKING, COMPUTING AND RELATED INFORMATION
- ACM Gopher Association of Computing Machinery's information server
- ACM WWW Home Page
- ALAWON archive: files from American Library Association: mail listserv@uicvm.uic.edu Body: "send ala-wo filelist"
- CNI Gopher Coalition for Networked Information, promotes creation of and access to information resources in networked environments
- CNI search Coalition for Networked Information search server Login as : brsuser
- CPSR Gopher
- Communications Res Cen (index.htm) Communications Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada
- CERN European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva, Switzerland, (and birthplace of the World-Wide Web)
- EARN Gopher
- EFF Gopher A gopher information server for the Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Hacking and Phreaking
- HCI ftp site Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) bibliography repository
- HCI Launching Pad Human-Computer Interaction
- HPCC Office Web Page the National Coordination Office (NCO) for High Performance Computing and Communications
- ICSI The International Computer Science Institute
- IEEE Gopher Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineer's information server
- IEEE Tech: Portfolio of Emerging Technologies: mail info.new.tech@ieee.org Body: "anything"
- ISOC Gopher the Internet Society's Information server
- HelpNet Archives reference base for new users to the Internet
- HPCWire The High-Performance Computing news and information service, covering workstations through supercomputers
- Introducing the Internet Merit's Directory of miscellaneous introductory Internet information
- Library of Congress (index) a directory of Internet User Guides
- LIT Laboratoire d'Informatique Technique
- Mem U of Newfoundland Venturing into the Internet collection
- MetaCenter (MetaCenterHome.htm) National MetaCenter for Computational Science and Engineering
- Meta Net Gopher support for groups and individuals who use The Meta Network
- 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
- NIST Web Page (welcome.htm) National Institute of Standards and Technology WWW Home Page
- NIST Gopher National Institute of Standards and Technology Gopher
- NYSERnet New York State Education and Research Network
- OPTOLINK (00README.ACCESS) an expanding set of online services offered to the scientific and engineering communities by The International Society for O
- PSGnet/RAINet networking in the developing world, low-cost networking tools, computer networking in general
- RIPE Gopher
- Singapore DMC Digital Media Centre (DMC) Mosaic Home Page
- 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
- WATERS (WATERS-GS.htm) Wide Area Technical Report Service

SERVICES AND TOOLS

INFORMATION AND SERVICES LISTS
- Cyberpoet Guide (cyberpoet.gvc) cyberpoet's Guide to virtual culture---a multipart guide to the electronic frontier, by John Frost
- Freeside FAQ (fsfaq.htm) Meng surfs the Internet
- Gopher Jewels subject-oriented gopher list
- Gopher Jewels Web (index.htm)
- Gopher Jewels .links format
- Gopher Jewels (index.htm)
- Gopher Jewels Index: lists of files available about Gopher Jewels: mail ftpmail@tpis.cactus.org Body: "get gj-index.txt"
- Hypermedia/Internet (hypermedia.htm) Hypermedia and the Internet, by David Green
- Internet Handbook (internet-technology-handbook-contents) a list of RFCs by subject and category
- Information Sources (internet-cmc.readme) the Internet and Computer-Mediated Communication
- Internet Meta-Index (MetaIndex.htm) Internet Resources Meta-Index, by Marc Andreessen
- Internet Reviews reviews of Internet resources
- Joel's List (index.htm) Joel's Hierarchical Subject Index
- 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
- Networking Overview (Networking.htm) Overview of information available
- Planet Earth (info.htm) planet earth home page, a list of things on the Internet, by Richard Bocker
- Smith's BigFun List (bigfun.txt) telnet, ftp, and other sites, by Jeremy Smith
- Stanford WWW Links (otherLinks.htm)
- ThesisNet FAQ (thesisfaq.htm#ftp) a summary of academic resources pertaining to cyberspace
- Yale Overview (WorldWideWebTop.htm) General Overview of Worldwide Internet Resources
- Yanoff's Services List (inet.services.txt) Special Internet Connects, by Scott Yanoff
- Yanoff List HTML (inet.services.htm) Hyptertext markup language version of Yanoff's list
- WWW Pages (summary.htm) A collection of WWW Home pages, by Oliver McBryan
LISTS OF TOOLS
- Best of Web (contest) will contain a gallery of best of Web Award Winnters
- Internet Browsers (syslib.htm) Sources for Internet Browsers and Client Software
- 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/December HTML (internet-tools.htm) HTML version of a list summarizing Internet tools and forums, by John December
- Internet Tools/December (internet-tools) a 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
WEB SEARCHING TOOLS
- Archie via Web (archie.htm)
- Gopher Jewels Search (gopher.htm) Search the Gopher Jewels
- GNA Meta-Library (index.htm)
- JumpStation (js) referencing the information available on the World Wide Web
- NorthStar (top.htm?) search indexes the headers of World Wide Web documents
- SUSI (susi.htm) Simplified Universal Search Interface
- WWW Catalog (w3catalog)
TOOLS
SERVICES
- CARL Systems databases for article access and delivery
- Correct Time/NBS tells National Bureau of Standards correct time
- ENewsstand information provided by U.S.magazine publishers Login as : enews
- ENewsstand gopher information provided by U.S.magazine publishers
- Email FTP: get files at anonymous ftp sites via email.: mail ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com Body: "help"
- Email Gopher: use a gopher via email: mail gophermail@ncc.go.jp Body: "help"
- Email Gopher: use a gopher via email: mail gophermail@calvin.edu Body: "help"
- Email WWW: obtain a web file (e.g., http) via email; URL = Uniform resource locator: mail listserv@info.cern.ch Body: "www URL"
- Email Usenet: post to newsgroup via email: mail hierarchy-group-name@cs.utexas.edu Subject: Your Subject Body: "Your Contents"
- FAXNET: FAX's via email ($): mail info@awa.com Body: "help"
- Finger database Access to a database facility via finger
- Hytelnet assists users in reaching Internet libraries, Free-nets, CWISs, BBSs, and other information sites by telnet
- Internet Marketing: by the Internet Company: mail market@internet.com Body: "send market info""
- Knowbot provides a uniform user interface to heterogeneous remote information services
- Mail name server: gives email information about many email names (e.g. IP address given name): mail dns@grasp.insa-lyon.fr Body: "help"
- Softlock: selling freely-copyable computer programs and documents: mail Info@SoftLock.COM Body: "send info"
- WorldWindow a service of the Washington University Libraries

NETWORKING

BITNET intro: : mail listserv@bitnic.educom.edu Body: "send BITNET INTRO"

CERT Computer Emergency Response Team at Carnegie Mellon Univ.
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
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
- FSLIST the Forgotten Sites List of public access Internet sites, by Louis Raphael
- 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
- Internet Providers (internet-access-providers-alphabetical-listing.txt) All Providers Alphabetically
- Internet Providers Non-US (internet-access-providers-non-us.txt) Non-US Internet Providers
- 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
- PDIAL (pdial) The Public Dialup Internet Access List, by Peter Kaminski
- NIXPUB (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
- Rural Nets: Rural Datafication Project: mail rjacot@cic.net
- Rural Datafication
- SEA Community Network Seattle's community networks
SOME COMMERCIAL SERVICE (Online, Internet, Public-access) PROVIDERS
- The World public access Unix
SOME FREENETS (tm) / COMMUNITY NETWORKS
- Free-Net List
- M-Net Michigan Freenet Login as : newuser
- Cleveland the Cleveland Free-net Login as : new
- Digital City de Digitale Stad, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Nyx The Spirit of the Night Login as : new
- NCF National Capital (Canada) Freenet Login as : guest
- NS*CAN (Home.htm) Nova Scotia, Canada
- Toledo Login as : visitor
- Youngstown Login as : visitor

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL AND DISSEMINATION

Cataloging Internet Res: explores how to catalog electronic information, by Priscilla Caplan: mail listserv@uhupvm1.uh.edu Body: "get caplan prv4n2"

CHAT Conversational Hypertext Access Technology, natural-language interface
CHAT natural language interface to information
CNI Coalition for Networked Information
Doc Center (home.htm) Document Center, a hard copy document delivery service for government and industry specifications and standards
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
CNIDR Web Page (welcome.htm) Coalition for Networked Information Discovery and Retrieval Home Page
IAFA (charter) Internet Anonymous FTP Archives Working Group
Library Special (nnews.1993-10) Library special collections on the internet
NIR Archives Networked Information Retieval
NIR Gopher Networked Information Retrieval Gopher
OCLC Research Toward Providing Library Services for CMC
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
UWI (uwi-info.htm) UnderWorld Industries, nodes that wish to share information with other UWI nodes

DIRECTORIES

CSOIRG Home Page (chome.htm) The Clearinghouse for Subject-Oriented Internet Resource Guides
Dartmouth Merged SIGL Special Interest Group Lists
Electronic Conferences (acadlist.readme) Directory of Scholarly Electronic Conferences, by Diane K. Kovacs
Electronic Zines/Jrl An Index to Electronic Journals and Zines
Electronic Journals Directory of Electronic Journals and Newsletters, by Michael Strangelove
Electronic Magazines an archive of various electronic magazines
EZines List (e-zine-list) summary of electronically-accessible zines, by John Labovitz
EZines Web (e-zine-list.htm) summary of electronic zines by John Labovitz
EINet Galaxy (galaxy.htm) a guide to world-wide information and services
Finding Lists: how to find LISTSERV lists: mail listserv@vm1.nodak.edu Body: "get NEW-LIST wouters"
Free Databases (free-databases) a catalog databases that are available without payment
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 and Databases, Art St. George and Ron Larsen
Online books (books.htm) On-line books
Online bibs (bibliographies.htm) On-line Bibliographies and Journal Contents
Online journals (journals.htm) On-line Journals
Online libraries (e-libraries.htm)
Subject Guides subject-specific Internet Resource Guides collected by UMich
Subject Guides UMich collection via gopher
Subject Guides (chhome.htm) UMich's collection via WWW
Technical Reports technical reports archive
Virtual Tourist (world) geographical directory of WWW Information Services
WAIS sources (readme) a brief description of the content of many WAIS sources on the Internet, grouped into relevant categories

COMMUNICATION

AUDIO
- Berklee College of Music
- CERL The CERL Sound Group (U of IL)
- 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"
- Internet Multicasting WWW (radio.htm) Home page for the Internet Multicasting Service
- Internet Talk Radio sites: : mail sites@radio.com Body: "send SITES"
- Multicast Backbone (faq.txt) live audio and video multicast virtual network on top of Internet
- Music Resources (music_resources.htm)
- Say Text->Audio (translate text to sound)
HYPER/VIRTUAL/MULTIMEDIA
- CGU (Manchester, UK) (CGU-research.htm) The Computer Graphics Unit - Research
- GA Tech Graphics (gvutop.htm) Georgia Institute of Technology's Graphics, Visualization, & Usability Center
- Multimedia Index (MultimediaInfo) Multimedia Information Sources, by Simon Gibbs
- Multimedia Survey (mmsurvey.txt) A Survey of Distributed Multimedia Research, Standards and Products, by RARE
- Multimedia Lab BU Multimedia Laboratory at Boston University
- MIT Media Lab access to Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab
- MIT Telemedia (tns-www-home.htm) Telemedia, Networks, and Systems Group
- Scientific Visualization (annotatedURLs.htm) Annotated Scientific Visualization URL Bibliography
- TX A&M Media Lab (home.htm) Texas A and M Hypermedia Research Lab
- VSR (index.htm) Virtual Shared Reality Project
MASS COMMUNICATION
- CBC Home Page (cbc.htm) Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- CBC Gopher Canadian Broadcasting Corporation gopher
- ClariNet: complete electronic newspaper delivered via net nets: mail info@clarinet.com
- College Newspapers
- Cyberspace Report (cyber.htm) a public affairs radio show aired on KUCI, 88.9 FM in Irvine, California
- Media BBS: Media BBS List, broadcasting/journalism BBS list, by Mark S. Leff: mail listserv@ulkyvm.louisville.edu Body: "GET MEDIA BBSLIST"
- MTV Adam Curry's server of Music information and news
- NBC News: NBC nightly news comments/questions: mail nightly@nbc.com
- NPR Weekend Ed: US National Public Radio Weekend Edition -- Weekend and Sunday ONLY: mail wesun@cap.gwu.edu Body: "Please send info."
- NPR Talk/Nation: US National Public Radio Talk of the Nation: mail totn@aol.com Body: "Please send info."
- NPR Science Friday: US National Public Radio Science Friday Program: mail scifri@aol.com Body: "Please send info."
- Palo Alto Weekly (home.htm)
- PWN: PeaceNet World News Service: mail pwn-info@igc.apc.org
- Journalism (journalism-net-resources) Journalism List of Internet Resources, by John S. Makulowich
- Satellite (sat.htm) The Satellite TV Page
- TV Schedules (television.htm)
- VOA Voice of America (USA)
GROUP COMMUNICATION
- Computer Network Conf (rfc1324.txt) A Discussion on Computer Network Conferencing, by D. Reed
- Hypermedia/Internet (hypermedia.htm) Hypermedia and the Internet
- Interactive Geo (plotd) Interactive Geographical Index, a way for people to mark where they are
- Internet Relay Chat(IRC) real-time, many-many text discussion divided into channels
- IRC FAQ (irc.htm)
- Free for All (Free.htm) an experiment in a networked hypermedia group bulletin board
- Multiple User Dialogue (MUD) real-time interaction usually for social role-playing
- MUD Lists The Totally Unofficial List of Internet Muds
- MUD Page (mud.htm) Experimental MUD WWW Page, by Russ Smith
- 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 and Email
- PGP Mail Pretty Good Privacy, a public key encryption package
- PEM (FAQ) Privacy Enhanced Email

LANGUAGE/CULTURE/COMMUNITY/SOCIETY

Activism a collection of various online resources about activism
Anonymity FAQ Anonymity on the Internet
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 94 (babel94a.txt) a listing of computer-orientated abbreviations and acronyms, by Irving Kind
Baylor etexts
Bordeaux and Prague illustrated fictions of both an artistic and a theoretical nature
CTI: Centre for Textual Studies, Oxford: mail ctitext@vax.ox.ac.uk
Community Nets collection of papers about Community Computer Networks rights and access
Community Nets weekly report attempts to follow the changing nature of community based and oriented activities on the int
Computer Jargon search search the jargon file on WWW
Computer Jargon (jargon-README) The Jargon File (the definitive compendium of hacker slang)
CMC Glossary
Computer Underground (meyer) The Social Organization of the Computer Underground, an MS Thesis by Gordon R. Meyer
Computing Dictionary The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
Coombs Papers science and humanities papers, bibliographies, directories, theses abstracts and other high-grade research material
CPET Catalogue of Projects in Electronic Text
Cyber Papers EFF's collection of cyberspace-related papers
Cyberspace/Law (cyberspace)
Cyberpunk FAQ (cyberpunk-faq) from the Usenet newsgroup alt.cyberpunk
Encyclopedia Britannica
EStyle (litext) review of the book *Electronic Style* by Xia Li and Nancy Crane, by Peter Graham
Electronic Text Catalogue of projects in electronic text, Center for Text and Technology
Electronic Word (lanham.txt) Democracy, Technology, and the Arts, by Richard A. Lanham
English Server examine the possibilities of collaborative, community-run communications
FineArt Forum (fineart_online) a newsletter about online art
Friends & Partners (home.htm) USA and Russia information and communication
FreeNet93 international conference on community networking August 18 and 19, 1993, in Ottawa
Future Culture: FutureCulture FAQ, or Cyberography, is maintained by Andy Hawks: mail future-request@nyx.cs.du.edu Subject: send faq
Gender a collection of various online resources about gender issues
Gender Issues (leslie_regan_shade.txt) Gender Issues in Computer Networking, by Leslie Regan Shade
Gutenberg Project Texts
Gutenberg Web Page (Welcome.htm)
Humanities: Ad Hoc Steering Committee of the National Initiative for Humanities and Arts Computing: mail rre-request@weber.ucsd.edu Subject: archive send humanities
Indigenous a collection of various online resources about indigenous peoples issues
Internet demographics a survey by Texas Internet Consulting
Internet Glossary (fyi_18.txt) Internet-specific terms defined
Internet Wiretap (FEATURES) electronic books and information
Internet Wiretap Gopher electronic books and information
Internet Town Hall
IRC Community (electropolis)
Latin a collection of various online resources about Latin issues
MTV music-oriented information server run by Adam Curry
Net Rights (brrec.text) Bill of Rights and Responsibilities for the Electronic Community of Learners
Net Ethics (rfc1087.txt) Ethics and the Internet
Net Etiquette Guide (netiquette.txt) by Arlene H. Rinaldi
Netizen Anthology The Netizens and the Wonderful World of the Net--an anthology, Ronda Hauben, Micahel Hauben
Netizen Paper (netizens.Z) by Michael Hauben, The Net and Netizens
Networking: Networking on the Network, by Phil Agre: mail rre-request@weber.ucsd.edu Subject: archive send network
Online Book Initiative (README)
Oxford Archive Oxford Text Archive
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
Reasons for NII (README) Federation of American Research Networks (FARNet) Network Stories for 51 Reasons to Build the National Information
Smiley Dictionary (smiley-dictionary) unofficial list of smilies
Smileys (part01.Z) a smiley server by David W. Sanderson
Togethernet on-line information and communication network for sustainable planetary future
Tribe: an email list for no purpose but for gathering people together: mail listserv@lists.colorado.edu Body: "info tribe"
Usenet (leviathan) Searching for the Leviathan in Usenet, by Rich MacKinnon
Virtual Community (slice.of.life) A Slice of Life in My Virtual Community, by Howard Rheingold
Taking/Web (start.htm) Taking Over the Web, An agenda for re-colonizing the Internet with the general population
The WELL (town-on-internet-highway) Small Town on the Internet Highway
UWI Cultural Play (uwi.htm) UWI's Web's Edge/UnderWorld Industries' Cultural Playground
Writer's Resources (resources) Internet Writer Resources, Compiled/Edited/Maintained by L. Detweiler

EDUCATION/ACADEMIA

AskERIC automated information outlet for ERIC system
AskERIC Gopher
AskERIC Cows (COWSHome.htm) web server for ERIC educational resources
Bell-TCI Bell Atlantic-TCI project
Bell Atlantic Bell Atlantic gopher
CAF FTP Archive Computers and Academic Freedom Archive
CAF Web Page (cafhome.htm) Computers and Academic Freedom Web Page
CAUSE gopher association for managing and using information technology in higher education
CWIS List (cwis-l) Campus-Wide Info Systems list
CWIS Paper (hallman.txt) Campus-Wide Info Systems by Judy Hallman
Cyberion City virtual environment built by schoolchildren Login as : guest
Distance Ed (disted:ellsworth)
Distance Ed DB A database from the International Centre for Distance Learning at the UK Open University
Diversity U Diversity University, an experiment in interactive learning through internet
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
Electronic Academical Village (iath_pamphlet.htm)
High school/Internet a case study of an east central Florida high school, by Michael Anthony Gallos to the internet
IAT: Institute for Academic technology (IBM and UNC): mail INFO.IAT@mhs.unc.edu Body: "send help"
IAT archive Institute for Academic technology ftp site
IKE IBM Kiosk for Education
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
KidLink gopher aimed at 10-15 year olds
K-12 NREN (K-12NREN1.1) Equity, Access, and a Trojan Horse
Learning V: Learning Village, Internet access to schools, by National Public Telecomputing Network and Ameritech: mail tmg@nptn.org
Marcopia Center for Learning and Instruction
MEU BBS Mind Extension University Bulletin Board System
Networking: Networking on the Network, an essay by Phil Agre: mail comserve@vm.its.rpi.edu Body: "send Profess Network"
NPTN (basic.guide.txt) National Public Telecomputing Network
Online LC Mount Allison University's Online Learning Centre--tele-education
Scholarly Communication (reports) Quarterly Technical Reports
Scholary Comm Project (scholar.htm) Scholar -- WWW
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
SME: Subject Matter Experts -- Opportunity for Online Teaching and Learning: mail jbharris@tenet.edu Body: "Please send Subject Matter Experts info"
Tech/Schools (refuse_1.4) Technology Refusal and the Organizational Culture of Schools, by Steven Hodas
US Dept of Ed United States Department of Education
USENET University (FAQ) an online a society of people interested in learning, teaching or tutoring
CMC/MEDIA/TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS
- Annenberg (11817.htm) Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania
- Michigan Tech CCLI (Center for Computer-assisted Language Instruction)
- Syracuse School of Information Studies
- UC-Irvine (ICShome.htm) Information and Computer Science

GOVERNMENT/PUBLIC POLICY

ACE Americans Communicating Electronically
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
GILS Government Information Locator Service
Govt/Citizenship Information
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
Humanities Intitiative: National Initiative for Humanities and Arts Computing: mail chhenry@vassar.edu
Info Policy: Information Policy for Electronic Information Resources, by Mary Lou Goodyear: mail listserv@uhupvm1.uh.edu Body: "GET GOODYEAR PRV4N6"
Internet Accounting (accting.sg.ps.Z)
Internet Economics (Economics_of_Internet.txt) Some Economics of the Internet by Jeffrey K. MacKie-Mason
Internet Policy (rfc1527.txt) What Should We Plan Given the Dilemma of the Network?, by G. Cook
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 FTP (niiagenda.asc) National Information Infrastructure
NII BBS The White House Information Infrastructure Task Force BBS Login as : gopher
NII Gopher The White House Information Infrastructure Task Force BBS
NII Dialup: The White House Information Infrastructure Task Force BBS: phone 1-202-501-1920
Open Platform Public Policy for the Information Age, EFF
US Fed Govt Internet resources for U.S. Federal Government Information, by Maggie Parhamovich
US Senate

INFORMATION SERVICES/ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS

This section lists sources of information devoted to the study of CMC, the Internet or computer network technology. Below the description of the services, newsletters, and journals are tables describing online access when available.

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"

Concise (Overview.htm) database about networks, networking tools and projects
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"
Virtual Work BBS Virtual Workplace Bulletin Board Login as : lewisnts

DISCUSSION LISTS

CBNVEE: educational environments using networked virtual reality software: mail listserv@mcmuse.mc.maricopa.edu Body: "sub CBNVEE YOUR NAME"

CMC: Computer-Mediated Communication Comserve Hotline: mail comserve@vm.its.rpi.edu Body: "join CMC YOUR NAME"

Cypherpunks mailing list archive--encryption, remailers, etc.
Cypherwonks: general cutting-edge `cyberspatial development' projects such as in cryptography, digital cash, and `electronic democracy': mail Majordomo@Lists.EUnet.fi Body: "sub cypherwonks YOUR NAME"
EduTel: Comserve Hotline use of computers in education: mail comserve@vm.its.rpi.edu Body: "join edutel YOUR NAME"
EDTECH: Educational Technology: mail listserv@msu.bitnet Body: "subscribe EDTECH YOUR NAME"
Interpedia: a public-domain Internet encylopedia: mail interpedia-request@telerama.lm.com Body: "subscribe YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS"
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 listproc@cni.org Body: "sub CNI-DIRECTORIES YOUR NAME"
FUTUREC: FutureCulture e-list: mail futurec@uafsysb.uark.edu Body: "sub FUTUREC 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"
InterNIC Announce: announcements list for Internet Network Information Center: mail listserv@is.internic.net Body: "sub announce YOUR NAME"
InterNIC Net Resources: resources only, low volume: mail listserv@is.internic.net Body: "sub net-resources YOUR NAME"
InterNIC NICS: Internet Network Information Center Network Information Centers list: mail listserv@is.internic.net Body: "sub YOUR_EMAIL_ADR nics"
InterNIC Net Happenings: conferences, publications, political news, resources, newsletters, etc.: mail listserv@is.internic.net Body: "sub net-happenings YOUR NAME"
Interpedia: an online Internet encyclopedia: mail interpedia-request@telerama.lm.com Body: "sub YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS"
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"
IPCT Gopher
IRVC-L: foster, ecourage, advance, and communicate research on virtual culture: mail listserv@byrd.mu.wvnet.edu Body: "sub IRVC-L YOUR NAME"
LM_NET: A World-Wide Discussion Group For School Library Media People: mail Body: "sub LM_NET YOUR NAME"
MEDIA-L: Media in Education: mail listserv@bingvmb.bitnet Body: "subscribe MEDIA-L YOUR NAME"
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 Archive search net-happenings mailing list archive Login as : brsuser
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"
NewNIR-L: announcements of new Network Information Retrieval and Online Public Access Catalogue Services: mail listserv@itocsivm.csi.it Body: "sub NEWNIR-L YOUR NAME"
NII Regional: National Information Infrastructure (USA) Regional Project Development: mail majordomo@rain.org Body: "subscribe niiregional-l"
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 NAME"
Online-news: online newspapers and magazines: mail Majordomo@marketplace.com Body: "subscribe online-news YOUR BIO STATEMENT"
UNITE: interface to all network services.ng. theme: mail mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk Body: "join UNITE YOUR NAME"
RESODLAA: distance education and open learning research: mail Listserver@usq.edu.au Body: "sub RESODLAA YOUR NAME"
RITIM-L: Research Institute for Telecommunications and Information Marketing discussion list: mail listserv@uriacc.uri.edu Body: "sub RITIM-L YOUR NAME"
SCHOLAR: text analysis and natural language processing, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation: mail listserv@cunyvm.cuny.edu Body: "sub SCHOLAR YOUR NAME"
TECHNET: Technical Support for Education and Research: mail listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca Body: "subscribe TECHNET YOUR NAME"
Technomads: wireless, mobile data comm networks: mail technomads-request@ucsd.edu Body: "sub technomads YOUR NAME"
TEI Text Encoding Initiative, issues relating to text encoding and SGML
ThesisNet: criticism of works-in-progress related to all aspects of human interaction with and within cyberspace: mail thesisnet-request@seas.upenn.edu Body: "sub THESISNET YOUR NAME"
TIPSHEET: : mail listserv@wsuvm1.csc.wsu.edu Body: "subscribe TIPSHEET"
VPIEJ-L: Electronic publishing issues, especially Scholarly Electronic Journals: mail listserv@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu Body: "sub VPIEJ-L YOUR NAME"
WWW courseware: new or existing educational applications of the World-Wide Web: mail www-courseware-request@eit.com Body: "sub YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS"
WWW literature: new or existing literary resources/works on the World-Wide Web: mail www-literature-request@eit.com Body: "sub YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS"

JOURNALS/NEWSLETTERS

ALAWON: American Library Association (ALA) Online Newsletter: mail listserv@uicvm.uic.edu Body: "sub ALA-WO YOUR NAME"

Bits and Bytes: a weekly electronic newsletter about miscellaneous high-tech issues: mail listserv@acad1.dana.edu Body: "SUBSCRIBE bits-n-bytes"

Bits and Bytes archive
Boardwatch: Boardwatch Magaine BBS, voice line for information: phone 1-303-973-6038
CETH Newsletter: Center for Electronic Texts in the Humanities, Princeton and Rutgers: mail ceth@zodiac.rutgers.edu
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 compute
DECNEWS: from Digital Equipment Corporation's Education Business Unit for the education and research communities worldwide: mail listserv@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu Body: "sub DECNEWS YOUR NAME"
EDUPAGE: summary of information technology news: mail listserv@bitnic.educom.edu 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"
EPIN: Electronic Public Information Newsletter: mail epin@access.digex.com Body: "Please send EPIN info."
EJournal: Concerned with implications of electronic networks and texts: mail listserv@albany.bitnet Body: "sub EJRNL YOUR NAME"
EJournal Archive back issues of EJournal
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
Fed Comm Law J (fclj.htm) Federal Communications Law Journal Web Page
GNN: Global Network Navigator: mail info@gnn.com Body: "Please send GNN info."
GNN News (news.htm)
HOTT-LIST: (Hot Off The Tree) advances in computer, communications, and electronics technology: mail Body: "SUBSCRIBE HOTT-LIST"
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"
INFOSYS: The Electronic Newsletter for Information Systems: mail listserv@american.edu Body: "sub INFOSYS YOUR NAME"
InterText an electronically distributed magazine of fiction
InterText Web Page (ITtoc.htm)
JASBITS: A newsletter of miscellaneous net information, editor James A. Squires: mail jsquires@cerf.net Subject: JASBITS SUBSCRIBE Body: "YOUR NAME how you knew"
Netweaver: The Newsletter of the Electronic Networking Association: mail comserve@vm.its.rpi.edu Body: "send Netweave Winter91"
Nets and Comm: Networks and Community, a newsletter of FUTURE DATA: mail samsam@vm1.yorku.ca
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 Business Report (ibr.htm)
Internet Letter (index.htm)
Internet Review An `irregular and on-line journal of new and interesting stuff on the net'
Internet World: a paper journal from MecklerMedia: 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"
Meta net community interests--cryptograhy, electronic publishing, free software, internet, privacy
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"
PACSR Index: The Public-Access Computer Systems Review Index: mail listserv@uhupvm1.uh.edu Body: "get index pr f=mail"
REACH Research and Education Applications of Computers in the Humanities Newsletter
Red Rock Eater: Red Rock Eater News Service, Phil Agre's periodic messages about Internet: mail rre-request@weber.ucsd.edu Subject: subscribe YOUR NAME
Surfpunk Technical Journal `a dangerous multinational hacker zine originating near BARRNET in the fashionable western arm of the northern California mat
TNS Telelearning Network Synthesizer, Edited by Tom Copley
TidBITS: a free weekly electronic publication that reports on interesting products and events in the computer industry: mail listserv@ricevm1.rice.edu Body: "sub TIDBITS YOUR NAME"
Voices Voices from the Net Magazine
Voorhees Reports: court and regulatory developments involving telecommunications, intellectual property, and information: mail markvoor@phantom.com Body: "Please send Voorhees Reports info."
The WELL The Whole Earth Electronic Magazine
Wired: a magazine of cyberspace and technology: mail infobot@wired.com Body: "get index"
Wired Gopher
Wired Web
3W: World Wide Web Newsletter: mail 3W@ukartnet.demon.co.uk Body: "Please send 3W info."

SOCIETIES AND ORGANIZATIONS

NON-PROFIT/ACADEMIC

ACM SIGCOMM (overview.htm) Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Communications
ASIS: American Society for Information Science: mail asis@cni.org
CCN: The Center for Civic Networking, applying information infrastructure to the broad public good: mail ccn@civicnet.org
CCN Archive
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"
CNI 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 Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility, alliance of computer professionals who discuss the impact of computer technology on society.
CREN supports low-cost access to worldwide electronic networking for education and research
EARN European Academic Research Network
ECHO European Commission Host Organisation Login as : echo
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."
EDUCOM Gopher
EFF (about-eff) public interest organization to educate public about computer and communication technologies.
EFF Web Page Electronic Frontier Foundation Web Page
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.
GNA (index.htm) Globewide Network Academy, a non-profit corporation, affiliated with the Usenet University, goal is create an fully accredit
HPCC Office the National Coordination Office (NCO) for High Performance Computing and Communications
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.
ITU International Telecommunication Union, a United Nations agency which coordinates telecommunications
MCNC (MCNC.htm) electronic and information technologies, private/non-profit, formerly the Micro-electronics Center of North Carolina
NIIT (niit_top.htm) National Information Infrastructure Testbed
OSF (index.htm) Open Software Foundation
RARE Reseaux Associes pour la Recherche Europeenne, European networking organizations
RIPE Reseaux IP Europeen, ensures coordination to operate a pan-European IP network.
WAENA: WideArea Educational Network: mail jwmilton@waena.portal.com
SEA Society for Electronic Access

COMMERCIAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS/CONSULTING/PUBLISHERS

AT&T Web Page Web server for AT&T Bell Laboratories
Bell Atlantic Bell Atlantic FTP site
Book Stacks Unlimited on-line Bookstore and Readers' Conference System
Branch Branch Information Services, advertising and marketing for the Intenret
Career Connections recruiting, advertising, and career searching tool
CityScape CityScape Internet Services, Ltd.
Consensus (ConsensusFrontDoor.htm) software support for collaboration, including groupware
Cyberspace Development: consulting in building an Internet storefront: mail development@marketplace.com
DEC (info.htm) Digital Equipment Corporation, Marketing Home Page
D3 Electric Catalog (home.htm) pc products
EIT Enterprise Integration Technologies
EINet (galaxy.htm) a commercial provider of network communication and information services
GEMS Global Electronic Marketing Service
GNN Marketplace (mkt.intro.htm) Global Network Navigator (GNN) Marketplace
InterMart (front_door.htm) Mac/PC/Unix software, books, magazines
Internet Dist Svs (home.htm) electronic publishing and distribution of catalogs and product information
MailCom (README) a telecommunications publishing and training firm located in Oakland, California.
MarketBase Gopher on-line catalog of goods and services
Maxwell
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
Novell
O'Reilly and Assoc. publisher of books for UNIX, open systems, and networking. Login as : gopher
O'Reilly Resource Center (center.htm) O'Reilly and Associates, Inc.
Oslonett a Norwegian company providing Internet and Unix services
Oslonett Marketplace (ON-market.htm)
PIPEX The Public IP Exchange
QMS (QMS1.htm) imaging solutions in the area of electronic publishing, advanced imaging, office automation
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
MecklerMedia: publishers of Internet books and conferences: phone 800-MECKLER
MecklerMedia email: : mail meckler@jvnc.net
MeckerlMedia gopher
NTT Web Page (index.htm) Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
Online Career Center
SCO Web Page (index.htm) The Santa Cruz Operation
VTLS Web Page automation solutions for libraries and other information centers worldwide
Wavefront graphics for animation

NEWSGROUPS

Newsgroups are sometimes a rich source of information about the Internet, networks, and CMC issues. This section lists newsgroups in which topics related to networks, the Internet, or CMC are discussed. Watch for (FAQ) = periodic posting of Frequently Asked Questions.

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
Cyberpunk (alt.cyberpunk) cyberpunk/cyberspace culture and literature
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)
Info Sys (new) (comp.infosystems.announce) Information systems new resources
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)
Undernet (alt.irc.undernet) an alternative to the current EFNet IRC system
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)

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

This section lists useful information sources. For the sake of compactness, the book list here is short. For longer lists, see the online or paper bibliographies available. I've prepared a list of many books and article readings in CMC and computer networking. That file is the CMC December bibliography, listed below.

ONLINE BIBLIOGRAPHIES/SYLLABI

CMC December (internet-cmc.bib) bibliography of selected readings in CMC and networking, by John December
CMC Hacker: CMC bibliography, by Kenneth L. Hacker: mail comserve@vm.its.rpi.edu Body: "get compumed biblio"
CMC Parker: : mail listserv@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu Body: "send netstart info"
CMC Shedletsky (cmc-bibliography.txt)
CMC: communication: mail comserve@vm.its.rpi.edu Body: "get compunet biblio"
CMC Stephen: description of a CMC course: mail comserve@vm.its.rpi.edu Body: "get compumed syllabus"
CMC ED Higgins: : mail comserve@vm.its.rpi.edu Body: "get rescmc syllabus"
CMC ED Paulsen: : mail comserve@vm.its.rpi.edu Body: "get disted2 biblio"
CMC ED Rice: : mail comserve@vm.its.rpi.edu Body: "get cmced biblio"
CMC Study Review (cmc-study-review.txt) Ed CMC, a field study of recent research
CSCW Bibliography (README)
Ed Tech/England: for a course, Introduction to Educational Telecommunications: mail comserve@vm.its.rpi.edu Body: "get EdTel biblio"
Electronic Serials (bailey.bib)
Email 1/Thelen: email in social contexts (A-H): mail comserve@vm.its.rpi.edu Body: "get email 1 biblio"
Email 2/Thelen: email in social contexts (I-Z): mail comserve@vm.its.rpi.edu Body: "get email 2 biblio"
FYI Bibliography (fyi_03.txt)
IAT Internet Bib (irg-14.txt)
Info Nets/Newby: course outline and bibliography for a course `Information Networking': mail comserve@vm.its.rpi.edu Body: "get InfoNet Syllabus"
Information Soc (cud5.68) bibliography by Rob Kling
Internet Bks Review: reviews of Internet books, from NETTRAIN list: mail listserv@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu Body: "GET NETTRAIN REVIEWS NETTRAIN"
Internet Bks Quarterman (rfc1432.txt)
Internet/NREN Pugh: an annotated bibliography of the Internet and NREN by Pugh: mail comserve@vm.its.rpi.edu Body: "get internet biblio"
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"
New User's Bib (ftp) (newusers.faq)
Telecom/Newby: course outline and bibliography for a course entitled `Telecommunications': mail comserve@vm.its.rpi.edu Body: "get Telecomm Syllabus"
WAIS Bibliography (lincoln.bib)
WWW Bib (Bibliography.htm) Bibliography for the World Wide Web