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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, 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:
| Section -0- HOW TO USE THIS DOCUMENT
| Section -1- THE INTERNET AND SERVICES
| Section -2- INFORMATION SERVICES/ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS
> 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: mail comserve@vm.its.rpi.edu "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.
> Wall Street Journal (1993) A Report on Technology. Volume CCXXII, number 96, November 15, 1993. Section R.
> Written Communication (1991) Issue on computers, language, and writing. Volume 8, number 1, January.
o 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
> Cronin, Mary J. (1993) Doing business on the Internet: how the electronic highway is transforming American companies. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold.
> Dern, Daniel P. (1994) The Internet Guide for New Users. New York: McGraw-Hill.
> Estrada, Susan (1993) Connecting to the Internet: An O'Reilly Buyer's Guide. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly and Associates.
> Glister, Paul A. (1993) The Internet navigator: a new user's guide to network exploration. New York: Wiley.
> Hahn, Harley and Rick Stout (1994) The Internet Complete Reference. New York: Osborne McGraw-Hill.
> 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.
> Kehoe, Brendan (1994) Zen and the Art of the Internet: A Beginner's Guide. 3rd 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.
> 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.
> Li, Xia and Nancy B. Crane. (1993) Electronic style: a guide to citing electronic information. Westport, CT: Meckler.
> 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.
> Harasim, Linda M. (1993) Global networks: computers and international communication. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
> 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.
> Rheingold, Howard. (1993) The virtual community: homesteading on the electronic frontier. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.
> Sproull, Lee and Sara Kiesler. (1991) Connections: New Ways of Working in the Networked Organization. MIT Press.
|DDN New User Guide :Defense Data Network guide for new users
|Infopop :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 :A guide to Internet/Bitnet, by Dana Noonan
|NSF Resource Guide :National Science Foundation Guide to Internet Resources
|NWNet Internet Guide :NorthWestNet's User Service Internet Resource Guide
|NYSERNet Internet Guide :New York State Education and Research Network Guide to the Internet
|SURANet Internet Guide :updated as infoguide.MM-YR.txt
|Agricultural Guide :Not Just Cows, by Wilfred Drew
|Library Resources :Strategies for Selection and use, Ed. Laine Farley
|BUBL :The Bulletin Board for Libraries
|The Dos Internet Kit :public domain programs that enable Ethernet or serially-connected PCs to access Internet services, by Dean Pentcheff
|Internet Beginner :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 :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 :workshops and electronic event
|Internet Safari :A Classroom User's Guide to the Internet, by Yvonne Marie Andres
|HWGUIDE :A hypertext version of Noonan's Guide to Internet/Bitnet
|LeJeune Course :course materials and files, by Urban A. LeJeune
|Milles :An Introduction to Using the Internet at St. Louis University School of Law
|Monsarrat :Internet Course for Basic or Serious Level
|Newcastle/Tyne :Network Training Materials and Related Documentation
|Schneider Bib :A bibliography of Internet Training Materials, by Karen Schneider
|Trainmat :Training Materials Gopher
|Trainpack :repository of training and training-related materials
|Wheeler :Internet Training handouts written by Bill Wheeler
|VAX/VMS Networking :Beginner's Guide to Networking on the VAX/VMS, by Lucia Ruedenberg
|Internet Growth :charts showing the Internet's past and projected growth, by Texas Internet Consulting
|Internet History :Master's Thesis, Henry Edward Hardy
|Internet Monthly Report :monthly communications to the Internet Research Group
|Internet Statistics :NSF Statistics about Internet use
|Merit :network information center
|Merit Gopher :network information center
|NIC/DDN :Network Information Center/Defense Data Network
|InterNic Telnet :Directory and Database Services Telnet Interface
|InterNIC Ftp :ftp archives for InterNIC
|InternNIC via email :Mail service
|InterNIC Gopher :information server for Internet Network Information Center
|ACM Gopher :Association of Computing Machinery's information server
|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
|EFF Gopher :A gopher information server for the Electronic Frontier Foundation
|HCI ftp site :Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) bibliography repository
|HPCC Office Home Page :the National Coordination Office (NCO) for High Performance Computing and Communications
|IEEE Gopher :Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineer's information server
|IEEE Tech :Portfolio of Emerging Technologies
|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 :a directory of Internet User Guides
|LIT :Laboratoire d'Informatique Technique
|MetaCenter :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 Home Page :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 :an expanding set of online services offered to the scientific and engineering communities by The International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE)
|PSGnet/RAINet :networking in the developing world, low-cost networking tools, computer networking in general
|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 :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
|UWO's NIC :Univ of Western Ontario's Network Information Centre
|Washington and Lee :Explore Internet Resources
|Gopher Jewels :subject-oriented gopher list
|Hypermedia/Internet :Hypermedia and the Internet, by David Green
|Information Sources :the Internet and Computer-Mediated Communication
|Internet Page :list of Internet-related sources, by Richard Bocker
|Internet Meta-Index :Internet Resources Meta-Index, by Marc Andreessen
|MaasInfo Indexes :The index of indexs of Internet online files, by Robert Elton Maas
|May List :lists telnet sites/services, by CC May
|Must Have List :List of five `must have' Internet Resources
|Networking Overview :Overview of information available
|Planet Earth :planet earth home page, a list of things on the Internet, by Richard Bocker
|Smith's BigFun List :telnet, ftp, and other sites, by Jeremy Smith
|Yale Overview :General Overview of Worldwide Internet Resources
|Yanoff's Services List :Special Internet Connects, by Scott Yanoff
|Yanoff List HTML :Hyptertext markup language version of Yanoff's list
|Internet Browsers :Sources for Internet Browsers and Client Software
|Internet Tools EARN :guide to network resource tools, by European Academic Research Network Association
|Internet Tools NIR :A status report on networked information retrieval tools and groups, by Joint IETF/RARE/CNI Networked Information Retrieval Working Group
|Internet Tools/December HTML :HTML version of a list summarizing Internet tools and forums, by John December
|Internet Tools/December :a list summarizing Internet tools and forums, by John December
|Internet Systems UNITE :a list of Internet tools and systems, by User Network Interface To Everything
|Alex description :NIR (Networked Information Retrieval) description of Alex
|Archie :a service for finding files remotely
|Archie hypertext :Hypertext Archie Servers
|Archie manual :reference manual page for archie
|Archie demo :a telnet session to demonstrate archie
|Cello :DOS-based Internet browser incorporating WWW, Gopher, FTP, Telnet, News
|ComIndex :a menu-driven program for PCs to search a database of communication references
|Email-How to :Introduction to Sending and Receiving Electronic Mail
|Essence :resource discovery system using indexes
|Essence paper :A Resource Discovery System Based on Semantic File Indexing, by Hardy and Schwartz
|Ftp-How to :A Short Guide to Anonymous ftp
|Gopher :locates and retrieves resources using a graph of menus
|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 Sites :a list of World-Wide Gopher Sites (sorted by domain structure)
|NPR Weekend Ed :US National Public Radio Weekend Edition -- Weekend and Sunday ONLY
|NPR Talk/Nation :US National Public Radio Talk of the Nation
|NPR Science Friday :US National Public Radio Science Friday Program
|Computer Network Conf :A Discussion on Computer Network Conferencing, by D. Reed
|Hypermedia/Internet :Hypermedia and the Internet
|Interactive Geo :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
|Free for All :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 :Experimental MUD WWW Page, by Russ Smith
|LISTSERV managing :How to Start and Manage a BITNET LISTSERV Discussion Group, by Kovacs, McCarty, and Kovacs
|LISTSERV searching :Quick Start Guide to Searching the CARR-L Archives
|LISTSERV tips :List Management Tips for LISTSERV Postmasters and List Owners, by Lisa M. Covi
|Email Services :a list of serves available via email, by David DeSimone
|Email Understanding :special issue of Univ of IL newsletter describing electronic mail
|Email 101 :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 :how do I find someone's email address?
|MetaMail :multimedia
|MIME :Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
|MIME overview :Internet Multimedia Mail with MIME, Emerging Standards for Interoperability, by Nathaniel S. Borenstein
|Pine email :a Program for Internet News and Email
|PGP Mail :Pretty Good Privacy, a public key encryption package
|PEM :Privacy Enhanced Email
|Activism :a collection of various online resources about activism
|African :a collection of various online resources about African issues
|APC :Association for Progressive Communications
|Artwork :OTIS project to collect online art
|ASCII Art :A FAQ about ASCII art, by Jorn Barger
|BABEL :a listing of computer-orientated abbreviations and acronyms, by Irving Kind
|BABEL 93 :a listing of computer-orientated abbreviations and acronyms, by Irving Kind
|Community Nets :collection of papers about Community Computer Networks rights and access
|Computer Jargon search :search the jargon file on WWW
|Computer Jargon :The Jargon File (the definitive compendium of hacker slang)
|Computer Underground :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
|Cyberpunk FAQ :from the Usenet newsgroup alt.cyberpunk
|Electronic Text :Catalogue of projects in electronic text, Center for Text and Technology
|FineArt Forum :a newsletter about online art
|Future Culture :FutureCulture FAQ, or Cyberography, is maintained by Andy Hawks
|Gender :a collection of various online resources about gender issues
|Indigenous :a collection of various online resources about indigenous peoples issues
|Internet Glossary :Internet-specific terms defined
|Internet Wiretap :electronic books and information
|Internet Wiretap Gopher :electronic books and information
|Latin :a collection of various online resources about Latin issues
|MTV :music-oriented information server run by Adam Curry
|Net Etiquette Guide :by Arlene H. Rinaldi
|Netizen Paper :by Michael Hauben, The Net and Netizens
|Book Stacks Unlimited :on-line Bookstore and Readers' Conference System
|Post-Gutenberg Galaxy :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 :unofficial list of smilies
|Smileys :a smiley server by David W. Sanderson
|The WELL :Small Town on the Internet Highway
|Togethernet :on-line information and communication network for sustainable planetary future
|Tribe :an email list for no purpose but for gathering people together
|Usenet :Searching for the Leviathan in Usenet, by Rich MacKinnon
|Virtual Community :A Slice of Life in My Virtual Community, by Howard Rheingold
|Writer's Resources :Internet Writer Resources, Compiled/Edited/Maintained by L. Detweiler
|AskERIC :automated information outlet for ERIC system
|CAF Archive :Computers and academic Freedom Archive
|CAUSE gopher :association for managing and using information technology in higher education
|CWIS List :Campus-Wide Info Systems list
|CWIS Paper :Campus-Wide Info Systems by Judy Hallman
|Diversity U :Diversity University, an experiment in interactive learning through internet
|Education Gopher :Florida Tech's collection of educational resources
|Educator's Email :An Educator's Guide to E-Mail Lists
|Educator's USENET :Ednet Guide to Usenet Newsgroups
|Empire Schoolhouse :Empire Internet Schoolhouse, a selection of K-12 resources, projects and discussion groups
|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)
|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 :Internet Resource Directory for Educators
|KidLink :gopher aimed at 10-15 year olds
|K-12 NREN :Equity, Access, and a Trojan Horse
|Networking :Networking on the Network, an essay by Phil Agre
|NPTN :National Public Telecomputing Network
|Scholarly Communication :Quarterly Technical Reports
|Scholary Comm Project :Scholar -- WWW
|Scholarly Comm/Libraries :Published by The Association of Research Libraries for The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
|Scholarly Publishing :Model University Policy Regarding Faculty Publication in Scientific and Technical Scholarly Journals A Background Paper and Review of the Issues
|Tech/Schools :Technology Refusal and the Organizational Culture of Schools, by Steven Hodas
|US Dept of Ed :United States Department of Education
|USENET University :an online a society of people interested in learning, teaching or tutoring
|Clinton Information :a collection of presidential and government information
|Federal Info Resources :documents from the Information Policy Branch, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget of the U.S. government
|Federal Information :Federal Information and the Internet by Anna Keller
|Fedworld :a system for government information
|Fedworld Feasibility :a report on government-wide information locator system by NTIS
|GILS :Government Information Locator Service
|Govt Agencies :government agencies on the internet
|Govt Information :Internet Sources of Government Information by Blake Gumprecht
|Cook Report($) :a monthly newsletter on NREN, National Information Infrastructure, and Internet commercialization
|CPU :electronic journal for computer industry workers
|Cu-Digest :technical, social, ethical, legalekly electronic journal/newsletter devoted to many computing issues
|Current Cites :A journal which provides citations and brief annotations for articles from 30 journals in networks and information and computer technology
|EDUPAGE :summary of information technology news
|Effector Online :Electronic Frontier Foundation Newsletter
|EJC/REC :Electronic Journal of Communication/La Revue Electronique de Communication Covers communication theory, research, practice, and policy
|EPIN :Electronic Public Information Newsletter
|EJournal :Concerned with implications of electronic networks and texts
|EJournal Archive :back issues of EJournal
|EJVC :Electronic Journal on Virtual Culture, communicate scholarly thought on aspects of virtual [CMC] culture.
|GNN :Global Network Navigator
|HPC SELECT NEWS :The Electronic News Magazine for High-Performance Computing
|INFOBITS :electronic service of the Institute for Academic Technology's Information Resources Group
|INFOSYS :The Electronic Newsletter for Information Systems
|Intertext :an electronically distributed magazine of fiction
|JASBITS :A newsletter of miscellaneous net information, editor James A. Squires
|Netweaver :The Newsletter of the Electronic Networking Association
|DISTED :Online Journal of Distance Education and Communication
|ConneXions :Newsletter on information on networking
|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
|Link Letter :Merit/NSFNET newsletter.
|LITA Newsletter :Library and Information Technology Association
|MC Journal :The Journal of Academic Media Librarianship
|Meta :net community interests--cryptograhy, electronic publishing, free software, internet, privacy
|NETNEWS :newsletter for network resources by Metronet (St. Paul, MN)
|PACSR :The Public-Access Computer Systems Review
|PACSR Index :The Public-Access Computer Systems Review Index
|Surfpunk Technical Journal :`a dangerous multinational hacker zine originating near BARRNET in the fashionable western arm of the northern California matrix'
|TidBITS :a free weekly electronic publication that reports on interesting products and events in the computer industry
|Voices :Voices from the Net Magazine
|The WELL :The Whole Earth Electronic Magazine
|Wired :a magazine of cyberspace and technology
|3W :World Wide Web Newsletter
|ACM SIGCOMM :Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Communications
|CCN :The Center for Civic Networking, applying information infrastructure to the broad public good
|CIOS :Communication Institute for Online Scholarship, a non-profit organization for online communication scholarship
|CIX :Commercial Internet eXchange Association, non-profit trade association promoting communications services.
|CME :Center for Media Education, promotes democratic potential of electronic media.
|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
|CPSR :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
|EDUCOM :dedicated to the study and access of information technology in higher education and integrating technology into learning and research
|EFF :public interest organization to educate public about computer and communication technologies.