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- _SURAnet Guide to Selected Internet Resources_
-
- INTRODUCTORY MATERIALS
-
- This section includes information of interest to new Internet users. It lists
- references to questions and answers, guides, bibliographies, usage and growth,
- and searching.
-
-
- Questions and Answers
-
- FYI on Questions and Answers: RFC (Request For Comments) 1325.
- (May, 1992.) Editors: G. Malkin & A. Marine. 42p.
- Answers to commonly asked "New Internet user" questions. See also its
- companion RFC1207 "Answers to Commonly asked "Experienced Internet User"
- Questions" in Section 3.
- Access: ftp.internic.net
- Directory: rfc
-
- Help-Net - Temple University
- Help-Net is designed for people who want to find out more about the
- global electronic community. Archives include information about electronic
- mail, telnet, file transfer protocol and more. The Help-Net service includes
- an archive of information about Internet usage as well as an electronic
- discussion group where Internet users can post their questions about the
- Internet.
- Access: ftp.temple.edu
- Directory: /pub/info/help-net/
-
- How to Use Anonymous FTP -RFC 1635, May 1994. P. Deutsch, A Emtage, A.
- Marine. 13p.
- This Request for Comments (RFC) is a product of the IETF Internet
- Anonymous FTP Archives Working Group. It describes File Transfer Protocol
- (FTP) and discusses common ways files are packaged for efficient storage and
- transmission. It is written for the novice Internet user and includes a sample
- FTP session.
- Access: ftp ftp.internic.net
- Directory: rfc
-
- InterNIC World Wide Web Server
- Put up by the Information Services arm of the InterNIC, this World Wide
- Web server is designed to replace the InterNICUs InfoSource server. It
- includes the InfoGuide, which gives users information about the Internet and
- online Internet resources. Also included is an online hypertext version of the
- NSF Network News. The InterNIC comprises three distinct services run by
- separate organizations partially supported through a cooperative agreement
- with the National Science Foundation: Information Services (General Atomics),
- Database and Directory Services (AT&T) and Registration Services (Network
- Solutions, Inc.). InfoGuide is also accessible through gopher.
- Access: World Wide Web
- URL: http://www.internic.net/
-
- The Internet Services Frequently Asked Questions and Answers List
- (FAQ) - Kevin M. Savetz
- The Internet Services Frequently Asked Questions and Answers List (FAQ)
- is intended to help reduce the number of often-asked questions that appear on
- the newsgroup "alt.internet.services."
- Access: rtfm.mit.edu (18.70.0.209)
- Directory: pub/usenet/news.answers/internet-services/
- Filename: faq
-
- Internet UsersU Glossary: RFC 1392. (Jan. 1993) Editors; G. Malkin & T.
- LaQuey Parker. 53p.
- This glossary concentrates on terms which are specific to the Internet.
- There are entries for some basic terms and acronyms because other entries
- refer to them.
- Access: ftp.internic.net
- Directory: rfc
-
- JvNCnet - Princeton University's John von Neumann Computer
- TheJvNCnet is a mid-level regional network connecting members in the
- Eastern United States and Europe. JvNCnet provides useful network information
- about RFCs, the Internet Society, and Internet library resources. Also
- included in this database is information on the Internet Engineering Task
- Force and MC2, Meckler Publishing's Electronic Information Service on the
- Internet.
- Access: telnet nicol.jvnc.net (128.121.50.2)
- login: nicol (lower case) No Password Needed
-
- What is the Internet?: RFC 1462 (May 1993) Editors: Krol, E. & Hoffman,
- E. 11 p.
- This FYI RFC answers the question, "What is the Internet?" and is
- produced by the User Services Working Group of the Internet
- Engineering Task Force (IETF). Containing a modified chapter from Ed Krol's
- 1992 book, The Whole Internet User's Guide and Catalog, the paper covers the
- Internet's definition, history, administration, protocols, financing, and
- current issues such as growth, commercialization, and privatization.
- Access: ftp.internic.net
- Directory: rfc
-
-
- Bibliographies
-
- FYI on Where to Start: A Bibliography of Internetworking
- Information: RFC 1175 (Aug. 1990) 42p.
- Offers a representative collection of resources of information that will
- help the reader become familiar with the concepts of internetworking.
- Access: ftp.internic.net
- Directory: rfc
-
-
- Internet Services List - Scott Yanoff
- A compiled list of Internet services. Many of the resources in this list
- are also listed in the SURAnet Guide. This document is short and to the point.
- Access: csd4.csd.uwm.edu (129.89.7.4)
- Directory: pub
- Filename: inet.services.txt
-
- Introducing the Internet -- A Short Bibliography of Introductory
- Internetworking Readings for the Network Novice: RFC 1463 (May 1993)
- Editor: Hoffman E., 4 p.
- This bibliography offers a short list of recent information resources
- that will help the network novice become familiar with the Internet, including
- its associated networks, resources, protocols, and history. This FYI RFC
- includes references to free sources of information available online as well as
- traditional publications. A short section at the end includes information for
- accessing the online files. This FYI is intentionally brief so it can be
- easily used as a handout by user services personnel.
- Access: ftp.internic.net
- Directory: rfc
-
- Network Tidbits, "Network Bibliography": Editor: Elliott Parker. 9p.
- This is a "Network Bibliography" by Elliott Parker from the Journalism
- Dept. of Central Michigan University. It contains a bibliography of network-
- related documents that he finds helpful.
- Access: send e-mail to comserve@rpiecs.bitnet
-
- The message should contain the following one line request:
- SEND COMPUNET BIBLIO
- You will receive the file "COMPUNET BIBLIO" via return mail as well as a
- "Welcome to Comserve" message and a "Getting started with Comserve" message.
-
- Recent Internet Books: RFC 1432 (March 1993).
- Editor: J. Quarterman. 15 p.
- A list of recently published books dealing with the Internet.
- Access: ftp.internic.net
- Directory: rfc
-
- Guides
-
- Clearinghouse of Subject-Oriented Internet Resource Guides
- The Clearinghouse of Subject-Oriented Internet Resource Guides is a
- joint effort of the University of MichiganUs University Library and the School
- of Information and Library Studies. Its goal is to collect and make available
- subject-oriented guides to Internet resources.
- Access: una.hh.lib.umich.edu (141.211.190.102)
- Directory: inetdirsstacks
-
-
- Hitchhikers Guide to the Internet: RFC 1118 (Sept. 1989). 24p.
- A memo designed for the new user to become versed in the "oral
- tradition" of the Internet. The Guide is not a tutorial. It consists mainly of
- pointers to other places, literature, and hints that are not well documented.
- Access: ftp.internic.net
- Directory: rfc
-
- Internet Basics - Roy Tennant
- This digest briefly describes the Internet computer network, the
- physical connections and logical agreements that make it possible, and the
- applications and information resources the network provides.
- Access: ftp.sura.net (128.167.254.179)
- Directory: pub/nic/internet.literature
- Filename: internet.basics
-
- Internet Resource Guide (Whole guide).
- A guide to the resources available to the Internet user. Contents:
- computational resources; library catalogs; data archives; white pages;
- networks and email gateways; network information centers; miscellaneous
- resources.
- Access: ftp.sura.net (128.167.254.179)
- Directory: pub/nic
- File: wholeguide.txt
-
- For a compressed version;
- Access: ds.internic.net (198.49.45.10)
- Directory: resource-guide
- File: resource-guide.txt.tar.Z
- File: resource-guide.ps.tar.Z
-
- (Users should transfer and read the document "Internet Resource Guide:
- How to use it.")
-
- Internet Resource Guide: (Hypercard Stack)
- The Guide is available as a HyperCard stack and can be transferred for
- local use. Requires HyperCard v.2 .
- Access: ftp.germany.eu.net
- Directory: pub/documents/nsf
- File: Internet-Tour4.0.2.sit.hqx
- Also transfer the file: Internet-Tour-README
-
- Internet Resource Guide: How to Use it: 3p.
- Explains how to access the Guide and use the commands "compress,"
- "uncompress" and "tar."
- Access: ftp.sura.net (128.167.254.179)
- Directory: pub/nic
- File: wholeguide-help.txt
-
- Information Resource Guides: Technology Sources and Bibliographies
- - Institute for Academic Technology (IAT), University of North Carolina,
- Chapel Hill.
- IAT has created a number of Resource Guides for information sources and
- technical aspects of the Internet. Some of the subject areas included are CD-
- ROMs, using computers to teach basic skills, sources for computers in the
- humanities projects, information resources for Internet beginners, and
- evaluations of multimedia technology in educational settings. Although these
- are just a few of the subject areas,
- this list is growing continuously with the most current Guides being available
- via FTP.
- Access: gandalf.iat.unc.edu (192.154.79.4)
- Directory: guides
-
- Information Sources: the Internet and Computer-Mediated
- Communication, Release 2.20, (Feb. 1993), John December
- This resource is a list of pointers to information describing the
- Internet, computer networks, and issues related to computer-mediated
- communication (CMC). Topics of interest include the technical, social,
- cognitive, and psychological aspects of CMC.
- Access: ftp.rpi.edu (128.113.1.5)
- Directory: pub/communications
- File: internet-cmc
-
- Navigating the Internet: An Interactive Workshop: Richard J. Smith
- (rs@usl.edu), University of Southwestern Louisiana.
- This e-mail based introductory Internet course was the first of its kind
- within the networking community. Richard J. Smith has written over 30 sessions
- that new users will find useful for gaining a better understanding of the
- Internet and its workings. Topic areas include file transfer, telnet, e-mail,
- information about databases available over the Internet, and Unix basics. The
- sessions are well written, and employ readily understood terminology, a real
- benefit to the Internet neophyte. The entire course is archived and files are
- listed by chapter number with a brief description of contents.
- Access: ftp.sura.net (128.167.254.179)
- Directory: pub/nic/training
-
- Nettlerash - UC Berkeley Network Information Server.
- A network information manual that guides new users through an
- introduction to the network. Contains easy to follow directions for
- transferring files as well as a listing of UC Berkeley e-mail addresses and
- anonymous ftp sites. This database was developed for students and faculty at
- UC Berkeley. However, it is also very useful for new users of the Internet.
- Access: telnet netinfo.berkeley.edu 117
- (128.32.136.12 117)
- No user-id or password required.
-
- The Network-User Guidelines and Netiquette: Arlene Rinaldi; Florida
- Atlantic University, July 1992.
- A guide to "netiquette" for the new user of the Internet. This is a very
- well constructed guide for learning the basics of what is and is not
- acceptable on the net. Taken from a new users perspective, this guide is
- essential for new users to recognize their own responsibilities on the
- network.
- Access: ftp.sura.net (128.167.254.179)
- Directory: pub/nic/internet.literature
- File: netiquette.txt
-
- SURAnet How-To Guides
- Four guides, created by SURAnet NIC staff, documenting simple networking
- procedures such as ftp, telnet, sending e-mail, and use of the Unix text
- editor vi.
- Access: ftp.sura.net (128.167.254.179)
- Directory: pub/nic/network.service.guides
- File: how.to.email.guide
- how.to.ftp.guide
- how.to.telnet.guide
- how.to.use.vi.guide
-
- Surfing the Internet - Jean Armour Polly
- Originally printed in the Wilson Library Bulletin (6/92), this article
- is an enthusiastic piece about how a public librarian used the Internet. The
- article contains a wealth of information about how to learn about listservs,
- how to get Internet guides, gopher resources (even Veronica!), an annotated
- list of "must have" books about the Internet, and much more.
- Access: nysernet.org (192.77.173.2)
- Directory: pub/resources/guides
- File: surfing.2.0.3.txt
-
- SWITCHinfo Reader - Swiss Academic and Research Network.
- A collection of Internet resources including the Internet Resource
- Guide, e-mail information, database information, software archive, Internet
- standard information, and other network information resources. The easy-to-use
- interactive environment allows new users to find information sources that
- would be of interest. The sources listed are available via anonymous ftp.
- Access: telnet nic.switch.ch (130.59.1.40)
- Login: info
-
- There's Gold in them thar Networks!: RFC 1402 (Jan. 1993). 39p.
- This paper presents some of the "gold nuggets" of information and file
- repositories on the network that could be of use to end users. (This new RFC
- obsoletes RFC 1290.)
- Access: ftp.internic.net (128.89.1.178)
- Directory: rfc
-
-
- Zen and the Art of the Internet: A Beginner's Guide to the Internet
- Editor: Brendan P. Kehoe. 71p.
- A literary description of the development and structure of the Internet.
- This document is intended for the "new user," describing networking basics
- such as anonymous ftp, Usenet news, telnet, and commercial services available
- through the Internet. Also included is a glossary of networking terms and
- pointers to other information sources.
- Access: ftp.sura.net (128.167.254.179)
- Directory: pub/nic/internet.literature/ZEN
- File: zen.README, zen-1.0.PS
- zen-1.0.tar.Z, zen-1.0.dvi.Z
-
-
- Searching
-
- Search Techniques for Informational Resources: Jonathan Kamens, MIT
- Information Systems/Athena.
- This document was designed to enable a new user of the Internet to
- better utilize the search tools available on the network. Some sections of
- this guide cover such topics as Archie, Prospero, Usenet Newsgroups, and file-
- retrieval techniques. Also included in this guide are suggestions on where to
- start and how to ask your questions to others on the Internet.
- Access: ftp.sura.net (128.167.254.179)
- Directory: pub/nic
- File: search.techniques
-
-
- Usage and Growth
-
- Internet Growth: RFC 1296 (Jan. 1992). M. Lottor. 9p.
- This document illustrates the growth of the Internet by examination of
- entries in the Domain Name System (DNS) and pre-DNS host tables. DNS entries
- are collected by a program called ZONE, which searches the Internet and
- retrieves data from all known domains. Pre-DNS host table data were retrieved
- from system archive tapes. Various statistics are presented on the number of
- hosts and domains.
- Access: ftp.internic.net (128.89.1.178)
- Directory: rfc
-
- Internet Usage - Linda Heron, Griffith University, Queensland Australia
- A paper written by a librarian on Internet usage. Some of the questions
- answered in this paper include RWho uses the Internet. In what ways do people
- use the Internet, and, How does the Internet make communication between others
- easier?S
- Access: theseus.itc.gu.edu.au
- Directory: uploads
- Filename: paradis1.txt
-
- Maps of the Internet
- Maps of the National Science Foundation Network backbone and regional
- networks are available in postscript version. The maps show the locations and
- configuration of the NSF Network and each regional Network. Each map is shown
- against a geographic map of the included region.
- Access: ftp.uu.net (192.48.96.9)
- Directory: inet/maps
-
- NSFnet Acceptable Use Policy Statement
- The acceptable use statement for the NSFnet backbone services. The
- SURAnet acceptable use policy statement is also available at this location.
- Access: ftp.sura.net (128.167.254.179)
- Directory: pub/nic
- File: NSFNET.acceptable.use
- File: SURAnet.acceptable.use
-