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------------------------------------------------------------------------ Information Sources: the Internet and Computer-Mediated Communication ======================================================================== Compiled/copyright John December(decemj@rpi.edu) Release 2.51, 13 May 93 Additions/comments welcome. This document's updates are available via anonymous ftp host: ftp.rpi.edu, file: pub/communications/internet-cmc ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PURPOSE: to list 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. AUDIENCE: those getting started in understanding the Internet and CMC; for those who are already exploring these issues, it compactly summarizes sources of information. ASSUMPTION: you have access to and know how to use anonymous ftp, email, or USENET newsgroups. NOTES: 1. Respect access privileges. (See Net Etiquette Guide, below.) 2. This information changes quite a bit; I welcome updates. 3. Use Archie to find a file closer to your site or its location if it is not at the site given here. 4. Learn to use Gopher, Veronica, WAIS, to find more info. (See Yanoff's Services List for telnet/gopher/other services.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contents: Section -1- THE INTERNET AND SERVICES Section -2- INFORMATION SERVICES/ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS Section -3- SOCIETIES AND ORGANIZATIONS Section -4- NEWSGROUPS Section -5- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Section -1- THE INTERNET AND SERVICES ======================================================================== This section lists information about the Internet, services available on it, and topics related to computer networking. o INTERNET DESCRIPTIONS ANONYMOUS FTP HOST FILE OR DIRECTORY/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --NEW USER INTRODUCTION/MOTIVATION: Gold in Networks! nic.merit.edu documents/fyi/fyi_10.txt Hitchhikers Guide nic.merit.edu documents/rfc/rfc1118.txt Internet Basics nnsc.nsf.net nsfnet/internet-basics.eric-digest New User's Questions nic.merit.edu documents/fyi/fyi_04.txt Surfing the Internet nysernet.org pub/guides/surfing.2.0.2.txt --COMPREHENSIVE GUIDES: AARNet Guide aarnet.edu.au pub/resource-guide/ AARNet User Guide aarnet.edu.au pub/user-guide/ CERFNet Guide nic.cerf.net cerfnet/cerfnet_info/ DDN New User Guide nic.ddn.mil netinfo/nug.doc Internet Companion(part) world.std.com OBS/The.Internet.Companion/ Internet Guide (Noonan) vm1.nodak.edu nnews/guide1.nnews NSF Resource Guide ds.internic.net resource-guide/ NWNet Internet Guide ftphost.nwnet.net nic/nwnet/user-guide/ NYSERNet Internet Guide nysernet.org pub/guides/Guide.*.text SURANet Internet Guide ftp.sura.net pub/nic/infoguide.*.txt Zen & Art of Internet csn.org pub/net/zen/ --SPECIALIZED GUIDES OF GENERAL INTEREST: Electric Mystics Guide panda1.uottawa.ca pub/religion/electric-mystics-guide* Library Resources Farley dla.ucop.edu pub/internet/libcat-guide --EXPLORING/SOFTWARE/TRAINING: Internet Cruise nic.merit.edu resources/cruise.*/ Internet Explorer's Kit hydra.uwo.ca libsoft/explorer.doc Internet Hunt ftp.cni.org pub/net-guides/i-hunt/ Internet Navigating ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu navigate/ Internet Mining ucdavis.ed ucd.netdocs/mining/ Internet Safari nic.cerf.net cerfnet/safari/safari-guide.txt Training-Bib Schneider alexia.lis.uiuc.edu pub/training.bib Training-Milles fatty.law.cornell.edu pub/Internet/ Training-Monsarrat wilma.cs.brown.edu pub/internet_course.tar.Z Training-Newcastle/Tyne mailbase.ac.uk pub/itti-networks/tms-list.txt --ADMINISTRATIVE/TECHNICAL: Internet Growth tic.com matrix/growth/internet/ Internet Monthly Report nic.merit.edu internet/newsletters/internet.monthly.report Internet Maps (Europe) eunet.fi nic/pub/netinfo/maps/ Internet Maps (Many) ftp.uu.net inet/maps/ Internet Maps (NSFNET) nic.merit.edu maps/ Internet Maps (SuraNet) ftp.sura.net pub/maps/ Internet Size ftp.nisc.sri.com pub/zone/ Internet Statistics nic.merit.edu nsfnet/statistics/ o INFO REPOSITORIES ANONYMOUS FTP HOST FILE OR DIRECTORY/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTIONS: Merit nic.merit.edu READ.ME Network Info Center/DDN nic.ddn.mil / --DOCUMENT SERIES: For Your Information nic.merit.edu documents/fyi/INDEX.fyi Internet Standards nic.merit.edu documents/std/INDEX.std Request for Comments nic.merit.edu documents/rfc/INDEX.rfc --DIRECTORIES OF INFORMATION: HelpNet Archives ftp.temple.edu pub/info/ Internet Course pilot.njin.net pub/Internet-course/ Introducing the Internet nic.merit.edu introducing.the.internet/ Library of Congress seq1.loc.gov pub/iug/index NNSC/NSF nnsc.nsf.net nsfnet/ NYSERnet nysernet.org pub/resources/ SRI's Network Info ftp.nisc.sri.com netinfo/ SURAnet ftp.sura.net pub/nic/ SWITCHinfo nic.switch.ch info_service/ Telecomm Archives lcs.mit.edu telecom-archives/ UNC's Sunsite sunsite.unc.edu pub/docs/about-the-net/ USENET Repository pit-manager.mit.edu pub/usenet/ UUNET archive ftp.uu.net uunet-info/ UWO's NIC julian.uwo.ca nic/ York U nexus.yorku.ca pub/Internet-info/ o NETWORK INFO CENTER ANONYMOUS FTP HOST FILE OR DIRECTORY/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ InterNIC Info ds.internic.net pub/InterNIC-info/ InterNIC Database Services ds.internic.net / InterNIC Reg Services rs.internic.net netinfo/ InterNIC Info Services is.internic.net netinfo/ o SERVICES/TOOLS ANONYMOUS FTP HOST FILE OR DIRECTORY/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --LISTS OF SERVICES/INFORMATION-- MaasInfo Indexes Niord.SHSU.edu maasinfo/maasinfo.files Must Have List pilot.njin.net pub/Internet-course/musthave-list.txt Smith's BigFun List cerberus.cor.epa.gov pub/bigfun Yanoff's Services List csd4.csd.uwm.edu pub/inet.services.txt --SERVICES/TOOLS: Alex alex.sp.cs.cmu.edu doc/README Archie archie.ans.net pub/archie/doc/README Email/ftp/telnet-how to ftp.sura.net pub/nic/network.service.guides/ Email Services hydra.uwo.ca libsoft/email_services.txt Email Understanding ftp.cso.uiuc.edu doc/net/uiucnet/vol3no2.txt Essence ftp.cs.colorado.edu pub/cs/distribs/essence/README Gopher boombox.micro.umn.edu pub/gopher/00README Gopher FAQ pit-manager.mit.edu pub/usenet/news.answers/gopher-faq Gopher/Veronica-how to ftp.cso.uiuc.edu doc/net/uiucnet/vol6no1.txt Hytelnet access.usask.ca pub/hytelnet/README Internet Tools Summary ftp.rpi.edu pub/communications/internet-tools Jughead boombox.micro.umn.edu pub/gopher/Unix/GopherTools/jughead/jughead.ReadMe Mosaic ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu Mosaic/mosaic-papers/getting-started.ps.Z Netfind ftp.cs.colorado.edu pub/cs/distribs/netfind/README Ping uxc.cso.uiuc.edu utils/ping/README Prospero prospero.isi.edu pub/prospero/doc/ USENET special issue-ACN wuarchive.wustl.edu doc/misc/acn/acn4-5.txt.Z USENET What Is?Krol ds.internic.net internet-drafts/draft-ietf-uswg-fyi-00.txt USENET What Is?Salzenberg rtfm.mit.edu pub/usenet/news.answers/what-is-usenet/part1 Veronica veronica.scs.unr.edu veronica/veronica-faq Veronica (short blurb) cs.dal.ca pub/comp.archives/bionet.software/veronica WAIS information think.com wais/ WAIS information julian.uwo.ca doc/wais/ WAIS sketch/overview hydra.uwo.ca libsoft/wais.txt Whois Servers sipb.mit.edu pub/whois/whois-servers.list Whois Specs gopher.ucdavis.edu pub/IETF/WNILS/Discussion.Paper WorldWideWeb info.cern.ch pub/www/doc/the_www_book.* X.500 Overview nic.merit.edu documents/rfc/rfc1308.txt X.500 Implement nic.merit.edu documents/fyi/fyi_11.txt o NETWORKING ANONYMOUS FTP HOST FILE OR DIRECTORY/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FidoNet News ftp.uu.net usenet/comp.org.fidonet/ FidoNet Nodes genome.wi.mit.edu wais-sources/fidonet-nodelist.src FidoNet Gateway csn.org pub/mail/internet.fidonet International Connect ftp.cs.wisc.edu connectivity_table/ Internet Domains pit-manager.mit.edu pub/usenet/news.answers/top-level-domains Internet Domain Names nic.merit.edu documents/rfc/rfc1394.txt Internet Root Domain ftp.rs.internic.net domain/ Internet Security GAO nic.merit.edu cise/gao8957.txt InterNetwork Mail ariel.unm.edu library/network.guide Intro TCP/IP topaz.rutgers.edu tcp-ip-docs/tcp-ip-intro.doc List of FTP Sites pilot.njin.net pub/ftp-list/ftp.list NREN Information nic.merit.edu nren/ NREN Interim NSF Plan nic.merit.edu cise/recompete NREN Program Reports nic.merit.edu nren/nrencongr.* USENET Maps gatekeeper.dec.com pub/maps/ UUNET Networking Info ftp.uu.net inet/doc --ACCESSING NETWORKS: BBS lists wuarchive.wustl.edu mirrors/msdos/bbslists/ Connecting to Internet nic.merit.edu documents/fyi/fyi_16.txt Global Networks dhvx20.csudh.edu global_net.dir/readme.txt Internet Access Hoffman nic.merit.edu introducing.the.internet/access.guide Internet Access Milles liberty.uc.wlu.edu pub/lawlib/internet.access Internet Modem Engel dla.ucop.edu pub/internet/dial-access K12 Access ftp.cc.berkeley.edu k12/README Network Startup Res Ctr ftp.psg.com README Public Access Nets alfred.carleton.ca pub/freenet/working.papers/ Public Access UNIX nnsc.nsf.net nsfnet/nixpub o INFORMATION RETRIEVAL ANONYMOUS FTP HOST FILE OR DIRECTORY/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Coalition/Networked Inf ftp.cni.org CNI/ CNI TopNode Project ftp.cni.org CNI/projects/topnode/README Networked Info Archive archives.cc.mcgill.ca pub/mailing-lists/nir-archive Networked IR WG mailbase.ac.uk pub/wg-isus NIR mailbase.ac.uk pub/nir/ OCLC Research Report ftp.rsch.oclc.org pub/internet_resources_project/report/ Uniform Resources info.cern.ch pub/ietf/url3.txt UNITE mailbase.ac.uk pub/unite URI Archive archives.cc.mcgill.ca pub/mailing-lists/uri-archive o DIRECTORIES ANONYMOUS FTP HOST FILE OR DIRECTORY/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Electronic Conferences ksuvxa.kent.edu library/acadlist.readme Electronic Journals ftp.eff.org pub/journals/ Dartmouth Merged SIGL dartcms1.dartmouth.edu siglists/ Interest Groups List ftp.nisc.sri.com netinfo/interest-groups Library Access Script sonoma.edu pub/libs.tar Library Catalogs Barron ftp.unt.edu library/ Library Catalogs Noonan vm1.nodak.edu nnews/guide2.nnews Library Catalogs St Geo nic.cerf.net internet/resources/library_catalog/ Technical Reports daneel.rdt.monash.edu.au pub/techreports/ o COMMUNICATION ANONYMOUS FTP HOST FILE OR DIRECTORY/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --AUDIO Internet Sound ftp.cwi.nl pub/radio/INDEX Internet Talk Radio sunsite.unc.edu pub/talk-radio/ITRintro.readme Multicast Backbone venera.isi.edu mbone/faq.txt --MULTIMEDIA Multimedia Survey-RARE ftp.ed.ac.uk pub/mmsurvey/mmsurvey.txt --GROUP COMMUNICATION Computer Network Conf nic.merit.edu documents/rfc/rfc1324.txt Internet Relay Chat(IRC)cs.bu.edu irc/support/tutorial.* Multiple User Dialogue ftp.math.okstate.edu pub/muds/misc/mud-faq/ --EMAIL College Email addresses pit-manager.mit.edu pub/usenet/soc.college/ Finding Email addresses hydra.uwo.ca libsoft/email_address.txt MIME (Mail Extensions) nic.merit.edu documents/rfc/rfc1341.txt Pine email ftp.cac.washington.edu pine/pine.blurb o LANGUAGE/CULTURE ANONYMOUS FTP HOST FILE OR DIRECTORY/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Artwork sunsite.unc.edu pub/multimedia/pictures/OTIS/ Computer Abbreviations ftp.temple.edu pub/info/help-net/babel93a.txt Computer Jargon aeneas.mit.edu pub/gnu/jargon-README Computer Underground ftp.eff.org pub/cud/papers/meyer Cyberspace & Law ftp.eff.org pub/cud/papers/cyberspace Electronic Text guvax.georgetown.edu cpet_projects_in_electronic_text/ Gutenberg Project Texts quake.think.com pub/etext/ Internet Glossary nic.merit.edu documents/fyi/fyi_18.txt IRC Community ftp.eff.org pub/cud/papers/electropolis Net Etiquette Guide ftp.sura.net pub/nic/internet.literature/netiquette.txt Online Book Initiative world.std.com obi/README Post-Gutenberg infolib.murdoch.edu.au pub/jnl/harnad.jnl Privacy pit-manager.mit.edu pub/usenet/alt.privacy/ Smileys ux1.cso.uiuc.edu doc/misc/smiley Smileys-Sanderson ftp.uu.net usenet/comp.sources.misc/volume23/smiley/part01.Z o EDUCATION ANONYMOUS FTP HOST FILE OR DIRECTORY/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AARE/NZARE Conf '92 sol.deakin.edu.au aare/readme AskERIC ericir.syr.edu pub/ Campus-Wide Info Systems sunsite.unc.edu pub/docs/about-the-net/cwis EASI access to info/edu um.cc.umich.edu easi/README Educator's Email Lists nic.umass.edu pub/ednet/educatrs.lst Educator's USENET Grps nic.umass.edu pub/ednet/edusenet.gde Jericho/info tech in ed foureyes.skidmore.edu pub/other/Jericho/ Nat. Pub. Telecom. Net. nptn.org pub/info.nptn/what.is.nptn.txt Scholarly Communication borg.lib.vt.edu pub/vpiej-l/reports USENET University nic.funet.fi pub/doc/uu/FAQ o MISC/POPULAR TOPICS ANONYMOUS FTP HOST FILE OR DIRECTORY/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Current Weathermap GIF vmd.cso.uiuc.edu wx/sa* File Compression Info ftp.cso.uiuc.edu doc/pcnet Whois Registration nic.ddn.mil netinfo/user-template.txt ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Section -2- INFORMATION SERVICES/ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS ======================================================================== This section lists sources of information devoted to the study of CMC and computer network technology. Below the description of the services, newsletters, and journals are tables describing online access if it is available. [see also DIRECTORIES/Electronic Journals in Section -1-] o INFORMATION SERVERS / DISCUSSION LISTS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ALMANAC A service for multi-media document and information delivery. It offers many database functions as well. ARACHNET An association of electronic discussion groups and electronic journals of interest to scholars. Comserve An electronic information service for people interested in human communication studies. CMC Comserve Hotline: issues of CMC. EduTel Comserve Hotline: use of CMC in education. IAMCRNet Comserve Hotline: International Association for Mass Communication Research Network CNI-DIRECTORIES Coalition for Networked Information Directories. FTP MAIL get files at anonymous ftp sites via email. HCIBIB A mail-based retrieval system interface to a database related to Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). HELP-NET For people new to the Internet HYTEL-L "This list is for announcements of new versions of the popular HYTELNET program, which gives a user access to all known telnet-accessible sites on the Internet." IPCT-L The Interpersonal Computing and Technology List, issues in education, especially networking and computing. LISTSERV A mailing-list server for group communication. NIS Network Information Services. Announcement of new resources, services, and applications being offered the Internet, and the tools to access them. NETTRAIN is a discussion list about training/support of others in using the resources available on Bitnet and Internet. NEW-LIST discusses new LISTSERVE mailing lists. NIR Network Information Retrieval. List dedicated to studying networked information retrieval tools and processes. OCLC-JOURNALS OCLC electronic journal publishing RFCs (Request For Comments). Documents about various issues for discussion, covering a broad range of networking issues. UNITE User Network Interface To Everything. theme: interface to all network services. VPIEJ-L Electronic publishing issues, especially Scholarly Electronic Journals o ELECTRONIC JOURNALS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chaos Digest. Computer security: frauds, hacking, swapping, legislation. Current Cites. A journal which provides citations and brief annotations for articles from 30 journals in networks and information and computer technology. Electronic Journal of Communication/La Revue Electronique de Communication (EJC/REC). Covers communication theory, research, practice, and policy. EJournal. Concerned with implications of electronic networks and texts. Electronic Journal on Virtual Culture. (EJVC) "...to foster, encourage, advance, and communicate scholarly thought on aspects of virtual [CMC] culture." -- startup March 1993, announced on ARACHNET Netweaver. The Newsletter of the Electronic Networking Association. Online Journal of Distance Education and Communication. (DISTED) o NEWSLETTERS ($ = not free) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chaos Corner Dr. Chaos's random and interesting things about computers, networks, and other things Cu-Digest a weekly electronic journal/newsletter devoted to many computing issues: technical, social, ethical, legal. ConneXions Newsletter on information on networking Inquire: ole@csli.stanford.edu Internet Business Journal. (IBJ) Internet Review. An "irregular and on-line journal of new and interesting stuff on the net." Internet World a newsletter from Meckler Associates Inquire: meckler@tigger.jvnc.net Link Letter. Merit/NSFNET newsletter. Matrix News (monthly online newsletter, $) Covers crossnetwork issues. Some back articles, editorials, and indices online for free. Inquire: mids@tic.com NETNEWS newsletter for network resources by Metronet (St. Paul, MN) PACSR The Public-Access Computer Systems Review o JOURNAL/SERV/PUB Access with email to Body of letter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (YOUR NAME=your FIRST and LAST name; YOUR_EMAIL_ADR=your email address) ALMANAC almanac@oes.orst.edu send guide Anonymous posting anonymus+ping@tygra.michigan.com <anything> ARACHNET listserv@uottawa.bitnet sub ARACHNET YOUR NAME BITNET intro LISTSERV@bitnic.educom.edu send BITNET INTRO Chaos Corner chaos-request@pelican.cit.cornell.edu sub YOUR NAME CNI-DIRECTORIES listserv@cni.org sub CNI-DIRECTORIES YOUR NAME Cu-Digest tk0jut2@mvs.cso.niu.edu sub YOUR NAME Comserve comserve@vm.its.rpi.edu send Comserve Helpfile CMC Hotline comserve@vm.its.rpi.edu join CMC YOUR NAME Comserve CMC notes comserve@vm.its.rpi.edu send CMC Notebook CCITT Doc Retriev teledoc@itu.arcom.ch help DISTED listserv@uwavm.bitnet sub DISTED YOUR NAME EduTel Hotline comserve@vm.its.rpi.edu join edutel YOUR NAME EJC/REC(back iss) comserve@vm.its.rpi.edu Directory EJCREC EJC/REC(subscribe) comserve@vm.its.rpi.edu join EJCREC YOUR NAME EJournal listserv@albany.bitnet sub EJRNL YOUR NAME FTP MAIL ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com help HCIBIB hcibib@bellcore.com query: IAMCRNet Hotline comserve@vm.its.rpi.edu join IAMCRNet YOUR NAME IPCT-L listserv@guvm.georgetown.edu sub IPCT-L YOUR NAME HELP-NET LISTSERV@templevm.bitnet sub HELP-NET YOUR NAME HYTEL-L listserv@kentvm.kent.edu sub HYTEL-L YOUR NAME EJVC listserv@kentvm.kent.edu sub EJVC-L YOUR NAME LISTSERV listserv@uacsc2.albany.edu send listserv memo NETNEWS listserv@ndsuvm1.bitnet sub NNEWS YOUR NAME NETTRAIN listserv@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu sub NETTRAIN YOUR NAME Network Tools/EARN listserv@earncc.bitnet send nettools memo Net Happenings listserv@is.internic.net sub YOUR NAME net-happenings NEW-LIST listserv@ndsuvm1.bitnet sub NEW-LIST YOUR NAME NIR mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk sub NIR YOUR NAME NIS listserv@is.internic.net sub YOUR_EMAIL_ADR nis Netweaver comserve@vm.its.rpi.edu send Netweave Winter91 OCLC-JOURNALS listserv@oclc.org sub OCLC-JOURNALS YOUR NAME PACSR listserv@uhupvm1.uh.edu sub PACS-P YOUR NAME RFCs rfc-info@isi.edu help: ways_to_get_rfcs UNITE mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk join UNITE YOUR NAME VPIEJ-L listserv@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu sub VPIEJ-L YOUR NAME o JOURNAL/SERVICE ANONYMOUS FTP HOST FILE OR DIRECTORY/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chaos Digest kragar.eff.org pub/cud/chaos/ Chaos Corner puffin.cit.cornell.edu chaos/cc*.txt Cu-Digest ftp.eff.org pub/cud/cud/ Current Cites a.cni.org current.cites/ EJVC byrd.mu.wvnet.edu pub/ejvc/ Internet Bus J poniecki.berkeley.edu pub/ibj/ Internet Review nigel.msen.com pub/gopher/internet-review/ Link Letter nic.merit.edu newsletters/linkletter/ Matrix News (parts) quake.think.com pub/mids/matrix_news/ Legion of Doom Tech J ftp.eff.org pub/cud/lod/ NETNEWS vm1.nodak.edu nnews/ NIR mailbase.ac.uk pub/nir/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Section -3- SOCIETIES AND ORGANIZATIONS ======================================================================== This section lists societies and organizations which are concerned with issues of electronic information and communication. Below the description of each organization is a table describing online access to more information if it is available. CNI Coalition for Networked Information: "to promote the creation of and access to information resources in networked environments in order to enrich scholarship and to enhance intellectual productivity." CIOS Communication Institute for Online Scholarship: "a U.S. Federal Tax Code 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization supporting the use of computer technologies in the service of communication scholarship and education." CIX Commercial Internet eXchange Association: "a non-profit, 501(c)6, trade association of Public Data Internetwork service providers promoting and encouraging development of the public data communications internetworking services industry in both national and international markets. CPSR Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility: alliance of computer professionals who discuss the impact of computer technology on society. (Contact: cpsr@csli.stanford.edu). CoSN Consortium for School Networking: to "help educators and students access information and communications resources that will increase their productivity, professional competence, and opportunities for learning and collaborative work." contact: cosn@bitnic.bitnet. EDUCOM: dedicated to the study and access of information technology in higher education and integrating technology into learning and research. contact: INQUIRY@EDUCOM.EDU EFF Electronic Frontier Foundation: public interest organization to educate public about computer and communication technologies. ENA Electronic Networking Association: "...to promote electronic networking in ways that enrich individuals, enhance organizations, and build global communities." [see Netweaver newsletter in Section -2-] FARNET Federation of American Research Networks: non-profit corporation to advance the use of computer networks for research and education. IETF Internet Engineering Task Force: "the protocol engineering, development, and standardization arm of the Internet Architecture Board (IAB)." ISOC The Internet Society: supports the development of the Internet and promotes education and applications. RARE Reseaux Associes pour la Recherche Europeenne: "the association of European research networking organizations and their users." RIPE Reseaux IP Europeen: "to ensure the necessary administrative and technical coordination to allow the operation of a pan-European IP network. RIPE does not operate a network of its own. The IP activity of RARE is RIPE." o INFO FOR ANONYMOUS FTP HOST FILE OR DIRECTORY/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CIX cix.org cix/README CNI ftp.cni.org CNI/ CPSR cpsr.org cpsr/ EFF nnsc.nsf.net ietf/index-ietf FARNET farnet.org farnet/farnet_info/ IETF ftp.uu.net ietf/index ISOC nnsc.nsf.net internet-society/ RARE ftp.rare.nl 00README RIPE ftp.ripe.net ripe/ o INFO FOR Access with email to Body of letter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CIOS comserve@vm.its.rpi.edu help topics associates CPSR listserv@gwuvm.gwu.edu Sub CPSR YOUR NAME ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Section -4- 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. (FAQ) = periodic posting of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & answers. o INTEREST AREA NEWSGROUP(S) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beginners news.announce.newusers Computer BBS comp.bbs.misc Cu-Digest comp.society.cu-digest Email comp.mail.misc (FAQ) FAQs news.answers Gopher comp.infosystems.gopher, alt.gopher Groupware (CSCW) comp.groupware Hackers alt.hackers ISDN comp.dcom.isdn Info Sources comp.archives, comp.internet.library, news.lists Information Systems comp.infosystems Internet alt.internet.services, alt.best.of.internet Internet BBS alt.bbs.internet (FAQ) Internet Relay Chat alt.irc Internet Talk Radio alt.internet.talk-radio MUDS rec.games.mud.announce (FAQ) Networks comp.protocols.tcp-ip Newsgroups news.groups, news.announce.newgroups PostScript Net Maps news.lists.ps-maps Technical Reports comp.doc.techreports Telecomm comp.dcom.telecom, clari.nb.telecom USENET alt.culture.usenet, alt.uu.future, news.lists WAIS comp.infosystems.wais World Wide Web comp.infosystems.www ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Section -5- 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. o ONLINE BIBLIOGRAPHY ANONYMOUS FTP HOST FILE OR DIRECTORY/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Computer Communication infolib.murdoch.edu.au pub/bib/parker.bib Electronic Serials infolib.murdoch.edu.au pub/bib/bailey.bib FYI Bibliography nic.merit.edu documents/fyi/fyi_03.txt Internet Bks Quarterman nic.merit.edu documents/rfc/rfc1432.txt Networked Info Bib infolib.murdoch.edu.au pub/bib/stanton.bib WAIS Bibliography infolib.murdoch.edu.au pub/bib/lincoln.bib o BIBLIOGRAPHIES Access with email to Body of letter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hacker CMC comserve@vm.its.rpi.edu get compumed biblio Higgins CMC/ED comserve@vm.its.rpi.edu get rescmc syllabus Paulsen CMC/ED comserve@vm.its.rpi.edu get disted2 biblio Rice CMC/ED comserve@vm.its.rpi.edu get cmced biblio o NETWORKS/CMC JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Scientific American, volume 265, number 3, September 1991. Issue on computer networks. Journal of Communication, volume 39, number 3, Summer 1989. Issue on computer communication affecting social power distribution. Communication Yearbook, volume 12, 1989, chapter 8, "Issues and Concepts in Research on Computer-Mediated Communication Systems." o TECHNICAL/OTHER PAPER JOURNALS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Computer Communication Review (ACM SIGCOMM), Communications of the ACM, Electronic Networking: Research, Applications and Policy, IEEE transactions on communication technology, IEEE Spectrum, Electronics and communication engineering journal, ONLINE, Information Today, LinkUp, MIS Quarterly, Information World Review Telecommunications, Telecommunications Products and Technology, Global Networks, Wired o HUMAN COMMUNICATION JOURNALS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Communication Quarterly, Communication Research, Communication Yearbook, Computers and Human Behavior, Human Communication Research, Journal of Communication, Technical Communication, World Communication o BOOKS: a selected listing of particularly useful books. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --BIBLIOGRAPHIES: Burge, Elizabeth J. Computer Mediated Communication and Education: A Selected Bibliography. Toronto, Ontario: Distance Learning Office, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, 252 Bloor St W, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1V6, April 1992. Romiszowski, A. J. Computer-mediated communication: a selected bibliography. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Educational Technology Publications, 1992. --THE INTERNET: Kehoe, Brendan P. Zen and the Art of the Internet: A Beginner's Guide. 2nd ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1992. Krol, Ed. The Whole Internet User's Guide and Catalog. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly & Associates, 1992. Lane, Elizabeth S. and Craig Summerhill. An Internet primer for information professionals: a basic guide to Internet networking technology. Westport, CT: Meckler, 1992. LaQuey, Tracy with Jeanne C. Ryer. Foreword by Al Gore. The Internet companion: a beginner's guide to global networking. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1992. Lynch, Daniel C. and Marshall T. Rose., Eds. Internet System Handbook Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1993. Malamud, Carl. Exploring the Internet: a Technical Travelogue. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1993. Tennant, Roy, John Ober, and Anne G. Lipow, Crossing the Internet Threshold: An Instructional Handbook. Berkeley, CA: Library Solutions Press, 1993. --COMPUTER NETWORKS: Adams, Rick and Frey, Donnalyn: !%@:: A Directory of Mail Addressing and Networks, 2nd Ed. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly & Associates, 1990. Kessler, Gary C. ISDN: concepts, facilities, and services. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1990. LaQuey, Tracy L., ed. The User's Directory of Computer Networks. Bedford, MA: Digital Press, 1990. McClure, Charles R., Ann P. Bishop, Philip Doty, and Howard Rosenbaum. The National Research and Education Network (NREN): Research and Policy Perspectives. Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1991. Motorola Codex. The Basics Book of Information Networking. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1992. Quarterman, John S. The Matrix: Computer Networks and Conferencing Systems Worldwide. Bedford, MA: Digital Press, 1990. --COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION: Chesebro, James W. and Donald G. Bonsall. Computer-mediated communication: human relationships in a computerized world. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1989. Dunlop, Charles and Rob Kling, eds. Computerization and Controversy: Value Conflicts and Social Choices. Academic Press, 1991. Hiltz, Starr Roxanne and Murray Turoff. The Networked Nation: Human Communication via Computer. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1978. Mason, Robin and Anthony Kaye., Eds. Mindweave: Communication, Computers, and Distance Education. New York: Pergamon Press, 1989. Rapaport, Matthew. Computer mediated communications : bulletin boards, computer conferencing, electronic mail, and information retrieval. New York: Wiley, 1991. Sproull, Lee and Sara Kiesler. Connections: New Ways of Working in the Networked Organization. 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