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- Information Sources: the Internet and Computer-Mediated Communication
- ==================================================================
- Compiled by John December (decemj@rpi.edu), Release 1.53, 07 Aug 92
- Additions/comments welcome. This document & 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: this file is useful for those getting started in understanding
- the Internet and CMC; it compactly summarizes sources of
- information for those who are already exploring these issues.
- ASSUMPTIONS: to access many information sources listed here you must
- have access to and know how to use anonymous ftp, email, or
- USENET newsgroups. Some files are in TeX or PostScript format.
- ========================
- 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 DESCRIPT,SCRIPT='SPELL'IONS ANONYMOUS FTP HOST FILE OR DIRECTORY/
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- New User's Questions ftp.nisc.sri.com fyi/fyi4.txt
- Hitchhikers Guide ftp.nisc.sri.com rfc/rfc1118.txt
- Gold in Networks! ftp.nisc.sri.com rfc/rfc1290.txt
- Zen & Art of Internet ftp.cs.widener.edu pub/zen/
- Zen ASCII version csn.org pub/net/zen/
- Guide Internet/Bitnet hydra.uwo.ca libsoft/guide1.txt
- NSF Resource Guide nnsc.nsf.net resource-guide/
- NWNet Internet Guide ftphost.nwnet.net nic/nwnet/user-guide/
- SURANet Internet Guide ftp.sura.net pub/nic/infoguide.*.txt
- NYSERNet Internet Guide nysernet.org pub/guides/Guide.*.text
- CERFNet Guide nic.cerf.net cerfnet/cerfnet_guide/
- DDN New User Guide nic.ddn.mil netinfo/nug.doc
- AARNet Guide aarnet.edu.au pub/resource-guide/
- Internet Monthly Report nis.nsf.net internet/newsletters/
- Internet Maps ftp.merit.edu maps/
-
- o INFO REPOSITORIES ANONYMOUS FTP HOST FILE OR DIRECTORY/
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- FYIs ftp.nisc.sri.com fyi/fyi-index.txt
- RFCs ftp.nisc.sri.com rfc/rfc-index.txt
- Standards nis.nsf.net documents/std/INDEX.std
- Network Info Center nic.ddn.mil netinfo/
- Network Info ftp.nisc.sri.com netinfo/
- Network Info nic.switch.ch /
- UUNET archive ftp.uu.net uunet-info/
- Telecomm Archives lcs.mit.edu telecom-archives/
- Usenet Repository pit-manager.mit.edu pub/usenet/
- Library of Congress seq1.loc.gov pub/iug/index
-
- o NETWORKING ANONYMOUS FTP HOST FILE OR DIRECTORY/
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Network Reading List ftp.uu.net inet/doc/
- Internetworking Guides ra.msstate.edu pub/docs/
- GAO Internet Security merit.edu pub/doc/gao_rpt
- List of FTP Sites pilot.njin.net pub/ftp-list/
- NREN Information nis.nsf.net nren/
- NSF Plan/Interim NREN expres.cise.nsf.gov recompete/impl.ascii
- Uses of Networking infolib.murdoch.edu.au pub/gde/netser/usenetworks.gde
- Intro TCP/IP topaz.rutgers.edu tcp-ip-docs/tcp-ip-intro.doc
-
- o SERVICES ANONYMOUS FTP HOST FILE OR DIRECTORY/
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Yanoff Services List csd4.csd.uwm.edu pub/inet.services.txt
- MaasInfo Indexes ftp.unt.edu articles/maas/maasinfo.files
- Gopher boombox.micro.umn.edu pub/gopher/
- Archie archie.mcgill.ca archie/doc/whatis.archie
- Alex infolib.murdoch.edu.au pub/soft/alex/alexintro.doc
- WAIS sketch/overview hydra.uwo.ca libsoft/wais.txt
- WAIS paper julian.uwo.ca doc/wais-paper.text
- WAIS information think.com wais/wais-discussion/
- Email Services hydra.uwo.ca libsoft/email_services.txt
- Public access UNIX gvl.unisys.com pub/nixpub/long
- Internet access BBS wuarchive.wustl.edu pub/
- WorldWideWeb info.cern.ch pub/www/doc/the_www_book.*
- Dialup BBS list wuarchive.wustl.edu mirrors/msdos/bbslists
- Network Service Guides ftp.sura.net pub/nic/network.service.guides/
- List of Whois Servers sipb.mit.edu pub/whois/whois-servers.list
- HYTELNET access.usask.ca pub/hytelnet/pc/
-
- o DIRECTORIES ANONYMOUS FTP HOST FILE OR DIRECTORY/
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Internet Resource Dir ftp.virginia.edu public_access/*.txt
- Electronic Journals ftp.eff.org pub/journals/
- Barron Library Catalogs ftp.unt.edu library/
- St. George Lib Catalogs nic.cerf.net cerfnet/cerfnet_info/library_catalog/
- Technical Reports daneel.rdt.monash.edu.au pub/techreports
- Interest Groups List ftp.nisc.sri.com netinfo/interest-groups
- Dartmouth Merged SIGL dartcms1.dartmouth.edu siglists/
- Online Library Catalogs hydra.uwo.ca libsoft/guide2.txt
- Library Access Script sonoma.edu pub/libs.sh
- Electronic Conferences ksuvxa.kent.edu library/acadlist.readme
-
- o EMAIL ANONYMOUS FTP HOST FILE OR DIRECTORY/
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Finding Email addresses hydra.uwo.ca libsoft/email_address.txt
- College Email addresses pit-manager.mit.edu pub/usenet/soc.college/
- Pine email ftp.cac.washington.edu pine/pine.blurb
-
- o COMMUNICATION ANONYMOUS FTP HOST FILE OR DIRECTORY/
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Multiple User Dialogue ftp.math.okstate.edu pub/muds/misc/mud-faq/
- Internet Relay Chat(IRC) cs.bu.edu irc/support/tutorial.*
-
- o LANGUAGE/CULTURE ANONYMOUS FTP HOST FILE OR DIRECTORY/
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Net Etiquette Guide ftp.sura.net pub/nic/netiquette.txt
- Computer Jargon pit-manager.mit.edu pub/jargon/jargon*
- Smileys nic.funet.fi pub/misc/funnies/smiley.txt
- Post-Gutenberg infolib.murdoch.edu.au pub/jnl/harnad.jnl
-
- o POPULAR TOPICS ANONYMOUS FTP HOST FILE OR DIRECTORY/
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Current Weathermap GIF vmd.cso.uiuc.edu wx/sa*
- 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
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- ALMANAC. A service for multi-media document and information delivery.
- It offers many database functions as well.
- Comserve. An electronic information service for people interested
- in human communication studies.
- 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).
- LISTSERV. A mailing-list server for group communication. LISTSERVE lists
- of interest of interest include:
- CNI-DIRECTORIES Coalition for Networked Information Directories.
- RFCs (Request For Comments). Documents about various issues for
- discussion, covering a broad range of networking issues.
-
- o ELECTRONIC JOURNALS
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- 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.
- Netweaver. The Newsletter of the Electronic Networking Association.
- NETTRAIN is a discussion list about training/support of others in using
- the resources available on Bitnet and Internet.
-
- o NEWSLETTERS
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Chaos Corner Dr. Chao's random and interesting things about
- computers, networks, and other things
- ConneXions Newsletter on information on networking
- Inquire: ole@csli.stanford.edu
- Internet Revieew. An "irregular and on-line journal of new and
- internesting stuff on the net."
- Internet World a newsletter from Meckler Associates
- Inquire: meckler@tigger.jvnc.net
- Linkletter. The Merit Network's newsletter.
- Matrix News (paper newsletter, but partially online) Covers crossnetwork
- issues. Some back articles, editorials, and indices online.
- Inquire: tic@tic.com
- NETNEWS newsletter for network resources
- The Public-Access Computer Systems Review (PACSR)
-
- ieo JOURNAL/SERVICE Access with email to Body of letter
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~(Name = your full name)~
- ALMANAC almanac@oes.orst.edu send guide
- Comserve comserve@vm.ecs.rpi.edu Send Comserve Helpfile
- Comserve CMC list comserve@vm.ecs.rpi.edu Sub CMC Name
- Comserve CMC notes comserve@vm.ecs.rpi.edu Send CMC Notebook
- EJC/REC comserve@vm.ecs.rpi.edu Directory EJCREC
- EJournal listserv@albany.bitnet)
-
- ie Sub EJRNL Name
- HCIBIB hcibib@rumpus.colorado.edu query:
- Netweaver comserve@vm.ecs.rpi.edu Send Netweave Winter91
- RFCs rfc-info@isi.edu help: ways_to_get_rfcs
- LISTSERV listserv@uacsc2.albany.edu send listserv memo
- CNI-DIRECTORIES listserv@cni.org Subscribe CNI-DIRECTORIES Name
- NETTRAIN listserv@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu Subscribe nettrain Name
- FTP MAIL ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com help
- PACSR t)
-
- ie listserv@uhupvm1.uh.edu Subscribe PACS-P Name
-
- o JOURNAL/SERVICE/DOC ANONYMOUS FTP HOST FILE OR DIRECTORY/
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Chaos Corner puffin.cit.cornell.edu cc*.txt
- Current Cites a.cni.org current.cites/
- Discussion of Comp Conf ftp.nisc.sri.com rfc/rfc1324.txt
- Linkletter ftp.merit.edu newsletters/linkletter/
- Matrix News (parts) quake.think.com pub/mids/matrix_enews/
- NETNEWS hydra.uwo.ca libsoft/netnews*.txt
-
- ========================
- 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.
-
- Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR): alliance
- of computer professionals who discuss the impact of computer
- technology on society. (Contact: cpsr@csli.stanford.edu).
- Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF): public interest organization to
- educate public about computer and communication technologies.
- The Internet Society (ISOC): supports the development of the
- Internet and promotes education and applications.
- Electronic Networking Association (ENA): "...to promote electronic
- netbworking in ways that enrich individuals, enhance organizations,
- and build global communities." [see Netweaver newsletter in
- Section -2-]
-
- o INFO FOR ANONYMOUS FTP HOST FILE OR DIRECTORY/
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- EFF ftp.eff.org pub/EFF
- ISOC nnsc.nsf.net internet-society/
-
- o INFO FOR Access with email to Body of letter
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~(Name = your full name)~
- CPSR listserv@gwuvm.gwu.edu SUBSCRIBE cpsr 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) & an~swers.
-
- o INTEREST AREA NEWSGROUP(S)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Beginners news.announce.newusers
- FAQs news.answers
- Internet alt.internet.services, alt.best.of.internet
- Usenet alt.culture.usenet, alt.uu.future, news.lists
- Internet BBS alt.bbs.internet (FAQ)
- Email comp.mail.misc (FAQ)
- WAIS comp.infosystems.wais
- Gopher alt.gopher
- Network Info Sources comp.archives, comp.internet.library,
- news.lists, comp.protocols.tcp-ip
- Newsgroups news.groups, news.announce.newgroups
- Information Systems comp.infosystems
- ISDN comp.dcom.isdn
- Technical Reports comp.doc.techreports
- Computer BBS comp.bbs.misc
- Telecomm comp.dcom.telecom, clari.nb.telecom
- Computer Underground comp.society.cu-digest
- MUDS rec.games.mud.announce (FAQ)
- IRC alt.irc
- PostScript Net Maps news.lists.ps-maps
- Hackers alt.hackers
-
- ========================
- Section -5- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
- ========================================================================
- This section lists useful information sources.
-
- o ONLINE BIBLIOGRAPHIES ANONYMOUS FTP HOST FILE OR DIRECTORY/
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Computer Communication infolib.murdoch.edu.au pub/bib/parker.bib
- Networked Info Bib infolib.murdoch.edu.au pub/bib/stanton.bib
- WAIS Bibliography infolib.murdoch.edu.au pub/bib/lincoln.bib
- Electronic Serials infolib.murdoch.edu.au pub/bib/bailey.bib
- FYI Bibliography ftp.nisc.sri.com fyi/fyi3.txt
-
- 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 JOURNALS
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Computer Communication Review (ACM SIGCOMM), Communications of the ACM,
- 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
-
- 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:
- Romiszowski, A. J. Computer-mediated communication: a selected
- bibliography. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Educational Technology
- Publications, 1992.
- --COMPUTER NETWORKS:
- Adams, Rick and Frey, Donnalyn: !%@:: A Directory of Mail Addressing and
- Networks, 2nd Ed. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly & Associates, 19n90.
- Kehoe, Brendan P. Zen and the Art of the Internet: A Beginner's Guide.
- 2nd ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1992.
- 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.
- 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.
- Sproull, Lee and Sara Kiesler. Connections: New Ways of Working in
- the Networked Organization. MIT Press, 1991.
- ========================
- This document is Copyright 1992 by John December (decemj@rpi.edu).
- Permission to use, copy, or distribute this document for non-commercial,
- educational purposes is hereby granted, provided that this copyright
- and permission notice appear in all copies. I make no representations
- about the suitability, stability, or accuracy of this document for any
- purpose. It is provided "as is" without expressed or