NETWORK  KNOWLEDGE
			      for  the
			      NEOPHYTE

	     Stuff You Need to Know in Order to Navigate
		       the Electronic Village



			     Version 3.0
			    31 March 1993







		      Prepared by Martin Raish


	  Coordinator for Information Management Education
		   Binghamton University Libraries
			      Box 6012
		     Binghamton  NY  13902-6012

			mraish@bingvmb.BITNET
		  mraish@bingvmb.cc.binghamton.edu


			      and  the
			 NET*WORK*SHOP Crew




	DISCLAIMERS


	1.     This guide was created to accompany all-day workshops on
	"Getting Connected to the Internet," first given in March
	and May 1992.  It has evolved into somewhat more than simply
	a set of class handouts, but it remains far less than a
	"complete introduction to networking."  It is necessarily
	brief, and should not be used as a stand-alone resource.

	When used in conjunction with lecture, demonstration, and
	hands-on teaching, it is a good tool.  The bibliography
	points to several excellent guides for use in situations
	when greater detail is needed.


	2.     The network landscape is constantly transforming itself.
	Resources appear, mutate, merge, migrate, and disappear with
	impunity.  I make no claim that the information contained
	here will be accurate by the time you read it.

	All bibliographic sources were alive and well as of the date
	on the title page, but that was long ago (in net-time).
	Please let me know of major errors, but learn to live with
	the small stuff.


	3.     This guide was developed specifically for the networking
	environment at Binghamton University.  Some explanations and
	examples may not be universally applicable.  If I do not
	address your particular situation -- sorry.  If a particular
	statement seems false for your circumstances -- ignore it.












	Copyright (c) 1993 by Martin H. Raish.  All rights reserved.
	Permission to copy and distribute this document for non-
	commercial, educational purposes is hereby granted, provided
	that it is reproduced in its entirely, and that this
	paragraph appears on all copies.


			      CONTENTS


	INTRODUCTION

	Networks, Protocols, Gateways

	I.     ELECTRONIC MAIL

	    Understanding addresses

	    Inter-connectivity

	II.    ON BEYOND E-MAIL

	    Electronic discussion groups and conferences

	    Network "Netiquette"

	III.   REMOTE LOGON

	IV.    GETTING STUFF FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE

	V.     OTHER TOOLS

	    Archie
	    WAIS
	    Gopher, Veronica
	    World Wide Web

	BIBLIOGRAPHIES:       A -- Network Guides, Books
		      B -- Network Guides, FTP-able Documents
		      C -- Periodicals
		      D -- Library Guides
		      E -- Other Good Stuff

	APPENDIX:  Directories of Computer Discussion Groups


	INTRODUCTION -- Networks, Protocols, Gateways


	NETWORK     A set of computers that all use the same PROTOCOL to
	    exchange information among themselves.

	    PROTOCOL  A standard that defines the method of
		      communication among computers.  It is the
		      language and the grammatical rules that
		      machines agree to use in order to understand
		      each other.

	    The protocol for the Internet is known as TCP/IP --
	    "Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol."

	    SMTP -- "Simple Mail Transfer Protocol."  The most
	    commonly-used service that moves millions of messages
	    through hundreds of networks, even when the sender and
	    the recipient use different local mail systems.

	Some important networks:

	INTERNET  Begun in the early 1970s by the federal government
		 in an effort to link its many research and
		 military computers.  It is based on protocols used
		 by UNIX computers.  Sometimes called the NSFnet.

	USENET    Begun in 1979 to link two computers in North
		 Carolina.  Also UNIX-based, but focused more on
		 news and discussion than on research.

	BITNET    Begun in 1981 with the intent of linking together
		 IBM machines at research universities in the
		 eastern United States.  Its European counterpart
		 is EARN; its Canadian counterpart is NETNORTH.

	These began as separate networks, but as their protocols were
	made more compatible, and GATEWAYS were created among them, they
	became an amorphous jumble (some would say a "jungle") that is
	usually referred to simply as "The Internet."

	    GATEWAY   A computer that provides both a physical link
		      and a protocol translation program that
		      permits a network to send information to and
		      through another network.

	    Gateways are like doors that allow you to move from one
	    room to another.  Most are invisible to network users.

	    Some commercial gateways are described below under
	    "inter-connectivity."


	One writer has described the Internet as "a global community of
	computing resources, . . . an interconnected data-highway that
	spans the earth. . . .  [It is] large, dynamic, and relatively
	unfathomable, yet it can sit on your desk top, at your command."

	Some Internet statistics as of February 1993:

	    7,080 distinct networks
	    52 nations
	    29,741,530,300 packets of data transferred
		 That's nearly five and one-half TRILLION bytes.

	And these figures do not represent the total network
	traffic, but only the part that traversed the NSF backbone
	in the United States.

	Figures for ten months earlier (April 1992) were:

	    4,084 networks
	    42 nations
	    6,520,442,000 packets (1.23 trillion bytes)

	In May 1990 the total traffic was "only" 3.15 billion
	packets.


	NREN      The National Research and Education Network, a
		 "new" network proposed by the federal government
		 to try to bring a semblance of order to the
		 situation.  It will absorb and expand the
		 Internet.

	It will also be able to transmit more data at faster speeds,
	something that is absolutely necessary as the amount of
	traffic on the Internet continues to grow exponentially.

	The bill to create the NREN has been signed into law, but
	much work remains to be done to bring it to actuality.


	Other networks you may here about:

	FidoNet -- a series of DOC-based computers that uses modems
	to directly link one PC to the next.  It is the largest
	privately-owned computer network in the world.

	FrEdMail -- a consortium of more than two hundred schools
	and universities around the world dedicated to linking
	students and teachers.


	I -- ELECTRONIC MAIL ("e-mail")


	UNDERSTANDING ELECTRONIC MAIL ADDRESSES.

	Just as we all have an address that identifies us by house
	number, street, city, state and nation, each person using e-mail
	has his or her own unique network address.  It consists of two
	major parts:

	    the person's name as known to the computer

	    the name and location of the computer itself

	These are separated by an "at sign" -- @.

	For example, my computer "name" is "mraish" and the
	name/location of my computer is "bingvmb.BITNET".  So my
	full e-mail address is

	    mraish@bingvmb.BITNET

	(In practice the ".BITNET" is often ignored.  Mail will
	reach me at mraish@bingvmb.)

	However, because the computer I use has a gateway to the
	Internet, I also have the Internet address

	    mraish@bingvmb.cc.binghamton.edu

	Since Internet addresses are a bit more complicated, let's
	dismantle this address, starting at the far right end.

	DOMAIN      This identifies the network or sub-network.

	Networks outside the United States are identified by two-
	letter codes:  CA for Canada, ES for Spain, TW for Taiwan,
	UK for the United Kingdom, and so forth.

	Networks within the United States are identified by the
	nature of their owners:  COM for commercial companies, EDU
	for educational institutions, GOV for government facilities,
	MIL for military sites, NET for network support groups, and
	ORG for other miscellaneous organizations.

	My internet address ends in "edu" because my computer is at
	a university.






	SUB-DOMAIN       This identifies a sub-set of the domain.

	At European universities the computer is usually identified
	by "ac" and the name of the institution where it is located.
	For example, if the last part of an address was
	"oxford.ac.uk" you would know that the person was writing
	from a computer at Oxford University in England.

	In the United States we do not use the "ac" part, but we do
	often (but not always) include the name of the university.
	Did you notice the "binghamton" in my Internet address?

	Sometimes a second sub-domain is necessary, to distinguish
	machines located in different areas of the same institution.
	That is why I have "cc" in my address -- to identify the
	computer center on campus, where my machine is located.

	HOST or NODE     The name of the machine itself.

	In the beginning computers were named by numbers and
	acronyms, such as "bingvmb."  The trend lately is to give
	them names that are more interesting and clever, and thus
	easier to remember.  Some common names are Orion, Merlin,
	Mozart, Snoopy, and Spock.

	When an institution owns several computers, they will often
	have related names, such as the planets, the signs of the
	zodiac, or the names of the seven dwarfs.  (The most popular
	host name is Venus, followed by Pluto and Mars.)

	Technically a "host" is a machine that has users and
	mailboxes, while a "node" does not -- it simply forwards
	mail.  In common usage, however, this distinction is largely
	ignored.

	Now let's look at the part in front of the @.

	When you get an account on a machine the institution will usually
	assign you a "userid" -- a user identification "name."  Sometimes
	you can select one you like, but most often it is created from
	your real name.  Sometimes it is all numbers.

	In the BITNET world it cannot be longer than eight
	characters.  Internet userids can be longer.

	Some BITNET examples:

	shorties            same library        unusual ones
	---------           ------------        ---------------
	ROSE@PUCC           LIBHJB@BYUVM        SV#3@LAFYACS
	PPH@UNC             LIBMME@BYUVM        $M$LB46@LUCCPUA


	Some Internet examples:

	0100106@VAXA.NORTHWEST.MISSOURI.EDU
	Elizabeth_Knight@CARLETON.EDU
	cijs10@vaxb.strathclyde.ac.uk
	hagasawa@TANSEI.CC.U-TOKYO.AC.JP
	info16@HAL.UNM.EDU                 (from 2001?)
	yhtseng@HARDY.U.WASHINGTON.EDU     (is there a Laurel?)


	Also, some people are more difficult to reach than others because
	their messages must go through several gateways before they can
	be delivered.  So the person's "name" might include a "bang" (!),
	a per cent sign (%), or double-colons (::), all of which are
	simply intermediate routing symbols that you don't need to worry
	about (except to type them correctly!).

	Some examples:

	JDIP%delphinus.lib.umb.edu@CS.UMB.EDU
	decwrl!fernwood!well!nola@LLL-WINKEN.LLNL.GOV



	INTER-CONNECTIVITY    The need to provide links (gateways) among
		      dissimilar networks and computers, so anyone
		      can send mail to anyone else, regardless of
		      the type of computer or network involved.

	Several commercial companies have been created to furnish access
	to the Internet to people who would not otherwise be able to
	connect.  They charge users by the minute, or by the message, or
	a flat rate.  Some of the larger firms are listed below.  (Notice
	that the addresses end in "com" to denote their status as
	commercial enterprises.)

	AppleLink  -- user@applelink.apple.com
	AT&T Mail  -- user@attmail.com
	CompuServe -- 12345.678@compuserve.com
	MCI Mail   -- user@mcimail.com



	II.    ON BEYOND E-MAIL


	DISCUSSION GROUPS     Specialized mail systems through which people
	(or "lists")        exchange messages with others who share a
		      common interest.  These groups are more than
		      bulletin boards; they can best be described
		      as multi-participant party line telephone
		      conversations.

	Every person who joins a list (or "subscribes" although there is
	no exchange of money) can send a message to the host computer
	that then re-distributes it to every other subscriber.  Any
	member can reply to the message (or "posting") and this reply
	will, in turn, be distributed to every one else in the group.
	The electronic conversation continues as long as anyone is
	interested in discussing the subject at hand.  Then someone else
	raises a new issue and the process begins anew.

	The program that operates discussion groups on BITNET is known as
	LISTSERV.  A similar program exists on the Internet, and although
	it is not technically the same, most people speak of "listserv
	lists" in the same sense of using the "Xerox" machine or Kleenex.

	Discussion groups exist for virtually every subject imaginable.
	A tiny sampling:

	AILIST -- artificial intelligence
	BRASS -- for small ensemble brass musicians
	Dead Teachers Society Discussion List
	    -- one of several education-related groups
	DOROTHYL -- women mystery writers
	ESPER-L -- Esperanto
	GRANOLA -- the vegetarian life style
	HUMANIST -- computing in the humanities
	MEXICO-L -- news of Mexico
	ORIGAMI -- Japanese art of paper folding
	PHOTO-L -- the "Photography Phorum"
	SCIFRAUD -- fraud in science
	Traditional Nutty Stuff -- an electronic humor magazine

	For librarians there are lists for every brand of OPAC, for
	catalogers of rare books, for art librarians, for bibliographic
	instruction concerns, for library administrators, etc. etc. etc.

	Several "lists of lists" have been compiled to help you find ones
	of interest.  See the "Directories of Computer Discussion Groups"
	(at the end of this document) for instructions on how to get
	these "list-ographies."




	NETWORK "NETIQUETTE"       Customs and practices that have been
			   adopted in order to promote effective
			   electronic communication.

	Most of these are simply matters of common courtesy, but the
	electronic world offers a few extra wrinkles.  Here are a few
	matters to keep in mind when sending message over the network,
	especially messages that are distributed to more than one person.

	1.     Always include a descriptive subject line in your mail
	header (the "envelope" that precedes your actual message).

	2.     Avoid sending emotionally-charged messages (called "flames")
	that generate heat but not light.  These tend to cause
	"flame wars" that only make everyone angry.

	3.     DON'T PUT YOUR MESSAGE IN ALL UPPER CASE LETTERS.  This has
	the appearance of shouting.

	4.     Use acronyms and "emoticons" to indicate mood.  Since the
	network cannot convey the sort of non-verbal clues that take
	place in face-to-face conversations, simple "smiley face"
	symbols and common acronyms can help set the tone of your
	message.  For example:

	    "Emoticons" -- turn your head sideways to see them.

		 :-)       happy
		 :-(       sad
		 :-)=      bearded humor
		 8-)       happy with glasses
		 (:-|K-    formal message
		 =|:-)=    Uncle Sam

	    Acronyms -- devised originally to reduce the size of
	    messages so they could be transmitted faster.

		 BTW       by the way
		 OTOH      on the other hand
		 WYSIWYG   what you see is what you get
		 IMHO      in my humble opinion  :-)


	III -- REMOTE LOGON


	TELNET and TN3270     Programs that permit you to log on to and
		      operate a computer other than your own.

	These are essentially the same thing.  Check with your local
	computer experts on which is appropriate for use with your
	equipment.

	The most common reason for wishing to log on to a "remote"
	computer is to search another library's catalog.  But there are
	lots of other interesting databases out there, ranging from
	geographic names to weather forecasts.  See the items listed in
	the bibliographies for more information on these fascinating
	resources.

	TELNET and tn3270 allow you to search remote databases, but they
	do not permit you to retrieve the actual files.  To capture
	documents you must use ftp.



	IV -- GETTING STUFF FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE


	ftp         "File Transfer Protocol" -- a process that allows you
	    to transfer files over the Internet from one mainframe
	    computer to another.  "Anonymous ftp" allows you to do
	    this on machines that have been programmed to accept
	    requests from people who do not have accounts on them.

	Thousands of interesting documents and software programs are
	stored on computers around the world, and copies are offered to
	anyone who has access to the anonymous ftp procedure.  See the
	items listed in the bibliographies for more information on how to
	access these files.



	V.     OTHER TOOLS

	As the network has become larger and more complex, trying to
	remember a particular document and its location has become
	increasingly difficult, and keeping track of hundreds of telnet
	and ftp addresses, log on/off procedures, and other details has
	become nearly impossible.  The network, while vastly rich in
	resources, is simply too cumbersome for anyone to master.

	In an effort to solve this dilemma various network navigation
	tools have been developed.  Their overall intent is to make the
	net "transparent," so you can find things without needing to know
	what they are called or where they are located.  Each of these
	tools uses some sort of user-friendly interface to translate your
	request into network commands, search files, and locate (and
	sometimes even fetch) the document you desire.

	The following descriptions are brief, but are as much as can be
	covered in this beginning tutorial.  For further information,
	consult the works cited in the bibliographies.


	ARCHIE      locates programs, data, and text files stored on
	    hundreds of computers around the world.

	The system maintains a database of all the file names at sites
	that allow anonymous ftp.  When you enter your search terms it
	automatically identifies files that contain those words, and
	tells you where they are located.  With this information you can
	then get the files through regular ftp procedures.


	WAIS        not only locates files based upon their names (as
	    Archie does), but also by knowing what is in the files.
	    It can also display the documents for you.

	Wide Area Information Servers, pronounced "wayz," allow you to
	search through archives of files for which indexes exist.  The
	program searches the text itself, not just the file name, for
	your desired term.  The results are then presented in a weighted
	list, with those judged "best" listed first, and others listed in
	decreasing order of relevance.  You may then select items you
	want to see in full, and the system will retrieve them for you.


	GOPHER      allows you to browse for network resources using menus.
	    When you find something you want, gopher will get it
	    for you.

	You can use gopher to search thousands of sites and millions of
	documents without knowing a single Internet address, file name,
	or locally idiosyncratic command.  You just sniff around "Gopher
	Space" like you would browse your local library, using structured
	menus to guide you along the way.

	Gopher systems are multiplying rapidly, and becoming more
	sophisticated.  And since they all connect to one another, as
	well as to various WAIS and Archie servers, you can explore
	virtually any part of the net using a single, relatively simple,
	interface.

	Gophers systems are not perfect -- for example, there is no
	unified subject vocabulary, so different systems will use
	different terms to organize similar materials -- nor do they
	provide you with anything you could not get directly via telnet
	or ftp.  But they do tend to uncomplicate things.  I especially
	appreciate the "book mark" feature that allow me to save complex
	searches and re-execute them with a single keystroke or click of
	the mouse.


	VERONICA    is a fledgling, but very promising attempt to improve
	    upon gopher.

	The drawback to gopher systems is that you need to negotiate
	several layers of menus before you locate what you want.
	Veronica ("Very Easy Rodent-Oriented Net-wide Index to
	Computerized Archives," and also a play on Archie) permits you to
	search gopher menus by keyword, so you can more quickly find ones
	that are likely to have materials of interest.

	There are not yet many Veronica systems in operation, so the ones
	that do exist are heavily used, and tend to be very slow to
	respond.  As more and better Veronica systems are developed, they
	might well become even more popular than gopher is at the moment.


	WORLD WIDE WEB (or WWW)    does much the same thing as gopher and
			   WAIS, but uses hypertext as its basic
			   organizational design.

	WWW is not as fully developed as gopher, nor as widely available.
	But it holds promise as the most flexible and powerful of the
	network navigation tools.  Its major drawback is that in order to
	work as intended, it needs documents that already exist in
	hypertext format, and these simply are not yet common on the net.




	              BIBLIOGRAPHY A:  Network Guides, Books


	Jonathan Kochmer and NorthWestNet
	1993      The Internet Passport: NorthWestNet's Guide to Our
	       World Online.  NorthWestNet: 15400 SE 30th Place,
	       Suite 202, Bellvue, WA  98007.
	       [E-mail: passport@nwnet.net]
	NOTE:  The publishers plan to make this available via the net,
	but details as to where and/or how will not be known until
	mid-summer 1993.


	Brendan P. Kehoe
	1992      Zen and the Art of the Internet: A Beginner's Guide
	       to the Internet, 2nd edition.  Prentice-Hall:
	       Englewood, NJ.
	NOTE:  An electronic version of the first edition is widely
	available from many network sites.


	Ed Krol
	1992      The Whole Internet User's Guide & Catalog.  O'Reilly
	       & Associates: 103 Morris Street, Suite A, Sebastopol
	       CA, 95472.  [E-mail: nuts@ora.com]


	Tracey LaQuey and Jeanne C. Ryder
	1993      The Internet Companion: A Beginner's Guide to Global
	       Networking.  Addison-Wesley: Reading, Mass.


	NYSERNet
	1992      NYSERNet New User's Guide to Useful and Unique
	       Resources on the Intenet.  NYSERNet: Syracuse, New
	       York.


	Roy Tennant, John Ober, and Anne G. Lipow
	1992      Crossing the Internet Threshold.  Library Solutions
	       Institute, 2137 Oregon St., Berkeley CA 94705.

	       BIBLIOGRAPHY B:  Network Guides, FTP-able Documents

	The date is the latest of which I am aware.  Updates could appear
	at any time.

	The file names include all directories and sub-directories in the
	format

	/directory/sub-directory(ies)/filename

	You can get the file by using the full path name (including the
	slashes) or you can change directories one level at a time and
	browse along the way.  If you see a related README file you should
	get and read it before you try to get the full file.

	Note that almost all of these sites contain other documents.  You
	may well find the same items in several places.  But not all will
	be the same versions, so remember check the date of anything you
	fetch.


	T. Matthew Ciolek.  Internet Voyager: Social Scientist's Guidebook
	to AARNET/INTERNET Online Information Services.  (March 1993)

	FTP:      coombs.anu.edu.au  --  150.203.76.2
	FILE:     /coombspapers/coombswork/coombs-computing/
	       internet-voyager-1-2.txt  [part 1]
	       internet-voyager-2-2.txt  [part 2]

	John December.  Information Sources: The Internet and Computer-
	Mediated Communication.  (February 1993)

	FTP:      ftp.rpi.edu  --  128.113.1.5
	FILE:     /pub/communications/internet-cmc

	Laine Farley, editor.  Library Resources on the Internet:
	Strategies for Selection and Use.  (August 1991)

	FTP:      ftp.unt.edu  --  129.120.1.1
	FILE:     /library/libcat-guide

	Lee Hancock.  Internet/Bitnet Health Sciences Resources.
	(February 1993)

	FTP:      ftp.sura.net  --  128.167.254.179
	FILE:     /pub/nic/medical.resources.xxx
	       where xxx = latest release date

	Judi Harris and the students of TEB 8000.  Internet Resources
	Directory, Part 3: File Archives (FTP Sites) of Interest to
	Educators.  (July 1992)

	FTP:      ftp.virginia.edu  --  128.143.2.7
	FILE:     /pub/IRD/IRD-FTP-sites.txt

	Judi Harris and the students of TEB 8000.  Internet Resources
	Directory, Part 4: Ideas for Curricular Infusion of
	Telecomputing Tools and Resources.  (July 1992)

	FTP:      ftp.virginia.edu -- 128.143.2.7
	FILE:     /pub/IRD/IRD-infusion-ideas.txt

	NOTE:     Updated versions of the above two documents are expected
	  in June 1993.  These, plus some other useful items
	  produced by the same group, will be posted at
	  tcet.unt.edu in the directories
	       pub/telecomputing-info/IRD,
	       pub/telecomputing-info/ed-infusions, and
	       pub/telecomputing-info/gif-gallery.

	J. Paul Holbrook and Christine S. Pruess, editors.
	CICNet Resource Guide.  (June 1992)

	FTP:      nic.cic.net  --  192.131.22.2
	FILE:     /pub/resourceguide
	       This directory contains the latest information on
	       updates and on-line versions of the guide.

	Robert Elton Maas.  MaasInfo.TopIndex: Toplevel Index to All
	Major InterNet Indexes.  (February 1992)

	FTP:      niord.shsu.edu  --  192.92.115.8
	FILE:     /maasinfo/MaasInfo.TopIndex

	Gary Scott Malkin and April N. Marine.  FYI on Questions and
	Answers: Answers to Commonly Asked "New Internet User"
	Questions, (Network Working Group RFC 1325).  (May 1992)

	FTP:      nic.ddn.mil  --  192.112.36.5
	FILE:     /rfc/rfc1325.txt

	Jerry Martin.  There's Gold in them thar Networks!, or,
	Searching for Treasure in all the Wrong Places, (Network
	Working Group RFC 1402).  (January 1993)

	FTP:      nis.nsf.net  --  35.1.1.48
	FILE:     /documents/rfc/rfc1402.txt

	Dana Noonan.  A Guide to Internet/BITNET.  (June 1992)

	FTP:      hydra.uwo.ca  --  129.100.2.13
	FILE:     /libsoft/guide1.txt

	Deidre E. Stanton.  Library and Information Resources Networks:
	A Bibliography.  (May 1992)

	FTP:      infolib.murdoch.edu.au  --  134.115.80.10
	FILE:     /pub/bib/stanton.bib

	NOTE:     This can be gotten in either ASCII or WordPerfect
	       format.  But be aware that the WP document is
	       formatted for International paper that is narrower
	       and longer than our American 8+ x 11 inch stuff.  So
	       it won't print very well if you download it to your
	       PC.  It is 101 pages long.

	Michael Strangelove.  The Electric Mystic's Guide to the
	Internet:  A Complete Directory of Networked Electronic
	Documents, Online Conferences, Serials, Software, and Archives
	Relevant to Religious Studies.  (February 1993)

	FTP:      panda1.uottawa.ca  --  137.122.6.16
	FILE:     /pub/religion/electric-mystics-guide-v1.txt
	NOTE:     Volume 2 is expected to be available Summer 1993.
	NOTE:     Also via listserv@uottawa as MYSTICS V1-TXT

	SURAnet.  Information Available on the Internet: A Guide to
	Selected Sources.  (Updated weekly; posted 9 am Mondays).

	FTP:      ftp.sura.net  --  128.167.254.179
	FILE:     /pub/nic/infoguide.<date>.txt
	NOTE:     Before you attempt to retrieve the guide, get and
	       read the file 00-README FIRST.

	                  BIBLIOGRAPHY C:  Periodicals


	NETMONTH: An Independent Guide to BITNET

	Monthly (more or less) electronic newsletter of interesting
	articles and information.  To subscribe, send the following
	command to listserv@marist

	  subscribe netmonth Your Name.


	Network News:  An Update to Libraries and Information Resources on
	       the Internet

	Sponsored by Metronet in Minneapolis, this short monthly
	newsletter has many useful items specificially focused on
	libraries and media centers.  To subscribe, contact Dana
	Noonan at noonan@msus1.msus.edu.


	NYSERNet USER and NYSER.Update

	NYSERNet USER is published three times a year in both print
	and electronic formats.  It has good articles not only about
	NYSERNet and the New York area, but also about the net in
	general.

	NYSER.Update is an on-line report intended to fill the gap
	between issues of the NYSERNet USER.

	To subscribe to either of these send an e-mail message to

	  nyser-user-request@nysernet.org

	For further information call 315-443-4120.



	                 BIBLIOGRAPHY D:  Library Guides


	Bill Barron
	UNT's Accessing On-Line Bibliographic Databases.  Latest
	edition is January 15, 1993.  Available via anonymous ftp from
	ftp.unt.edu, directory LIBRARY, filename LIBRARIES.TXT.

	Arranged alphabetically by name of institution.  Has several
	appendices explaining various OPAC commands.

	Dana Noonan
	A Guide to Internet/BITNET, parts II, III: Internet Libraries.

	Available via e-mail from listserv@ndsuvm1.BITNET, or via
	anonymous ftp from vm1.nodak.edu, directory NNEWS, filenames
	GUIDE2.NNEWS and GUIDE3.NNEWS.

	Part II covers library catalogs in the United States.
	Part III covers library catalogs outside the United States,
	arranged by country, then alphabetically.

	(Part I, covering e-mail, mailing lists, ftp, Gopher, and
	other Good Stuff, is available as GUIDE1.NNEWS.)

	Art St. George and Ron Larsen
	Internet-Accessible Library Catalogs and Databases.  Latest
	edition is July 15, 1992.  Available via anonymous ftp from
	ariel.unm.edu, directory LIBRARY, filename INTERNET.LIBRARY.

	121 pages, arranged geographically.  Also includes many campus
	wide information systems.

	                BIBLIOGRAPHY E:  Other Good Stuff


	Wilfred Drew
	1992      Not Just Cows: A Guide to Internet/Bitnet Resources
	       in Agriculture and Related Sciences.  State
	       University of New York, Morrisville College of
	       Agriculture and Technology: Morrisville, NY.


	Rick Gates.  The Internet Hunt.
	This is a monthly "contest" to see who can be the first to
	answer ten questions using only Internet resources.  The
	contest is posted to several discussion groups on the first of
	each month, with the answers posted later in the month.
	Previous hunts are archived at several ftp sites.


	Scott Yannoff.  Special Internet Connections.
	Updated every week or so, this short list (usually five or six
	pages) provides access information and brief notes on about
	one hundred popular / new / interesting network resources.  To
	subscribe contact Scott Yanoff at yanoff@csd4.csd.uwm.edu.



	The following documents provide information on how you can acquire
	network access if you are not affiliated with an organization, such
	as a university or research center, that has an institutional
	connection.


	Genevieve Engel.  Dial-Up Access Provider List.  (January 15, 1993)

	FTP:      dla.ucop.edu  --  128.48.108.25
	FILE:     /pub/internet/dial-access


	James Milles.  Individual Access to Internet.  (February 12, 1993)

	FTP:      liberty.uc.wlu.edu  --  137.113.10.35
	FILE:     /pub/lawlib/internet.access




	     DIRECTORIES OF COMPUTER DISCUSSION GROUPS


	1.   Directory of Scholarly Electronic Conferences, 6th Revision
	(February 1993), edited by Diane K. Kovacs and The Directory
	Team.

	Entries are arranged by broad subject fields, and each is
	accompanied by a short description, instructions for
	subscribing, and the name of the owner/moderator.

	The list is available from listserv at kentvm in nine parts:

	  acadlist readme = general information and overview
	  acadlist file1 = Anthropology -> Education
	  acadlist file2 = Geography -> Library Science
	  acadlist file3 = Linguistics -> Political Science
	  acadlist file4 = Psychology -> Writing
	  acadlist file5 = Biological Sciences
	  acadlist file6 = Physical Sciences (included Computing)
	  acadlist file7 = Business, Academia, News
	  acadlist file8 = Computer Science and related topics


	2.   BITNET Listserv lists.

	This provides addresses and one-line descriptions of BITNET
	groups only.  It is available from your nearest listserv using
	the command "list global."  If the node you ask doesn't have
	the list, it will direct you to one that does.


	3.   List of Lists.

	This includes both BITNET and Internet lists.  It gives
	addresses, descriptions, instructions and contact persons.
	The latest version, dated September 10, 1992, is VERY large,
	so is sent in several pieces.

	It is available from listserv at ndsuvm1 as

	  interest package

	It is also available by anonymous ftp from ftp.nisc.sri.com
	(192.33.33.22).

	  directory = netinfo
	  file name = interest-groups



	4.   Merged list of LISTSERV lists and Interest Group Lists.

	This list, maintained by Dartmouth College, is updated
	monthly.  However, each entry is only one line long, so does
	not provide much information.  It is available by anonymous
	ftp from dartcms1.dartmouth.edu (129.170.16.19).

	  directory = siglists

	It is also available from listserv at dartcms1.

	It comes in several pieces, so regardless of how you get it,
	you should first get the READ.ME file that provides further
	instructions.


	5.   Library-Oriented Computer Conferences and Electronic Serials.

	This list is maintained by Charles Bailey, Jr., at the
	University of Houston Libraries.  The latest update, dated
	January 11, 1993, includes more than 100 conferences and 18
	serials.  It is available by anonymous ftp from hydra.uwo.ca
	(129.100.2.13).

	  directory = libsoft
	  file name = libconfers.txt;9


	6.   Searching interactively online.

	As the number of discussion groups has grown the directories
	have become too large and unwieldy to use in printed format.
	An alternate method is to search the lists electronically.
	The only place this is currently available is at NDSUVM1 (or
	VM1.NoDak.EDU).

	Instructions on how to search this database are in the
	document LISTSOF LISTS available from listserv at ndsuvm1.


	7.   Directory of Electronic Journals, Newsletters, and Scholarly
	Discussion Lists, 2nd ed., edited by Michael Strangelove and
	Diane Kovacs, Association of Research Libraries: Chicago,
	March 1992.

	This 8 1/2" x 11" format paper-bound book has grown by nearly
	50% since it was first published in June 1991.  It is
	available for $25 (prepaid) from

	  Association of Research Libraries
	  Office of Scientific & Academic Publishing
	  1527 New Hampshire Avenue NW
	  Washington  D.C.  20036



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