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- Introduction to the Internet: A Reading List
- November 1992
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- Books
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- Aboba, Bernard. The BMUG Guide to Bulletin Boards and Beyond.
- Berkeley, CA: BMUG, 1992. designed for MAC users.
-
- Comer, Douglas. Internetworking with TCP/IP: Volume 1:
- Principles, Protocols and Architecture. 2nd edition. Englewood
- Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1991. 3 volumes have been published
- but this is the important one to look at. A good technical view.
-
- Dern, Daniel. Internet Guide for New Users. Westport, CT:
- Meckler, 1993. Expected early 1993.
-
- Frey, Donnalyn and Rick Adams. !%@:: A Directory of Electronic
- Mail Addressing and Networks. Second Edition. Sebastopol, CA:
- O'Reilly and Associates, 1990. New edition expected.
-
- Hardie, Edward T.L. and Vivian Neon, eds. Internet: Mailing
- Lists. Menlo Park, CA: SRI International, 1992.
- Quickly dated. Good printed version of the listservs and discussion
- groups with directions to join.
-
- Henry, Marcia et al. Search Sheets for OPACs on the Internet: A
- Selective Guide to U.S. OPACs Utilizing VT100 Emulation.
- Westport, CT: Meckler, 1991. Very limited.
-
- Hunt, Craig. TCP/IP Network Administration. Sebastopol, CA:
- O'Reilly & Associates, 1992. What the network administrator at
- an Internet site should know!
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- Kahin, Brian, ed. Building Information Infrastructure: Issues in
- the Development of the National Research and Education Network.
- McGraw-Hill, 1992. A political view of the Internet looking at
- potential implications for the directions in which the NREN may
- take it.
-
- Kehoe, Brendan. Zen and the Art of the Internet. Prentice-Hall,
- 1992. Readable primer. [Earlier edition available via ftp on
- host cs.widener.edu, directory pub/zen.]
-
- Kochmer, Jonathan. NorthWestNet User Services Internet Resource
- Guide (NUSIRG). Bellevue, WA: NorthWestNet Academic Computing
- Consortium, Inc., 1991. [Available via anonymous ftp from host
- ftphost.nwnet.net in directory /cd/nwnet/user-guide get
- README.nusirg to produce names of the files in the NUSIRG
- directory]. New edition expected shortly.
-
- Krol, Ed. The Whole Internet User's Guide & Catalog. Sebastopol,
- CA: O'Reilly & Associates, 1992. THE book to buy as of October 1992!
-
- Lane, Elizabeth S. and Craig A. Summerhill. An Internet Primer
- for Librarians and Educators: A Basic Guide to Internet
- Technology. Westport, CT: Meckler, 1992. To be published Nov. 1992.
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- LaQuey, Tracy. Internet Companion. Addison-Wesley, 1992.
- Very readable. Designed for the novice.
-
- LaQuey, Tracy L. User's Directory of Computer Networks. Bedford,
- MA: Digital Press, 1990. Useful directory to see network members
- as of date of publication. Good narrative of each of midlevel regionals
- with topology map. While dated (Nov 1992), still a valuable reference.
-
- Marine, April, ed. Internet: Getting Started. Menlo Park, CA:
- SRI International, 1992. Good reference tool but not first book to read.
- Useful tool to identify documents available via the Internet as of date
- of publication: acronyms, source of addresses for providers and involved
- groups, lists of RFCs, FYI's, STD's, bibliographies.
-
- McClure, Charles, Ann Peterson Bishop, Philip Doty, and Howard
- Rosenbaum. The National Research and Education Network (NREN):
- Research and Policy Perspectives. Norwood, N.J.: Ablex Publishing
- Corp., 1991. This is one of the many valuable contributions of Charles
- McClure and his colleagues to the research literature concerning.
-
- NYSERNet New User's Guide to Useful and Unique Resources on the
- Internet. NYSERNet, Inc., 1992. Eclectic. Written as a guide to point new
- users to a few places to make their "first use of Internet resources
- successful and productive."
-
- Parkhurst, Carol A. Library Perspectives on the NREN, the
- National Research and Education Network. Chicago: Library and
- Information Technology Association, 1990. Compiled early work. Good
- background reading.
-
- Quarterman, John S. The Matrix: Computer Networks and
- Conferencing Systems Worldwide. Bedford, MA: Digital Press, 1990.
- Classic work. Still considered a Bible.
-
- Rittner, Don. Ecolinking: Everyone's Guide to Online
- Environmental Information. Berkeley, CA: Peachpit Press, 1992.
- Particularly directed at concerned citizens, environmentalists and
- scientists interested in sharing ideas and research on environmental
- issues. Reviews the networks involved and some of the resources
- available: FIDONET, BITNET, INTERNET, USENET, local bulletin
- boards, America Online, CompuServe, EcoNet, GENIE, WELL.
- DELPHI, which has an Environmental SIG, and PRODIGY are
- noticeable gaps. Describes library resources and electronic mailing lists.
-
- Schuyler, Michael. Dial In: 1990-1991. An Annual Guide to Library
- Online Public Access Catalogs in North America. Meckler, 1990.
- look for latest edition. A very limited selection of catalogs available
- by phone.
-
- Shapiro, Norman Z. and Robert H. Anderson. Toward an Ethics and
- Etiquette for Electronic Mail. Santa Monica, CA: Rand
- Corporation, July 1985. Background. Other files of netiquette
- rules are available via the Internet.
-
- Sproull, Lee and Sara Kiesler. Connections: New Ways of Working
- in the Networked Organization. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1991.
- Valuable discussion of how our life and work are changing because
- of the increasing connectivity. Fascinating reading.
-
- Tennant, Roy, John Ober, and Anne G. Lipow. Crossing the Internet
- Threshold: An Instructional Handbook. Berkeley, CA: Library
- Solutions Institute, 1992. Good workbook for trainers to start with.
-
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- Periodical Articles
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- Communications, Computers, and Networks: How to Work and Play and
- Thrive in Cyberspace. Scientific American, Special Issue. 265:3
- (September 1991). A compilation of a number of interesting articles.
-
- Electronic Networking: Research, Applications and Policies.
- ISSN: Meckler Corporation, 11 Ferry Lane West, Westport, Ct
- 06880. Quarterly publication. Articles published to "describe, evaluate,
- and foster understanding of the role and applications of electronic
- networks" as well as to "promote and encourage the successful use of
- electronic networks."
-
- Internet News, monthly column. Boardwatch Magazine: Guide to the
- World of Online Services. ISSN: 1054-2760. 5970 South Vivian
- Street, Littleton, Colorado 80127. Editor of Boardwatch is proactive
- in highlighting new Internet developments, new providers, new
- resources, etc.
-
- Internet World. [formerly Research & Education Networking: The
- Newsletter for Education, Information and Research Networks.] 9
- issues a year. ISSN: Meckler Corporation, 11 Ferry Lane West,
- Westport, CT 06880.
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- Quarterman, J.S. and Hoskins, J.C. Notable Computer Networks.
- Communications of the ACM. 29:10 (October 1986), pp. 932-971.
- historical value.
-
- Tillman, Hope N. and Sharyn J. Ladner. Special Librarians and the
- INTERNET. Special Libraries 83:2 (Spring 1992), pp. 127-131.
- Special librarians' use of the Internet promoted.
-
- Also check library literature for numerous articles in Academic and
- Library Computing, American Libraries, Business Information
- Alert, Byte, Computers in Libraries, Database, Database Searcher,
- Educom Review, Online, Wilson Library Bulletin.
-
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- Available via the Internet/E-Mail:
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- Barron, Billy. UNT's Accessing On-Line Bibliographic Databases.
- Denton, TX: University of North Texas, 1991. Directory of library
- catalogsand databases available over the Internet via telnet.
- Compare with Art. St. George list. [Available via ftp on host
- ftp.unt.edu, directory library]
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- Connecting to the Internet: What Connecting Institutions Should
- Anticipate. Network Working Group, Request for Comments 1359,
- August 1992. [Available via ftp on host nisc.sri.com, directory
- rfc, fukebane RFC1359.TXT.]
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- Krol, Ed. The Hitchhiker's Guide To the Internet. Network Working
- Group, Request for Comments 1118, September 1989. [Available via
- ftp on host nic.ddn.mil, directory rfc:, filename RFC1118.TXT]
- Updated into a book September 1992 - see book section.
-
- List of Lists. Menlo Park, CA: SRI International, Network
- Information Systems Center, 1990. Source for up-to-date
- list of listservs and mailing lists. [Available via ftp on host
- ftp.nisc.sri.com in directory netinfo, filename interest-groups;
- also by e-mail command "Send netinfo/interest-groups" to
- mailserver@nisc.sri.com]
-
- Malkin, Gary Scott and Marine, April N. FYI on Questions and Answers:
- Answers to Commonly Asked "New Internet User" Questions.
- User Services Working Group of the Internet Engineering
- Task Force, Request for Comments 1325, May 1992.
- [Available online on host nnsc.nsf.net, directory rfc:, filename
- RFC1325.TXT]
-
- Martin, J. There's Gold in them thar Networks! or Searching for
- Treasure in all the Wrong Places. Request for Comments 1290,
- December 1991. [Available via ftp on host nic.ddn.mil, directory
- rfc:, filename RFC1290.TXT]
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- National Science Foundation Network Service Center. Internet
- Resource Guide. Cambridge, MA: NSF Network Service Center, 1989.
- [Available via ftp on host nnsc.nsf.net, directory resource-
- guide, or via e-mail request to resource-guide-request@nnsc.nsf.net]
- Individual chapters can be requested separately.
-
- Scott, Peter. HYTELNET. [Software program]. Currently version 6.3.
- Updated regularly. [Available via ftp on host access.usask.ca,
- directory pub/hytelnet and then pick directory by type of computer,
- and select filename.] Identifies information on resources available
- worldwide via telnet at the touch of a key either while connected or in
- preparation for going online. Memory resident program. Covers:
- library catalogs, archie sites, CWIS sites, databases and bibliographies,
- distributed file servers (Gopher, WAIS, World Wide Web), Electronic
- books, Fee-based services, FREE-NET systems, General bulletin
- boards, Hytelnet online versions, NASA databases, Network
- information services, Whois/white pages/directory services, and
- Miscellaneous telnet accessible systems. Available for MAC, PC,
- VAX, UNIX, Amiga and also available for viewing over the Internet.
-
- St. George, Art and Ron Larsen. Internet-Accessible Library
- Catalogs and Databases. Albuquerque, NM: University of New
- Mexico, 1991. [Available by e-mail message "GET LIBRARY PACKAGE"
- to listserv@unmvm.bitnet]. Directory of library catalogs and databases
- available via telnet.
-
- ... And for fun reading:
-
- Hafner, Katie and John Markoff. Cyberpunk: Outlaws and Hackers on
- the Computer Frontier. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991.
-
- Malamud, Carl. Exploring the Internet: A Technical Travelogue.
- Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1992.
-
- Sterling, Bruce. The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the
- Electronic Frontier. New York: Bantam Books, 1992.
-
- Stoll, Clifford. The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the
- Maze of Computer Espionage. New York: Doubleday, 1989.
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- prepared by Hope N. Tillman (HTILLMAN@DELPHI)
- Director of Libraries, Babson College, Babson Park, MA 02157
- Chair of the Special Libraries Association Networking Committee
- updated November 1992
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