From: kadie@herodotus.cs.uiuc.edu (Carl M. Kadie)
Subject: []  File 5--INTERNET Information Resources for CMC
Followup-To: alt.comp.acad-freedom.talk
Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 14:36:06 GMT

Date: Mon, 10 Aug 92 02:07:38 -0400
From: John Arthur December <decemj@RPI.EDU>
Subject:  File 5--INTERNET Information Resources for CMC

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

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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

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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 Review.  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)

o 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      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              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_news/
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
        networking 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) & answers.

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

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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, 1990.
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.
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