Guides for Using
the Internet

How to Use the Internet

• Internet Tutorials (University of Albany Libraries)
• Internet Country Codes
• Especially for Researchers (Library of Congress)
• Locating Information on the Internet (Library of Congress)
• History and the Internet: A Guide by Patrick D. Reagan (McGraw-Hill)
• A Tour Through the Internet for History Students
• Locating Information on the Internet (Library of Congress)
• Using Primary Sources on the Web (Reference and User Services Association, History Section, American Library Association)
• Aileena: World-wide Media Index
• Live Radio and Television from Around the World (Broadcast-live.com)
• xRefer: the web's reference engine
• Yenza! Using the Internet for Research and Teaching in the Humanities and Social Sciences
• Evaluating Web Sites for Quality and Reliability
• The Internet and Library Research FAQ (University of California, Berkeley Library)
• Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial (University of California, Berkeley Library)
• "The Historian and the Internet," undergraduate thesis, Wooster College, 1997 (L. Jason Parkhill)
• The Net: User Guidelines and Netiquette (Florida Atlantic University)
• Life on the Internet: Exploring (Cochran Interactive)
• Understanding and Using the Internet (PBS)
• Learn the Net: The Essential Internet Online
• Internet Guide (United Kingdom)
• Using the World Wide Web (Crossroads Workshop 1)
• Internet Search Tools
• Internet Information Center
• Roadmap96 (Patrick Crispen, University of Alabama)
• Patrick Crispen's workshops (University of Alabama)
• The Internet TOURBUS
• The Internet TourBus
• TOURBUS Mailing List Archives
• Yahoo subject search for HISTORY
• Internet Resources Guide (INTERNIC)
• Internet Information
• American Library Association Internet Room
• The List (Internet Service Providers)

Learning the Parts of the Internet

• NetLingo: The Internet Dictionary
• Internet Guide (United Kingdom)
• LivingInternet.com
• Humanities Resource Zone (Learning Technologies Group, Oxford University Computing Services, United Kingdom)
• The Internet for Historians (Virtual Training Suite, JISC, United Kingdom)
• The Internet for History and Philsophy of Science (Virtual Training Suite, JISC, United Kingdom)
• 15 Minute Series: "Tools for the Internet Trainer" (InterNIC)
• Internet/online (About.com)
• The Internet Tourbus (P. Crispen)
• Roadmap Workshop (P. Crispen)
• Life on the Internet (PBS)
• The Internet: Bringing Order from Chaos (Special Report, Scientific American, March 1997)
• Internet Information (guides,e-mail,ftp,irc,telnet,USENET news)
• List of Anonymous FTP Sites
• An Introduction to Usenet News by Jon Bell

The Future of the Internet

• Oxford Internet Institute (Oxford University, United Kingdom)
• Internet2
• Directory of Directores for Higher Edcuation (Internet2)
• Internet2 and Model Campus Projects (Georgetown Institute for Information Assurance)

Reference Materials on the Internet

• UCLA Interent Report, November 29, 2001 (UCLA Center for Communication Policy)
• xRefer: the web's reference engine
• States [National Information Infrastructure] Inventory Project (states.org)
• CMUG Guide to Software on the Internet
• Ergonomics (OSHA, U.S. Dept. of Labor)
• Ask Dr. Internet
• Webopedia
• Whatis?com (definitions of computer and Internet terms)Internet Reference
• Special Internet Connections (Courtesy Scott Yanoff)
• Internet Resources Newsletter
• Internet Scout Project
• Current Scout Report
• Scout Report Archives (Internet Scout Project)
• Netsurfer
• Netsurfer Digest
• Netsurfer Education
• NetGuide
• National Priorities Project: Better Choices, Better Communities
• American South Internet Resource Center
• Facster: The Facts at Your Fingertips
• Works on Personal Finance
• Wordbot (K. Golden) (to translate web pages into different languages)
• WorldCat: 1.3 billion items in more than 10,000 libraries worldwide

The History of Information Processing, Computers, and Information Technology

• Computer History Museum
• The History of Computing Project
• Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology
• Resources on the History of Computing (Charles Babbage Institute, Center for the History of Information Technoloy, University of Minnesota)
• The Early History of Data Networks (G.J. Holzmann and D. Pehrson)
• The Innovation Network (Smithsonian Museum of American History)
• History of the Internet (PBS)
• History of the Internet (The Internet Society)
• Information Age: People, Information & Technology (National Museum of American History)
• Smithsonian Institution Computer History
• Charles Babbage Institute (Center for the History of Information Technology, University of Minnesota)
• Software History Project (Charles Babbage Institute, Center for the History of Information Technoloy, University of Minnesota)
• History of Computing Information (U.S. Army Research Lab)
• Hobbes' Internet Timeline
• The Internet Archive: Building an 'Internet Library'
• History of the Internet (Indiana University)
• The Gargantuan Virtual Guide to Cyber-History
• The World Wide Web History Project
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers History Center (Rutgers University)
• Resource Center for Cyber Culture Studies
• International Digital Media & Arts Association
• International Digital & Media Arts Association Journal

Humanities and the Internet

• Teaching with the News (The Choices Program, Brown University)
• National Priorities Project: Better Choices, Better Communities
• ArtsJournal.com: The Daily Digest of Arts, Culture & Ideas
• Arts & Letters Daily: an updated report of news and views
• Humanist Discussion Group [computers and the Humanities]
• Edsitement [humanities sites on the Internet] (National Endowment for the Humanities)
• Information Technology in Humanities Scholarship: The Achievements, Prospects, and Challenges: The United States Focus (ACLS)
• The State of E-Learning in the States (National Governors Association)
• A Vision of E-Learning for America’s Workplace:
  Report of the Commission on Technology and Adult Learning (National Governors Association)
• Closing the College Participation Gap (Education Commission of the States)
• Higher Education Resource Hub
• Distance Learning Jobs (Career Network, Chronicle of Higher Education)
• "Digital Diploma Mills: The Automation of Higher Education," October 1997 (David F. Noble)
• David Noble's articles on Digital Diploma Mills
• Cyberspace Culture and Society (B. Curnoles, University of Maryland, Baltimore County)
• National Initiative on a Networked Cultural Heritage
• Internet Accessible Scholarly Resources for the Humanities and Social Sciences (Feb. 1997 ACLS Newsletter)
• Creative America: A Report to the President
  ((President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PDF formatted files)
• "Humanities and Arts on the Information Highway" Report
• "Arts, Humanities, and Culture on the NII" (IITF)
• Historical Event Markup and Linking Project
• Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences
• Modern Humanities Research Association (Cambridge University, U.K.)

Legal and Copyright Issues

• Copyright Website
• Copyright Management Center (Indiana University, Purdue University, Indianapolis)
• "Copyright Law in the Digital World: Fair Use, Education and Libraries after CONFU [The Conference on Fair Use]," conference, Portland, OR, September 27, 1997
• Copyright, Fair Use & Licensing in a Digital World
  (National Initiative on a Networked Cultural Heritage)
• Copyright and Fair Use (Stanford University)
• Fair Use of Copyrighted Works (CETUS)
• Copyright Act of 1976 As Amended (1994) (Cornell Law School)
• United States Patent and Trademark Office
• U. S. Copyright Office
• Copyright Search (U. S. Copyright Office/Library of Congress)
• Intellectual Property and the National Information Infrastructure
• The Conference on Fair Use [CONFU] (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office)
• Digital Future Coalition
• Cyberspace-Law for Non-Lawyers
• Computer Law Observer

Ownership and Control of Mass Media

• Who Owns What (Columbia Journalism Review)
• Big Media and What You Can Do About It (The Nation, January 7, 2002 special issue)
• Corporate Ownership (Fair and Accuracy in Reporting)
• Diversity, Democracy, and Access: Is Media Concentration a Crisis? (MediaChannel.org)
• The Merchants of Cool: Media Giants (Frontline, PBS, 2001)
• Media Reform Information Center
• Take Back the Media
• Who Controls the Media? (National Organization for Women Foundation)

Privacy and Social Impact of the Internet

• The Internet & American Life (Pew Internet Project)
• Berkman Center for Internet & Society (Harvard Law School)
• Surfer Beware: Personal Privacy and the Internet [June 1997] (EPIC)
• Communications Privacy in the Digital Age [June 1997]
  (Digital Privacy and Security Working Group)
• Information Infrastructure Task Force Gopher (Washington, D.C.)
• Center for Democracy and Technology
• Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
• Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Electronic Privacy Information Center
• Government Information Awareness project (MIT)
• Index on Censorship (London, England)
• Information Society Project (Yale Law School)
• The Privacy Forum
• Privacy Foundation
• Privacy Place magazine
• Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (San Diego, CA)
• Society for Electronic Access
• Internet Study by Stanford Institute for the Quantitative Study of Society, February 2000
• Trust.E
• ConnectNet (directory of free Internet access sites)
• Conectado.org (directory in Espanol for free Internet access sites)
• Digital Divide Network: Knowledge to help everyone succeed in the digital age
• Voters Telecommunications Watch
• Cyber-Rights Home Page
• The Encryption Privacy and Security Resource Page
• Cyberspace Law Center
• Federal Telecom Legislation
• Citizens Internet Empowerment Coalition
• Internet "Indecency" Complaint Lawsuit
• ACLU v. Reno decision June 11, 1996 re Communications Decency Act of 1996
• Transcript of Janet Reno et al. v. ACLU et al. hearings before U.S. Supreme Court, March 19, 1997
• Supreme Court decision in Reno v. ACLU, June 26, 1997 (ACLU) (includes full text)
• Supreme Court majority decision in Reno v. ACLU, June 26, 1997 (EPIC)

Last updated on August 17, 2006