Guides for Using
the Internet
How to Use the Internet
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
Reference Materials on the Internet
The History of Information Processing, Computers, and Information Technology
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
Ownership and Control of Mass Media
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
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