INTERNET INFORMATION ON-LINE: GUIDES and an INTERNET COURSE GUIDES Name: Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet Description: The guide is a beginner's guide and tutorial aimed at people just beginning to connect to the Internet, without much background. It assumes UNIX or UNIX-like environments. It covers connecting, e-mail, Usenet, listservs, telnet, locating e-mail addresses, gopher/www, and network chat/game standards (MUDs,IRC, talk). Each section includes step-by-step demonstrations, trouble-shooting, anecdotes and trivia, and some lists of further resources. Contact: The Guide is a collaborative project between the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Apple Computer, Inc. It was written for EFF by Adam Gaffin. adamg@world.std.com. Comments about the guide can also be sent to Shari Steele at EFF:ssteele@eff.org Access: gopher://ftp.std.com:70/00/internet/eff ftp://ftp.eff.org/pub/Net_info/EFF_Net_Guide/netguide.eff /netguide.faq /netgd2_3.zip Name: E-MAIL 101 version 0.2.5 Description: This is a work in-progress guide for the general public to gain access to e-mail and other tools on the Internet. In a carefully non-technical and non-intimidating style, the author talks through all the steps of connecting to the Internet (selecting a connection provider, finding services, making use of Internet tools). Its main focus is e-mail, but it other well-known tools (ftp and telnet) are discussed in relation to e-mail. Contains sections on how e-mail and the Internet are relevant to different groups of people (students, businesses, parents, churches, other interest groups). Some chapters incomplete. Contact: The guide is the work of John Goodwin, he can be reached by e-mail at: jgoodwin@adcalc.fnal.gov Access: ftp://ftp.std.com/obi/Networking/John.Goodwin/email101.txt ftp://mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu/etext/etext93/email025.txt Name: Guide to Network Resource Tools, 2nd ed. Description: The guide presents clear descriptions of the well-known Internet tools (gopher, WWW, wais, archie and ftp, listservs and Usenet, Netfind, WHOIS and X.500), as well as some of the lesser known Internet Tools. Gives basic commands for each of the tools, how to get clients or servers, and sections on how to find out more information about the topic at hand. Users with limited access to the Internet can find useful tools among the discussions of lesser-known tools. Contact: Maintained by the EARN Association staff; comments, suggestions, and criticisms should be e-mailed to: EARNDOC@EARNCC.BITNET Access: ftp://ns.ripe.net/earn/earn-resource-tool-guide.ps or.txt or E-mail message to: LISTSERV@EARNCC.BITNET, with the message either: GET NETTOOLS PS (Postscript), or, GET NETTOOLS MEMO (plain text) Name: How-to Guides Description: Guides to email, ftp and telnet Access: ftp://ftp.sura.net/pub/nic/network.service.guides/README /how.to.email.guide /how.to.ftp.guide /how.to.telnet.guide Name: Internet Assistance Description: The menu selections contain sources and tools to help gathering information throughout and about the the Internet. "...For many of the files and tools, there is a companion introduction, which may be especially helpful to those unfamiliar with the resource. The selections included here are general in scope; discipline specific files and tools normally have been excluded. (07/24/93-CB)" Includes (partial contents): GOPHERS gathered from everywhere; United States GOVERNMENT Gophers; ARCHIE - an introduction; Directory of Scholarly Electronic Conferences 8th (Kovacs) About; Clearinghouse for Subject-Oriented Internet Resource Guides (UMich.); Coalition for Networked Information Gopher; Directory of Scholarly Electronic Conferences 8th (searchable); E-MAIL Gateway; ELECTRONIC FORUMS (listservs): Kovacs Directory ... 8th (About); GOPHERS 22 different gopher groups; Internet SHOPPING MALL; Internet Society (includes IETF); VERONICA: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's) about VERONICA; Virtual Reference Desk; WAIS - an introduction; World Wide Web (WWW or W3) an Overview and other useful Net information. Contact: Calvin Boyer, University of California, Irvine cjboyer@uci.edu (Including suggestions for inclusions.) Access: gopher://ftp.std.com:70/00/internet inf/Internetassistance Name: The Internet Companion: A Beginner's Guide to Global Networking Description: Tracy Laquey's excellent and easy introductory book to the Net. Covered by copyright and meant for personal use only. Access: gopher://ftp.std.com:70/11/internet/companion Name: Inter-Network Mail Guide Last Update: 11/15/94 Description: "...Documents methods of sending mail from one network to another. It represents the aggregate knowledge of the readers of comp.mail.misc and many contributors elsewhere. " Includes a list of referenced networks, followed by a list of entries about each permutation of sending from a network to a network. Each entry gives short mailing instructions, as well as a contact address at the destination network. Contact: Compiled and edited by Scott Yanoff; original Guide, 1992, by John J. Chew) The information is drawn from assorted contributors and the Usenet group comp.mail.misc (see below about Usenet FAQ's). Corrections and additions should be submitted to Yanoff, as per the formatting guidelines in the Guide: . Access: ftp://csd4.csd.uwm.edu/pub/internetwork-mail-guide http://alpha.acast.nova.edu/cgi-bin/inmgq.pl Name: Requests for Comments (RFCs) Description: A good source for what the Internet really is, the Requests for Comments are evolving discussions or documents about Internet technical issues, such as Internet protocols, domain name, security, etc. Currently there are over 700 RFCs; get the index before attempting to ftp and RFC. Access: ftp://nic.ddn.mil/rfc/ ONLINE INTERNET COURSE Roadmap Workshop Description: Online Internet tools, applications, sources course covering listserv file commands, connectivity, e-mail, netiquette, ftp, archie, gopher, veronica, www, irc/muds and moos, and other Internet tidbits. Contact: Patrick Douglas Crispen University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa Access: EMail to LISTSERV@UA1VM.UA.EDU with the command GET MAP PACKAGE F=MAIL in the body of their letter. (Workshop files are set up so that people can now get the lessons in one week blocks. The GET MAP PACKAGE command will send them two letters telling them how to get these "blocks." Source: Betsy Richmond, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Reference and Internet Training richmoeb@uwec.edu 12/94