The Internet and the World Wide Web

Chapter Three includes an introduction to how computer networks operate, web browsers, how to search for information, the fundamentals of e-mail, how discussion and  chat rooms work and Netiquette.

What is a Computer Network?

Examples of computer networks can be found at the following addresses:

CompuServe                                                        http://www.compuserve.com

America Online                                                                 http://www.aol.com

The Microsoft Network                                                    http://www.msn.com

Big Sky Telegraph                                                                              http://macsky.bigsky.dillon.mt.us/

FIRN                                                                      http://www.firn.edu/about.html

What is a Web Browser?

Examples of web browsers include:

Microsoft Internet Explorer                                     http://www.microsoft.com/ie/

Netscape Navigator                                                    http://home.netscape.com

NCSA Mosaic 3.0                    http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/

NetCruiser                                                      http://www.netcom.com/software

Opera 2.12                                                                            http://opera.nta.no

WebExplorer                                        http://www.raleigh.ibm.com/WebExplorer

Searching for Information on the Internet and the World Wide Web

Sources useful for finding information on the Internet include;

Archie (No longer available)                                                   http://archie.internic.net

Gopher Jewels (No longer available)                                                        http://galaxy.einet.net/GJ

Gophers Worldwide Gopher://gopher.tc.umn.edu:70/11/Other%20Gopher%20and%20Information%20 Servers

Using Veronica             http://www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~morse/mmi/veronica.html

Search Engines and Directories

Major search engines include:

Alta Vista                                                                                       http://altavista.digital.com

Excite
http://excite.com

Infoseek                                                                     http://guide.infoseek.com

Lycos                                                                                                       http://www.lycos.com

Webcrawler                                                                           http://www.webcrawler.com

Web directories include:

Galaxy
http://galaxy.einet.net

Magellan                                                                                http://magellan.mckinley.com

Yahoo
http://www.yahoo.com

The Yellow Pages                                                    http://theyellowpages.com

Meta engines and directories can be found at:

Metacrawler                                                                 http://www.metacrawler.com

Prime Search                                  http://www.delta.com/prime.com/pssearch.htm

All-in-one search pages can be found at:

Netscape                                            http://www.netscape.com/home/internet-search.html

Microsoft                                                                         http://www.msn.com

FAQ: How to Find People's E-Mail Addresses

Instructions on how to find E-Mail addresses can be found at:

FAQ: How to Find People's E-Mail Addresses http://www.qucis.queensu.ca/FAQs/email/finding.html

Getting Connected for E-Mail

E-Mail resources can be found at:

Eudora                                                      http://www.access-us.com/eud5.htm

Accessing the Internet by E-Mail FAQ http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/internet-services/access-via-e mail/faq.html

A Beginner's Guide to Effective E-mail http://www.webfoot.com/advice/email.top.html

E-mail Classroom Exchange  http://www.iglou.com/xchange/ece/ecesearch.cgi

Intercultural E-mail Classroom Connections http://www.stolaf.edu/network/iecc

Ked Projects                                              http://www.kidlink.org:80/KIDPROJ/

Global SchoolNet Foundation Projects Registry http://www.gsn.org/gsn/proj/index.html

NickNack's Online Resources for Telecollaborating (No longer available) http://wwwl.minn.net:80/~schubert/EdHelpers.html#anchor590458

Pitsco's Launch to Keypals (No longer available)                 http://www.keypals.com/p/keypals.html

To send e-mail messages with pictures, take a look at the following web site sponsored by MIT.

The Electric Postcard                http://postcards.www.media.mit.edu/Postcards

Discussion Lists

USENET Discussion Groups (No longer available)                            http://k12.cnidr.org:90/usenets.html

Netiquette

E-Mail Etiquette                                         http://www.iwillfollow.com/email.htm

Netiquette Homepage by Arlene H. Rinaldi        http://www.fau.edu/rinaldi/net

Netiquette Home Page (No longer available)    http://www.rs6000.adm.fau.edu/rinaldi/netiquette.html

The Net User Guidelines and Netiquette (No longer available) http://www.fau.edu/rinaldi/netiquette/index.html