I. COMPUTER NETWORKS

Aboba, Bernard. (1993). The Online User's Encyclopedia: bulletin boards and beyond. (Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley)..

Adams, Rick, et.al. (1990). A Directory of Mail Addressing and Networks, 2nd. ed. (Sebastapol, CA: O'Reilly & Associates).

Anderson, Bart; Brian Costellos; Harry Henderson. (1987). UNIX Communication. (Indianapolis, IN: Howard W. Sams).

Bowers, K.L., et.al. (1990). "FYI on where to start: a bibliography of general internetworking information". [Send mail to [email protected]; in subject line puit RFC 1175. Anonymous ftp: NIC.CERF.NET cerfnet/cerf_info/where-to-start-bib-txt or from NIS.NSF.NET: RFC]

Cerf, Vincent. (1991, September). "Networks". Scientific American, v. 265, n. 372-81.

Clarke, Arthur C. (1992). How the World Was One: beyond the global village. (NY: Bantam).

Dertouzos, Michael L. (1991, September). "Communications, computers, and networks". Scientific American, v. 265, n. 3:62-69.

Harasim, Linda M. (1993). "Networlds: networks as social space", in Global Networks: computers and international communication. (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press): 15-34.

Kessler, Gary C. (1990). ISDN: concepts, facilities, and services. (NY: McGraw-Hill).

LaQuey, Tracey L., ed. (1990). The User's Directory of Computer Networks. (Bedford, MA: Digital Press)..

Motorola Codex. (1992). The Basic Book of Information Networking. (Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley)..

Negroponte, Nicholas P. (1991, September). "Products and services for computer networks". Scientific American, v. 265, n. 3: 106-113. Quarterman, John S. (1990). The Matrix: computer networks and conferencing systems worldwide. (Bedford, MA: Digital Press).

Quarterman, John S. (1991, May). "Networks from Technology to Community". Matrix News, v.1, n.2..

Quarterman, John S. (1992, February). "How big is the Matrix?" Matrix News, v.2. n.2.

Sproull, Lee; Sara Kiesler. (1991, September) "How computer networks are changing work and organizations" . Scientific American v.265, n.3:84-91; also reprinted in Linda Harasim. ed., (1993) , Global Networks: computers and international communication. Cambridge: MIT Press.

Stewart, Thomas A. (1993, Autumn). "Boom time on the new frontier". Fortune :153-161.

Tesler, Lawrence G. (1991, September). "Networked computing in the 1990s). Scientific American, v. 265, n. 3:86-93.

Weiser, Mark. (1991, September). "The computer for the 21st century". Scientific American, v. 265, n. 3: 94-104.

ll. THE INTERNET: GENERAL

Broad, William. (1993, June 16). "How the net caught science". Globe and Mail:A9.

Cooke, Kevin; Dan Lehrer. (1993, July 12). 'The whole world is watching". The Nation:60-64.

Internet: getting started. (1992). (Menlo Park, CA: SRI International). .

Internet: mailing lists. (1992). (Menlo Park, CA: SRI International)..

Jones, Paul. "What is the Internet?" (1990). [Send mail to LISTSERV@BROWNVN: in body Get Internet What_Is Humanist).

Kehoe, Brendan P. (1992). Zen and the Art of the Internet: a beginner's guide, 2nd. ed. (Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice-Hall)..

Krol, Ed. (1992). The Whole Internet: user's guide and catalog. (Sebastapol, CA: O'Reilly & Associates). .

LaQuey. Tracy. (1992). The Internet Companion: a beginner's guide to global networking. (Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley).

Lynch; Rose. (1992). Internet System Handbook. (Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley).

Malamud, Carl. (1992). Exploring the Internet: a technical travelogue. (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: PTR Prentice Hall)..

Malkin. Carl G., et.al. "FYI on questions and answers: answers to commonly asked 'new Internet users' questions". [Anonymous FTP: NIS.NSF.NET: RFC 1177.TXT-1)

Markoff, John. (1993, November 3), "Traffic jams already on the information highway". New York Times :A1.

Markoff, John. (1993, September 5). "The Internet". New York Times. "Style" section:11.

Polly, Jean. (1991, December). "How the Internet relates to the Little Guy". Matrix News, v.1, n.9.

Quarterman, John. (1991, August). "Where is the Internet?" Matrix News, v.2, n.8.

Quarterman, John; Gretchen Phillips; Smoot Carl-Mitchell. (1993, May 26-27). . "Internet services and access", in Public Access to the Internet: John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. [available NIC.MERIT.EDU: conference.proceedings/harvard.pubaccess.symposium/agenda

Ryan, Steve. (1992, May). "Bringing new users into the net". Matrix News, v.2, n.8 .

Sterling, Bruce. (1992, February). "A short history of the Internet". Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction .(also available on Whole Earth Review's Gopher server)

Tennant, Roy; John Ober; Anne G. Lipow. (1993). Crossing the Internet Threshold: an instructional handbook. (Berkeley, CA: Library Solutions Press).

Wright, Robert. (1993, September 13). "Voice of America". The New Republic: 20-27.

THE INTERNET: ONLINE RESOURCES

Gold in Networks: ftp NISC.CRI.COM: rfc/rfc 1290.txt
Hitchhikers Guide NIC.MERIT.EDU: documents/rfc/rfc 1118.txt
Internet Basics NNSC.NSF.NET: nsfnet/internet-basics.eric-digest
List of Lists: listing of discussion lists on Bitnet and the Internet.
[Anonymous FTP: FTP.NISC.SRI.COM: netinfo]
New User's Questions: NIC.MERIT.EDU: documents/fyi/fyi_04.txt
Surfing the Internet NYSERNET.ORG: pub/guides/surfing.2.0.2txt


THE INTERNET: ONLINE RESOURCES: COMPREHENSIVE GUIDES

AARNET Guide AARNET.EDU.AU: pub/resource-guide/
CERFNet Guide NIC.CERF.NET: cerfnet/cerfnet_info/
DDN New User Guide NIC.DDN.MIL: netinfo/nug.doc
Internet Companion WORLD.STD.COM: OBS.The. Internet.Companion/
MERIT NIC.MERIT.EDU: READ.ME
Network Info Center NIC.DDN.MIL
NSF Resource Guide NNSC.NSF.NET: resource-guide/
NWNet Internet Guide FTP HOST.NWNET.NET: nic/nwnet/user-guide/
NYSERNet Internet Guide NYSERNET.ORG: pub/guides/Guide.*.txt
Noonan Guide Internet HYDR.UWO.CA: libsoft/guide1.txt
SURANet Internet Guide FTP.SURA.NET: pub/nic.infoguide.*txt
Zen & Art of Internet FTP.CS.WIDENER.EDU: pub/zen/


THE INTERNET: ONLINE RESOURCES: SOFTWARE AND TRAINING

Internet Cruise NIC.MERIT.EDU: resources/merit.cruise2.*
Internet xplorer's Kit HYDRA.UWO.CA: libsoft/explorer.doc
Internet Hunt FTP.CNI.ORG: pub/net-guides/i-hunt/
Internet Navigating UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU: navigate/
Internet Training FATTY.LAW.CORNELL.EDU: pub/Internet/


THE INTERNET: ONLINE RESOURCES: ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL

Internet Growth TIC.COM: matrix/growth/internet
Internet Monthly Report NIS.NSF.NET: internet/newsletters/
Internet Maps FTP.UU.NET: inet/maps/
Internet Maps FTP.MERIT.EDU: maps/
Internet Size: FTP NISC.SRI.COM: pub/zone/
Internet Statistics: NIC.MERIT.EDU: statistics/


THE INTERNET: ONLINE RESOURCES: DOCUMENT SERIES

For Your Information NIC.MERIT.EDU:documents/fyi/INDEX.fyi
Internet Standards NIC.MERIT.EDU: documents/std/INDEX.std
Request for Comments NIC.MERIT.EDU: documents/rfc/INDEX.rfc


THE INTERNET: ONLINE RESOURCES: DIRECTORIES OF INFORMATION

Library of Congress SEQ1.LOC.GOV:pub/iug/index
NNSC/NSF NNSC.NSF.NET: nsfnet/
NYSERNET NYSERNET.ORG:pub/resources/
Smith's Big Fun List CERBERUS.COR.EPA.GOV:pub/bigfun
SRI's Network Info FTP.NISC.SRI.COM: netinfo/
SWITCHinfo NIC.SWITCH.CH:info_service/
Telecomm Archives LCS/MIT.EDU:telecom-archives/
UNC's Sunsite SUNSITE.UNC.EDU: pub/docs/about-the-net/
Usenet Repository PIT-Manager.MIT.EDU: pub/Usenet/
UUNET Archive FTP.UU.NET: uunet-info/
UWO's NIC JULIAN/UWO.CA: nic/
Yanoff's Services List CSD4.CSD.UWM.EDU:pub/inet.services,txt
York University NEXUS.YORKU.CA: pub/Internet-info/


THE INTERNET: ONLINE RESOURCES: SERVICES AND TOOLS

Alex infolib.murdoch.edu.au: pub/soft/alex/alexintro.doc
Archie nic.sura.net: pub/archie.docs/whatis.archie
Email/ftp/telnet-how-to ftp.sura.net: pub/nic/network.service.guides/
Email Services hydra.owo.ca: libsoft.email_services.txt
Gopher boombox.micro.umn.edu: pub/gopher/00README
Gopher/Veronica-how to ftp.cso.uiuc.edu:doc/net/uiucnet/vol16no1.txt
Hytelnet access.usask.ca:pub/hytelnet/README
Veronica cs.dal.ca:pub/comp.archives/biobet.software/veronica
WAIS Information think.co,:wais/
WAIS Paper julian.uwo.ca:doc.wais-paper.text
WAIS sketch/overview hydra.uwo.ca:libsoft/wais.txt
WHOIS Servers sipb.mit.edu:pub/whois/whois-servers.list
WorldWideWeb info.cern.ch:pub/www/doc/the_www_book.*


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III. THE INTERNET: POLICY ISSUES: GENERAL

Bogart, Leo. (1993, July 12). "Shaping a new media policy". The Nation:57-60.

Branscomb, Lewis M. (1992). "Information infrastructure for the 1990s: a public policy perspective", pp. 15-30 in Building Information Infrastructure: issues in the development of the NREN. (MC-Graw-Hill/Primus Pub).

Braun, Hans-Werner; Kimberly Claffy. (1993, August). "Network Analysis in Support of Internet Policy Requirements". Paper presented at INET 93 (the International Networking Conference), August 17-20, 1993, San Francisco, California. [available via ftp at mordor.stanford.edu: pub/inet93

Deutsch, Peter. (1991, July). "On the need to develop Internet user services". Matrix News, v.1, n.4.

Forester, Tom. (1992, December 17-18. ). "Megatrends or megamistakes?: whatever happened to the Information Society?" EFFector Online.

Hart, Jeffrey A.; Robert R. Reed; Francois Bar. (1992, November). "The building of the Internet: implications for the future of broadband networks". Telecommunications Policy:666-689.

Kahin, Brian. (date??) Toward a Public Information Infrastructure: information policy and the Internet. Report Prepared for The Office of technology Assessment.

Klingenstein, Ken. (1992). 'A Coming of Age: the design of the low-end Internet", in Building Information Infrastructure, ed. Brian Kahin. Primus/McGraw-Hill: 119-143.

NSFNET. Acceptable Use Policy (1992, June). {Available via ftp from nic.merit.edu in file /nsfnet/acceptable.use.policies/nsfnet.txt]

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