tailieunhanh - Surfing the INTERNET

Material quoted from other authors was compiled from public Internet posts by those authors. No copyright claims are made for those compiled quotes. Permission to reprint is granted for nonprofit educational purposes. Please let me know if you find this compilation useful. This first (much shorter) version of this appeared in the June, 1992 Wilson Library Bulletin. Please include this entire copyright/copy notice if you duplicate this document. Updates may be ftp'd: ftp () login anonymous password name@ cd /pub/resources/guides Please choose the most current version of . Please send updates and corrections to: jpolly@ Today I'll travel. | Surfing the INTERNET an Introduction Version c. 1992 Jean Armour Polly. Material quoted from other authors was compiled from public Internet posts by those authors. No copyright claims are made for those compiled quotes. Permission to reprint is granted for nonprofit educational purposes. Please let me know if you find this compilation useful. This first much shorter version of this appeared in the June 1992 Wilson Library Bulletin. Please include this entire copyright copy notice if you duplicate this document. Updates may be ftp d ftp login anonymous password name@ cd pub resources guides Please choose the most current version of . Please send updates and corrections to jpolly@ Today I ll travel to Minnesota Texas California Cleveland New Zealand Sweden and England. I m not frantically packing and I won t pick up any frequent flyer mileage. In fact I m sipping cocoa at my Macintosh. My trips will be electronic using the computer on my desk communications software a modem and a standard phone line. I ll be using the Internet the global network of computers and their interconnections which lets me skip like a stone across oceans and continents and control computers at remote sites. I haven t visited Antarctica yet but it is only a matter of time before a host computer becomes available there This short non-technical article is an introduction to Internet communications and how librarians and libraries can benefit from net connectivity. Following will be descriptions of electronic mail discussion lists electronic journals and texts and resources available to those willing to explore. Historical details about the building of the Internet and technical details regarding network speed and bandwidth are outside the scope of this piece. What s Out There Anyway Until you use a radio receiver you are unaware of the wealth of programming music and information otherwise invisible to you. Computer .