Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet - Table of Contents.
Steve Browne, The Internet Via Mosaic, Ziff-Davis Press, Emeryville, 1993.
Music Resources on the Internet - MusicNet.sit.hqx. The Music Resources on the Internet presentation stack in Hypercard format.
Thomas J. DeLoughry, "Pushing the Envelope", Chronicle of Higher Education, October 19, 1994, pp. A36, A38. Project DELTA designed to show the benefits of technology to university instruction.
Robert L. Jacobson, "The 'Virtual College'", Chronicle of Higher Education, January 27, 1995, pp. A21, A24. Coverage of New York University's graduate program run through an interactive network.
Katie Haffner (katieh@bga.com), Interview of Vint Cerf, Wired, December 1994, pp. 152-155.
El Camino de Silicio, a network to promote computer music in the Americas.
New Music for Disklavier and Synthesizer, ftp midifile archive of compositions for Yamaha's midi-controlled piano.
Music Resources on the Internet. The paper for which this bibiography was made..
Music Resources on the Internet. A list of music resources offered as a service of the Indiana University Music Library.
Robert Willey's bookmarks. Some of the places of interest to the author. http://crca-www.ucsd.edu/bobw/bookmarks.html
McGill University: the Music Library of the Future.
Music. Results of a music search by EINet Galaxy.
"The Internet Companion, A Beginner's Guide To Global Networking" by Tracy LaQuey with Jeanne C. Ryer (Addison-Wesley Publishing.) The Companion includes a detailed history of the Internet, a discussion on "netiquette" (network etiquette), and how to find resources on the net.
"Internet: Getting Started." Franklin F. Kuo, Series Editor. SRI Internet Information Services. Published by PTR Prentice Hall, New Jersey. ISBN: 0-13-327933-2. Paperback, 360 pages. Explains how to join the Internet, the various types of Internet access, and procedures for obtaining a unique IP address and domain name. An extensive list of Internet access providers of all types is provided. Information regarding access for countries outside of the United States is included as well. Finally, the guide explains many concepts essential to the Internet, such as the Domain Name System, IP addressing, Internet protocols, and electronic mail. This is the comprehensive overview of what the Internet is and how to become a part of it.
"Internet: Mailing Lists 1993 Edition." Franklin F. Kuo, Series Editor. SRI Internet Information Services. Published by PTR Prentice Hall, New Jersey. ISBN: 0-13-327941-3. Copyright 1993. Paperback, 356 pages. (Note that a current "list of lists" is also available online, both via Usenet and FTP. See the next section.)
"The Internet Passport: NorthWestNet's Guide to Our World Online". This is published by NorthWestNet and the Nortwest Academic Computing Consortium, Inc. It is 516 pages and covers everything from net etiquette to supercomputers; very comprehensive. It costs $39.95 but schools and not-for-profit organizations can buy it for $19.95 plus shipping. NorthWestNet, 15400 SE 30th Place, Suite 202, Bellevue, WA 98007. (206) 562-3000.
"The Whole Internet User's Guide and Catalog" by Ed Krol (published by O'Reilly & Associates.) ISBN: 1-56592-025-2. 400 pages. $24.95 US. This book covers the basic utilities used to access the network and then guides users through the Internet's "databases of databases" to access the millions of files and thousands of archives available. It includes a resource index that covers a broad selection of approximately 300 important resources available on the Internet.
"Zen & the Art of Internet" by Brendan Kehoe. Published by Prentice Hall. ISBN: 0-13-010778-6. 112 pages. $22.00 US. This guide should give you a reference to consult if you're curious about what can be done with the Internet. It also presents the fundamental topics that are all too often assumed and considered trivial by many network users. It covers the basic utilities and information reaching other networks. An earlier, much less comprehensive version is available via FTP; see below.
In August, McGraw-Hill will release "The Internet Guide for New Users," by Daniel P Dern. Along with the obligatory topics such as telnet, FTP, and Archie, the book suggests how to get an Internet account and teaches enough UNIX to survive on the net.
"FYI: Experienced Internet User Questions" (RFC-1207) is FTPable as: nic.merit.edu:/documents/fyi/fyi_07.txt This file is dated February 1991, and some of the information may be out of date. Many of the Q&As are of a technical nature. Covers the Domain Name System, SLIP & PPP, network management, routing and the like.
"FYI: Searching for Treasure" is FTPable as: nic.merit.edu:/documents/fyi/fyi_10.txt This document (dated January 1993) presents some of the "gold nuggets" of information and file repositories on the network. Very useful.
"FYI: Internet Users' Glossary" (RFC-1392) is FTPable as: nic.merit.edu:/documents/fyi/fyi_18.txt This is a comprehensive glossary concentrating mostly on terms specific to the Internet.
"FYI: What is the Internet?" is FTPable as: nic.merit.edu:/documents/fyi/fyi_20.txt This comprehensive paper covers the Internet's definition, history, administration, protocols, financing, and current issues such as growth, commercialization, and privatization. (May 1993.)
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Internet" (RFC-1118) will interest users who are more into the technical bits of the Internet. This document, also written by Ed Krol, explains how Internet addresses work and discusses issues such as trust and carrying capacity of the Internet. It is pretty much out of date, but people keep asking for it. The "Guide," as well as other useful texts for new users, is available at wuarchive.wustl.edu:/mirrors/EFF/internet-info/*
"Internet Basics" is available by FTP as: nnsc.nsf.net:/nsfnet/internet-basics.eric-digest
"Internet-cmc list", by John December, is a pointer to a slew of resources. Its purpose is to list pointers to information describing the Internet, computer networks, and issues related to computer- mediated communication. It points to Internet documents for new users, comprehensive Internet guides, as well as specialized and technical information (for instance, Internet growth studies, maps, and statistics.) It also lists electronic journals and tons of other good things. It is available via anonymous FTP as: ftp.rpi.edu:/pub/communications/internet.cmc
"The Internet Companion" a beginner's guide to the net, is available by FTP. This is part 1 of the Tracy LaQuey book mentioned in the previous section. world.std.com:/OBS/The.Internet.Companion
Internet Resource Guide is an excellent guide to major resources available on the network. Includes chapters on Computational Resources, Library Catalogs, Archives, White Pages, Networks, Network Information Centers, and Miscellaneous. nnsc.nsf.net:/resource-guide/resource-guide.txt.tar.Z nnsc.nsf.net:/resource-guide/resource-guide.ps.tar.Z
"internet-tools list", by John December, contains information about a variety of network tools and information resources (such as Archie, Gopher, Netfind, WWW and so on.) It is available at: ftp.rpi.edu:/pub/communications/internet-tools
"List of Lists". For a list of some of the currently available electronic mail mailing lists, FTP to: nisc.sri.com:/netinfo/interest-groups To be notified of future additions to the list, send mail to interest- groups-request@nisc.sri.com.
PDIAL, a list of public access service providers offering dialup access to Internet connections. PDIAL is posted semi-regularly to alt.internet.access.wanted, alt.bbs.lists, and news.answers. To receive PDIAL via e-mail, send mail with a subject line of "Send PDIAL" to "info-deli-server@netcom.com". To get it, FTP to either: ftp.netcom.com:/pub/info-deli/public-access/pdial rtfm.mit.edu:/pub/usenet/alt.internet.access.wanted/P_D_I_A_L_(P)
"Special Internet Connections List", edited by Scott Yanoff, is updated monthly and is posted periodically to alt.internet.services and elsewhere. It includes everything from where to FTP pictures from space, how to find agricultural information, public UNIX, online books and dictionaries, you name it. Check this list before posting the question "Where can I get whatever online?" - chances are, it's in there. Finger "yanoff@csd4.csd.uwm.edu" to find ways to receive this list.
"Surfing the Internet" is available as: nysernet.org:/pub/guides/surfing.2.0.2.txt
"Zen and the Art of Internet" is the first edition of Kehoe's Book, detailed above. The book is much longer, updated and improved over this online version. It is available as: world.std.com:/obi/Internet/zen-1.0/zen-1.0.txt.Z ftp.uu.net:/doc/internet/zen-1.0.txt.Z
If you have Usenet access, read some of the many newsgroups for new users and frequently asked questions: "news.answers", "comp.answers" and "news.newusers.questions".