About the Internet

 Brief History of the Internet
 http://www.isoc.org/internet-history

From the Internet Society.

Online version of the successor to The Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet (published in hardcopy by MIT Press as Everybody's Guide to the Internet.

From Britain's Health Care Libraries Unit: two training kits, one for novices, the other for intermediate users. The intermediate course focuses on finding biomedical information.

Very good introduction to all major aspects of the Internet, Link to a huge Windows help file (can be downloaded). Lovely graphics, and fairly regular updates.

PioneerNet's Internet Resource Links has everything you need to get going. If you're really stuck, you can always Ask Dr. Internet.

From the City University of Hong Kong.

From the University of Albany Libraries, a series of Internet tutorials covering everything from the basics to advanced search techniques. Be sure to check out their table on How to Choose a Search Engine or Research Database.

By John December of December Communications, Inc. Another great and very comprehensive site. Topics range from Internet Orientation to Internet Reference to search methods.

Tutorials and FAQ's. Elements include Getting Started, Internet Basics, Doing Business, Digging for Data, and Web Publishing and Communicating. Weekly updates with changing focus on specific subjects. Available in 5 languages.

By Gregory R. Gromov. File available in a "brief" (1 page) and a more detailed (9 page) version.

A list of sites covering various aspects of interest to the novice, from netiquette and those all important smileys to web page creation.

Television show spinoff from PBS, with a good Beginners Guide to the Internet. You can test your knowledge and qualify for a "seasoned user certificate."

From Thomas Boutell and Boutell.Com, Inc. Perhaps the definitive "Frequently Asked Questions" file about the World Wide Web, this includes an introduction to the Web, as well as information on everything from browsers to web authoring to scripts.

Resource Lists

If your curiosity has not been sated by the resources listed above, here are a couple locations that list many more learning-oriented sites.

From the Library of Congress, a mega-list with links to collections of internet guides and courses, as well as to individual guides.

Tutorials recommended by the Bowling Green State University's Department of Communications. Unordered list of various kinds of Internet education sites and files.

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