Alberti, Bob, et. al. The Internet Gopher Protocol. University of Minnesota Microcomputer and Workstation Networks Center, 1992. [Available from host boombox.micro.umn.edu, pub/gopher/gopher_protocol directory, filename protocol.txt or protocol.MacWriteII.hqx]
Alistair, D.N. and Edwards, Simon Holland, "Multimedia interface design in education. Berlin; NewYork: Springer-Verlag, 1994.
NATO ASI series. Series F, computer and systems sciences; vol. 76. Published in cooperation with NATO Scientific Affairs Division. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Multi-medial Interface Design in Education, held at Castel Vecchio Pascoli, Lucca, Italy, September 20-24, 1989.
Barron, Billy., UNT's Accessing On-Line Bibliographic Databases. Denton, TX: University of North Texas, 1991. [Available by anonymous FTP from host ftp.unt.edu., directory library, filenames libraries.ps, libraries.txt, libraries.con, libraries.adr, libraries.wp]
A directory to library catalogs around the world that are accessible over the Internet.
Batson, T., 1988. The ENFI Project: a networked classroom approach to writing instruction. Academic Computing, 2:32-33, 55-56.
Beckwith, Don., "Creative Group Problem Solving: An Innovative Computer Application to Facilitate Learning and Retention of Difficult Scientific Principles", Collegiate Microcomputer, 11(2) (May 1993): 70-74.
Benedikt, Michael ed., Cyberspace: First Steps, p. 444, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1991. $15.95. ISBN 026202327X.
An anthology of sociological examinations of networks and related topics, by writers, scholars, and public figures. Edited by a professor of Architecture at the University of Texas.
Bergman, Robert E. and Thomas V. Moore, "Managing Interactive Video/Multimedia Projects. Educational Technology, 1990.
Berners-Lee, T.J., R. Caillisau, J-F Groff, B. Pollerman., "World-Wide Web: The Information Universe," Electronic Networking: Research, Applications and Policy. 2(1) (Spring 1992).
Bowers, Karen, et. al. FYI on Where to Start: A Bibliography of Internetworking Information. Network Working Group, Request for Comments 1175, August 1990. [Available by anonymous FTP from host ftp.nisc.sri.com, directory rfc, filename rfc1175.txt]
Bransford, John D., Robert D. Sherwood, Ted S. Hasselbring, Charles K. Kinzer, and Susan M. Williams., "Anchored Instruction: Why We need It and How Technology Can Help", Cognition, Education, Multimedia: Exploring Ideas in Higher Technology. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1990.
Briggs, Leslie J. et al., editors. (1990). "Instructional Design: Principles and Application. 2nd ed. Educational Technology Publications. Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Bruce, Bertram C. and Andee Rubin. Electronic Quills: A Situated Evaluation of Using Computers for Writing in Classrooms. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1993.
Bunnell, Aaron. "Know Your Rights: Interactive ACLU", NewMedia, 3(1) (January 1993): 29.
Bunnell, David, ed. NewMedia. San Mateo, CA: Hypermedia Communications. (monthly magazine)
Bunzel, Mark J., Sandra K. Morris. "Multimedia applications development: using Indeo video and DVI technology". 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1994.
Chew, John J., Internet Mail Guide. [Available by anonymous FTP from host ftp.msstate.edu., password: user-id@institution, cd/pub/docs, get internetwork-mail-guide]
Comer, Douglas., Internetworking with TCP/IP; Volume 1: Principles, Protocols, and Architecture. Second edition. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1991.
Comer, Douglas., "A guide to RFCS," Internetworking with TCP/IP, Volume 1: Principles, Protocols, and Architecture. Second edition. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1991, p. 441-475.
Dempsey, Lorcan., Libraries, Networks and OSI: A Review with a Report on North American Developments, 1992 Edition. Westport, CT: Meckler.
Denning, Peter., Computers Under Attack: Intruders, Worms, and Viruses, p. 574, ACM Press/AddisonWesley, Reading, MA, 1990. $23.95. ISBN 0201530678.
Details of celebrated network security cases, including those described in the previous two books. Includes Stoll's original article about the Wiley Hacker, and responses and articles by others on the same subject. Has extensive coverage of the 1988 Internet Worm. Also includes information on viruses. Has quite a bit of material on the cultures of the networks, and on social, legal, and ethical matters. Starts with the standard historical network papers, including "Notable Computer Networks" by Quarterman and Hoskins.
Dern, Daniel P., The New User's Guide to the Internet, McGrawHill, New York, forthcoming in 1993. ISBN 0070165106 (hc). ISBN 007165114 (pbk).
A forthcoming new user guide, not yet seen.
Deutsch, Peter., archie -An Electronic Directory Service for the Internet. [Available by anonymous FTP from host archie.mcgill.ca, directory/archie/pub, filename whatis.archie]
Deutsch, Peter., "Resource Discovery in an Internet Environment--'The Archie Approach,' Electronic Networking: Research, Applications and Policy, 2(1) (Spring 1992): 45-51.
Duffy, Thomas M. and David H. Jonassen, eds., Constructivism and the Technology on Instruction: A Conversation. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1992.
Eiser, Leslie., "Multimedia Science Programs: Moving Science Education Beyond the Textbook," Technology & Learning (March, 1992), 16-30.
Farley, Laine, ed., Library Resources on the Internet: Strategies for Selection and Use. Chicago, IL: Reference and Adult Services Section, American Library Association, 1991. [Available by anonymous FTP from host dla.ucop.edu, directory pub/internet, filename libcat-guide]
The essential user's guide to Internet-accessible library catalogs.
Frey, Donnalyn and Rick Adams., !%@: A Directory of Electronic Mail Addressing and Networks, p. 436, O'Reilly & Associates, Sebastopol, CA, January 1991. $26.95. ISBN 0937175153 (pbk.).
A quick desk reference to many networks, with two pages on each one.
Gayeski, Diane M., ed. (1992). "Multimedia for learning". Educational Technology Publications. Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Gross, Robert A. "The Machine-Readable Transcendentalists: Cultural History on the Computer", Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 1(1) (March 1989):92-116.
Guthrie, John T. and Mariam Jean Dreher., "Literacy as Search: Explorations Via Computer", Cognition, Education, Multimedia: Exploring Ideas in High Technology. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1990.
Hafner, Katie and John Markoff., Cyberpunk, p. 368, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1991. $22.95. ISBN 0671683225.
Interviews with some of the crackers who have appeared conspicuously in the press in the past few years. One of the coauthors is the New York Times reporter who broke the Stoll story to the public.
Henry, Marcia Klinger., Search Sheets for OPACs on the Internet: A Selective Guide to U.S. OPACs Utilizing VT100 Emulation. Westport, CT: Meckler, 1991.
The title says it all.
Horton, Mark and Gene Spafford. Rules of Conduct on USENET.
Kahin, Brian ed., Building Information Infrastructure: Issues in the Development of the National Research and Education Network, p. 446, McGrawHill Primis, New York, 1992. $34.95. ISBN 039003083X.
Includes the entire text of the High Performance Computing Act (HPCA) of 1991 that authorized the forthcoming National Research and Education Network (NREN), as well as numerous examinations of what it does and should mean. Papers from a workshop at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. Tough sledding in spots, but very rewarding in others.
Kehoe, Brendan P., Zen and the Art of the Internet: A Beginner's Guide to the Internet. 2nd edition. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1993. [The first edition is available by anonymous FTP from host ftp.cs.widener.edu, directory pub/zen, filename zen-1.0PS (PostScript version)]
Simple explanations of electronic mail, remote login, file transfer, and Usenet news.
Kochmer, Jonathan and NorthWestNet., The Internet Passport: NorthWestNet's Guide to Our World Online, 4th ed., p. 450, NorthWestNet, Bellevue, WA, 1993. $39.95. ISBN 0963528106. info@nwnet.net
A forthcoming guide and catalog, not yet seen. It is paradoxically both the fourth edition of and the successor to the other NorthWestNet book listed later.
Krol, Edward., The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Internet. Network Working Group, Request For Comments 1118, 1989. [Available by anonymous FTP from host ftp.nisc.sri.com, directory rfc, filename rfc 1118.txt]
This often-cited guide to the Internet often rambles into technical back alleys best not travelled by novices.
Krol, Edward., The Whole Internet User's Guide & Catalog, p. 376, O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., Sebastopol, CA, 13 September 1992. $24.95. ISBN 1565920252.
Perhaps the most ambitious of the new crop of books, this one is both a user's guide and a catalog of resources in one. It is aimed at graduate students who want to use the Internet for research.
Kulik, Chen-Lin C., and Julik, James A., "Effectiveness of Computer-Based Instruction: An Updated Analysis." \computers in Human Behavior. Volume 7, 1991, 75-94.
Lane, Elizabeth S. and Craig A. Summerhill., An Internet Primer for Information Professionals: A Basic Guide to Networking Technology, p. 200, Meckler Corp., Westport, CT, forthcoming in 1992. $37.50. ISBN 088736831X.
This book, not yet seen, is apparently aimed at information professionals, presumably meaning librarians and others.
Langston, M. D. and T. Batson, 1990. The social shifts invited by working collaboratively on computer networks. The ENFI Project. IN C. Handa (ed.). Computers and community: teaching composition in the twenty-first century. (pp. 141-159). Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook, Heinemann.
LaQuey, Tracy L., User's Directory of Computer Networks. Bedford, MA: Digital Press, 1990.
LaQuey, Tracy and Jeanne C. Ryer., The Internet Companion: A Beginner's Guide to Global Networking, p. 208, AddisonWesley, Reading, MA, October 1992. $10.95. ISBN 0201622246. [Available online by anonymous FTP from world.std.com, two chapters a month]
This is the least expensive introductory guide for new users of the Internet, and perhaps the only one aimed at the general public.
Levy, Steven., Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution, p. 473, Anchor Press/Doubleday, Garden City, NY, 1984. $17.95. ISBN 0385191952 (hc). $4.95. ISBN 0440134056 (pbk).
Tales of the real hackers who invented the modern computer industry. Some of these people are still quite active on the nets today.
Lincoln, Barbara., Wide Area Information Servers (WAIS) Bibliography. [Available online on host quake.think.com, directory /pub/wais/wais-discussion, filename bibliography.txt]
Lottor, Mark K., Internet Growth (1981-1991). Network Working Group, Request For Comments 1296, January 1992. [Available by anonymous FTP from host ftp.nisc.sri.com, directory rfc, filename rfc1296.txt]
How the lnternet has grown in recent years.
Low, Lafe, ed. High Color. Camden, ME: Imagetech Publications. (bi-monthly magazine)
A bi-monthly magazine of PC graphics and video.
Lynch, Clifford A., "Information Retrieval as a Network Application" Library Hi Tech, 32(4), 1990 pp. 57-72.
Lynch, Clifford & Cecilia Preston., "Internet Access to Information Resources." Annual Review of Information Science and Technology. (1990) 26:263-312.
A survey article that ranges from Memex to NREN
Lynch, Daniel C. and Marshall T. Rose, eds., The Internet System Handbook, p. 822, AddisonWesley, Reading, MA, 1993. $40. ISBN 0201567415.
A description of the process that produces Internet Standards, and some other user level material in addition to protocol material.
Malamud, Carl., Exploring the Internet: A Technical Travelogue, p. 376, PrenticeHall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, August 1992. $26.95. ISBN 0132968983.
Many fine lunches and dinners with users, administrators, and developers of the Internet in many countries around the world, with accurate technical background. Certainly the most wickedly funny of all the books about the Internet. Contains a subplot about how and why ITU and ISO do not publish their standards online.
Malamud, Carl., Stacks: Interoperability in Today's Computer Networks. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1992.
A discussion of networks, network protocols and standards, and related issues.
Malkin, Gary Scott and April N. Marine., FYI on Questions and Answers: Answers to Commonly asked "New Internet User" Questions. Network Working Group, Request for Comments 1325, February 1991. [Available by anonymous FTP from host ftp.nisc.sri.com, directory /rfc, filename rfcl325.txt]
A good introduction for new users.
Marine, April, ed., Internet: Getting Started, p. 380, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA, September 1992. $39.00. ISBN [none].
How to join the Internet, and some context so you will know why. This book is not a guide, and not a catalog, but it does contain numerous contact listings.
Markoff, John., "For the PC User, Vast Libraries," New York Times, (July 3, 1991):Cl.
McClure, Charles R., Ann P. Bishop, Philip Doty, and Howard Rosenbaum, eds., The National Research and Education Network (NREN): Research and Policy Perspectives. Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1991.
One of the only resources that covers research and policy issues.
McLaughlin, Pamela W., et al., Beyond the Walls: The World of Networked Information: An Instructional Workshop Package. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University, 1991.
McMillan, Tom, ed. Computer Artist. Tulsa, OK: Pennwell Publishing Corp. (bi-monthly magazine)
A bi-monthly magazine for creative professionals.
Nix, Don., "Should Computers Know what You Can do With Them?", Cognition, Education, Multimedia: Exploring Ideas in Higher Technology. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1990.
Nix, Don and Rand Spiro, eds., Cognition, Education, Multimedia: Exploring Ideas in High Technology. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1990.
National Science Foundation Network Service Center., Internet Resource Guide. Cambridge, MA: NSF Network Service Center, 1989. [Available by anonymous FTP from host nnsc.nsf.net, directory resource-guide]
The "official" directory of Internet resources. Very incomplete.
Papert, Seymour. Mindstorms: Children Computers and Powerful Ideas. New York, NY: Basic, 1980.
Parkhurst, Carol A., ed., Library Perspectives on NREN: The National Research and Education Network, p. 86, LITA, Chicago, 1990. $10.50. ISBN 0838974775.
Another NREN policy anthology; this one oriented towards library uses.
Polly, Jean Armour., "Surfing the Internet: An Introduction." Wilson Library Bulletin, 66(10) (June 1992): 38-42+.
An overview to key Internet resources.
Porter, Stephen, ed. Computer Graphics World. Tulsa, OK: Pennwell Publishing Corporation. (monthly magazine)
A monthly magazine on computer graphics.
Quarterman, John S., The Matrix: Computer Networks and Conferencing Systems Worldwide. Bedford, MA: Digital Press, 1990.
The essential reference guide to computer networks describing the infrastructure of the Internet and its constituent networks.
Quarterman, John S. and Susanne Wilhelm., UNIX, POSIX, and Open Systems: The Open Standards Puzzle, p. 446, AddisonWesley, Reading, MA, 1993. $42.50. ISBN 0201527723.
Context about open systems standards. Includes a very brief history of the Internet, comments on the effects of networks on standards and the reverse, commentary on the benefits of publishing standards online, and an indepth examination of the IETF standards process used to produce Internet Standards. Also includes an Internet growth graph.
Rapaport, Matthew., Computer Mediated Communications: Bulletin Boards, Computer Conferencing, Electronic Mail, and Information Retrieval. NY: Wiley, 1991.
Raymond, Eric S. ed., Guy Steele., The New Hacker's Dictionary, p. 453, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1991. ISBN 0262181452 (hc). $10.95. ISBN 0262680696 (pbk).
The authority on hacker jargon, and a very amusing book. Look it up in here when you doubt a definition in the press.
Shaffer, Deborah, Henri Devries, and Gregory Parham. Exploring Internet Training Series, Module 1-Exploring Internet: Using your Computer to Communicate.
Shaffer, Deborah, Henri Devries, and Gregory Parham. Exploring Internet Training Series, Module 2-Mail-based Information and Delivery: Almanac and Listserv.
Shapiro, Norman, et al. Towards an Ethics and Etiquette for Electronic Mail. Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation (publication R-3283-NSF/RC), 1985.
Shapiro, Rand J. and Jihn-Chang Jehng. "Cognitive Flexibility and Hypertext: Theory and Technology for the Nonlinear and Multidimensional Traversal of Complex Subject Matter", Cognition, Education, Multimedia: Exploring Ideas in Higher Technology. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1990.
Sloan, D. ed., The Computer in Education: A Critical Perspective. New York, NY: Teachers College Press, 1985.
Stanton, Deidre E., Using Networked Information Resources: A Bibliography. Perth, WA: Author, 1992. [Available by anonymous FTP from host infolib.murdoch.edu.au, directory pub/bib, filename stanton.bib or stanton.bib.wp]
A bibliography on networked information resources, both print and electronic.
Stein, Richard., "Browsing Through Terabytes," BYTE, (May 1991): 157-164.
The full list of Internet and BITNET electronic discussions.
Sterling, Bruce., The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the electronic frontier, p. 352, Bantam, New York, 1992. $23. ISBN 055308058X.
An indepth examination of the forces of law who try to deal with computer crime, and of the issues involved, written by one of the science fiction writers who invented cyberpunk. The real story behind Operation Sundevil and the Legion of Doom. Readable, informative, amusing, and necessary.
Stoll, Clifford., The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage, p. 332, Doubleday, New York, 1989. $19.95. ISBN 0385249462 (alk. paper).
A spy novel, except it's true: a first person account by a downonhisluck Berkeley astronomer who with others tracked down a KGB network spy. Despite its necessary concentration on cracking, still a readable introduction to what the Internet is about.
Strangelove, Michael and Diane Kovacs., Directory of Electronic Journals, Newsletters and Academic Discussion Lists. Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, 1992. [The electronic journals portion is available by sending the message GET EJOURNLL DIRECTRY and GET EJOURNL2 DIRECTRY to listserv@acadvm l.uottawa.ca; the academic discussion lists portion is available by sending the messages GET ACADLIST FILE l, GET ACADLIST FILE2 ... GET ACADLIST FILE7 to LISTSERV@KENTVM.BITNET]
Organized into two parts: 1) Journals and Newsletters and, 2)Academic Discussion Lists and Interest Groups. This guide is a directory to these resources with subject categorization of academic discussion lists.
St. George, Art and Ron Larsen., Internet-Accessible Library Catalogs and Databases. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico, 1991. [Available by anonymous FTP from host ariel.unm.edu, directory library, filename internet.library]
A thorough directory of library catalogs on the Internet. Organized geographically.
Tennant, Roy., "Internet Basic Training: Teaching Networking Skills in Higher Education," Electronic Networking: Research, Applications and Policy. 1(2) (Winter 1991): 37-46.
Tennant, Roy, John Ober, Anne G. Lipow, and Foreword by Clifford Lynch., Crossing the Internet Threshold: an Instructional Handbook, p. 142, 1993. $45.00. ISBN 1882208013. simsc.si.edu:networks/crossing.ad
A short textbook on using the Internet, by two librarians at the University of California at Berkeley.
Tiller, David A. "World Peace and Natural Writing Through E-mail", Collegiate Microcomputer, 11(2) (May 1993): 67-69.
Todino, Grace. Using UUCP and Usenet. Fourth ed. Revised by Tim O'Reilly and Dale Dougherty. Newton, MA: O'Reilly & Associates, 1987.
Turkle, S. The Second Self: Computers and the Human Spirit. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1984.
An in-depth study of how computers affect learning and development.
Updegrove, Dan, John Muffo, and Jack Dunn. Electronic Mail and Networks: New Tools for Institutional Research and Planning. University of Pennsylvania, PA.
Von Ropach, Chuq. A Primer on How to Work with the USENET Community.
Wallace, Louis R., ed. Desktop Video World. Peterborough, NH: Techmedia Publishing. (bi-monthly magazine)
Presents articles and reviews of current desktop video editing software and hardware.
Weizenbaum, J. Computer Power and Human Reason: From Judgement to Calculation. San Francisco, CA: Freeman, 1976.
An early but important reference which takes a less optimistic stand on the use of computers.
Yager, Thomas. "The multimedia production handbook for the PC, Macintosh, and Amiga. Boston: Academic Press Professional, 1993.
Yanoff, Scott. Special Internet Connections. [Available by anonymous FTP to csd4.csd.uwm.edu and GET pub/inet.services.text]
"Communications, Computers and Networks." Scientific American [Special issue]. 265(3) (September 1991).
This issue is devoted to computer networks.
Computers and the Humanities: Official Journal of The Association for Computers and the Humanities. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers. (bimonthly journal)
A Guide to Electronic Communication and Network Etiquette
Revised and submitted by Joan Garango, edited by Ivars Balkits, Computing Services; University of California Davis.
Heartland Free-Net Registered User Guidelines. Bradley University; Peoria, IL.
High Performance Computing Act of 1991. Passed by the U.S. Congress, and signed into law by President Bush on December 9, 1991.
The public law that enables development of the National Research and Education Network.
Interest Groups. Menlo Park, CA: SRI International, Network Information Systems Center, 1992. [Available by anonymous FTP from host ftp.nisc.sii.com, directory netinfo, filename interest-groups]
Journal of Computing in Higher Education. Ashfield, MA: Paideia Publishers. (biannual journal)
NNSC, Internet Resource Guide, p. 240, NSF Network Service Center (NNSC), BBN, Cambridge, MA, 1991. $15. ISBN [none]. nnsc.nsf.net:resourceguide/README.
The original Internet Resource Guide.
NorthWestNet, NorthWestNet User Services Internet Resource Guide, p. 297, NorthWestNet, Bellevue, WA, 1992. $20. ISBN [none].
NorthWestNet's Resource Guide.
Terms and Conditions of Membership and Affiliation. CREN Information Center, October 25, 1990.