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Internet user education

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Broadband Expert UK: Details and prices of Internet Service Providers offering wireless and mobile broadband connectivity. Includes non-commercial features such as a broadband speed tester, a broadband glossary, a beginner's guide and a forum. Also has details on maximising your connection for gaming.
Author: Broadband Expert
Subjects: internet user education
DeweyClass: 004.678
Resource type: documents
CIAC Internet Hoaxes: Document describing many of the hoax warnings found on the Internet, particularly about computer viruses and Trojans. While these hoaxes do not infect systems, they are still time consuming and costly to handle. Users are requested not to spread unconfirmed warnings about viruses and Trojans. There is also some history of hoaxes on the Internet, details of how to identify a new hoax warning, how to identify a validated warning and what to do on receiving a hoax message.
Author: US Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability
Subjects: computer viruses, internet culture, internet security, internet user education
DeweyClass: 004.678
Resource type: document
Getting Online Internet Training Programme: Set of three free Internet distance learning courses: Advanced Internet Training (including electronic mail, FTP and Web usage), HTML Tools (including an introduction to Web page design) and Real Time Communications (including use of Telnet, MUDs, MOOs, MUSH and IRC).
Author: IDEA (Innovation in Digital and Electronic Arts) and MiiD (Manchester Institute for Information Delivery)
Subjects: electronic mail, internet user education
DeweyClass: 004.678
Resource type: guides
Internet Tutorials: A set of tutorials covering researching, evaluating Internet sites, plagiarism, the Texas Information Literacy Tutorial (TILT), finding scholarly journal articles and multimedia and web design.
Author: University at Albany Libraries
Subjects: internet user education
DeweyClass: 004.678
Resource type: guide
Internet Week: Online publication providing Internet news, articles and details of resources and services on topics such as education, retail, manufacturing, health care, e-business, systems and management, and network infrastructure.
Author: CMP Media
Subjects: internet news, internet user education
DeweyClass: 004.678
Resource type: magazine
Intute Virtual Training Suite: Free interactive tutorials to help students, researchers, and instructors discover some of what the Internet has to offer in their subject areas. Topics include English, history, medicine, politics, social work, and sociology.
Author: Intute
Subjects: internet user education
DeweyClass: 004.678
Resource type: index
Net Abuse FAQs: Answers to questions such as how to deal with junk mail, how to find out the source of email messages, and how to deal with spamming.
Author: Ohio State University
Subjects: electronic mail, internet user education
DeweyClass: 004.678
Resource type: documents
Net: User Guidelines and Netiquette: Document offering guidelines for use of Internet services, intended to help users to realise the capabilities of the Internet and be responsible in how they access or transmit information through the Internet. Topics include electronic mail, telnet, FTP, discussion groups, the World Wide Web, and the Ten Commandments for Computer Ethics.
Author: Rinaldi, Arlene H.
Subjects: computer ethics, electronic mail, internet culture, internet user education
DeweyClass: 004.678
Resource type: document
Netskills: Network Skills for the UK Higher Education Community: Netskills aims to help the UK community make effective use of the Internet for teaching, research and administration. Funded under the Electronic Libraries Programme.
Author: Netskills, Newcastle University
Subjects: internet user education
DeweyClass: 004.678
Resource type: guides
Nettrain Mailing List Archive: Vast archive of messages sent to the Nettrain mailing list for Internet trainers.
Author: State University of New York Buffalo
Subjects: internet user education
DeweyClass: 004.678
Resource type: mailinglist
Notess.com: Greg Notess Web Site: Collection of work written and presented by Greg Notess, a prominent figure in the world of library related IT and computing. Includes columns such as 'On the Net', as published in Online magazine, articles on Internet searching, details of presentations and workshops, and examples of completed Web based projects.
Author: Notess, Greg R.
Subjects: internet user education, library internet use
DeweyClass: 020
Resource type: articles, documents
RBA Information Services: Organisation offering training, consultancy and publications on how to find and use electronic resources more effectively. Provides access to a blog, RSS feeds, blog and wikis presentations and other support material. Also includes an index to business information sources on the Web, a free monthly electronic newsletter, and information on training and workshops.
Author: Blakeman, Karen
Subjects: internet resource discovery, internet user education
DeweyClass: 004.678
Resource type: documents
TERENA's Guide to Network Resource Tools (GNRT): The GNRT has been designed to provide a basic introduction to the Internet with sections on using basic tools and services available on the network. With this 4th edition it has definitely become a comprehensive guide on a whole spectrum of Internet services: from basic network tools and simple email and Web tools to multimedia collaboration tools. It also covers topics like searching for information, Web publishing and security. This edition tries to improve some content, in the fields of streaming, videoconference and networking.
Author: Trans-European Research and Education Networking Association
Subjects: internet resource discovery, internet user education
DeweyClass: 004.678
Resource type: guide
Thinkuknow: Provides young people (5-7s, 8-10s, 11-16s) with the latest information on the sites they like to visit, mobiles and new technology. They can find out what’s good, what’s not and what they can do about it. There are also areas for people who look after young people (parents and carers, teachers and trainers), with resources they can use in the classroom, at home or just to get with it. Most importantly, there’s also a place which anyone can use to report if they feel uncomfortable or worried about someone they are chatting to online.
Author: Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre
Subjects: child welfare, internet user education
DeweyClass: 004.678
Resource type: guide
TONIC: The Online Netskills Interactive Course: A structured course, offering step-by-step, practical guidance on major Internet topics.
Author: Netskills project
Subjects: internet user education
DeweyClass: 004.678
Resource type: interactive guide
UK Internet Guide: Offers a basic guide to the Internet for UK users. Includes information on ISPs, domain names, search engines, computer viruses, chat programs, Web design, and Internet languages such as CGI and Java.
Author: Sand, Mike
Subjects: internet user education
DeweyClass: 004.678
Resource type: documents
Web Wise: BBC Education Guide to the Internet: Details of television and radio programs about the Internet and computers. Includes stories on how the Internet has helped people achieve various goals such as giving up smoking and contacting long lost relatives. Also includes information about the millennium bug with a full explanation of the problem and possible effects.
Author: BBC
Subjects: internet user education
DeweyClass: 004.678
Resource type: guide
Webopedia Quick Reference: Internet: Provides information on common Internet issues, including server types, file extensions and data formats, country domain codes, and Internet error messages.
Author: internet.com Corp.
Subjects: internet user education
DeweyClass: 004.678
Resource type: guide
Wiredguide: Index of resources intended to help the novice computer and/or Internet user. Offers guides and tutorials providing basic computing instruction, question and answer forums, an index of search engines, dictionaries and glossaries of terminology, a series of working tips and tools, software downloads, and manufacturer's technical support services for the PC and the Mac.
Author: Wiredguide
Subjects: computer user support, computing links, internet user education
DeweyClass: 004
Resource type: index