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Internet users

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Center for Online Addiction: A virtual clinic for cyber-related issues featuring an Internet addiction test, chargeable email and chat-room counselling, and information on the impact of the Internet on students. Deals with aspects of Internet addiction which affect men, women, and children at home, school, and work.
Author: Center For On-Line Addiction
Subjects: addiction, internet users
DeweyClass: 004.678
Resource type: documents
ChatDanger: Offers advice on the safe use of Internet chat rooms, with a focus on children and teenagers. Provides a parental guide to the Internet in general, and more detailed information about the attractions and dangers of chat, with suggestions as to how parents can ensure the safety of their children.
Author: ChildNet
Subjects: child abuse, child welfare, internet users
DeweyClass: 004.678
Resource type: documents
First Monday Subject Index: First Monday is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal about the Internet. It aims to follow the political and regulatory regimes affecting the Internet, examine the use of the Internet on a global scale, analyse research and development of Internet software and hardware, study the use of Internet in specific communities and report on standards.
Author: First Monday
Subjects: internet infrastructure, internet regulation - law, internet users
DeweyClass: 004.678
Resource type: journal index
HomeNet: HomeNet is an ongoing study of how ordinary families use the Internet.
Author: Carnegie Mellon University
Subjects: communication studies, internet users
DeweyClass: 302.2
Resource type: documents
Internet Addiction Guide: Defines what IAD (Internet Addiction Disorder) is, gives reasons as to what makes the Web addictive, examines diagnostic criteria, and offers possible explanations for such obsessive behaviour.
Author: Grohol, John M.
Subjects: addiction, internet users
DeweyClass: 616.8
Resource type: article
Internet and Society: Internet user survey which attempts to analyse the impact of the Internet on society. Addresses issues including the range of activities performed by users on the Internet, demographic differences in Net access and use, social isolation, impact of usage on traditional media, and effects on working patterns. Presented as a PDF file.
Author: Stanford Institute for the Quantitative Study of Society
Subjects: internet culture, internet users
DeweyClass: 004.678
Resource type: document
Internet Democracy Project: Project intending to enforce governance over Internet policy and participation. Offers resources from non-governmental bodies dealing with domain names, Internet communities, and social responsibility. Also provides links to related initiatives in German and Japanese. A weekly newsletter, The Cyber-Federalist, is available.
Author: American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Electronic Privacy Information Center, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
Subjects: internet regulation - standards, internet users
DeweyClass: 004.678
Resource type: index
Internet World: Monthly magazine that analyses industry issues and products for companies that use the Internet as an integral part of their business.
Author: Mecklermedia Corporation
Subjects: internet news, internet users
DeweyClass: 004.678
Resource type: magazine
ISC Internet Domain Survey: The Domain Survey attempts to discover every host on the Internet by doing a complete search of the Domain Name System. Survey data is collected and published quarterly.
Author: Internet Systems Consortium
Subjects: internet regulation - domains, internet users
DeweyClass: 004.678
Resource type: reference data
MUDs and MOOs: An Experimental Virtual Helpdesk: The Forest After Dark: The Forest After Dark MUD is a social and experimental mud. It's social in that people come to hang out with people that they want to keep in touch with. It's experimental in that, if you want to mess around with MUD programming, it's easy to do.
Author: The Forest After Dark
Subjects: communication studies, distance education, internet users
DeweyClass: 384.3
Resource type: proceedings
Netiquette Guidelines: A document (Internet RFC 1855) which provides a minimum set of guidelines for network etiquette (netiquette) which organisations may take and adapt for their own use. It is written in a bulleted format to make it easy to read and adapt. Covers electronic mail, mailing lists, Usenet news, Web services and interactive services.
Author: Hambridge, S.
Subjects: electronic mail, internet culture, internet users
DeweyClass: 004.678
Resource type: document
Netizens: On the History and Impact of Usenet and the Internet: Three chapters of a book which provides a snapshot of the Internet and Usenet communities, and gives its readers an overview of the history of network communications.
Author: Hauben, Michael & Hauben, Ronda
Subjects: internet culture, internet history, internet users
DeweyClass: 004.678
Resource type: book
Partnerships Online: Aims to help people use the Internet to change organisations, build partnerships and benefit communities.
Author: Partnerships Online
Subjects: internet culture, internet users
DeweyClass: 004.678
Resource type: documents
UKeiG: UK eInformation Group: A well-established forum for all information professionals, users and developers of electronic information resources. It promotes and advances the effective exploitation and management of electronic information and offers a wide range of resources including seminars and workshops. Members can access its e-journal eLucidate and its popular series of Factsheets. It is a special interest group of CILIP (Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals).
Author: UKeiG
Subjects: information retrieval, internet users, library organisations, online bibliographic searching
DeweyClass: 020.6
Resource type: institution
Usable Web: Guide to Web Usability Resources: A collection of links and information about human factors, user interface issues, and usable design specific to the World Wide Web, such as access, animation, design, speed, navigation, multimedia, searching, applets, frames and style sheets.
Author: Instone, Keith
Subjects: internet users, web page design
DeweyClass: 004.678
Resource type: index
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0: Article describing ways to make Web content, particularly multimedia resources, more accessible to users with disabilities. Covers issues such as navigation, format of material, colour, clarity, natural language and transformation of pages. Available in several formats including plain text, PDF and HTML.
Author: W3C
Subjects: disability, internet users, web site development
DeweyClass: 004.678
Resource type: article