Internet Resources for Community College Practitioners. ERIC Digest.

The Internet is an international computer network consisting of thousands of smaller interconnected computer networks. This digest describes some of the Internet resources that are available to community college practitioners at no cost.

To best use all of the Internet services described in this digest, you will need:

an IBM-compatible computer capable of running Windows, or a MAC with a processor of 68030 or better;

a relatively fast modem -- at least 14,000 baud per second;

an Internet provider; and

telecommunications software (which is usually supplied by the Internet provider).

The faster your computer and modem is, the faster your connections to the Internet will be. If you are incurring telephone or access charges when accessing the Internet, speed will be an important consideration. To access the full multi-media capabilities of the World Wide Web, you will need greater computer/modem speed than if you want to access Gopher or other text-based Internet services.

The World Wide Web (WWW) is an Internet facility that uses hypertext and multimedia techniques to make the Web easy for users to browse. To access the WWW, you need a client program such as Mosaic, Cello, or Lynx.

For help with finding an Internet provider near you, call your State Department of Education or ACCESS ERIC at 1-800-LET-ERIC.

GUIDES TO INTERNET RESOURCES

Gopher address: una.hh.lib.umich.edu

WWW address: http://www.lib.umich.edu/chhome.html

Rice University Gopher: Menus of resources maintained elsewhere are organized by subject matter at this site. It includes a broad range of topics, including art, journalism, medicine, aerospace, mathematics, and literature.

Gopher address: riceinfo.rice.edu (select Information by Subject Area)

WWW address: http://riceinfo.rice/edu/

W3 Servers: A catalog of all registered WWW servers. They are arranged geographically (by continent, country, and state) or by subject.

WWW address: http://www.w3.org/hypertext/DataSources/www/servers.html

COMMUNITY COLLEGE INTERNET SITES

Gopher address: gopher1.faytech.cc.nc.us (select Community College Gophers)

Community Colleges Web Directory contains a collection of pointers to Web servers at community colleges.

WWW address: http//www.yahoo.com/Education/Community[underscore]Colleges

Educati on Virtual Library lists education related Web sites alphabetically and by education level, resources provided, country, and type of site.

WWW address: http://www.csu.edu.au/education/library.html

Community College League of California maintains a home page with legislative information, publications, and conference news.

WWW address: http://www.cerritos.edu/cclc/cclc.html

ERIC Clearinghouse for Community Colleges has collected bibliographies on community college topics.

Gopher address: ericir.syr.edu

ELECTRONIC BOOKS

Gopher address: joeboy.micro.umn.edu (select ebooks)

FTP address: deneva.sdd.trw.com (the cd/etext) username: anonymous password:

(your Internet address)

WWW address: http://jg.cso.uiuc.edu/PG/welcome.html

Internet Wiretap: All of the Project Gutenberg books, plus White House press releases, laws, and other legal documents.

Gopher address: wiretap.spies.com

REFERENCE RESOURCES

Gopher address: sci-ed.fit.edu 70 (select Reference Desk)

Libraries of Purdue University: An extensive collection of ready reference resources.

WWW address: http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/reference/index.html

GOVERNMENT INFORMATION

Gopher address: gopher.ed.gov

WWW address: http://www.ed.gov/

Library of Congress Marvel includes Congressional, White House, and State Department information as well as links to international, federal, state, and local government resources. It also contains over 27 million searchable records of materials cataloged and held by the Library of Congress.

Gopher address: marvel.loc.gov

WWW address: http://lcweb.loc.gov/homepage/lchp.html

LIBRARY CATALOGS

Gopher address: libgopher.yale.edu

Library of Congress also provides telnet access to their holdings, as well as U.S. government copyright files, federal legislation, and foreign law.

Telnet address: locis.loc.gov

USENET NEWSGROUPS

alt.education.disabled

alt.education.distance

alt.education.higher.stu-affairs

alt.education.research

clari.news.education.higher

misc.education.adult

misc.education.language.english

misc.education.multimedia

misc.education.science

LISTSERVS

Below are listservs of interest to community college practitioners:

COMMCOLL

[email protected]

Community college administrators, faculty and staff.

ADJUNCT FACULTY

[email protected]

Part-time and adjunct faculty in community colleges and universities.

CJC-L

[email protected]

Community college librarians.

DEOS-L

[email protected]

Distance education.

MATHEDCC

[email protected]

Two-year college mathematics.

S2WTP

[email protected]

School-to-work, tech-prep.

STWNet

[email protected]

School to work.

TCC-L

[email protected]

Community college faculty.

For a list of more listservs, e-mail the ERIC Clearinghouse for Community Colleges at [email protected] and ask for "A Guide to Listservs for Community College Practitioners."

QUESTION ANSWERING

Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University provides help on correct English usage and writing. Tutors will answer questions by e-mail. Send the question to [email protected] They also maintain a gopher at owl.trc.purdue.edu and a WWW page at http://owl.trc.purdue.edu.

PRINT RESOURCES

Ellsworth, Jill. EDUCATION AND THE INTERNET: A HANDS ON BOOK OF IDEAS, RESOURCES, PROJECTS AND ADVICE. Indianapolis, IN: Sams Publishing, 1994.

Fraase, Michael. THE MAC INTERNET TOUR GUIDE. Chapel Hill, NC: Ventana Press, 1993.

Hahn, Harley. THE INTERNET YELLOW PAGES. Berkeley, CA: Osborne McGraw-Hill, 1994.

Krol, E. THE WHOLE INTERNET: USERS GUIDE AND CATALOG, 2ND ED. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., 1994.

LaQuey, T. INTERNET COMPANION PLUS. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1993.

Levine, John R. and Baroudi, Carol. THE INTERNET FOR DUMMIES. San Mateo, CA: IDG Books, 1993.

Note: This digest was prepared in July, 1995. The Internet is volatile, and the addresses are subject to change. Check more recent resources if you are unable to connect to any of these services.