2. Lists and Indexes of Network Resources/Bibliographies/ Information Available over the Network

2.1. Internet Resource Guide (document)

This is an excellent guide to major resources available on the network. The table of tontents includes chapters on Computational Resources, Library Catalogs, Archives, White Pages, Networks, Network Information Centers, and Miscellaneous.

      Source:
      Anonymous ftp to NNSC.NSF.NET
      cd resource-guide
      get resource-guide.ps.tar.Z (PostScript) or
      get resource-guide.txt.tar.Z (ASCII text)

      Search:
      Telnet to pac.carl.org (Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries)
      Select terminal type.
      Choose Item 3 (Information Databases).
      Choose Item 65 (Internet Resource Guide).
      You can then browse or do a keyword search.

      To quit type //EXIT

2.2. Anonymous FTP Sites (document)

This document offers a list of all the sites on the Internet that support anonymous FTP.

      Source:
      Anonymous ftp to pilot.njin.net
      cd pub/ftp-list
      get ftp.list

      Search:
      Telnet to archie.ans.net
      Login as user archie
      Type help to get a list of commands
      Type prog topic - where topic is the keyword for the search of a
      program topic.

See section 4.05 for more information about using Archie.

2.3. INDEX - Index of all RFCs - (document)

      RFC-1118 - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Internet
      RFC-1175fyi3 - A Bibliography of Internetworking Information
      RFC-1173 - Responsibilities of Host and Network Managers
      RFC-1325(-> 1594(-> 2664fyi4)) - Answers to Commonly Asked "New Internet User"
                 Questions
      RFC-1207fyi7 - Answers to Commonly Asked "Experienced Internet User"
                 Questions
      RFC-1208 - Networking Glossary of Terms
      RFC-1359fyi16 - Connecting to the Internet
      RFC-1392(-> 1983fyi18) - Internet Users' Glossary
      RFC-1402fyi10 - Gold in the Network (this file)

      Source:
      Anonymous FTP to nis.nsf.net
      cd documents/rfc
      get INDEX.rfc
      get rfc1118.txt
      get rfc1175.txt
      get rfc1173.txt
      get rfc1206.txt
      get rfc1207.txt
      get rfc1208.txt
      get rfc1359.txt
      get rfc1392.txt
      get rfc1402.txt

2.4. Interest Groups List-of-Lists (document)

This is a document that list existing mailing lists and groups. To get on the list to receive updates, send e-mail to Interest-groups-request@nisc.sri.com.

      Source:
      Anonymous ftp to ftp.nisc.sri.com
      cd netinfo
      get interest-groups

2.5. Regional network policies (documents)

Many regional networks have developed policies on responsible use of their network. You can retrieve copies of these policies on line by anonymous FTP.

      Source:
      Anonymous ftp to ftp.nsic.sri.com
      cd netinfo
      dir
      get ???.policy

      where ??? is the name of the regional network.  The dir command
      will give you a directory of the filenames.

2.6. Campus ethics/policy statements (documents)

Many universities have developed more complete policies based on the regional network policies. If you want to look at some to use as guidelines for your own campus, you can get them through anonymous FTP.

      Source:
      Anonymous ftp to ariel.unm.edu
      cd ethics
      dir
      get ???.policy

      where ??? is the name of the university or college.  The dir
      command will give you a directory of the filenames.

2.7. VAX Book (document)

Joe St. Sauver of the University of Oregon has developed a complete guide of information on the network available via anonymous FTP. The following is a quote from the README file: "While it is tailored to the University of Oregon's VAX8000 system, the skills it illustrates are general enough to be of interest to users at most other VAX sites, and even users at many non-VAX sites connected to the national networks." A major section on Network Topics is excellent. It is a large document, more than 300 pages.

      Source:
      Anonymous ftp to decoy.uoregon.edu
      cd pub/vaxbook
      get vms.ps  (PostScript format)
      get vms.mem (lineprinter format)

2.8. Network Tidbits COMPUNET BIBLIO (document)

This is a "Network Bibliography" by Elliott Parker from the Journalism Department of Central Michigan University. It contains a bibliography of network related documents that he finds helpful.

      Source:
      Listserv

      Send e-mail to comserve@rpiecs (BITNET)
      The message should contain the following one-line request:

      SEND COMPUNET BIBLIO

      You will receive the file "COMPUNET BIBLIO" via return mail as
      well as a "Welcome to Comserve" message and a "Getting Started
      with Comserve message."  If you are unfamiliar with how the
      program Listserv works on BITNET, these documents are a good
      start.

2.9. Internet Tour Macintosh HyperCard 2.0 Stack (program)

This is a Macintosh HyperCard 2.0 stack that does a nice job of describing some of the functions of the Internet. It has a section that you can modify for your own institution's needs.

      Source:
      Anonymous ftp to nnsc.nsf.net
      cd internet-tour
      get Internet-Tour-README
      get Internet-Tour.sit.hqx

      Note this is a stuffed and binhexed file.  You must have the
      program Stuffit to convert it to an executable file on the
      Macintosh.

2.10. A Survey of Educational Computer Networks (document)

This is a fact-finding project to examine the current status of computer networks in K-12 education, including ways in which networking linkages are impacting educational tasks. This is a good summary for educators.

      Source:
      Anonymous ftp to ariel.unm.edu
      cd library
      get networks survey

2.11. Internet Resource Directory

A group of teachers compiled a Internet Resource Directory that would be of specific interest to teachers. It is available in four parts:

Listservers, Telnet sites, FTP sites, and general infusion-ideas.

      Source:
      Anonymous ftp to ftp.virginia.edu
      cd public_access
      get IRD-listservs.txt
      get IRD-Telnet-sites.txt
      get IRD-FTP-sites.txt
      get IRD-infusion-ideas.txt

2.12. Network Managers' Reading List (document)

This document is an annotated list of books and other resources for network managers who are using TCP/IP, UNIX, and Ethernet technologies.

      Source:
      Anonymous ftp to ftp.utexas.edu
      cd pub/netinfo/docs
      get net-read.txt

2.13. Network Resources List (document)

This document lists of many resources available on the network, including weather, online databases, book reviews, a ham radio callbook, and many more. Author Scott Yanoff (yanoff@csd4.csd.uwm.edu) routinely posts lists to newsgroups alt.bbs.internet, news.lists, alt.bbs.ads, and biz.comp.services.

      Source:
      Anonymous ftp to csd4.csd.uwm.edu
      cd pub
      get inet.services.txt

2.14. Zen and the Art of the Internet (document; version 1)

This document is the first version of what has become a book (see section 10 for information on version 2) in book format. The first version has some very good information on the Internet and is designed for the beginning user.

      Source:

      Anonymous ftp to ashley.cs.widener.edu
      cd pub/zen
      get README
      get zen-1.0.PS

2.15. Hytelnet (Program)

Hytelnet is a must-have program available for UNIX, Macintoshes, and PCs. It is designed to help you reach all of the Internet- accessible libraries, freenets, CWISes, library BBSs, and other information sites by Telnet. Peter Scott is the developer of this program, and he also maintains a list if you want to receive the latest updates on network information.

      Contact: scott@sklib.usask.ca

      Source:

      Anonymous ftp to access.usask.ca

      cd pub/hytelnet
      get README

      Change directory to the computer you want to run hytelnet from:

      cd pub/hytelnet/pc
      cd pub/hytelnet/amiga
      cd pub/hytelnet/mac
      cd pub/hytelnet/pc
      cd pub/hytelnet/unix
      cd pub/hytelnet/vms

2.16. World Wide Webb

The WWW project merges the techniques of information retrieval and hypertext to make an easy but powerful global information system.

The project is based on the philosophy that academic information should be freely available to anyone. Its aim is to permit information sharing within internationally dispersed teams and dissemination of information by support groups. Originally aimed at the High Energy Physics community, it has spread to other areas and attracted much interest in user support, resource discovery, and collaborative work areas.

Reader View

The WWW world consists of documents and links. Indexes are special documents which, rather than being read, can be searched. The result of such a search is another ("virtual") document containing links to the documents found. A simple protocol ("HTTP") is used to allow a browser program to request a keyword search by a remote information server.

The web contains documents in many formats. Those hypertext documents (real or virtual) contain links to other documents or places within documents. All documents, whether real, virtual or indexes, look similar to the reader and are contained within the same addressing scheme.

To follow a link, you either click with a mouse or type in a number. To search an index, give keywords or other search criteria. These are the only operations necessary to access the entire world of data.

You can try the simple line mode browser by Telnetting to info.cern.ch (no user or password) From UK JANET, use the gateway. You also can find out more about WWW in this way. This is the least sophisticated browser; remember that the window-oriented ones are much smarter.

It is much more efficient to install a browser on your own machine. The line mode browser is currently available in source form by anonymous FTP from node: info.cern.ch [currently 128.141.201.74] as:

                     /pub/www/src/WWWLineMode_v.vv.tar.Z.

(v.vv is the version number - take the latest.)

Also available is a hypertext editor for the NeXT (WWWNeXTStepEditor_v.vv.tar.Z), the ViolaWWW browser for X11, and a skeleton server daemon (WWWDaemon_v.vv.tar.Z).

Documentation is readable using www. A plain text version of the installation instructions is included in the tar file. Printable (PostScript) documentation and articles are in /pub/www/doc

      Source:

      Telnet to info.cern.ch
      No login required.

      Telnet to eies2.njit.edu
     
 Login as www