American Library Association. Library Information Technology
Association (LITA). A Guide to Internet Guides. [1995]
This 12-paged guide provides a selected listing of how-to-guides, reference books, texts, and other resources of possible use to visitors of the ALA Internet Room. Contact Gail Clement, Reference Department, Florida International University Library, University Park, Miami, Florida 33199 for free copies) (phone: 305-348-3417; E-mail: clementig@solix.fiu.edu)
"Ask Dr. Internet" internet@jg.cso.uiuc.edu
A self-instruction program on the Internet explaining how to use the Internet.
"Augustine on the Internet (course taught by University of
Pennsylvania's J. O'Donnell)." The Christian Century 8 (November
16, 1994): 1070.
Bailey, Elaine K., and Morton Cotlar. "Teaching Via the Internet."
Communication Education 43 (April 1, 1994): 184+.
Becker, K.A. "Introducing the Internet in an Online Searching
Class." Online/CD-ROM '92 Conference Proceedings. Wilton, Conn.:
Eight Bit Books, 1992: 20-22.
Berners, Lee, and others. "World-Wide Web: The Information
Universe." Electronic Networking Research, Applications and Policy
2 (Spring 1992): 52-58.
Blake, Paul. "News, the Internet and Student Training." Online and
CD ROM Review 17 (June 1, 1993): 186+.
Bolt, David J. and Leland V. Gustafson. "The Internet - A Resource
in the Teaching of Economics and Beyond." Business Education Forum.
49 (October 1, 1994): 23+.
Brett, G.H. "Navigating the Internet: A Beginning." North Carolina
Libraries 50 (Fall 1992): 143-146.
Caywod, C. "Tunneling Through the Internet." School Library Journal
4 (March 1994): 164.
Clement, Gail P. "There's Something for Everyone on the Internet:
A Trainer's Strategy for Reaching and Teaching New Users."
Internet-World 5 (June 1, 1994): 34+.
Clyde, A. "Internet Resources." Emergency Librarian 21 (March-April
1994): 52-54.
Provides a basic introduction to resources and services
available on the Internet for teacher librarians and those who use
school libraries.
Collins, Mauri. "Internet Information Management Tools."
Communication Education 43 (April 1994): 112-119.
Introduces briefly some of the more common Internet management
tools.
Corcoran, Elizabeth. "Why Kids Love Computer Nets." Fortune 128
(September 20, 1993): 103-108.
Networks are changing the way teachers teach and students
learn. New ways of communications are sparking excitement in US
classrooms as a tool to improve basic skills and plan for
involvement in the work environment of the 21st century.
Courtois, Martin P. "How to Find Information Using Internet
Gophers." Online 18 (November-December 1994): 14-16. 18-20, 22, 24-
25.
Suggests strategies for finding information in gophers that
will increase access to Internet information resources for library
users.
Cutler-Landsman, Donna, and Conrad J. Crzesinski. "Internet: A
Vehicle for Original Student Research." Teaching and Change 1
(Winter 1994): 135-153.
The study describes original student research using student-
to-student telecommunications. Sixth graders gathered original data
through Internet to answer their own questions about education in
other countries.
Day, Roger. "Learning to Navigate the Internet." Teaching Education
6 (Summer 1994): 147.
Dealy, Jacqueline. "Keeping Up With the Internet." Education
Libraries 18 (Spring 1994): 11-12.
Offers instructions and resources for Internet novices for
connecting to 13 education listservs, 9 electronic journals and
newsletters, 3 education databases, 7 Telenet gopher sites,
Veronica and Archie search tools, and File Transfer Protocol.
December, John. "Electronic Publishing on the Internet: New
Traditions, New Choices." Educational Technology 34 (September
1994): 32-36.
Special issue examining the educational implications of
electronic publishing; presents four case studies.
Delfino, Eril. "InfoPop: A Windows Guide to the Internet." Online
19 (January/February 1995): 69-72.
InfoPop for Windows is a freeware utility, invaluable for
Internet training, as an introduction for people who do not yet
have Internet access, and as a quick reference guide.
Descy, Don E. "World-Wide Web: Adding Multimedia to Cyberspace."
TechTrends 39 (September 1994): 15-16.
Engel, G. "User Instruction for Access to Catalogs and Databases on
the Internet." Cataloging and Classification Quarterly 13 (1991):
141-156.
Ensor, P. "Getting on the Internet Train, or Gopher Broke."
Technicalities 14 (January 1994): 9-11.
Discusses problems that users of the Internet have in
obtaining useful training.
Filipczak, Bob. "Trainers on the Net." Training 31 (December 1994):
42-51.
Passmore's listserv is a good place to start if one is a
neophyte to the Net.
Fishman, Barry J. and Roy D. Pea. "The Internetworked School: A
Policy for the Future." TECHNOS 3 (Spring 1994): 22-26.
Discusses elementary and secondary classrooms linking with the
Internet and focuses on policies needed for successful use of the
network. Also discusses a project conducted at Northwestern
University, Illinois for reconceptualizing high school science
education using the Internet.
Foster, Constance L., and others. "The Net Result; Enthusiasm for
Exploring the Internet." Information Technology and Libraries 12
(December 1993): 433-436.
The ultimate goal of the retreat was to generate enthusiasm
for using the Internet.
Fraase, Michael. "The Mac Internet Tour Guide: Cruising the
Internet the Easy Way." 1st ed. Ventana Press, P.O. Box 2468,
Chapel Hill, NC 27515 ($27) ERIC, ED 364238.
Published exclusively for MacIntosh users, this guide provides
an overview of Internet resources for new and experienced users.
Gabbard, Ralph. "Recent Literature Shows Accelerated Growth in
Hypermedia Tools: An Annotated Bibliography." Reference Services
Review 22 (1994) 31-40.
Gerber, B. "The Internet Hunt as a Learning Tool." Computers in
Libraries 14 (October 1994): 55-57.
Gerber, Cheryl. "No Rest for the Weary." Computerworld 28 (December
19, 1994): 85.
An increasingly sophisticated group of Windows users is
demanding more from trainers, but the majority still needs a strong
foundation in the basics.
Gray, Robert A. "The School Media Specialist: Teaching in the
Information Age." TechTrends 39 (November-December 1994): 45-46.
Discusses the role of school media specialists in teaching
students to navigate information resources available through online
systems. Highlights database searching, use of the Internet, multi-
media workstations, integrated learning systems, library skills,
authoring software, and teacher utilities.
Hallam, S. "Introducing the Internet: A Case Study." Online
Information 93: Proceedings of the 17th International Online
Information Meeting. London, 7-9 December 1993. Oxford and New
Jersey: Learned Information (Europe) Ltd., 1993: 443+.
This paper discusses the experience of teaching Internet
skills to students at Nottingham Trent University, describing
teaching materials and methods used.
Halpern, Diane F., ed., and others. Changing College Classrooms:
New Teaching and Learning Strategies for an Increasingly Complex
World Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series, 1994. ERIC,
ED 368307.
Offers 19 papers by college faculty on concrete information
and suggestions for the improvement of college teaching, student
learning, and the whole education process. Papers on electronic
sources, including implementing the Internet are included.
Hert, Carol A. "A Learning Organization Perspective on Training
Critical Success Factors for Internet Implementation." Internet
Research 4 (Fall 1994): 36+.
Hogan, Kevin. "Chillicothe Corp." Forbes (April 11, 1994): 122-123.
Chillicothe, Ohio has emerged as a successful player in
international trade, partly due to the dedicaton of Ohio
University's head librarian who trolls the public bulletin boards
and postings for the benefit of his community. Planton, who
teaches classes on the Internet, describes his success with
Internet communications for high-tech brokering.
Jacobsen, Kristin. [Instructional Uses of WWW] (posted to BI-L,
LIBRF-L, NETTRAIN) (Jacobsen is Managing Reference Librarian,
Northwestern University Library, Evanston, Illinois 60208-2300)
Johnson, Diana L. An Introduction to the Internet: A Training
Program. Masters of Education Project, Duluth, Minnesota: College
of St. Scholastica, 1994. ERIC, ED 375803.
This study reports on a training program designed to provide
future k-12 media specialists with the technical expertise to
utilize the Internet. The six modules of instruction were
developed for an education class at the College of St. Scholastica
in Duluth, Minnesota and included videos, lesson notes,
transparencies, examples of software, and exercises. Each module
covers a different aspect of the Internet and contains two hours of
classroom activities. Appended copies of the course syllabus and
modules make up a large part of this document.
Joseph, L.C. "Blazing a Path to the Internet." Information Searcher
6 (1994): 11-12.
Kalin, Sally. "Collaboration: A Key to Internet Training." American
Society for Information Science Bulletin 20 (February/March 1994):
20-21.
At Penn State University, the Office of Computer and Informa-
tion Systems and the University Libraries have collaborated to
develop an Internet instructional program called Internexus. The
program has been delivered to over 1,000 Penn State faculty, staff,
and students. Initially designed as a three-hour introduction to
the Internet, the program is changing and expanding.
Kaplan, Marcia. "Driver's Ed for the Information Superhighway."
Business Communications Review 24 (December 1994): 71.
Scott Helmers, an educator, writer, and consultant, developed
a 2-day Business Communications Review magazine seminar with a
basic tutorial that moves from hobbyist bulletin boards to
commercial online servies, to the Internet.
Kelly, Brian. "Becoming an Information Provider on the World Wide
Web." Computer Networks and ISDN Systems 27 (December 1994) 353-
360.
UK's University of Leeds introduces the WWW's client/server
architecture and its hypertext markup language and includes further
references to assist information providers and their trainers.
Kelly, M.G., and James H. Wiebe. "Telecommunications, Data
Gathering, and Problem Solving." Computing Teacher 21 (April 1994):
23-26.
Discusses use of telecommunications in elementary and
secondary education and gives examples of activities in math and
science that use online services, such as America Online,
CompuServ, Prodigy, electronic bulletin boards, educational
computer networks, electronic mail, and listservs from the
Internet.
Kendall, S. "Internet Training for Faculty at a Small University."
Computers in Libraries 14 (February 1994): 57-60.
Discusses the need for library involvement in training in use
of the Internet at a small university, using the example of the
University of Dallas. The Internet dramatically alters the
traditional library, "replacing standards with chaos."
Kochmer, Jonathan. Internet Passport: NorthwestNet's Guide to Our
World Online. Fourth Edition. Bellevue, Washington: NorthWestNet,
1993. ERIC, ED 365358.
This guide helps computer network users get over the hurdle of
new technologies, based on the premise that every Internet user is
different. The tools of the Internet are explained.
Kosmin, L.J. "Teaching Internet End-Users Effective Searching
Strategies Across Diversified Databases." Online Information 92:
Proceedings of the 16th International Online Information Meeting.
London, 8-10 December 1992. Edited by David I. Raitt. Oxford and
New Jersey: Learned Information (Europe) Ltd., 1992, 225-231.
Presents a model curriculum designed to introduce newcomers to
the Internet in science and technology-oriented organizations.
Ladner, S.J., and H.N. Tillman. The Internet and Special Libraries
Use: Training and the Future. Washington, D.C.: Special Libraries
Association, 1993.
Lane, E.S., and C. Summerhill. An Internet Primer for Information
Professionals: A Basic Guide to Internet Networking Technology.
Westport, Connecticut: Meckler, 1993.
"Library of Michigan Sets Up Internet Training." American Libraries
26 (January 1995): 15-16.
Lippert, Margaret. "Continuing Computer Competence: A Training
Program for the '90's." American Society for Information Science
Bulletin 20 (February/March 1994): 18-19.
The Internet has become the technological trend in academic
libraries of the '90s, but training programs have often been
inadequate and late in arrival. The Massachusets Institute of
Technology's Engineering and Science Libraries approach training
within the context of computer literacy training. The project is
called Continuing Computer Competence. The sessions are repeated
continuously.
[A List Intended for Internet Trainers Who See Library Instruction
and Internet Instruction Running Parallel] (BI-L Listserv, May 20,
1995)
On this list, people share their home pages and training tools
via ftp and gopher sites. Contact nettrain@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu.
Sign on with the usual "subscribe john public" message to
listserv@cc.buffalo.edu.
Makulowich, John S. "Tips on How to Teach the Internet." Online
18 (November/December 1994): 27-30.
To train people to productively exploit the riches of the
Internet while ensuring that they grasp the fundamentals, 15
observations about teaching the Internet are presented.
Machovec, George S. "World Wide Web: Accessing the Internet."
Online Libraries and Microcomputers 11 (January 1993): 1-4.
Mardikian, J. "How to Use VERONICA to find information on the
Internet." Reference Librarian 41-42 (1994): 37-45.
Marshall, Lucy, Janice Carr, and Peggy Zorn. "Training for the
Internet in a Corporate Environment." Computers in Libraries 14
(November 1, 1994): 60+.
McGillis, L. "Gopher Searching Using VERONICA." Reference
Librarian 41-42 (1994): 25-35.
McNutt, Dinah. "So Many Users, So Little Time." UNIX Review 12
(July 1994): 31-36.
Tools and hunts are described that make the system
administrator's job of helping new UNIX users easier.
Merrill, Kevin. "Technology Ed How-to-Course Giving Trainers
Internet Access." Computer Reseller News (August 22, 1994): 163,
165.
Starting August 1994, the Techology Education Network is
tapping its subscriber partners to market an interactive,
introductory Internet course. The Introduction to Internet course
comes with a student kit, featuring courseware and videos from
Digital Data Express.
Monkcom, K. "Learning to Use the Internet." LASIE 23 (November/
December 1992): 41-50.
Morgan, Eric-Lease. "The World-Wide Web and Mosaic: An Overview for
Librarians." Public Access Computer Systems Review 5 (1994): 5-26.
Morgan, Nancy A. "An Introduction to Internet Resources for K-12
Educators. Part I: Information Resources. ERIC Digest." ERIC
Clearinghouse on Informatin and Technology, Center for Science and
Technology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y. 13244-4100 ED
372757 (free while the supply lasts) (for Part II, see IR 055 115)
Odasz, Frank. "Big Sky Telegraph." Bulletin of the American Society
for Information Science 20 (December 1993/January 1994): 16.
Big Sky Telegraph (BST) links 114 of Montana's 114 one and two
room schools and Western Montana College, forming a virtual
community. It has created Internet self-teaching lessons as part of
its electronic offerings.
Page, Mary, and Martin Kesselman. "Teaching the Internet:
Challenges and Opportunities." Research Strategies 12 (Summer
1994): 157-167.
Parker, Rachel. "Training, Internet Access are Hot Topics at This
Year's Shows." Infoworld 16 (March 28, 1994): 57.
A listing of selected computer and software trade shows and
conferences for April 1994 thrugh June 1994 are presented.
Passmore, David. "Trainers Network on the Net." Training and
Development 48 (August 1, 1994): 35+.
Listserv founder, David Passmore, tells how to "talk training"
with trainers in 18 countries through his discussion group which he
founded.
Perkins, J.T. "The First Mile Down Internet I: Development,
Training, and Reference Issues in the Use of an X Windows Interface
to Internet Access." The Reference Librarian 41-42 (1994): 297-317.
Polly, J.A. "Surfing the Internet: An Introduction." Wilson
Libraries Bulletin 66 (June): 38-42.
Powell, James. "Adventures with the World Wide Web: Creating a
Hypertext Library Information System." Database 17 (February 1994):
59-60, 62-66.
Price, Wilkins, John. "Using the World-Wide Web to Deliver Complex
Electronic Documents: Implications for Librarians." Public Access
Computer Systems Review 5 (1994): 5-21.
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projects at the University of Virginia Library.
Richardson, M.L., A.H. Rowberg, and T. Gillespy. "An On-Line
Digital Internet Teaching File Server." AJR, American Journal of
Roentgenology 162 (May 1, 1994): 1239.
"Roadmap for the Information Superhighway Interactive Internet
Training Workshop." Send an e-mail letter to LISTSERV@UAIVM.UA.EDU
which says "subscribe roadmap" yourfirstname.
Rockman, I.F. "Challenges in Teaching End Users Access to Internet
Resources." 13th National Online Meeting. Edited by Martha E.
Williams. Medford, New Jersey: Learned Information, Inc., 1992,
321-324.
Rockman, I.F. "Teaching About the Internet: The Formal Course
Option." Reference Librarian 39 (1993): 65-75.
Discusses the example at Kennedy Library, California
Polytechnic State University, which offers a 10-week, 1-credit
course for undergraduates, focused on accessing library catalogues
and full-text databases through the Internet.
Rubin, Bryndis A. "The Internet: Where Few Trainers Have Gone
Before." Training and Development 48 (August 1, 1994): 24+.
Ryan, J. "Resource Review: A Pathfinder to Core Resources for
Network Users." Internet Research 3 (Summer 1993): 69-87.
Schiller, N. "Internet Training and Support; Academic Libraries and
Computer Centers: Who's Doing What?" Internet Research 4 (Summer
1994): 35-47.
Reports on an electronic survey designed to document what
academic library and computing services staff are doing to instruct
users about the Internet and to determine if they are working
together or apart.
Seiden, Peggy, and others. "Progress With the Internet." Reference
Librarian (1994): 275-285.
Theme issue topic: "Librarians on the Internet; Impact on
Reference Services." Six articles describe various Internet
applications. One of them is "Introducing Internet Services," by
Karen R. Diaz and others.
Silva, M. and G.F. Cartwright. "The Design and Implementation of
Internet Seminars for Library Users and Staff at McGill
University." Education for Information 11 (June 1993): 137-146.
Sorohan, Erica Gordon. "The Attractions of the Internet."
Training and Development 48 (August 1994): 31-33.
Once on the Net, additional training is often needed. Users
need to manage their time more efficiently and guard against
information overload.
Sorohan, Erica Gordon. "Trainers Network on the Net." Training and
Development 48 (August 1994): 35-37.
David Passmore, a professor of education at Pennsylvania State
University, speaks about the training and development discussion
listserv that he founded.
Stephenson, Nina, and Deborah H. Willis. "Internet In-Service
Training at the University of New Mexico General Library." The
Reference Librarian 41/42 (1994): 211+.
Takahashi, Dean. "At Vista Verde On the Internet 'It's More Fun
Than Playing Nintendo." Los Angeles Times 14 May 1994, sec. A,
p. 2, col. 2.
The training of students at the Vista Verde Elementary School
in Irving, California on the global Internet is discussed.
Telopir, Carol. "Forces Shaping Electronic Access." Library Journal
118 (September 1, 1993): 154, 156.
Discusses electronic information access in libraries,
including Internet instruction and training.
Tennant, Roy, and others. Crossing the Internet Threshold: An
Instructional Handbook. Berkeley, California: Library Solutions
Press, c1993.
Tennant, Roy. "Internet Basic Training: Teaching Networking Skills
in Higher Education." Electronic Networking 1 (Winter 1991): 37+.
Tennant, Roy. "Internet Basics. ERIC Digest." ERIC Clearinghouse on
Information Resources, Syracuse University, N.Y. 13244-2340 1992
(free with stamped self-addressed envelope while supply lasts) ED
348054.
Tennant, Roy. "Tips and Techniques for Internet Trainers." American
Society for Information Science Bulletin 20 (February/March 1994)
22-24.
Obstacles to training students on how to use the Internet
include a complex topic that changes constantly, multiple ways to
accomplish the same task, and no such thing as common knowledge
about the Internet. Teaching suggestions are given.
Tuss, J. "Easy Online Access to Helful Internet Guides." Online 17
(Summer 1993): 60+.
Tuss, Joan. "Roadmaps to the Internet: Finding the Best Guidebook
for Your Needs." Online 18 (January 1994): 14-26.
Reviews and compares 11 books about the Internet, including one
for teaching about the Internet.
Walker, Thomas D., ed. "Libraries and the Internet: Education,
Practice, and Policy." Library Trends 42 (Spring 1994): whole
issue.
Articles emphasize changing roles in the library, classroom,
and workplace, emphasizing team work and the need for collaborative
integrative, and critical thinking skills.
Wang, Hongjie. "Developing a BI Program for Medical Resources on
Internet." University of Vermont Medical Library, 1994. ERIC, ED
373802.
Describes a BI course on accessing medical resources on the
Internet through discussion lists and Gopher consisting of short
sessions taught biweekly each semester at the University of Vermont
medical library. The syllabus and evaluation form used are
included.
Weissinger, Nancy J., and John P. Edwards. Selected Online Sources
of Information for Internet Trainers. Seven-paged bibliography
prepared at the Milbank Memorial Library, Teachers College,
Columbia University, for the ACRL/NY Program: "Six Degrees of
Connectedness: Different Views of Who, What, Where, and When of
Internet Training in Academia," held at Bobst Library, New York
University, May 25, 1994.
Weissinger, Nancy J., and John P. Edwards. "Online Resources for
Internet Trainers." College and Research Libraries News 56
(September 1995): 535-539, 572.
Werner, Judy. Reaching Out to the World: Training Teachers to
Integrate Teachers Integrate Telecommunications into Special
Education Classrooms. Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual National
Conference of the American Council on Rural Special Education
(ACRES). Austin, Texas, March 23-26, 1994. ERIC, ED 369595.
Describes a structured teacher training module that can be
used by rural teachers, individually or in staff development
workshops. Its step-by-step structure allows each trainee to
interact independently with the technology. Sample activities
illustrate the use of E-mail, Internet resources, on-line library
services, and bulletin boards.
West, Peter. "The Mother of All Networks." Teacher Magazine
4 (January 1993): 19-22.
Describes the experience of teachers in several middle and
high schools using the Internet, and includes teaching methods.
Wielhorski, Karen. "Teaching Remote Users How To Use Electronic
Information Resources." Public Access Computer Systems Review 5
(1994): 5-20.
Describes how remote users of electronic information resources
can be effectively trained.
Witcher, T.R. "Cybersurfing 101." Washingtonian 29 (September
1994): 135-136.
This bibliography was compiled from searches through:
ABI/INFORM, ERIC on CD-ROM, Humanities Index on CD-ROM, Library
Literature on First Search, LISA on Dialogue, MLA on CD-ROM,
Newspaper Abstracts on CD-ROM, Reader's Guide to Periodical
Literature on CD-ROM, Carl Uncover, and BI-L Listserv. If an
abstract was provided, part of it is included.
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