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Information About the Internet

Guides
- Internet Safety Guidelines, used by RTPnet
- Librarian's Guide To Cyberspace for Parents & Kids, American Library Association
- Parents Guide to the Internet, U.S. Department of Education
- LivingInternet.com, concise, encyclopedic guide to the Internet and several of its component parts
Free Internet Services
Virus Information: F-Secure Virus Information (formerly Data Fellows) and Symantec Antivirus Research Center
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- FAQ: How can I send a fax from the Internet?
- Hoaxes: F-Secure Hoax Warnings Page or Symantec's Virus Hoax Page
  - The End of the Internet
- Internet FAQ Archives, Usenet Newsgroups Frequently Asked Questions
- Your Internet Consultant: The FAQs of Life Online
History
Internet II, the future Internet
Statistics
- Digital Divide Statistics, also see presentation slideshow for "Beyond Access: Understanding the Digital Divide" by Andy Carvin
- Falling Through the Net: Defining the Digital Divide
- Internet Domain Survey (number of hosts)
- Internet Society statistics
- Matrix Information and Directory Services (Internet Monitoring)
- National Public Radio Technology Survey
- Round Table Group Survey
Resources
- Beyond Access: Understanding the Digital Divide by Andy Carvin, Keynote Address, NYU Third Act Conference, May 19, 2000 -- full text of speech or presentation slideshow (which includes statistics and some history)
- Computer-Mediated Communication Magazine
- Electronic discussion groups
  - E-Mail Lists: Liszt and Tile.Net are directories of e-mail lists you can search or browse to find lists that you might like to join, ONElist is an e-mail community service
  - News Groups: Daja.com and Tile.Net are directories of news groups you can search or browse to find groups that you might like to join
    - Internet FAQ Archives, Usenet Newsgroups Frequently Asked Questions
  - Web-Based Discussion Forums: Forum One and ThatHomeSite.com
- Greeting Cards: Blue Mountain Arts
- Internet Country Codes
- Mapping Cyberspace Using Geographic Metaphors
- News
  - Edupage, a free e-mail service that summarizes developments in information technology
  - Net Happenings, Internet community announcements
- Organizations
- Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies
- Search or explore the World Wide Web, via RTPnet
- Technology and Internet sections, The Educational CyberPlayGround

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Last modified: 2000 May 29 -- JHH