Research Online

by David Munger

• ISBN13: 9780321058027
• ISBN10: 032105802X
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-07-01
• Publisher: Longman Publishing Group

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Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Introduction to the Internet	1	(10)
Use the Internet to inform your research	2	(1)
Plan when to use online sources and when to use traditional sources in your research	3	(1)
Select sources based on the demands of your project	3	(1)
Online versus printed sources	3	(2)
Evaluate all electronic sources you use	5	(2)
How the Internet works	7	(3)
Connecting to the Internet	8	(1)
URLs: Addresses on the Internet	9	(1)
Netiquette Tip: Netiquette	10	(1)
E-Mail	11	(14)
Using e-mail in your research	11	(1)
How e-mail works	12	(1)
Addresses and their elements	12	(1)
Getting connected	13	(1)
Using your e-mail program	14	(1)
E-mail conventions	15	(1)
Netiquette Tip: E-mail language	16	(1)
Netiquette Tip: E-mail reply quotations	17	(1)
What is a listserv?	18	(1)
Netiquette Tip: Listserv messages	18	(1)
Use listservs to initiate research conversations	19	(1)
How to subscribe to a listserv	20	(2)
Finding listservs on your research topic	20	(1)
Subscribing to a listserv	20	(1)
Unsubscribing to a listserv	21	(1)
Emoticons and other e-mail miscellany	22	(3)
The World Wide Web	25	(18)
Using the World Wide Web in your research	25	(1)
What is the World Wide Web?	26	(1)
Browsing on the Web	27	(2)
Searching the Web	29	(1)
Netiquette Tip: Using bookmarks on public computers	29	(1)
Searching with Web subject directories	30	(2)
Searching with Yahoo!	31	(1)
Searching with Web search engines	32	(5)
Searching with Alta Vista	32	(3)
Searching with Lycos	35	(2)
Searching with other services	37	(1)
Advanced Web searches	38	(2)
Boolean searches	38	(1)
Using the Link command	39	(1)
Searching for individuals	40	(1)
Advanced browsing techniques	40	(1)
Other research sites	41	(2)
News sites	41	(1)
Encyclopedia sites	41	(1)
Library sites	42	(1)
Managing Web Site Information	43	(4)
Building a document management system	43	(2)
Saving information about your sources	44	(1)
Saving your source materials	44	(1)
Netiquette Tip: Printing and saving in public computer labs	45	(1)
Downloading helper applications	46	(1)
Usenet News	47	(8)
What are Usenet newsgroups?	47	(2)
How to use newsgroups	49	(2)
Finding newsgroups on your topic	49	(1)
Saving your research	50	(1)
Posting to a newsgroup	51	(1)
Netiquette Tip: Posting to newsgroups	51	(1)
Integrating newsgroups into your research	52	(1)
Evaluating newsgroup sources	52	(3)
Real-Time Discussion: IRC and MU*s	55	(8)
What is Internet Relay Chat (IRC)?	55	(1)
What are MU*s?	56	(1)
IRC channels and online discussion	57	(1)
IRC commands	58	(1)
How to interact in a MU* environment	58	(2)
Netiquette Tip: Expressing emotion in a MU*	60	(3)
Basic MOO commands	61	(2)
Other Internet Resources	63	(4)
Telnet	63	(1)
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)	64	(1)
Gopher	65	(2)
Publishing Your Own Documents on the World Wide Web	67	(34)
Planning a Web site	68	(1)
Structuring your Web site	69	(1)
Netiquette Tip: Structuring your Web site	69	(3)
Presenting information on the Web	71	(1)
Authoring your site	72	(3)
Guidelines for writing on the Web	75	(1)
Netiquette Tip: Linking to other Web sites	75	(1)
Guidelines for creating images on the Web	76	(1)
Designing your site	76	(1)
HTML: The language of the Web	77	(8)
Adding structure, links, and images	80	(5)
Considerations while you're coding	85	(1)
Preparing images for the Web	85	(1)
Netiquette Tip: Images on the Web	85	(2)
Optimizing GIF files	86	(1)
Optimizing JPEG files	87	(1)
File management while coding	87	(1)
Relative vs. absolute URLs	87	(1)
Posting your site to the Web	88	(1)
What the server does	88	(1)
Uploading files	89	(1)
Publicizing your site	89	(1)
Advanced HTML techniques	90	(2)
Imagemaps and graphical links	90	(1)
Using forms to interact with a Web audience	91	(1)
A guide to HTML commands	92	(7)
Headings	92	(1)
Font styles	92	(1)
Lists and menus	92	(1)
Links	93	(1)
Inline images	94	(1)
Background attribute	94	(1)
Colors	94	(1)
Tables	95	(4)
Using Web authoring systems	99	(1)
Becoming an HTML expert	100	(1)
Giving Credit to Your Sources: Copyright Online	101	(6)
Make single copies of copyrighted work for educational use	102	(1)
Make many copies of copyrighted work or publish on the Web if it meets fair use guidelines	102	(1)
Find out if a work is copyrighted before you reproduce it	103	(1)
Request permission to reproduce copyrighted work	103	(4)
Locating the copyright holder	104	(1)
Sending the letter of request	105	(2)
Giving Credit to Your Sources: Documenting Online Sources	107	(10)
Determine how sources are documented for your type of project	107	(1)
Using the Columbia Online Style to document electronic sources	108	(7)
Collecting information about your source	109	(1)
Formatting the documentation according to COS--Humanities guidelines	109	(6)
Netiquette Tip: Linking to online sources	115	(1)
Integrating the source material into your project	115	(1)
Brief guidelines for using COS-Scientific style	115	(2)
A Case Study: Researching Literature on the Internet	117	(10)
Identify your topic	118	(1)
Narrow the focus of your topic and begin to formulate your thesis	118	(1)
Create a research plan	119	(1)
Investigate and join newsgroups and listservs	119	(1)
Follow up on links uncovered in steps 2-4	120	(1)
Gather additional material and conduct searches using Web search engines	121	(1)
Evaluate your sources	122	(1)
Look for electronic texts of works on the Web	122	(2)
Search for additional sources in the library	124	(1)
Write your paper	125	(1)
Additional sites for researching literature on the Web	125	(2)
Author sites	125	(1)
Criticism on the Web	126	(1)
Directory of URLs cited in the text	127	(4)
Glossary	131	(12)
Index	143