7.  References
 
-- Instructions for using software distributed by the CAC are
included with the software.
 
-- Many documents are available on-line through Gopher. To access
documents in Gopher that are related to using the Access services,
select "Penn State Information" from the main menu, and then select
"Computing" and "Information Access." To find other CAC documents,
select "Penn State Information" and then select "Computing," "Center
for Academic Computing," and "Documentation and Training."
 
-- Documents can also be obtained from the CAC's FTP server
ftp.cac.psu.edu in the directory pub/access/docs.
 
-- For ongoing information and discussion on Access, read the
"psu.cac.access" newsgroup on-line in Netnews. An Access FAQ, a list
of frequently asked questions and answers about electronic information
access at Penn State, is maintained and periodically posted to this
newsgroup.
 
-- "Internexus" is the handout from the Internet seminar sponsored
by C&IS and the University Libraries. Included are the following
sections which are also available as separate documents on Gopher:
     --   Introduction to the Internet
     --   Simple Introduction to Telnet
     --   Simple Introduction to FTP
     --   Simple Introduction to LISTSERV Conferencing
     --   Simple Introduction to Usenet NEWS
     --   Simple Introduction to Gopher
     --   Simple Introduction to LIAS and the Internet
 
--   Policies on computer use are available at CAC Help Desks, other
offices of the CAC, and administrative offices of Penn State
departments and colleges.
 
--   "Where to Start for New Internet Users," by Jim Milles, is a
comprehensive listing of electronic and printed resources. This list
is available by anonymous FTP from sluaxa.slu.edu, directory
/pub/millesjg, filename newusers.faq. It may also be obtained by email
by sending a message to LISTSERV@UBVM.cc.buffalo.edu containing only
the following line:    GET NEWUSERS FAQ NETTRAIN F=MAIL
 
An excerpt from this list follows:
 
LaQuey, Tracy.  The Internet Companion: A Beginner's Guide to Global
Networking.  Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1992.  (Read this first; the
best guide for the true beginner, useful even for the pre-beginner who
has not yet signed on to the Internet.)
 
Krol, Ed.  The Whole Internet: User's Guide & Catalog.  Sebastapol,
CA:  O'Reilly & Associates, 1992.  (Read this after LaQuey; much more
in-depth and comprehensive, at this writing Krol is the essential
guide to the Internet.)
 
Aboba, Bernard.  The Online User's Encyclopedia: Bulletin Boards and
Beyond.  Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1994 (forthcoming).  (A
remarkably useful and comprehensive work, covering everything from the
basics of computer communications, to using local bulletin boards, to
the intricacies of the Internet.)
 
Dern, Daniel P.  The Internet Guide for New Users.  New York:  McGraw-
Hill, 1994.  (Dern is the editor of Internet World magazine and author
of numerous articles on the Internet in many other publications.)
 
Fraase, Michael.  The Mac Internet Tour Guide: Cruising the Internet
the Easy Way.  Chapel Hill NC: Ventana Press, 1993.  (The first
Internet guide written for Macintosh users; includes a 800K disc
containing useful software.)
 
Kehoe, Brendan.  Zen and the Art of the Internet: A Beginner's Guide.
2nd ed.  Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice- Hall, 1993.  (One of the
first and most popular guides to the Internet.  The first edition was
distributed for free on the Internet, and is still available at many
anonymous ftp sites, e.g. nic.merit.edu, directory
/introducing.the.internet, filename zen.txt.)
 
Kochmer, Jonathan and NorthWestNet.  The Internet Passport:
NorthWestNet's Guide to Our World Online.  4th ed.  Bellevue, WA:
NorthWestNet, 1993.  (A comprehensive guide to Internet resources,
comparable to Krol's The Whole Internet but even broader in scope.  It
covers a number of areas that other guides ignore.)
 
Marine, April; Kirkpatric, Susan; Neou, Vivian; and Ward, Carol.
Internet: Getting Started. Menlo Park, California: SRI International,
1992.  (Includes useful information how to obtain Internet access, as
well as other technical reference material.)
 
Quarterman, John S.  The Matrix: Computer Networks and Conferencing
Systems Worldwide.  Bedford, MA: Digital Press, 1990.  (A
comprehensive guide to the history and present--as of 1990--state of
the Internet and its component and related networks.  Recommended for
those who want to learn the background and history of the Internet.)
 
Tennant, Roy, John Ober, & Anne G. Lipow.  Crossing the Internet
Threshold: An Instructional Handbook. Berkeley, CA: Library Solutions
Press, 1993.  (Includes helpful fact sheets on various Internet tools
from ftp and telnet to archie, gopher, WAIS, and World-Wide Web.)
 
Yanoff, Scott. "Special Internet Connections" (updated frequently). A
list of interesting and useful selection showing the broad range of
Internet resources, including a few Online Public Access Catalogs,
chat lines, weather servers, Campus Wide Information Systems, and
other reference resources.  Available via anonymous ftp from
csd4.csd.uwm.edu, directory /pub, filename inet.services.txt.
 
Engle, Mary, Marilyn Lutz, William W. Jones, Jr., and Genevieve Engel.
Internet Connections: A Librarian's Guide to Dial-Up Access and Use.
Lita Monographs 3.  Chicago: Library and Information Technology
Association, 1993.
 
-- The following publications can be obtained through the Penn State
Bookstore:
 
Eudora: Bringing the P.O. to Where You Live, by Carolyn Gedney et al.
University of Illinois, 1988-1992. QUALCOMM, Inc. 1992. (For Macintosh
users.)
 
Internet Gopher User's Guide. Edited by Paul Lindner. University of
Minnesota, 1993.