Supplementary Readings

E-mail services

• Comparing Two Approaches to Remote Mailbox Access: IMAP vs. POP

Free E-mail Providers

• Yahoo
• Hotmail
• Yahoo index of free E-mail Providers

E-mail: Hoaxes

• CIAC Chain Letter Page
• CIAC Internet Hoaxes Page

Acceptable Use Policies

• Armadillo's Directory of AUPs
• School Librarian Links: Acceptable Use Policies
• Index of AUPs from NWREL
• Delaware's State and K-12 Network Policies
• Lexington Public Schools Guidelines for Student Internet Use

Evaluating Sources

• Evaluating Web Sites for Educational Uses: Bibliography and Checklist
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly or Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources
• Evaluating Quality on the Net
• Evaluating World Wide Web Information is a guide for students.
• WWW Virtual Library: Evaluation of Information Sources contains pointers to many articles on this topic.
• Murray, Janet, et al. (1995). Searchin' the Net. [Online]. Available http://arlo.wilsonhs.pps.k12.or.us/search.html
• Schrock, Kathleen. (1997). Critical Evaluation Survey. [Online]. Available http://www.capecod.net/schrockguide/eval.htm.

Rating and Filtering Internet Content

• Platform for Internet Content Selection
• Recreational Software Advisory Council on the Internet
• Netparents.Org

Other places to publish student and teacher pages

• Tripod
• GeoCities
• Angelfire
• For kids: FreeZone

Resources for Creating Web Pages

• CyberMonkey's World

Copyright

• Consortium of College and University Media Centers. (1995) CCUMC MultiMedia Fair Use Guidelines Cyberspace Law Institute and Counsel Connect. [Online.] Available http://www.libraries.psu.edu/avs/fairuse/guidelinedoc.html
• The Copyright Website
• The Fair Use Test
• Copyright Information organized by the University of Delaware Library
• Fair Use of Copyrighted Works; A Crucial Element in Educating America

Citing Sources

• Citing On-line References in Bibliographies and Footnotes. University of Maryland links to standards online.
• Quinion, Michael. (1996) World Wide Words: Citing online sources. [Online.] Available http://www.clever.net/quinion/words/citations.htm

 

Connecting to the Internet

• The UD Point to Point Protocol Page provides instructions for linking your home computer to the Internet.
• Complete connection information for using the Delaware Education Network is also available.