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• Mac Reference
• OIT Training Sessions
• OIT Documentation

Facilities

• Campus Clusters Map
• Information Resource Center
• Computer Store

Teaching Resources

• Educational Technology
• Ed Tech Development Center

Computing Lingo

• Entering the World Wide Web: A Guide to Cyberspace
• Netdictionary - "An alphabetical reference guide to technical, cultural, and humorous terms related to the Internet." Includes a Java version of the dictionary, if you're so enabled.
• Surf School - An online guide to understanding and using the Net. Covers everything from extreme basics ("Where do I go when I click something?") to the more involved and complicated issues like online communications and multimedia (Shockwave, Java, IRC, et al.)
• O'Reilly Dictionary of PC Hardware and Data Communications Terms - a searchable index for one of the more confusing languages on the planet.
• The Guide to Cyberspace Index/Glossary - a quick reference guide to the most common terms and abbreviations.
• Shibboleths: Mysteries of Computer-Speak - a glossary of terms written with the religious scholar in mind, from TELA/Scholars Press.
• What?Is - a glossary of terms.

Creating & Managing Web Sites

Introductory Sites

• How to Create WWW Pages (for ND Users) - a basic how-to guide geared for the hardware and software we have on campus.
• Creating Net Sites - a primer from Netscape.
• Helpful Pointers for HTML and the WWW - the glossaries/reference section is particularly helpful for those seeking entrée into hypertext mark-up language.
• Crash Course on Writing Documents for the Web - a how-to manual that really limits coverage to the basics.
• Computers & Texts - A journal of articles on use of computers for teaching in the humanities, out of Oxford.
• Copyright Law - the latest on fair use guidelines, maintained at Stanford University.
• Multimedia File Formats on the Internet: A Beginner's Guide for PC Users - by Allison Zhang.

More Advanced Sites

• ND OIT Web Page Enhancement Workshop - tips on how to improve the look of your web page from our own OIT staff.
• Library of Congress Resource on HTML - a thorough guide to HTML tutorials, style guides, authoring tools, specifications, standards, link checkers, graphics - you name it, they've got it!
• Creating Killer Web Sites - very detailed, only for the stout hearted.

Computing Magazines

• Christian Software News - change url and check bookstores for listing?:
• Connect-Time - An easy-to-read online magazine that 'puts a human face on technology' with anecdotes and articles.
• The Revolution Will Not Be - From Total Tour, observations on the frontline of the information revolution.
• Technology News - Links to several tech news sites.
• The WideGuide - A WWW magazine.
• Wired News - Daily news for a connected world.

Shareware/FTP Sites

• Collate - A palimpsest program allowing notes to be added to text; Mac version available now, PC version in summer of 1997. Demo: Wife of Bath's Tale (only the demo is free!).

 
• Download.com - New from CNET, software up the wazoo.
• Dr. Download - Links to reviews of "quality downloads."
• JewishNet FTP Sites
• Monster FTP Sites

 

 

Bibliographic Citation for Web Resources

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