Writing the Information Superhighway

On-Line Internet Resources

Attributions

All of the below has been borrowed from the webmasters and internauts whose tail lights I follow when I'm lost in the fog of cyberspace. Those from whom I've borrowed directly (and I can't always know who the people I'm following are following :) ) include:

• Dave Taylor and Muriel Harris of Purdue University
• Eric Crump and his OWL crew at the University of Missouri
• Lou Rosenfield of the U of Michigan School of Information and Library Studies
• Fred Kemp and the Alliance for Computers and Writing

General Resources

• University of Michigan Home Page
• Instructional Technology Division Services
• ITD Documentation Database
• School of Information and Library Studies
• Campus Computing Sites

Resources about the Internet and its tools

• About the Internet
• Internet Directory
• Internet Search
• Special Internet Connections
• Internet Research Starting Points
• Internet Netiquette
• Identifying Mailing Lists and Usenet Groups
• How to Find an Interesting Mailing List
• Listserv Home Page
• Search Mailing Lists
• Gopher Jewels
• How to Create Your Own Homepage at U of M
• A Beginner's Guide to HTML
• WWW and HTML Developer's JumpStation
• WWW Weavers

Resources for Writing

• U of Michigan OWL
• Writing Resources on the Internet
• Writer's Workshop On-line Handbook
• Rensselaer Writing Center On-line Handouts
• The Blair On-line Handbook
• Purdue On-line Writing Lab (OWL)
• Online Writery (U of Missouri OWL)
• Other OWLS

On-Line Journals and Mags

• Computer-Mediated Communication Magazine
• Time/Warner On-Line
• The Electronic Newstand

Writing the Information Superhighway Navigation Panel

• Course Home Page w/ Instructor Information
• Course Overview
• Evaluation
• Class Roster (eventually you will be able to see students' home pages, too!)
• Texts and Materials
• Part I: It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (1/5-1/24)
• Part II: Look Who's Talking Now (1/26-2/9)
• Project II Support Materials
• Part III: Writing about the Internet (2/14-3/16)
• Project III Support Materials
• Part IV: Using the Internet to Write in the Disciplines (3/16-4/18)

As a class we've been finding and sharing ftp, gopher and WWW sites and usenet and e-mail groups related to our research interests. Most of those are now collected in our Hotlinks Research Repository.

If you are using a browser that supports web mail, you can now contact us through our class e-mail group at infohighway@umich.edu. Drop us a line!

Modified: 3/18/95