Languages 479-1, 579-1           Summer 1996          Syllabus

Fourth meeting, Tuesday July 9, 1996 

- Q&A of previous topics

such as:

connecting from home
pine setup
newsgroup reading
Internet protocols
etc.

- Deadline to chose a topic for presentation and final paper

Suggested Topics

Secure Transaction (Encryption and Certification)
Virtual Banking
Teleconferencing
Telecommuting
Groupware
The Future of the Internet
Educational Technology
Distance Education
Internet resources for Language Learning      
Internet Security
Internet Privacy
Cognitive Science, Artificial Intelligence, Information Managers, Expert Systems
Copyright in the Information Age
Internet Publishing
Internet Commerce                

- Library type information services

infogate 

b) Marriott Library Online Catalog
d) BYLINE
f) USU Catalog and Indexes
k) SLC Public Library Catalog

c) Uncover
h) Lexis/Nexis 
i) FirstSearch (Various Databases
WorldCat          Books and other materials in libraries worldwide.
Article1st        Index of articles from nearly 12,500 journals.


LibWeb Library WWW servers

 
Library catalogs with "webbed" interfaces


Netlink: Library Catalogs Sorted by Name


Internet Resources Classified by Dewey

< a href=http://www.w3.org/pub/DataSources/bySubject/Overview.html>The 
World Wide Web Virtual Library:Subject Catalogue

Homework due on our next meeting

- please be sure to update the mailing list of the class using the one 
included in our message to you

- send a message to us indicating the topic you have chosen and the day 
of your presentation (as assigned during our last meeting)

- go to infogate, do a search in one of the databases, the search must be 
in relation with your topic, then send a short message describing your 
search and findings

- please read chapters 9, 10 and 13 of your textbook

- be prepared to ask questions about what we have seen so far at the 
beginning of our next meeting