Internet Resources: CIS/LBT 160

Hartnell College, Spring 1998

This class will introduce students to:

Various Internet resources including email, the World Wide Web, search engines, FTP, mailing lists, Telnet.
Hands-on experience planning and conducting searches to solve information needs, evaluating search results.
Ethical issues arising from Internet connectivity, such as censorship, pornography, creation of information haves and have-nots. Discussion and research through Internet resources.
Basic html, creation of simple homepage containing links, graphics, scanned images and original creations.

Navigating the Internet. 3rd ed. Sams.net Publishing, 1995.

HTML 3.2 Quick Reference. 2nd ed., QUE, 1997.

Krol, Ed. The Whole Internet User's Guide and Catalog. 2nd ed. O'Reilly & Associates, 1994.

Hahn, Harley. The Internet Complete Reference. 2nd ed. Osborne McGraw-Hill, 1996.

Hahn, Harley. The Internet Yellow Pages. 3rd ed. Osborne McGraw-Hill, 1996.

Levine, John & Baroudi, Carol. The Internet for Dummies. 2nd ed. IDG Books.

Tittel, Ed and de Cordova, Carl. HTML for Dummies. IDG Books.

History of the Internet: from the PBS series Life on the Internet.

Addresses the history and impact of various aspects of the Net.

By Vinton Cerf, who helped develop the base language of the Internet, TCP.