Cabrillo College Library
    Internet Tutorials& other resources

|| Tutorials--General || Internet Browsers || Email || Netiquette || Chat || Evaluating || Glossaries || Spam & Hoaxes ||
|| Other Resources -- Beginning Research || E-Postcards ||


General Internet Tutorials     Reviews of Web Tutorials
Most highly recommended
Learn The Net  Click on Take our free Internet tutorial (middle of screen).  Also covers Internet basics, email, etc.  Offers helpful tips throughout; offers "try this" sections.  Provides links to resources for additional information.  Well laid out. 
Internet Browers
Most highly recommended
Netscape Communicator Offers a great deal of information that is easy to find and understand; step-by-step instructions.
Email
Most highly recommended
Beginner's Guide to Effective Email Provides down-to-earth, useful information about how to talk on the Internet.  Focuses on helpful hints to intermediate users of email as to ways to talk and how to be aware of those with whom you are communicating.  Good information for someone who wants to discover how to talk through email.  Also provides sites for more information. 
    Others
    Email Basics Just the basics.  Good for the beginner, or the intermediate user. 

    Free Email Address Directory Offers information about free email providers (including reactions from users).  Useful for both beginners and intermediates. 

Netiquette
The Net: User Guides and Netiquette A lot of good advice. 

Netiquette Home Page Well written; easy to follow; includes a quiz. 

Chat
Most highly recommended
NetGuide: How to Chat Online Provides good information as well as connections to a variety of Web sites for chatting. 

Evaluating Internet Resources
Most highly recommended
Evaluating Internet Resources Offers good questions to ask about resources.
Evaluating Internet Information Very helpful hints on how to evaluate information found on the Internet. 

Ten Cs for Evaluating Internet Resources Short summaries of how to evaluate. 

Glossaries: Need to Look up a Term?
Whatis.com Covers a broad variety of terms; good, concise definitions; provides links between definitions.  Offers a word-of-the-day, and a place for asking questions of an expert. 

Spam (junk email)

Most highly recommended 
Spam Prevention Tips Best site for information on avoiding junk mail.  Provides links to sites that offer advice on avoiding spam and getting rid of it.
Hoaxes and Urban Legends
Computer Incident Advisory Capability (CIAC)  Provides list of recent hoaxes and helpful advice on how to spot a hoax. 

Urban Legends and Folklore
 

Other Services
Beginning Research
Most highly recommended
Study Web Offers information on a broad range of subjects. Guides to additional materials -- preselected, quality resources for students.

E-Postcards So many people ask -- How can you make and send an electronic postcard?  So we added this section just for you! 
Most highly recommended -- both of these are good 
Blue Mountain Arts Electronic Greeting Cards
Greeting Cards by 123Greetings


Evaluations by Melissa Neher, Summer 1999 
T. N. Smalley   last rev. 4/5/00