1. Understanding the Internet
2. Connecting to the Internet
3. Navigating the Internet's World Wide Web
4. Understanding URLs
   1. Dissecting URLs
   2. Typing URLs
   3. What to do when a URL doesn't work
5. Narrowing a general topic
6. Researching a specific topic
7. Searching with Internet tools
   1. Subject directories
   2. Text indexes
   3. Metaengines
   4. Subject-specific search engines
8. Refining your search

1. Getting connected
2. Using the World Wide Web
3. Using email
   1. Sending and reading messages
   2. Working with attachments
   3. Eluding computer viruses
4. Using Web discussion forums
5. Using listservs
6. Using newsgroups
7. Using real-time communication
8. Using FTP, gopher, and telnet
   1. FTP
   2. Gopher
   3. Telnet
9. Using a terminal connection
10. Downloading software

1. Observing ethical practices
2. Using copyrighted sources in your work
   1. Requesting permission to use copyrighted sources
   2. Avoiding plagiarism by acknowledging online sources
   3. Citing Internet sources in hypertext essays
3. Observing netiquette
   1. The World Wide Web
   2. Email
   3. Listservs
   4. Newsgroups
   5. Real-time communication
4. Using the Internet safely
   1. Protecting your privacy
   2. Protecting your saftey

1. Using Internet sources in your writing
2. Identifying useful Internet sources
3. Gathering information about your Internet sources
   1. Recording and bookmarking the information you collect
   2. Locating the correct title for a document
   3. Looking for the author(s) of a document
   4. Finding a document's URL
   5. Working with frames
   6. Keeping track of publication and access dates
   7. Understanding site ratings
4. Evaluating the reliability of an Internet source
   1. Authorship
   2. Publishing body
   3. Referral to and/or knowledge of other sources
   4. Accuracy or verifiability
   5. Currency
   6. Checklists for evaluating sources
   7. Web site reviews
5. Representing your evaluation in your writing

1. Using principles of MLA style to cite Internet sources
2. Works Cited
   1. World Wide Web site
   2. Material from a Subscription Service
   3. Email message
   4. Web discussion forum posting
   5. Listserv message
   6. Newsgroup message
   7. Real-time communication
   8. Telnet, FTP, and gopher sites
3. Sample MLA-style hypertext essay

1. Adapting APA style to cite Internet sources
2. References
   1. World Wide Web site
   2. Material from a Subscription Service
   3. Email message
   4. Web discussion forum posting
   5. Listserv message
   6. Newsgroup message
   7. Real-time communication
   8. Telnet, FTP, and gopher sites
3. Sample APA-style hypertext essay

1. Adapting Chicago style to cite Internet sources
2. Notes
   1. World Wide Web site
   2. Material from a Subscription Service
   3. Email message
   4. Web discussion forum posting
   5. Listserv message
   6. Newsgroup message
   7. Real-time communication
   8. Telnet, FTP, and gopher sites
3. Bibliography
4. Sample Chicago-style hypertext essay

1. Using CBEin-text citation style
   1. The citation-sequence system
   2. The name-year system
2. References
   1. World Wide Web site
   2. Material from a Subscription Service
   3. Email message
   4. Web discussion forum posting
   5. Listserv message
   6. Newsgroup message
   7. Real-time communication
   8. Telnet, FTP, and gopher sites
3. Sample CBE-style hypertext essay

1. Composing Web texts in HTML
2. Designing Web pages
   1. Designing individual Web pages
   2. Linking Web pages
   3. Using links effectively
3. Creating homepages
4. Composing hypertext essays
5. Using images and graphics
   1. Finding images and graphics
   2. Downloading images and graphics
   3. Integrating images and graphics with Web documents
6. Using video and sound
   1. Finding audio and video files
   2. Downloading audio and video files
   3. Integrating audio and video with Web documents
7. Publicizing your Web documents
8. Online guides for designing Web pages

1. Understanding what online learning is
2. Finding information about online courses
3. Preparing to take an online course
   1. Getting the right equipment
   2. Contacting your instructor
   3. Finding out what software you need
   4. Previewing course material
   5. Learning to send email and attachments
   6. Learning to compose Web pages
   7. Learning to transfer files
4. Communicating with instructors and classmates
   1. Corresponding online
   2. Using chats
   3. Using MOOs
   4. Exchanging assignments
5. Having your work evaluated
6. Troubleshooting

	a.	General reference	u.	Geography
	b.	Accounting	v.	Health and medicine
	c.	Agriculture	w.	History
	d.	Anthropology	x.	Humanities
	e.	Archaeology	y.	International studies
	f.	Arts (performing and fine arts)	z.	Languages
	g.	Astronomy	aa.	Law
	h.	Athletics and sports	bb.	Libraries and information science
	i.	Biology	cc.	Literature
	j.	Business and economics	dd.	Mathematics
	k.	Chemistry	ee.	Nursing
	l.	Classics	ff.	Philosophy
	m.	Communications	gg.	Physics
	n.	Computing	hh.	Political science
	o.	Earth sciences	ii.	Psychology
	p.	Education	jj.	Sociology
	q.	English	kk.	Special needs
	r.	Environmental studies	ll.	Technology and applied arts
	s.	Ethnic studies	mm.	Theater
	t.	Gender studies	nn.	Writing

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