A Guide To World Wide Web

What started as information sharing among scholars has gotten so big that now there is a need for A GUIDE TO THE WORLD WIDE WEB. Business might be the biggest presence, and multiyear studies could show how well corporate web pages do over time. Information browsing and research also account for web surfing, and libraries are pioneering electronic publishing and site evaluations. In fact, the Library of Congress shook the 20th century up in the beginning years by championing the card catalogue and in the ending years by digitizing for the public, with online exhibits such as the Dead Sea scrolls and the NASA launch footage, lunar pictures, and technical reports. While who will clearinghouse Internet sites and users is being worked out, Lory Hawkes suggests keeping a personal discovery journal listing site names and URLs and using your own rating system. The author also says to go with your instincts about sites: look for recent and relevant bibliography; bookmarks pointing to other sites; respectfully treated events, people, and places; easily self-directed exploration; and comprehensive and timely information. Her book leaves readers current on everything from academic experiments such as Georgia Tech's graphics, visualization, and usability center; commercial experiments such as the Microsoft and Netscape pacesetter sites, and the Utopia virtual reality site; APA and MLA electronic documentation; search engines; web pages; and web TV dreamscape possibilities. She gets readers ready for the next web level: Alfred Glossbrenner's SEARCH ENGINES FOR THE WORLD WIDE WEB; Randolph Hock's THE EXTREME SEARCHER'S GUIDE TO WEB SEARCH ENGINES; Lincoln Stein's HOW TO SET UP AND MAINTAIN A WEB SITE; Rick Stout's THE WORLD WIDE WEB COMPLETE REFERENCE; and Robert S Want's HOW TO SEARCH THE WEB and THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS ONLINE.