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What the Internet Offers

Communications Across the country or across the world

Information resources and services On a huge scale A wide range of subjects Many formats

Publishing The ability to publish and provide online

services

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Information Resources

Many subjects and formats available Documents Graphics, video & audio Software (free & shareware) Newspapers Directories Library catalogues & databases Books & journals Junk

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Basic Internet Tools

Require very basic hardware and have existed for a number of years

TelnetProvides simple text based access to a

remote computer

File transferAllows files to be moved from one

computer to anotherOften called FTP (File Transfer Protocol)

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World Wide Web

World Wide Web (WWW or Web)

Distributed multimedia hypertext system

Uses client/server architecture

Clients known as browsers - Netscape, Mosaic, IE, Lynx

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Client/Server ArchitectureWWW is based on a client/server architecture

Give me file x

Here it is

A computer elsewhereon the Internet holdinginformation

Desktop Client

Remote Server

Request made using http

Your desktop computer

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Locating Internet Resources

Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

Standard address format for Internet resourcesURL indicates:

• Method of access• Location

For example:

http://www.isiswomen.org

http://www.jca.apc.org/aworc/index.html

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TerminologyWWW - World Wide Web

Distributed multimedia hypertext system

HTML- HyperText Markup LanguageNative language for documents on the WWW

HTTP - HyperText Transfer ProtocolSet of rules for communication between client & server

URL - Uniform Resource LocatorAddress of an object on the Internet

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Uses of the Web: ResearchWWW was developed at CERN for particle physicists.

http://www.cern.ch/

Sources of research material and funding are available for researchers, administrators & students.

http://www.ex.ac.uk/~MAPatric/sgroup/eurinfo.html

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Teaching/Distance Learning

WWW is used widely for teaching. This UK-based example describes one teaching, research and administrative initiative

http://www.talisman.hw.ac.uk/about/general.html

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Women are using the Web to teach and to support educators

http://www.lynda.com/

http://research.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/updates.html

http://women.or.kr/

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Providing Information Resources

Library catalogues

Information gateways

Electronic journals

News services

Online support

http://www.loc.gov

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Searching for InformationSubject catalogues and sophisticated search engines can help in finding information using the WWW.

http://www.yahoo.com/

http://www.lycos.com/

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http://wwwomen.com/

http://femina.cybergrrl.com/

Women-focused Search Engines

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Activism and AdvocacyWomen, individually and collectively, are using the Web to enhance their social activism by networking with other like-minded women, by publisizing news and information, as well as their analysis of issues affecting women www.jca.apc.org/aworc/bpfa/index.html

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Women are also using the Web for Social Advocacy http://womensnet.za.org/

http://www.mediawatch.ca/frames.htm

www.igc.org/igc/womensnet/

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Group Work and Project Collaboration

Together with groupware applications, the Web can also be a space --a virtual office--for people living in different continents and time zones to share and organize files, track projects and timelines, share address books, and conduct meetings.

http://www.lycos.com/

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Commerce

http://www.women.com

Increasingly used for sales, marketing and online services