Internet Webzines

Current Cites
c|net
Edupage
IAT Infobits
Internet Resources
NBNews
Netsurfer Digest
Seidman's Online Insider

Internet Magazines (direct links):
Internet World
NetGuide
Web Developer
Web Week
Yahoo Internet Life


Internet Webzine Overview


Internet Webzines are those publications that appear only on the Internet, as opposed to printed magazines which also have Web sites.

Current Cites
Current Cites provides indexes and abstracts to articles on such topics as computer networks and networking, information transfer, expert systems and artificial intelligence, electronic publishing, hypermedia and multimedia, and optical disk technology. It is a monthly newsletter produced by the University of California - Berkeley Library and available via e-mail, Web, Gopher , Telnet (login as brsuser), and FTP. Back issues are archived and searchable. Current Cites is a good source for new developments in information technology.

c|net
c|net is a richly graphical Internet "zine" that covers new sites as well as new and evolving tools and software. Resource listings are eclectic in nature and well annotated. Columns discuss the latest in tools and resources.

Edupage
Edupage is a popular digest of information technology news culled from newspapers and magazines three times weekly. It is available at no charge in plain text (no HTML offered) via email or on the Edupage website. Subscription information is listed at the bottom of each issue. Edupage is a good source of hard news about developments in the field of information technology, offering useful, timely, and referenced information. A searchable archive is available.

IAT Infobits
Provided by the Institute for Academic Technology at the University of North Carolina, this monthly publication "monitor[s] and select[s] from a number of information technology and instruction technology sources that come to our attention and provide[s] brief notes for electronic dissemination to educators." Included are educational, software, and multimedia resources, among others. It also provides updates of the "IAT Librarian's Links," IAT's numerous guides to subject and technology based Internet resources. IAT Infobits is compiled by Carolyn Kotlas, IAT Information Resources Manager.

Internet Resources
Internet Resources, a monthly newsletter produced by the Heriot-Watt University library in the United Kingdom, is full of valuable information on new and newly discovered Internet sites. A large percentage of the information pertains to British sites; however, new sites elsewhere are also included. Each new resource site is annotated. Internet Resources also tracks new information about the Internet that appears in print. While the newsletter is a good site for keeping up to date on developments on the Net, connect times from the US may be slow depending on the time of access. An archive is available, but it is not searchable.

NBNews
NBNews, provided by Liz Tompkins and James Porteous, contains two sites: the daily NBNews, a compendium of new and newsworthy Internet sites, and NBNews Editor's Choice Awards, "a weekly collection of the best new sites the World Wide Web has to offer." The briefly annotated sites tend to be about newsworthy events or related to news in some way, and are aimed at a general audience. NBNews is a good way to keep up with the pulse of the Internet.

Netsurfer Digest
The Netsurfer Digest newsletter is provided via email in both plain text and HTML versions, as well as on the Web. A weekly publication, it offers annotations on each new site it covers. Sites covered are very eclectic in nature. It also offers Netsurfer Focus, special issues that are devoted to single topics. Netsurfer Digest is free; subscriber information can be found on the website. A searchable archive is available.

Seidman's Online Insider
Robert Seidman has been watching the consumer online service providers for years. A regular and long-time user of the services with a professional background in information technology, Seidman has a good perspective on this fast-moving industry. His weekly newsletter (formerly known as In, Around and Online) is a good source for news and analysis about America Online, Compuserve, Prodigy, the Microsoft Network and occasionally the Web or the Internet as a whole. Coverage includes new services, business developments, and weekly closing stock prices for 25 online and Internet related companies. The Insider is heavy on analysis and opinion; however, its relaxed and personal tone makes it an enjoyable read. Each issue also has a few annotated listings for new Web sites of all types. Seidman's Online Insider is freely available via email and the Web, and subscription instructions are in each issue. A recent archive is available at the site, but it is not searchable. An archive containing all issues from mid 1994 to July 1996 is also available.


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