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Showing papers on "Internet appliance published in 1992"


01 Feb 1992

10 citations


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01 Jan 1992

1 citations


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TL;DR: The Internet is a rapidly expanding community, adding many new converts daily, and users now include users such as accountants, lawyers, demographers, business development people, product planners, and corporate CEOs.
Abstract: The Internet is a rapidly expanding community, adding many new converts daily. Although initially the domain of computer scientists and network engineers, the Internet and Internet‐like services now include users such as accountants, lawyers, demographers, business development people, product planners, and corporate CEOs. In fact, virtually all businesses can find substantial benefit from the use of the Internet. Reaching these decision‐makers and demonstrating the value to their businesses is the task facing anyone interested in the sales of Internet services. Marketing Internet services requires one to practice an ancient art form using new paints and canvases.

1 citations


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Laura A. Kelleher1
TL;DR: This paper provides the maps and tools to find the useful Internet resources and avoid the sharks, and explains the various navigational tools, and takes the user on a cruise of the Internet.
Abstract: The Internet is a vast ocean of data and resources. Using the Internet can be like floating on a raft. You may find an island of wonderful resources, you may float forever, or you may be eaten by sharks. This paper provides the maps and tools to find the useful Internet resources and avoid the sharks. This presentation compares the Internet to an ocean, explains the various navigational tools, and takes the user on a cruise of the Internet.

1 citations


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TL;DR: In the new and rapidly expanding Internet environment, users have unprecented access to information and computing resources, but locating, accessing, and using information resources on a global computer network of networks can be difficult, time-consuming, and sometimes impossible as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: In the new and rapidly expanding Internet environment, users have unprecented access to information and computing resources, but locating, accessing, and using information resources on a global computer network of networks can be difficult, time-consuming, and sometimes impossible. The OCLC Internet Resources project, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Library programs, is investigating the types of electronic textual information accessible via the Internet. This empirical study explores the practical and theoretical problems associated with providing traditional library services for electronic texts in this wide-area network

1 citations