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With many thanks to Alastair Smith teaches in the Library and Information Studies group of the School of Communications and Information Management at Victoria University of Wellington.

Internet tutorials for surfing the net:

BBC <U>http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/</U>

A visually interesting comprehensive guide

Searching the Internet Effectively http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~agsmith/searching/index.htm

A studied, thorough course from beginners to intermediate

Berkeley University <U>http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html</U>

Very thorough with a different style

US Library of Congress Collection <U>http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/internet/training.html</U>

Very thorough with a different style

Collected internet resources for advanced surfing:

National Library of Australia <U>http://www.nla.gov.au/pathways/pthw_global.html</U>

A great toolbox for the serious surfers and professional researcher

US Library of Congress Research Tools <U>http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/tools.html</U>

All the bells and whistles for intermediate surfers  through to advanced researchers users

Emailing:

Prime hints

- Use filters, so list messages don't appear in your inbox

- For most of the day, only opening messages where the subject line indicates urgency

- Once you have opened a message, try to deal with it there and then (reply or file or delete)

- Set aside an hour or so each day when I sort messages by subject (so read all related messages together) and work through them.  "More hints")}

The Net: User Guidelines and Netiquette http://www.fau.edu/netiquette/net/

A bit of a classic, although it is more about not offending other people with your email, rather than managing your own.

A Beginner's Guide to Effective Email  http://www.webfoot.com/advice/email.top.html

A fairly brief account but full of gems

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