The Internet as an Engine of Scholarship Joseph S. Fulda Table of Contents I. Introductory Remarks II. Critiques of the Internet A. "Revolution in the Library" B. The Communications Decency Act of 1996 III. Facilitation of Scholarship by the Internet A. E-mail i. Collaboration ii. The Review Process B. Mail Exploders i. Queries ii. Current Awareness Services C. Digital Libraries D. Proprietary Databases E. FTP/Gopher/Web IV. Enhancement of Scholarship by the Internet A. Authoritative Sources B. Primary Sources C. Updated Sources D. Variety of Sources V. Scholarship by Internet A. Scholarship by Virtual Community B. The Web and Word Usage C. Web-based Software D. ISI Citation Databases VI. Dissemination of Scholarship by the Internet A. FTP/Gopher/Web: The World i. Reprints ii. Purchases iii. Electronic Media B. Mail Exploders/News Groups C. E-mail/RTF/HTML: The Individual VII. Feedback on Scholarship through the Internet A. Readers B. Scholars i. Classroom Use of Scholarly Material ii. Citation of Scholarly Discourse VIII. Concluding Remarks I. Introductory Remarks In this essay, I will discuss two recent, major critiques of the Internet, which cast it as a sort of intellect-dimmer, and relate my own experiences with the Internet as an intellectual tool that rivals the library
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