SITES ABOUT THE INTERNET AND TECHNOTIPS
This section contains links to sites which provide direction about how to search the internet, evaluate websites, and how to reference internet material.

Womenspace (www.womenspace.ca) is a place where women activists share stories of our adventures in cyberspace and explore how the Internet is being used as a powerful tool for women. Articles are posted by contributors about a wide range of subjects: access to the net for women, how to use it effectively, encountering pornography on the net, activism on-line, and much much much more! The site has a Women's Internet Course (http://womenspace.ca/Campaign/WomensInternetCourse/intro.html) to start you out.

Cybergrrl (www.cis.vt.edu/ws/wsmodules/cybergrrrl.html) has loads of information in the form of tutorials and info sheets on what the internet is and how to use it effectively.

Resource Discovery Network Virtual Training Suite (www.vts.rdn.ac.uk) is a UK based site with tutorials on internet research in dozens of academic fields - including women's studies. Scroll down and click on Women's Studies.

The Center for Women in Information Technology (www.umbc.edu/cwit) is a US based organization provides information, research links, books and more on the subject of women and information technology. With the mandate of increasing women's activity in the creation and effective use of information technology, especially the Internet, CWIT maintains a traveling speakers' series, scholars' programme and an extensive website detailing the work of the organization. Their Frequently Asked Questions (www.umbc.edu/cwit/cwitfaq.html) page is very helpful if you're just getting started using the Internet.

Bare Bones (www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/bones.html) is a basic tutorial on searching the web.

Women Halting Abuse Online (www.haltabuse.org) offers information on how to identify harassing email (as opposed to spam), threatening approaches in chat rooms and other forms of harassment online that may escalate to actual contact from an abuser. The volunteers working for this organization attempt to help people solve problems of harassment. You may also find the following helpful: Social and Technical Means for Fighting On-Line Harassment (www.ai.mit.edu/people/ellens/Gender/glc), an article by Ellen Spertus from MIT about the nature of online harassment (1996).

Please note that York University does not tolerate online harassment. Complaints of computer abuse or harassment should be brought up with your professor and possibly directed to: abuse@yorku.ca