Library Instruction for HDHE 444
Strategies for
Working with Adults

While Web directories and search engines provide access to Web pages, email discussion groups provide access to communication with others in a field. Participants can range from high school students to the foremost authority in the field. This page offers links to some directories of email discussion groups as well as basic information on browsing groups, subscribing to lists, and netiquette.

Discussion Group Directories

CataList with over 12,000 lists
Directory of Scholarly and Professional E-Conferences, 11th Revision: concentrates on topics of interest to scholars and professionals for use in their scholarly, pedagological, and professional activities.
Liszt, the mailing list directory includes popular and scholarly lists, with 71,618 on March 24, 1997.
Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists (PAML) for another approach

To browse:

Check archives, if available
Try DejaNews, for some listserv and Usenet groups
Subscribe for awhile

Subscription Basics:

Subscribe to the Program!! To: listserv@machine.domain
Leave Subject Blank
sub(scribe) listname Your Name
e.g. sub medlib-l John Smith
Process will vary

For basic netiquette:

For more information about the library and its services, see the MSU-Bozeman Libraries' Web Site

Last Updated on March 24, 1997 by Greg Notess
URL: http://www.lib.montana.edu/~notess/li/hdhe444.html

Library Instruction for HDHE 444 Strategies for Working with Adults

Library Instruction for HDHE 444
Strategies for
Working with Adults