The World-Wide Web and Mosaic: An Overview for Librarians

Date

1994

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Volume Title

Publisher

The Public-Access Computer Systems Review

Abstract

Provides an overview of the Internet's World-Wide Web (Web), a hypertext system. Highlights include the client/server model; Uniform Resource Locator; examples of software; Web servers versus Gopher servers; HyperText Markup Language (HTML); converting files; Common Gateway Interface; organizing Web information; and the role of librarians in developing Web information resources.

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Keywords

Access to Information, Computer Networks, Data Conversion, Gateway Systems, Hypermedia, Information Management, Information Networks, Library Role, Access to Information, Computer Networks, Data Conversion, Gateway Systems, Hypermedia, Information Management, Information Networks, Library Role

Citation

Morgan, Eric Lease. "The World-Wide Web and Mosaic: An Overview for Librarians." The Public-Access Computer Systems Review 5, no. 6 (1994): 5-26. To retrieve this file, send the following email message to listserv@uhupvm1.uh.edu: GET MORGAN PRV5N6 F=MAIL.