Internet Webzine Overview
Internet Webzines are those publications that appear only on the Internet, as opposed to printed magazines which also have Web sites.

Culture in Cyberspace
Culture in Cyberspace is a weekly publication that "examines issues that reflect culture on the net." Each issue is divided into two parts: "News," which reflects on selected cultural issues (with hypertext connections to pertinent news articles and Internet sites when available), and "Noteworthy on the Net," which annotates new and noteworthy sites in the arts, literature, film, and education. Culture in Cyberspace is available at a Web site, and by email subscription. An archive is available at the website, but it is not searchable.

Current Cites
Current Cites provides indexes and abstracts to articles on such topics as computer networks and networking, information transfer, expert systems and artificial intelligence, electronic publishing, hypermedia and multimedia, and optical disk technology. It is a monthly newsletter produced by the University of California - Berkeley Library and available via e-mail, Web, Gopher , Telnet (login as brsuser), and FTP. Back issues are archived and searchable. Current Cites is a good source for new developments in information technology.

C|NET:
c|net is a richly graphical Internet "zine" that covers new sites as well as new and evolving tools and software. Resource listings are eclectic in nature and well annotated. Columns discuss the latest in tools and resources. Best of all, there are no subscription fees, although you must register to get access to all of it. An archive is available, but it is not searchable.

Edupage
Edupage is a popular digest of information technology news culled from newspapers and magazines three times weekly. It is available at no charge in plain text (no HTML offered) via email or on the Edupage website. Subscription information is listed at the bottom of each issue. Edupage is a good source of hard news about developments in the field of information technology, offering useful, timely, and referenced information. A searchable archive is available.

Internet Resources
Internet Resources, a monthly newsletter produced by the Heriot-Watt University library in the United Kingdom, is full of valuable information on new Internet sites. A large percentage of the information pertains to British sites, however new sites elsewhere are also included. Each new resource site is annotated. Internet Resources also tracks new information about the Internet that appears in print. While the newsletter is a good site for keeping up to date on developments on the Net, connect times from the U.S. may be slow depending on the time of access. An archive is available, but it is not searchable.

Netsurfer Digest
The Netsurfer Digest newsletter is provided via email in both plain text and HTML versions, as well as on the Web. A weekly publication, it offers annotations on each new site it covers. Sites covered are very eclectic in nature. It also offers Netsurfer Focus, special issues that are devoted to single topics. Netsurfer Digest is free; subscriber information can be found on the website. An archive is available, but it is not searchable.

Seidman's Online Insider
Robert Seidman has been watching the consumer online service providers for years. A regular and long-time user of the services with a professional background in information technology, Seidman has a good perspective on this fast-moving industry. His weekly newsletter (formerly known as In, Around and Online) is a good source for news and analysis about America Online, Compuserve, Prodigy, the Microsoft Network and occasionally the Web or the Internet as a whole. Coverage includes new services, business developments, and weekly closing stock prices for 25 online and Internet related companies. The Insider is heavy on analysis and opinion; however, its relaxed and personal tone makes it an enjoyable read. Each issue also has a few annotated listings for new Web sites of all types. Seidman's Online Insider is freely available via email and the Web, and subscription instructions are in each issue. A recent archive is available at the site, but it is not searchable. An archive containing all issues from mid 1994 to July 1996 is also available.


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Updated: Thursday, November 14, 1996, 11:55 pm
Jack Solock (jacks@cs.wisc.edu)
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