ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

Some computer-based training providers advertise their products and services on the Internet and commercial services, and the number doing this is growing daily. Most electronic resources offer fast searching capabilities, enabling you to quickly locate what you need. This section includes several sites with search engines capable of exploring the entire Internet.

Educational Technology Listservs

Go to http://www.lsoft.com/, type in Educational Technology in the search field.

Educational Software Institute
This site contains thousands of software titles that can be searched by a variety of methods, enabling users to produce a list of software that meets their needs.
URL: http://www.edsoft.com/

National Education Training Group (NETG)
This site lists over 600 training courses on strategic subject areas such as information technologies, management and professional development, desktop computing, and health and safety/industrial skills.
URL: http://www.netg.com/

TRAINET
Trainet is the North American Training and Development Information Resource Center, hosted by Linton Publishing (Hopkins, MN), publisher of the North American Trainer's Resource Directory.
Telephone: 612-936-2288
URL: http://www.trainet.com

NOTE:

To subscribe to most listservs:

1. Send a message to the listserv address (example - LISTSERV@PSUVM.PSU.EDU).
   Leave the subject line blank. If you can't leave the subject line blank (some e-mail software forces you to put something in the subject line) try typing a single space in the subject line.
   
2. In the body of the message type:
   SUBSCRIBE NameOfListserv YourFirstName YourLastName
   NameOfListserv is the name of the listserv, like NWAC-L or AEDNET. YourFirstName is your first name. YourLastName is your last name.
   
3. Turn off anything your e-mail appends to a message (like your signature).
   
4. Send the message.
   
   

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