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Women's Academic WWW Resources
Founded June 14, 1995
ELECTRONIC FORUMS
Revised June 6, 2002
Baptist Women in Ministry
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Carolyn Goodman Plampin
Coordinator Women's Academic WWW Resources
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Carolyn Goodman Plampin
This page is not specifically on women's electronic forums but is designed to help you get started using them so that you can find whatever you are interested in. Those listed here are about electronic forums, how to join, how to use, existing lists, and how to start your own electronic forums. Those on specific subjects are in the appropriate area of study.
You must be alert to the fact that the internet and the world wide web are new mediums and the names and functions may be different on different sites.
- About.The Human Internet - All About Forums is a good explanation. They say it is a place to go to voice your questions, answers, and opinions. Of special interest is that directly beneath the "search for" box near the top of each of About.com's pages you will see "Contact Guide." Their experts will answer your questions.
- About.com - Search for Internet Bulletin Boards (BBS) and Forums.
- Femina - Search for Bulletin Boards
- Mamma, The Mother of All Search Engines - Search for Bulletin Boards
- WWWomen.com! - Community Message Boards and Chat at Search Directory for Women Online!
- Relationship Message Boards at WWWomen!
- WWWomen - The Premier Search Directory for Women Online (Indexed) - Choose Forums/Message Boards from the pull down under the date and Go!
- Yahoo! Message Boards (Indexed by Categories)
- Yahoo! - Search for Discussion Boards (over 400)
- About.com - Chat 101 - The Basics (and More) of Chat......
- About.com - Chatting for Beginners
- About.com - General Web-Chatrooms
- About.com - A (Chat) Room of One's Own or How to Find the Perfect Chatroom
- About.com - Sign in to Chat
- CNET Help.com - How to Find a Chat Room
- CNET Help.com - How to Create/Register Chat Rooms
- Delphi.com - Where people meet, interact, and share ideas.
- Delphi.com - About Delphi.com Forums
- Delphi.com - Create your own online community in less than two minutes--FOR FREE!
- Delphi.com - Chat Directory
- Earthlink - Chat
- Earthlink - Places to Chat on the Net
- Excite - Chat
- Excite - Voice Chat
- Excite - People and Chat
- Femina Web Search for Women - Search for Chat Rooms
- LisztIRC - The 100 Most Popular IRC Channels
- Liszt's IRC Chat Directory
- Mamma.com - The Mother of All Search Engines - Search for Women's Chat Rooms
- Talk City Home Pages
- Talk City Chat Rooms Age 20 to Seniors, Chat, Create, or Search
- Yahoo! - Chat
- Yahoo! Chat Help
- Yahoo! - Java Chat Guide Help - How do I create a room?
- Yahoo! - Search for Chat Rooms (over 1000)
- Yahoo! Women Chats
- About.com - Mailing Lists
- About.com - Internet Mailing Lists for Nonprofits
- CNET - How Do I Create a List
- Directory of Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists
- Earthlink - Introduction to Email Newsletters
- Electronic Forums of Interest to Women
- Email Discussion Groups/Lists and Resources
- E-newsletters.internet.com Free mailing lists, email newsletters, and information.
- Gender-Related Electronic Forums
- ICQ Inc. - User Created Lists - Newsletters
- Internet for Christians. Christian Email Mailing Lists
- JISCmail - National Academic Mailing List Service
- JISCmail - Set Up a New JISCmail List
- LISTSERV - CataList, the official catalog of LISTSERV® lists.
- LISTSERV - QuickStart Guide for New List Owners
- Liszt - The Mailing List Directory
- Mailbase - How to Use Mailbase
- Mailbase - Mailing List Service, Subjects
- Mamma.com - The Mother Of All Search Engines - Search for Women's Lists & Newsgroups
- Resources for Locating and Promoting Opt-In Email Publications
- Sparky's List-Tips Daily Ezine Gives A Daily Email List-Owner Tip, Trick, Suggestion, Secret, or Resource That You Can Use To Build, Grow, Maintain Your List.
- thefreecountry.com - Free Mailing Lists and Newsletters Hosting
- Tile.Net Lists - Alphabetical listing by Name
- Topica - Start a List Today!
- Yahoo! Groups
- Yahoo! Groups - Join or Start a Group
- Yahoo! - Search for Mailing Lists
- About.com - Usenet for Beginners
- About.com - Usenet
- CNET - How Do I Create a Newsgroup
- Earthlink - Newsgroups
- Earthlink - Finding Newsgroups that Fit Your Interests
- Earthlink - Newsgroup Organization and Filtering
- Feminist Activist Resources on the Net Communicating with Other Feminists
- Google - Basics of Usenet
- Google - Browse Groups, Usenet
- Google - Usenet Glossary
- Google - Usenet Help
- LEARN THE NET - All About Newsgroups
- LEARN THE NET - Searching Newsgroups
- LEARN THE NET - Subscribing to Newsgroups
- LEARN THE NET - Posting to Newsgroups
- Liszt - Help With Newsgroups
- Liszt - Usenet Newsgroups Directory
- Mamma.com - The Mother Of All Search Engines - Search for Newsgroups and Usenet
- Newsville - Usenet Newsgroups Hierarchies
- Robot Wisdom Newsgroup Finder
- Top 1000 Usenet Sites
- Usenet Info Center Launch Pad
- Yahoo! - Search for Women Usenet
Bulletin Boards, Discussion Boards, Message Boards
Chat Rooms
Discuss. Inform. Debate. Converse. Ask or give advice. Post pictures. Attach files.
Chat rooms have a time set and a subject or perhaps an age group. Real time messages are typed back and forth.
Excite is going into voice chat for 10 persons.
Lists, Newsletters, Groups
Of course, it is more complicated than that as explains CNET - What are Mailing Lists?
Newsgroups, Usenet
So says CNET - What are Newsgroups? Continue reading for more information.
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