Services, resources and benefits of the Internet available to academics in Ghana
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Date
2002
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Ghana Library Journal
Abstract
The internet, or the International network
of computers, offers many services and
resources which academics in Ghana can
exploit to enhance their academic
pursuits. The paper discusses some of
these services, namely e-mail, telnet, ftp,
Archie, newsgroups, and information
discovery services like gopher, WAIS,
search engines, directories and
information gateways. The benefits to be
derived from the use of the Internet by
different categories of academics,
particularly lecturers, students,
administrators, researchers, librarians
among others, are discussed. The major
benefit is access to information on any
conceivable subject located on library
catalogues, online databases, newsgroups
etc. These sources abound on the Internet
for scholarly work. Other benefits are book
selection medium, acquisitions, and
virtual universities.
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Research Article
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internet, computers, search engines, librarians