Abstract

In this tutorial, we will update, review and demonstrate the means of finding and accessing resources of electronic information which are maintained by the Microscopy Society of America and related national/international organizations. During the course of this live demonstration over the Internet, we illustrate the use of Electronic Mail, Newsgroups, File Transfer Protocols, Gophers, and Information Servers using the World Wide Web protocols. Although the MSA electronic bulletin board system (BBS) has be recently discontinued, MSA has recently decided expanded it's role in other telecommunications areas. The procedures needed by individuals or organizations to access this wealth of information will be presented in detail. The following list of topics summarizes some of the areas which will be covered.Electronic Mail: (EMail) is textual communications which is sent over networks from one individual to another. Each user is assigned a unique address by the computer system administrator. The message composed of normal ASCII (text) characters which is sent from one computer to another.

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