Using the Web

Using the Web

IAMS home page

Research on the Worldwide Web.

There are thousands of sites, but the following are recommended to get you started.

To get a free email address

Visit Hotmail or Yahoo Mail

Training

Virtual Internet Training (including use of the Internet for History)

RDN Virtual Training Suite

Search Engines.

Google is hard to beat.

Global Mapping maintain a Mission Links page with a wide range including search engines.

There are many like Excite and Yahoo which are good for contemporary stuff.

A search engine with good access to textual material is Alta Vista.

Type in longer strings in inverted commas, e.g. “theology of mission” not: theology of mission.

Libraries

Catalogues are available for libraries all over the world. The Yale Divinity School Library is particularly recommended for mission studies (click here: YDS). It will also take you to the Library of Congress. For British libraries go to:

http://copac.ac.uk/copac/

Style Questions

The Modern Language Association of America site is worth looking at, especially if you want to know how to give references for information you found on the web.

Research on Contemporary Church Life in North America

The Barna research team track questions, some of which are of relevance to the rest of the world as well. Its categories naturally reflect its values. Try http://www.barna.org/

Online academic journals

See http://www.gmi.org/mislinks/Misres/periodicals.html