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Why read this chapter? Perhaps out of curiosity about the World Wide Web. What if we could offer you a way to get better results in your job, tackle new projects without extensive gear-up time, and avoid costly dead | CHAPTER 77 ELECTRONIC INFORMATION RESOURCES YOUR ON-LINE BOOKSHELF Robert N. Schwarzwälder Jr. Michelle Kazmer Ford Motor Company Dearborn Michigan 77.1 BACKGROUND AND DEFINITIONS 2269 77.2 INTERNET RESOURCES 2271 77.2.1 Approaches to Using the Internet 2271 77.2.2 The World Wide Web 2272 77.2.3 Telnetting Listservs Usenet FTP 2276 77.2.4 The Inttanet Information Resources within the Corporation 2277 77.2.5 Future of the Internet 2278 77.3 ACCESS OPTIONS FOR ELECTRONIC INFORMATION RESOURCES 2278 77.3.1 Internet Access Options 2278 77.3.2 Database and Commercial Services 2279 77.3.3 Databases of Importance for Mechanical Engineers 2282 77.3.4 CD-ROM and Desktop Databases 2283 77.3.5 Options for Using Electronic Information 2284 77.1 BACKGROUND AND DEFINITIONS Why read this chapter Perhaps out of curiosity about the World Wide Web. What if we could offer you a way to get better results in your job tackle new projects without extensive gear-up time and avoid costly dead ends The point is there is a great deal of technical information available on most of the technical problems you will be involved with this year. By tapping into that information you can avoid mistakes and get a fast start on new projects. It is this competitive edge that has corporations excited about Intranets. In the last several years there has been an explosion of interest in the Internet and on-line information resources. These resources have emerged from obscurity and come to occupy a place of prominence in the corporate world as companies have realized that intellectual capital is as valuable as financial capital. Due to the vast quantity of information available to the mechanical engineer the old standby of having a bookshelf of the essential handbooks is no longer sufficient. The globalization of research and development and the decreasing cycle time of product development demand rapid access to the world-wide literature of engineering. All of this at a time when .
