Skillbuilders

1. Browse multiple listings of listservs on the Directory of Scholarly Electronic Conferences Home page to appreciate the tremendous diversity of discussion groups available.

2. Post a short introductory note about who you are, what your interests are, and why you subscribed to a listserv. You will typically be surprised with kind, helpful responses from folks offering you resources and assistance.

3. Browse through messages in one or more listservs to see how people are using them.

4. Click here to see an alphabetical list of online journals, which are like listservs but with a more organized format. Online journals have editors who collect "articles" from the listserv subscribers and then send out "issues" at regularly scheduled times. They are the online equivalent of magazines or trade journals (hence the name).