Until their NSF funding ran out in 2002, the University of Maryland sponsored a summer workshop called Scientific Research on the Internet (WEBuse Workshop at http://www.webuse.umd.edu/). I am a graduate student looking to find a similar professional-development (or graduate credit) research methods seminar as coursework towards my area of specialization technology and rural communities. I talked to the former director of the WEBuse; but he was not aware of any similar credentialed opportunities and he acknowledged, there is still demand based on requests they still receive. I have several questions: (1) Is anyone on the listserv aware of courses in the United States or online graduate courses in an English-speaking country dealing with Internet research methods? (2) I am also developing a basic e-research course for beginning undergraduate students and the professor I am working with (at another college), he and I have not had much luck finding a good primer for the course need not be a textbook. I have even reviewed some e-commerce marketing books without much success. I would be interested in any suggestions. The focus of the class will be using the library (electronic resources) to do a basic social science undergraduate research paper. The first time the course is offered, it will be delivered in a blended learning environment with the intention of porting most of the future sections completely online, the fastest growing source of their new students. (3) Im putting together a summer reading list; I would be interested in any suggestions for myself regarding Internet research especially -- qualitative methods for studying online discussion groups; studying online socio-emotional support groups; and cybersociology. In advance, thank you. R ------ Robin Y. Mabry Hubbard, MBA, EdS Rural Sociology Doctoral Student - Community Informatics Email: ryh352@mizzou.edu My Homepage: http://www.rrchubbard.org Murphy's Law: There is never enough time to do it right; but there is always time to do it over ~ Our Future arrived Yesterday! ~ [I am not inviting any postmodernist to my party!]