ARTICLE ON NET SURFING

'Net surfing 'Net surfing describes the practice of recreationally following links from one Web site to another. 'Net surfing differs from 'Net searching in that the searcher is seeking specific information or types of information but the surfer randomly follows links in search of anything that seems interesting.

'Net surfing
Librarian Jean Armour Polly, also known as 'Net-mom, writes books and articles about the Internet for families and kids and has a Web site at http://www.netmom.com/. She coined the phrase "surfing the Internet."
The term was coined by librarian Jean Armour Polly in an article titled, "Surfing The Internet: An Introduction," written for the June 1992 issue of the Wilson Library Bulletin. The article was created to introduce librarians ........

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