Online chat groups
From Library of Congress Subject Headings
Online chat groups
- Here are entered works on services that allow a person, using a computer, to engage in an actual "conversation" with other people in real time. Works on services, commonly called newsgroups and LISTSERV lists, that allow a computer user to post messages to, and read messages from, a group of people who have a common interest, usually by means of the Internet, a commercial online service, or electronic mail are entered under [Electronic discussion groups.] Works on services that allow a computer user to post messages to, and read messages from, a group of people who have a common interest, via a dedicated telephone line established for the purpose, are entered under [Computer bulletin boards.]
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97004058
- info:lc/authorities/sh97004058
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh97004058#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Chat groups, Online
- Chat rooms, Online
- Chat services, Online
- Chat sites, Online
- Chatboxes, Online
- Chatrooms, Online
- Chats, Online
- Chatsites, Online
- Electronic chat groups
- Internet-based chat sites
- Internet chat groups
- Online chatrooms
- Online chats
Broader Terms
Narrower Terms
Related Terms
Sources
- found: LC database, May 9, 1997 (online chat; chat-room)
- found: Glossary of interactive terms, April, 1997 (Chat, a real time conversation (typed), over the Internet, facilitated by chat software like IRC)
- found: LC MAGS file, May 13, 1997 (chat forums; chat rooms; chat groups; chat services)
- found: WWW, May 13, 1997 (online chat groups, rooms, forums, services; electronic chat groups, rooms, forums, services; Internet chat groups, rooms, forums, services. Predominant usage: online chat groups)
- found: Yahoo! chat website, Aug. 26, 2004 (chats; chat rooms; Chat Categories: Business & Finance, Computers & Internet, Cultures & Community, Entertainment & Arts, Family & Home, Games, Government & Politics, Health & Wellness, Hobbies & Crafts, Movies, Music, Recreation & Sports, Regional, Religion & Beliefs, Romance, Schools & Education, Science, Teen, Voice Chat)
- found: MSN chat website, Aug. 26, 2004 (chats; Chat Rooms: City Chats, Computing, Entertainment, General, Health & Medicine, Interest, Lifestyles, Music, News, Peers, Religion, Romance, Sports & Recreation, Chat Fans)
- found: Google search, Aug. 26, 2004 (neurology chatrooms at Massachusetts General Hospital; paranormal chatrooms at All about ghosts; AWhiteHorse equine chatrooms - horse breeders, horse riders chat; A comprehensive list of Iraq chat rooms on IRC and the Internet; Tourette-syndrome chatroom; divorce chat rooms; American Birding Association state bird chat groups; retinal degeneration chat) Jan. 20, 2005 (chatsites; chatboxes; chat boxes; chat websites; chat web sites; Internet chat rooms; Internet chatrooms; Internet chatsites)
- found: Cruising and connecting online, c2004: t.p. (Internet chat sites) p. 6 (Internet-based chat sites) p. 7 (online chat sites) p. 10 (chat rooms)
- found: e-male survey 2008, c2009: p. 1 (gay chat sites; internet chat sites) p. 4 (gay chat sites) p. 15 (online chat services) p. 54 (Internet chat rooms)
- found: OCLC, July 20, 2009 (in titles: online chat rooms; internet chat rooms; internet chat sites; chat services; chat rooms on the internet; chatrooms; online chat group)
General Notes
- Here are entered works on services that allow a person, using a computer, to engage in an actual "conversation" with other people in real time. Works on services, commonly called newsgroups and LISTSERV lists, that allow a computer user to post messages to, and read messages from, a group of people who have a common interest, usually by means of the Internet, a commercial online service, or electronic mail are entered under [Electronic discussion groups.] Works on services that allow a computer user to post messages to, and read messages from, a group of people who have a common interest, via a dedicated telephone line established for the purpose, are entered under [Computer bulletin boards.]
Example Notes
- Notes under [Computer bulletin boards; Electronic discussion groups]
Change Notes
- 2005-01-21: new
- 2010-10-21: revised
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