- research:
- wealth of academic, corporate ,special interest group content online
- wealth of technical information about media production -- everything from equipment specs and rental houses to individual's "tips of the trade."
- online image , footage and audio archives
- newsgroups, mailing lists, websites, electronic mail
- fund-raising:
- grant listings
- funding and sponsor organizations
- ideas, tips and anecdotes
- connection to production community
- professional organizations
- rental and service houses (online rate cards, contact information, etc.)
- individual freelancers online (homepages, online resumes and reels)
- user-group communities (for example, Usenet newsgroups, or media producers conferences on The WELL-- www.well.com, or Echo -- www.echonyc.com).
- corporate sponsored user-group communities (for example, bulletin boards for users of Sony DVW 700 Betacam Recorder, product reviews, FAQs)