I appreciate Bradley Bleck's kind review of my book: he has understood my purpose extraordinarily well and has even suggested a rationale for the order of the chapters that I hadn't recognized myself. In addition, he has aptly pointed out some problems that plague books like this; in particular, the daunting task of keeping links on the related Web site up-to-date.

I'd like to respond to just a few of the points he makes, for having someone look critically at the book makes me want to be somewhat critical of my own work:

• As Bleck has noted, my book foregrounds Web research, but is not limited to Internet searching. It seems to me essential that Web searching be viewed as one part of the research process, not as an isolated exercise. I am glad that I was able to include documentation for standard sources along with suggestions for Web citation format. I regret that I didn't include them in the same section of the chapter. My key point is that Web sources should be integrated with library and other sources, yet I have made the mistake of placing them in a separate part of the chapter.
• Bleck likes "the depth of the online support." I enjoyed creating the web study guide, but am unsure of how students and teachers will use these guides and how they should be developed in the future. At this point, the guide is not password-protected. Thus, I had the task of trying to create exercises that would support the book, yet not replace the book. I'm not sure that I've succeeded. I've had many e-mail messages from folks around the country who ask for permission (even though they don't have to) to use the online guide in their courses. I'm curious about what readers of Kairos think about online guides such as mine. Should they be password-protected? Should they have different elements than the features I've included?
• I am pleased that Bleck understood my intent: I've tried to write something other than a "Guide to the Internet." I'm surprised, in a way, that he doesn't have a problem with my calling the book a "Guide to the Research Paper." In a revision of the book, I'd like to use the term "research project" so that hypermedia research projects fit, too.

Dawn Rodrigues
Senior Lecturer, English and Speech
University of Texas at Brownsville
Brownsville, Texas 78520