>>>This is a little off the usual line but I'd like some help.
>>Jen,
>>
>>Take a look at the current issue of Communications of the ACM September 1997 Volume 40 Number 9 page 30 through 64.
>>
>>There is a whole section devoted to the discussion fo teh virtual community.
>Who? what? where do I find it?
>
>Thanx a bunch
Jen,

You should be able to get it through your school library.