USENET - An Overview

Some General Information on Usenet Resources:

Usenet FAQ - An Overview of Newsgroups - A nice primer
Finding Newsgroups and Anonymous FTP Procedures - Finding them
More Detail about Usenet Newsgroups:
- Writing styles for the Usenet - Posting to Newgroups
- Naming a new Newsgroup - Inventing new Newsgroups
- Information about "Social" Newsgroups - Newsgroups for meeting people
- Bogus Usenet groups - Illegitimate Newsgroups
- Information about Usenet history and software - More than you want

http://www.uoknor.edu/research/electron/internet/usenet.htm