The Invention of IRC Jarkko Oikarinen, founder of IRC, explains how it came about. http://www.mirc.co.uk/help/jarkko.txt

Electropolis: Communication and Community on Internet Relay Chat University of Melbourne Department of History Honours Thesis by Elizabeth M. Reid, 1991. http://eserver.org/cyber/reid.txt

IRC Quote Database Quotes taken from various IRC channels. http://www.i-rox.com