The big basics book of the Internet / by Joe Kraynak ... [et al.].

CONTENT

What is the internet ?
Find an entrance ramp to the internet
Take a quick look at UNIX
Make the internet graphical
Use menu systems to travel
Search for information
etc.

Prepare to connect to the internet
Find a fast modem
Acquire additional equipment
Use America online's internet connection
Use compuServe's internet connection
Use prodigy's internet connection
etc.

Set up your modem
Installing a modem
Set up your modem in windows 95
Find out if your modem works

Connect to your service provider
Use a windows telecommunications program
Use a UNIX Menu system
Check your email
Retrieve files from your service provider
Copy files from the internet
etc.

Configure your TCP/IP Software
Install TCP/IP software for windows 95
Enter your internet account information in windows 95
Configure the dial-up networking program in windows 95
Test your internet connection in windows 95
Install TCP/IP Software for windows 3.1
etc.

Find and install a web browser
Understand web browsers
Choose a web browser
Find a web browser on the internet
Install your web browser

Explore the world wide web
Connect to the world wide web
Use links to jump around
Back up and move forward
Go to specific web page using a URL
etc.

Play sound and video clips with helper applications
Copy helper from the internet
Install a helper application
Set up programs to use helper applications
Play multimedia files

Search for information on the internet
Search for information on the web
Search gopher with veronica and jughead
Search WAIS with your web browser

Send and receive electronic mail
Find and download an E-Mail program
Install your E-Mail program
Send an E-mail message
Retrieve and read E-mail message
etc.

Read and post messages in Newsgroups
Find and install a newsreader
Set up your web browser to read newsgroups
Retrieve a list of Newsgroups
Read and respond to Newsgroup messages

Chat with people on the internet
Find and install a chat program
Connect to a chat server
Converse in channels
Converse privately

Find and copy files from the internet
Copy files with your web browser
Find and install an FTP Program
Use an FTP Program to copy files
Find files with Archie

Surf the internet using gopher menus
Use Gopher through your web browser
Find and install a gopher program
Use your gopher program
Use Veronica or jughead to search Gopherspace

Find and play java Applets
Play sample Java Applets
Understand Javascript
Play VRML Applets

Secure your system and practice proper etiquette
Understand internet security
Send information securely
Practice proper internet etiquette
Prevent your children from accessing specific sites
etc.

Part 2 Do it yourself
Take an internet scavenger hunt
Find free stuff on the net
Play games on the internet
Find a job on the internet
etc.

Part 3 Quick fixes
Quick-finder table
Connection frustrations
E-mail troubles
World wide web worries
Networking niggles
etc.

Part 4 Handy references
Service providers
IRC Chat servers
Internet emoticons and Acronyms
Common UNIX commands
Interesting internet addresses.