Internet connections : a librarian's guide to dial-up access and use / Mary E. Engle ... [et al.]. - Chicago : Library and Information Technology Association, 1993. - x, 166 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. - LITA monographs ; 3 .

Contents

Introduction

Scope and purpose of this guide

Chapter 1: About the internet
Internet history
Major computer networks today
Internet concepts
security on the internet

Chapter 2: How to get dial-up access to the internet
Basic equipment for dial-up access
arranging for an account

Chapter 3: Internet service providers offering dial-up access
how to get the current lists of providers
using the entries in this list
local and distant services
Dial-up access provider list

Chapter 4: Networking Tools and software applications
electronic mail
Telnet
File transfer protocol
directory services
on the horizon
information servers
software tools for libraries

Chapter 5: Directories of resources on the internet

Chapter 6: Internet organizations

Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-154) and index.

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