The Internet navigator /
Paul Gilster
- 2nd ed. [rev. and exp.]
- New York : John Wiley, c1994.
- xxxii, 590 p. : ill., figs. ; 24 cm.
"The essential guide to network exploration for the individual dial-up user"
Includes bibliographical references (p. 567-572) and index.
1. A Wild Surmise -- 2. The Internet Defined -- 3. Signing On to the Internet -- 4. One Language Among Many -- 5. Files by the Gigabyte -- 6. Telnet Shrinks the World -- 7. A World of Electronic Mail -- 8. Electronic Mail as a Gateway to the Internet -- 9. BITNET: The Art of the List -- 10. Electronic Journals, Mailing Lists, and Project Gutenberg -- 11. USENET: Keeping Up with the News -- 12. Resource Discovery: Knowing Where and How to Look -- 13. Tracking Down Information -- 14. An Internet Toolbox -- 15. A Directory of Internet Resources -- 16. The Future of the Internet -- Appendix: Dial-Up Internet Service Providers and Public Access UNIX Sites.