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Tables of Contents for The 'Net, the Web, and You
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
I Background and Perspective
1
32
Introduction
3
6
An Abundance of Information
4
3
Finding Out What's There and Where It Is
7
1
Figuring Out How to Get What You Want
8
1
Telecommunications: From the Flintstones to the Fax
9
8
Speech
10
1
Writing
11
1
Mail Service
12
1
Printing
12
1
The Telegraph and Telecommunications
13
1
The Telephone
13
1
Wireless Communication
14
1
Electronic Storage
14
1
Storing Sound
14
1
The Computer Age
15
1
Electronic Images
16
1
Bulletin Boards, On-line Services, and the Birth of the Internet
17
16
The Modem
19
1
Bulletin Boards
19
3
On-line Services
22
3
ARPAnet, NSFnet, and Packet Switching
25
2
The Internet
27
6
II The Internet
33
106
Some Internet Basics
35
6
Internet Providers
36
1
Internet Addresses
36
2
The Command Prompt
38
1
Uniform Resource Locators (URLs)
38
3
Telnet: The Internet as Remote Control
41
6
Overview
42
1
Using Telnet
43
1
Internet Services
44
3
Electronic Mail [E-mail]: The Internet as Post Office
47
8
Overview
48
3
Using E-mail
51
1
Text Versus Graphic E-mail Programs
52
1
Social Aspects of E-mail
52
3
Mailing Lists, Newsgroups, Talk and Chat: The Internet as Bulletin Board, Bull Session, and Party Line
55
20
Mailing Lists: An Overview
56
2
Using Mailing Lists
58
1
Discussion Groups: An Overview
58
1
Using Discussion Groups
59
4
Newsgroups: An Overview
63
3
Using Newsgroups
66
2
Newsgroups: Perspective
68
3
Talk and Chat Programs: An Overview
71
1
Using Talk and Chat Programs
71
4
File Transfer Protocol: The Internet as Lending Library
75
10
Introduction
76
1
Overview
77
1
Accessing FTP
78
1
Using FTP
79
6
Archie: The Card Catalog
85
8
Overview
86
1
Accessing Archie
87
3
Whatis?
90
3
Gopher: The Internet as Research Library
93
14
Overview
94
3
Accessing Gopher
97
3
An Example
100
4
Graphic-Interface Programs
104
2
FTP Versus Gopher
106
1
Veronica: Searching with Gopher
107
8
Overview
108
1
Accessing Veronica
109
1
Using Veronica
110
2
Text Versus Graphic Interface
112
3
WAIS: Searching Documents
115
10
Overview
116
2
Using WAIS
118
5
Some Concerns
123
1
Perspective
124
1
The World Wide Web: The Internet as Multimedia
125
14
The Look!
128
1
What's Behind It All: Hypertext
128
4
Accessing the World Wide Web
132
1
Using the World Wide Web
132
1
The Glory and the Hype
133
6
III Doing Research on the Internet
139
32
General Concerns
141
4
Research Is Initiated by Questions
142
1
Research Is Guided by Knowledge and Reflection
143
1
Research Is Driven by Feedback
144
1
Other Factors
144
1
Internet Concerns
145
8
Try the Obvious First
146
1
Selecting Internet Resources
147
1
Networking for Knowledge
147
1
Order and Organization
148
1
Assumptions of Authenticity
149
1
Budgeting Time
150
1
Citations and Plagiarism
150
3
Internet Resources for Research
153
18
Desk Reference Tools
155
4
Subject Guides
159
1
Discipline-Specific Guides
160
2
Key-Word Search Programs
162
4
Finding Search Programs
166
2
Tactics and Strategies
168
3
IV Issues
171
12
Controversy, Concerns, and Future Developments
173
10
The First Amendment, Personal Rights, Public Taste, and Censorship
174
2
Anonymity, License, and Security
176
2
Privatization and Commercialization
178
2
Other Inherent Problems and Concerns
180
3
Appendices
183
20
A Some Computer Basics
185
12
Text Versus Graphic Displays
186
1
Commands Versus Point and Click
186
1
Unix
187
1
Shareware and Commercial Software
187
2
Files
189
1
Viruses
190
1
Directories and Subdirectories
190
1
Computing Versus Housekeeping
191
1
Choices and Limits
191
1
File Storage Formats
192
1
Encoding Files
193
1
Archiving Files
194
1
Compressing Files
194
3
B Getting on the Internet
197
6
The Options
198
1
On-line Services
199
1
Shell Accounts
200
1
SLIP/PPP
200
1
Network Access
201
1
Recommendations
202
1
Glossary
203