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Tables of Contents for American Social Welfare Policy and the Internet 1999 Update
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction: The Internet and Social Policy
1
1
What is the Internet?
2
2
How Can the Net Help Me?
4
3
What's on the Net?
7
1
Getting Started: Hardware, Software, and Service Providers
8
2
Ways to Get on the Internet
The Hardware Needed to Remotely Access the Internet
10
3
Tips on Choosing a Computer
Tips on Choosing a Modem
Choosing a Service Provider
13
3
Dialing Into the Internet
16
3
Dial-Up Software
Internet Conventions
19
2
Surfing the Internet With Your Web Browser
21
9
Web Browsers
Tips for Browsing the Web
Searching the Net for Information
30
4
Choosing a Search Engine
Limiting the Parameters of a Net Search
Search Conventions
Viruses on the Net
34
1
E-Mail
35
4
USENET Newsgroups
39
2
Listservs
41
3
Internet Policy Sites
44
40
A Partial Listing of Internet Policy Sites
Glossary
84