This comprehensive new guide explains in simple language how to connect to the Internet, how Internet client/server applications such as NCSA Mosaic offer you a simple graphical interface for browsing the net, and how to use index tools such as Veronica a nd WAIS to ease your navigation.
Besides offering complete information on finding and retrieving information
via the Internet, this volume also tells you how to become an Internet
information provider:
- How to choose an Internet access provider, from mass-market services to regional networks to specialized network service firms
- How to use Internet browsing tools such as Gopher and World-Wide Web; how client programs like NCSA Mosaic are transforming the Internet from a text-only world into a rich multimedia universe
- Vital information about the rules of the road, network etiquette, and security and privacy issues
- The exciting new uses of the Internet for electronic publishing, for digital libraries, for campus-wide information systems, and as the prototype for the information superhighway
- How to become an Internet information provider: Choosing the right server software, and step-by-step instructions on installing Gopher, FreeWAIS, and World-Wide Web servers.
You can view these chapters online via the World-Wide Web, using a browser such as NetScape, Mosaic, Cello, or Lynx. If you use a graphical browser (such as NetScape) you will see captured screen images in some examples. Whenever such images represent other online Internet resources, you can click on the image and go to the external online document. Similarly, references to online Internet resources that appear in the text are also shown as links; click on them to jump to the examples referenced. Be careful -- not all resources are available at all times.
Footnotes appear in the text as hot links as well. A click on the highlighted footnote will take you to the footnote in question. Use the "Back" option to jump back to the main text of the chapter.