ftp://nic.merit.edu/documents/rfc/rfc1739.txt
This document is an introductory guide to some of the TCP/IP and Internet tools that allow users to access the wide variety of information from determining if a particular host is up to viewing a multimedia thesis on foreign policy. It also describes discussion lists accessible from the Internet, ways to obtain Internet documents, and resources that help users weave their way through the Internet. This memo may be used as a tutorial for individual learning, a step-by-step laboratory manual for a course, or as the basis for a site user's manual.