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- The Unofficial Internet Book List
- The most extensive bibliography of books about the Internet
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- Version 0.8 - 23 August 1994
- by Kevin M. Savetz - savetz@northcoast.com
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- This document is copyright 1994 by Kevin M. Savetz. All rights reserved.
- More legal stuff is near the end of this file. If you notice that an
- Internet-related book is missing, or information herein needs updating,
- please send e-mail to savetz@northcoast.com.
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- *Sponsored in part by Computer Literacy Bookshops, see end of file for info
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- *** Table of Contents
- Major additions to this edition <new section>
- Vital Statistics
- This Month's Featured Book <blatant plug for my book!>
- Alphabetical List of Internet Books
- Upcoming titles
- Publisher/Ordering Information
- Internet Book Information & Updates Online
- Legal, Ethical and Moral Stuff
- Sponsorship information <new section>
- Where to Find this Document
-
- *** Major additions to this edition
- <new listing> 10 Minute Guide to the Internet
- <new listing> A Guide to the TCP/IP Protocol Suite
- <new listing> Das Internet - Weltweit vernetzt (German)
- <new listing> DNS and BIND
- <new listing> Educator's Guide to Internet
- <new listing> Fifty-one Reasons
- <new listing> Hitchhiker's Guide to the Electronic Highway
- <new listing> Information Infrastructure Sourcebook
- <new listing> Internet (in French)
- <new listing> The Internet Book
- <new listing> Internet Explorers Kit for Mac
- <new listing> Internet Starter Kit for PC
- <new listing> Internet Starter Kit for Windows
- <new listing> Internetworking with TCP/IP, Volume I
- <new listing> Internetworking with TCP/IP, Volume II
- <new listing> Internetworking with TCP/IP, Volume III [2 versions]
- <new listing> More Internet for Dummies
- <new listing> Network and Distributed Systems Management
- <new listing> TCP/IP: Architecture, Protocols and Implementation
- <new listing> TCP/IP Companion
- <new listing> TCP/IP: Running a Successful Network
- <new listing> The Elements of Networking Style
- <new listing> The Simple Book
- <new listing> Usenet: Netnews for Everyone
- <new listing> Way of the Ferret
- <new listing> Your Internet Consultant - the FAQs of Lie Online
- <updated> !%@:: A Directory of Electronic Mail Addressing and Networks
- <updated> 2nd edition available> Crossing the Internet Threshold
- <updated> available online> The Hacker Crackdown
- <updated> Internet Complete Reference
- <updated> Managing UUCP and Usenet
- <updated> New Riders Official Internet Yellow Pages
- <updated> Practical Internetworking with TCP/IP and UNIX
- <updated> sample online> TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1, The Protocols
- <updated> The Smiley Dictionary
- <updated> TCP/IP Network Administration
- <updated> Upcoming titles
-
- *** Vital Statistics
- Number of books in this list: 138
- Least expensive book: free (Guide for Accessing California Legislative
- Info, tied with NetPages)
- Most expensive book: $77 (A Guide to the TCP/IP Protocol Suite)
- Thickest book: 1380 pages (The Internet Unleashed)
- Thinnest book: 10 pages (The Internet at a Glance)
- [These stats based on information I have on hand, not guaranteed.]
-
- *** This Month's Featured Book [updated 23 August 1994]
- Title: Your Internet Consultant - The FAQs of Life Online
- Author: Kevin M. Savetz
- Publisher: Sams
- ISBN: 0-672-30520-8
- Price: $25 US $34.95 CAN
- Pages: 550
- Published: July 1994
- For more information: 800-428-5331 or 317-581-3500
- How could I resist a blatant plug for my own book?
-
- I'm pleased to announce the publication of "Your Internet Consultant - the
- FAQs of Life Online" from Sams Publishing. Although it seems that a zillion
- new Internet-related books have hit the shelves in the past year, Your
- Internet Consultant is a unique one that will help everyone - from
- beginners to experienced Internauts - learn about the Internet.
-
- I publish several FAQs on the Net, including the Unofficial Internet
- Booklist (which you are reading now!), the Faxing from the Internet FAQ and
- the Internet Services Frequently Asked Questions List. That paper contains
- the answers to 25 of the most commonly asked questions about the Internet
- and its services. As a long-time Internet user and writer, I read hundreds
- of the same questions over and over again as each new Internet user grows
- on his or her own learning curve. A major problem is that most users don't
- know where to look for answers to all-too-common questions. And although
- some of this information is available online, a user must know how to
- navigate the net in a variety of ways (including gopher, electronic mail
- and FTP) just to find the smattering of documents that are supposed to
- help.
-
- Your Internet Consultant - the FAQs of List Online provides simple,
- enlightening answers to hundreds (361, to be exact) of frequently asked
- questions about the Internet (as well as answers to a few questions that
- aren't frequently-asked, but should be.) The book is arranged in a
- question-and-answer format, making it blissfully simple to find just the
- info you need. I think you'll find the book unique, useful and a little
- silly.
-
- Your Internet Consultant - the FAQs of Life Online (ISBN 0-672-30520-8) is
- 550 pages, $25 ($34.95 Canadian) and is available at a bookstore near you.
- If not, you can also order it directly from the publisher by calling
- 800/428-5331. For more info and the table of contents, e-mail
- "savetz@rahul.net" with the words "send YIC" in the SUBJECT line.
-
- *** Alphabetical List of Internet Books
- Title: All About Internet FTP: Learning and Teaching to Transfer Files on
- the Internet
- Author: David Robison
- Publisher: Library Solutions Press
- ISBN: 1-882208-04-8 (book alone) or 1-882208-06-4 (book with diskettes)
- Price: $30 ($45 with disk)
- Pages: 90
- Published: 1994
- For more information: (510) 841-2636, or alipow@library.berkeley.edu
- Notes: For use by Internet trainers or for self-study.
-
- Title: Everybody's Guide to the Internet
- Author: Adam Gaffin
- Publisher: M.I.T. Press
- ISBN: 0-262-57105-6
- Price: $14.95
- Pages: about 260
- Published: July, 1994
- For more information: ?
- Thanks for the info: Adam Gaffin (adamg@world.std.com)
- Notes: This is basically a printed version of version 2.2 of the EFF's
- online guide "The Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet", plus an index. The
- name was changed to avoid confusion with other books with similar names.
-
- Title: Canadian Internet Handbook
- Author: Jim Carroll and Rick Broadhead
- Publisher: Prentice Hall Canada
- ISBN: 0-13-304395-9
- Price: $16.95
- Pages: 414
- Published: 1994
- For more information: handbook@uunet.ca. For orders: Toll-free in Canada:
- 1-800-567-3800. U.S. and Overseas: +1 (416) 293-3621
- Notes: If you live in Canada, get this book. It contains sections about
- getting Internet access in Canada, growth of 'net use there, short basic
- sections about how to use of some of the most popular Internet tools, a
- huge directory of Canadian Internet service providers, and even more huge
- list of gopher servers and campus-wide information systems in Canada and to
- top it off, lists of Canadian-based Usenet groups, WWW, Archie, IRC servers
- and online catalogs. I wish I lived in Canada just so I could make more use
- of this book.
-
- Title: The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Internet
- Author: Peter Kent
- Publisher: Alpha Books
- ISBN: 1-56761-414-0
- Price: $19.95
- Pages: 386
- Goodies: DOS disk
- Published: Feb, 1994
- For more information: 75430.174@compuserve.com
- Notes: This best-selling book provides an easy-to-understand introduction
- to the Internet. It covers virtually all important Internet services in a
- light-hearted, straightforward way. It also includes coupons for Internet-
- service discounts, and a disk containing files that list thousands of
- Internet resources.
-
- Title: The Complete Internet Directory
- Author: Eric Braun
- Publisher: Fawcett
- ISBN: ?
- Price: $25
- Pages: 325
- Published: 1993
- For more information:
- Notes: A directory of newsgroups, discussion lists, FTP sites and so on,
- with just a few pages on how to use these resources.
-
- Title: Computers Under Attack: Intruders, Worms, and Viruses
- Author: Peter Denning
- Publisher: ACM Press/Addison-Wesley
- ISBN: 0-201-53067-8
- Price: $23.95
- Pages: 574
- Published: 1990
- For more information: ?
- Thanks for the info: John Quarterman in RFC 1432
- Notes: Details of celebrated network security cases. Includes Stoll's
- original article about the Wily Hacker, and responses and articles by
- others on the same subject. Has extensive coverage of the 1988 Internet
- Worm. Also includes information on viruses. Has quite a bit of material on
- the cultures of the networks, and on social, legal, and ethical matters.
- Starts with the standard historical network papers, including "Notable
- Computer Networks" by Quarterman and Hoskins.
-
- Title: Connecting to the Internet
- Author: Susan Estrada
- Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates
- ISBN: 1-56592-061-9
- Price: $15.95
- Pages: 170
- Published: 1993.
- Notes: This small book focuses on choosing the best type of network
- connection for your personal, school or business needs, and how to get the
- best price for the type of access you require. Explains the differences
- between SLIP, PPP, ISDN, X.25 and other options. Includes an extensive list
- of Internet service providers. This is a single-purpose book, telling how
- to choose a connection and get online. It doesn't try to teach you how to
- use the 'net once you're there. That is graceful in its simplicity.
-
- Title: Crossing the Internet Threshold: an Instructional Handbook
- Author: Roy Tennant, John Ober and Anne Lipow
- Publisher: Library Solutions Press
- ISBN: 1-882208-07-2
- Price: $45
- Pages: 168
- Published: 2nd ed, 1994
- For more information: (510) 841-2636 or charlotte@library-solutions.com
- Thanks for the info: Robert Slade <ROBERTS@decus.ca>
- Notes: (This review covers the first edition.) An instructional package for
- librarians teaching Internet basics. This book is useful for newcomers to
- the Internet. This book is useful for trainers. This book is useful for
- librarians. Ultimately, this book is most useful for those training
- librarians who are new to the Internet. A newcomer to the Internet might
- find this material a bit disorganized, but very definitely helpful and
- useful. It is heartening to see the very strong emphasis on Internet
- etiquette and culture which all too often gets short shrift, even in
- introductory guides. The grouping of discussion lists and electronic
- journals with e-mail is a logical extension which is not always made. The
- work is not limited to the novice, though; many Internet users would find
- the fact sheets to be a handy quick reference.
-
- Title: The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer
- Espionage
- Author: Clifford Stoll
- Publisher: Doubleday
- ISBN: 0-385-24946-2
- Price: $5.95
- Pages: 332
- Published: 1989
- For more information: ?
- Notes: A spy novel, except it's true: a first person account by a down-on-
- his-luck Berkeley astronomer who with others tracked down a KGB network
- spy. Contains a very good recipe for chocolate chip cookies, too!
-
- Title: Cyberpunk - Outlaws and Hackers on the Computer Frontier
- Author: Katie Hafner and John Markoff
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- ISBN: 0-671-68322-5
- Price: $22.95
- Pages: 368
- Published: 1991
- Thanks for the info: John Quarterman in RFC 1432
- Notes: Interviews with some of the crackers who have appeared conspicuously
- in the press in the past few years. One of the co-authors is the New York
- Times reporter who broke the Morris story to the public. Very readable.
-
- Title: Das Internet -Weltweit vernetzt
- Language: German
- Author: Peter Klau
- Publisher: IWT-Verlag GmbH, Vaterstetten bei Muenchen
- ISBN: 3-88322-467-7
- Price: 59 DM
- Pages: 455
- Published: 1994 (second edition)
- Thanks for the info: Richard H. Nollan <RNOLLAN@A1.UTMEM.EDU>
- For more information: peter.klau@zb2.ub.uni-dortmund.de
- Notes: This introductory text discusses how to connect to the Internet and
- covers the basic features of e-mail, data transfer, searching, discussion
- groups, network tools and more. The book is in German, but the examples,
- illustrations and all the standard terminology are in English.
-
- Title: DFUe - Ein Handbuch. Recherchen in weltweiten Netzen
- Language: German
- Authors: Martin Rost & Michael Schack
- Publisher: Heise-Verlag, Hannover
- ISBN: 3-88229-026-9
- Price: 58 DM
- Pages: 389
- Published: 1993
- Fore more information: maro@toppoint.de
- It's an introduction to Internet (e-mail, FTP, telnet, IRC, archie, gopher,
- hytelnet, WAIS, WWW), UUCP, Bitnet, FidoNet, etc. with many examples for
- each.
-
- Title: Directory of Directories on the Internet: A Guide to Information
- Sources
- Author: Gregory B. Newby
- Publisher: Meckler
- ISBN: 0-88736-768-2
- Price: $29.50
- Pages: 153
- Published: 1993
- For more information: gbnewby@uiuc.edu
- Notes: Intended for those who need to identify Internet information
- resources that point to other resources.
-
- Title: Directory of Electronic Journals, Newsletters and Academic
- Discussion Lists
- Author: Lisabeth King and Diane Kovacs
- Publisher: Association of Research Libraries
- ISBN: none listed
- Price: $54 ($36 to members of the Association of Research Libraries)
- Pages: 588
- Goodies: Complete directory available on diskette for $36 extra.
- Published: 4th ed, May 1994
- For more information: ann@cni.org or (202) 296-2296
- Notes: This directory is broken into two main sections: a catalog of 1,800
- academic discussion lists and interest groups, and listings of 440
- electronic journals, newsletters and digests - along with notes on how to
- access each publication. Scholarly lists are grouped by broad subject areas
- and journals and newsletters are listed in alphabetical order. Also
- includes five articles and bibliographies on electronic publishing.
-
- Title: DNS and BIND
- Author: Paul Albitz & Cricket Lui
- Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates
- ISBN: 1-56592-010-4
- Price: $29.95
- Pages: 380
- Published: 2nd printing, March 1993
- For more information: info@ora.com
- Notes: Discusses one of the Internet's fundamental building blocks: the
- distributed host information database that's responsible for translating
- host names into addresses, routing mail and other services. Intended for
- system administrators, covers the technical stuff but is readable.
-
- Title: Doing Business on the Internet
- Author: Mary Cronin
- Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold
- ISBN: 0-442-01770-7
- Price: $29.95
- Pages: 308
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- Thanks for the info: matisse@well.sf.ca.us (J Matisse Enzer)
- Notes: Promotional info says: One view of how the Internet has changed the
- way some companies are doing business. Must reading for anyone looking at
- the impact of the Internet on commerce and why Internet access is becoming
- critical for businesses. Matisse Enzer says: Excellent overview and
- detailed discussion of the Internet from a business users' perspective. An
- entirely non-technical book, Doing Business discusses the commercial
- aspects and issues of the Internet: advertising, research, customer
- contact, etc. Highly recommended.
-
- Title: DOS User's Guide to the Internet
- Author: James Gardner
- Publisher: Prentice Hall
- ISBN: 0-13-106873-3
- Price: $34.95
- Pages: 308
- Goodies: DOS disk
- Published: 1993
- For more information: (515) 284-6751 or phyllis@prenhall.com
- Thanks for the info: Robert Slade <ROBERTS@decus.ca>
- Notes: A minimalist software package and manual for setting up a UUCP
- connection for mail and news. This title is almost completely misleading.
- This book is not for DOS users, except that you must be running DOS to run
- the MKS UUCP for DOS programs for which this book is a manual. This book is
- also not about the Internet, as such. Both the specifics and the concepts
- refer to UUCP rather than the Internet. The text of the book does point out
- that there are differences, but the examples given relate to UUCP. That
- said, for those who are interested in making their first move to a direct
- Internet connection, this could be an excellent choice. UUCP was designed
- to be quite comfortable with dialup connections, and this book and
- associated programs, help to automate a number of the connection functions
- while freeing the user from much of the technical detail that TCP/IP
- requires.
-
- Title: The Easy Internet handbook
- Author: Javed Mostafa, Thomas Newell, Richard Trenthem
- Publisher: Hi Willow Research and Publishing
- ISBN: 0-931510-50-3
- Price: $20
- Pages: 150
- Published: 1994
- For more information: tnewell@fiat.gslis.utexas.edu or 800-237-6124
-
- Title: EcoLinking: Everyone's Guide to Online Environmental Information
- Author: Don Rittner
- Publisher: Peachpit Press
- ISBN: 0-938151-35-5
- Price: $18 95
- Pages: 368
- Published: 1992
- For more information: (800) 283-9444
- Notes: Directed at concerned citizens, environmentalists and scientists
- interested in sharing ideas and research on environmental issues. Covers
- resources on FidoNet, BITNet, Internet, Usenet, local bulletin boards,
- America Online, CompuServe, EcoNet, GENIE, WELL.
-
- Title: Educator's Guide to the Internet
- Author: ?
- Publisher: Virginia Space Grant Consortium
- ISBN: ?
- Price: $16.00
- Pages: 170
- Goodies: Disk (IBM or Mac)
- Published: 1994
- For more information: vsgc@pen.k12.va.us
- Thanks for the info:
- Notes: Written and designed by educators for educators, this is a user-
- friendly guide to make the Internet work for you in the classroom. It
- includes on-line projects for your students to collaborate with other
- classes around the world, lesson plans, graphics and software on almost
- every subject imaginable, etc.
-
- Title: Electronic Style: A Guide to Citing Electronic Information
- Author: Xia Li and Nancy Crane
- Publisher: Meckler
- ISBN: 0-88736-909-X
- Price: $15
- Pages: 80
- Published: 1993
- For more information: ?
- Notes: Here is where to find out how to cite in your bibliographies
- references found on the Internet, on CD-ROMs and online database searches.
-
- Title: The Electronic Traveler: Directory Of Tourism Information Sources
- Author: M. L. Endicott
- Publisher: ?
- ISBN: ?
- Price: $50.00
- Pages: ?
- Published: May 1994
- For more information: Marcus L. Endicott <mendicott@igc.apc.org>
- Notes: From the publisher's info: As the title of this new book says, The
- Electronic Traveler is a directory of tourism information available to
- everyone with a computer and a telephone: it is a guidebook to online
- travel information sources. It explains in plain English exactly what
- travel and tourism information is available on the information highway and
- how to access it. It covers the Internet, popular proprietary interactive
- systems, Computer Reservation Systems (CRSs), independent bulletin board
- systems (BBSs), and commercial fulltext databases.
-
- Title: The Electronic Traveler: Exploring Alternative Online Systems
- Author: Elizabeth Powell Crowe
- Publisher: Windcrest/McGraw-Hill
- ISBN: 0-8306-4498-9
- Price: $16.95
- Pages: ?
- Published: ?
- For more information: ?
- Notes:
-
- Title: The Elements of E-Mail Style
- Author: David Angell & Brent Heslop
- Publisher: Addison-Wesley
- ISBN: 0-201-62709-4
- Price: $12.95
- Pages: 157
- Published: March 1994
- For more information: dangell@shell.portal.com
- Thanks for the info: David F Angell (dangell@shell.portal.com)
- Notes: How to write effective e-mail. It simplifies and summarizes
- essential writing techniques so users can upgrade their writing skills and
- see their e-mail make maximum impact in minimal time.
-
- Title: The Elements of Networking Style
- Author: Padlipsky, M.A.
- Publisher: Prentice Hall
- ISBN: 0-13-268129-3 hc, 0-13-2268111-0 pb
- Price: ?
- Pages: 236
- Published: 1985
- For more information: padlipsky@isi.edu
- Thanks for the info: wdr@world.std.com
- Notes: Mike was the Multics system-programmer at Project Mac, and is
- personally responsible for putting two systems on the ARPAnet back when
- that meant hacking the OS designed and implemented a number of protocols
- including being working-group chair, and has been a commentator on Internet
- RFCs since the beginning. (He was also Dennis Ritchie's officemate before
- Bell Labs pulled out of Multics & Dennis had to invent UNIX, and has a
- personal exemption from Dijkskstra to use a GOTO when, in his professional
- opinion as a protocol implementor, it is necessary.) This is a book on
- style in protocol design and the great Bromdinagian TCP vs. ISO debates.
- It's a nice piece of history and explains where TCP, TELNET, FTP came from.
-
- Title: E-mail Addresses of the Rich and Famous
- Author: Seth Godin
- Publisher: Addison-Wesley
- ISBN: 0-201-40893-7
- Price: $7.95
- Pages: 130
- Published: 1994
- For more information: sethwood@aol.com
- Notes: A directory of more than 1,000 of e-mail addresses of famous folks:
- politicians, authors, reporters and other personalities. Included are Ed
- Asner, Tom Brokaw, Bill Clinton, Ross Perot, Dave Barry and others.
-
- Title: Exploring the Internet: a Technical Travelogue
- Author: Carl Malamud
- Publisher: Prentice-Hall
- ISBN: 0-13-296898-3
- Price: $26.95
- Pages: 379
- Published: 1992
- For more information: (515) 284-6751
- Thanks for the info: Robert Slade <ROBERTS@decus.ca>
- Notes: A look at the Internet and the emerging global village in 21
- countries and 56 cities. Not technical, but lots of fun stories about
- traveling around the world (physically).
-
- Title: 51 Reasons: How We Use the Internet and What it Says About the
- Information Superhighway
- Author: Martha Stone-Martin and Laura Breeden
- Publisher: FARNET
- ISBN: None
- Price: $19.95
- Pages: 124
- Published: 1994
- For more information: (617) 860-9445 or stories@farnet.org
- Notes: This is a unique book exploring how people and organizations in all
- 50 United States (plus the capitol) are using the Internet as the first
- stepping stone toward the Clinton administration's "information
- superhighway". Written as an oral narrative from the mouths of the people
- making these projects work, the book covers uses of the Internet in
- libraries, K-12 education, agriculture, economic development, government,
- health care and higher education. Although brief, 51 Reasons gives novel
- ideas for the use of the Internet and provides contact information for each
- of the individuals/projects mentioned. You can get the text of the book
- online via gopher (gopher.cni.org:70/11/cniftp/miscdocs/farnet) and FTP
- (ftp.cni.org:/CNI/documents/farnet/stories-index).
-
- Title: Firewalls and Internet Security
- Author: Cheswick/Bellovin
- Publisher: Addison-Wesley
- ISBN: 0-201-63357-4
- Price: $26.95
- Pages: 306
- Published: 1994
- For more information: firewall-book@research.att.com
- Notes: Practical suggestions for firewall construction and other aspects of
- Internet security.
-
- Title: From A to Z39.50: a network primer
- Author: James Michael and Mark Hinnebusch
- Publisher: Meckler
- ISBN: 0-88736-766-6
- Price: $25
- Pages: 225
- Published: March 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes: Introduction and discussion about the issues and standards involves
- in electronic telecommunications.
-
- Title: A Guide for Accessing California Legislative Information over
- Internet
- Author: Legislative Counsel Bureau, State of California
- Publisher: State of California
- ISBN: none listed
- Price: free to California residents
- Pages: 30
- Published: 1994
- For more information: comments@leginfo.public.ca.gov
- Thanks for the info: Mike Quinn
- Notes: This pamphlet tells how you can find California legislative
- information online. Explains what legislation info is available, what
- assistance is available and how the information is organized. The majority
- of the book is spent explaining the Internet, how to get access, how to use
- electronic mail and where to go for more detailed information. There's also
- a simple glossary of legislative terms. This pamphlet is also available
- online, in PostScript format. Send e-mail:
- To: ftpmail@leginfo.public.ca.gov
- Body: connect leginfo.public.ca.gov
- get README_public_access_guide_ps
- quit
-
- Title: A Guide to the TCP/IP Protocol Suite
- Author: Floyd Wilder
- Publisher: Artech House
- ISBN: ?
- Price: $77
- Pages: 312
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- Thanks for the info:
- Notes: A technical reference guide, describing all major Internet
- protocols.
-
- Title: The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier
- Author: Bruce Sterling
- Publisher: Bantam
- ISBN: 0-553-08058-X
- Price: $23
- Pages: 352
- Published: 1992
- For more information: ?
- Thanks for the info: John Quarterman in RFC 1432
- Notes: An in-depth examination of the forces of law who try to deal with
- computer crime, and of the issues involved, written by one of the science
- fiction writers who invented cyberpunk. The real story behind Operation
- Sundevil and the Legion of Doom. Readable, informative, amusing, and
- necessary. You can also get it online:
- ftp://ftp.eff.org/pub/Publications/Bruce_Sterling/Hacker_Crackdown/ or
- http://www.eff.org/pub/Publications/Bruce_Sterling/Hacker_Crackdown/
-
- Title: Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
- Author: Steven Levy
- Publisher: Anchor Press/Doubleday
- ISBN: 0-385-19195-2 (hard) 0-440-13405-6 (paper)
- Price: $17.95 / $4.95
- Pages: 458
- Published: 1984
- For more information: ?
- Notes: Describes the early culture and ethos of hackers and computer
- homebrewers and that ultimately resulted in the Internet and Usenet.
-
- Title: Hands-On Internet: A Beginning Guide for PC Users
- Author: David Sachs & Henry Stair
- Publisher: Prentice Hall
- ISBN: 0-13-056392-7
- Price: $29.95
- Pages: 274
- Goodies: DOS disk
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes: <<review forthcoming>>
-
- Title: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Electronic Highway
- Author: Pamela Kane
- Publisher: MIS Press
- ISBN: 1-55828-353-8
- Price: $21.95 US, $28.95 CAN
- Pages: 366
- Goodies: Cupons for free connect time
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes: <<review forthcoming>>
-
- Title: How The Internet Works
- Author: Joshua Eddings
- Publisher: Ziff-Davis Press
- ISBN: 1-56276-192-7
- Price: $US 24.95, $CAN 34.95, UK 22.99
- Pages: 218
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ab136@freenet.carleton.ca or 800/688-0448
- Thanks for the info: Dick Lee <ab136@freenet.carleton.ca>
- Notes: Very good primer on the Internet and how it works. There are many
- rich illustrations which serve to explain the concepts very effectively.
- Contents include the protocols, telnet, downloading files, archie, e-mail,
- mailing lists, Usenet, gophers, WAIS, WWW as well as a look into
- audio/video, virtual reality, security issues and the future. Of necessity,
- many of these are treated very briefly but as an overall introductory
- manual, I found it very readable and informative.
-
- Title: In acht Sekunden um die Welt (In eight seconds around the world)
- Language: German
- Author: Gunther Maier/Andreas Wildberger
- Publisher: Addison Wesley
- ISBN: 3-89319-701-X
- Price: DM 39.90 / oeS 311,00
- Pages: 160
- Published: released 1994 (Second edition)
- For more information: wildberg@nestroy.wu.wien.ac.at
- Thanks for the info: pcsaal15@fub46.zedat.fu-berlin.de (Lutz Lademann)
- Notes: It's a quite comprehensive introduction to the Internet, its history
- and the services available (Mail, News, Gopher, FTP, Telnet, WWW and more).
- For more information about the book mail one of the authors:
- wildberg@nestroy.wu.wien.ac.at (Andreas Wildberger.) Three chapters of this
- book are available via WWW:
- URL: http://rektorat.wu-wien.ac.at/stuff/netzbuch.html
-
- Title: Information Infrastructure Sourcebook, version 3.0
- Author: Brian Kahin
- Publisher: JFK School of Government/Harvard University
- ISBN: ?
- Price: $70
- Pages: 1078 (Two-volume set)
- Published: April 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes: The third update of this compendium of official policy documents on
- information infrastructure, including the Internet. Includes historical
- policy documents, vision statements and position papers, program and
- project descriptions, reports and pending legislation.
-
- Title: Internet
- Authors: Jean-Bernard Condat and Nicolas Pioch
- Publisher: J.C.I., Inc, 2700, Joliette #201, Montreal, Canada H1W 3G9
- ISBN: ?
- Price: 195 FF ($29.95 CAN)
- Language: French
- Pages: 214
- Published: Oct, 1994
- For more information: condat@altern.com or Nicolas.Pioch@enst.fr
- Notes: From the authors: "Written by two well known French Internet
- pioneers, this book presents all the French use of Internet for company
- chiefs, students, schools and gives some tips for a total and comprehensive
- adaptation of Internet in France."
-
- Title: The Instant Internet Guide
- Author: Brent Heslop & David Angell
- Publisher: Addison-Wesley
- ISBN: 0-201-62707-8
- Price: $14.95
- Pages: 209
- Published: 3rd printing.
- For more information: dangell@shell.portal.com
- Thanks for the info: matisse@well.sf.ca.us (J Matisse Enzer)
- Notes: Good quick intro to Internet and quick reference sections on using
- e-mail, Usenet, gopher, telnet, file transfers, very basic UNIX etc. Nice
- check-list of questions to ask when shopping for Internet access. Oriented
- entirely towards a dial-up terminal user on a UNIX system.
-
- Title: Internet Access Providers: An International Resource Directory
- Author: Greg Notess
- Publisher: Meckler
- ISBN: 0-88736-933-2
- Price: $30
- Pages: 330
- Published: May 1994
- For more information: meckler@tigger.jvnc.net (publisher) or
- align@montana.edu (author)
- Notes: This directory provides descriptive information on over 300
- companies and networks that offer dial-in Internet access. Aimed at those
- without current access, looking for personal access.
-
- Title: The Internet and Special Librarians: Use, Training and the Future
- Author: Sharyn Lander Hope Tillman
- Publisher: Special Libraries Association
- ISBN: 0-87111-413-5
- Price: $34.95
- Pages: 187
- Published: 1993
- For more information: tillman@babson.edu or sla1@capcon.net
- Notes: Implications of a study of special librarians' use of the Internet
- and the future of librarianship. Includes a glossary, primer on Internet
- basics, resources and how to get connected.
-
- Title: The Internet at a Glance
- Author: Susan E. Feldman
- Publisher: Datasearch
- ISBN: None listed
- Price: $7
- Pages: 10
- Published: 1994
- For more information: Susan Feldman <suef@TC.Cornell.EDU>
- Thanks for the info: Susan Feldman <suef@TC.Cornell.EDU>
- Notes: A collection of "cheatsheets" for the 'net. It's very short (only 10
- thin pages) but it covers the very basics for using the Internet and UNIX.
- Topics include Finding Resources on the Internet, Tools, electronic mail,
- anonymous FTP, telnet, mailing lists and newsgroups, basic UNIX commands
- and the vi editor.
-
- Title: Internet Basics
- Author: Steve Lambert & Walt Howe
- Publisher: Random House
- ISBN: 0-679-75023-1
- Price: $27.00
- Pages: 495
- Published: 1993
- For more information: (800) 345-8112
- Thanks for the info: Gayle Keresey (aflgayle@aol.com)
- Notes: General book on the Internet with a slight slant towards Delphi.
- (Howe is Delphi's Internet SIG Manager.)
-
- Title: The Internet Book: Everything You Need to Know About Computer
- Networking and How the Internet Works
- Author: Douglas Comer
- Publisher:
- ISBN: ?
- Price: $24.95
- Pages: 287
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes: Explanation of what the Internet is, how it works and how it came
- about, for the non-technical reader.
-
- Title: The Internet Companion, A Beginner's Guide To Global Networking
- Author: Tracy LaQuey with Jeanne C. Ryer
- Publisher: Addison-Wesley Publishing
- ISBN: 0-201-62224-6
- Price: $10.95
- Pages: 196
- Published: 1993
- For more information: internet-companion@world.std.com
- Thanks for the info: Robert Slade <ROBERTS@decus.ca>
- Notes: The Companion includes a detailed history of the Internet, a
- discussion on "netiquette" (network etiquette), and how to find resources
- on the net. It is difficult to know what is supposed to be "companionable"
- about this volume. Physically, it would be easy to carry it along with you.
- You probably wouldn't want to, though. This is not a guide for
- explorations, either. It does give one some background on the Internet,
- but it is not in a step-by-step fashion. (How to access the Internet is
- the *last* topic to be covered.) The newcomer to the Internet will more
- likely want to read it all (possibly at one sitting; it's small enough) and
- look at the network gestalt. This work is somewhat less technical than the
- UNIX biased "Whole Internet Guide". However, it goes too far in the
- opposite direction. The authors boast that it was finished in less than
- two months. It shows. Companies which are getting into the Internet in a
- big way might make this the introductory volume for new users: it is
- generally upbeat and non-threatening. However, help should be on hand when
- people actually start using the net.
-
- Title: The Internet Companion Plus
- Author: Tracy LaQuey & Jeanne Ryer
- Publisher: Addison Wesley
- ISBN: 0-201-62719-1
- Price: $19.95
- Pages: 196
- Goodies: DOS disk
- Published: 1993
- For more information: $19.95
- Notes: The Internet Companion (above) plus a disk.
-
- Title: The Internet Complete Reference
- Author: Harley Hahn & Rick Stout
- Publisher: Osborne McGraw-Hill
- ISBN: 0-07-881980-6
- Price: $29.95
- Pages: 818
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes: A grassroots guide to learning about the Internet. It takes the
- clueless newbie and leads him from the fundamentals - like understanding
- what the Internet is, how to connect and how addressing works - and through
- the Internet's most important tools. This book doesn't cover any ground
- that hadn't been trod dozens of times before by other everything-you-need-
- to-know-about-the-Internet book ever written, but it delivers the
- information in a lively, always interesting manner. No topics are glossed
- over and the authors never get mired in the dirty technical details. This
- book is intended for folks who will be accessing the Internet using a UNIX
- command line prompt. If you are just trying to get started on the Internet,
- but don't know which of 50 step-by-step hold-your-hand books in your
- bookstore you should buy, The Internet Complete Reference won't disappoint
- you.
-
- Title: The Internet Connection: System Connectivity and Configuration
- Author: by John S. Quarterman and Smoot Carl-Mitchell
- Publisher: Addison-Wesley
- ISBN: 0-201-54237-4
- Price: $32.25
- Pages: 271
- Published: 1994
- For more information: awbook@aw.com
- Notes: According to the publisher, this book gives step-by-step instruction
- on connection to the Internet for system designers, system administrators
- and their managers, offers assistance in setting up naming, mail and news
- systems and explains the use of common Internet services such as archie,
- WAIS, and Gopher.
-
- Title: Internet Connections: A Librarian's Guide to Dial-Up Access and Use
- Author: Engle, Mary E., et al.
- Publisher: American Library Association
- ISBN: 0-8389-7677-8
- Price: $22.00
- Pages: 166
- Published: 1993
- For more information: ?
- Notes:
-
- Title: The Internet Directory
- Author: Eric Braun
- Publisher: Fawcett Columbine
- ISBN: 0-449-90898-4
- Price: $25.00
- Pages: 704
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- Thanks for the info: Gayle Keresey (aflgayle@aol.com)
- Notes: Each chapter in this book covers a particular information service or
- resource type, including mailing lists, newsgroups, FTP archives, Gophers,
- WAIS, WWW, etc. All sources have been verified. Extensive index. A must
- have for Internet surfers.
-
- Title: Internet Essentials
- Author: ?
- Publisher: Que College
- ISBN: ?
- Price: ?
- Pages: ?
- Published: Feb 1994
- For more information: ?
- Thanks for the info: Connie Marijs <otsgroup@pop.knoware.nl>
- Notes: {Unsure if this actually exists.} A Jump-Start to Getting on the
- Internet. This guide will help you to learn what the Internet is and how it
- works; get connected to this world-wide network; understand the basics of
- how to navigate the Internet; take advantage of newsgroups, electronic
- conferencing, and electronic journals; expand your access to information
- and data through FTP and Telnet. Readers follow concise, 10-minute lessons
- to learn about everything from hardware to E-mail, from downloading files
- to participating newsgroups. Contains mini-tutorials, specific directions,
- how-to information.
-
- Title: Internet Explorer's Kit for Macintosh
- Author: Adam Engst and Willian Dickson
- Publisher: Hayden Books
- ISBN: 1-56830-0989-1
- Price: $29.95 US, $39.95 CAN
- Pages: 440
- Goodies: Includes a disk of Interesting Mac software
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ace@tidbits.com
- Notes: For the Mac user who's already on the Internet, but wants to learn
- how to use it more effectively, this book is the ultimate guide. The
- Internet wanderer becomes a skilled navigator by following the tips of this
- best-selling author. Covers FAQs, netiquette, people, etc. An excellent
- follow-up to Engst's Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh.
-
- Title: The Internet for Dummies
- Author: John Levine & Carol Baroudi
- Publisher: IDG Books
- ISBN: 1-56884-024-1
- Price: $19.95
- Pages: 355
- Published: 1993
- For more information: (415) 312-0650 or dummies@iecc.com
- Thanks for the info: Graham Keith Rogers <scgkr@mucc.mahidol.ac.th>
- Notes: Intended as a beginners guide to the Internet, includes useful
- sections on mail, gopher, news, ftp, etc. All in a fairly light-hearted
- style intended to set novices at ease. At over 350 pages, there is much
- information and the book is well indexed. Most of the material is oriented
- toward UNIX shell users, with some discussion of Winsock applications.
-
- Title: The Internet for Everyone: A Guide for Users and Providers
- Author: Richard Wiggins
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill
- ISBN: 0-07-067019-5 paper, 0-07-067018-8 hardcover
- Price: $29.95 paper, $45.00 hardcover
- Pages: 680
- Published: August, 1994
- For more information: 1-800-2-MCGRAW
- Thanks for the info:
- Notes: The purpose of this book is to tell people how to use the Internet,
- but also how to provide information via the Internet - picking a kind of
- server technology, installing a Gopher, Web, or FreeWAIS server, an
- overview of HTML, pointers to more detailed online info, etc.
-
- Title: Internet: Getting Started
- Author: April Marine, Susan Kirkpatrick, Vivian Neou & Carol Ward
- Publisher: Prentice Hall
- ISBN: 0-13-327933-2
- Price: $28.00
- Pages: 360
- Published: 1993
- For more information: (515) 284-6751
- Notes: Explains how to join the Internet, the various types of Internet
- access, and procedures for obtaining a unique IP address and domain name.
- An extensive list of Internet access providers of all types is provided,
- including access outside of the United States. The guide explains many
- concepts essential to the Internet, such as the Domain Name System, IP
- addressing, protocols, and electronic mail. Doesn't tell you how to use the
- 'net, just how to get connected.
-
- Title: The Internet Guide for New Users
- Author: Daniel P Dern
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill
- ISBN: Paperback 0-07-016511, Hardcover 0-07-016510-6
- Price: Paperback $27.95, Hardcover $40.00
- Pages: 570
- Published: 1993
- For more information: ddern@world.std.com
- Notes: A very complete introduction to the world of the Internet. Along
- with the obligatory topics such as telnet, FTP and Archie, the book
- suggests how to get an Internet account and teaches enough UNIX to survive
- on the net. This book is more complete and in-depth than many other
- Internet books: Dern's deep knowledge of all things Internet shines
- through, although sometimes the book is a bit too formal. The book, like
- Dern, is laced with dry humor and is UNIX-centric. Highly recommended.
-
- Title: Internet Instant Reference
- Author: Paul E. Hoffman
- Publisher: Sybex
- ISBN: 0-7821-1512-8
- Price: $12.99
- Pages: 317
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes: This book is part quick reference, part lexicon and part Internet
- tutorial. Arranged in dictionary format, it defines Internet jargon (like
- shareware and hypertext) gives brief descriptions of tools (like Knowbot
- and Listserv), includes short command summaries for using popular programs
- (like FTP, emacs and elm), and describes various 'net organizations,
- policies and legislature. Nice design and layout. This book contains a wide
- variety of information, but is sort of unevenly edited and contains some
- factual errors that might not be clear to newbies (for instance, in one
- section it confuses the terms upload and download.)
-
- Title: The Internet Library: Case Studies of Library Internet Management
- and Use
- Author: Julie Still, ed.
- Publisher: Meckler
- ISBN: 0-88736-965-0
- Price: $37.50
- Pages: 200
- Published: June 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes: The case studies in this volume focus on how electronic resources
- have changed relationships with the library and on the way libraries relate
- to the larger world.
-
- Title: Internet: Mailing Lists
- Author: Edward Hardie & Vivian Neou
- Publisher: Prentice Hall
- ISBN: 0-13-289661-3
- Price: $26.00
- Pages: 356
- Published: 1993
- For more information: ?
- Notes: A list of Internet electronic mailing lists. Contains names,
- descriptions and subscription instructions for over 800 mailing lists, from
- opera and chess to engineering and library science. Note that a current
- "list of lists" is available online for free, both via Usenet and FTP.
-
- Title: The Internet Message: Closing the Book with Electronic Mail
- Author: Marshall Rose
- Publisher: Prentice Hall
- ISBN: 0-13-092941-7
- Price: $44.00
- Pages: 384
- Published: 1993
- For more information: ftp to prenhall.com
- Notes: Technical discussion of mail agent and system design. Focuses on the
- technology used to provide e-mail to the Internet.
-
- Title: The Internet Navigator
- Author: Paul Gilster
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- ISBN: 0-471-59782-1
- Price: $24.95
- Pages: 470
- Published: Aug. 1993
- For more information: (800) 263-1590 or gilster@rock.concert.net
- Thanks for the info: Gayle Keresey (aflgayle@aol.com)
- Notes: Information for the dial-up Internet user. Includes Internet
- history, signing on to the net, UNIX commands, getting files, telnet,
- electronic mail, BITNet, electronic journals, Usenet, gophers and Internet
- resources. Useful for those who want step-by-step instructions for dial-up
- terminal access. Somewhat academic in tone.
-
- Title: The Internet Passport: NorthWestNet's Guide to Our World Online
- Author: Jonathan Kochmer
- Publisher: NorthWestNet and the Northwest Academic Computing Consortium
- ISBN: 0-9635281-0-6
- Price: $29.95
- Pages: 516
- Published: 4th ed.
- For more information: (206) 562-3000 or e-mail passport@nwnet.net. Order
- forms can be obtained via FTP as: ftp.nwnet.net/user-docs/passport/nonmem-
- order-form.txt
- Thanks for the info: Robert Slade <ROBERTS@decus.ca>
- Notes: Covers everything from net etiquette to supercomputers; very
- comprehensive. This work is a fairly bare bones and no nonsense guide to
- the Internet. The book is orderly, and the explanations and illustrations
- are clear. Each chapter covers a single topic and ends with additional
- references, most often online materials or sources. The work is well
- researched and highly competent in most cases. There is, in the early
- chapters, a gracelessness to it which lacks any kind of appeal.
- Nevertheless, it is a thoroughly researched and valuable reference for
- those interested in using the resources of the Internet. It costs $39.95
- but schools and not-for-profit organizations can buy it for $19.95 plus
- shipping.
-
- Title: Internet Primer for Information Professionals: A Basic Guide to
- Internet Networking Technology
- Author: Elizabeth Lane and Craig Summerhill
- Publisher: Meckler
- ISBN: 0-88736-831-X
- Price: $37.50
- Pages: 175
- Published: 1993
- For more information: ?
- Notes: Description of the current state of the Internet, as well as the
- proposed NREN, as well as basic information on network usage and concepts.
-
- Title: Internet Public Access Guide
- Author: Phil Hughes
- Publisher: SSC Publications
- ISBN: 0-916151-70-0
- Price: $2.95
- Pages: 64
- Published: 1994
- For more information: sales@ssc.com or (206) 527-3385.
- Thanks for the info: Graham Keith Rogers <scgkr@mucc.mahidol.ac.th>
- Notes: Graham Rodgers says: "64-page guide to Internet basics. Very easy to
- follow instructions, clearly set out. With the small size not everything
- can be included but the price represents good value. The paper cover
- deteriorates with use." I say: A whole lot of information for the money.
- Well-presented, simple and above all, short. Covers "What is the
- Internet?", terms, UNIX basics, e-mail, Usenet, FTP, rlogin and telnet,
- finger, archie, gopher and veronica. Easy-to-follow examples. They'll sell
- you just one, but the book is primarily intended to be sold to service
- providers and distributed to their users.
-
- Title: Internet Quickstart
- Author: Mary Ann Pike and Tod G. Pike
- Publisher: Que
- ISBN: 1-56529-658-3
- Price: $21.99
- Pages: 387
- Published: March 1994
- For more information: 800-428-5331 or 317-581-3500
- Thanks for the info: Connie Marijs <otsgroup@pop.knoware.nl>
- Notes: A series of quick tutorials, this book explains Internet basics to
- absolute beginners. Lots of extras - like buzzword definitions, tips, and
- warnings - helpusers get more from this premier online service. Task
- oriented skill sessions cover topics such as log-on, E-Mail, database
- searches, Internet news and more.
-
- Title: The Internet Resource Quick Reference
- Author: William Tolhurst and Mary Anne Pike
- Publisher: Que
- ISBN: 1-56529-748-2
- Price: $17.99 USA, $23.96 CAN, #16.45 UK
- Pages: 492
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes: Almost every bit of the information in this book is available online
- for free, don't waste your money. Contains a list of USENET news groups, a
- list of publicly accessible mailing lists, a list of online FTP sites and
- other resources, Scott Yanoff's list of online resources and the Inter-
- Network Mail Guide.
-
- Title: The Internet Roadmap
- Author: Bennett Falk
- Publisher: Sybex
- ISBN: 0-7821-1365-6
- Price: $12.99
- Pages: 263
- Published: 1994
- Thanks for the info: David M. Stevenson <david@dms.muc.de>
- Notes: David M. Stevenson says, "This book is written by someone who is
- concerned that the reader get a good grasp of the Internet system quickly.
- In my case he succeeded; and what he can do for me, he can do for you!" I
- say: This book is a winner. It explains the basics of the Internet in a
- clear and concise style. Covers the tools for reading Usenet news, doing e-
- mail, using FTP, gopher and WorldWideWeb. Doesn't get into the newer,
- funkier tools too much. It's an easy read and doesn't get bogged down in
- esoteric, dull stuff. I even like the cover.
-
- Title: Internet shouyouka ni mukete (CIX) (Feasibility Reserch for
- Commercial Internet in Japan)
- Language: Japanese
- Author: SI Division
- Publisher: Toppan
- ISBN: 4-8101-8907-4
- Price: 1600 Yen (Around $16)
- Pages: 142
- Published: November 1993
- For more information: ?
- Thanks for the info: Hideyuki Matsushima (hideyuki@apic.or.jp)
- Notes: This is the first and only book on commercial Internet service in
- Japan. Published as research report, its purpose is to clarify Internet
- status in the United States and business feasibility study on CIX in Japan.
- Coverage includes: What is Internet and its historical story in the US,
- Structure of commercial service in Internet, Image of commercial Internet
- in Japan. Report covers the feasibility of Internet withing various
- regulated Japanese environments. It is must-read book for companies in
- Japan wishing enter the Internet business.
-
- Title: The Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh
- Author: Adam Engst
- Publisher: Hayden Books
- ISBN: 1-56830-064-6
- Price: $29.95
- Pages: 640
- Goodies: Mac floppy disk filled with great software and free connect time
- Published: 1993
- For more information: ace@tidbits.com
- Notes: This terrific book (with a floppy disk) gives Macintosh users the
- complete scoop on getting connected to the Internet using PPP, SLIP, etc.
- This is one of my very favorite Internet books because it's so readable.
- It's definitely the best one dedicated to Mac users.
-
- Title: The Internet Starter Kit for the PC
- Author: Adam Engst
- Publisher: Hayden Books
- ISBN: ?
- Price: ?
- Pages: ?
- Goodies: Disk
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ace@tidbits.com
- Thanks for the info: Connie Marijs
- Notes: For readers who want to get on the Internet, but don't know where to
- start, this is the fount of information. This large volume explains how to
- get connected, where to look for what, and how to master e-mail,
- downloading, FTP sites and more.
-
- Title: The Internet Starter Kit for Windows
- Author: Adam Engst, Corwin Low and Michael Simon
- Publisher: Hayden Books
- ISBN: 1-56830-094-8
- Price: $29.95
- Pages: 600
- Goodies: Disk containing a limited version of Chameleon, WinVN news reader,
- Eudora and WSgopher and free connect time
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ace@tidbits.com
- Notes: This book is an excellent resource dedicated to Microsoft Windows
- users. It isn't quite as strong as The Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh
- but is nonetheless a wonderful guide for teaching Windows users about the
- Internet and getting them online. It contains all the software you need to
- get online and explains how to use it. The book's resource listings, list
- of newsgroups, glossary and PDIAL and nixpublists are perhaps too thorough
- - they take up about half the book.
-
- Title: Internet System Handbook
- Author: Danial Lynch and Marshall Rose
- Publisher: Addison-Wesley
- ISBN: 0-201-56741-5
- Price: $54.95
- Pages: ?
- Published: 1993
- For more information: ?
- Thanks for the info: Robert Slade <ROBERTS@decus.ca>
- Notes: Essays by people involved with the Internet. Strong on protocols,
- weak on direction. The book is divided into four parts. The first section
- deals with an historical and organizational background to the Internet. The
- second section, written by the people who built the Internet, deals with
- technical aspects of the major protocols and applications of the Internet.
- Part three, "Infrastructure," covers issues not centrally relevant to the
- operation of the Internet, but supporting its use: network performance and
- management, backbone and node tools, directory services and operational
- security. The bibliographic information contained in the book overall might
- be worth the price alone. Quarterman's contribution is carefully and fully
- researched and well organized. It includes not only texts, but periodicals
- and online sources as well.
-
- Title: The Internet Unleashed
- Author: Steve Bang, Martin Moore, Rick Gates, et al.
- Publisher: Sams Publishing
- ISBN: 0-672-30466-X
- Price: $44.95
- Pages: 1,380
- Goodies: 1 PC-format HD disk. (Macintosh users can mail in an enclosed
- coupon to receive a disk with similar Mac software for a nominal shipping
- and handling fee.)
- Published: April 1994
- Notes: This book is a huge tome, weighing in with 62 chapters plus 7
- appendices. It is co-written by a zillion authors, and falls in the
- "everything you could possibly ever want to know about the Internet"
- category, with blanket coverage of accessing the 'net from different types
- of home computers, networks and with high-speed connections. This book
- covers just about every Internet topic you can think of, from security to
- MUDs, from doing business on the 'net to copyright issues and problems.
-
- Title: Internet: Werkzeuge und Dienste - von Archie bis World Wide Web
- Author: M. Scheller, K.-P. Boden, A. Geenen, J. Kampermann
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag
- ISBN: 3-540-57968-0
- Price: DM 49,-
- Pages: 370
- Published: July 1994
- Language: German
- For more Information: boden@ask.uni-karlsruhe.de
- Notes: A basic Internet primer for beginners, in German. First, the
- Internet's history is handled in a short introduction and some essential
- terms are pointed out. Subsequently all of the major tools are explained.
- The book is finished with `the sweets`, a list of different Internet
- services Parts of the book are available via the World Wide Web at:
- http://www.ask.uni-karlsruhe.de/books/inetwd.html
-
- Title: 1994 Internet White Pages
- Author: Seth Godin & James S. McBride
- Publisher: IDG Books
- ISBN: 1-56884-300-3
- Price: $29.95
- Pages: ?
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes: A thick book listing about 100,000 e-mail addresses. (Although that
- may seem like a lot, it's not very comprehensive.) Addresses are listed by
- last name and are also indexed by Internet domain name. This book may be
- useful for finding associates' e-mail addresses, but is probably no more
- useful than using one of the many 'net-based e-mail-address search
- utilities. The book is unevenly edited (I'm in there three times!) and was
- woefully out of date before the ink was dry.
-
- Title: Internetworking with TCP/IP, Volume I - Principles, Protocols and
- Architecture
- Author: Douglas Comer
- Publisher: Prentice Hall
- ISBN: 0-13-468505-4
- Price: $57.00
- Pages: 576
- Published: 1991
- For more information: ftp to prenhall.com
- Notes: Written by a leading expert in TCP/IP, this book explains general
- principles of computer communications combined with updated examples from
- te TCP/IP protocol suite. Includes overviews of existing technologies,
- descriptions of basic services and application-level services on the
- Internet.
-
- Title: Internetworking with TCP/IP, Volume II - Design, Implementtion and
- Internals
- Author: Douglas Comer and David Stevens
- Publisher: Prentice Hall
- ISBN: 0-13-125527-4
- Price: $50.00
- Pages: 640
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ftp to prenhall.com
- Notes: A must for anyone working with the TCP/IP protocol suite. Discusses
- the protocols in light of design alternatives, decisions and implementation
- techniques. Contains source code for many protocols, including ARPT, TCP,
- IP and SNMP.
-
- Title: Internetworking with TCP/IP, Volume III - Client-Server Programming
- and Applications for the AT&T TLI Version
- Author: Douglas Comer and David Stevens
- Publisher: Prentice Hall
- ISBN: ?
- Price: $50.00
- Pages: 508.00
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ftp to prenhall.com
- Notes: Covers design of software that operates in an Internet environment.
- Focuses on the client-server paradigm, answering the question, "How can
- applications be designed that use TCP/IP?"
-
- Title: Internetworking with TCP/IP, Volume III - Client-Server Programming
- and Applications for the BSD Socker Version
- Author: Douglas Comer and David Stevens
- Publisher: Prentice Hall
- ISBN: 0-13-474222-2
- Price: $51.00
- Pages: 528 p
- Published: 1993
- For more information: ftp to prenhall.com
- Notes: Covers design of software that operates in an Internet environment.
- Focuses on the client-server paradigm, answering the question, "How can
- applications be designed that use TCP/IP?"
-
- Title: The Internet Yellow Pages
- Author: Harley Hahn and Rick Stout
- Publisher: Osborne Publishing (McGraw Hill)
- ISBN: 0-07-882023-5
- Price: $27.95
- Pages: 447
- Published: 1994
- Notes: The Internet Yellow Pages strives to be an unmatched subject-
- oriented index to the Internet's resources, a lofty goal given the number
- of competing indexes available. Hahn and Stout do it right - this book is a
- resource that long-time Internet addicts and new users will enjoy equally
- well. Organization is intuitive and consistent. Although it does not point
- you to as many online resources as some other directories, the ones it
- points to tend to be high-quality and truly interesting sites to visit.
- Well-researched and well-indexed.
-
- Title: Mac Internet Tour Guide
- Author: Michael Fraase
- Publisher: Ventana Press
- ISBN: 1-56604-062-0
- Price: $27.95
- Pages: 286
- Goodies: Mac floppy disk with a bit useful software. Periodic updates via
- e-mail. One month of free online time from MRNet.
- Published: 1993
- For more information: dilennox@aol.com or FTP to ftp.farces.com
- Notes: This book (with floppy disk) for Macintosh users helps newcomers get
- online and get acquainted with graphical Internet software "Fetch" and
- "Eudora".
-
- Title: Introducing the Internet: A Trainer's Workshop
- Author: Lee David Jaffe
- Publisher: Library Solutions Press
- ISBN: 1-882208-03-X (book alone) or 1-882208-05-6 (with diskettes)
- Price: $30.00 ($45.00 with diskettes)
- Pages: 92
- Published: 1994
- For more information: (510) 841-2636 or alipow@library.berkeley.edu
- Thanks for the info:
- Notes: The 2nd in a series of supplements to "Crossing the Internet
- Threshold. Based on trainer's handouts and script. A guide for trainers
- whose audience is made up of pre-Internet users.
-
- Title: Libraries and the Internet/NREN: Perspectives, Issues and Challenges
- Author: Charles McClure et al
- Publisher: Meckler
- ISBN: 0-88736-824-7
- Price: $25
- Pages: 500
- Published: March 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes: This major study identifies key factors within the library and
- larger environments that will affect libraries' involvement in national
- networking policies.
-
- Title: Managing uucp and Usenet
- Author: Tim O'Reilly and Grace Todino
- Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates
- ISBN: 0-937175-93-5
- Price: 27.97
- Pages: 342
- Published: 10th priting, 1992
- For more information: info@ora.com
- Notes: Intended for system administrators who need to set up and maintain
- UUCP connections or access Usenet, the book realizes that in the UNIX world
- many sysadmins are just plain folks. The necessary technical details are
- here, but presented in a logical and non-threatening manner.
-
- Title: The Matrix: Computer Networks and Conferencing Systems Worldwide
- Author: John S. Quarterman
- Publisher: Digital Press
- ISBN: 0-13-565607-9
- Price: $50.00
- Pages: 746
- Published: 1990
- For more information: ?
- Notes:
-
- Title: MORE Internet for Dummies
- Author: John Levine & Carol Baroudi
- Publisher: IDG Books
- ISBN: 1-56884-164-7
- Price: $19.95
- Pages: 430
- Published: July 1994
- For more information: (415) 312-0650 or midummies@iecc.com
- Notes: Blurb from the author: "Intended as a follow-on to the best selling
- "Internet for Dummies", includes in-depth looks at commercial on-line
- providers including Delphi, AOL and UNIX shell providers. Also SLIP/PPP
- access including how to get and install, Trumpet Winsock, Trumpet, WinVN,
- Eudora, WinQVTnet, WSFTP, etc., and an expanded resource list featuring
- newer gopher and WWW servers."
-
- Title: Navigating the Internet
- Author: Mark Gibbs & Richard Smith
- Publisher: Sams
- ISBN: 0-672-30362-0
- Price: $24.95
- Pages: 500
- Published: 1993
- For more information: 800-428-5331 or 317-581-3500
- Notes: <<review forthcoming>>
-
- Title: Navigating the Internet, Deluxe Edition
- Author: Richard Smith and Mark Gibbs
- Publisher: Sams
- ISBN: 0-672-30485-6
- Price: $29.95
- Pages: 640
- Goodies: 1 PC-format HD disk. (Macintosh users can mail in an coupon to
- receive a Mac disk with similar software for a nominal shipping and
- handling fee) and one month free connect time
- Published: April 1994
- For more information: 800-428-5331 or 317-581-3500
- Notes: Nearly identical to Navigating the Internet (above) except it
- includes a disk with Internet Software for Microsoft Windows and a few
- extra chapters: "A Better Window on the Web: Mosaic", "Using the Internet
- for Business", as well as versions of the online references Gopher Jewels
- and PDIAL. I suppose it's worth the extra five bucks for this book versus
- the vanilla Navigating the Internet, especially if you use Windows and need
- the software.
-
- Title: Netguide
- Author: Peter Rutten, Albert Bayers III & Kelly Moloni
- Publisher: Random House
- ISBN: 0-679-75106-8
- Price: $19.00
- Pages: 384
- Published: 1994
- For more information: (800) 345-8112
- Thanks for the info: Educom newsletter
- Notes: As the "TV Guide of Cyberspace," this book provides pointers by
- subjects to Internet sites, USENET newsgroups, and commercial resources
- (CompuServe, American Online, etc.) It proves that there's something for
- everyone somewhere out in the electronic world.
-
- Title: Netiquette
- Author: Virginia Shea
- Publisher: Albion Books
- ISBN: 0-9637025-1-3
- Price: $19.95
- Pages: 154
- Published: 1994
- For more information: info@albion.com
- Notes: This slim book does an excellent job of helping those new to
- Cyberspace learn the basic tenants of network etiquette, or "netiquette".
- It's easy to read and loaded with interesting real-life examples. Chapters
- cover netiquette of e-mail and of discussion groups as well as providing
- excellent netiquette guidelines for business, home and school use.
- Particularly useful sections cover Electronic Style (looking good online,
- tone of voice and signature files) and the "core rules" of the online
- world. One chapter covers copyright issues and another the etiquette of e-
- mail privacy. There's even a tiny chapter on "Love & Sex in Cyberspace".
- This book should be required reading for anyone collecting their Internet
- Learner's Permit. (You can retrieve a brief excerpt from Netiquette: "The
- Core Rules of Netiquette" by sending e-mail to netiquette-
- request@albion.com with the words "archive send core" in the subject line.)
-
- Title: NetPages
- Publisher: Aldea Communications
- ISBN: none listed
- Price: Free
- Pages: ~200
- Published: 1994 (updated twice a year)
- For more information: 619-943-0101 or e-mail to info@aldea.com
- Notes: Of the various Internet White and Yellow pages books out there, this
- one looks and acts the most like a "real" telephone book: personal listings
- of your name and e-mail address are free, advertising space in the yellow
- pages section is available for a fee, and the book itself it distributed
- for free. With only a few thousand names in the first edition, this listing
- is hardly the most complete, but it only contains information about people
- who choose to be listed.
-
- Title: NetPower: Resource Guide to Online Computer Services
- Author: Persson, Eric
- Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
- ISBN: 1-56523-031-0
- Price: $39.95 + $3.00 shipping
- Pages: 774
- Published: 1993
- For more information: netpower1@aol.com, 1-800-457-9112
- Notes: All I know is what their catalog says: The most exciting section of
- this guide is devoted to the Internet. Netpower includes a primer and
- tutorial on using the network, information on getting started and
- navigating with Internet tools, and hundreds of Internet accessible
- resources with contact information and descriptions. The guide will point
- you in the direction of millions of megabytes of information all yours free
- for the downloading around the Internet.
-
- Title: Network and Distributed Systems Management
- Author: Morris Sloman, editor
- Publisher: Addison-Wesley
- ISBN: 0-201-62745-0
- Price: $50.50
- Pages: 650
- Published: 1994
- For more information: awbook@aw.com or (800) 822-6339.
- Notes: From the publicist: "Networks and distributed computer systems are
- becoming critical to the functioning of many organizations. As these
- systems become larger and more complex the issue of how to manage them
- becomes more and more difficult. A complete reference on network management
- for network engineers, managers, lecturers and trainers." Topics include
- monitoring distributed systems, security, specifications and underlying
- technologies. Quality information, heavy on theory, reads like a text book.
-
- Title: The New Hacker's Dictionary
- Author: edited by Eric Raymond and Guy L. Steele
- Publisher: MIT press
- ISBN: ISBN 0-262-18154-1
- Price: $10.95
- Pages: 453
- Published: 2nd edition, 1994.
- For more information: (800) 356-0343 or (617) 625-8481
- Thanks for the info :Petrea Mitchell <pravn@mvp.rain.com,@agora.rdrop.com>
- Notes: The New Hacker's Dictionary is a great book for learning about the
- various slang, jargon and customs and folklore of the 'net (as well as
- other lairs of the hacker.) Very silly and highly recommended. An FTPable
- version, called the Jargon File version 3.0, is available from
- rtfm.mit.edu, but the bound book makes great bathroom reading and contains
- silly cartoons and stuff.
-
- Title: New Riders' Official Internet Yellow Pages
- Author: Christine Maxwell and Czeslaw Jan Grycz
- Publisher: New Riders Publishing
- ISBN: 1-56205-306-X
- Price: $29.95
- Pages: 877
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- This huge book covers vast ground in its 900-plus pages. Although the
- quantity is there, the quality isn't exceptional: it is rather unevenly
- edited. Some of the listings seem to be listed by name rather than subject
- and many items are listed in multiple places, artifically inflating the
- size of the book. This index is unique in that it contains listings of some
- commercial services available via the Internet, such as DIALOG. Icons
- differentiate the free resources from the costly ones.
-
- Title: On INTERNET 94: An International Title and Subject Guide to
- Electronic Journals, Newsletters, Texts, Discussion Lists, and Other
- Resources on the Internet
- Author: Internet World Magazine
- Publisher: Meckler
- ISBN: 0-88736-929-4
- Price: $45.00
- Pages: 500
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes: "Your guide to the full range of Internet-accessible data files -
- from artificial intelligence to women's studies, from space exploration to
- rock music, from environment studies to AIDS research." Nearly 6,000
- mailing lists, electronic journals, archives, etc.
-
- Title: The Online User's Encyclopedia: Bulletin Boards and Beyond.
- Author: Bernard Aboba
- Publisher: Addison-Wesley
- ISBN: 0-201-62214-9
- Price: $32.95
- Pages: 806
- Published: 1993
- For more information: ?
- Thanks for the info: Gayle Keresey (aflgayle@aol.com)
- Notes: Comprehensive compendium of information and guide to bulletin boards
- and the computer networks they are connected to. First edition of this book
- was a manual for the BMUG BBS. Indispensable guide to connecting your modem
- to the world.
-
- Title: OPAC Directory 1994
- Author: Mecklermedia
- Publisher: Meckler
- ISBN: 0-88736-962-6
- Price: $70
- Pages: 500
- Published: May 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes: A detailed listing of dial-in online public access catalogs and
- databases. Includes Accessing Online Bibliographic Databases, the annotated
- list of 700+ Internet-accessible OPACs.
-
- Title: Open Systems Networking: TCP/IP & OSI
- Author: David Piscitello and Lyman Chapin
- Publisher: Addison-Wedlet
- ISBN: ?
- Price: $46.96
- Pages: 624
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes: Explains OSI options for systems administrators working with TCP/IP.
-
- Title: PC Internet Tour Guide
- Author: Michael Fraase
- Publisher: Ventana Press
- ISBN: 1-56604-084-1
- Price: $24.95
- Pages: 284
- Goodies: PC floppy disk with useful software. Two periodic updates via e-
- mail. One month of free online time from MRNet.
- Published: 1994
- For more information: dilennox@aol.com
- Notes: This book (with floppy disk) for MS-DOS users helps newcomers get
- online and take their first steps on the 'net. Fraase first wrote the Mac
- Internet Tour Guide, and this book seems more like an afterthought than a
- follow-up. Chapters cover obligatory topics like What is the Internet,
- Getting Connected, Network News, Transferring Files, Using Gopher and Other
- Internet Resources. The book's organization leaves something to be desired:
- talk of telnet, FAQs and Netfind (hardly unimportant topics) are lumped
- together in the "Other Resources" chapter near the back of the book. The
- book includes some interesting real-life examples and ideas for things to
- do online, but too much (for my taste) focuses on how to set up and use the
- bundled software.
-
- Title: Pocket Guides to the Internet: Volume 1 - Telnetting
- Author: Mark Veljkov & George Hartnell
- Publisher: Meckler
- ISBN: 0-88736-943-X
- Price: $9.95
- Pages: 64
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes:
-
- Title: Pocket Guides to the Internet: Volume 2 - Transferring Files with
- File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
- Author: Mark Veljkov & George Hartnell
- Publisher: Meckler
- ISBN: 0-88736-944-8
- Price: $9.95
- Pages: 64
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes:
-
- Title: Pocket Guides to the Internet: Volume 3 - Using and Navigating
- Usenet
- Author: Mark Veljkov & George Hartnell
- Publisher: Meckler
- ISBN: 0-88736-945-6
- Price: $9.95
- Pages: 64
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes:
-
- Title: Pocket Guides to the Internet: Volume 4 - The Internet E-Mail System
- Author: Mark Veljkov & George Hartnell
- Publisher: Meckler
- ISBN: 0-88736-946-4
- Price: $9.95
- Pages: 64
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes:
-
- Title: Pocket Guides to the Internet: Volume 5 - Basic Internet Utilities
- Author: Mark Veljkov & George Hartnell
- Publisher: Meckler
- ISBN: 0-88736-947-2
- Price: $9.95
- Pages: 64
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes: ?
-
- Title: Pocket Guides to the Internet: Volume 6 - Terminal Connections
- Author: Mark Veljkov & George Hartnell
- Publisher: Meckler
- ISBN: 0-88736-948-0
- Price: $9.95
- Pages: 64
- Published: 1994
- Notes:
-
- Title: Practical Internetworking with TCP/IP and UNIX
- Author: Carl-Mitchell/Quarterman
- Publisher: Addison-Wesley
- ISBN: 0-201-58629-0
- Price: $45.75
- Pages: ?
- Published: 1993
- For more information: tic@tic.com
- Notes:
-
- Title: Riding the Internet Highway
- Author: Sharon Fisher
- Publisher: New Riders Publishing
- ISBN: 1-56205-192-X
- Price: $16.95
- Pages: 266
- Published: 1993
- For more information: phyllis@prenhall.com
- Thanks for the info: Robert Slade <ROBERTS@decus.ca>
- Notes: Fisher shows admirable restraint in limiting the scope of this book.
- Where others try to produce "complete" documentation for the "whole"
- Internet, Fisher flatly states (correctly) that this is impossible. Where
- others try to take you "from the modem up," Fisher suggests you get some
- basic experience with local bulletin boards. The intent is to give desktop
- (PC and Mac) users some basic grounding in Internet functions and tools. As
- such, the book is much less imposing than most of the others of this ilk.
- (Cheaper, too.) For the majority of new users, however, this is a good,
- basic introduction. What shortcomings there are in specific information can
- be quickly filled in once a user has gotten onto the net. The very personal
- style here probably more than makes up for any other lacks--the Internet is
- primarily other people, not technologies.
-
- Title: SATURN: A Beginners Guide To Using the Internet
- Author: Kyle Cassidy
- Publisher: RCNJ Press
- ISBN: ?
- Price: $3
- Pages: 110
- Published: ?
- For more information: cassidy@saturn.rowan.edu
- Notes: This is the only Internet book that I know of that is specifically
- for VAX/VMS users (you poor things.) The manual is somewhat specific for
- our VAX 4000, but it can be used by anyone who is netting with VMS. It's
- also available online for free, FTPable from:
- gboro.rowan.edu:/pub/Saturn_Guide
-
- Title: sendmail
- Author: Bryan Costales
- Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates
- ISBN: 1-56592-056-2
- Price: $32.95
- Pages: 830
- Published: 1993
- For more information: ?
- Notes: While not strictly an Internet book, this tome focuses on one thing:
- the UNIX program sendmail, which is a huge part of how electronic mail
- moves around on the Internet. Mainly for system administrators, the book
- shows how to use every function, mode and mood of sendmail to get your e-
- mail where it's going. A great, if single-minded, book.
-
- Title: The Simple Book: an introduction to Internet management
- Author: Marshall Rose
- Publisher: Prentice Hall
- ISBN: 0-13177-254-6
- Price: $55.00
- Pages: 456
- Published: 2nd ed, 1994
- Thanks for the info: John Stidd
- Notes: John says: This book covers the Simple Network Management Protocol
- (SNMP), which is used to do net management of TCP/IP networks, including
- the Internet. The book is outstanding, but probably not of interest to a
- general Internet audience.
-
- Title: The Smiley Dictionary
- Author: Seth Godin
- Publisher: Peachpit Press
- ISBN: 1-56609-008-3
- Price: $6.95
- Pages: 96
- Published: ?
- For more information: ?
- Notes: Illustrates more than 200 smileys :-)
-
- Title: smileys
- Author: Lesley Strother
- Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates
- ISBN: 1-56592-041-4
- Price: 93
- Pages: 595
- Published: 1993
- For more information: ?
- Notes: A collection of 650 "smileys". While not an Internet book per se,
- smileys are certainly used enough on the Internet to warrant an entry here.
- :-)
-
- Title: Success with Internet
- Author: ?
- Publisher: ?
- ISBN: ?
- Price: ?
- Pages: ?
- Goodies: ?
- Published: ?
- For more information: 800/628-8280
- Notes: <<I know nothing about this book. Do you?>>
-
- Title: 10 Minute Guide to the Internet
- Author: Peter Kent
- Publisher: Alpha
- ISBN: 1-56761-428-0
- Price: $12.99 US, $16.99 CAN
- Pages: 162
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes: A terse introduction to the Internet, how to get online and how to
- navigate using UNIX, e-mail, FTP, archie, WAIS, WWW, gopher, telnet and
- Usenet. For the rank beginner. Divided into 20 or so "ten-minute" lessons.
- Does a fair job, considering its brevity, but is too short to serve as a
- thorough introduction. Slanted to Microsoft Windows users accessing a UNIX
- host.
-
- Title: TCP/IP: Architecture, Protocols and Implementation
- Author: Sidnie Felt
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill
- ISBN: ?
- Price: $45.00
- Pages: 466
- Published:
- For more information: ?
- Notes: Covers protocols plus additional services and products: NFS, NIS,
- BIND, ARP, RIP, KERBEROS, SNMP, etc. Discusses hoe to invoke network
- services, plan name/address structure, troubleshoot, connect via bridges
- and routers.
-
- Title: The TCP/IP Companion
- Author: Martin Arick
- Publisher: QED
- ISBN: ?
- Price: $29.95
- Pages: 240
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes: Describes the OSI Reference Modem, related protocols and how to use
- them to interact with hosts.
-
- Title: TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1, The Protocols
- Author: W. Richard Stevens
- Publisher: Addison Wesley
- ISBN: 0-201-63346-9
- Price: $47.50
- Pages: 576
- Published: 1994
- For more information:
- ftp://aw.com/aw.prof.comp.series/stevens.tcpipiv1.info.tar.Z (this contains
- Preface, Table of Contents, and a sample chapter in PostScript and ASCII.)
- Thanks for the info: Bob Stein <stein@gcomm.com> and Robert Slade
- <ROBERTS@decus.ca>
- Notes: Bob says: This textbook is the best way to understand the nuts and
- bolts of TCP/IP the Internet's networking protocols. Great figures,
- diagrams, tables, and other references. (No volume 2 yet.) Robert says:
- Great text for the protocols of TCP/IP (illustrated by examples from a real
- network.)
-
- Title: TCP/IP Network Administration
- Author: Craig Hunt
- Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates
- ISBN: 0-937175-82-X
- Price: $29.95
- Pages: 472
- Published: 1992
- For more information: info@ora.com
- Notes: Describes how to set up and administer a network of UNIX systems
- using the TCP/IP protocols. Includes basics of what the protocols are, how
- to get connected and configure the system, sendmail configuration, setting
- up an anonymous FTP server, name service, routing and troubleshooting and
- security.
-
- Title: TCP/IP: Running a Successful Network
- Author: K. Washburn/J.T. Evans
- Publisher: Addison-Wesley
- ISBN: ?
- Price: $44.95
- Pages: 537
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes:
-
- Title: Teach Yourself the Internet: Around the World in 21 Days
- Author: Neil Randall
- Publisher: Sams
- ISBN: 0-672-30519-4
- Price: $27.00
- Pages: 700
- Published: July 1994
- For more information: 800-428-5331 or 317-581-3500
- Thanks for the info: Connie Marijs <otsgroup@knoware.nl>
- Notes: This well-organized tutorial can be used by individuals, in
- seminars, training sessions, and classrooms. It takes readers on a global
- learning expedition of the Internet in just 21 fun-filled lessons.
-
- Title: Total SNMP
- Author: Harnedy
- Publisher: CBM Books
- ISBN: 1-878956-33-7
- Price: $45
- Pages: ?
- Published: 1994
- For more information: books@propress.com
- Notes:
-
- Title: The Traveler's Guide to the Information Highway
- Author: Dylan Tweney
- Publisher: Ziff Davis Press
- ISBN: 1-56276-206-0
- Price: $24.95
- Pages: 139
- Published: June 1994
- For more information: 72241.443@compuserve.com
- Notes: A guide to the Internet, CompuServe, Prodigy, America Online,
- Delphi, GEnie, and ZiffNet for CompuServe, this book is the first of its
- kind to feature real maps of each service, making it exceptionally easy to
- navigate the on-line world. Colorful but hard to read. There are also easy-
- to-follow instructions for using each one, plus tips, shortcuts, and
- pointers to the best and most interesting features. Interesting stuff, but
- seems to favor the online services featuring ZiffNet online. I wonder
- why...
-
- Title: Usenet: Netnews for Everyone
- Author: Jenny A. Fristrup
- Publisher: Prentice Hall
- ISBN: 0-13-123167-7
- Price: $24.95 US, $32.95 CAN
- Pages: 386
- Goodies: 5 hours of Usenet access via a Missouri service provider
- Published: June 1994
- For more information: orders@prenhall.com
- Notes: A guide to accessing and using Usenet newsgroups. Includes a decent
- (but short) introduction to Usenet, including info on the Usenet community
- and conventions. The majority of the book is a list of Usenet newsgroups
- and the FAQs that live in each - information that can easily be found
- online at no cost. It also reprints several general Usenet introductions
- that are also available online for free. Doesn't cover rot13 or how to
- decode binary files. In short, a waste of money.
-
- Title: Using the Internet
- Author: William A. Tolhurst, Mary Ann Pike & Keith A. Blanton
- Publisher: Que
- ISBN: 1-56529-353-3
- Price: $39.95
- Pages: 1188
- Goodies: DOS disk
- Published: Jan. 1994
- For more information: tpike@pittslug.sug.org
- Thanks for the info: Gayle Keresey (aflgayle@aol.com)
- Notes: Introduction to, structure of, and history of the Internet. Finding
- and using resources, legal considerations, features and services, and tools
- and technology.
-
- Title: Using UUCP and Usenet
- Author: Grade Todino and Dale Dougherty
- Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates
- ISBN: ?
- Price: ?
- Pages: 194
- Published: 1991
- For more information: ?
- Notes:
-
- Title: WAIS and Gopher Servers: a guide for librarians and Internet end-
- users
- Author: Eric Lease Morgan
- Publisher: Meckler
- ISBN: 0-88736-932-4
- Price: $30.00
- Pages: 150
- Published: March 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes: The first book-length treatment of WAIS and Gopher servers.
-
- Title: Way of the Ferret - Finding Educational Resources on the Internet
- Author: Judi Harris
- Publisher: International Society for Technology in Education
- ISBN: 1-56484-055-7
- Price: $24.95 (ISTE members 22.45)
- Pages: 209
- Published: 1994
- For more information: iste@oregon.uoregon.edu or 800/336-5191
- Notes: Based on Judi Harris' popular Mining the Internet column in The
- Computing Teacher journal, Way of the Ferret is designed to help you
- acquire the knowledge, skills, and experience necessary to locate and use
- resources found on the Internet. Carefully developed analogies help users
- grasp basics of Telnet sessions, FTP file transfers, information location
- tools, file encryption, and discussion groups. Finally, 15 different types
- of educational telecomputing activities help you plan for integrating
- Internet resources into your students' academic explorations.
-
- Title: Welcome to Internet - from Mystery to Mastery
- Author: Tom Badgett & Corey Sandler
- Publisher: MIS Press
- ISBN: 1-55828-308-0
- Price: $19.95
- Pages: 324
- Published: 1993
- For more information: ?
- Thanks for the info: Gayle Keresey (aflgayle@aol.com)
- Notes: Introduction to the Internet and its resources and navigational
- tools. The strength of this book is the chapter entitled "Collecting
- souvenirs on the Internet" which details subjects and tells you exactly
- where and how to find information about those subjects on the net.
-
- Title: The Whole Earth Online Almanac
- Author: Don Rittner
- Publisher: Brady
- ISBN: 1-56686-090-3
- Price: $32.95
- Pages: 540
- Published: 1993
- Notes: Covers America Online, CompuServe, GEnie, The WELL, FidoNet, the
- Internet and CD-ROMs. Each subject area includes applicable forums and
- databases, network discussion lists and other online sources and CD-ROMs.
-
- Title: The Whole Internet User's Guide and Catalog
- Author: Ed Krol
- Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates
- ISBN: 1-56592-063-5
- Price: $24.95
- Pages: 572
- Published: 2nd edition, April 1994
- For more information: info@ora.com
- Notes: This book covers the basic utilities used to access the network and
- then guides users through the Internet's "databases of databases" to access
- the millions of files and thousands of archives available. It includes a
- resource index that covers a broad selection of approximately 300 important
- resources available on the Internet. The 2nd edition has been completely
- updated to reflect the development of new Internet tools, including Mosaic,
- MIME, tin, pine, xarchie and a greatly expanded resource catalog. Highly
- recommended.
-
- Title: Windows Internet Tour Guide
- Author: Michael Frasse
- Publisher: Ventana Press
- ISBN: 1-56604-081-7
- Price: $24.95
- Pages: 344
- Goodies: Windows disk. Two free electronic updates via e-mail. One month of
- free online time from MRNet.
- Published: 1994
- For more information: dilennox@aol.com
- Notes: <<review forthcoming>>
-
- Title: Your Internet Consultant - The FAQs of Life Online
- Author: Kevin M. Savetz
- Publisher: Sams
- ISBN: 0-672-30520-8
- Price: $25 US $34.95 CAN
- Pages: 550
- Published: July 1994
- For more information: 800-428-5331 or 317-581-3500
- Notes: Your Internet Consultant - the FAQs of List Online (written by the
- author of this bibliography) provides simple, enlightening answers to
- hundreds (361, to be exact) of frequently asked questions about the
- Internet (as well as answers to a few questions that aren't frequently-
- asked, but should be.) The book is arranged in a question-and-answer
- format, making it blissfully simple to find just the info you need. I think
- you'll find the book unique, useful and a little silly. For information and
- the table of contents, e-mail savetz@rahul.net with the words "send YIC" in
- the SUBJECT line.
-
- Title: Zen & the Art of Internet
- Author: Brendan Kehoe
- Publisher: Prentice Hall
- ISBN: 0-13-121492-6
- Price: $23.95
- Pages: 193
- Published: 3rd ed., Jan. 1994
- For more information: (515) 284-6751 or phyllis@prenhall.com
- Thanks for the info: matisse@well.sf.ca.us (J Matisse Enzer)
- Notes: This guide should give you a reference to consult if you're curious
- about what can be done with the Internet. It also presents the fundamental
- topics that are all too often assumed and considered trivial by many
- network users. It covers the basic utilities and information reaching other
- networks. An earlier, much less comprehensive version is available via FTP;
- see previous section. Matisse Enzer says: Very friendly general overview
- book. Not really a how-tobook, rather a Cultural Companion that explain
- what each type of Internet resource is, as well as the cultural and
- traditional uses and issues. Includes a chapter on "Things you will hear
- about..." this chapter explains many famous (and infamous) Internet events
- and entities.
-
- Title: !%@:: A Directory of Electronic Mail Addressing and Networks
- Author: Donnalyn Frey & Rick Adams
- Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates
- ISBN: 1-56592-046-5
- Price: $9.95
- Pages: 640
- Published: 4th ed, June 1994
- For more information: 800-998-9938 or info@ora.com
- Thanks for the info: Robert Slade <ROBERTS@decus.ca>
- Notes: This book is a reference work. It details the various computer
- networks with gateways to the Internet. It is common to cite such works as
- "indispensable": in fact, most users, and even site managers, muddle along
- quite happily without it. Quick reference "electronic" versions exist of
- very similar documents, which provide the addressing schemes for the more
- common network and commercial service gateways. Frey and Adams have,
- however, put together a very complete and interesting reference, and I do
- suggest it to anyone managing, or using, extensive e-mail correspondence.
- As a user of electronic mail, or the manager of a small Internet node or
- UUCP site, it would be hard to say that you "need" this book. If, however,
- you are at all interested in the topic of e-mail, you will find this
- fascinating and useful.
-
- *** Upcoming titles {let me know if any of these are out yet!}
- Net Games - September 1994
- from Random House
-
- Internet: Domain Administration - Vivian Neou: SRI International
- ISBN 013-511180-3 04/94 NEW to be published
-
- Internet Technology Series: Domain Name System - Paul Mockapetris
- ISBN 013-106865-2 05/94 NEW to be published
-
- The Comprehensive Internet Dictionary by William H. Holt and Rockie J.
- Morgan. Publisher says: "Clear, concise definitions and illustrations of
- more than 3,000 technical and colloquial terms and concepts that have
- proliferated on the Information Highway." 160 pages. ISBN 0-945264-16-X.
- $12.95 U.S. Coming in September 1994.
-
- Internet: A Parent's Guide by Karen Strudwick. Publisher says: "Cuts
- through the computerese to explain how you and your kids can use the
- Internet at school and at play. A handy resource to quickly finding your
- way around the vast knowledge banks of this international network of
- networks." 160 pages. ISBN 0-945264-17-8. $12.95 U.S. Coming in September
- 1994.
-
- *** Publisher/Ordering Information
- Addison-Wesley. E-mail: 74230.3622@compuserve.com. Orders: 800-822-6339.
-
- Albion Books. E-mail: info@albion.com. 415-572-7666. Fax 415-752-5417
-
- IDG Books Worldwide, 155 Bovet Road #310, San Mateo CA 94402. Orders: 800
- 762 2974.
-
- Meckler Corporation. 203-226-6967. Fax: 203-545-5840. 11 Ferry Lane West,
- Westport, CT 06880.
-
- Macmillan Computer Publishing (Prentice Hall, Sams, Hayden, New Riders,
- Que, Alpha) orders: 800-428-5331 or 317-581-3500
-
- O'Reilly & Associates: info@ora.com. 707-829-0515, Fax 707-829-0104. 103A
- Morris Street, Sebastopol CA 95472.
-
- Prentice-Hall. E-mail: info@prenhall.com or gopher: gopher.prenhall.com.
- 515-284-6751. Fax: 515-284-2607. Route 9W, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632.
-
- Random House. Order line: (800) 345-8112.
-
- *** Internet Book Information & Updates Online
- The Top Ten Internet Book List is a weekly list that lists the top ten
- Internet Books sold in Europe. The list represents the ten most popular
- titles of Prentice Hall, Sams, Que and other publishers, based on weekly
- sales. It also announces new Internet books to be released. To subscribe,
- send e-mail:
- To: otsgroup@pop.knoware.nl
-
- Addison-Wesley information server, for periodic updates on new titles from
- this publisher. Send e-mail:
- To: awbook@aw.com
- Subject: information
- Body: send information
-
- O'Reilly & Associates information server, for periodic updates on new
- titles from this publisher. Send e-mail:
- To: listproc@online.ora.com
- Subject: <leave blank>
- Body: subscribe ora-news "Your name" of "Your Company"
-
- ***Legal, Ethical and Moral Stuff
- This document is copyright 1994 by Kevin M. Savetz. All rights reserved.
-
- Permission for the following types of distribution is hereby granted,
- provided that this file is distributed intact, including the above
- copyright notice:
- - non-commercial distribution
- - posting to Internet archives, BBSs and online services
- - distribution by teachers, librarians and Internet trainers
- - inclusion on software/FAQ/Internet-oriented CD-ROMs
-
- Permission for commercial distribution may be obtained from the editor.
- SHARE THIS INFORMATION FREELY AND IN GOOD FAITH. DO NOT DISTRIBUTE MODIFIED
- VERSIONS OF THIS DOCUMENT.
-
- This document is new and in transition. If you notice that an Internet-
- related book is missing, or information herein needs updating, please
- contact the editor.
-
- The editor and contributors have developed this document as a service to
- the Internet community. We hope you find it useful. This document is purely
- a volunteer effort. Although every effort has been made to insure that
- answers are as accurate as possible, no guarantee is implied or intended.
- While the editor tries to keep this document current, remember that the
- Internet and the publishing world are constantly changing, so don't be
- surprised if you happen across statements which are obsolete. If you do,
- please send corrections to the editor. Corrections, questions, and comments
- should be sent to Kevin Savetz at "savetz@northcoast.com" (Internet) or
- "savetz" (America Online.) Please indicate what version of this document to
- which you are referring.
-
- All prices in U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated.
-
- Thanks to Pieter M. Lechner, UCLA Microcomputer Support Office, for his
- bibliography of 50 Internet books. Thanks to Connie Marijs
- <otsgroup@pop.knoware.nl> for her continued assistance. Thanks to
- matisse@well.sf.ca.us (J Matisse Enzer) for allowing me to pilfer bits of
- book reviews. Many thanks to Robert Slade <ROBERTS@decus.ca> for his
- copious book reviews.
-
- *** Sponsorship Information
- I would like to thank Computer Literacy Bookshops for sponsoring the
- Unofficial Internet Booklist. CLB stocks thousands of books on computers,
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- info@clbooks.com or call (408) 435-1118.
-
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- send e-mail to savetz@northcoast.com.)
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- *** Where to Find this Document
- This file is posted twice monthly (on the 5th and 19th of each month) to
- the Usenet newsgroups alt.internet.services, alt.online-service,
- alt.books.technical, misc.books.technical, alt.bbs.internet, misc.answers,
- alt.answers and news.answers.
-
- You can receive it via anonymous FTP:
- rtfm.mit.edu:/pub/usenet/news.answers/internet-services/book-list
-
- You can receive it via electronic mail:
- To: mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu
- Subject: <subject line is ignored>
- Body: send usenet/news.answers/internet-services/book-list
-
- You can receive each new edition of this document automatically via
- electronic mail, if you are so inclined. This is a low-volume list, with
- updates every few weeks. Note that the following address is my personal e-
- mail box, filtered by a very simple mail filter. Your request must go in
- the SUBJECT line EXACTLY as shown below. Anything else will find its way
- into my e-mail box rather than to the subscription program.
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