Table Of Contents

INTRODUCTION (full text online) 
  - What Is the Internet, Anyway?
  - Where Did All This Come From?
  - Is the Internet DIfferent from an Online Service?
  - What's Out There For Me?
  - Do I Need a Modem?
  - External vs. Internal Modems
  - If I Only Have E-Mail, Can I Still Use The Internet?

CHAPTER 1 : GETTING CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET (full text online) 
  - How Do I Get Connected?
  - What Kind of Access is Best?
  - SLIP/PPP Accounts
  - Shell Accounts
  - Which One Should I Get?

CHAPTER 2 : E-MAIL AS A COMMUNICATIONS TOOL
  - How Do I Send E-Mail?
  - E-Mail Addressing
  - Spam and Flames
  - Netiquette and Smileys
  - Lost in Space
  - Is My E-Mail Private?
  - Amazing Things
  - Try It Out!

CHAPTER 3 : FTP - THE FILE MOVER
  - No-Frills FTP
  - There's No Place Like Hard Drive
  - Tricks and Shortcuts for the Adventurous
  - Accessing Your Own Computer While in FTP
  - Using Graphical Clients
  - FTP With a Web Browser
  - FTP By E-Mail
  - A Few Words About Encoded Files
  - How to Find Lots of FTP Sites
  - Try It Out!

CHAPTER 4 : ARCHIE - THE FILE FINDER
  - Archie From the Shell Prompt
  - Archie by Telnet
  - Archie by E-Mail
  - Archie on the Web

CHAPTER 5 : GOPHER
  - What Are Gopher Sites?
  - Gopher From the Shell Prompt
  - Using a Graphical Gopher Client
  - Gopher by E-Mail
  - A Gophermail Session
  - Some of My Favorite Gopher Sites
  - Try It Out!


CHAPTER 6 : VERONICA
  - A Veronica Example
  - Veronica by E-Mail
  - Some Veronica Caveats
  - Try It Out!

CHAPTER 7 : MAILING LISTS
  - Moderated and Unmoderated Lists
  - Finding the Right List
  - Joining and Leaving a List
  - Newbie Doobie Do
  - To Lurk or Not to Lurk
  - Some Interesting Lists
  - Try It Out!

CHAPTER 8 : USENET
  - Usenet vs. Mailing Lists
  - Newsgroup Hierarchy
  - Participating in Usenet
  - Finding Newsgroups
  - Usenet by E-Mail
  - The FAQs of Life
  - Some Interesting Newsgroups
  - Try It Out!

CHAPTER 9 : THE WORLD WIDE WEB
  - Just Browsing, Thanks
  - What's on The Web?
  - What's Your URL?
  - Finding Stuff
  - HTML--The Language of the Web
  - The Web by E-Mail
  - Some of My Favorite Web Sites
  - Try It Out!

CHAPTER 10 : FINGER
  - Got Big PLANs?
  - Pointing the Finger
  - Special Uses of Finger
  - Finger By E-Mail
  - Try It Out!

CHAPTER 11 : TELNET
  - Terminal Emulation
  - How To Connect
  - Telnet via a Shell Account
  - Telnet via SLIP/PPP
  - Telnetting From Your Web Browser
  - How to Find Lots of Telnet Sites
  - Some Telnet Sites You Can Explore
  - Try It Out!

CHAPTER 12 : INTERNET RELAY CHAT
  - IRC Software
  - How to Connect to An IRC Server
  - Basic IRC Commands
  - What Channels are Available?
  - Sending and Receiving Messages
  - OPerators and Bots
  - More IRC Commands
  - Playing in the MUD
  - Some Warnings About Chat Services
  - Start Here
  - Try It Out!

CHAPTER 13 : PEOPLE FINDERS
  - Operator, Would Ya Help Me Place This Call?
  - Web Looker-Uppers
  - Searching the WHOIS Database
  - The Usenet Addresses Database
  - Netfind by Telnet
  - Netfind by E-Mail
  - Ask the Postmaster
  - Try It Out!

GLOSSARY

INDEX

APPENDIX : THE INTERNET MINI-YELLOW PAGES
  - Recommended Sites
  - Find Internet Software - Cheap!
  - Getting Connected - Cheap!