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- The Unofficial Internet Book List
- The most extensive bibliography of books about the Internet
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- Version 0.9 - 4 December 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,
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- *** Table of Contents
- Additions to this edition
- Vital Statistics
- Alphabetical List of Internet Books
- List of Upcoming titles
- Publisher/Ordering Information
- Internet Book Information & Updates Online
- Legal, Ethical and Moral Stuff
- Sponsorship information
- Where to Find this Document
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- *** Additions to this edition
- Access the Internet!
- All-In-One Internet Kit
- America Online's Internet
- Building the Information Highway
- Canadian Internet Handbook, 1995 edition.
- Complete Cyberspace Reference and Directory
- The Complete Idiot's Next Step with the Internet
- Courte information sur le systeme UNIX et les reseaux informatiques
- [French]
- Driving the Infohighway - a Guide for VAX/VMS Users
- E-mail Companion
- E-mail Essentials
- Education on the Internet
- Essential Internet Information Guide
- Finding it on the Internet
- Free $tuff from the Internet
- How to Advertise on the Internet
- How To Make A Fortune On The Information Superhighway
- Information Infrastructure Sourcebook, version 4
- Information Superhighway: Beyond the Internet
- Instant Internet Access
- Internet After Hours
- Internet Anywhere
- The Internet Business Book
- The Internet Business Guide: Riding the Information Superhighway to Profit
- The Internet by E-mail
- Internet CD
- Internet for Dummies, 2nd edition
- Internet for Macs for Dummies
- Internet in Plain English
- Internet Membership Kit
- Internet Slick Tricks
- The Internet via WorldWideWeb
- Internet 101
- The LAN Times E-mail Resource Guide
- Making Money on the Internet
- Managing Internet Information Services
- Managing Internetworks with SNMP
- netgames
- Network and Internetwork Security
- Networks and Network Services - A User's Guide
- Online World
- Planet Internet
- Point and Click Internet
- Realizing the Information Future: the Internet and Beyond
- Sesame pour Internet [French]
- TCP/IP and Related Protocols
- TCP/IP for the Internet
- Teach Yourself TCP/IP in 14 Days
- Troubeshooting TCP/IP
- The Usenet Handbook
- Using Mosaic
- Using Mosaic for Windows
- Using the World Wide Web
- What's on the Internet
- WorldWideWeb, Mosaic and More
- WorldWideWeb Unleashed
-
- *** Vital Statistics
- Number of books in this list: 199
- Additions to this version of the list: 57
- Least expensive books: free (Guide for Accessing California Legislative
- Info, tied with NetPages)
- Most expensive book: $85 (Information Infrastructure Sourcebook)
- Thickest book: 1700 pages (Information Infrastructure Sourcebook)
- Thinnest book: 10 pages (The Internet at a Glance)
-
- *** Alphabetical List of Internet Books
- Title: Access the Internet
- Author: David Peal
- Publisher: Sybex
- ISBN: 0-7821-1529-2
- Price: $19.99
- Pages: 235
- Goodies: NetCruiser software for Windows
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes:
-
- 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: All-In-One Internet Kit
- Author: Gregory Giagnocavo & Tim McLain
- Publisher: Wentworth Worldwide Media, Lancaster, PA
- ISBN: 0-932577-01-6
- Price: $49
- Pages: 110
- Goodies: Three floppy disks (for Mac & PC)
- Published: 1994
- For more information: (800) 638-1639 or email to editor@wentworth.com
- Notes: Ad says: Includes all of the software and instructions both Mac and
- IBM PC users need to logon to the Internet using a SLIP or PPP connection.
- This is the first book/disk kit t offering all of the software (e-mail,
- ftp, gopher, telnet, newsreader) needed to access the Net plus a web
- browser.
-
- Title: America Online's Internet
- Author: Tom Lichty
- Publisher: Ventana Press
- ISBN: 1-56604-176-7 (Windows version)
- 1-56604-175-9 (Macintosh version)
- Price: $25
- Pages: 336
- Goodies: includes America Online program disk, online updates
- Published: 1994
- For more information: majortom@aol.com
- Notes: The author says: "this book provides a complete description of
- America Online's Internet Connection and access to the Internet via AOL. In
- a jaunty style well-known to readers of VentanaOs America Online Membership
- Kit, author Tom Lichty points out top Internet attractions and leads his
- audience through the process of accessing them with America Online. Updates
- to the book -- text and graphics -- are available online in AOL's Internet
- Connection."
-
- Title: Building the Information Highway
- Author: Fes Freed and Frank Ferfler
- Publisher: Ziff Davis Press
- ISBN: 1-56276-126-9
- Price: $24.95
- Pages: 400
- Published: July 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes:
-
- 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, 1995 edition
- Author: Jim Carroll and Rick Broadhead
- Publisher: Prentice Hall Canada
- ISBN: 0-13-304395-9
- Price: $16.95
- Pages: 414
- Published: 2nd edition, November 1994
- For more information: info@handbook.com. http://www.csi.nb.ca/handbook/
- handbook.html. For orders: Toll-free in Canada: 1-800-567-3800. U.S. and
- Overseas: +1 (416) 293-3621
- Notes: Notes from 1st ed: 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: Complete Cyberspace Reference and Directory
- Author: ?
- Publisher: VNR
- ISBN: ?
- Price: ?
- Pages: ?
- Published: ?
- For more information: ?
- Notes:
-
- 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 Idiot's Next Step with the Internet
- Author: Peter Kent
- Publisher: Alpha
- ISBN: 1-56761-524-4
- Price: $19.95
- Pages: 400
- Goodies: Disk with Pipeline software
- Published: 1994
- For more information: (800) 428-5331
- Notes:
-
- 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: Courte information sur le systeme UNIX et les reseaux informatiques
- ("Short introduction to UNIX and computer networks")
- Author: Marc Schaefer
- Language: French
- Publisher: ALPHANET NF, Battieux 6c, 2013 COLOMBIER (CH)
- ISBN: none
- Price: 10 SFr
- Pages: 60
- Published: 1994
- For more information: schaefer@alphanet.ch
- Thanks for the info:
- Notes: Beginner introduction to UNIX and introduction to networking tools
- (uucp, mail, news, www, ftp, etc.)
-
- 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: Driving the Infohighway - A Guide for VAX/VMS Users
- Author: Gerald Neufeld
- Publisher: New Fields Publishing
- ISBN: ?
- Price: $18.95 (US), $24.95 (CAN)
- Pages: 296
- Published: 1994
- For more information: (204) 729-8943
- Thanks for the info: Peter Scott <scottp@herald.usask.ca>
- Notes: The book is for users who will be accessing the Internet via a
- VAX/VMS host. It is designed for a reader who has some familiarity with
- personal computers but who has had little or no experience in using the
- VAX. It assumes that the user will be accessing the VAX using a VT-100 or
- better terminal or terminal emulation program. It explains how to access
- the VAX using a PC on the campus-wide ethernet LAN or by modem. The book
- can be used as a tutorial for beginners. The novice user will find the step
- by step instructions, practical examples, and glossary very helpful.
- However, the book can also be used as a valuable resource for the more
- experienced user.
-
- 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: Education on the Internet
- Author: Jill Ellsworth
- Publisher: Sams
- ISBN: ?
- Price: $25
- Pages: 591
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes: Computer Literacy Bookshops says: Packed with ideas, resources,
- projects and advice. Teachers and professors will find out how to develop
- cirriculum plans, share teaching ideas and techniques and to start sister
- school programs. Students and parents will discover reserach topics,
- correspond with pen pals, learn and improve foreign language skills and
- explore museums of art. Sections for K-12, elementary, high school, college
- and graduate levels.
-
- 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: Marcus L. Endicott
- Publisher: M. L. Endicott
- ISBN: none listed
- Price: $50.00
- Pages: 130
- Published: June 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: E_mail Companion
- Author: Quarterman & Carl-Mitchell
- Publisher: Addison-Wesley
- ISBN: ?
- Price: $19.95
- Pages: 318
- Published: ?
- For more information: ?
- Notes: Subtitle is: Communicating Effectivly via the Internet and Other
- Global Networks. Computer Literacy Bookshops says: A concise guide to using
- e-mail, answering common questions on hardware/software requirements,
- privacy and security and finding a mail connection.
-
- Title: E-mail Essentials
- Author: Ed Tittel and Margaret Robbins
- Publisher: Academic Press
- ISBN: 0-12-691397-8
- Price: $24.95
- Pages: 298
- Published: 1994
- For more information: 955 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139
- Thanks for the info: Robert Slade
- Notes: Slade writes: I find it very difficult to define who, or what, this
- book is for, but I would recommend it primarily to managers in charge of
- large networks and possibly internetworks needing to evaluate email systems
- with extended functionality. The title would suggest this is a discussion
- of the basics of email. That is true only in the most simplistic and
- superficial way.
-
- Title: The E-mail Frontier
- Author: Daniel Blum and David Litwack
- Publisher: Addison-Wesley
- ISBN: 0-201-56860-8
- Price: $46.25
- Pages: 480
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes: A technical overview of markets and evolving technologies.
-
- Title: The Essential Internet Information Guide
- Author: Jason J. Manger
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill Europe
- ISBN: 0-07-707905-1
- Price: 22.95 UK sterling
- Pages: 515
- Published: October 1994.
- For more information: +44 (0)628 23432 (McGraw-Hill)
- Notes:
-
- 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: Finding it on the Internet
- Author: Paul Gilster
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- ISBN: 0-471-0387-1
- Price: $19.95
- Pages: 300
- Published: 1994
- For more information: (800) 263-1590 or gilster@interpath.net
-
- 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: Free $tuff from the Internet
- Author: Patrick Vincent
- Publisher: Coriolis Group
- ISBN: ?
- Price: $19.99
- Pages: 459
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes:
-
- 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:
-
- 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: <
-
- 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: 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: How to Advertise on the Internet
- Author: Michael Strangelove
- Publisher: The Internet Business Journal
- ISBN: ISSN 1201-0758
- Price: $49.50 (US and CND)
- Pages: 221
- Published: October, 1994
- For more information: mstrange@fonorola.net
- Notes:
-
- Title: How To Make A Fortune On The Information Superhighway
- Author: Laurence Canter and Martha Siegel
- Publisher: Harper
- ISBN: ?
- Price: ?
- Pages: ?
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes:
-
- Title: How to Use the Internet
- Author: Mark Butler
- Publisher: Ziff-Davis Press
- ISBN: 1-56276-222-2
- Price: $17.95
- Pages: 144
- Published: 1994
- For more information: 800/688-0448
- Notes:
-
- 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 4
- Author: Brian Kahin
- Publisher: JFK School of Government/Harvard University
- ISBN: none listed
- Price: $85
- Pages: 1700
- Published: April 1994
- For more information: keller@ksgrsch.harvard.edu
- Notes: The fourth 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: The Information Superhighway: Beyond the Internet
- Author: Pete Otte
- Publisher: Que
- ISBN: 1-56529-825-X
- Price: $19.99
- Pages: 241
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes: "Written for anyone curious about the network of the future, this
- book is a conceptual overview of the future of computer communications."
-
- Title: Instant Internet Access
- Author: Kris Jamsa
- Publisher: ?
- ISBN: ?
- Price: $49.95
- Pages: ?
- Goodies: CD-ROM and 45-minute video
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes:
-
- 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 Essentials
- Author: Tittel, Ed
- Publisher: Academic Press
- ISBN: 0-126-91393-5
- Price: ?
- Pages: ?
- Published: 1995
- For more information: 955 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139
- Notes:
-
- 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: Internet After Hours
- Author: ?
- Publisher: Prima
- ISBN: 1-55958-513-7
- Price: $19.95, $27.95 CAN
- Pages: ?
- Published: 1994
- For more information: sgprima@aol.com
- Notes: About games and diversions on the Internet
-
- 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: Internet Anywhere
- Author: James Gardner
- Publisher: Prentice Hall
- ISBN: 0-13-185612-X
- Price: $39.95
- Pages: 460
- Goodies: Windows software and 30 days Internet access
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes: Ad says: "All you need to test drive Internet mail and Usenet news
- for 30 days."
-
- 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
- Author: Douglas Comer
- Publisher: Prentice Hall
- ISBN: ?
- Price: $24.95
- Pages: 287
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes: Subtitled "Everything You Need to Know About Computer Networking and
- How the Internet Works." Explanation of what the Internet is, how it works
- and how it came about, for the non-technical reader.
-
- Title: The Internet Business Book
- Author: Jill Ellsworth
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- ISBN: 0-471-05809-2
- Price: $22.95
- Pages: 376
- Published: August, 1994
- For more information: je@world.std.com or (800) 879-4539
- Notes:
-
- Title: The Internet Business Guide: Riding the Information Superhighway to
- Profit
- Author: Rosalind Resnick and Dave Taylor
- Publisher: SAMS Publishing
- ISBN: 0-672-30530-5
- Price: $25.00 US, $34.95 CAN
- Pages: 418
- Published: September, 1994
- For more information: taylor@netcom.com or (800) 428-5331
- Notes: Of the various books on doing business on the Internet, this is the
- best one I've seen. By reading this book, you'll find out how to use the
- Internet to build market share, track down business leads, communicate with
- colleagues and search online databases, all through extensive examples and
- detailed case studies. The authors also explain how you can offer cost-
- effective customer support, and access critical information using the net.
- Explores the many opportunities available on the Internet, and get tips on
- shipping for the best deal on Internet access. For leading edge marketing
- strategies and bottom-line information.
-
- Title: The Internet by E-mail
- Author: Clay Shirky
- Publisher: Ziff-Davis Press
- ISBN: 1-56276-240-0
- Price: $19.95
- Pages: 256
- Published: July 1994
- For more information: ?
- Thanks for the info: Michael Crestohl
- Notes: This book is for the thousands of people who have "only E-mail"
- access to the Internet and think all they're going to get is mail. I get
- the impression this book is intended for people who have just been "given"
- an account and perhaps a cursory description of how to send and read
- messages. But we all can learn from it. It's amazing what you can do with
- Internet mail if you know how to do it. Clay Shirky shows you how in this
- very easy-to-absorb, non-overpowering title.
-
- Title: Internet CD
- Author: Vivian Neou
- Publisher: Prentice Hall
- ISBN: 0-13-123852-3
- Price: $49.95 US, $64.95 CAN
- Pages: 260
- Goodies: CD-ROM for Windows
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes:
-
- 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 Kit for Macintosh
- Author: Adam Engst and William 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: iek@tidbits.com
- Notes: Written for someone who doesn't even necessarily want to get on the
- Internet, but who just wants to find out what it is everyone's blabbering
- about. The book is non-technical and really designed to show folks what's
- interesting on the Internet.
-
- Title: The Internet for Dummies
- Author: John Levine & Carol Baroudi
- Publisher: IDG Books
- ISBN: 1-56884-222-8
- Price: $19.95
- Pages: 427
- Published: 2nd edition, 1994
- 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. 2nd
- edition notes: "We've updated and expanded the book, clarifying the first
- few chapters, expanding the coverage of WWW and other new services, and
- generally fixing stuff."
-
- 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 for Macs for Dummies
- Author: Seiter
- Publisher: IDG
- ISBN: ?
- Price: ?
- Pages: ?
- Goodies: ?
- Published: 1994
- For more information: (415) 312-0650
- Notes:
-
- 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 in Plain English
- Author: Bryan Pfaffenberger
- Publisher: MIS Press
- ISBN: 1-55828-385-4
- Price: $19.95
- Pages: 463
- Published: September, 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes: Of the various glossaries and dictionaries of Internet jargon,
- Internet in Plain English is among the most complete. Arranged like a
- dictionary, it defines just about every term you're likely to hear on and
- about Internet and UNIX, from "abbrev" to "îzine". It contains a lot of
- technical terms that tech-heads bandy about relentlessly (like CSO name
- server, ISDN, and OSI protocol suite) and can give beginners and
- intermediate users a leg up in understanding what everyone's talking about.
-
- 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: Internet Membership Kit
- Author: Hahn/Stout & Frasse
- Publisher: Ventana
- ISBN: ?
- Price: $69.95
- Pages: ?
- Goodies: 2 books & disk
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes: Bundle of Internet Yellow Pages and Internet Tour Guide. Includes
- application software for Mac or Windows.
-
- 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: 0-471-05260-4
- Price: $24.95
- Pages: 590
- Published: 2nd ed, 1994
- For more information: (800) 263-1590 or gilster@interpath.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: Internet 101 - a College Student's Guide
- Author: Alfred Glossbrenner
- Publisher: McGraw Hill
- ISBN: 0-07-0240504-X
- Price: $19.95
- Pages: 350
- Published: 1994
- For more information: 70007.1531@compuserve.com or (800) 352-3566
- Notes: Ad copy says: "Ideal for the MTV generation, this book tells
- students how to use the Net for all their academic and personal needs."
-
- 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 - help users 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: Internet Slick Tricks
- Author: Alfred and Emily Glossbrenner
- Publisher: Random House
- ISBN: 0-679-75611-6
- Price: $16.00
- Pages: 262
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes: If you've been on the Internet forever (or at least for a couple
- months) and you think you know it all, pick up Internet Slick tricks. I bet
- you'll learn something new. This slim guide will show you hundreds of tips
- and tricks on using the Internet. It's readable and honest and full of
- fascinating facts on decoding graphic images, using Archie, finding info
- online and much more. One of my favorites.
-
- Title: 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: 2nd ed., 1994
- For more information: tisk@tidbits.com
- Notes: I used to think that this was absolutely the best Internet book for
- Macintosh users that was ever - or could ever be - written. Then, the
- second edition came out and proved me wrong. This book claims to be
- "everything you need to get on the Internet" and it delivers: everything
- from the software you'll need to get connected, to 1,000 pages of copious
- knowledge. This is a fun, enlightening, excellent book. If you own a Mac
- and are on the Internet (or want to connect) this is the one to get.
-
- Title: 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: iskw@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 nixpub lists 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: The Internet via Moaisc and WorldWideWeb
- Author: Steve Browne
- Publisher: Ziff-Davis Press
- ISBN: 1-56276-259-1
- Price: $29.95
- Pages: 156
- Published: September 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes:
-
- 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: 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: The LAN Times E-mail Resource Guide
- Author: Rik Drummond and Nancy Cox
- Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill
- ISBN: 0-07-X82052-9.
- Price: $29.95
- Pages: 368
- Published: 1994
- For more information: (800) 227-0900
- Notes:
-
- 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: 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: Making Money on the Internet
- Author: Alfred Glossbrenner
- Publisher: McGraw Hill
- ISBN: 0-07-024050-7
- Price: $19.95
- Pages: ?
- Published: 1994
- For more information: 70007.1531@compuserve.com or (800) 352-3566
- Notes: Ad copy says: "Tips and tricks for using the Net's vast resources to
- sell goods and services."
-
- Title: Managing Internet Information Services
- Author: Liu, Peek and Jones
- Publisher: O'Reilly and Asscoiates
- ISBN: 1-56592-062-7
- Price: $29.95
- Pages: 400
- Published: December 1994
- For more information: info@ora.com
- Notes: A guide to creating Web, gopger, FTP, WAIS and other Internet
- servers.
-
- Title: Managing Internetworks with SNMP
- Author: Mark Miller
- Publisher: M&T
- ISBN: ?
- Price: $44.95
- Pages: 472
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes:
-
- 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: The Mosaic Handbook for Microsoft Windows
- Author: Dale Dougherty & Richard Koman
- Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates
- ISBN: 1-56592-094-5
- Price: $29.95
- Pages: 200
- Goodies: floppy disk containing Enhanced NCSA Mosaic for Windows
- Published: October 1994
- For more information: info@ora.com
- Notes:
-
- Title: The Mosaic Handbook for the Macintosh
- Author: Dale Dougherty & Richard Koman
- Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates
- ISBN: 1-56592-096-1
- Price: $29.95
- Pages: 170
- Goodies: floppy containing Enhanced NCSA Mosaic for Macintosh
- Published: October 1994
- For more information: info@ora.com
- Notes:
-
- Title: The Mosaic Handbook for the X Window System
- Author: Dale Dougherty, Richard Koman, & Paula Ferguson
- Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates
- ISBN: 1-56292-095-3
- Price: $29.95
- Pages: 200
- Goodies: CD-ROM containing NCSA Mosaic for X
- Published: October 1994
- For more information: info@ora.com
- Notes:
-
- Title: Mosaic Quick Tour
- Author: Gareth Branwyn
- Publisher: Ventana
- ISBN: 1-56604-195-3 (Mac edition), 1-56604-194-5 (Windows edition)
- Price: $12
- Pages: 175
- Goodies: disk (Mac or Windows)
- Published: 1994
- For more information: 800/743-5369
- Notes: Ad says: Gives readers a fundamental understanding of Mosaic and the
- Web, as well as hands-on instruction for locating, downloading, installing
- and using the software to explore both Web and non-Web sites. Also teaches
- users how to create their own customized Web site.
-
- Title: Mosaic Users Guide
- Author: Bryan Pfaffenberger
- Publisher: MIS Press
- ISBN: 1-55828-409-5
- Price: $24.95
- Pages: 350
- Goodies: disk w/ Chameleon software for Windows
- Published: 1994
- For more information: 74044.3007@compuserve.com, (212) 886-9389 (voice),
- (212) 807-6654 (fax)
- Notes:
-
- 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:
-
- 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: The Net After Dark
- Author: Lamont Wood
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
- ISBN: 0-471-10347-0
- Price: $16.95
- Pages: 352
- Published: November 1994
- For more information: 1-800-US-WILEY
- Notes: Ad says: The Underground Guide to the Coolest, the Newest, and the
- Most Bizarre Hangouts on the Internet, CompuServe, AOL, Delphi, and More
-
- Title: netgames
- Author: Michael Wolff
- Publisher: Random House
- ISBN: ?
- Price: $19.00
- Pages: 272
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes: Games on the Internet.
-
- 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: net.speak - the Internet Dictionary
- Author: Tom Fahey
- Publisher: Hayden Books
- ISBN: 1-56830-095-6
- Price: $12.95
- Pages: 250
- Published: August, 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes:
-
- 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: Network and Internetwork Security
- Author: Willian Stallings
- Publisher: Prentice Hall
- ISBN: ?
- Price: $55.00
- Pages: 462
- Published: ?
- For more information: ?
- Notes: Provides an overview of security threats, mechanisms and services.
- Details security principals such as conventional encryption and
- confidentiality, public-key cryptology, authentication and digital
- signatures, viruses and worms.
-
- Title: Networks and Network Services - A User's Guide
- Author: Frances Blomeley
- Publisher: Immediate Publishing
- ISBN: 1-898931-00-3
- Price: #14.95 pounds sterling ($25.95 US)
- Pages: 246
- Published: May 1994
- For more information: +44 (273) 748427
- Notes: A broad overview of most aspects of networks and network services
- from a U.K. user's perspective.
-
- Title: The New Hacker's Dictionary
- Author: Edited by Eric Raymond and Guy L. Steele
- Publisher: MIT press
- ISBN: 0-262-68079-3
- Price: 14.95
- Pages: 453
- Published: 2nd edition, 1994.
- For more information: (800) 356-0343 or (617) 625-8481
- 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. You can get
- it for free online (The Jargon File) at //www.ccil.org/jargon/jargon.html,
- 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: The Online World
- Author: Odd de Presno and Mike Weaver
- Publisher: Productive Publications
- ISBN: 0-920847-89-7
- Price: $47.00 (US and CND)
- Pages: 300
- Published: 1994
- For more information: Fax:1-416-322-7434. Email: Iain.Williamson@CANREM.COM
- Notes:
-
- 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: Planet Internet
- Author: Steve Rimmer
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill
- ISBN: 0-07-053015-7
- Price: $24.95
- Pages: 315
- Published: 1994
- For more information:
- http://uunorth.north.net:8000/alchemy/html/alchemy.html or
- 70007.1531@compuserve.com or (800) 352-3566
- Notes: Ad copy says: "The first irreverent book on exploring this
- electronic subculture."
-
- Title: Pocket Guides to the Internet: Volume 1 - Telnetting
- Author: Mark Veljkov & George Hartnell
- Publisher: Meckler
- ISBN: 0-88736-943-X
- Price: $7
- 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: $7
- 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: $7
- 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: $7
- 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: $7
- 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: $7
- Pages: 64
- Published: 1994
- Notes:
-
- Title: Point and Click Internet
- Author: Seth Godin
- Publisher: PeachPit Press
- ISBN: 1-56609-161-6
- Price: $12.95 US, $17.95 CAN
- Pages: 100
- Goodies: America Online disk for Mac
- Published: 1994
- For more information: sethwood@aol.com or (510) 548-4393
- Notes: A thin volume that shows how to access the Internet via America
- Online. Covers electronic mail (including mailing lists), gopher,
- newsgroups and netiquette. Despite its trim size, it is an interesting and
- valuable for the beginner, filled with lots of interesting tidbits.
-
- 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: Realizing the Information Future: the Internet and Beyond
- Author: National Research Council
- Publisher: National Academy Press
- ISBN: ?
- Price: $24.95
- Pages: 301
- Published: ?
- For more information: ?
- 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: 3rd printing Sep 1994
- For more information: info@ora.com
- 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: Sesame pour Internet
- Language: French
- Author: Tracy Laquey, translated by Olivier Saint-Leger and Jean-Baptiste
- Su
- Publisher: Addison-Wesley
- ISBN:2-87908-083-5
- Price: ?
- Pages: 242
- Published: October 1994
- For more information: jbsu@attmail.com
- Notes: French version of Internet Companion, 2nd ed.
-
- 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: ?
- 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: Allen L. Wyatt
- Publisher: Jamsa Press
- ISBN: 1-884133-01-0
- Price: $29.95
- Pages: 421
- Goodies: inlcudes 60-page booklet "Navigating the Internet"
- Published: 1994
- For more information: 800/628-8280
- Thanks for the info: LOEB.JEFFREY_L@san-diego.va.gov
- Notes:
-
- 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 and Related Protocols
- Author: Uyless Black
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill
- ISBN: ?
- Price: $49.00
- Pages: 400
- Published: ?
- For more information: ?
- Notes: Explains the TCP/IP suite, gateway standards (GGP. EGP, RIP, etc.)
-
- 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 for the Internet
- Author: marshall Breeding
- Publisher: Meckler
- ISBN: 0-88736-980-4
- Price: ?
- Pages: ?
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes:
-
- 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 TCP/IP in 14 Days
- Author: ?
- Publisher: Sams
- ISBN: ?
- Price: ?
- Pages: ?
- 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 or
- http://watarts.uwaterloo.ca/ENGL/nrandall/tyi.html
- Thanks for the info: Connie Marijs <otsgroup@knoware.nl>
- Notes: A well-organized tutorial that shows, in a topic oriented (not tool-
- oriented) fashion how to find information online. If you're interested in
- reading (or publishing) an online magazine, it shows you where to go for
- the goods on Usenet, in mailing lists and on WWW. If you're looking for a
- job, the authors show you not only how to find job listings online, but how
- to use the 'net to reserach prospective employers and find international
- job sources. It also covers lots of ground in education, art, entertainment
- and business. Even if you've been on the 'net for years, this book can show
- you corners of the 'net you've never imagined.
-
- 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 or 800/688-0448
- 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: Troubeshooting TCP/IP
- Author: Mark A. Miller
- Publisher: ?
- ISBN: ?
- Price: $44.95
- Pages: 588
- Published: 1993
- For more information: ?
- Notes:
-
- Title: The Usenet Handbook
- Author: Mark Harrison
- Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates
- ISBN: 1-56592-101-1
- Price: $24.95
- Pages: 250
- Published: December 1994
- For more information: info@ora.com
- Notes: A user's guide to netnews
-
- 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, not the best way to spend your money.
-
- Title: Using Mosaic
- Author: Mary Anne Pike
- Publisher: Que
- ISBN: ?
- Price: $24.95
- Pages: 390
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes:
-
- Title: Using Mosaic for Windows
- Author: Stephen Gauer
- Publisher: Electric Avenue Press
- ISBN: 0-9698853-0-X
- Price: $19.95
- Pages: 100
- Goodies: DOS-based disk: catalog of WWW sites
- Published: 1994
- For more information: electric@wimsey.com
- Notes:
-
- 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 the World Wide Web
- Author: Bill Eager
- Publisher: Que
- ISBN: ?
- Price: $27.95
- Pages: 648
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes: Computer Literacy Bookshops says: User friendly tutorial for the
- fastest-growing part of the Internet. Discusses WWW connections with Cello,
- Mosaic for Windows and Mac, and the new upcoming versions of Moasic. Most
- of it is dedicated to finding resources on the Web in areas of art, music,
- business, education, government and so on.
-
- Title: Using UUCP and Usenet
- Author: Grade Todino and Dale Dougherty
- Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates
- ISBN: 0-937175-10-2
- Price: $21.95
- Pages: 194
- Published: 1991
- For more information: info@ora.com
- Notes: Shows users how to communicate with UNIX and non-UNIX systems using
- UUCP and îcu' or îtip', and how to read and post articles. Assumes UUCp is
- already running at your site.
-
- 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, $27.00 CAN
- 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: What's on the Internet
- Author: Eric Gagnon
- Publisher: PeachPit Press
- ISBN: 1-56609-162-4
- Price: $19.95
- Pages: 256
- Goodies: Coupon for free on-disk index of Usenet groups by topic
- Published: 1994
- For more information: 510/548-4393
- Notes: This book is an index of what's available on the Internet's
- newsgroups. It doesn't delve into any other Internet services. A more
- appropriate title for this book would be "What's on Usenet", because that's
- just what it is about. the bookjis arranged by subject matter and reviews
- about 1,600 of the most popular, world-wide newsgroups, giving honest
- opinions about what's on each, what's good and bad about them, and how
- popular each one is.
-
- 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: >
-
- Title: The World-Wide Web, Mosaic and More
- Author: Jason J. Manger
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill
- ISBN: 0-07-709132-9
- Price: $34.95, 23.95 UK sterling
- Pages: 292
- Goodies: Disk
- Published: November 1994.
- For more information: +44 (0)628 23432 (McGraw-Hill)
- Notes: the author says: A book on Mosaic and the Web, covering many new
- areas such as publishing on the Net, detailed Common Gateway Interface
- scripting, fill-out-forms, HTML tutorials, software lists, Web-sites to
- visit, and much more besides. In summary, this is a novices guide to help
- people publish their work on the Internet using Mosaic
-
- Title: WorldWideWeb Unleashed
- Author: A whole lot of îem
- Publisher: Sams
- ISBN: ?
- Price: $25
- Pages: 1058
- Published: November 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes: Computer Literacy Bookshops says: Not only the largest book on the
- Web, but also the most complete. 300 pages cover fundamental concepts and
- individual wab browsers for different platforms. Covers navigation and
- searching techniques and list web sites by subject. Written by a team of
- WWW experts, the best part is the inclusion of details on technical
- information. Loads of information on designing & creating a web site,
- working with HTML editots and filters, creating forms and image mapping.
-
- 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-to book, 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!}
- Title: Complete Idiot's Guide to Mosaic
- Author: Joe Kraynak
- Publisher: Alpha
- ISBN: 1-56761-588-0
- Price: $16.99
- Pages: 350
- Goodies:
- Published: (to be released February 1995)
- For more information:
- Thanks for the info:
- Notes:
-
- Title: Complete Idiot's Guide to Usenet
- Author: Paul McFredies
- Publisher: Alpha
- ISBN: 1-56761-592-9
- Price: $16.95
- Pages: 325
- Goodies:
- Published: (to be released February 1995)
- For more information:
- Thanks for the info:
- Notes:
-
- Title: Complete Idiot's Guide to the WorldWideWeb
- Author: Peter Kent
- Publisher: Alpha
- ISBN: 1-56761-542-2
- Price: $19.95
- Pages: 350
- Goodies: ?
- Published: (to be released December 1994)
- For more information: ?
- Thanks for the info:
- Notes:
-
- Title: Hands-on Mosaic: a Tutorial for Windows Users
- Author: David Sachs and Henry Stair
- Publisher: Prentice Hall
- ISBN: 0-13-172321-9
- Price: $29.95
- Pages: 358
- Goodies: Chameleon sampler disk for Windows
- Published: (to be released December 1994)
- For more information: ?
- Notes:
-
- Title: HTML Authoring for Fun and Profit
- Author: Mary Morris
- Publisher: Prentice Hall
- ISBN: 0-13-359290-1
- Price: ?
- Pages: 256
- Goodies: CD-ROM
- Published: to be released January 1995
- For more information: ?
- Notes:
-
- Title: Inside the WorldWideWeb
- Author:
- Publisher: New Riders Publishing
- ISBN: 1-56205-412-0
- Price: $45
- Pages: 800
- Goodies: ?
- Published: (to be released December 1994)
- For more information: ?
- Thanks for the info:
- Notes:
-
- 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. (Out yet?)
-
- Title: Internet Business Handbook
- Author: Daniel Dern
- Publisher: Prentice Hall
- ISBN: 0-13-185620-0
- Price: ?
- Pages: 350
- Published: (to be released in 1995)
- For more information: ?
- Notes:
-
- Internet: Domain Administration - Vivian Neou: SRI International
- ISBN 013-511180-3 04/94 (Out yet?)
-
- Title: Internet Mailing Lists Manager for Microsoft Windows Users
- Author: Vivian Neou
- Publisher: Prentice Hall
- ISBN: 0-13-193988-2
- Price: ?
- Pages: 600
- Goodies: ?
- Published: (to be released January 1995)
- For more information: ?
- Notes:
-
- Title: Internet Professional Reference
- Author:
- Publisher: New Riders Publishing
- ISBN: 1-56205-411-2
- Price: $39.99
- Pages: 1200
- Goodies: ?
- Published: (to be released December 1994)
- For more information: ?
- Thanks for the info:
- Notes:
-
- Internet Technology Series: Domain Name System - Paul Mockapetris
- ISBN 013-106865-2 05/94 (Out yet?)
-
- Title: Movies, Music and Entertainment on the Net
- Author:
- Publisher: Que
- ISBN: 0-7897-0122-7
- Price: $24.99
- Pages: 480
- Goodies: ?
- Published: (to be released February 1995)
- For more information: ?
- Thanks for the info:
- Notes:
-
- Title: NCSA Mosaic Handbook
- Author: Amy Kreiling and Frank Baker
- Publisher: Prentice Hall
- ISBN: 0-13-196692-8
- Price: ?
- Pages: 250
- Goodies: ?
- Published: (to be released January 1995)
- For more information: ?
- Notes:
-
- Title: net.sex
- Author: Candi Rose & Dirk Thomas
- Publisher: Sams
- ISBN: 0-672-30702-2
- Price: $19.99
- Pages: 250
- Published:
- For more information: (to be released February 1995)
- Notes: Subtitled "Discreet Guide to the Adult Side of the Internet" it
- gives "Practical advice on how to access the "adult side of the Internet".
-
- Title: Plug-n-Play Internet
- Author: Neil Randall
- Publisher: Sams
- ISBN: 0-672-30699-7
- Price: $25
- Pages: 500
- Goodies:
- Published:
- For more information: (to be released February 1995)
- Thanks for the info:
- Notes:
-
- Title: Students' Guide to the Internet
- Author: David Clark
- Publisher: Alpha
- ISBN: 1-56761-545-7
- Price: $14.99
- Pages: 350
- Goodies:
- Published: (to be released February 1995)
- For more information:
- Thanks for the info:
- Notes:
-
- Title: Teach Yourself HTML Web Publishing
- Author: Laura Lemay
- Publisher: Sams
- ISBN: 0-672-20667-0
- Price: $25
- Pages: 400
- Goodies:
- Published: (to be released December 1994)
- For more information: ?
- Thanks for the info:
- Notes:
-
- Title: Usenet Starter Kit for Macintosh
- Author: Don Ritter
- Publisher: Hayden
- ISBN: 1-56830-130-8
- Price: $25
- Pages: 350
- Goodies: ?
- Published: (to be released February 1995)
- For more information:
- Thanks for the info:
- Notes:
-
- Title: Using Gopher
- Author:
- Publisher: Que
- ISBN: 0-7897-0136-7
- Price: $21.99
- Pages: 416
- Goodies: ?
- Published: (to be released February 1995)
- For more information:
- Thanks for the info:
- Notes:
-
- Title: Using Usenet Newsgroups
- Author:
- Publisher: Que
- ISBN: 0-7897-0134-0
- Price: $19.99
- Pages: 350
- Goodies: ?
- Published: (to be released February 1995)
- For more information: ?
- Thanks for the info:
- Notes:
-
- *** Publisher/Ordering Information
- Academic Press
- 955 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139
-
- Addison-Wesley
- Gopher: gopher aw.com
- 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.
-
- Library Solutions Press
- WWW: http://www.internet-is.com/library/
- Email: library@internet-is.com
- Phone: 510-841-2636 Fax: 510-841-2926
- 2137 Oregon Street, Berkeley, CA 94705.
-
- Macmillan Computer Publishing (Prentice Hall, Sams, Hayden, New Riders,
- Que, Alpha.)
- Orders: 800-428-5331 or 317-581-3500
- E-mail: info@prenhall.com
- Gopher: gopher.prenhall.com
-
- McGraw Hill
- 70007.1531@compuserve.com
- 800-352-3566.
-
- Meckler Corporation
- 11 Ferry Lane West, Westport, CT 06880
- 203-226-6967. Fax: 203-545-5840
-
- MIS Press
- 74044.3007@compuserve.com,
- (212) 886-9389. Fax: (212) 807-6654
-
- The MIT Press
- 55 Hayward Street, Cambridge, MA 02142
- Phone orders: (800) 356-0343 or (617) 625-8569
- Customer service: (617) 625-8481
- E-mail orders: mitpress-orders@mit.edu
- E-mail inquiries: mitpress-order-inq@mit.edu
- Catalogue requests: mitpress-catalogs@mit.edu
- European office: The MIT Press, Ltd.
- 14 Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2LP, U.K.
- Tel: (071) 404 0712 Fax: (071) 404 0601
-
- O'Reilly & Associates
- 103A Morris Street, Sebastopol CA 95472
- info@ora.com
- 707-829-0515, Fax 707-829-0104
-
- Osborne McGraw-Hill
- (800) 227-0900
-
- PeachPit Press
- 2414 Sixth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710
- 510-548-4393.
-
- Random House
- Orders: (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
- Or gopher to:
- aw.com
-
- 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 information is always changing. 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 and eWorld.) 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 ongoing 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> and Michael
- Crestohl <mc@shore.net> for their copious book reviews.
-
- *** Sponsorship Information
- I wish to thank the following sponsors of the Unofficial Internet Booklist.
- (If you too would like to sponsor the booklist and get a blurb like this,
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