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- From: savetz@rahul.net (Kevin Savetz)
- Date: Sun, 5 Jun 1994 10:00:28 GMT
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- Last-Modified: 1994/4/28
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- Unofficial Internet Book List
- version 0.4 - 28 April 1994
- Send comments & updates to Kevin Savetz <savetz@rahul.net>.
- This document is copyright 1994 by Kevin M. Savetz. All rights reserved.
- More legal stuff is near the end of this file. This document is brand new
- and in transition. If you notice that an Internet-related book is missing,
- or information herein needs updating, please send e-mail to
- "savetz@rahul.net".
-
- *** Table of Contents
- Vital Statistics
- This Month's Featured Book
- Alphabetical List of Internet Books
- Upcoming titles <new>
- Publisher/Ordering Information
- Internet Book Information & Updates Online
- Legal, Ethical and Moral Stuff
- Where to Find this Document
-
- *** Vital Statistics
- Number of books in this list: 91
- Least expensive book: free (Guide for Accessing California Legislative Info)
- Most expensive book: $70 (OPAC Directory 1994)
- Thickest book: 1380 pages (The Internet Unleashed)
- Thinnest book: 10 pages (The Internet at a Glance)
- [These stats based on information I have on hand, not guaranteed.]
-
- *** This Month's Featured Book [updated 28 April 1994]
- One of my very favorite Internet books, Ed Krol's Whole Internet User's
- Guide & Catalog, has been extensively updated for a second edition. It now
- reflects the development and use of new Internet tools, including Mosaic,
- MIME for multimedia e-mail, tin, pine, FTP-mail servers, xarchie. new
- features of Gopher, Veronica and Jughead and more. Internet users of any
- level (from those just starting to seasoned experts) will learn something
- from this book - if not from the how-to-Internet narrative, then from the
- expanded catalog of resources section. (The catalog is not as extensive as
- many of the catalog-only books, but it does a nice job of picking the
- interesting resources of general interest.)
- 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
-
- *** Alphabetical List of Internet Books
- Title: All About Internet FTP: Learning and Teaching to Transfer Files on
- the Internet
- Author: David Robinson
- Publisher: Library Solutions Press
- ISBN: 1-882208-06-4
- Price: $30 ($45 with disk)
- Pages: 90
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes: For use by Internet trainers or for self-study.
-
- Title: The Big Dummy'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 of the same name, plus an index.
-
- Title: Canadian Internet Handbook
- Author: Jim Carroll and Rick Broadhead
- Publisher: Prentice Hall Canada
- ISBN: 0-13-304395-9
- Price: $16.95
- Pages: 414
- Published: 1994
- For more information: handbook@uunet.ca. For orders: Toll-free in Canada: 1-
- 800-567-3800. U.S. and Overseas: +1 (416) 293-3621
- Notes: If you live in Canada, get this book. It contains sections about
- getting Internet access in Canada, growth of 'net use there, short basic
- sections about how to use of some of the most popular Internet tools, a
- huge directory of Canadian Internet service providers, and even more huge
- list of gopher servers and campus-wide information systems in Canada and to
- top it off, lists of Canadian-based Usenet groups, WWW, Archie, IRC servers
- and online catalogs. I wish I lived in Canada just so I could make more use
- of this book.
-
- Title: The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Internet
- Author: Peter Kent
- Publisher: Alpha Books
- ISBN: 1-56761-414-0
- Price: $19.95
- Pages: 386
- Goodies: DOS disk
- Published: 1994
- For more information: 800-428-5331 or 317-581-3500
- 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 Wiley 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. The first edition (Aug. 1993) has more than
- its fair share of typos.
-
- Title: Crossing the Internet Threshold: an Instructional Handbook
- Author: Roy Tennant, John Ober and Anne Lipow
- Publisher: Library Solutions Press
- ISBN: 1-883308-01-3
- Price: $45
- Pages: 134
- Published: 1993
- For more information: (510) 841-2636. FTP for info:
- simsc.si.edu:/networks/crossing.ad
- Notes: An instructional package for librarians teaching Internet basics.
-
- 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,
- 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 Stoll story to the public. Very readable.
-
- 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: 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: ?
- Notes: 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.
-
- 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: ?
- Notes:
-
- 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
- Notes:
-
- 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 von the Internet, on CD-ROMs and online database searches.
-
- Title: The Electronic Traveller: 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: Brent Heslop & David Angell
- 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: Everyone's Guide to Online Environmental Information
- Author: Don Rittner
- Publisher: Peachpit Press
- ISBN: ?
- Price: ?
- Pages: ?
- Published: 1992
- For more information: ?
- 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: 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
- Notes: A look at the Internet and the emerging global village in 21
- countries and 56 cities.
-
- 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: 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.
-
- 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: 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: 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: dangell@shell.portal.com
- Notes: A hands-on beginners guide that covers pine, tin, ftp, telnet,
- gopher, and more.
-
- Title: Internet Access Providers: An International Resource Directory
- Author: Greg Notess
- Publisher: Meckler
- ISBN: 0-88736-933-2
- Price: $30
- Pages: 330
- Published: March 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes: This directory provides descriptive information on over 100 companies
- and networks that offer dial-in Internet access. Aimed at those without
- current access, looking for personal access.
-
- Title: The Internet and Special Librarians: Use, Training and the Future
- Author: Sharyn Lander Hope Tillman
- Publisher: Special Libraries Association
- ISBN: ?
- Price: ?
- Pages: ?
- Published: 1993
- For more information: ?
- Notes: Implications of a study of special librarians' use of the Internet
- and the future of librarianship. Includes a glossary, primer on Internet
- basics, resources and how to get connected.
-
- Title: The Internet at a Glance
- Author: Susan E. Feldman
- Publisher: Datasearch
- ISBN: None listed
- Price: $7
- Pages: 10
- Published: 1994
- For more information: Susan Feldman <suef@TC.Cornell.EDU>
- Thanks for the info: Susan Feldman <suef@TC.Cornell.EDU>
- Notes: A collection of "cheatsheets" for the 'net. It's very short (only 10
- thin pages) but it covers the very basics for using the Internet and UNIX.
- Topics include Finding Resources on the Internet, Tools, electronic mail,
- anonymous FTP, telnet, mailing lists and newsgroups, basic UNIX commands and
- the vi editor.
-
- Title: Internet Basics
- Author: Steve Lambert & Walt Howe
- Publisher: Random House
- ISBN: 0-679-75023-1
- Price: $27.00
- Pages: 495
- Published: 1993
- For more information: ?
- 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 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
- Notes: The Companion includes a detailed history of the Internet, a
- discussion on "netiquette" (network etiquette), and how to find resources on
- the net. Useful for the computer-literate Internet novice.
-
- Title: The Internet Companion Plus
- Author: Tracy LaQuey & Jeanne Ryer
- Publisher: Addison Wesley
- ISBN: 0-201-62719-1
- Price: $19.95
- Pages: ?
- Goodies: DOS disk
- Published: 1993
- For more information: $19.95
- Notes:
-
- 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: ?
- For more information: ?
- Notes:
-
- 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: 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: The Internet for Dummies
- Author: John Levine & Carol Baroudi
- Publisher: IDG Books
- ISBN: 1-56884-024-1
- Price: $19.95
- Pages: 355
- Published: 1993
- For more information: ?
- 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. For those who have a direct
- connection, i.e. SLIP or PPP.
-
- 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: ?
- 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.
-
- 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.
-
- 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. 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 mailing list. Note that a current "list of lists"
- is available online for free, both via Usenet and FTP.
-
- Title: The Internet Message: Closing the Book with Electronic Mail
- Author: Marshall Rose
- Publisher: Prentice Hall
- ISBN: 0-13-092941-7
- Price: $44.00
- Pages: ?
- Published: ?
- For more information: ?
- Notes:
-
- Title: The Internet Navigator
- Author: Paul Gilster
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- ISBN: 0-471-59782-1
- Price: $24.95
- Pages: 470
- Published: Aug. 1993
- For more information: ?
- 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.
-
- 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: e-mail passport@nwnet.net. Order forms can be obtained
- via FTP as: ftp.nwnet.net/user-docs/passport/nonmem-order-form.txt
- Notes: Covers everything from net etiquette to supercomputers; very
- comprehensive. It costs $39.95 but schools and not-for-profit organizations
- can buy it for $19.95 plus shipping. NorthWestNet, 15400 SE 30th Place,
- Suite 202, Bellevue, WA 98007. (206) 562-3000. E-mail for info:
- "passport@nwnet.net".
-
- Title: Internet Primer for Information Professionals: A Basic Guide to
- Internet Networking Technology
- Author: Elizabeth Lang 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
- Publisher: Que
- ISBN: ?
- Price: ?
- Pages: ?
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes: Contains a list of USENET news groups, a list of publicly accessible
- mailing lists, Scott Yanoff's list of online resources and the Inter-Network
- Mail Guide. All of this information is available online.
-
- 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: The Internet Starter Kit for the 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
- Published: 1993
- For more information: ace@tidbits.com
- Notes: This terrific book (with a floppy disk) gives Macintosh users the
- complete scoop on getting connected to the Internet using PPP, SLIP, etc.
- This is one of my very favorite Internet books because it's so readable.
- It's definitely the best one dedicated to Mac users.
-
- Title: 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:
- Notes:
-
- 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. [The
- complete table of contents appears later in this document in the section
- "This Month's Featured Book.]
-
- 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 thousands of e-mail addresses. 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: 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
- Thanks for the info: jeynes@adobe.com
- Notes: This is a summary book that is laid out like the phone book yellow
- pages, and includes descriptions of various services available on
- the Internet. Most of these services are Usenet newsgroups,
- established mailing lists, or ftp site/directory listings. It's an
- interesting, readable and unique way to present a catalog of stuff on the
- 'net.
-
- Title: Mac Internet Tour Guide
- Author: Michael Fraase
- Publisher: Ventana Press
- ISBN: 1-56604-062-0
- Price: $27.95
- Pages: 286
- Goodies: Mac floppy disk with a bit useful software. Periodic updates via e-
- mail. One month of free online time from MRNet.
- Published: 1993
- For more information: dilennox@aol.com or FTP to ftp.farces.com
- Notes: This book (with floppy disk) for Macintosh users helps newcomers get
- online and get acquainted with graphical Internet software "Fetch" and
- "Eudora".
-
- Title: Introducing the Internet: A Trainer's Workshop
- Author: Lee David Jaffe
- Publisher: Library Solutions Press
- ISBN: 1-882208-05-6
- Price: $30.00 ($45.00 with diskette)
- Pages: 92
- Published: 1994
- For more information:
- Thanks for the info:
- Notes: The first in a series of supplements to Crossing the Internet
- Threshold. Based on a trainer's handouts and script. May be used as a self-
- instruction workbook.
-
- Title: Libraries and the Internet/NRED: 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: The Matrix: Computer Networks and Conferencing Systems Worldwide
- Author: John S. Quarterman
- Publisher: Digital Press
- ISBN: 0-13-565607-9
- Price: $50.00
- Pages: ?
- Published: 1990
- For more information: ?
- 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.)
- Availability: April 1994
- For more information: 800-428-5331 or 317-581-3500
- Notes:
-
- Title: Netguide
- Author: Peter Rutten, Albert Bayers III & Kelly Moloni
- Publisher: Random House
- ISBN: 0-679-75106-8
- Price: $19.00
- Pages: ?
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- 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: 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: The New Hacker's Dictionary
- Author: edited by Eric Raymond and Guy L. Steele
- Publisher: MIT press
- ISBN: 0-262-18145-2 (hard) 0-262-68069-6 (paper)
- Price: $10.95
- Pages: 453
- Published: 2nd edition, 1994.
- Thanks for the info :Petrea Mitchell <pravn@mvp.rain.com,@agora.rdrop.com>
- Notes: The New Hacker's Dictionary is a great book for learning about the
- various slang, jargon and customs and folklore of the 'net (as well as other
- lairs of the hacker.) Very silly and highly recommended. An FTPable version,
- called the Jargon File, is available from rtfm.mit.edu, but the bound book
- makes great bathroom reading and contains silly cartoons and stuff.
-
- Title: On INTERNET 94: An International Title and Subject Guide to
- Electronic Journals, Newsletters, Texts, Discussion Lists, and Other
- Resources on the Internet
- Author: Internet World Magazine
- Publisher: Meckler
- ISBN: 0-88736-929-4
- Price: $45.00
- Pages: 500
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes: "Your guide to the full range of Internet-accessible data files -
- from artificial intelligence to women's studies, from space exploration to
- rock music, from environment studies to AIDS research." Nearly 6,000 mailing
- lists, electronic journals, archives, etc.
-
- Title: The Online User's Encyclopedia: Bulletin Boards and Beyond.
- Author: Bernard Aboba
- Publisher: Addison-Wesley
- ISBN: 0-201-62214-9
- Price: $32.95
- Pages: 806
- Published: 1993
- For more information: ?
- Thanks for the info: Gayle Keresey (aflgayle@aol.com)
- Notes: Comprehensive compendium of information and guide to bulletin boards
- and the computer networks they are connected to. First edition of this book
- was a manual for the BMUG BBS. Indispensable guide to connecting your modem
- to the world.
-
- Title: OPAC Directory 1994
- Author: Mecklermedia
- Publisher: Meckler
- ISBN: 0-88736-962-6
- Price: $70
- Pages: 500
- Published: May 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes: A detailed listing of dial-in online public access catalogs and
- databases. Includes Accessing Online Bibliographic Databases, the annotated
- list of 700+ Internet-accessible OPACs.
-
- Title: 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. { I need to elaborate on this one.}
-
- Title: Pocket Guides to the Internet: Volume 1 - Telnetting
- Author: Mark Veljkov & George Hartnell
- Publisher: Meckler
- ISBN: 0-88736-943-X
- Price: $9.95
- Pages: 64
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes:
-
- Title: Pocket Guides to the Internet: Volume 2 - Transferring Files with
- File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
- Author: Mark Veljkov & George Hartnell
- Publisher: Meckler
- ISBN: 0-88736-944-8
- Price: $9.95
- Pages: 64
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes:
-
- Title: Pocket Guides to the Internet: Volume 3 - Using and Navigating Usenet
- Author: Mark Veljkov & George Hartnell
- Publisher: Meckler
- ISBN: 0-88736-945-6
- Price: $9.95
- Pages: 64
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes:
-
- Title: Pocket Guides to the Internet: Volume 4 - The Internet E-Mail System
- Author: Mark Veljkov & George Hartnell
- Publisher: Meckler
- ISBN: 0-88736-946-4
- Price: $9.95
- Pages: 64
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes:
-
- Title: Pocket Guides to the Internet: Volume 5 - Basic Internet Utilities
- Author: Mark Veljkov & George Hartnell
- Publisher: Meckler
- ISBN: 0-88736-947-2
- Price: $9.95
- Pages: 64
- Published: 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes: ?
-
- Title: Pocket Guides to the Internet: Volume 6 - Terminal Connections
- Author: Mark Veljkov & George Hartnell
- Publisher: Meckler
- ISBN: 0-88736-948-0
- Price: $9.95
- Pages: 64
- Published: 1994
- 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: ?
- Notes:
-
- Title: sendmail
- Author: Bryan Costales
- Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates
- ISBN: 1-56592-056-2
- Price: $32.95
- Pages: 830
- Published: 1993
- For more information: ?
- Notes: While not strictly an Internet book, this tome focuses on one thing:
- the UNIX program sendmail, which is a huge part of how electronic mail moves
- around on the Internet. Mainly for system administrators, the book shows how
- to use every function, mode and mood of sendmail to get your e-mail where
- it's going. A great, if single-minded, book.
-
- Title: smileys
- Author: Lesley Strother
- Publisher: OĆReilly & Associates
- ISBN: 1-56592-041-4
- Price: 93
- Pages: 595
- Published: 1993
- For more information: ?
- Notes: A collection of 650 "smileys". While not an Internet book per se,
- smileys are certainly used enough on the Internet to warrant an entry here.
- :-)
-
- Title: TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1, The Protocols
- Author: W. Richard Stevens
- Publisher: Addison Wesley
- ISBN: 0-201-63346-9
- Price: ?
- Pages: 576
- Published: 1994
- For more information:
- Thanks for the info: Bob Stein <stein@gcomm.com>
- Notes: This textbook is the best way to understand the nuts and bolts of
- TCP/IP the Internets networking protocols. Great figures, diagrams, tables,
- and other references. (No volume 2 yet.)
-
- 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
- Availability: July 1994
- For more information: 800-428-5331 or 317-581-3500
- Thanks for the info: Connie Marijs <otsgroup@knoware.nl>
- Notes: This well-organized tutorial can be used by individuals, in seminars,
- training sessions, and classrooms. It takes readers on a global learning
- expedition of the Internet in just 21 fun-filled lessons.
-
- Title: Using the Internet
- Author: William A. Tolhurst, Mary Ann Pike & Keith A. Blanton
- Publisher: Que
- ISBN: 1-56529-353-3
- Price: $39.95
- Pages: 1188
- Goodies: DOS disk
- Published: Jan. 1994
- For more information: tpike@pittslug.sug.org
- Thanks for the info: Gayle Keresey (aflgayle@aol.com)
- Notes: Introduction to, structure of, and history of the Internet. Finding
- and using resources, legal considerations, features and services, and tools
- and technology.
-
- Title: Using UUCP and Usenet
- Author: Grade Todino and Dale Dougherty
- Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates
- ISBN: ?
- Price: ?
- Pages: 194
- Published: 1991
- For more information: ?
- Notes:
-
- Title: WAIS and Gopher Servers: a guide for librarians and Internet end-
- users
- Author: Eric Lease Morgan
- Publisher: Meckler
- ISBN: 0-88736-932-4
- Price: $30.00
- Pages: 150
- Published: March 1994
- For more information: ?
- Notes: The first book-length treatment of WAIS and Gopher servers.
-
- Title: Welcome to... Internet from Mystery to Mastery
- Author: Tom Badgett & Corey Sandler
- Publisher: MIS Press
- ISBN: 1-55828-308-0
- Price: $19.95
- Pages: 324
- Published: 1993
- For more information: ?
- Thanks for the info: Gayle Keresey (aflgayle@aol.com)
- Notes: Introduction to the Internet and its resources and navigational
- tools. The strength of this book is the chapter entitled "Collecting
- souvenirs on the Internet" which details subjects and tells you exactly
- where and how to find information about those subjects on the net.
-
- Title: The Whole Earth Online Almanac
- Author: Don Rittner
- Publisher: Brady
- ISBN: 1-56686-090-3
- Price: $32.95
- Pages: 540
- Published: 1993
- Notes: Covers America Online, CompuServe, GEnie, The WELL, FidoNet, the
- Internet and CD-ROMs. Each subject area includes applicable forums and
- databases, network discussion lists and other online sources and CD-ROMs.
-
- Title: The Whole Internet User's Guide and Catalog
- Author: Ed Krol
- Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates
- ISBN: 1-56592-063-5
- Price: $24.95
- Pages: 572
- Published: 2nd edition, April 1994
- For more information: info@ora.com
- Notes: This book covers the basic utilities used to access the network and
- then guides users through the Internet's "databases of databases" to access
- the millions of files and thousands of archives available. It includes a
- resource index that covers a broad selection of approximately 300 important
- resources available on the Internet. The 2nd edition has been completely
- updated to reflect the development of new Internet tools, including Mosaic,
- MIME, tin, pine, xarchie and a greatly expanded resource catalog. Highly
- recommended.
-
- Title: Windows Internet Tour Guide
- Author: Michael Frasse
- Publisher: Ventana Press
- ISBN: 1-56604-081-7
- Price: $24.95
- Pages: 344
- Goodies: Windows disk. Two free electronic updates via e-mail. One month of
- free online time from MRNet.
- Published: 1994
- For more information: dilennox@aol.com
- Notes:
-
- Title: Your Internet Consultant: The FAQs of Life Online
- Author: Kevin M. Savetz
- Publisher: Sams
- ISBN: 0-672-30520-8
- Price: $25.00
- Pages: 600
- Availability: July 1994
- For more information: 800-428-5331 or 317-581-3500
- Notes:
-
- 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: ?
- 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.
-
- Title: !%@:: A Directory of Electronic Mail Addressing and Networks
- Author: Donnalyn Frey & Rick Adams
- Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates
- ISBN: 1-56592-031-7
- Price: $24.95
- Pages: 458
- Published: 1993
- For more information: ?
- Notes:
-
- *** Upcoming titles {let me know if any of these are out yet!}
- Curious about the Internet - Mark Gibbs-Kantor
- Beginning/Intermediate
- ISBN 0672-30459-7 02/94 NEW to be published
-
- Internet CD - SRI International
- Resource tool - Includes CD
- ISBN 013-123852-3 04/94 NEW to be published
-
- Internet: Domain Administration - Vivian Neou: SRI International
- ISBN 013-511180-3 04/94 NEW to be published
-
- Internet Technology Series: Domain Name System - Paul Mockapetris
- ISBN 013-106865-2 05/94 NEW to be published
-
- Your Internet Consultant: The FAQs of Life Online -Kevin M. Savetz (the
- editor of this booklist.) Sams publishing, ISBN: 0-672-30520-8. $25.00, 600
- pages. to be published July 1994. For more information: 800-428-5331 or 317-
- 581-3500
-
- *** Publisher/Ordering Information
- Addison-Wesley. E-mail: 74230.3622@compuserve.com. Orders: (800) 822-6339.
- "Have your credit card handy!"
-
- Meckler Corporation. (203) 226-6967.Fax: (203) 545-5840. 11 Ferry Lane West,
- Westport, CT 06880.
-
- Macmillan Computer Publishing (Sams, Hayden, New Riders, Que, Alpha) orders:
- 800-428-5331 or 317-581-3500
-
- O'Reilly & Associates: 707-829-0515, Fax 707-829-0104. 103A Morris Street,
- Sebastopol CA 95472.
-
- Prentice-Hall. E-mail: info@prenhall.com . 515-284-6751. Fax: 515-284-2607.
- Route 9W, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632.
-
- *** Internet Book Information & Updates Online
- The Top Ten Internet Book List is a weekly list that lists the top ten
- Internet Books sold in Europe. The list represents the ten most popular
- titles of Prentice Hall, Sams, Que and other publishers, based on weekly
- sales. It also announces new Internet books to be released. To subscribe,
- send e-mail to: otsgroup@pop.knoware.nl
-
- Addison-Wesley information server, for periodic updates on new titles from
- this publisher. Send e-mail:
- To: awbook@aw.com
- Subject: information
- Body: send information
-
- O'Reilly & Associates information server, for periodic updates on new titles
- from this publisher. Send e-mail:
- To: listproc@online.ora.com
- Subject: <leave blank>
- Body: subscribe ora-news "Your name" of "Your Company"
-
- { Any additions for me?}
-
- ***Legal, Ethical and Moral Stuff
- This document is copyright 1994 by Kevin M. Savetz. All rights reserved.
- Permission for non-commercial distribution is hereby granted, provided that
- this file is distributed intact, including this copyright notice and the
- version information above. Permission for commercial distribution may be
- obtained from the editor. SHARE THIS INFORMATION FREELY AND IN GOOD FAITH.
- DO NOT DISTRIBUTE MODIFIED VERSIONS OF THIS DOCUMENT.
-
- This document is new and in transition. If you notice that an Internet-
- related book is missing, or information herein needs updating, please
- contact the editor.
-
- The editor and contributors have developed this FAQ as a service to the
- Internet community. We hope you find it useful. This FAQ 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@rahul.net" (Internet) or "savetz" (America
- Online.) Please indicate what version of this document to which you are
- referring.
-
- All prices in U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated.
-
- Thanks to Pieter M. Lechner, UCLA Microcomputer Support Office, for his
- bibliography of 50 Internet books. Thanks to Connie Marijs
- <otsgroup@pop.knoware.nl> for her continued assistance.
-
- *** Where to Find this Document
- This file is posted twice monthly (on the 5th and 19th of each month) to the
- Usenet newsgroups alt.internet.services, alt.online-service,
- alt.books.technical, misc.books.technical, alt.bbs.internet, misc.answers,
- alt.answers and news.answers. (Whew!)
-
- You can receive it via anonymous FTP:
- rtfm.mit.edu:/pub/usenet/news.answers/internet-services/book-list
-
- You can receive it via electronic mail:
- To: mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu
- Subject: <subject line is ignored>
- Body: send usenet/news.answers/internet-services/book-list
-
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- electronic mail, if you are so inclined: send e-mail:
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