Foreword Preface A Wild Surmise p. 1 Destinations You Haven't Thought Of Internet Echoes from All Over Via the Internet to the Asteroids Finding a

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1 Foreword Preface A Wild Surmise p. 1 Destinations You Haven't Thought Of Internet Echoes from All Over Via the Internet to the Asteroids Finding a Map of Finland Software in Profusion Tracking White House Press Releases Burrowing into the INTERNIC Rocky Mountain High Checking Out the News on Campus All the Way to the Supreme Court To New Zealand by way of USENET On-Line to Ancient Greece A Nice Day for Networking BITNET and the Overstuffed Mailbox The Internet Catch The Internet Defined p. 13 A Brief History of the Internet The Structure of the Internet Managing the Internet Key Internet Organizations Internet Documentation Network Information Centers International Connectivity List Signing On to the Internet p. 49 Dial-Up Connectivity and the Client/Server Model Terminal Emulation Signing on - A Personal Odyssey Using a Local Bulletin Board Commercial On-Line Services The Free-Net Advantage A New Alternative - DELPHI and BIX Commercial Dial-Up Providers SLIPping onto the Internet Full Access: The Internet's Holy Grail One Language Among Many p. 75 Why UNIX? Of Interfaces and Complexity Dial-Up Assumptions

2 The Smattering of UNIX You'll Need Understanding UNIX Files UNIX Directory Structure Basic UNIX Commands Files by the Gigabyte p. 83 Shareware and Public Domain Software Description of Archive Sites Courtesy When Using FTP A Sample FTP Session The NIC Goldmine Getting Files to Your Computer Translating ASCII for Your Computer Xmodem Parameters Other Xmodem Options Retrieving Two Useful Files Basic FTP Principles Applied Uncompressing a File Using archie to Track Down Files Telnet Shrinks the World p. 113 Telnet Versus Dial-Up Systems Through Telnet to the Gateway City Learning the Commands The Telnet Command Structure Using Computer Ports Telnet and "Big Blue Iron" A World of Electronic Mail p. 127 Shattering the Borders A Word to Users of Commercial On-Line Services Electronic Mail Defined Electronic Mail Programs What Is Mail? Putting Mail to Work Internet Addressing - The Long Way Home Hitting a Brick Wall A Brief Look at elm Electronic Mail Manners Electronic Mail as a Gateway to the Internet p. 159 Retrieving Files by Mail Finding Files to Retrieve - archie Through Electronic Mail WAIS by Electronic Mail Sending Electronic Mail to Other Networks

3 Mailing Lists and Electronic Journals A Final Caution BITNET: The Art of the List p. 187 Why BITNET BITNET's Background BITNET and the Medieval University When Analogies Fail Bringing Order to the Chaos BITNET's Mailing List Community The Niceties of BITNET Participation Puzzling Out a BITNET Address LISTSERV and the Pleasures of Automation Signing on to a List BITNET Archives - Where the Treasure Is LISTSERV's Database Capabilities Delving Deeper Into the Database Tapping BITNET as a Reference Source Narrowing Down the Search Using Logical Operators Adding to the Library BITNET via USENET The Future of BITNET Electronic Journals, Mailing Lists, and Project Gutenberg p. 215 The Internet's Mailing Lists Topics in Profusion Tapping an Archive The Electronic Publishing Edge Project Gutenberg and the Next Publishing Revolution Living on the Textual Frontier USENET: Keeping Up with the News p. 241 What is USENET? USENET Newsgroups USENET Topics Useful USENET Lists Reading the News Configuring trn Knowing What to Read The Core Newsgroups Using trn to Read Your Newsgroups Moving Photographs Over the Network FAQs and How to Find Them

4 USENET Rules of the Road Resource Discovery: Knowing Where and How to Look p. 279 gopher Tracks Resources veronica Saves the Day HYTELNET Power Tracking Down Information p. 307 Wide Area Information Servers World Wide Web: The Pleasures of Hypertext An Internet Toolbox p. 339 finger Finds People and Information nslookup netfind Using WHOIS Using the NetMail Database Finding People with CSOs Knowbots and the Intelligent Directory Digging Out a Name From USENET BITNET Names Campus Wide Information Systems X.500 and the Conquest of Paradise The Mother of All Directories Real-Time Conversation Well-Populated Dungeons A Directory of Internet Resources p. 365 archie Sites BITNET Mailing Lists Campus Wide Information Systems Directories Finger Sites FTP Sites gopher Sites Available Through Telnet Internet Mailing Lists Internet Relay Chat and Other Interactive Sites Library Catalogs Mail Resources On-Line Journals and Newsletters Telnet Resources USENET WAIS Databases White Pages Directories The Future of the Internet p. 397

5 Commerce Takes to the Data Packets The Internet and the Future of the Newspaper Making Mail Come Alive Internet Talk Radio IP Multicasting - The Internet by Sight and Sound The Evolution of the NREN A Truly Global Network Bibliography p. 409 Appendix: Dial-Up Internet Service Providers p. 415 A Word on Sources Obtaining Updated Lists Dial-Up Service Providers U.S. Public Access UNIX Sites by State Internet Access Worldwide Index p. 455 Table of Contents provided by Blackwell's Book Services and R.R. Bowker. Used with permission.