Crossing the Internet threshold : an instructional handbook / Roy Tennant, John Ober, Anne G. Lipow ; foreword by Clifford A. Lynch.

Author/creator Tennant, Roy
Other author Ober, John.
Other author Lipow, Anne Grodzins, 1935-
Format Book
Edition2nd ed.
Publication InfoBerkeley, CA : Library Solutions Press, ©1994.
Descriptionviii, 169 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Subjects

Contents Internetworking overview -- Introduction to networking -- Names and addresses -- Evolution of networks & network services -- Important information for beginners -- Getting connected -- How to keep current -- Electronic mail -- Introduction to electronic mail -- Email tips & tricks: do's and don'ts -- Email tips & tricks: finding addresses -- Electronic discussions -- LISTSERV command summary -- Email tips & tricks: electronic discussions -- Electronic journals -- Internet remote login (telnet) -- Introduction to remote login -- Telnet command summary -- Telnet tips & tricks -- Internet file transfer (FTP) -- Introduction to FTP -- FTP command summary -- Downloading & translating files -- FTP tips & tricks -- Common FTP file extensions -- Gopher -- Introduction to gopher -- Gopher searching: Veronica -- Gopher searching: Jughead -- Gopher clients -- Gopher Unix client -- World-wide web -- Introduction to world-wide web -- Uniform resource locators -- World-wide web clients -- Introduction to Mosaic -- WWW: the line mode browser -- WWW: the lynx browser.
Contents (cont) Wide area information servers -- Introduction to wide area information servers -- WAIS clients -- WAIS: the Unix client -- Fact sheets -- Archie -- BITNET -- Eudora -- Fetch -- Free-nets -- HYTELNET -- Internet -- Internet relay chat (IRC) -- InterNIC -- LIBS (library internet browsing software) -- Multipurpose internet mail extensions (MIME) -- PINE -- Project Gutenberg -- Requests for comments (RFCs) -- SLIP (serial line internet protocol) -- Usenet news -- Z39.50 standard for information retrieval -- Trainer's aids -- Resources for trainers -- Checklist for internet trainers -- Discussion questions -- Client/server architecture -- Internet access diagram -- Internet: a network of networks -- Electronic discussions comparison -- Sample internet overview.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN1882208072

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks TK5105.875.I57 T4 1994 ✔ Available Place Hold