A student's guide to the Internet /
Carol Lea Clark
- Upper Saddle River, New Jersey : Prentice-Hall, c1996
- vii, 184 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
1. What is the Internet? -- 2. Getting connected -- 3. Electronic mail -- 4. LISTSERV : Internet discussion groups -- 5. USENET newsgroups -- 6. Real-time communication : TALK, CHAT, IRC, and MUDs -- 7. World Wide Web -- 8. Gopher and Veronica -- 9. File Transfer Protocol (FTP) -- 10. Telnet -- 11. WAIS -- 12. Hints for searching the Internet.
Explains how to connect to the Internet through university campus computer systems, detailing the information students need to know to begin exploring the information superhighway. It presents information in a non-technical, user-friendly manner assuming no prior knowledge of the Internet.