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Internet for the Health Professional

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

  • ABOUT THIS BOOK
  • WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR
  • CONTACTING US
  • BROWSER BEWARE
  • GLOSSARY OF INTERNET TERMS
  • THE PEOPLE WHO FORGE THE LINKS
  • GUIDES TO THE INTERNET
  • INTERNET RESOURCES ON DIGESTIVE DISEASES
  • COMBINED HEALTH INFORMATION DATABASE ONLINE

CHAPTER 1 – WHAT IS THE INTERNET AND WHAT DOES IT DO FOR ME?

  • AN INTRODUCTION TO THE NET
  • HOW DID THE INTERNET COME ABOUT? 
  • WHO OWNS IT? 
  • WHY IS THE INTERNET IMPORTANT TO THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL? 
  • WHAT CAN THE INTERNET DO
    • E-mail 
    • E-mail List 
    • Newsgroup 
    • Chatting With Others 
    • Getting Files With File Transfer Protocols 
    • Surfing the World Wide Web

CHAPTER 2 – HOW TO GET CONNECTED

  • THE EASY WAY
  • DO IT YOURSELF – HARDWARE
  • MEMORY
  • DO IT YOURSELF – YOUR CONNECTION

CHAPTER 4 – EMAIL MAILING LISTS

  • WHAT IS AN EMAIL MAILING LIST?
  • COMMUNICATING WITH MAILING LISTS
    • List Processor Addresses 
    • List Addresses
  • TYPES OF MAILING LISTS
    • Unmoderated Lists
    • Moderated Lists
    • Publications
    • Digests
  • USING LISTSERV LISTS
    • Subscribing to a LISTSERV List 
    • Unsubscribing from a LISTSERV List
    • Finding LISTSERV Mailing Lists 
    • Other LISTSERV Commands
    • The HELP Command
    • The INFO Command
    • The Register Command
    • Grouping Commands
    • Sending Messages to a Mailing List
  • USING MAJORDOMO
    • Subscribing to a Majordomo List
    • Unsubscribing from a Majordomo List
    • Other Majordomo Commands
    • The INFO Command
    • The LIST Command
    • The Which Command
    • Communicating with the Mailing List

CHAPTER 5 – FILE COMPRESSION

  • INTRODUCTION
  • WINZIP
    • Decompressing a Zipped File
    • Compressing a File with WinZip
    • Downloading WinZip 
  • WINCODE
    • Wincode Features
    • Supported Formats
    • What the Heck Are You Talking About?
    • Downloading Wincode
  • WINPACK
    • Pre-release Information
    • Downloading WinPack

CHAPTER 6 – INTERNET PRIVACY

  • INTRODUCTION 
  • ENCRYPTION
    • Private Key Encryption 
    • Public Key Encryption 
  • PRETTY GOOD PRIVACY
    • Downloading a Copy of PGP 
    • North American Version  
    • International Version 
    • Using PGP 
    • Signature Files 
  • WINFRONT
    • Encrypting a File with WinFront 
    • Decrypting a File with WinFront 
    • Downloading a Copy of WinFront 
  • WINPGP
    • Encrypting a File with WinPGP 
    • Decrypting a file Using WinPGP 
    • Downloading a Copy of WinPGP 
  • MORE INFORMATION

CHAPTER 7 – BEFORE THE WORLD WIDE WEB

  • INTRODUCTION 
  • WHAT ARE GOPHERS? 
  • THE HISTORY OF GOPHER 
  • HOW GOPHER WORKS 
  • GOPHER VS. WWW BROWSER 
  • WHAT IS WAIS? 
  • HISTORY OF WAIS 
  • METHODS OF ACCESSING GOPHER
    • Telneting to Gopher Site 
    • Getting Gopher Clients 
    • Gopher and the World Wide Web  
    • Searching Veronica via the World Wide Web

CHAPTER 8 – THE WORLD WIDE WEB

  • INTRODUCTION
    • Early History
    • NCSA Mosaic
    • Netscape
    • W3 Consortium
  • BASICS OF THE WORLD WIDE WEB
    • Hypertext
    • URLs
    • The Protocol
    • Domain Name
    • Path and Filename
    • WWW Servers
    • HTML 
    • Home Pages 

CHAPTER 9 – FINDING IT ON THE WEB

  • INTRODUCTION
  • WWW DIRECTORIES
    • Yahoo! 
    • Global Network Navigator
    • The WWW Virtual Library
    • TradeWave Galaxy
    • AOL’s NetFind 
  • WWW SEARCH TOOLS
    • Lycos
    • ArchiePlex
  • AMERICA ONLINE CHANNELS
    • Publications
    • Finances
    • WEB Entertainment Sites
    • Lifestyles & Interests 
    • Reference
    • Computers & Software
    • Travel
    • Marketplace
    • Sports 
  • MY FAVORITES
    • ESPNET SportsZone
    • The White House 
    • Understanding the Internet 
    • Electronic Frontier Foundation
    • Rolling Good Times Online
  • SUMMARY

INDEX I – EMAIL LISTING

INDEX II – WEB SITE LISTINGS

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