Table of Contents
- 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
- 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 List
- Newsgroup
- Chatting With Others
- Getting Files With File Transfer Protocols
- Surfing the World Wide Web
- THE EASY WAY
- DO IT YOURSELF – HARDWARE
- MEMORY
- DO IT YOURSELF – YOUR CONNECTION
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
POST-TEST
Customer Comments
“Excellent background and history – good addition to my present knowledge. Right on time.”
– Y.H., Albuquerque, NM
“The course is very helpful and I will keep the text handy for the valuable information inside.”
– L.R., Valrico, FL
“I am experienced on the internet about 5 years. I still learned a few things. Good job.”
– M.K., Turlock, CA