Table of Contents

Preface: by author

Chapter 1: The Internet: An Overview

Chapter 2: A Tour of the Internet

Chapter 3: The Client / Server Model and the Internet

Chapter 4: Internet Communications: The TCP/IP Protocol Family

Chapter 5: Connecting to the Internet

Chapter 6: Electronic Mail

Chapter 7: Mailing List Processors and E-mail Servers

Chapter 8: Usenet News

Chapter 9: Internet File Transfers: Methods and File Formats

Chapter 10: Real-Time Communications (contributed by Charles Henrich)

Chapter 11: Internet-Wide File Service (contributed by Charles Severance)

Chapter 12: Gopher -- Internet Browser and Document Publisher

Chapter 13: Networked Hypermedia: the World-Wide Web and NCSA Mosaic

Chapter 14: Network Index Tools: Archie, Veronica and Friends

Chapter 15: Wide Area Information Servers

Chapter 16: Internet Search Strategies

Chapter 17: A Librarian's Perspective on the Internet

Chapter 18: Electronic Publishing, Virtual Libraries, and the Internet

Chapter 19: Security and Privacy Issues

Chapter 20: Becoming an Internet Provider

Chapter 21: Setting Up Unix-Based Internet Information Servers

Chapter 22: Setting Up Non-Unix Servers

Chapter 23: Building a Campus-Wide Information Service

Chapter 24: Provider Profiles

Chapter 25: Future of the Internet

Chapter 26: Cornucopia of Resources

Appendices: