New Riders Official World Wide Web Directory

PluPlug Yourself in with Ultimate Guide to the Internet! The opening chapters fully explain the concepts behind the Internet and the World Wide Web-what it is, how to access it, and how to take absolute advantage of what it has to offer as a service source. An exhaustive index with thorough cross-references helps you find exactly what you want quickly and easily. Commercial sites and shopping prospects coverage contributes to your online opportunities. International coverage makes your discoveries on the Web virtually limitless. A listing of newsgroups available for a multitude of topics in the book enables you to communicate with people who have similar interests to yours. Find out how to link to hot new Internet technologies; find new job opportunities; track down old friends; use email and search engines; discover WebTV; and plan a vacation using the Internet.

New Riders' Official World Wide Web and Internet Directory is the definitive guide to what's on the Internet. A must-have resource for any Internet user, this book first details how to get connected, what browser software is available, how search engines operate, and how to set up email. The second part let's you go where you want to go. With the easy-to-use A-to-Z format, you'll find thousands of site listings, including FTP, Gopher, newsgroup, and mailing sites. A section called "Related Sites" shows you other places you might want to visit online. Best of all, this directory allows you to spend more time learning and less time searching. Book jacket.

Find everything worth knowing about on the Web using the ultimate reference authority. This is a revised version of a highly authoritative reference for all Web users. "Newbies" can benefit greatly by seeing what's out there in a uniquely comprehensive, easy-to-navigate resource. Experienced users will appreciate the ease with which an enormous range of topics can be accessed. can be accessed.

Here is a definitive guide to what is available on the World Wide Web. Organized by major interest areas and featuring more than 10,0000 site listings, World Wide Web Yellow Pages also offers reviews of sites, and includes a uniquely helpful system of navigational aids that help readers find what they are looking for quickly and easily.

Explains a variety of Web concepts in a practical manner, with an emphasis on the Web for libraries. Discusses the process of planning for and implementing a library/community, including an overview of the basics of the Web in simple, non-technical language; basic technical information needed to select and budget for an Internet connection that will support the Web; an explanation of how to train staff and patrons and encourage them to become Web-savvy; an outline of the planning process; how to design Web sites; and a primer of basic HTML text and graphic tags.