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                    The Unofficial Internet Book List
       The most extensive bibliography of books about the Internet
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                         Version 2.0 - 2 April 1996
                by Kevin M. Savetz - savetz@northcoast.com
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This document is copyright 1994-1996 by Kevin M. Savetz. All rights
reserved. More legal stuff follows. If you notice that an
Internet-related book is missing, or information herein needs
updating, please visit http://www.northcoast.com/savetz/booklist/ or
send e-mail to savetz@northcoast.com.
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To conserve Usenet bandwidth, the text version of the Book List is
abriged. The complete list lists more than 475 books, and is easier to
seacch than the text edition. It is available on the Web at 
http://www.northcoast.com/savetz/booklist/

The text version is provided for those who don't have access to the Web.

*** Table of Contents of the TEXT edition of the Booklist
Getting connected to the Internet
General Internet introductions & guides
General guides for DOS
General guides for Windows/Windows 95
General guides for Macintosh
General guides for VAX/VMS
History, culture, law, future of the Net
Lexicons, jargon, reference guides
Netiquette
Using electronic mail
Using Usenet
Using FTP
Using the Web & Web clients
Site indices

*** The WEB edition also includes the following categories
HTML                 
CGI & Perl 
Java
Business and marketing 
Books for kids & parents 
Education: teachers & students 
Finding a job with the Internet
Books for librarians
Chat, IRC, MUDs, relationships, and sex 
Routing 
Information Infrastructure, NREN, Info Superhighway 
Security and cryptography
Servers and system administration
Web servers and administration
Intermediate/advanced books      
TCP/IP
ISDN               
VRML
MBONE
Developing Internet applications 

*** Where to Find this Document
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*** Legal Stuff
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*** The List
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Getting connected to the Internet
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Title: Connecting to the Internet
Author: Susan Estrada
Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates
ISBN: 1-56592-061-9
Price: $15.95
Pages: 170
Published: 1993
For more information: http://gnn.com/gnn/bus/ora/item/connect.html
Notes: This small book focuses on choosing the best type of network connection for your personal, school or business needs, and how to get the best price for the type of access you require. Explains the differences between SLIP, PPP, ISDN, X.25 and other options. Includes an extensive list of Internet service providers. This is a single-purpose book, telling how to choose a connection and get online. It doesn't try to teach you how to use the 'net once you're there. That is graceful in its simplicity.

Title: Get on the Internet in 5 Minutes - Macintosh
Author: Brad Miser
Publisher: Hayden
ISBN: 1-56830-135-9
Price: $9.99
Pages: 88
Goodies: Disk with Pipeline software
Published: Nov 1994
For more information: http://www.mcp.com/cgi-bin/bag?isbn=1-56830-135-9&last=/bookstore
Notes: A tiny little book and disk that will get you hooked up with Pipeline, an Internet Service Provider.

Title: Get on the Internet in 5 Minutes - Windows
Author: Brad Miser
Publisher: Hayden
ISBN: 1-56830-136-7
Price: $9.99
Pages: 88
Goodies: Disk with Pipeline software
Published: Nov 1994
For more information: http://www.mcp.com/cgi-bin/bag?isbn=1-56830-136-7&last=/bookstore
Notes: A tiny little book and disk that will get you hooked up with Pipeline, an Internet Service Provider.

Title: Get On the World Wide Web In 5 Minutes
Author: Hayden Development Team
Publisher: Hayden
ISBN: 1-56830-194-4
Price: US$9.99
Pages: 100
Published: 1995
For more information:
Notes: Compact guides for both Macintosh and Windows users, designed to get new users going in three easy steps.

Title: Instant Internet Access
Author: Kris Jamsa
Price: $49.95
Goodies: CD-ROM and 45-minute video
Published: 1994

Title: Instant Internet with WebSurfer
Author: David Sachs and Henry Stair
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Price:  $24.95
Pages:  250 pp.
Published: March 1995
Goodies: diskettes with Netmanage's Chameleon Sampler and WebSurfer browser.
For more information: http://www.prenhall.com
Notes:  A quick and easy guide to establishing a complete Internet connection with access to all the Internet's resources including the WWW.  Contains fully integrated Windows-based click and point e-mail and Internet navigational tools and featuring pre-configured connections to five leading service providers.

Title: Internet Access Providers: An International Resource Directory
Author: Greg Notess
Publisher: Meckler
ISBN: 0-88736-933-2
Price: $30
Pages: 330
Published: May 1994
For more information: meckler@tigger.jvnc.net (publisher) or align@montana.edu (author)
Notes: This directory provides descriptive information on over 300 companies and networks that offer dial-in Internet access. Aimed at those without current access, looking for personal access.

Title: Internet: Getting Started
Author: April Marine, Susan Kirkpatrick, Vivian Neou & Carol Ward
Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN: 0-13-327933-2
Price: $28.00
Pages: 360
Published: 1993
For more information: (515) 284-6751
Notes: Explains how to join the Internet, the various types of Internet access, and procedures for obtaining a unique IP address and domain name. An extensive list of Internet access providers of all types is provided, including access outside of the United States. The guide explains many concepts essential to the Internet, such as the Domain Name System, IP addressing, protocols, and electronic mail. Doesn't tell you how to use the 'net, just how to get connected.

Title: Point and Click Internet
Author: Seth Godin
Publisher: PeachPit Press
ISBN: 1-56609-161-6
Price: $12.95 US, $17.95 CAN
Pages: 100
Goodies: America Online disk for Mac
Published: 1994
For more information: sethwood@aol.com or (510) 548-4393
Notes: A thin volume that shows how to access the Internet via America Online. Covers electronic mail (including mailing lists), gopher, newsgroups and netiquette. Despite its trim size, it is an interesting and valuable for the beginner, filled with lots of interesting tidbits.


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General Internet introductions and guides
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Title: All-In-One Internet Kit
Author: Gregory Giagnocavo & Tim McLain
Publisher: Wentworth Worldwide Media, Lancaster, PA
ISBN: 0-932577-01-6
Price: $49
Pages: 110
Goodies: Three floppy disks (for Mac & PC)
Published: 1994
For more information: (800) 638-1639 or email to editor@wentworth.com
Notes: Ad says: Includes all of the software and instructions both Mac and IBM PC users need to logon to the Internet using a SLIP or PPP connection. This is the first book/disk kit t offering all of the software (e-mail, FTP, gopher, telnet, newsreader) needed to access the Net plus a web browser.

Title: The Beginner's Guide to the Internet
Author: Patrick Suarez
Publisher: Hanford Press
ISBN: 1-884889-09-3
Price: 19.95
Pages: 177
Goodies: None
Published: June, 1995
For more information: http://www.erinet.com/pat/home.htm
Notes: 

Title: Building the Information Highway
Author: Les Freed and Frank J. Derfler Jr.
Publisher: Ziff-Davis Press
ISBN: 1-56276-126-9
Price: $24.95
Pages: 400
Published: July 1994
Notes: A broad overview of what this phenomenon can and may become.  A graphical book aimed at anyone who wants easy access to the communications technology of the future.

Title: Canadian Internet Handbook, 1995 edition
Author: Jim Carroll and Rick Broadhead
Publisher: Prentice Hall Canada
ISBN: 0-13-329350-5
Price: $21.95
Pages: 800
Published: 2nd edition, November 1994
For more information: info@handbook.com. http://www.csi.nb.ca/handbook/ handbook.html.
Notes: Notes from 1st ed: If you live in Canada, get this book. It contains sections about getting Internet access in Canada, growth of 'net use there, short basic sections about how to use of some of the most popular Internet tools, a huge directory of Canadian Internet service providers, and even more huge list of gopher servers and campus-wide information systems in Canada and to top it off, lists of Canadian-based Usenet groups, WWW, Archie, IRC servers and online catalogs. Notes from the 2nd edition: 
really, really get this book!

Title: The Complete Idiot's Guide To The Internet (2nd ed.)
Author: Peter Kent
Publisher: Alpha
ISBN: 1-56761-535-X
Price: US$19.95, CAN$26.99, UK$18.95
Pages: 367
Goodies: Coupons, Windows disk
Published: 1995
Notes: Don't take that exit ramp yet!  Pick up The Complete's Idiot's Guide To The Internet (Second Edition) helps you make sense of this vast network, so you can get the information you want and get on with your life.  You get simple steps to all the basics, plus friendly advice in an easy-to-understand, easy-to-enjoy format.  Covers IBM Compatibles & Macs.  Short cuts, definitions, and warnings help you save time and effort, and a handy tear-out card provides lifesaving reminders - so you can use the Int
ernet with confidence.

Title: The Complete Idiot's Pocket Reference: The Internet
Author: Neal Goldman
Publisher: Alpha
ISBN: 1-56761-528-7
Price: $9.95
Published: Oct 94
For more information: http://www.mcp.com/cgi-bin/bag?isbn=1-56761-528-7&last=/bookstore

Title: Crossing the Internet Threshold, 2nd Edition
Author: Roy Tennant, John Ober & Anne G. Lipow
Publisher: Library Solutions Press
ISBN: 1-882208-07-2
Price: US$45.00
Pages: 168
Published: 2nd ed, 1994
For more information: http://www.internet-is.com/library/crossing.html
Notes: A hands-on workshop-in-a-book, this title includes basics on the most popular Internet tools and services.  Also available in Spanish.

Title: Curious About the Internet?
Author: Ned Snell
Publisher: Sams
ISBN: 0-672-30459-7
Price: $14.99 
Pages: 332
Published: Nov 1994
For more information: http://www.mcp.com/cgi-bin/bag?isbn=0-672-30459-7&&last=/bookstore

Title: Easy Internet
Author: Michael Miller
Publisher: Que
ISBN: 0-7897-0012-3
Price: $24.99
Pages: 246
Published: 1995
For more information: http://www.mcp.com/cgi-bin/bag?isbn=0-7897-0012-3&last=/bookstore
Notes: The publisher says: "A fully illustrated, step-by-step guide of how to best access and use the powerful tools of the Internet.  E-mail, Usenet, Gopher, FTP, Telnet, WWW are clearly explained enabling the beginner to master these basics in a time efficient manner.

Title: The Easy Internet handbook
Author: Javed Mostafa, Thomas Newell, Richard Trenthem
Publisher: Hi Willow Research and Publishing
ISBN: 0-931510-50-3
Price: $20
Pages: 150
Published: 1994
For more information: tnewell@fiat.gslis.utexas.edu or 800-237-6124

Title: The Essential Internet Information Guide
Author: Jason J. Manger
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Europe
ISBN: 0-07-707905-1
Price: 22.95 UK sterling
Pages: 515
Published: October 1994.
For more information: +44 (0)628 23432 (McGraw-Hill)

Title: Everybody's Guide to the Internet
Author: Adam Gaffin
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0-262-57105-6
Price: $14.95
Pages: about 260
Published: July, 1994
Thanks for the info: Adam Gaffin (adamg@world.std.com)
Notes: This is basically a printed version of version 2.2 of the EFF's online guide "The Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet", plus an index. The name was changed to avoid confusion with other books with similar names.

Title: Exploring the Internet: a Technical Travelogue
Author: Carl Malamud
Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN: 0-13-296898-3
Price: $26.95
Pages: 379
Published: 1992
For more information: (515) 284-6751
Thanks for the info: Robert Slade <ROBERTS@decus.ca>
Notes: A look at the Internet and the emerging global village in 21 countries and 56 cities. Not technical, but lots of fun stories about traveling around the world (physically).

Title: Finding it on the Internet
Author: Paul Gilster
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0-471-0387-1
Price: $19.95
Pages: 300
Published: 1994
For more information: (800) 263-1590 or gilster@interpath.net

Title: From A to Z39.50: a network primer
Author: James Michael and Mark Hinnebusch
Publisher: Meckler
ISBN: 0-88736-766-6
Price: US$25.00
Pages: 225
Published: March 1994
Notes: Introduction and discussion about the issues and standards involves in electronic telecommunications.

Title: A Guided Tour of the Internet
Author: Christian Crumlish
Publisher: Sybex
ISBN: 0-7821-1619-1
Price: US$19.99
Pages: 275
Published: 1995
For more information:
Notes: A beginner's guide to the Internet for Mac, PC, and workstation users.  Covers BBSs, commercial online services, university systems and Internet Service Providers.

Title: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Electronic Highway
Author: Pamela Kane
Publisher: MIS Press
ISBN: 1-55828-353-8
Price: US$21.95, CAN$28.95
Pages: 366
Goodies: Coupons for free connect time
Published: 1994
Notes: 

Title: How The Internet Works
Author: Joshua Eddings
Publisher: Ziff-Davis Press
ISBN: 1-56276-192-7
Price: $US 24.95, $CAN 34.95, UK 22.99
Pages: 218
Published: 1994
For more information: 800/688-0448
Thanks for the info: Dick Lee <ab136@freenet.carleton.ca>
Notes: Very good primer on the Internet and how it works. There are many rich illustrations which serve to explain the concepts very effectively. Contents include the protocols, telnet, downloading files, archie, e-mail, mailing lists, Usenet, gophers, WAIS, WWW as well as a look into audio/video, virtual reality, security issues and the future. Of necessity, many of these are treated very briefly but as an overall introductory manual, I found it very readable and informative.

Title: How to Use the Internet
Author: Mark Butler
Publisher: Ziff-Davis Press
ISBN: 1-56276-222-2
Price: US$17.95, CAN$24.95, UK#16.49
Pages: 144
Published: 1994
For more information: 800/688-0448
Notes: A basic book for new users with illustrations and easy to follow instructions.

Title: The Information Superhighway: Beyond the Internet
Author: Pete Otte
Publisher: Que
ISBN: 1-56529-825-X
Price: $19.99
Pages: 241
Published: July 1994
For more information: http://www.mcp.com/cgi-bin/bag?isbn=1-56529-825-X&last=/bookstore
Notes: "Written for anyone curious about the network of the future, this book is a conceptual overview of the future of computer communications."

Title: The Information Superhighway Illustrated
Author: Bill Eager
Publisher: Que
ISBN: 1-56529-892-6
Price: $24.99
Pages: 184
Published: October 1994
Notes: A vividly illustrated book that explains how the technology of the information superhighway (the networks, hardware and software) works and overviews current and future applications 

Title: The Instant Internet Guide
Author: Brent Heslop & David Angell
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
ISBN: 0-201-62707-8
Price: $14.95
Pages: 209
Published: 3rd printing.
For more information: dangell@shell.portal.com
Thanks for the info: matisse@well.sf.ca.us (J Matisse Enzer)
Notes: Good quick intro to Internet and quick reference sections on using e-mail, Usenet, gopher, telnet, file transfers, very basic UNIX etc. Nice check-list of questions to ask when shopping for Internet access. Oriented entirely towards a dial-up terminal user on a UNIX system.

Title: Interacting On The Internet
Author: Linda J. Engelman
Publisher: Irwin
ISBN: 0-256-20353-9
Price: varies
Pages: 134
Published: 1996
For more information: http://www.adworks.com or lindae@adworks.com
Notes: Introduction to the Internet for college students.  Includes text plus lots of in-classes exercises on e-mail, mailing lists, Usenet, FTP, Telnet, Gopher, and the Web.  Written for Unix shell account users, but lots of great background info. that SLIP/PPP account holders will be able to use as well.

Title: Internautica
Author: Pablo Mtnez-Almeida & Pedro Alcantara
Publisher: Ediciones Cronopolis (Spain)
ISBN: 84-88749-05-8
Price: 2995 pesetas
Pages: 302
Published: 1995
For more info: cronos@servicom.es, palmeida@tsai.es, palcanta@tsai.es

Title: Internet Access Essentials
Author: Ed Tittel and  Margaret Robbins
Publisher: AP Professional
ISBN:  0-12-691393-5
Price: $24.95
Pages: 374
Published: November 1994
For more information: app@acad.com
Notes: Covers the basics: what TCP/IP is, how to get connected, types of connections, Internet tools, netiquette, and case studies.  Includes easy-to-follow instructions and tips on applications such as e-mail, telnet, Usenet, FTP, and mailing lists.

Title: Internet Anywhere
Author: James Gardner
Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN: 0-13-185612-X
Price: US$39.95
Pages: 460
Published: 1994
Goodies: PC software and 30 days Internet access
Notes: This book guides the new Internet user through the software and Internet basics.  The book is organized into several sections thoroughly covering getting started with the software, Usenet news, electronic mail, other MKS Internet Anywhere software, and access providers.

Title: The Internet at a Glance
Author: Susan E. Feldman
Publisher: Datasearch
ISBN: None listed
Price: $7
Pages: 10
Published: 1994
For more information: Susan Feldman <suef@TC.Cornell.EDU>
Thanks for the info: Susan Feldman <suef@TC.Cornell.EDU>
Notes: A collection of "cheatsheets" for the 'net. It's very short (only 10 thin pages) but it covers the very basics for using the Internet and UNIX. Topics include Finding Resources on the Internet, Tools, electronic mail, anonymous FTP, telnet, mailing lists and newsgroups, basic UNIX commands and the vi editor.

Title: Internet Basics
Author: Steve Lambert & Walt Howe
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0-679-75023-1
Price: $27.00
Pages: 495
Published: 1993
For more information: (800) 345-8112
Thanks for the info: Gayle Keresey (aflgayle@aol.com)
Notes: General book on the Internet with a slight slant towards Delphi. (Howe is Delphi's Internet SIG Manager.)

Title: The Internet Book: Everything You Need to Know About Computer Networking and How the Internet Works
Author: Douglas Comer
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
ISBN: 0-13-151565-9
Price: US$24.95
Pages: 336
Published: December 1994
Notes: An explanation of what the Internet is, how it works and how it came about, for the non-technical reader.  The book examines the origins of computer networking and its application to everyday problems.  It focuses on the services that the Internet provides and helps you understand their importance.  Offers easy-to-understand analogies, examples and nontechnical language.

Title: The Internet CD
Author: Vivian Neou
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
ISBN: 0-13-123852-3
Price: $49.95 US, $64.95 CAN
Pages: 260
Goodies: CD-ROM
Published: August 1994
Notes: For DOS, Windows, and Unix users, this book/CD-ROM package offers a broad spectrum of networking and informational tools to help you get started on the Internet.  Also includes useful applications for the more advanced user.

Title: The Internet CD Tutor
Author: Dee-Ann and Robert Le Blanc
Publisher: Que
ISBN: 0-7897-0285-1
Price: US$39.99
Pages: 384
Published: September 1995
Goodies: CD-ROM
For more information: http://www.mcp.com/
Notes: This interactive kit allows users to learn at their own pace using hundreds of hands-on video presentation segments with voice narration.  Topics include sending and receiving e-mail, browsing newsgroups, FTP, and finding information.

Title: The Internet Companion, A Beginner's Guide To Global Networking
Author: Tracy LaQuey with Jeanne C. Ryer
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
ISBN: 0-201-62224-6
Price: $10.95
Pages: 196
Published: 1993
For more information: internet-companion@world.std.com
Thanks for the info: Robert Slade <ROBERTS@decus.ca>
Notes: The Companion includes a detailed history of the Internet, a discussion on "netiquette" (network etiquette), and how to find resources on the net. It is difficult to know what is supposed to be "companionable" about this volume. Physically, it would be easy to carry it along with you. You probably wouldn't want to, though. It does give one some background on the Internet, but it is not in a step-by-step fashion. (How to access the Internet is the *last* topic to be covered.) The newcomer to the Inte
rnet will more likely want to read it all (possibly at one sitting; it's small enough) and look at the network gestalt.

Title: The Internet Companion Plus
Author: Tracy LaQuey & Jeanne Ryer
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
ISBN: 0-201-62719-1
Price: $19.95
Pages: 196
Goodies: DOS disk
Published: 1993
For more information: $19.95
Notes: The Internet Companion (above) plus a disk.

Title: The Internet Compendium: Subject Guides to Health and Science Resources
Author: eds. Louis Rosenfeld, Joseph Janes & Martha Vander Kolk
Publisher: Neal Schuman Publishers
ISBN: 1-55570-219-8
Price: $75.00
Pages: 
Published: 1995
For more information: http://argus-inc.com/compendium/main.html

Title: Internet Essentials
Author: Armbruster
Publisher: Que College
ISBN: 1-56529-771-7
Published: Feb 1994
Thanks for the info: Connie Marijs <otsgroup@pop.knoware.nl>
For more information: http://www.mcp.com/cgi-bin/bag?isbn=1-56529-771-7&last=/bookstore
Notes: A Jump-Start to Getting on the Internet. This guide will help you to learn what the Internet is and how it works; get connected to this world-wide network; understand the basics of how to navigate the Internet; take advantage of newsgroups, electronic conferencing, and electronic journals; expand your access to information and data through FTP and Telnet. Readers follow concise, 10-minute lessons to learn about everything from hardware to E-mail, from downloading files to participating newsgroups. C
ontains mini-tutorials, specific directions, how-to information.

Title: Internet Express Lane
Author: Angela Gunn
ISBN: 1-56686-190-X
Price: $29.95
Goodies: disk
Published: 1994

Title: The Internet for Dummies
Author: John Levine & Carol Baroudi
Publisher: IDG
ISBN: 1-56884-222-8
Price: $19.95
Pages: 427
Published: 2nd edition, 1994
For more information: (415) 312-0650 or dummies@iecc.com
Thanks for the info: Graham Keith Rogers <scgkr@mucc.mahidol.ac.th>
Notes: Intended as a beginners guide to the Internet, includes useful sections on mail, gopher, news, FTP, etc. All in a fairly light-hearted style intended to set novices at ease. At over 350 pages, there is much information and the book is well indexed. Most of the material is oriented toward UNIX shell users, with some discussion of Winsock applications. 2nd edition notes: "We've updated and expanded the book, clarifying the first few chapters, expanding the coverage of WWW and other new services, and g
enerally fixing stuff."

Title: The Internet for Dummies Quick Reference, 2nd ed.
Author: John R. Levine, Margaret Levine Young, Arnold Reinhold
Publisher: IDG
ISBN: 1-56884-977-X
Price: 12.99
Pages: 210
Published: 1995
For more information: http://www.dummies.com/toc-idqr.html
Notes: An easy to use, to the point guide to the Internet. Topics covered include Getting Started, E-Mail, Newsgroups, Mailing Lists, The Web, FTP, Finding Resources, Telnet, Email Security, Home Pages and IRC. The small format and ring binding make it ideal for the road warrier.

Title: The Internet for Everyone: A Guide for Users and Providers
Author: Richard Wiggins
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 0-07-067019-6 paper, 0-07-067018-8 hardcover
Price: $29.95 paper, $45.00 hardcover
Pages: 680
Published: August 1994
For more information: 1-800-2-MCGRAW
Notes: The purpose of this book is to tell people how to use the Internet, but also how to provide information via the Internet - picking a kind of server technology, installing a Gopher, Web, or FreeWAIS server, an overview of HTML, pointers to more detailed online info, etc.

Title: The Internet for Scientists and Engineers
Author: Brian J. Thomas
Publisher: Optical Engineering Press
ISBN:0-8194-1806-4
Price: $30 
Pages: 485
Published: January 1995
For more information: suep@spie.org or http://www.spie.org/book.html
Notes: From the author's preface: "This book was written to serve three basic purposes: first, to introduce readers to the process of "getting online"; second, to provide a basic tutorial to primary Internet software "tools"; and last, to point to a variety of resources compiled specifically for the professional scientist or engineer." Includes examples for Unix, Windows, and Macintosh computers. Includes excellent indices of online resources in: aerospace, agriculture, anthropology, archaeology, artificia
l intelligence, astronomy, biology, chemistry, computer science, electronics and electrical engineering, energy, engineering, geology, imaging, linguistics, mathematics, medicine, meteorology, oceanography, physics, security, statistics, and virtual reality.

Title: The Internet Guide for New Users
Author: Daniel P Dern
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
ISBN: Paperback 0-07-016511, Hardcover 0-07-016510-6
Price: Paperback $27.95, Hardcover $40.00
Pages: 570
Published: 1993
For more information: ddern@world.std.com
Notes: A very complete introduction to the world of the Internet. Along with the obligatory topics such as telnet, FTP and Archie, the book suggests how to get an Internet account and teaches enough UNIX to survive on the net. This book is more complete and in-depth than many other Internet books: Dern's deep knowledge of all things Internet shines through, although sometimes the book is a bit too formal. The book, like Dern, is laced with dry humor and is UNIX-centric. Highly recommended.

Title: Internet How-To
Author: Larry Henderson
Publisher: Waite Group
ISBN: 1-878739-68-9
Price: $34.95 US, $48.95 Canada
Pages: 468
Published: 1994
Notes: 200+ Internet how-tos in question and answer format.

Title: Internet Information Guide
Author: Jason Manger
ISBN: 0-07-707905-1
Price: $27.95
Published: 1994

Title: The Internet Made Simple
Author: P K McBride
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann, UK
ISBN: 0 7506 2311 X
Price: UK7.99
Pages: 160
Published: April 1995
For more information: http://www.bookshop.co.uk/b-h/
Notes: This slim book explains the basics of the Internet in clear, simple English.

Title: The Internet Passport: NorthWestNet's Guide to Our World Online (5th ed.)
Author: NorthWestNet
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Price: $29.95
Pages: 700
ISBN: 0-13-194200-X
Published: 1995
For more information: http://www.prenhall.com
Notes: Now in its Fifth edition, The Internet Passport is the most comprehensive guide to the Internet available.  Written by experts from the service provider NorthWestNet, the book features expert coverage of the tools and resources of the Internet -- e-mail, file transfer, newsgroups, the WWW and information retrieval tools such as archie, Gopher, WAIS adn directory services.  Features new information covering security, health care, K-12 education and supercomputing.

Title: Internet Primer for Information Professionals: A Basic Guide to Internet Networking Technology
Author: Elizabeth Lane and Craig Summerhill
Publisher: Meckler
ISBN: 0-88736-831-X
Price: $37.50
Pages: 175
Published: 1993
Notes: Description of the current state of the Internet, as well as the proposed NREN, as well as basic information on network usage and concepts.

Title: Internet Public Access Guide
Author: Phil Hughes
Publisher: SSC
ISBN: 0-916151-70-0
Price: $2.95
Pages: 64
Published: 1994
For more information: sales@ssc.com or (206) 527-3385.
Thanks for the info: Graham Keith Rogers <scgkr@mucc.mahidol.ac.th>
Notes: Graham Rodgers says: "64-page guide to Internet basics. Very easy to follow instructions, clearly set out. With the small size not everything can be included but the price represents good value. The paper cover deteriorates with use." I say: A whole lot of information for the money. Well-presented, simple and above all, short. Covers "What is the Internet?", terms, UNIX basics, e-mail, Usenet, FTP, rlogin and telnet, finger, archie, gopher and veronica. Easy-to-follow examples. They'll sell you just
 one, but the book is primarily intended to be sold to service providers and distributed to their users.

Title: Internet Quickstart
Author: Mary Ann Pike and Tod G. Pike
Publisher: Que
ISBN: 1-56529-658-3
Price: $21.99
Pages: 387
Published: March 1994
For more information: http://www.mcp.com/cgi-bin/bag?isbn=1-56529-658-3&last=/bookstore
Thanks for the info: Connie Marijs <otsgroup@pop.knoware.nl>
Notes: A series of quick tutorials, this book explains Internet basics to absolute beginners. Lots of extras - like buzzword definitions, tips, and warnings - help users get more from this premier online service. Task oriented skill sessions cover topics such as log-on, E-Mail, database searches, Internet news and more.

Title: The Internet Resource Quick Reference
Author: William Tolhurst and Mary Anne Pike
Publisher: Que
ISBN: 1-56529-748-2
Price: $17.99 USA, $23.96 CAN, #16.45 UK
Pages: 492
Published: 1994
For more information: http://www.mcp.com/cgi-bin/bag?isbn=1-56529-748-2&last=/bookstore
Notes: Almost every bit of the information in this book is available online for free, don't waste your money. Contains a list of USENET news groups, a list of publicly accessible mailing lists, a list of online FTP sites and other resources, Scott Yanoff's list of online resources and the Inter-Network Mail Guide. 

Title: The Internet Roadmap
Author: Bennett Falk
Publisher: Sybex
ISBN: 0-7821-1586-1
Price: $14.99
Pages: 325
Published: 2nd ed, 1994
Thanks for the info: Michael Crestohl
Notes: Michael Crestohl says: An excellent first book of the Internet.  It is well illustrated and gives the reader plenty of hands-on experience doing fun things while they learn.  Gives the reader the basic tools to cruise the
Internet with the best of them.

Title: Internet Secrets
Author: John R. Levine and Carol Baroudi
Publisher: IDG
ISBN: 1-56884-452-2
Price: US$39.99, CAN$54.99 UKL38.99
Pages: 990
Goodies: two 3.5" diskettes
Published: March 1995
For more information: isecrets@dummies.com
Notes: A thousand pages of tips, tricks, and secrets about the Net, ranging from a history of on-line chat to a catalog of Winsock software to Internet access by e-mail to tuning your PPP connection. Written by a host (50) of contributors, about half is adapted from on-line material, half is written specifically for the book.

Title: Internet Slick Tricks
Author: Alfred and Emily Glossbrenner
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0-679-75611-6
Price: $16.00
Pages: 262
Published: 1994
For more information: Send blank e-mail message to books@mailback.com or call (800) 352-3566.
Notes: If you've been on the Internet forever (or at least for a couple months) and you think you know it all, pick up Internet Slick tricks. I bet you'll learn something new. This slim guide will show you hundreds of tips and tricks on using the Internet. It's readable and honest and full of fascinating facts on decoding graphic images, using Archie, finding info online and much more. One of my favorites.

Title: The Internet Complete Reference, Second Edition
Author: Harley Hahn
Publisher: Osborne McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 0-07-882138-X
Price: $32.95
Pages: 802
Published: January, 1996
For more information: 
Notes:

Title: The Internet Tool Kit
Author: Nancy Cedeno
Publisher: Sybex
ISBN: 0-7821-1688-4
Price: US$16.99
Pages:396
Published: 1995
For more information:
Notes: The coverage in this text extends beyond a discussion of the familiar FTP, Telnet, search engines and Web browsers to explore different versions of common tools, lesser known tools such as archiving and file decoding, as well as newly popular HTML editors. The book, organized according to tool types, shows you where to find, how to download, and how to use various tools including Tektel, Win Trumpet, Hgopher, InternetWorks, VMPEG and GNUZip.

Title: The Internet Toolkit: Getting Ready for the 21st Century
Author: Craig McKie
Publisher: Thompson Educational Publishing (Torento)
ISBN: 1-55077-066-7
Price: $24.95
Pages: 360
Published: December 1994
For more information: (416) 766-2763

Title: Internet Troubleshooter; Help for the Logged-on & Lost
Author: Nancy John, Edward Valauskas
ISBN: 0-8389-0633-8
Price: $20
Pages: 100
Published: 1994

Title: The Internet Voyeur-A Guide to Viewing Images on the Internet
Author: Jim Howard
Publisher: Sybex
ISBN: 0-7821-1655-8
Price: US$19.99
Pages: 359
Published: 1995
Goodies: disk
For more information:
Notes: An intermediate to advanced level book that teaches users to download, decode, and view images, as well as how to decompress sound and picture files.  Also contains locations of a variety types of pictures and sounds.

Title: Introducing the Internet: A Trainer's Workshop
Author: Lee David Jaffe
Publisher: Library Solutions Press
ISBN: 1-882208-03-X
Price: $30.00
Pages:
Published: 1994
For more information: http://www.internet-is.com/library/introduc.html
Notes: The 2nd in a series of supplements to "Crossing the Internet Threshold. Based on trainer's handouts and script. A guide for trainers whose audience is made up of pre-Internet users. Optional 'Plus' package for $60.00 is also available.

Title: The Lawyer's Guide to the Internet
Author: G. Burgess Allison
Publisher: The American Bar Association
ISBN: 1-57073-149-7
Price: $29.95
Pages: 368
Published: March 1995
For more information: (312) 988-5522
Notes:  This is an introduction to the Internet specifically tailored to lawyers and law offices.  Covers the usual Internet basics, then applies them to the specific uses that a law office might have. The author also discusses Internet uses such as legal research and client communications, as well as information provider applications, such as electronic publishing. Explains establishing an Internet presence, and why you should *not* repeat the Green Card Incident. Also includes a information about the spe
cial problems that lawyers face on the net, and using Internet software for internal systems inside the law office.  Also includes three law-related resource listings available online: excerpts from Heels' legallist, all of Louis-Jacques' lawlists and Tsang-Austin's govdocs.

Title: Learning to Use the Internet
Author: Ernest C. Ackermann
Publisher: Franklin, Beedle & Associates, Inc.
ISBN: 0-938661-92-2
Price: US$17.00
Pages: 368
Published: April 1995
For more information:
Notes: Learning to Use the Internet: an introduction with examples and exercises is a basic text for new users.  Covers email, FTP, Telnet, mailing lists, WAIS, gopher, and the World Wide Web.  Also includes discussion of ethical and legal issues.

Title: The Little Online Book: A Gentle Introduction to Modems, Online Services, Electronic Bulletin Boards, and the Internet 
Author: Alfred Glossbrenner
Publisher: Peachpit Press
ISBN: 1-56609-130-6
Price: $17.95
Pages: 440 
Published: 1995
For more information: Send blank e-mail message to BOOKS@MAILBACK.COM or call (800) 283-9444.
Notes:

Title: Mastering the Internet
Author: Pat McGregor and Glee Harrah Cady
Publisher: Sybex
ISBN: 0-7821-1645-0
Price: $39.95
Pages: 1250
Goodies: two diskettes of software: Chameleon Sampler and Netcruiser
Published: 1995
For more information: http://www.lloyd.com/~pat/index.html
Notes: Contains information for the new Internet navigator, experienced users, businesses and schools moving onto the Internet. Chapters cover appropriate use policies, cookbooks for creating your own web and gopher servers and s pecialized information resources for commercial, and K12 users.

Title: The Matrix: Computer Networks and Conferencing Systems Worldwide
Author: John S. Quarterman
Publisher: Digital Press
ISBN: 0-13-565607-9
Price: $50.00
Pages: 746
Published: 1990

Title: Medicine and the Internet-Introducing Online Resources and Terminology
Author: Bruce C. McKenzie
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0-19-262705-8
Price: ?
Pages: 224
Goodies: Quick Reference Card, complimentary WWW pages
Published: November 1995
For more information: http://www.oup.co.uk/scimed/medint
Notes: The author says: This is the first European guide to focus specifically on health-oriented online resources and bulletin boards. Topics include getting started, introduction to the Internet, where to look for medical resources, using online services, bulletin board features, online ethics, citing electronic references, medicine on CompuServe and other services. There is also information on MEDLINE, including how to conduct MEDLINE searches over the telephone.

Title: Navigating the Internet
Author: Mark Gibbs & Richard Smith
Publisher: Sams
ISBN: 0-672-30362-0
Price: $24.95
Pages: 500
Published: 1993
For more information: http://www.mcp.com/cgi-bin/bag?isbn=0-672-30362-0&last=/bookstore
For more information: 800-428-5331 or 317-581-3500

Title: Navigating the Internet, Deluxe Edition
Author: Richard Smith and Mark Gibbs
Publisher: Sams
ISBN: 0-672-30485-6
Price: $29.95
Pages: 640
Goodies: disk
Published: April 1994
For more information: http://www.mcp.com/cgi-bin/bag?isbn=0-672-30485-6&last=/bookstore
Notes: Nearly identical to Navigating the Internet (above) except it includes a disk with Internet Software for Microsoft Windows and a few extra chapters: "A Better Window on the Web: Mosaic", "Using the Internet for Business", as well as versions of the online references Gopher Jewels and PDIAL. I suppose it's worth the extra five bucks for this book versus the vanilla Navigating the Internet, especially if you use Windows and need the software.

Title: Navigating the Internet with OS/2 Warp
Author: Herb Tyson
Publisher: Sams
ISBN: 0-672-30719-7
Price: US$25.00
Pages: 437
Published: 1995
For More Information: http://www.mcp.com/
Notes: Covers Warp's UltiMedia Mail/2, NewsReader/2, Gopher, WebExplorer, FTP-PM and Telnet. It also describes third-party OS/2 alternatives to Warp's Internet tools.  Also includes valuable reference and resource materials such as the top 50 problems and how to solve them, a directory of OS/2 resources on the Internet, and OS/2 Internet sites.

Title: Net & Easy
Author: T.J. Thurston
Publisher: Einheit Productions/DIY Books
ISBN: 
Price: US$25.95
Pages: 248
Published: 1995
For more information: http://www.twoscan.com/2scan/training.html
Goodies: shareware diskette

Title: Net.Search
Author: Bill Eager & Peter Burke
Publisher: Que
ISBN: 0-7897-0242-8
Price: US$24.99
Pages: 387
Published: 1995
For more information: http://www.mcp.com/
Notes: This book introduces readers to the various types of information available on the Internet and aslo details key search strategies.  The guide covers all of the major Internet research and information systems, including the WWW, Usenet newsgroups, Gopher, FTP, Archie, WAIS, and email.

Title: The 'Net, the Web, and You: All you really need to know about the Internet...and a little bit more
Author: Daniel J. Kurland
Publisher: Wadsworth
ISBN: 0-534-51281-X
Price: ?
Pages: 224
Published: 1996
For more information: http://www.wadsworth.com
Notes: An introduction, in plain language, to the services, what they 
offer, contemporary issues, with sections on computer basics and tactics
and techniques for research, on the internet and off.  Includes a
discussion of the Internet within the broader history of human
communication and a glossary.

Title: Networks and Network Services - A User's Guide
Author: Frances Blomeley
Publisher: Immediate Publishing
ISBN: 1-898931-00-3
Price: UK#14.95, US$25.95
Pages: 246
Published: May 1994
For more information: +44 (273) 748427
Notes: A broad overview of most aspects of networks and network services from a U.K. user's perspective.

Title: The New Internet Navigator
Author: Paul Gilster
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 071126942
Price: US$24.95
Pages: 735
Published: 1995
For more information: (800) 263-1590 or gilster@interpath.net
Notes: A completely updated revision of the international bestseller The Internet Navigator.  Written for the dial-up modem user, this book has a hands-on, accessible style, while reflecting the rapid change that has taken place on the Internet.  With 60% new material, this book now covers the Web, SLIP/PPP and other high speed connections, TCP/IP, and commercial online services.

Title: The Official Internet World 60 Minute Guide To The Internet Including the World Wide Web
Author: Andrew Kantor
Publisher: IDG
ISBN: 1-56884-342-9
Price: US$19.99
Pages: 250
Published: September 1995
For more information:
Notes: This is a basic guide designed to get new users online by using this quick reference book.  Discusses the power of email, mailing lists, Usenet newsgroups, IRC, gopher, and FTP.

Title: The Online User's Encyclopedia: Bulletin Boards and Beyond.
Author: Bernard Aboba
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
ISBN: 0-201-62214-9
Price: $32.95
Pages: 806
Published: 1993
Thanks for the info: Gayle Keresey (aflgayle@aol.com)
Notes: Comprehensive compendium of information and guide to bulletin boards and the computer networks they are connected to. First edition of this book was a manual for the BMUG BBS. Indispensable guide to connecting your modem to the world.

Title: The Online World
Author: Odd de Presno and Mike Weaver
Publisher: Productive Publications
ISBN: 0-920847-89-7
Price: $47.00 (US and CND)
Pages: 300
Published: 1994
For more information: Fax:1-416-322-7434. Email: Iain.Williamson@CANREM.COM

Title: Pocket Guides to the Internet: Volume 1 - Telnetting
Author: Mark Veljkov & George Hartnell
Publisher: Meckler
ISBN: 0-88736-943-X
Price: $7
Pages: 64
Published: 1994

Title: Pocket Guides to the Internet: Volume 5 - Basic Internet Utilities
Author: Mark Veljkov & George Hartnell
Publisher: Meckler
ISBN: 0-88736-947-2
Price: $7
Pages: 64
Published: 1994

Title: Pocket Guides to the Internet: Volume 6 - Terminal Connections
Author: Mark Veljkov & George Hartnell
Publisher: Meckler
ISBN: 0-88736-948-0
Price: $7
Pages: 64
Published: 1994

Title: Riding the Internet Highway-Deluxe Edition
Author: Sharon Fisher, Steven Vaughan-Nichols & Rob Tidrow
Publisher: New Riders
ISBN: 1-56205-315-9
Price: US$24.95, CAN$32.95, UK#23.49
Pages: 359
Published: June 1994
Goodies: disk
For more information:
Notes: Designed to bring the beginning-intermediate user up to speed, demonstrating how to access the Internet and all of its features.  Offers step-by-step instructions, helpful notes, and tips on using online services as well as FTP and gopher.

Title: Simple Internet
Author: Jeffrey M Cogswell
Publisher: Waite Group
ISBN: 1-878739-79-4 
Price: $16.95, $23.95 Canada
Pages:162
Published: 1994
Thanks for the info: Michael Crestohl
Notes: Michael Crestohl says: Uses a innovative approach to teaching basic Internet skills - it is actually a mystery novel in which the reader assumes the identity of Archie Finger, Ace Private Eye.  You'll unravel the mystery of the Simple Internet Connection.  Assumes the reader access Internet with a UNIX shell. Aimed at young people and its novel approach is different from all other basic "how-to" Internet books I've seen. The illustrations and graphics remind me of the comic books of my youth. 

Title: Special Edition Using the Internet (2nd edition)
Author: Mary Ann Pike
Publisher: Que
ISBN: 0-7897-0077-8
Price: $39.99
Pages: 1296
Goodies: Mac and PC software, CD-ROM
Published: May 1995
For more information: http://www.mcp.com/cgi-bin/bag?isbn=0-7897-0077-8&last=/bookstore
Notes: A complete guide for accomplished Internet users, this book covers vital information such as e-mail, Usenet, Telnet, FTP, and Gopher. Features and array of tools for getting the most out of the Internet.

Title: Success with Internet
Author: Allen L. Wyatt
Publisher: Jamsa Press
ISBN: 1-884133-01-0
Price: $29.95
Pages: 421
Goodies: inlcudes 60-page booklet "Navigating the Internet" 
Published: 1994
For more information: 800/628-8280

Title: Surfing the Internet: A Nethead's Adventures On-Line
Author: J.C. Herz
Publisher: Little, Brown and Co.
ISBN:
Price:
Pages:
Published:
For more information:
Notes:

Title: Teach Yourself the Internet: Around the World in 21 Days
Author: Neil Randall
Publisher: Sams
ISBN: 0-672-30519-4
Price: $27.00
Pages: 700
Published: July 1994
For more information: http://www.mcp.com:80/cgi-bin/bag?isbn=0-672-30519-4&last=/sams
Notes: A well-organized tutorial that shows, in a topic oriented (not tool-oriented) fashion how to find information online. If you're interested in reading (or publishing) an online magazine, it shows you where to go for the goods on Usenet, in mailing lists and on WWW. If you're looking for a job, the authors show you not only how to find job listings online, but how to use the 'net to reserach prospective employers and find international job sources. It also covers lots of ground in education, art, ente
rtainment and business. Even if you've been on the 'net for years, this book can show you corners of the 'net you've never imagined.

Title: The Traveler's Guide to the Information Highway
Author: Dylan Tweney
Publisher: Ziff-Davis Press
ISBN: 1-56276-206-0
Price: $24.95
Pages: 139
Published: June 1994
For more information: 72241.443@compuserve.com or 800/688-0448
Notes: A guide to the Internet, CompuServe, Prodigy, America Online, Delphi, GEnie, and ZiffNet for CompuServe, this book is the first of its kind to feature real maps of each service, making it exceptionally easy to navigate the on-line world. Colorful but hard to read. There are also easy-to-follow instructions for using each one, plus tips, shortcuts, and pointers to the best and most interesting features. Interesting stuff, but seems to favor the online services featuring ZiffNet online. I wonder why..


Title: UNIX Comminications and the Internet
Author: Henderson, Anderson & Costales
Publisher: Sams
ISBN: 0-672-30537-2
Price: $35.00
Published: Feb 1995
For more information: http://www.mcp.com/cgi-bin/bag?isbn=0-672-30537-2&last=/bookstore

Title: Using Gopher
Author: Keith Johnson and Philip Baczewski
Publisher: Que
ISBN: 0-7897-0136-7
Price: US$19.99
Pages: 302
Published: October 1995
Notes: Using Gopher focuses on everything from the basics of getting started to locating useful sites and exploring the future of Gopher.  It also shows how to search for information using Archie, VERONICA, and JUGHEAD, as well as other Internet search tools including WAIS and WWW.

Title: Using the Internet 
Author: Bill Eager
Publisher: Que
ISBN: 0-7897-0096-4
Price: $19.99
Pages: 369
Goodies: disk
Published: May 1995
For more information: http://www.mcp.com/cgi-bin/bag?isbn=0-7897-0096-4&last=/bookstore
Notes: Explains in step-by-step fashion how to get on the Internet and how to use graphical, point-and-click computer programs to navigate through the Internet.

Title: WAIS and Gopher Servers: a guide for librarians and Internet end-users
Author: Eric Lease Morgan
Publisher: Meckler
ISBN: 0-88736-932-4
Price: $30.00
Pages: 150
Published: March 1994
Notes: The first book-length treatment of WAIS and Gopher servers.

Title: Welcome to... The Internet, 2nd Edition
Author: Tom Badgett
Publisher: MIS Press
ISBN: 1-55828-424-9
Price: US$19.95, CAN$27.00
Pages:
Published: 1995
Notes: The best-selling first edition has been updated to give both beginning and more advanced readers the latest information and helpful hints on using the Internet.  Topics covered include online conferences, downloading data, netiquette, email, and the commercialization of the Internet.

Title: The Whole Internet User's Guide and Catalog-2nd Edition
Author: Ed Krol
Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates
ISBN: 1-56592-063-5
Price: $24.95
Pages: 574
Published: April 1994
For more information: http://gnn.com/gnn/bus/ora/item/twi2.html or info@ora.com
Notes: This book covers the basic utilities used to access the network and then guides users through the Internet's "databases of databases" to access the millions of files and thousands of archives available. It includes a resource index that covers a broad selection of approximately 300 important resources available on the Internet. The 2nd edition has been completely updated to reflect the development of new Internet tools, including Mosaic, MIME, tin, pine, xarchie and a greatly expanded resource catal
og. Highly recommended.

Title: The Woman's Guide to Online Services
Author: Judith A. Broadhurst
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 0-07-024168-6
Price: $19.95 US
Pages: 418
Goodies: coupons for discounts on online networks
Published: October 1995 
For more information: 74774.1740@compuserve.com (author)
Notes: The first online guide especially for women. It goes beyond the typical lists of lists and tech talk to show both men and women, through interviews and practical, specific guidance, how to save time and money online and make online networks truly useful their day-to-day personal, family, business and community lives. Says the author, Judith Broadhurst: "The operative word in computer network is network, not computer. It's the relationships you establish online that are far more valuable than just ch
atting or merely gathering information."

Title: Your Internet Consultant - The FAQs of Life Online
Author: Kevin M. Savetz
Publisher: Sams
ISBN: 0-672-30520-8
Price: $25 US $34.95 CAN
Pages: 550
Published: July 1994
For more information: http://www.northcoast.com/savetz/yic/yic.html or http://www.mcp.com/cgi-bin/bag?isbn=0-672-30520-8&last=/bookstore
Notes: Your Internet Consultant - the FAQs of List Online (written by the author of this bibliography) provides simple, enlightening answers to hundreds (361, to be exact) of frequently asked questions about the Internet (as well as answers to a few questions that aren't frequently-asked, but should be.) The book is arranged in a question-and-answer format, making it blissfully simple to find just the info you need. I think you'll find the book unique, useful and a little silly.

Title: Zen & the Art of the Internet: A Beginner's Guide, 4th edition
Author: Brendan Kehoe
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
ISBN: 0-13-452914-6
Price: US$23.95
Pages: 272
Published: October 1995
For more information: (800) 947-7700 or orders@prenhall.com
Notes: Originally published online to answer user questions while Kehoe was a system administrator, this book quickly became a favorite user's guide to the Internet.  The book assumes no knowledge of the net and helps users get up to speed quickly and easily.  A net insider, Kehoe even includes amusing facts and stories to illustrate the culture of the net.  Unlike other Internet books, this is a book for anyone, no matter what type of operating system they use, because the book is platform or operating sy
stem neutral.  The book is concise, yet complete-beginners don't have to read a huge tome the size of an unabridged dictionary to get started on the Internet and the WWW.


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Title: DOS User's Guide to the Internet
Author: James Gardner
Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN: 0-13-106873-3
Price: $34.95
Pages: 308
Goodies: DOS disk
Published: 1993
For more information: (515) 284-6751 or phyllis@prenhall.com
Thanks for the info: Robert Slade <ROBERTS@decus.ca>
Notes: A minimalist software package and manual for setting up a UUCP connection for mail and news. This title is almost completely misleading. This book is not for DOS users, except that you must be running DOS to run the MKS UUCP for DOS programs for which this book is a manual. This book is also not about the Internet, as such. Both the specifics and the concepts refer to UUCP rather than the Internet. The text of the book does point out that there are differences, but the examples given relate to UUCP.
 That said, for those who are interested in making their first move to a direct Internet connection, this could be an excellent choice. UUCP was designed to be quite comfortable with dialup connections, and this book and associated programs, help to automate a number of the connection functions while freeing the user from much of the technical detail that TCP/IP requires.

Title: Hands-On Internet: A Beginning Guide for PC Users
Author: David Sachs & Henry Stair
Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN: 0-13-056392-7
Price: US$29.95
Pages: 330
Goodies: DOS disk 
Published: 1994
Notes: A series of eight online tutorial sessions that lead PC users through the Internet, even if they have no previous experience.

Title: PC Internet Tour Guide
Author: Michael Fraase
Publisher: Ventana Press
ISBN: 1-56604-084-1
Price: $24.95
Pages: 284
Goodies: PC floppy disk with useful software. Two periodic updates via e-mail. One month of free online time from MRNet.
Published: 1994
For more information: dilennox@aol.com
Notes: This book (with floppy disk) for MS-DOS users helps newcomers get online and take their first steps on the 'net. Fraase first wrote the Mac Internet Tour Guide, and this book seems more like an afterthought than a follow-up. Chapters cover obligatory topics like What is the Internet, Getting Connected, Network News, Transferring Files, Using Gopher and Other Internet Resources. The book's organization leaves something to be desired: talk of telnet, FAQs and Netfind (hardly unimportant topics) are lu
mped together in the "Other Resources" chapter near the back of the book. The book includes some interesting real-life examples and ideas for things to do online, but too much (for my taste) focuses on how to set up and use the bundled software.


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Title: Access the Internet (2nd edition)
Author: David Peal
Publisher: Sybex
ISBN: 0-7821-1744-9
Price: $22.99
Pages: 339
Goodies: NetCruiser software
Published: October 1995
Notes: This new edition help users make the most of the added features and refinements to NetCruiser software. Chapters contain thorough explanations of e-mail, FTP, Gopher, IRC, Telnet, and WWW. Three appendices discuss installation and upgrading, troubleshooting tips and using the sound player, graphics and text viewers.

Title: America Online's Internet (2nd edition), Windows edition
Author: Tom Lichty
Publisher: Ventana Press
ISBN: 1-56604-176-7
Price: $24.95
Pages: 336
Goodies: includes America Online program disk, online updates
Published: 1994
For more information: majortom@aol.com
Notes: The author says: "this book provides a complete description of America Online's Internet Connection and access to the Internet via AOL. In a jaunty style well-known to readers of Ventana's America Online Membership Kit, author Tom Lichty points out top Internet attractions and leads his audience through the process of accessing them with America Online. Updates to the book -- text and graphics -- are available online in AOL's Internet Connection."

Title: The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Internet for Windows
Author: Peter Kent
Publisher: Que
ISBN: 1-56761-609-7
Price: US$21.99
Pages: 307
Published: August 1995
Goodies: disk
For more information: http://www.mcp.com/
Notes: A light-hearted approach to explaining Internet basics and guides readers through accessing and navigating the Internet.  Readers learn how to connect to the Internet, use email, access Usenet newsgroups, explore the WWW and chat with other Internet users.

Title: The Complete Idiot's Next Step with the Internet
Author: Peter Kent
Publisher: Alpha Books
ISBN: 1-56761-524-4
Price: US$19.95
Pages: 400
Goodies: disk
Published: 1994
For more information: http://www.mcp.com/cgi-bin/bag?isbn=1-56761-524-4&last=/bookstore
Notes: A good follow up to the Complete Idiot's Guide to the Internet for PC users.  Readers can explore more advanced features such as Mosaic, dial-in-direct and WinSocks, and advanced online techniques and resources such as multi-user dimensions, the Web and IRC

Title: Field Guide to the Internet with Windows 95
Author: Stephen L. Nelson
ISBN: 1-55615-822-X
Price: US$9.95
Pages: 194
Notes: A pocket guide to the Internet, in handy, ready-reference format.

Title: Internet for Windows, America Online Edition
Author: David Gardner, Grace Beatty, David Sauer
Publisher: Prima
ISBN: 1-55958-554-4
Price: $19.95, $27.95 Canada
Published: December 1994

Title: Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh
Author: Adam Engst
Publisher: Hayden
SBN: 1-56830-111-1
Price: $29.95
Pages: 640
Goodies: Mac floppy disk filled with great software and free connect time
Published: 2nd ed., Aug 1994
For more information: http://www.mcp.com/cgi-bin/bag?isbn=1-56830-111-1&last=/bookstore
Notes: I used to think that this was absolutely the best Internet book for Macintosh users that was ever - or could ever be - written. Then, the second edition came out and proved me wrong. This book claims to be "everything you need to get on the Internet" and it delivers: everything from the software you'll need to get connected, to 1,000 pages of copious knowledge. This is a fun, enlightening, excellent book. If you own a Mac and are on the Internet (or want to connect) this is the one to get.

Title: Internet Starter Kit for Windows (2nd edition)
Author: Adam Engst, Corwin Low and Michael Simon
Publisher: Hayden
ISBN: 1-56830-177-4
Price: $30.00
Pages: 900
Goodies: Net Manage Web Surfer Sample software
Published: 1994
For more information: http://www.mcp.com/
Notes: Written for new users or those who have only experimented with the Net, this guide explains how to get connected and what to do when connected.  It covers PC terminal programs, universal e-mail, news services, games, and special interest networks and includes libraries of programs and information.  The book even shows readers how to have real-time conversations with other users around the world.

Title: Microsoft Windows 95 Internet Kit
Author: Bryan Pfaffenberger
ISBN: 1-55615-885-8
Price: US$29.95
Pages: 219
Notes: This book gets users up and running with the Internet on Windows 95. The disk includes the Internet Explorer, Microsoft's world-class World Wide Web browser, the Internet Setup Wizard, the Internet-enabled client software for The Microsoft Network, and a web page with direct links to the web sites described in the book.

Title: MORE Internet for Dummies
Author: John Levine & Carol Baroudi
Publisher: IDG
ISBN: 1-56884-164-7
Price: $19.95
Pages: 430
Published: July 1994
For more information: (415) 312-0650 or midummies@iecc.com
Notes: Blurb from the author: "Intended as a follow-on to the best selling "Internet for Dummies", includes in-depth looks at commercial on-line providers including Delphi, AOL and UNIX shell providers. Also SLIP/PPP access including how to get and install, Trumpet Winsock, Trumpet, WinVN, Eudora, WinQVTnet, WSFTP, etc., and an expanded resource list featuring newer gopher and WWW servers."

Title: 10 Minute Guide to the Internet
Author: Peter Kent
Publisher: Alpha
ISBN: 1-56761-428-0
Price: $12.99 US, $16.99 CAN
Pages: 162
Published: 1994
For more information: http://www.mcp.com/cgi-bin/bag?isbn=1-56761-428-0&last=/bookstore
Notes: A terse introduction to the Internet, how to get online and how to navigate using UNIX, e-mail, FTP, archie, WAIS, WWW, gopher, telnet and Usenet. For the rank beginner. Divided into 20 or so "ten-minute" lessons. Does a fair job, considering its brevity, but is too short to serve as a thorough introduction. Slanted to Microsoft Windows users accessing a UNIX host.

Title: The Whole Internet for Windows 95
Author: Ed Krol and Paula Ferguson
Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates
ISBN: 1-56592-155-0
Price: US$24.95
Pages: 650
Published: October 1995
For more information: http://www.ora.com/www/item/twiwin.html
Notes: A guide to show readers how to access the Net's vast information resources using Windows 95. Includes discussion of Netscape, Usenet, IRC, and Internet FAX.  The Catalog section of the book contains a resource index.

Title: Windows Internet Tour Guide-2nd Edition
Author: Phil James
Publisher: Ventana Press
ISBN: 1-56604-174-0
Price: $29.95
Pages: 400
Goodies: disk
Published: 1995
For more information: http://www.vmedia.com/witg.html
Notes: An update to the best-selling first edition, this version features new information on the WWW, software and other developments.

Title: Windows on the Internet-The Complete Toolchest on CD-ROM
Author: John P. Morphet
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 0-07-912173-X


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Title: America Online's Internet (2nd edition), Macintosh edition
Author: Tom Lichty
Publisher: Ventana Press
ISBN: 1-56604-175-9
Price: $24.95
Pages: 336
Goodies: includes America Online program disk, online updates
Published: 1994
For more information: majortom@aol.com
Notes: The author says: "this book provides a complete description of America Online's Internet Connection and access to the Internet via AOL. In a jaunty style well-known to readers of Ventana's America Online Membership Kit, author Tom Lichty points out top Internet attractions and leads his audience through the process of accessing them with America Online. Updates to the book -- text and graphics -- are available online in AOL's Internet Connection."

Title: Internet Explorer Kit for Macintosh
Author: Adam Engst and William Dickson
Publisher: Hayden
ISBN: 1-56830-0989-1
Price: $29.95 US, $39.95 CAN
Pages: 440
Goodies: Includes a disk of Interesting Mac software
Published: 1994
For more information: iek@tidbits.com or http://www.mcp.com/cgi-bin/bag?isbn=1-56830-089-1&last=/bookstore
Notes: Written for someone who doesn't even necessarily want to get on the Internet, but who just wants to find out what it is everyone's blabbering about. The book is non-technical and really designed to show folks what's interesting on the Internet. 

Title: Internet for Macs for Dummies
Author: Seiter
Publisher: IDG
ISBN: 1-56884-184-1
Price: $19.95
Published: 1994
For more information: (415) 312-0650

Title: Mac Internet Tour Guide (2nd edition)
Author:
Publisher: Ventana Press
ISBN: 1-56604-173-2
Price: $29.95
Pages: 400
Goodies: disk
Published: 1995
For more information: http://www.vmedia.com/mitg.html
Notes: This updated classic for Macintosh users helps newcomers get online and get acquainted with Internet software as well as the WWW.


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Title: Driving the Infohighway - A Guide for VAX/VMS Users
Author: Gerald Neufeld
Publisher: New Fields Publishing
ISBN: 0-920436-54-4
Price: $18.95 (US), $24.95 (CAN)
Pages: 296
Published: 1994
For more information: (204) 729-8943
Thanks for the info: Peter Scott <scottp@herald.usask.ca>
Notes: The book is for users who will be accessing the Internet via a VAX/VMS host. It is designed for a reader who has some familiarity with personal computers but who has had little or no experience in using the VAX. It assumes that the user will be accessing the VAX using a VT-100 or better terminal or terminal emulation program. It explains how to access the VAX using a PC on the campus-wide ethernet LAN or by modem. The book can be used as a tutorial for beginners. The novice user will find the step b
y step instructions, practical examples, and glossary very helpful. However, the book can also be used as a valuable resource for the more experienced user.

Title: SATURN: A Beginners Guide To Using the Internet
Author: Kyle Cassidy
Publisher: RCNJ Press
Price: $3
Pages: 110
For more information: cassidy@saturn.rowan.edu
Notes: Specifically for VAX/VMS users (you poor things.) The manual is somewhat specific for our VAX 4000, but it can be used by anyone who is netting with VMS. It's also available online for free, FTPable from: gboro.rowan.edu:/pub/Saturn_Guide


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History, culture, law, future of the Net
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Title: Casting The Net: From Arpanet to Internet and Beyond
Author: Peter H. Salus
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
ISBN: 0-201-87674-4
Price: US$26.85
Pages: 279
Published: 1995
For more information:
Notes: This history of the Internet by esteemed author Peter H. Salus, is definitely worth reading. Building on the foundation of his earlier work, A Quarter Century of UNIX, Peter H. Salus has combed the literature and interviewed the players.  The result is the first full-length history of the growth and development of the Matrix of computer networks we now use.  The book is in chronologically ordered, covering 1940 to the present.

Title: Civilizing Cyberspace: Policy, Power and the Information Superhighway
Author: Steven E. Miller
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
ISBN: 0-201-84760-4
Price: US$32.95
Pages: 352
Published: October 1995
For more information:
Notes: A book designed for both novice and experienced users, this title aims to educate readers about privacy issues and other civil liberties and how the Internet plays a role.

Title: CyberSociety: Computer-Mediated Communication and Community
Author: Steve Jones, editor
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc.
ISBN: 0-8039-5677-0
Price: 22.95
Pages: 241
Published: 1996
For more information: steve-jones@utulsa.edu
Notes: 

Title: The Emperor's Virtual Clothes: The Naked Truth About Internet Culture
Author: Dinty W. Moore
Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
ISBN: 1-56512-096-5
Price: $17.95
Pages: 219
Published: September 1995
For more information: dwm7@psuvm.psu.edu
Notes: A good-natured but skeptical look at the new culture springing up among Internet users. From cybersex to computer chat, from e-mail to electronic politics, Moore embarks on a funny, irreverent inquiry into popular culture and the usefulness of technology.

Title: The Future Does Not Compute - Transcending the Machines in Our Midst
Author: Stephen L. Talbott
Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates
ISBN: 1-56592-085-6
Price: $22.95
Pages: 502
Published: June 1995
For more information: http://www.ora.com
Notes: The Future Does Not Compute takes readers on a wide-ranging tour of the dark side of the Internet and computer technology. The author challenges the assertions made by technology enthusiasts that computers expand creativity and community. Talbott contends that the computers are an outward expression of "the hidden and increasingly powerful machine within us." As computers become further enmeshed in our daily lives, we are pulled toward the habits of mind they support. How do we maintain that which i
s uniquely human in the face of computer technology that is taking over more and more human functions?

Title: The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier
Author: Bruce Sterling
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0-553-08058-X
Price: $23
Pages: 352
Published: 1992
Thanks for the info: John Quarterman in RFC 1432
Notes: An in-depth examination of the forces of law who try to deal with computer crime, and of the issues involved, written by one of the science fiction writers who invented cyberpunk. The real story behind Operation Sundevil and the Legion of Doom. Readable, informative, amusing, and necessary. UK edition published by Penguin Books, pp328, costs GBP6.99. You can also get it online: ftp://ftp.eff.org/pub/Publications/Bruce_Sterling/Hacker_Crackdown/ or http://www.eff.org/pub/Publications/Bruce_Sterling/H
acker_Crackdown/

Title: Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
Author: Steven Levy
Publisher: Anchor Press/Doubleday
ISBN: 0-385-19195-2 (hard) 0-440-13405-6 (paper)
Price: $17.95 / $4.95
Pages: 458
Published: 1984
Notes: Describes the early culture and ethos of hackers and computer homebrewers and that ultimately resulted in the Internet and Usenet. UK edition published by Penguin Books.

Title: Internet for Cats
Author: Judy Heim
Publisher: No Starch Press
ISBN: 1-886411-07-7
Price: US$8.95
Pages:
Published: 1996
For more information:
Notes: A daring expose of the feline conspiracy in cyberspace. The book discusses not only "Internet for Cool Cats," but also "Internet Help for Humans."

Title: The Internet Joke Book
Author: Brad Templeton
Publisher: Peer to Peer Communications
ISBN: 1-57398-025-0
Price: 
Pages: 
Goodies: 
Published:
For more information: http://www.clari.net/inetjoke.html
Notes: This is a collection of the best 10% from the first 5 years of rec.humor.funny with a special emphasis on computer, science and net jokes. Rec.humor.funny is a special moderated newsgroup devoted to comedy, its postings are probably the most widely read material on the internet.

Title: Netlaw-Your Rights in the Online World
Author: Lance Rose, Esq.
Publisher: Osborne McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 0-07-882077-4
Price: US$19.95
Pages: 372
Published: 1995
Notes: This book is important for anyone needing to know their legal rights and obligations in the online world. The subject is fascinating because it is so new that, in many cases, there are no legal precedents to guide us and therefore, its like sailing in uncharted waters. Netlaw covers many important issues-everything from freedom of speech, censorship, contracts, copyright, privacy, the public domain and a whole lot more.

Title: NetWorld!: What People Are Really Doing on the Internet, and What It Means to You
Author: David H. Rothman
Publisher: Prima
ISBN: 0-7615-0013-8
Price: $22.95
Pages: 344
Goodies: Web area
Published: 1996
For more information: http://www.clark.net/pub/rothman/networld.html
Notes: NetWorld! isn't about bits and bytes; it's about people and what happens when they come together online. Topics range from Net music and journalism to the encryption,  "smut," and copyright controversies--all presented in the most human terms. Readers won't just learn of PGP developer Phil Zimmermann's battles with Washington, they'll also meet an Anglican priest who accepts confessions protected with Zimmermann's software.

Title: Sex, Laws, and Cyberspace
Author: Jonathan Wallace and Mark Mangan
Publisher: Henry Holt & Co.
ISBN:0-8050-4767-0
Price: US$24.95, CAN$34.95
Pages: 261
Published: March 1996
For more information: http://www.spectacle.org/freespch/
Notes: This book addresses the legal issues and ethical debates surrounding the explosive worldwide growth of the Internet and commercial online services. Examinations of issues include interviews with key players from both sides.

Title: Silicon Snake Oil
Author: Clifford Stoll
Publisher: Doubleday
ISBN: 0-385-41993-7
Price: $22.00
Pages: 247
Published: 1995

Title: The Smiley Dictionary
Author: Seth Godin
Publisher: Peachpit Press
ISBN: 1-56609-008-3
Price: $6.95
Pages: 96
Notes: Illustrates more than 200 smileys :-)

Title: smileys
Author: Lesley Strother
Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates
ISBN: 1-56592-041-4
Pages: 595
Published: 1993
For more information: http://gnn.com/gnn/bus/ora/item/smileys.html or info@ora.com
Notes: A collection of 650 "smileys". While not an Internet book per se, smileys are certainly used enough on the Internet to warrant an entry here. :-)



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Lexicons, jargon, reference guides
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Title: Complete Cyberspace Reference & Directory
Author: Gilbert Held
Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold
ISBN: 0-442-01913-0
Price: US$29.95
Published: 1995

Title: Electronic Style: A Guide to Citing Electronic Information
Author: Xia Li and Nancy Crane
Publisher: Meckler
ISBN: 0-88736-909-X
Price: $15
Pages: 80
Published: 1993
Notes: Here is where to find out how to cite in your bibliographies references found on the Internet, on CD-ROMs and online database searches.

Title: The Internet Dictionary
Author: Christian Crumlish
Publisher: Sybex
ISBN: 0-7821-1675-2
Price: US$12.99
Pages:226
Published: May 1995
For more information:
Notes: This is an indispensable guide to the slang, jargon, acronyms and technical terms that are common to the Internet.  it is both vital on-the-spot reference and a fascinating place to browse, for new and experinced users.  readers can now master network terminology, decode the acronyms for organizations, standards, programs and files on the Net, learn the latest slang-and be forewarned about trolling, mailbombs and other cyberspace tricks and traps.  From acceptable use to Zterm, from Archie to the WW
W, this contains over 2400 concise and cross-referenced entries, plenty of illustrations and helpful examples.

Title: Internet in Plain English
Author: Bryan Pfaffenberger
Publisher: MIS Press
ISBN: 1-55828-385-4
Price: $19.95
Pages: 463
Published: September, 1994
Notes: Of the various glossaries and dictionaries of Internet jargon, Internet in Plain English is among the most complete. Arranged like a dictionary, it defines just about every term you're likely to hear on and about Internet and UNIX, from "abbrev" to "'zine". It contains a lot of technical terms that tech-heads bandy about relentlessly (like CSO name server, ISDN, and OSI protocol suite) and can give beginners and intermediate users a leg up in understanding what everyone's talking about. 

Title: Internet Instant Reference (2nd edition)
Author: Paul E. Hoffman
Publisher: Sybex
ISBN: 0-7821-1719-8
Price: $12.99
Pages: 329
Published: April 1995
Notes: This book is part quick reference, part lexicon and part Internet tutorial. Arranged in dictionary format, it defines Internet jargon (like shareware and hypertext) gives brief descriptions of tools (like Knowbot and Listserv), includes short command summaries for using popular programs (like FTP, emacs and elm), and describes various 'net organizations, policies and legislature. Nice design and layout. Contains expanded list of Internet providers and the latest information on new resources, tools, 
graphical front ends and online educational and government sites.

Title: net.speak - the Internet Dictionary
Author: Tom Fahey
Publisher: Hayden
ISBN: 1-56830-095-6
Price: $12.95
Pages: 250
Published: August, 1994
Notes: If you've ever wondered just what the InterNIC is, or what MIME stands for, or the difference between a bridge and a router, pick up net.speak - the Internet Dictionary. This is a dictionary of all things Internet, listing some 2,000 Internet-related phrases, acronyms and jargon. Although the definitions are brief, this book contains a useful mix of tech-speak (like High-Level Data Link Control), common Internet slang (like "spam") and those hard-to-decrypt acronyms (like RTFM, KIS and NIC.) To keep
 things from getting dull, the book peppered with cartoons,  interesting stories about the 'net and etiquette tips.

Title: The New Hacker's Dictionary
Author: Edited by Eric Raymond and Guy L. Steele
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0-262-68079-3
Price: 14.95
Pages: 453
Published: 2nd edition, 1994.
For more information: (800) 356-0343 or (617) 625-8481
Notes: The New Hacker's Dictionary is a great book for learning about the various slang, jargon and customs and folklore of the 'net (as well as other lairs of the hacker.) Very silly and highly recommended. You can get it for free online (The Jargon File) at http://www.ccil.org/jargon/jargon.html, but the bound book makes great bathroom reading and contains silly cartoons and stuff.


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Netiquette
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Title: Minding Your Cybermanners on the Internet
Author: Donald Rose
Publisher: Alpha
ISBN: 1-56761-521-X
Price: $12.99
Pages: 196
Published: 1995
For more information: http://www.mcp.com/cgi-bin/bag?isbn=1-56761-521-X&last=/bookstore
Notes: From the publisher: "An entertaining and thorough guide to the critical do's and don'ts of Internet behavior and communication for newcomers. Smileys, emoticons, and many helpful tips helps the newbie blend into the net culture with grace and ease."

Title: Netiquette
Author: Virginia Shea
Publisher: Albion Books
ISBN: 0-9637025-1-3
Price: $19.95
Pages: 154
Published: 1994
For more information: info@albion.com
Notes: This slim book does an excellent job of helping those new to Cyberspace learn the basic tenants of network etiquette, or "netiquette". It's easy to read and loaded with interesting real-life examples. Chapters cover netiquette of e-mail and of discussion groups as well as providing excellent netiquette guidelines for business, home and school use. Particularly useful sections cover Electronic Style (looking good online, tone of voice and signature files) and the "core rules" of the online world. One
 chapter covers copyright issues and another the etiquette of e-mail privacy. There's even a tiny chapter on "Love & Sex in Cyberspace". This book should be required reading for anyone collecting their Internet Learner's Permit. (You can retrieve a brief excerpt from Netiquette: "The Core Rules of Netiquette" by sending e-mail to netiquette-request@albion.com with the words "archive send core" in the subject line.)


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Using electronic mail
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Title: !%@:: A Directory of Electronic Mail Addressing and Networks
Author: Donnalyn Frey & Rick Adams
Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates
ISBN: 1-56592-046-5
Price: $9.95
Pages: 640
Published: 4th ed, June 1994
For more information: http://gnn.com/gnn/bus/ora/item/email4.html or info@ora.com
Thanks for the info: Robert Slade <ROBERTS@decus.ca>
Notes: This book is a reference work. It details the various computer networks with gateways to the Internet. It is common to cite such works as "indispensable": in fact, most users, and even site managers, muddle along quite happily without it. Quick reference "electronic" versions exist of very similar documents, which provide the addressing schemes for the more common network and commercial service gateways. Frey and Adams have, however, put together a very complete and interesting reference, and I do s
uggest it to anyone managing, or using, extensive e-mail correspondence. As a user of electronic mail, or the manager of a small Internet node or UUCP site, it would be hard to say that you "need" this book. If, however, you are at all interested in the topic of e-mail, you will find this fascinating and useful.

Title: 1994 Internet White Pages
Author: Seth Godin & James S. McBride
Publisher: IDG
ISBN: 1-56884-300-3
Price: $29.95
Published: 1994
Notes: A thick book listing about 100,000 e-mail addresses. (Although that may seem like a lot, it's not very comprehensive.) Addresses are listed by last name and are also indexed by Internet domain name. This book may be useful for finding associates' e-mail addresses, but is probably no more useful than using one of the many 'net-based e-mail-address search utilities. The book is unevenly edited (I'm in there three times!) and was woefully out of date before the ink was dry.

Title: Electronic Mail
Author: Jacob Palme
Publisher: Artech House
ISBN: 0-89006-802-X
Price: US$54.00 UK£39.00
Pages: 
Published: January 1995
For more information: http://www.dsv.su.se/~jpalme/e-mail-book/e-mail-book.html
Notes: This book was written as a text for a class on electronic mail at Stockholm University. It covers a variety of topics including etiquette, filters, cryptography and gateways. Also includes discussion of cost analysis and the social implications of electronic communication.

Title: The Elements of E-Mail Style
Author: David Angell & Brent Heslop
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
ISBN: 0-201-62709-4
Price: $12.95
Pages: 157
Published: March 1994
For more information: dangell@shell.portal.com
Thanks for the info: David F Angell (dangell@shell.portal.com)
Notes: How to write effective e-mail. It simplifies and summarizes essential writing techniques so users can upgrade their writing skills and see their e-mail make maximum impact in minimal time.

Title: E-mail Addresses of the Rich and Famous
Author: Seth Godin
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
ISBN: 0-201-40893-7
Price: $7.95
Pages: 130
Published: 1994
For more information: sethwood@aol.com
Notes: A directory of more than 1,000 of e-mail addresses of famous folks: politicians, authors, reporters and other personalities. Included are Ed Asner, Tom Brokaw, Bill Clinton, Ross Perot, Dave Barry and others.

Title: E-mail Companion
Author: John S. Quarterman and Smoot Carl-Mitchell
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
ISBN: 0-201-40658-6
Price: $19.95
Pages: 318
Published: 1994
For more information: (800) 447-2226
Thanks for the info: Steve Brock
Notes: This introduction assists the e-mail user through sending and replying to messages, sending mail to other systems (such as from America Online to Compuserve), using mailing lists, finding and downloading files, locating e-mail addresses, and encoding non-text data with MIME.  The material, however, is quite short-sighted in several places. 

Title: E-mail Essentials
Author: Ed Tittel and Margaret Robbins
Publisher: AP Professional
ISBN: 0-12-691397-8
Price: $24.95
Pages: 298
Published: 1994
For more information: app@acad.com
Notes: This book covers everything from the installation of e-mail to the maintenance and management of e-mail hubs and message servers.

Title: The E-mail Frontier
Author: Daniel Blum and David Litwack
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
ISBN: 0-201-56860-8
Price: US$46.25
Pages: 480
Published: 1994
Notes: A technical overview of markets and evolving technologies.

Title: The Internet by E-mail
Author: Clay Shirky
Publisher: Ziff-Davis Press
ISBN: 1-56276-240-0
Price: $19.95
Pages: 256
Published: July 1994
Notes: A resource for people who would like to tap the resources of the Internet, but can't access the full Internet in their area, can't afford to access it, or simply do not want to learn all the new complicated protocols of the Internet.

Title: Internet E-mail Quick Tour: Sending, Receiving & Managing Your Messages Online
Author: Ted Alspach
Publisher: Ventana Press
ISBN: 1-56604-220-8
Price: US$14.00
Pages: 122
Published: 1995
Notes: This thin title concentrates on basic information for new users. Topics include how to send and receive e-mail, privacy, netiquette, and newsgroups.

Title: Internet: Mailing Lists
Author: Edward Hardie & Vivian Neou
Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN: 0-13-289661-3
Price: $26.00
Pages: 356
Published: 1993
Notes: A list of Internet electronic mailing lists. Contains names, descriptions and subscription instructions for over 800 mailing lists, from opera and chess to engineering and library science. Note that a current "list of lists" is available online for free, both via Usenet and FTP.

Title: Internet Mailing Lists Navigator for Windows Users
Author: Vivian Neou
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
ISBN: 0-13-193988-2
Price: $39.95
Pages: 461
Published: July 1995
Goodies: CD-ROM
Notes: This book and CD-ROM set contains all the informations and software that you need to join this exclusive group of people exchanging information about your interests.  Designed witht he novice in mind, the book contains clear and easy to follow instructions for joining Internet mailing lists-along with the do's and dont's of netiquette. Contains a list of more than 1400 mailing lists organized by subject area and indexed for quick online reference to help you get started.

Title: The Internet Message: Closing the Book with Electronic Mail
Author: Marshall Rose
Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN: 0-13-092941-7
Price: $44.00
Pages: 384
Published: 1993
For more information: ftp to prenhall.com
Notes: Technical discussion of mail agent and system design. Focuses on the technology used to provide e-mail to the Internet.

Title: The LAN Times E-mail Resource Guide
Author: Rik Drummond and Nancy Cox 
Publisher: Osborne McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 0-07-X82052-9.
Price: $29.95
Pages: 368
Published: 1994
For more information: (800) 227-0900

Title: NetPages
Publisher: Aldea Communications
ISBN: none listed
Price: Free
Pages: ~200
Published: 1994 (updated twice a year)
For more information: 619-943-0101 or e-mail to info@aldea.com
Notes: Of the various Internet White and Yellow pages books out there, this one looks and acts the most like a "real" telephone book: personal listings of your name and e-mail address are free, advertising space in the yellow pages section is available for a fee, and the book itself it distributed for free. With only a few thousand names in the first edition, this listing is hardly the most complete, but it only contains information about people who choose to be listed.

Title: Pocket Guides to the Internet: Volume 4 - The Internet E-Mail System
Author: Mark Veljkov & George Hartnell
Publisher: Meckler
ISBN: 0-88736-946-4
Price: $7
Pages: 64
Published: 1994

Title: Using Email Effectively
Author: Linda Lamb and Jerry Peek
Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates
ISBN: 1-56592-103-8
Price: $14.95
Pages: 160
Published: April 1995
For more information: http://www.ora.com
Notes: A compilation of powerful tricks and tips
from email veterans. It's designed to guide busy email users to just the solution they need for the problem or frustration at hand. The book is aimed at people who use any PC or UNIX mailer. Readers probably already know, or are learning, the basics of sending mail, but the book presents what they need to know to make the best use of a necessary business tool. It also provides more sophisticated techniques for email users who wonder, "Wouldn't it be nice if I could...?" as they are dealing with email.


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Title: Complete Idiot's Guide to USENET Newsgroups
Author: Paul McFedries
Publisher: Alpha
ISBN: 1-56761-592-9
Price: US$16.99
Pages: 325
Published: Feb 1995
For more information: http://www.mcp.com/cgi-bin/bag?isbn=1-56761-592-9&last=/bookstore
Notes: In this light-hearted book, readers learn how to choose a newsgroup reader program, locate and subscribe to the latest Usenet Newsgroups and even create their own newsgroup.

Title: Pocket Guides to the Internet: Volume 3 - Using and Navigating Usenet
Author: Mark Veljkov & George Hartnell
Publisher: Meckler
ISBN: 0-88736-945-6
Price: $7
Pages: 64
Published: 1994

Title: The Usenet Book
Author: Brian Pfaffenberger
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
ISBN: 0-201-40978-X
Price: US$26.95, CAN$34.95
Pages: 468
Published: 1995
For more information: 
Notes: The Usenet Book is a guide to exploiting this valuable resource.  You'll learn how to find, access, participate in, and subscribe to the news groups you want most.  The Usenet Book also provides a list of the focus, mission, and character of the top 300 most useful newgroups.  A discussion of the history, culture, and values of Usenet is included.

Title: The Usenet Handbook
Author: Mark Harrison
Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates
ISBN: 1-56592-101-1
Price: $24.95
Pages: 250
Published: December 1994
For more information: http://www.ora.com
Notes: A user's guide to netnews. It's not just a technical book, although it includes tutorials on the most popular newsreaders for UNIX and Windows. The book also explains what goes on in Usenet: where to look for information and what to do with it once you get it. It gives readers an introduction to Usenet culture through discussion of etiquette, language, and history, including some of the more notable practical jokes and pranks to appear in newsgroups.

Title: Usenet: Netnews for Everyone
Author: Jenny A. Fristrup
Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN: 0-13-123167-7
Price: $24.95 US, $32.95 CAN
Pages: 386
Goodies: 5 hours of Usenet access via a Missouri service provider
Published: June 1994
For more information: orders@prenhall.com
Notes: A guide to accessing and using Usenet newsgroups. Includes a decent (but short) introduction to Usenet, including info on the Usenet community and conventions. The majority of the book is a list of Usenet newsgroups and the FAQs that live in each - information that can easily be found online at no cost. It also reprints several general Usenet introductions that are also available online for free. Doesn't cover rot13 or how to decode binary files. In short, not the best way to spend your money.

Title: Using UseNet Newsgroups
Author: Kate Gregory, Noel Estabrook, Tim Parker, and Jim Mann
Publisher: Que
ISBN: 0-7897-0134-0 
Price: US$19.99 CAN$26.99
Pages: 384
Published: 1995
Goodies: software
For More Information: http://www.gregcons.com/books.htm
Notes: This book is written for Internet users who want to know more about newreader software, and dealing with graphics and other files in newsgroups. A no-nonsense guide which offers tips on using various software to read and post newsgroup messages, view graphics and download files, as well as real-world analogies to help illustrate new concepts.

Title: Using UUCP and Usenet
Author: Grade Todino and Dale Dougherty
Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates
ISBN: 0-937175-10-2
Price: $21.95
Pages: 194
Published: 1991
For more information: info@ora.com
Notes: Shows users how to communicate with UNIX and non-UNIX systems using UUCP and 'cu' or 'tip', and how to read and post articles. Assumes UUCp is already running at your site.

Title: Where To Go on the Internet USENET and alt. Newsgroups
Author: Mark Leahy
Publisher: LC&D Internet Publishing
ISBN: 1-896473-02-4
Price: CAN$19.95 US$14.95
Pages: ?
Published: 1996
For more information: http://www.ottawa.net/~lcnd/ or 1-800-873-3116
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Title: All About Internet FTP: Learning and Teaching to Transfer Files on the Internet
Author: David Robison
Publisher: Library Solutions Press
ISBN: 1-882208-04-8 (book alone) or 1-882208-06-4 (book with diskettes) 
Price: $30 ($45 with disk)
Pages: 90
Published: 1994
For more information: http://www.internet-is.com/library/ftp.html
Notes: For use by Internet trainers or for self-study.

Title: Pocket Guides to the Internet: Volume 2 - Transferring Files with File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Author: Mark Veljkov & George Hartnell
Publisher: Meckler
ISBN: 0-88736-944-8
Price: $7
Pages: 64
Published: 1994


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Title: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Mosaic
Author: Joe Kraynak
Publisher: Alpha
ISBN: 1-56761-588-0
Price: US$16.99
Pages: 325
Published: April 1995
For more information: http://www.mcp.com/
Notes: This book includes tips on accessing graphics, sound and movies online, as well as information on using FTP, Gopher, Telnet, Usenet, and WAIS.  Readers will learn how to wander the Web, find the best Web sites and create their own home page.  The tutorial also features a quick reference tear-out card with Mosaic shortcuts and reminders.

Title: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Netscape
Author: John Dupuy
Publisher: Que
ISBN: 1-56761-612-7
Price: US$16.99
Pages: 304
Published: June 1995
For more information: http://www.mcp.com/
Notes: Readers learn how to use Netscape to navigate the WWW and peruse interesting Web sites.  The guide is filled with humorous descriptions and entertaining cartoons that demystify Internet concepts and explain complicated terms such as URL, FTP and Gopher.

Title: The Complete Idiot's Guide to the World Wide Web
Author: Peter Kent
Publisher: Alpha
ISBN: 1-56761-542-2
Price: US$16.99
Pages: 380
Published: 1995
For more information:
Notes: This book takes readers from the basics of using a browser to check out the Web, to more advanced topics such as FTP, Telnet and how to create their own web home page. It includes detailed descriptions of the various browser programs available, such as Mosaic, Netscape and Internaut for Windows, and explains how to choose the best browser and install it.  Author Peter Kent provides instructions on setting up a direct TCP/IP connection for both Windows and Macintosh, and shows how to use the Web with
out a TCP/IP connection-through Lynx, Line Mode browser, and e-mail.

Title: Easy World Wide Web with Netscape
Author: Jim Minatel
Publisher: Que
ISBN: 0-7897-0279-7
Price: US$19.99
Pages: 208
Published: June 1995
For more information: http://www.mcp.com/
Notes: Designed to take readers step-by-step through the process of navigating the Web with Netscape, this guide begins with a section on getting up and running, then covers navigating the Web; saving, opening and printing files; using bookmarks, FTP Gopher and email; experiencing multimedia and reading the new with Netscape.  Detailed sections explore viewing pictures and movies, as well as using directories to search for specific Web pages.

Title: The Essential Web Surfer Survival Guide
Author: Jenny Fristrup
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
ISBN: 0-13-442971-0
Price: US$24.95
Pages: 600
Published: October 1995
Goodies: PC disk
For more information:
Notes: An easy-to-read, nontechnical guide to the WWW and all the products and tools associated with the Web.  The book also covers HTML, Internet tools, and a directory of URLs.

Title: Hands-On Mosaic: A Tutorial for Windows Users
Author: David Sachs and Henry Stair
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
ISBN: 0-13-172321-9
Price: US$29.95
Pages: 400
Goodies: Chameleon Sampler 3.11 Software from Netmanage
Published: January 1995
For more information: ftp to prenhall.com, gopher to prenhall.com, or http://www.prenhall.com
Notes: For Windows PC users, a thorough introduction to using Mosaic complete with Chameleon Sampler software, and step-by-step instructions to installing the software, downloading Mosaic and using Mosaic to explore the multimedia world of the WWW.

Title: Hands-On Netscape: A Tutorial for Windows Users
Author: David Sachs & Pete Stair
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
ISBN: 0-13-240284-X
Price: US$39.95
Pages: 320
Published: October 1995
Goodies: CD-ROM
For more information: (800)947-7700
Notes: In the tradition of the popular hands-on series, this book shows readers how to install and use software for Windows users.  Includes instructions for Adobe Acrobat, QuickTime, WPLAny, and MPEGPlay.  Readers learn how to view movie clips, listen to music and even play games.

Title: Inside the World-Wide Web
Author: Steven Vaughan-Nichols
Publisher: New Riders
ISBN: 1-56205-412-0
Price: US$45.00
Pages: 800
Published: April 1995
Goodies: CD-ROM
For more information: http://www.mcp.com/
Notes: This book was designed to provide intermediate to advanced readers with all they need to take full advantage of the World-Wide Web.  The main focus is multimedia aspects of the Internet by providing a hands-on approach.

Title: The Internet via Mosaic and WorldWideWeb
Author: Steve Browne
Publisher: Ziff-Davis Press
ISBN: 1-56276-259-1
Price: $29.95
Pages: 156
Published: September 1994

Title: Learning to Use the World Wide Web
Author: Ernest Ackermann (Mary Washington College)
Publisher: Franklin, Beedle & Associates, Inc.
ISBN: 1-887902-03-1
Price: $20.00 (approximate)
Pages: 350 (approximate)
Goodies: EarthLink TotalAccess (software that provides Internet access)
Published: April 1996
For more information: http://www.fbeedle.com
Notes: This is an introduction to the Internet through the World
Wide Web using Netscape Navigator. All the important
features are covered with an example-driven approach:
e-mail, Web sites, searching for and collecting information,
etiquette, Internet ethical issues, and accessing and using
common UNIX-based Internet utilities such as Gopher and
anonymous FTP. An appendix will provide coverage of Java
and JavaScript. This is the follow up to Ackermann's popular
textbook titled "Learning to Use the Internet." It is
written for students who have no experience with using the
Internet. The book is also available with EarthLink
TotalAccess (software that provides Internet access).

Title: Mosaic Access to the Internet
Author: Daniel A. Tauber and Brenda Kienan
Publisher: Sybex
ISBN: 0-7821-1656-6
Price: US$26.99
Pages: 257
Published: 1995
Goodies: disk
For more information:
Notes: This book for beginning to intermediate users explains how get going on the Internet using Spry Mosaic.  Readers learn how to navigate the web, explore hot spots, and create a home page.

Title: Mosaic & Web EXplorer
Author: Urban A. LeJeune & Jeff Duntemann
Publisher: Coriolis Group
ISBN: 1-883577-16-0
Price: US$34.99, CAN$46.99
Pages: 492
Published: 1995
Goodies: CD-ROM
For more information:
Notes: A handy guide to exploring the WWW using Mosiac, this book has basics on creating web pages, customizing hotlists, and publishing on the Web.  The CD-ROM accompanying the book provides Instant Internet software as well as many other tools.

Title: Mosaic Explorer Pocket Companion
Author: Jeff Duntemann, Ron Pronk, and Patrick Vincent
Publisher: Coriolis Group
ISBN: 1-883577-24-1
Price: US$12.99, CAN$16.99
Pages: 230
Published: 1995
For more information:
Notes: An informal paperback with answers to common Mosaic and Web questions.  Also offers a tour of dazzling and weird Web sites.

Title: Mosaic for Dummies, Windows edition
Author: David Angell and Brent Heslop
Publisher: IDG
ISBN: 1-56884-242-2
Price: $19.99
Pages: 356
Published: 1995
For more information: (800) 762-2974
Thanks for the info: Steve Brock
Notes: Uses surfing jargon to teach users to catch a wave (fundamentals), customize your surfboard (change the software configurations), power surf (using advanced techniques), creating your own home page, and surfing after dark (entertaining WWW sites). 

Title: The Mosaic Handbook for the Macintosh
Author: Dale Dougherty & Richard Koman
Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates
ISBN: 1-56592-096-1
Price: $29.95
Pages: 170
Goodies: disk
For more information: http://gnn.com/gnn/bus/ora/item/mosmac.html or info@ora.com
Notes: A software & book package that introduces the use of Mosiac to navigate the Web.  Shows how to use Mosaic to replace some of the traditional Internet functions like FTP and gopher.  For more advance users, the book describes how to add external viewers to Mosaic, and how to customize the Mosaic interface, such as screen elements, colors and fonts.  Also covers HTML.

Title: The Mosaic Handbook for Microsoft Windows
Author: Dale Dougherty & Richard Koman
Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates
ISBN: 1-56592-094-5
Price: $29.95
Pages: 200
Published: October 1994
Goodies: disk
For more information: http://gnn.com/gnn/bus/ora/item/moswin.html or info@ora.com
Notes: A software & book package that introduces the use of Mosiac to navigate the Web.  Shows how to use Mosaic to replace some of the traditional Internet functions like FTP and gopher.  For more advance users, the book describes how to add external viewers to Mosaic, and how to customize the Mosaic interface, such as screen elements, colors and fonts.  Also covers HTML.

Title: The Mosaic Handbook for the X Window System
Author: Dale Dougherty, Richard Koman, & Paula Ferguson
Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates
ISBN: 1-56292-095-3
Price: $29.95
Pages: 200
Goodies: CD-ROM
Published: October 1994
For more information: http://gnn.com/gnn/bus/ora/item/mosx.html or info@ora.com
Notes: A software & book package that introduces the use of Mosiac to navigate the Web.  Shows how to use Mosaic to replace some of the traditional Internet functions like FTP and gopher.  For more advance users, the book describes how to add external viewers to Mosaic, and how to customize the Mosaic interface, such as screen elements, colors and fonts.  Also covers HTML.

Title: The Mosaic Navigator
Author: Paul Gilster
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0-471-11336-0
Price: $16.95
Pages: 243
Published: December 1994
Notes: Introduces dial-up users to Mosaic.  Readers learn how to download, install, explore, and customize Mosaic by following sample sessions and demonstrations.  A travelogue of interesting Web sites for Mosaic and a discussion of the interface's future are also included.

Title: The Mosaic Roadmap
Author: Robin Merrin
Publisher: Sybex
ISBN: 0-7821-1698-1
Price: US$22.99
Pages: 290
Published: June 1995
Goodies: disk
For more information:
Notes: This buyer's guide is designed to help users select the Web browser that best fits their needs.  It covers five different products: NCSA Mosaic, Netscape, Quarterdeck Mosaic, Spry's Air Mosaic and Spyglass Mosaic.

Title: Mosaic Quick Tour, Special Edition for Macintosh
Author: Gareth Branwyn and Sean Carton
Publisher: Ventana Press
ISBN: 1-56604-195-3
Price: US$19.95
Pages: 232
Goodies: disk
Published: April 1995
For more information: http://www.vmedia.com/mqtm.se.html
Notes: Gives Macintosh users a fundamental understanding of Mosaic and the Web, as well as hands-on instruction for locating, downloading, installing and using the software to explore both Web and non-Web sites. Also teaches users how to create their own customized Web site.

Title: Mosaic Quick Tour, Special Edition for Windows
Author: Gareth Branwyn and Sean Carton
Publisher: Ventana Press
ISBN: 1-56604-194-5
Price: US$24.95
Pages: 232
Goodies: two disks
Published: April 1995
For more information: http://www.vmedia.com/mqtw.se.html
Notes: Gives Windows users a fundamental understanding of Mosaic and the Web, as well as hands-on instruction for locating, downloading, installing and using the software to explore both Web and non-Web sites. Also teaches users how to create their own customized Web site.

Title: Mosaic Users Guide
Author: Bryan Pfaffenberger
Publisher: MIS Press
ISBN: 1-55828-409-5
Price: $24.95
Pages: 350
Goodies: disk w/ Chameleon software for Windows
Published: 1994
For more information: 74044.3007@compuserve.com, (212) 886-9389 (voice), (212) 807-6654 (fax)

Title: Netscape & HTML EXplorer
Author: Urban A. LeJeune
Publisher: Coriolis Group
ISBN: 1-883577-57-8
Price: US$39.99
Pages: 700
Published: June 1995
Goodies: CD-ROM
For more information: 1(800)410-0192
Notes: Offering more than just a guided tour, this book explains how to incorporate multimedia into a home page using the included player programs, and create multimedia presentations with interactive sound and video. Also helps determine whether a home page is in your future, and explains the different types of home pages you have to choose from. Includes a Netscape and HTML FAQ.

Title: Netscape Navigator - Macintosh Version
Author: Bryan Pfaffenberger
Publisher: AP Professional
ISBN: 0-12-553130-3
Price: US$29.95
Pages: 350
Published: July 1995
Goodies: CD-ROM
For more information: app@acad.com
Notes: Netscape Navigator: Surfing the Web and Exploring the Internet is a guide to mastering the full potential of Netscape, this book provides tips and secrets of experience Netscape voyagers.  The accompanying CD-ROM contains all the helper programs needed to unleash Netscape's multimedia potential.

Title: Netscape Navigator - Windows Version
Author: Bryan Pfaffenberger
Publisher: AP Professional
ISBN: 0-12-553132-X
Price: US$29.95
Pages: 350
Published: July 1995
Goodies: CD-ROM
For more information: app@acad.com
Notes: Netscape Navigator: Surfing the Web and Exploring the Internet is a guide to mastering the full potential of Netscape, this book provides tips and secrets of experience Netscape voyagers.  The accompanying CD-ROM contains all the helper programs needed to unleash Netscape's multimedia potential.

Title: Netscape Quick
Author: Bill DeRouchey
Publisher: Franklin, Beedle & Associates, Inc.
ISBN: 1-887902-11-2
Price: 9.95
Pages: 48
Goodies: EarthLink TotalAccess (software that provides Internet access)
Published: 1996
For more information: http://www.fbeedle.com
Notes: The approach in this book is highly interactive and swiftly
moves students through the most popular features of the
World Wide Web using Netscape. In addition to skill-building
exercises, the book includes several useful appendices. It
is intended for use in short, non-credit courses and is an
ideal choice for people who need to be fully functional Web
users in no time at all.

Title: Netscape Quick Tour for Macintosh
Author: Stuart Harris & Gayle Kidder
Publisher: Ventana Press
ISBN: 1-56604-248-8
Price: US$14.00
Pages: 152
Published: 1995
For more information:
Notes: A complete guide to using Netscape to explore the Web.  From downloading the latest version of Netscape to creating HTML documents, this book takes readers through everything you need to know.

Title: Netscape Quick Tour for Windows
Author: Stuart Harris & Gayle Kidder
Publisher: Ventana Press
ISBN: 1-56604-244-5
Price: US$14.00
Pages: 152
Published: 1995
For more information:
Notes: A complete guide to using Netscape to explore the Web.  From downloading the latest version of Netscape to creating HTML documents, this book takes readers through everything you need to know.

Title: Netscape Virtuoso
Author: Elissa Keeler and Robert Miller
Publisher: MIS Press
ISBN: 1-55828-462-1
Price: US$24.95
Pages: 425
Published: November 1995
For more information:
Notes: Takes readers past basic-level operations, showing the how to become a power user by maximizing the many features of the Netscape Navigator.  Covers Win 95, Windows 3.1, Macintosh, and X-Windows platforms.

Title: Plug-n-Play Mosaic for Windows
Author: Angela Gunn
Publisher: Sams
ISBN: 0-672-30627-1
Price: $29.99 USA, $39.99 CAN, #23.50 UK
Pages: 336
Goodies: Disks with Enhanced NCSA Mosiac & TCP/IP software
Published: 1995
For more information: http://www.mcp.com:80/sams/books/mos/initial.html
Notes: An exceptional introduction to the WorldWideWeb. Very readable, includes sections on getting online, sightseeing, basic HTML. Of the many WWW intro books out there, this is a favorite.

Title: Surfing the Internet with Netscape Navigator 2
Author: Daniel A. Tauber and Brenda Kienan
Publisher: Sybex
ISBN: 0-7821-1872-0
Price: US$22.99
Pages: 391
Published: January 1996
Goodies: disk
Notes: This is an updated, complete guide to downloading and running Netscape, maximizing search features, using the newsreader, send and receiving email, secure transactions, and more.  Informative discussions explain how to connect through NetCruiser, NetLauncher, and Win 95.  Also include discussion of Java.

Title: Using Mosaic
Author: Mary Anne Pike
Publisher: Que
Price: $24.95
Pages: 390
Published: 1994

Title: Using Mosaic for Windows
Author: Stephen Gauer
Publisher: Electric Avenue Press
ISBN: 0-9698853-0-X
Price: $19.95
Pages: 112
Goodies: DOS-based disk: catalog of WWW sites
Published: 1994
For more information: electric@wimsey.com
Notes: A concise guide to getting, installing, using and customizing Mosaic.  Includes illustrations and a discussion of HTML and the World Wide Web.

Title: Using the World Wide Web
Author: Bill Eager
Publisher: Que
ISBN: ?0-7897-0016-6
Price: $27.95
Pages: 648
Published: 1994
Notes: Computer Literacy Bookshops says: User friendly tutorial for the fastest-growing part of the Internet. Discusses WWW connections with Cello, Mosaic for Windows and Mac, and the new upcoming versions of Moasic. Most of it is dedicated to finding resources on the Web in areas of art, music, business, education, government and so on.

Title: World Wide Web Bible
Author: Bryan Pfaffenberger
Publisher: MIS Press
ISBN: 1-55828-410-9
Price: US$27.95, CAN$36.95
Pages: 570
Published: 1995
Goodies: disk
For more information:
Notes: A thorough introduction to the WWW.  Includes tips on navigation, search tools, and more.  Software included to help get users online.

Title: The World Wide Web Complete Reference
Author: Rick Stout
Publisher: Osborne McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 0-07-882142-8
Price: US$29.95
Pages: 656
Published: October 1995
For more information:
Notes: Covers Web basics for the novice user, but continues on with information for advanced users.  Discussions include ISDN and frame relay technologies, registering domain names, and creating aliases.

Title: World Wide Web Explorer: A Planet Internet Guide
Author: Steve Rimmer
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
ISBN: 0-07-053027-0
Price: US$24.95
Pages: 256
Published: October 1995
For more information:
Notes: A survey of 150 entertaing Web sites, allowing users to check out pages without having to pay to be online.

Title: The World-Wide Web Handbook
Author: Peter Flynn
Publisher: International Thomson Computer Press
ISBN: 1-85032-205-8
Price: 35.00 approx
Pages: 350
Goodies: HTML Reference Card
Published: June 1995
For more information: http://www.ucc.ie/~pflynn/books/wwwbook.html
Notes: The only book on the Web and HTML aimed at the serious corporate user as well as the indivudual, and the only one which teaches valid, conformant HTML.

Title: The World Wide Web, Mosaic and More
Author: Jason J. Manger
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 0-07-709132-9
Price: $34.95, 23.95 UK sterling
Pages: 292
Goodies: Disk
Published: November 1994.
For more information: +44 (0)628 23432 (McGraw-Hill)
Notes: the author says: A book on Mosaic and the Web, covering many new areas such as publishing on the Net, detailed Common Gateway Interface scripting, fill-out-forms, HTML tutorials, software lists, Web-sites to visit, and much more besides. In summary, this is a novices guide to help people publish their work on the Internet using Mosaic

Title: WorldWideWeb Unleashed (2nd ed.)
Author: John December and Neil Randall
Publisher: sams.net
ISBN: 0-672-30737-5
Price: US$39.99
Pages: 1346
Published: 1995
For more information: http://www.rpi.edu/~decemj/works/hcu.html
Notes: This book is an overview and guide to the World Wide Web for a general audience; it covers how to get started with browsers, navigation techniques, a tour of applications, how to develop webs, server basics, and an exploration of future issues.


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Title: Aether Madness: an Offbeat Guide to the Online World
Author: Gary Wolf and Michael Stein
Publisher: Peachpit Press
ISBN: 1-56609-020-2
Price: $21.95
Pages: 297
Published: 1994
For more info: http://www.aether.com/Aether/
Thanks for the info: Steve Brock
Notes: Culture, counter-culture, and no-culture - with an emphasis on the latter two labels - this lively tour showcases the diversity found on the Internet and Bulletin Boards, from space aliens and sex mania, to Limbaugh and recreational drug use.  Full text available at http://www.aether.com/Aether/.

Title: Best of the Net
Author: Seth Godin
Publisher: IDG
ISBN: 1-56884-313-5 
Price: $22.99
Pages: 430
Published: 1995
For more information: 
Notes: 

Title: Christian Guide to the Internet
Author: Jim Gallagher
Publisher: Wisdom Research, PO Box 292786, Lewisville, TX 75029
ISBN: none listed
Price: $9.95
Goodies: Discount on Netcom Internet service!
Published: 1995
For more information: AAPRJimG1@aol.com
Notes: From the publisher: "Covers everything you need for step-by-step navigating the net as well as a complete directoy of Christian resources and domains on the Internet."

Title: Cultural Treasures of the Internet
Author: Michael Clark
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
ISBN: 0-13-209669-2
Price: US$22.95
Pages: 400
Published: August 1995
For more information: http://shirley.cs.widener.edu/clark/clark.html
Notes: Provides readers with an overview of the vast resources available on the Internet.  Part One shows novices how to participate in the rich dialog of the Internet and WWW.  Part Two features a catalog of cultural information available.

Title: Directory of Directories on the Internet: A Guide to Information Sources
Author: Gregory B. Newby
Publisher: Meckler
ISBN: 0-88736-768-2
Price: $29.50
Pages: 153
Published: 1993
For more information: gbnewby@uiuc.edu
Notes: Intended for those who need to identify Internet information resources that point to other resources.

Title: Directory of Electronic Journals, Newsletters and Academic Discussion Lists
Author: Lisabeth King and Diane Kovacs
Publisher: Association of Research Libraries
ISSN: 1057-1337
Price: $54 ($36 to members of the Association of Research Libraries)
Pages: 750
Published: 5th ed, May 1995
For more information: ann@cni.org or (202) 296-2296
Notes: This directory is broken into two main sections: a catalog of 1,800 academic discussion lists and interest groups, and listings of 440 electronic journals, newsletters and digests - along with notes on how to access each publication. Scholarly lists are grouped by broad subject areas and journals and newsletters are listed in alphabetical order. Also includes five articles and bibliographies on electronic publishing.

Title: EcoLinking: Everyone's Guide to Online Environmental Information
Author: Don Rittner
Publisher: Peachpit Press
ISBN: 0-938151-35-5
Price: $18 95
Pages: 368
Published: 1992
For more information: (800) 283-9444
Notes: Directed at concerned citizens, environmentalists and scientists interested in sharing ideas and research on environmental issues. Covers resources on FidoNet, BITNet, Internet, Usenet, local bulletin boards, America Online, CompuServe, EcoNet, GENIE, WELL.

Title: The Electronic Traveler: Directory Of Tourism Information Sources
Author: Marcus L. Endicott
Publisher: M. L. Endicott
ISBN: none listed
Price: $50.00
Pages: 130
Published: June 1994
For more information: Marcus L. Endicott <mendicott@igc.apc.org>
Notes: From the publisher's info: As the title of this new book says, The Electronic Traveler is a directory of tourism information available to everyone with a computer and a telephone: it is a guidebook to online travel information sources. It explains in plain English exactly what travel and tourism information is available on the information highway and how to access it. It covers the Internet, popular proprietary interactive systems, Computer Reservation Systems (CRSs), independent bulletin board syst
ems (BBSs), and commercial fulltext databases.

Title: The Electronic Traveler: Exploring Alternative Online Systems
Author: Elizabeth Powell Crowe
Publisher: Windcrest/McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 0-8306-4498-9
Price: $16.95

Title: The Federal Internet Source
Publisher: National Journal Inc.
Price: $18.95
Published: 1994
For more information: (800) 424-2921 or e-mail fed-order@netweek.com
Notes: "The only comprehensive directory of federal Internet information services."

Title: FREE $TUFF for Science Buffs
Author: Barry Young
Publisher: Coriolis Group
ISBN: 1-883577-52-7
Price: US$19.99
Pages: 450
Published: October 1995
For more information: (800)410-0192
Notes: Similar to the popular FREE $TUFF from the Internet, this book shows science buffs the best places to find deals on a variety of products.  Includes information about online services, fascinating scientific facts, and experiments you can try at home.

Title: FREE $TUFF for Windows 95
Author: Patrick Vincent
Publisher: Coriolis Group
ISBN: 1-883577-76-4
Price: US$24.99
Pages: 525
Published: February 1996
Goodies: CD-ROM
For more information:
Notes: Like the other FREE $TUFF titles, this book offers freebies, goodies, and great information you can get from the Internet.  Whether you want to improve the way Win 95 works or just want to have fun with it, you'll find what you're looking for with his book and companion CD-ROM

Title: FREE $TUFF for Your Business
Author: Patrick Vincent and Vince Emery
Publisher: Coriolis Group
ISBN: 1-883577-82-9
Price: US$19.99, CAN$27.99
Pages: 500
Published: March 1996
For more information: http://www.coriolis.com/
Notes: A guide to hundreds of dollars worth of cool yet practical business free stuff such as inventory trackers, flowchart programs, grant proposal workshops, area and zip code databases, and more.

Title: Free $tuff from the Internet-2nd Edition
Author: Patrick Vincent
Publisher: Coriolis Group
ISBN: 1-883577-79-9
Price: US$24.99, CAN$34.99
Pages: 600
Published: January 1996
Goodies: CD-ROM
For more information: http://www.coriolis.com/
Notes: Updated with hundreds of more freebies.  The CD-ROM includes source code, commercial games, 3D game programming tools, demos, and more.

Title: FREE $TUFF From the World Wide Web
Author: Patrick Vincent
Publisher: Coriolis Group
ISBN: 1-883577-27-6
Price: US$19.99, CAN$26.99
Pages: 460
Published: 1995
For more information: http://www.coriolis.com/
Notes: The WWW is a great place to find goodies, and this book offers tips to navigate easily and find the best free stuff out there.

Title: A Guide for Accessing California Legislative Information over Internet
Author: Legislative Counsel Bureau, State of California
Publisher: State of California
ISBN: none listed
Price: free to California residents
Pages: 30
Published: 1994
For more information: comments@leginfo.public.ca.gov
Thanks for the info: Mike Quinn
Notes: This pamphlet tells how you can find California legislative information online. Explains what legislation info is available, what assistance is available and how the information is organized. The majority of the book is spent explaining the Internet, how to get access, how to use electronic mail and where to go for more detailed information. There's also a simple glossary of legislative terms. This pamphlet is also available online, in PostScript format. Send e-mail:
   To: ftpmail@leginfo.public.ca.gov
   Body: connect leginfo.public.ca.gov
         get README_public_access_guide_ps
         quit

Title: How to Access the Federal Government on the Internet
Author: Bruce Maxwell
Publisher: Congressional Quarterly Books
ISBN: 1-56802-034-1
Price: US$19.95
Pages: 402
Published: June 1995
For more information: (800)638-1710
Notes: Provides detailed descriptions of nearly 300 federal Internet sites and resources.  Sites described offer government information ranging from bills introduced in Congress, Supreme Court opinions, and Presidential speeches to lists of federal job openings and hundreds of thousands of images from NASA.

Title: Internet After Hours
Author: Andy Eddy
Publisher: Prima
ISBN: 1-55958-513-7
Price: US$19.95, CAN$27.95
Pages: 375
Published: 1994
For more information: sgprima@aol.com
Notes: About games and diversions on the Internet.

Title: Internet Chicago
Author: Cory Low, et al
Publisher: Hayden
ISBN: 1-56830-038-7
Price: $12.00
Published: Oct 1994
For more information: http://www.mcp.com/cgi-bin/bag?isbn=1-56830-038-7&last=/bookstore

Title: The Internet Compendium: Subject Guides to Social Sciences Resources
Author: eds. Louis Rosenfeld, Joseph Janes & Martha Vander Kolk
Publisher: Neal Schuman Publishers
ISBN: 1-55570-220-1
Price: $75.00
Pages: 
Published: 1995
For more information: http://argus-inc.com/compendium/main.html

Title: The Internet Directory
Author: Eric Braun
Publisher: Fawcett Columbine
ISBN: 0-449-90898-4
Price: $25.00
Published: 1994
Thanks for the info: Gayle Keresey (aflgayle@aol.com)
Notes: Each chapter in this book covers a particular information service or resource type, including mailing lists, newsgroups, FTP archives, Gophers, WAIS, WWW, etc.

Title: Internet Insider
Author: Ruffin Prevost
Publisher: Osborne McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 0-07-882084-7
Price: $14.95
Pages: 284
Published: 1995
For more information: (800) 227-0900
Thanks for the info: Steve Brock
Notes: Wild, wacky, and way out there.  That's the only way to describe this toast to Internet's more bizarre newsgroups, mailing lists, e-mags, and WWW pages.  Produced in a tabloid format, the "Insider" explores haiku written by dogs, the SNAG (Sensitive New Age Guy) movement, and the threat of America being overrun by space-lizard overlords, with lots of observations by Socks the Clinton Cat.  It's all a bit much, but this is the first book on the Internet able to be understood without owning a computer


Title: The Internet International Directory
Author: Mitzi Waltz
Publisher: Ziff-Davis Press
ISBN: 1-56276-329-6
Price: US$34.95
Pages: 526
Goodies: CD-ROM
Published: July 1995
For more information: http://www.teleport.com/~infobahn or infobahn@teleport.com
Notes: Includes listings for over 3000 Net information resources from all over the world - strong international and multicultural content. Also has information on worldwide connectivity and how to get online from anywhere.

Title: Internet New York
Author: Cory Low, et al
Publisher: Hayden
ISBN: 1-56830-039-5
Price: $12.00
Published: Oct 1994
For more information: hhttp://www.mcp.com/cgi-bin/bag?isbn=1-56830-039-5&last=/bookstore

Title: Internet Roadside Attractions
Author: Gareth Branwyn, Luke Duncan, Sean Carton, Tom Lichty, Donald Rose, Shannon R. Turlington, Jan Weingarten
Publisher: Ventana Press
ISBN: 1-56604-193-7
Price: US$29.95
Pages: 320
Goodies: CD-ROM, one year subscription to Online Companion
Published: 1995
Notes: Internet Roadside Attractions-Sites, Sounds & Scenes Along the Info Highway is organized alphabetically by category for easy browsing, this book provides in-depth descriptions of many sites on the Internet (Web, gopher, FTP, IRC, etc.), with a detailed map for getting there.

Title: Internet San Francisco
Author: Cory Low, et al
Publisher: Hayden
ISBN: 1-56830-040-9
Price: $12.00
Published: Oct 1994
For more information: http://www.mcp.com/cgi-bin/bag?isbn=1-56830-040-9&last=/bookstore

Title: The Internet University
Author: Dan Corrigan
Publisher: Cape Software Press
ISBN: 0-9648112-0-0
Price: US$26.95
Pages: 528
Published: 1995
For more information: Cape Software Press, P.O. Box 800-5K, Harwich, MA  02645
Notes: This useful book is for people interested in taking college courses from the convenience of home or jobsite. The book includes four sections: 1) FUNDAMENTALS - how to get online 2) ONLINE COURSES what is currently available 3) LIBRARIES available for free study, and 4)EQUIVALENCY courses (CLEP, CEU, high school, etc.), plus hundreds of personal enrichment courses; all available online.

Title: The Internet Yellow Pages, Third Edition
Author: Harley Hahn
Publisher: Osborne McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 0-07-882182-7
Price: $29.95
Pages: 830
Published: January 1996
For more information: 
Notes: Completely revised and updated for 1996. The Internet Yellow Pages strives to be an unmatched subject-oriented index to the Internet's resources, a lofty goal given the number of competing indexes available. Hahn does it right - this book is a resource that long-time Internet addicts and new users will enjoy equally well. Organization is intuitive and consistent. Well-researched and well-indexed.

Title: The Net After Dark
Author: Lamont Wood
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0-471-10347-0
Price: $16.95
Pages: 352
Published: December 1994
For more information: 1-800-US-WILEY
Notes: Introduces readers to the fringe of the Internet, providing hundred of addresses to the most interesting sites in cyberspace.  The author provides tips and "secret handshakes" of each underground culture so readers won't get flamed by locals.

Title: Net Chick
Author: Carla Sinclair
Publisher: Henry Holt & Co.
ISBN: 0-8050-4393-4
Price: US$19.95
Pages: 244
Published: December 1995
For more information: http://www.cyborganic.com/people/carla
Notes: Aimed at techno-savvy gen X women who are looking for cool and funky places to hang out on the Web.  Offers URLs on a wide variety of topics from body piercing to feminism.

Title: Net Games
Author: Michael Wolff & Company
Publisher: Random House
Price: $19.00
Pages: 272
Published: 1994
For more information: mwolff@ypn.com
Notes: A guide to more than 1500 games on the Internet, including MUDs, MOOs, MUSHes, Doom, Chess, and more.  Also includes tips on finding online archives and other users interested in these games.

Title: Netguide
Author: Peter Rutten, Albert Bayers III & Kelly Moloni
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0-679-75106-8
Price: $19.00
Pages: 384
Published: 1994
For more information: (800) 345-8112
Thanks for the info: Educom newsletter
Notes: As the "TV Guide of Cyberspace," this book provides pointers by subjects to Internet sites, USENET newsgroups, and commercial resources (CompuServe, American Online, etc.) It proves that there's something for everyone somewhere out in the electronic world.

Title: netmoney
Author: Michael Wolff
Publisher: Random House
Price: $19
Pages: 288
Published: 1995
Notes: Financial information on the Internet.

Title: NetPower: Resource Guide to Online Computer Services
Author: Persson, Eric
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN: 1-56523-031-0
Price: $39.95 + $3.00 shipping
Pages: 774
Published: 1993
For more information: netpower1@aol.com, 1-800-457-9112
Notes: All I know is what their catalog says: The most exciting section of this guide is devoted to the Internet. Netpower includes a primer and tutorial on using the network, information on getting started and navigating with Internet tools, and hundreds of Internet accessible resources with contact information and descriptions. The guide will point you in the direction of millions of megabytes of information all yours free for the downloading around the Internet.

Title: Net Sports
Author: Michael Wolff & Co.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0-679-76187-X
Price: US$19.00, CAN$25.50, UK#17.49
Pages: 288
Published: May 1995
Goodies: free online time
For more information:
Notes: A guide to alternative sources of sports action for addicts who can't live without their favorite games or athletes.

Title: Net Tech
Author: Michael Wolff & Co.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0-679-76054-7
Price: US$19.00, CAN$25.50, UK#17.49
Pages: 288
Published: July 1995
Goodies: free online time
For more information:
Notes: A guide to tech support for the Internet.

Title: Net Trek
Author: Michael Wolff & Co.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0-679-76186-1
Price: US$19.00, CAN$25.50, UK#17.49
Pages: 288
Published: April 1995
Goodies: free online time
For more information:
Notes: The ultimate interractive Trekker guide for the information highway.  The first aall-inclusive guide to Trekkie interest groups, forums, games, and trivia on the Net.

Title: New Riders Official Internet Directory
Author: Christine Maxwell and Czeslaw Jan Grycz
Publisher: New Riders
ISBN: 1-56205-408-2
Price: $29.95
Pages: 800
Published: 2nd ed, 1995
For more information: http://www.mcp.com/cgi-bin/bag?isbn=1-56205-408-2&last=/bookstore
Notes: This huge book covers vast ground in its 900-plus pages. Although the quantity is there, the quality isn't exceptional: it is rather unevenly edited. Some of the listings seem to be listed by name rather than subject and many items are listed in multiple places, artifically inflating the size of the book. This index is unique in that it contains listings of some commercial services available via the Internet, such as DIALOG. Icons differentiate the free resources from the costly ones. Formerly New R
iders Official Internet Yellow Pages.

Title: New Riders Official Internet Yellow Pages, 1996 Edition
Author:
Publisher: New Riders
ISBN: 1-56205-440-6
Price: US$29.99
Pages: 880
Published: October 1995
For more information: http://www.mcp.com/
Notes: This comprehensive guide begins with tips on maximizing Internet browsing time, then detail approximately 200 areas of interest, including art, business, computer software, film, food, health, job hunting, libraries,j music, medicine, news, politics, religion, sports, and travel.

Title: New Riders' Official World Wide Web Yellow Pages, 1996 Edition
Author:
Publisher: New Riders
ISBN: 1-56205-536-4
Price: US$29.99
Pages: 672
Published: November 1995
Goodies: CD-ROM
For more information: http://www.mcp.com/
Notes: This hefty volume is a complete reference to the services, information and resources of the WWW. It includes phone book style listings for more than 8000 Web sites and resources.

Title: The Official Internet World Internet Yellow Pages
Author: Gregory B. Newby
Publisher: IDG
ISBN: 1-56884-343-7
Price: US$39.99
Pages: 800
Published: November 1995
For more information:
Notes: A unique guide that offers professionals in business, academia, and government a selective listing of hundreds of the best public services available over the Internet.  It includes detailed descriptions and easy-to-use access instructions for each entry.

Title: The Official Internet World Wide Web Yellow Pages
Author: Marshall Breeding
Publisher: IDG
ISBN: 1-56884-344-5
Price: US$39.99
Pages: 800
Published: November 1995
Goodies: CD-ROM
For more information:
Notes: A comprehensive listing of interesting Web sites. The CD-ROM is a hypertexted version of the book.

Title: On Internet '94: An International Title and Subject Guide to Electronic Journals, Newsletters, Texts, Discussion Lists, and Other Resources on the Internet
Author: Internet World Magazine
Publisher: Meckler
ISBN: 0-88736-929-4
Price: $45.00
Pages: 500
Published: 1994
Notes: "Your guide to the full range of Internet-accessible data files - from artificial intelligence to women's studies, from space exploration to rock music, from environment studies to AIDS research." Nearly 6,000 mailing lists, electronic journals, archives, etc.

Title: OPAC Directory 1994
Author: Mecklermedia
Publisher: Meckler
ISBN: 0-88736-962-6
Price: $70
Pages: 500
Published: May 1994
Notes: A detailed listing of dial-in online public access catalogs and databases. Includes Accessing Online Bibliographic Databases, the annotated list of 700+ Internet-accessible OPACs. 

Title: Planet Internet
Author: Steve Rimmer
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 0-07-053015-7
Price: $24.95
Pages: 315
Published: 1994
For more information: http://uunorth.north.net:8000/alchemy/html/alchemy.html or 70007.1531@compuserve.com or (800) 352-3566
Notes: Ad copy says: "The first irreverent book on exploring this electronic subculture."

Title: Playing War Games on the Internet
Author: Rawn Shah & Jim Romine
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: ?
Price: ?
Pages: ?
Published: August 1995
For more information:
Notes: The insider's guide to popular Internet War Games like Empire and Moria.  Combining the strategy of board games like Risk and the international interaction of the Internet, it's no wonder that 600,000 players participated in the last two years.  The authors tell new players where they can find war games, the rules, player commands, and the secret strategies that serious gamer use to vanquish their foes.

Title: A Pocket Tour of Celebrities on the Internet
Author: Colin Berry
Publisher: Sybex
ISBN: 0-7821-1811-9
Price: US$12.99
Pages: 184
Published: February 1996
For more information: (800) 227-2346
Notes: Check out sites dedicated to your favorite athletes, artists, authors, models, musicians, politicos, and Hollywood personalities.  Find the liveliest news groups, the most detailed pages on fan clubs, and the best Web sites for the digital voyeur inside you.

Title: A Pocket Tour of Food & Drink on the Internet
Author: Ellen Gordon and Peter Stokes
Publisher: Sybex
ISBN: 0-7821-1806-2
Price: US$12.99
Pages: 152
Published: October 1995
For more information:
Notes: Another edition of the Pocket Tour series, this version covers a full range of culinary resources available on the Internet.  Find an array of sites on beverages, cookbooks, dining out, general food talk, recipes and special diets.

Title: A Pocket Tour of Games on the Internet
Author: Scott Taves
Publisher: Sybex
ISBN: 0-7821-1694-9
Price: US$12.99
Pages: 179
Published: June 1995
For more information:
Notes: This is a gamer's gold mine to the world's most popular computer, video, and role-playing games.  It covers the full range of games resources available from discussion groups, demos and downloads, to text-based and role-playing games (MUDs, MOOs and more).  An Internet overview and primer on basic skills is included.

Title: A Pocket Tour of Health & Fitness on the Internet
Author: Jeanne C. Ryer
Publisher: Sybex
ISBN: 0-7821-1711-2
Price: US$12.99
Pages: 166
Published: June 1995
For more information:
Notes: This book covers the full range of wellness resources available on the Internet including forums, newsgroups, databases, and Web pages on topics ranging from the American Medical Association, basic exercise and nutrition to handling specific issues like cancer and alternative medical treatments. An Internet overview and primer on basic skills is included.

Title: A Pocket Tour of Kidstuff on the Internet
Author: Dr. Sara Armstrong
Publisher: Sybex
ISBN: 0-7821-1803-8
Price: US$12.99
Pages: 176
Published: October 1995
For more information:
Notes: This book covers a full range of fun and fascinating resources for kids available on the Internet. Visist such sites as Britannica On-line, Electric Gallery, Goosebumps and Uncle Bob's Kids Page.

Title: A Pocket Tour of Law on the Internet
Author: Michael Gross
Publisher: Sybex
ISBN: 0-7821-1792-9
Price: US$12.99
Pages: 164
Published: 1995
For more information:
Notes: This book covers the full range of legal resources available on the Internet. Readers can explore a broad range of subjects from constitutional, immigration and tax law to court decisions, international law and law schools. An Internet overview and primer on basic skills is included.

Title: A Pocket Tour of Money on the Internet
Author: Mark Fister
Publisher: Sybex
ISBN: 0-7821-1696-5
Price: US$12.99
Pages: 157
Published: May 1995
For more information:
Notes: This annotated resource takes you on a tour of investment sites on the Internet where you can find valuable information to help you make your investment decisions.  Begin with an overview of the basics of investing and the Internet.  Then, explore a range of sites in the areas of personal financial planning and portfolio management to fundamental stock analysis and online tradin.  Learn where to locate current price quotes, most active issues, company reports, and financial news while saving both ti
me and money.

Title: A Pocket Tour of Multimedia on the Internet
Author: Damon A. Dean
Publisher: Sybex
ISBN: 0-7821-1821-6
Price: US$12.99
Pages: 143
Published: February 1996
For more information: (800) 227-2346
Notes: This handy guide steers you to the best sound and video sites.  Visit animation, 3-D and video program sites packed with clips and tools to help you produce company promos, personal movies and video presentations.  Download editing programs, music and sound clips to create innovative multimedia.  Learn where to find demos of edutainment, games and reference multimedia titles.

Title: A Pocket Tour of Music on the Internet
Author: Colin Berry
Publisher: Sybex
ISBN: 0-7821-1695-7
Price: US$12.99
Pages: 217
Published: May 1995
For more information:
Notes: No matter what your taste, this book leads you on a musical journey of fan clubs, newsgroups, online magazines and web sites on the Internet.  For novices, it covers the fundamentals of access providers, hardware, software and tools necessary to connect successfully to the Internet.  Also, it shows you where to plug in to download sound and video clips from popular concert tours, get sheet music and even gain exposure for your work through IUMA, the Internet Underground Musical Archive.

Title: A Pocket Tour of Shopping on the Internet
Author: Rosalind Resnick and Heidi Anderson
Publisher: Sybex
ISBN: 0-7821-1808-9
Price: US$12.99
Pages: 174
Published: October 1995
For more information:
Notes: Whether you're looking for goods or services, there are plenty of sites to choose from including general one-stop shopping at cybermalls and specific storefronts for apparel, financial services, gifts and travel. This book covers a full range of merchant resources available on the Internet.

Title: A Pocket Tour of Sports on the Internet
Author: Terry Fain
Publisher: Sybex
ISBN: 0-7821-1693-0
Price: US$12.99
Pages: 207
Published: June 1995
For more information:
Notes: This book covers the full range of sports and recreation resources available on the Internet.  Readers find information on everything from archery, bungee jumping, and darts to baseball, football, and volleyball.  Users can also find the best sites for online sports news, trivia and access to buy, sell, and trade equipment.  An Internet overview and primer on basic skills is included.

Title: A Pocket Tour of Travel on the Internet
Author: Savitha Varadan and Kenyon Brown
Publisher: Sybex
ISBN: 0-7821-1760-2
Price: US$12.99
Pages: 202
Published: June 1995
For more information:
Notes: This book covers the full range of travel resources available on the Internet. Readers find information on vacation destinations such as Acapulco and London, airline and hotel rates, languages, restaurants and travel tips, and profiles on vacation hot spots. An Internet overview and primer on basic skills is included.

Title: Politics on the Net
Author: Bill Mann
Publisher: Que
ISBN: 0-7897-0286-x
Price: US$24.99
Pages: 382
Published: 1995
For more information: wpmann@ix.netcom.com
Notes: Geared towards American politics and activism, this book is an overview of online resources. Includes information for a variety of viewpoints. A good resource for online political activists.

Title: Programmer's Guide to Online Resources
Author: Bob Kochem
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0-471-12852-X
Price: $24.95 USA, $32.50 Canada
Pages: 354
Published: 1996
For more information:  http://www.wiley.com
Notes: The book is directed towards programmers of many different skill levels and interest areas. It provides a comprehensive catalog of resources that are available on the Internet and the major commercial online services. The bulk of the book provides information on a wide range of resources such as vendor support information, code repositories, users
groups, FAQs etc. There are also several chapters on specific programming interest areas such as graphics, security, games development, etc.

Title: Science & Technology on the Internet
Author: Gail P. Clement
Publisher: Library Solutions Press
ISBN: 1-882208-12-9
Price: US$45.00 (Book alone); US$60.00 (with Instructor's supplement)
Pages: 264
Published: June 1995, February 1996 (minor revisions)
For more information: http://www.library-solutions.com
Notes: A comprehensive tutorial, this book not only helps you find information about science and technology, but explains the well known Internet functions such as email and WWW, as well as lesser known functions such as mbone and bots.

Title: Shopping on the Internet and Beyond!
Author: Jaclyn Easton
Publisher: Coriolis Group
ISBN: 1-883577-33-0
Price: US$19.99
Pages: 400
Published: July 1995
For more information: (800)410-0192
Notes: The top 1000 places to shop online in one book, this title catalogs shopping sites and gives detailed information about the products available at each site.

Title: Walking the World Wide Web
Author: Shannon R. Turlington
Publisher: Ventana Press
ISBN: 
Price: US$29.95
Pages: 322
Published: January 1995
Goodies: CD-ROM
For more information:
Notes: A history of the Web and 300 sites to show you what the technology can do.

Title: Way More! FREE $TUFF from the Internet
Author: Patrick Vincent
Publisher: Coriolis Group
ISBN: 1-883577-50-0
Price: US$19.99
Pages: 500
Published: September 1995
For more information: (800)410-0192
Notes: A sequel to the popular FREE $TUFF from the Internet, this book continues to show users the best places to find deals on a variety of products from software to travel

Title: The Web After Hours
Author: Bill Mann
Publisher: Prima
ISBN: 0-7615-0377-3
Price: US$21.95, CAN$30.95, UK#20.49
Pages: 310
Published: February 1996
For more information:
Notes: A guide to the games, entertainment, hobbies, and weird stuff on the WWW.

Title: web.guide
Author: Robert L. Richardson
Publisher: Sybex
ISBN: 0-7821-1726-0
Price: US$24.99
Pages: 292
Published: August 1995
For more information: (800)227-2346
Notes: This guide steers you to noteworthy sites and provides tips, warnings and helpful advice along the way.  Includes and introduction to the Web as well as URL's that cover topics from humanities to hard science.

Title: What's on the Internet
Author: Eric Gagnon
Publisher: PeachPit Press
ISBN: 1-56609-162-4
Price: $19.95 
Pages: 256
Goodies: Coupon for free on-disk index of Usenet groups by topic
Published: 1994
For more information: 510/548-4393
Notes: This book is an index of what's available on the Internet's newsgroups. It doesn't delve into any other Internet services. A more appropriate title for this book would be "What's on Usenet", because that's just what it is about. the book is arranged by subject matter and reviews about 1,600 of the most popular, world-wide newsgroups, giving honest opinions about what's on each, what's good and bad about them, and how popular each one is.

Title: What's on the Web
Author: Eric Gagnon
Publisher: Internet Media
ISBN:
Price: US$23.95
Pages: 462
Published: 1995
For more information:
Notes: Revised twice a year, this comprehensive book describes what is on the WWW by topic categories, and offers an index with more than 5,000 entries. Also includes a basic introduction to the WWW.

Title: The Whole Earth Online Almanac
Author: Don Rittner
Publisher: Brady
ISBN: 1-56686-090-3
Price: $32.95
Pages: 540
Published: 1993 
Notes: Covers America Online, CompuServe, GEnie, The WELL, FidoNet, the Internet and CD-ROMs. Each subject area includes applicable forums and databases, network discussion lists and other online sources and CD-ROMs.



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