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~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: 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
For more information: ?
Notes: The first book-length treatment of WAIS and Gopher servers.
~Title: Way of the Ferret - Finding Educational Resources on the Internet
Author: Judi Harris
Publisher: International Society for Technology in Education
ISBN: 1-56484-055-7
Price: $24.95 (ISTE members 22.45)
Pages: 209
Published: 1994
For more information: iste@oregon.uoregon.edu or 800/336-5191
Notes: Based on Judi Harris' popular Mining the Internet column in The
Computing Teacher journal, Way of the Ferret is designed to help you
acquire the knowledge, skills, and experience necessary to locate and use
resources found on the Internet. Carefully developed analogies help users
grasp basics of Telnet sessions, FTP file transfers, information location
tools, file encryption, and discussion groups. Finally, 15 different types
of educational telecomputing activities help you plan for integrating
Internet resources into your students' academic explorations.
~Title: Welcome to Internet - from Mystery to Mastery
Author: Tom Badgett & Corey Sandler
Publisher: MIS Press
ISBN: 1-55828-308-0
Price: $19.95, $27.00 CAN
Pages: 324
Published: 1993
For more information: ?
Thanks for the info: Gayle Keresey (aflgayle@aol.com)
Notes: Introduction to the Internet and its resources and navigational
tools. The strength of this book is the chapter entitled "Collecting
souvenirs on the Internet" which details subjects and tells you exactly
where and how to find information about those subjects on the net.
~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 bookjis 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: 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.
~Title: The Whole Internet User's Guide and Catalog
Author: Ed Krol
Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates
ISBN: 1-56592-063-5
Price: $24.95
Pages: 572
Published: 2nd edition, April 1994
For more information: 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 catalog. Highly
recommended.