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The Internet for the Health Professional |
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" Excellent background and history - good addition to my present knowledge.
Right on time." -
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" I am experienced on the internet about 5 years. I still learned a few things. Good job."
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INTRODUCTION
ABOUT THIS BOOK
WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR
CONTACTING US
BROWSER BEWWWARE
GLOSSARY OF INTERNET TERMS
THE PEOPLE WHO FORGE THE LINKS
GUIDES TO THE INTERNET
INTERNET RESOURCES ON DIGESTIVE DISEASES
COMBINED HEALTH INFORMATION DATABASE ONLINE
CHAPTER 1 - WHAT IS THE INTERNET AND WHAT DOES IT DO FOR ME?
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE NET
HOW DID THE INTERNET COME ABOUT?
WHO OWNS IT?
WHY IS THE INTERNET IMPORTANT TO THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL?
WHAT CAN THE INTERNET DO
E-mail List
Newsgroup
Chatting With Others
Getting Files With File Transfer Protocols
Surfing the World Wide Web
CHAPTER 2 - HOW TO GET CONNECTED
THE EASY WAY
DO IT YOURSELF - HARDWARE
MEMORY
DO IT YOURSELF - YOUR CONNECTION
CHAPTER 3 - USING EMAIL TO STAY IN TOUCH
THE EMAIL ADDRESS
SENDING EMAIL
RECEIVING EMAIL
EMAIL PRIVACY
CHAPTER 4 - EMAIL MAILING LISTS
WHAT IS AN EMAIL MAILING LIST?
COMMUNICATING WITH MAILING LISTS
List Processor Addresses
List Addresses
TYPES OF MAILING LISTS
Unmoderated Lists
Moderated Lists
Publications
Digests
USING LISTSERV LISTS
Subscribing to a LISTSERV List
Unsubscribing from a LISTSERV List
Finding LISTSERV Mailing Lists
Other LISTSERV Commands
The HELP Command
The INFO Command
The Register Command
Grouping Commands
Sending Messages to a Mailing List
USING MAJORDOMO
Subscribing to a Majordomo List
Unsubscribing from a Majordomo List
Other Majordomo Commands
The INFO Command
The LIST Command
The Which Command
Communicating with the Mailing List
CHAPTER 5 - FILE COMPRESSION
INTRODUCTION
WINZIP
Decompressing a Zipped File
Compressing a File with WinZip
Downloading WinZip
WINCODE
Wincode Features
Supported Formats
What the Heck Are You Talking About?
Downloading Wincode
WINPACK
Pre-release Information
Downloading WinPack
CHAPTER 6 - INTERNET PRIVACY
INTRODUCTION
ENCRYPTION
Private Key Encryption
Public Key Encryption
PRETTY GOOD PRIVACY
Downloading a Copy of PGP
North American Version
International Version
Using PGP
Signature Files
WINFRONT
Encrypting a File with WinFront
Decrypting a File with WinFront
Downloading a Copy of WinFront
WINPGP
Encrypting a File with WinPGP
Decrypting a file Using WinPGP
Downloading a Copy of WinPGP
MORE INFORMATION
CHAPTER 7 - BEFORE THE WORLD WIDE WEB
INTRODUCTION
WHAT ARE GOPHERS?
THE HISTORY OF GOPHER
HOW GOPHER WORKS
GOPHER VS. WWW BROWSER
WHAT IS WAIS?
HISTORY OF WAIS
METHODS OF ACCESSING GOPHER
Telneting to Gopher Site
Getting Gopher Clients
Gopher and the World Wide Web
Searching Veronica via the World Wide Web
CHAPTER 8 - THE WORLD WIDE WEB
INTRODUCTION
Early History
NCSA Mosaic
Netscape
W3 Consortium
BASICS OF THE WORLD WIDE WEB
Hypertext
URLs
The Protocol
Domain Name
Path and Filename
WWW Servers
HTML
Home Pages
CHAPTER 9 - FINDING IT ON THE WEB
INTRODUCTION
WWW DIRECTORIES
Yahoo!
Global Network Navigator
The WWW Virtual Library
TradeWave Galaxy
AOL’s NetFind
WWW SEARCH TOOLS
Lycos
ArchiePlex
AMERICA ONLINE CHANNELS
Publications
Finances
WEB Entertainment Sites
Lifestyles & Interests
Reference
Computers & Software
Travel
Marketplace
Sports
MY FAVORITES
ESPNET SportsZone
The White House
Understanding the Internet
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Rolling Good Times Online
SUMMARY
INDEX I - EMAIL LISTING
INDEX II - WEB SITE LISTINGS
POST-TEST
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