"This guide is not intended to answer every single question you might have about Internet tools and culture ... The Net itself changes so fast that it is impossible to create a perfectly stable source of information and instruction ... [The authors] have provided information about how to find many help files and guides, but the best way to learn the technial, social, and educational ways of the Net is to dive right into it. From that perspective, this book is a starting point on your journey":--Pref.

Rev. ed. of: English online. c1997.

Includes index.

Introduction: Introduction to the online world; Netiquette; Preparing to enter the Internet -- How to's: Electronic mail; Mailing lists, hosts for discussion groups and online communities; Telnetting on the Internet; File transfer protocol; Getting freeware and shareware from public archives; Graphic browsers; MOOs and MUDs; MOO walkthrough (Telnet); OWLS and other birds of the net; How to create your own basic web page -- Research: Plagiarism, copyright, and the Internet; Citing Internet sources -- Resources: Learning online, a list of resources; Help with the Internet; An overview of writing collaborative hypertexts -- Glossary.