Exploring the Internet
2nd Edition
Published on 16. March 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-13-271693-2 (ISBN)
Description
For any course introducing students to the Internet; may be taught out of any departments on campus. These are the newest books in our best-selling Exploring Windows Series. They will appeal to students from a variety of disciplines and are written at a level that assumes no prior knowledge of the Internet or Netscape. Featuring a step-by-step approach that is complimented by non-technical discussions of the concepts, students will find the texts informative and easy to understand.* Hands-on experience in addition to the rationale behind what is being done. * Allows students to learn by doing as well as learning the reasoning. Each chapter has a Learning by Doing section that includes several hands-on exercises. * Available in two versions-The comprehensive (290 pp.) Exploring edition (0-13-271693-3) and the briefer (160 pp.) Essentials edition (0-13-595778-8); these four color, spiral bound texts were written by our popular author team-Grauer and Marx. * Offers instructors a choice of which book fits their course length and depth of coverage. * Coverage of the World Wide Web, Netscape, E-mail, URLs, HTML, special appendix 'Hot Sites on the Internet.'
* Students benefit from coverage of current topics. * Both versions of the texts are offered as part of Prentice Halls custom binding program, the Right PHit. * Gives the instructor the greatest flexibility in providing custom content for their course at a discounted price. * Additional resources are available on the Grauer website: www.bus.miami.edu/~rgrauer
* Students benefit from coverage of current topics. * Both versions of the texts are offered as part of Prentice Halls custom binding program, the Right PHit. * Gives the instructor the greatest flexibility in providing custom content for their course at a discounted price. * Additional resources are available on the Grauer website: www.bus.miami.edu/~rgrauer
More details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 220 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
630 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-271693-2 (9780132716932)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Exploring the Internet 1. Welcome to Cyberspace: Introduction to the Internet and World Wide Web. 2. Search Engines: Finding Information on the Web. 3. Creating a Home Page: Introduction to HTML. 4. Using E-mail: Global Communication on the Internet. 5. The Internet and Society: Issues in Cyberspace. 6. Additional Internet Services: FTP and Usenet. 7. Beyond the Web: Telnet, Gopher, Lynx, FTP, and IRC. Appendix A: How the Internet Works. Appendix B: Hot Websites. Appendix C: Glossary. Index.