The book is organized into four major sections.

1. Introduction to the Internet and the three basic Internet services: e-mail, Telnet, and FTP.
   • Chapter 1 Introducing the Internet.
   • Chapter 2 Electronic Mail: The Basics of E-mail
   • Chapter 3 Telnet: Access to Other Computers on the Internet
   • Chapter 4 Anonymous FTP: Retrieving Files from Other Computer Systems
2. Getting involved in discussions on the Internet: interest groups and Usenet news.
   • Chapter 5 E-Mail Group Discussions: Discussion Lists, Interest Groups, Listserv, and Mailing Lists
   • Chapter 6 Usenet: Reading and Writing the News
3. Navigating and searching the Internet: Hytelnet, Archie, Gopher, WAIS, and the World Wide Web
   • Chapter 7 Hytelnet: Working on the Internet Using Telnet
   • Chapter 8 Archie: Locating Files to Retrieve by Anonymous FTP
   • Chapter 9 Gopher: Burrowing through the Internet
   • Chapter 10 WAIS: Searching Databases on the Internet
   • Chapter 11 World Wide Web: Lynx, Mosaic, and Netscape
4. Ethical, legal, security and social issues related to the Internet.
   • Chapter 12 Issues: Ethical, Legal, Security and Social