Synopses & Reviews
Includes profiles of Canadian sites and services.
Get online and find out what's new on the Net!
Doesn't it seem like the Internet is moving at the speed of light? You can catch up to it with this fun and accessible step-by-step guide. Crack the spine, pop in the CD-ROM, and before you know it, you'll be searching, shopping, communicating, and playing online — in what seems like no time.
Discover how to:
- Choose the best Internet Service Provider for you
- Find information through search engines and directories
- Shield your kids from undesirable sites
- Visit chat rooms and send instant messages
- Download software from the Net
Review
"An easy, step-by-step guide to the most exciting technology of the 21st century!"
— Rick Broadhead, Canadian Internet expert
Synopsis
Includes profiles of Canadian sites and services.Get online and find out what's new on the Net!
Doesn't it seem like the Internet is moving at the speed of light? You can catch up to it with this fun and accessible step-by-step guide. Crack the spine, pop in the CD-ROM, and before you know it, you'll be searching, shopping, communicating, and playing online — in what seems like no time.
Discover how to:
- Choose the best Internet Service Provider for you
- Find information through search engines and directories
- Shield your kids from undesirable sites
- Visit chat rooms and send instant messages
- Download software from the Net
About the Author
Andrew Dagys is a CMA and the author of
Investing Online For Canadians For Dummies and
The Internet for 50+.
John R. Levine, Carol Baroudi, and Margaret Levine Young are Internet experts and have written numerous For Dummies books.
Table of Contents
Introduction.
Part I: Welcome to the Internet.
Chapter 1: What Is the Net?
Chapter 2: So Much to Do on the Net, So Little Time.
Chapter 3: The Net, Your Kids, and You.
Part II: Internet, Here I Come.
Chapter 4: Picking Your Internet Service.
Chapter 5: Online and On Your Way.
Part III: Web Mania.
Chapter 6: The Wild, Wonderful Wacky Web.
Chapter 7: Wrangling with the Web.
Chapter 8: Needles and Haystacks: Finding Stuff on the Net.
Chapter 9: More Shopping, Less Dropping.
Chapter 10: My First Home Page.
Part IV: Essential Internet.
Chapter 11: Mailing Hither, Mailing Thither.
Chapter 12: Putting Your Mail in Its Place.
Chapter 13: Mail, Mail, the Gang's All Here.
Chapter 14: Attention, Dick Tracy.
Chapter 15: Let's Face the Music and Chat.
Chapter 16: Swiping Files from the Net.
Chapter 17: Can Two Hundred Thousand Users All Be Wrong? It's AOLCanada!.
Chapter 18: Not Just "I Love Lucy," It's WebTV.
Part V: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 19: Ten Frequently Asked Questions.
Chapter 20: Ten Killer Applications on the Net.
Chapter 21: Ten Practical Ways Canadians Use the Net.
Chapter 22: Ten Ways to Avoid Looking Like a Klutz.
Appendix: About the CD.
Glossary.
Index.