NEW EDITION OF THE WHOLE INTERNET USER'S GUIDE & CATALOG CAPTURES STATE OF
INTERNET TODAY

The Whole Internet User's Guide & Catalog

"is an encyclopedic compendium of all the places to explore, the short-cuts
to get there, the reasons to linger, the treasures you might find, and the
tools to make this free world-wide service worthwhile." --Kevin Kelly
WIRED

When O'Reilly first published Ed Krol's The Whole Internet User's Guide &
Catalog in September 1992, there were approximately 10 million people on
the Internet and no user-friendly documentation. A year and a half later
the estimated number of users is 20 million and there are over 30 Internet
user guides in print. To help users old and new use the full features of
the Internet and to help them fight through the information clutter,
O'Reilly & Associates announces the release of a second edition that has
been completely updated to reflect the development of new Internet tools
and resources.

"For the Internet novice with limited computer experience, the best
introduction is Ed Krol's The Whole Internet User's Guide & Catalog." --
The New York Times

In keeping with the editorial standards set with the critically-acclaimed
first edition, which sold over 250,000 copies, the new edition of The
Whole Internet User's Guide & Catalog (ISBN 1-56592-063-5; $24.95 US) is
divided into three sections. The first section presents the history and
ethics of the Internet. The second section is an in-depth exploration of
the Net's many tools for finding people, software, and information on
thousands of remote computers and for talking to others one-on-one or in
groups. The third section, "The Whole Internet Catalog," captures the
integrity and breadth of information available on the Net and tells where
to find some of its more interesting resources.

"The Whole Internet User's Guide & Catalog is not for computer experts, but
for teachers, students, researchers, and business people who need to use
the Internet. It is also for those who simply want to explore new means of
accessing information, such as university library catalogs, electronic
conferences, or electronic journals throughout the expanding world-wide
network of computer networks." -- Harvard Educational Review

WHAT'S NEW IN THE NEW EDITION

Here are some of new Internet features readers can anticipate finding in
the second edition:

* An expanded, easy-to-use resource catalog. New and experienced users
alike can refer to the catalog to discover what's available on the Net.

* Descriptions of three resources that serve as the Internet's "card
catalog, " InterNlC, GNN (published by O'Reilly and includes "The Whole
Internet Catalog" with hyperlinks to remote resources), and Almanac.

* A detailed look at Mosaic, the multimedia application that's transforming
the way people use the Internet.

* An explanation of multimedia mail (MIME): what it means, how to deal with
it.

* An introduction to pine, a popular mail program that supports MIME

* More on ftp-mail servers, and different kinds of mailing list managers,
including Majordomo and Almanac.

* An introduction to xarchie, a popular X-based Archie client with an FTP
client built-in, along with other improvements to the Archie service.

* What's new in "white pages, " the Internet's telephone book and Netfind
in particular.

* An introduction to tin, another popular newsreader.

* New features of Gopher, including Veronica and Jughead.

* New coverage of the swais, the line-oriented WAIS client.

* An expanded list of internet access providers.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

In January, MicroTimes named Ed Krol one of "100 Industry Leaders and
Unsung Heroes of the Computer Industry in 1993." In doing so it commended
The Whole Internet User's Guide & Catalog as "The book against which all
subsequent Internet guides are measured, Krol's work has emerged as an
indispensable reference to beginners and seasoned travelers alike as they
venture out on the data highway."

Raised in the Chicago area, Ed Krol went to the University of Illinois, got
a degree in Computer Science, and never left. In 1985 Krol became part of
a networking group at the University of Illinois where he became the
network manager at the time the National Center for Supercomputer
Applications was formed. It was there that he managed the installation of
the original NSFnet. During the same period, he also wrote and posted to
the Internet the "Hitchikers Guide to the Internet" because he had so much
trouble getting information and was sick of telling the same story to
everyone.

In 1989 Krol opted to leave the fast lane and returned to pastoral life on
campus where he remains to this day, Assistant Director for Network
Information Services, Computing and Communications Service Office,
University of Illinois, Urbana. He also writes a monthly column for
Network World.

ABOUT O'REILLY & ASSOCIATES, INC.

O'Reilly & Associates is recognized worldwide for its definitive books on
The X Window System, UNIX, and the Internet. Working closely with
developers of new technologies, O'Reilly's editors are "computer people"
who use the software they write about. The company's planning and review
cycles link together authors, computer vendors, and technical experts
throughout the industry in a creative collaboration that mirrors the
strengths of the "open systems" philosophy itself.

The Whole Internet User's Guide & Catalog
By Ed Krol
450 pages, ISBN: 1-56592-063-5, $24.95 (US)

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