Learning, Teaching and Researching on the Internet

Preface.

Part I: Internet Preliminaries;
1. A Very Brief Introduction to the Internet;
Local Area Networks.
Wide Area Networks and the Internet.
The World Wide Web.
2. Web Browsers;
Introduction.
The Browser Interface.
The Toolbar.
Downloading Files.
Backtracking.
Manipulating Accessed Documents.
Frames.
Bookmarks.
Working the Net with the Browser.
3. Internet Access.
4. Referencing Internet Resources.

Part II: Searching the Internet;
5. Subject Directories.
6. Search Engines and Searches.
7. Searches: Basic.
8. Searches Advanced.

Part III: Exchanging Views on the Internet;
9. Locating Mailing Lists.
10. Mailing List Commands and Exchanges.
11. Mailing List Archives.
12. Reading the News: Newsgroups.

Part IV: Social Science Subject Resources;
13. General Reference Resources.
14. Electronic Texts and Reviews.
15. Data Archives.
16. Statistical Resources.
17. Social Science Funding.
18. Current News Online;
General Electronic Newspaper Resources.
Newspapers and Agencies.
Television and Radio.
19. History;
General Resources.
Ancient.
Medieval.
Eighteenth Century.
American.
Twentieth Century.
20. Human Rights;
Treaties, Declarations and Other Instruments.
General Resource Sites.
Human Rights in Particular Countries.
United Nations and Human Rights.
21. Philosophy, Sociology and Psychology.
22. Political Science and Government.
23. European Union;
Institutions.
Policies.
Publications and Documents.
Other EU Resources.
24. Economics Resources;
Mailing Lists and Newsgroups.
Current Economic News.

Part V: Closure;
25. Ancillary Computing Techniques.
26. Additional Techniques, Applications and Resources.

Glossary.
Index.