Guardian Guide to the Internet [Import] (Paperback)

It's a no-nonsense approach for absolute beginners and as such does it job well.

And with the help of a useful CD Rom which comes with the book you can get online straight away.

To help you further McClellan takes you through the process in a concise form, helping you with setting up, finding favourite sites faster, preparing and sending-e-mail and downloading files. There's a useful glossary of net terminology, listings of helpful sites to visit and tips on how to avoid trouble on your journeys through Cyberspace.

Other advice includes how to shop on the Net and subscribing to and reading newsgroups.

For the beginner it's an ideal read. For the more experienced Web user it's a useful book to have around when you need clarification on a specific point.

There are at present many books on getting started on the Internet, some good, some downright poor. For readability and down to earth good advice there is no doubt that this ranks as being among the best. --Stuart Russell

Synopsis
The best general guide to the Internet, written with wit and wisdom from the newspaper that has the best coverage and is about to launch the Guardian on the Net. The Internet is both the present and the future. But for most, getting started is still the most difficult test. So how does the uninitiated browser to become the deft surfer? The Guardian Guide to the Net is the instruction manual for the newcomer and experienced surfer alike. It will allow you to travel as far, as fast as you want: from paddling round the shallow end of the pool to surfing the outer edge of the waves of information. You won't however get lost in the white-water rapids of techno jargon. This is a guide for everyone: consumer, player, student, professional. Cyberdweebs must go elsewhere. It will allow first-timers to choose the best equipment for their needs, with recommendations about which stockists to approach and what questions to ask to ensure that what you buy will deliver what you expect. It will introduce the service providers and their services, incuding access routes to the World Wide Web, e-mail services, news providers, retailers.

And the accompanying Netscape/BT CD will allow the most straightforward access to the Internet, highlighting the Guardian's own newly created sites. With a directory of useful, entertaining or sometimes plain weird web sites for you to explore, this is the best guide around to the virtual world that is all around us: the Internet. Welcome aboard.