Mayfield Quick View Guide to the Internet for Students of Health, Physical Education, and Exercise Science Version 2. 0

by Koella, Jennifer Campbell

• ISBN13: 9780767420624
• ISBN10: 0767420624
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-05-12
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Summary

This brief guide gives students and teachers a reference to the Internet and World Wide Web. It includes sections on finding, using, and documenting sources, source reliability, the Internet and job searches, communicating with e-mail and in virtual communities, and more.

Table of Contents

Introduction

What Can the Internet Do for You?

What Are the Internet and the World Wide Web?

Quick View: How Can I Use Graphical Access to the Internet?

Using Netscape® and Other Graphical Browsers

Quick View: How Can I Use Text-Only Access to the Internet?

Using Lynx and Other Text-Only Browsers

PART I. FINDING INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET

How the Internet Works-In Brief

How to Find the Information You Want

Info Byte: Some Common Error Messages

How to Judge the Reliability of Internet Information

How to Document Information from Electronic Sources

American Psychological Association (APA) Author-Date Style

Modern Language Association (MLA) Author-Page Style

Council of Biology Editors (CBE) Citation-Sequence System

Chicago Manual of Style (CMS) Superscript System

PART II. COMMUNICATING ON THE INTERNET

How to Communicate with E-Mail

Virtual Communities: Listservs and Newsgroups

Info Byte: Netiquette

Virtual Communities: Real-Time Communication

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

Risks and Precautions

PART III. FINDING JOBS ON THE INTERNET

Sites to Search for Jobs

Creating Your Own Web Pages

PART IV. INTERNET RESOURCES

Health and Wellness

Psychological Health

Sexuality and Contraception

Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Parenting

HIV/AIDS and Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Tobacco, Alcohol, and Drugs

Nutrition

Fitness

Physical Education

Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, and Other Conditions

Infectious Diseases and Immunity

Personal Safety: Unintentional Injuries and Violence

Environmental and Public Health

Professional Organizations

Internet Glossary

Index