ABSTRACT
There are now dozens of self-help books on the Internet, as everybody, their uncle and various other extended family members are joining the excited rush to get on-line. Few, if any, of these books, useful as they are to the recreational, net-surfing public, are particularly good guides for working scientists. That’s an odd oversight, since the net was first set up by scientists for scientists. This book aims to correct that oversight, by providing a straightforward manual and review handbook for accessing and using the resources of the Internet in the day to day labours of the working scientist. Of course, if you are surfing the Internet already, and know your way around telnet, FTP, the WWW, newsgroups and mailing lists, then our recommendation is either (a) move along to the really useful chapters in which scientific resources in each of these areas are considered, or (b) buy this book for a colleague who has not yet seen the light.
