Internet Information for Beginners

Argus Clearinghouse for Subject-Oriented Internet Resource Guides

Links to online guides for an extensive list of subjects.

Beginner's Guide to URLs

An introduction to the meaning of uniform resource locators (web addresses). This site explains how to access ftp sites, web pages, newsgroups, etc.

Common Internet File Formats

This site describes the types of files that can be found on the web.

Patrick Crispen's Internet Roadmap

A set of lessons on the use of the web.

John December's "Information Sources: the Internet and Computer-Mediated Communication"

Information (and useful links) describing how to find information on the web.

EFF's (Extended) Guide to the Internet

Another extensive guide to the internet (available in a variety of languages).

Learn The Net

A very useful guide to finding material on the internet (available in several languages).

Usenet FAQs

Links to the FAQs (answers to "Frequently Asked Questions") from usenet newsgroups. Read these before posting the same question asked by hundreds of other people.

Web-related reference materials from WebReference.com

Another useful set of links to reference materials on the web.