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A Guide to the World Wide Web
First Edition
by Lory Hawkes
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The World Wide Web (WWW) is an anomaly. A unique, freeform virtual society brought about by technological innovation and stimulated by the resurgence of self-directed investigation, the Web challenges new explorers to find their way through its morass of sites by mastering software-driven graphical browsers.
With its nontechnical explanations about the Internet and the Web, A Guide to the World Wide Web will help build your confidence to venture through the Web's chaos of information with the two latest graphical browsers, Netscape Navigator 4.0 and Internet Explorer 4.0. Different from other WWW texts, this book uses supporting Web pages at a companion Web site
http://www.prenhall.com/allbooks/hss_0132735091.html
and encourages Web page authorship to increase your ability to gain information, synthesize it, and then reformulate it into your own Web page design. A Guide to the World Wide Web includes:
A series of supporting Web pages to extend and reinforce the chapters of the book.
A quick trip to find out what is new and valued on the Web.
A thoughtful orientation to hypertext theory, the guiding principle of Web architecture and digital exchanges.
An examination of Web demographics to build an appreciation of its dynamic history and an understanding of its users as the audience for your Web pages.
A multitude of shortlists to help you learn your way around the Web and build confidence to explore on your own.
Savvy tips on how to write for the Web as well as individual and collaborative writing assignments.
Clear and careful explanations to make your searches more productive with a focused research question, a carefully selected search engine, a well-crafted query statement, and a handy discovery journal to record your findings.
Documentation advice and examples of citing electronic sources in both the Modern Language Association style and the American Psychological Association style.
Classroom-tested guidelines and helpful HTML templates for creating and refining Web pages.
Thoughtful advisories about the risks of communication on the Web and about societal issues related to virtual environments.
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