Margaret Levine-Young (Cornwall, VT) is the author or co-author of two dozen computer books, including Osborne's Internet: The Complete Reference, Internet for Dummies (Hungry Minds/Wiley), and Poor Richard's Guide to Building Online Communities (Top Floor Press). She holds a B.A. in computer science from Yale University and helps run the Unitarian Universalists Association's online communities.

PART I: Connecting to the Internet Ch. 1: Internet Connection Concepts Ch. 2: Connecting to Dial-Up Accounts Ch. 3: High-Speed Connections Ch. 4: Intranets PART II: E-mail Ch. 5: E-mail Concepts Ch. 6: Basic E-mail Commands Ch. 7: Sending and Receiving Files Ch. 8: Controlling Your E-mail Volume Ch. 9: Secure E-mail Ch. 10: Other E-mail Topics PART III: Chatting and Conferencing Ch. 11: Concepts Ch. 12: Mailing lists Ch. 13: Usenet Newsgroups Ch. 14: Reading Newsgroups Ch. 15: IRC Ch. 16: Instant Messaging Ch. 17: Web-based Chat Ch. 18: Voice and Video Conferencing PART IV: The Web Ch. 19: Concepts Ch. 20: Netscape Ch. 21: IE Ch. 22: Opera Ch. 23: Viewing Advanced Web Pages Ch. 24: Searching Ch. 25: Audio and Video on the Web Ch. 26: Web Resources PART V: Creating Web Sites Ch. 27: Concepts Ch. 28: Creating Web Pages by Hand Ch. 29: Using Web Page Editors Ch. 30: Creating Web Graphics Ch. 31: Creating Web Audio Files Ch. 32: Uploading Web Pages Ch. 33: Analyzing Web Traffic Ch. 34: Building Traffic to Your Site Ch. 35: Advanced Web Page Options Ch. 36: Web Commerce PART VI: File Transfer and Downloading Ch. 37: Concepts Ch. 38: FTP Ch. 39: Napster, Gnutella, and Other Peer-to-Peer File Exchange Services Ch. 40: Downloading and Installing Software PART VII: Other Internet Topics Ch. 41: Internet Telephony Ch. 42: Classic Applications