The Internet for Nurses and Allied Health Professionals

1 What Is the Internet?.- What Is the Internet?.- Who Owns and Operates the Internet?.- What Does the Internet Look Like?.- Where Did the Internet Come From?.- What Can I Do with the Internet?.- Electronic Mail.- Newsgroups.- Data Base Searching.- How Do I Get There From Here?.- 2 How Does the Internet Work?.- Connecting to the Internet.- Types of Internet Connections.- Direct Connection to the Internet.- Connecting Through Another's Gateway.- Connecting Through a Commercial Service Provider.- Connecting Through an Indirect Service Provider.- What to Look for When Choosing an Internet Provider.- Finding Information on the Internet.- Internet Addresses.- 3 Using Electronic Mail (E-mail).- Anatomy of an E-mail Message.- Legal Issues.- E-mail Etiquette.- Mailing Lists.- Subscribing, Unsubscribing and Mailing to Mailing Lists.- Mailing List Etiquette.- 4 Newsgroups.- What Is Usenet?.- Components of a Usenet Article.- Joining a Newsgroup.- Reading Articles.- Posting Articles.- Final Thoughts.- 5 Telnet and FTP: Remote Login and Retrieval of Information.- FTP.- Locating Files Using Archie.- 6 Finding Information on the Internet.- The Gopher.- Gopher Searching.- Veronica and Jughead Searching.- WAIS.- World Wide Web.- History of the Web.- Hypertext.- Web Browsers.- Search Sites.- Final Thoughts.- 7 Using and Citing Information from the Internet.- Using Information from the Internet.- Citing Information from the Internet.- Electronic Sources: APA Style of Citation.- Electronic Sources: MLA Style of Citation.- 8 Implications for the Future: Science Fiction Versus Reality.- Variables.- Impact of the Internet on Health Care.- Education programs.- Electronic books.- Simulations of Clinical Situations.- Continuing Education.- Distance Education.- Personal Communication.- Information Gathering.- Decision Support.- Telehealth.- Health Education for the Public.- Long Term Care Facilities.- Conclusion (or Beginning?).- Appendix 1: Top Ten Favourite Web Sites.- 1. Food and Nutrition Information Center.- 2. GoldenAge Net.- 3. Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Sources.- 4. Magellan: Health and Medicine.- 5. MedWeb.- 6. Peter Ramme's Idea Nurse.- 7. Points of Interest: Pediatrics.- 8. Virtual Hospital.- 9. Virtual Pharmacy.- 10. Yahoo! Health Directory.- Appendix 2: Health-Related Internet Resources.- Profession Specific.- Health-Related topics.- Online Journals.- Searchable Health-Related Literature Databases.