Internet browsing tools

If you have never been on the Internet, you are probably looking for a reasonable way to discover what this immensely popular medium has to offer. If you are already using the Internet, for e‐mail or other purposes, you are probably wondering if there are more convenient or more powerful ways to tap Internet resources. This article describes a number of software packages, available either for a fee or for free, that provide tools to help Internet users when they try to browse through the huge mass of Internet resources for some useful or interesting information. To remind you of the main types of Internet browsing tools now in use, the box on the next page gives some brief definitions.