Accidently deleted "Network" icon in finder

I Accidently pulled the "Network" icon out of the finder window and now I can't get it back. I can't connect to another computer on my ethernet network. I can't even select "shift apple K" -- nothing comes up.
G5 Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Try...
Finder>Preferences>Sidebar>Sow these items in Sidbar:, then check Network box.

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Thank you for this one, but we all are simple Mac users here.
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