From sj-approval Tue Aug 1 21:50:44 1995 Return-Path: Received: by world.std.com (5.65c/Spike-2.0) id AA15660; Wed, 2 Aug 1995 01:50:46 -0400 Received: from mail04.mail.aol.com by world.std.com (5.65c/Spike-2.0) id AA15639; Wed, 2 Aug 1995 01:50:44 -0400 Received: by mail04.mail.aol.com (1.37.109.16/16.2) id AA011762644; Wed, 2 Aug 1995 01:50:44 -0400 Date: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 01:50:44 -0400 From: RUBENEWS@aol.com Message-Id: <950802015043_128458961@aol.com> To: sj@world.std.com Subject: NET NOTES 8 Sender: sj-approval@world.std.com Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sj NET NOTES 8 COLUMN (This column of source material is written specifically for journalist colleagues around the globe. This information is not for publication. Please share with as many journalist netters as possible.) By Ruben Sosa Villegas c1995 Several recent books address research on the Internet. Consider: "SECRETS OF THE SUPER SEARCHERS: The Accumulated Wisdom of 23 of the World's Top Online Searchers" By REVA BASCH (c1994, Eight Bit Books, 235 pages, $39.95 paperback) Order copies available from Pemberton Press Books, 462 Danbury Rd., Wilton, CT 06897-2126 or (800) 248-8466, ext. 519. NOTES: This book includes interviews with librarians and researchers who struggled to master the Internet in its early stages. In describing their own experiences, the book gives readers information on how to search databases on the Internet. In one case a business executive needs the data to statistically prove a correlation between two variables for his presentation the next morning. The researcher tells how she tracks down that information. The various researchers also reveal their personal strategies for combing the net and their personal preferences for different databases. "THE ONLINE 100: Online Magazine's Field Guide to the 100 Most Important Online Databases" By MICK O'LEARY (c1995, Pemberton Press Books, $22.95 paperback, ISBN: 0-910965-14-5) On Sale July 1, 1995 Review copies available from Pemberton Press Books, 1-800-248-8466 AUTHOR: Mick O'Leary (e-mail: 71735.204@compuserve.com) writes the "Consumer Online" column for ONLINE: The Magazie of Online Information Systems." O'Leary is a leading information industry expert. You can write to him at Mick O'Leary, 10230 Harmony Road, Myersville, MD 21773. NOTES: (from press release) Includes explanations of each database's strengths and weaknesses; critical information on span and update frequency of data; typical search costs; hard-to-find information on Internet and CD-ROM availability; advice on when not to use a certain database - and pointers on where to look instead; complete contact information for all principal databanks; practical tips and advice to help you get the most out of a database. The databases cover the following topics: General & Business News, Business, U.S. and International Companies, Current Events, Law & Government, General and Physical Science, Life Sciences & Medicine, Technology & Computing, Intellectual Property, Social Sciences & The Humanities, and General Reference. "NAKED IN CYBERSPACE: How To Find Personal Information Online" ONLINE Magazine's Field Guide to What You Can Find Out Online About Anyone By CAROL A. LANE Release Date: October 1995 (Pemberton Press, ISBN: 0-910965-17-X) Review copies will be available in October from Bea Kokias, Sales Associate at online@well.com or at 1-800-248-8466. NOTES: Information reveals databases that provide personal and professional backgrounds on individuals and how to access that information. Galleys are not available and the publication date has been delayed from September to October. GOVERNMENT ONLINE By MAX LENT (c1995, Harper Perennial, 308 pages, $15.95 paperback, ISBN: 0-06-273301-X) AUTHOR: Max Lent is a writer, consultant and instructor in the areas of computer technology, desktop publishing and telecommunications. His articles about getting connected to public access government online services have appeared in "Computer Shopper," "Home Office Computing" and other computer magazines. NOTES: (from the book's cover): "Government Online" shows you how to find and connect with the government information resources you need quickly and painlessly. The U.S. government is the world's largest producer of information. Now, much of this information is legally at your fingertips through the use of a computer and a modem - for the cost of a phone call. In "Government Online" you'll learn what's available as well as how to find it. From online service, voice and fax telephone numbers to addresses and who to contact, it's all here. Also information on how to obtain free software, download pictures of planets, government documents, job listings, medical advice, lists of business contacts, current legislation, government mailing lists, weather data and maps and earthquake information. Connect with the Library of Congress, the National Archive, NASA, the Small Business Administration, the Internal Revenue Service, the Pentagon and hundreds more national, state and local computers. NET NOTES 8 -30- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------