The World Wide Web for Scientists and Engineers. A Complete Reference for Navigating, Researching and Publishing Online
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Author(s): B. J. Thomas
Publisher: IEEE
ISBN: 0 7803 3452 3
Format: softback
357pp
Price: $34.95
Review Date: 23 May 2000
Review: This book aims to provide strategies and essential information for scientists, engineers and researchers, to help them move beyond simply browsing the web. It provides clear guidelines for conducting online research and activities. The first part of the book discusses essential tools and applications for searching the web. It gives an introduction to web technologies and business directions, gives strategies for choosing an internet service provider, and looks at the tools needed for communicating with others on the web. Finally it takes a thorough look at browsers. The second part of the book is on web authoring and publishing, including basic and advanced HTML. The last part of the book is devoted to searching and researching. It looks at online search sites and provides over 220 pages of sites in 22 major technology areas from 'Aeronatics' to 'Virtual Reality'.