Online Books

When you think of Internet auctions, eBay springs to mind. But it is only one of many auction sites. And then there are the b2b exchanges, usually confined to specific industries. Ramburg studies both types of entities, placing their legal frameworks in the context of existing traditional auctions and exchanges. The perspectives in the book are predominantly European, with an emphasis on Britain.

She furnishes a useful taxonomy of auctions - English, Dutch, Japanese, sealed bid... You are undoubtedly familiar with the English type, but the others may be new to you.

The book goes over the many details about what can go wrong online. Like different interpretations of sale conditions and membership terms. Or being able to cancel bids and what constitutes "unintentional" mistakes and how to undo these.

If you are pondering operating a new online auction or exchange, you would do well to carefully look over the many details in this book. On a de facto basis, it can be a vital operator's manual.

How do you conduct effective and credible research using the internet? If you're a beginner, INTERNET RESEARCH SKILLS is a good place to begin: it offers students of the social sciences and humanities a foundation for growing their basic knowledge of the internet, showing how to streamline the search process, how to avoid common pitfalls, and how to locate article databases and other approaches which go beyond using a popular browser like yahoo or google. Undergraduate students conducting research projects as well as postgraduate students will find it an excellent resource for streamlining the search process.

The second edition of this important title on locating information, people and software on the net provides a host of tools for accessing and locating online communities, from building web tools for using the Internet for research to locating virtual libraries of information. An excellent handbook reflects the latest in Internet strategies.

Internet commerce makes or breaks a business depending on customer sensitivity, data privacy, the fit with business transaction systems already in place, good electronic work spaces and training programs, guaranteed delivery of goods and services, and transaction tracking. Mary J Cronin looks at net presences that have done well by accessing critical competitive and technical information, cutting costs, handling new marketing and sales demands, and increasing revenues and satisfaction among customers and employees. THE INTERNET STRATEGY HANDBOOK shows the successful information spread on the Internet by Dow Jones, Lockheed Martin, and Schlumberger; the successful net marketing by Digital Equipment Corporation and Millipor; and the successful research and development strategies by Genentech. Her book is a compelling read into all the possibilities with an Internet presence. It breaks ground with Simson Garfinkel's WEB SECURITY AND COMMERCE, Douglas Gerlach's THE COMPLETE IDIOT'S GUIDE TO ONLINE INVESTING, Mellanie Hills' INTRANET BUSINESS STRATEGIES, Harris Kern's MANAGING THE NEW ENTERPRISE, and Don Tapscott's THE DIGITAL ECONOMY.

The Internet Survival Guide Series "Protecting Your Financial Information" is a must-have reference book for anyone seriously interested in understanding how to protect their financial assets. The author, James Christiansen, presents this critically important material in a well organized and easy-to-read style for all ages. Even our children can be affected by scammers when they are out on the internet. With the increasing use of on-line shopping and banking and the threat of identity theft, the author gives a tremendous amount of practical information that can be used to avoid becoming a victim to hackers and cyber-thieves. I did a quick read through the book once, then read it again to start applying the principles in this book. Just the valuable information about setting up strong passwords, passphrases and encryption is worth buying the book. I'm really impressed with this book and also have it's other two companions in the series called "Protecting Your Family" and "Protecting Your Home Computer." These books represent an arsenal and defense that the average computer user can put into action. I keep them right next to my computer. I highly recommend this book!!

This book is the only thing I have found that explains exactly what a school has to do to get connected to the Internet and how to do so without making some huge mistakes. Other books talk about using the Web, and that's great. This one talks about what a school principal needs to know: how to get community support, how to plan site facilities.

Tyrone Adams' and Norman Clark's new book, The Internet: Effective Online Communication, provides a comprehensive and insightful view of the Internet from a communication perspective. Although there are other texts on the Internet, this is the first to focus on communication competence in the online environment. The text integrates theory and practice to help readers become critical Internet consumers and producers.

I found Chapter 1 on the Internet's history the most intriguing. That background information provides a context for understanding the Internet's structure and current uses. In Chapter 2, the authors distinguish the Internet from other communication mediums, and at the same time observe that the boundaries between communication contexts are blurring.

Chapters 3-5 cover the nuts and bolts of communicating online: email, listservs, newsgroups, chat rooms, MUDs, MOOs, and net conferencing. Although most students are quite familiar with email, listservs, and chat rooms, they are often less familiar with newsgroups, MUDs, MOOs, and net conferencing. With more and more organizations using net conferencing for work group and team meetings, the latter topic is especially useful.

Chapters 6 and 7 address gathering information on the Internet. These invaluable chapters move readers out of the traditional search engine to other search strategies such as topic rings and bibliographic databases. In addition, the authors provide specific criteria for evaluating online information and how to cite the information found.

Chapters 8-10 shift the reader from an Internet consumer to an Internet producer. With the help of the CD-ROM included with the book, students can design a fairly sophisticated webpage. Although the authors stress the utility of learning HTML, the web editor on the CD-ROM allows students to produce their first webpage with ease.

Students found Part 5, "Exiting Cyberspace: Implications of the Internet," particularly informative and sometimes surprising. For example, Chapter 12, "The Internet and U.S. Law," led several students to investigate computer use policies in the workplace.

My students gave the book high marks for readability, current examples, and thorough explanations. The authors' familiarity with effective online communication is plainly evident: Adams and Clark don't just write about the Internet; they are cybertravelers, clearly comfortable with and truly knowledgeable about Internet communication. We've become so immersed in online communication that we seldom give it a second thought. Adams and Clark include provocative information that will spark much debate in any classroom. Students learn practical online communication skills, as well as the theoretical background they need to adjust to an ever-changing and increasingly globalized Internet.

"An Introduction to Online Learning - A Primer for Online Students" provides an orientation to students wishing to take online classes.

Distance education differs from traditional classroom instruction. Success ratios for online students increase when those students have an "orientation" or "introduction" to online learning. This book is intended for individuals with minimal computer experience wanting to take online classes.

A DVD accompanies the book with video lectures covering the main material in the book.

The book has four main sections.

Section 1:
An Introduction To Online Learning
This section provides an introduction to online learning. It is presented in an accessible manner and has been designed to pose and then answer the main questions and concerns students taking online classes might have.

Section 2:
Secrets of a Successful Student
This section presents the precepts of 'Active Learning' in an accessible manner making it easier for students to integrate the principles into their life. In addition, this chapter covers learning styles and other concepts at the core of most orientations to online learning.

Section 3:
Working Online - Getting Started
Using screenshot visuals, this section details the technical skills necessary to take an online class. The skills are organized into easily comprehensible modules. The modules are in order of technical priority: once a student understands how to get onto the web and view web-pages, different elements of online classes are covered.

Section 4:
Working Online - Working Smarter
This section covers technical skills which can help online students more effectively complete their online work. Many of the technical questions that students have when taking online classes are answered in this chapter.

Highly recommended! I was prompted to buy this book because I wanted to add both a Gold and a Real Estate component to my portfolio and was looking for guidance. My advisor wasn't much help and other investing books don't address my specific needs. This book was exactly what I needed. It showed me how to invest in Gold and Real Estate using Exchange Traded Funds that give me the return (and safety) I wanted from these market segments without the hassle or risk of trying to find individual stocks. I learned that I could just buy a group of the best stocks in each market with one easy purchase. Plus it showed me how to do the same for other target markets such as Health Care, Energy, Homeland Security and even China. In addition this is more than simply a book, it's a complete course in target market investing - giving me access to an online component with interactive tools and Web links that gave me the resources necessary to transform knowledge into action. Eventually all investing publications will have to use this format to be competitive. I'm glad I found one that does now.

This book makes an excellent case for the pertinence of Freud to the new models of culture and knowledge in the new millennium. The scientific descriptions are clear and lively, appropriate for non-scientists, and the first part will be of help to anyone in cultural studies, women's studies, or "theory' in the university. The writing is clear and lively.