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Young adults, Internet ethics, and digital information are the intense focus of communities all across the U.S. Frances Jacobson Harris is a widely published librarian/author who addresses issues that concern library boards and parents. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are examined with clarity. Every library serving young adults in public libraries and schools should read this book and deliberate on the issues. This book is especially important for private and charter school staff who often struggle with little context. I believe I Found It on the Internet will broaden understanding and lead to fewer unfounded fears.

Now in an updated and expanded second edition, Allen Benson's Neal-Schuman Complete Internet Companion For Librarians offers a definitive, comprehensive, immensely helpful, reader friendly text enhanced with an accompanying CD-ROM annotating links to 500 sites. A core reference title for library staff, Neal-Schuman Complete Internet Companion For Librarians is comprised of invaluable chapters on What Is The Internet; Internet Addressing Systems; Copyright And Digital Information; Librarians' Roles In A Global Network Environment; Connecting To The Internet; Tips On Choosing Hardware; Software For Establishing A Basic Connection; Developing Your Software Toolbox; General Security and Virus Protection; Happy Hacking in UNIX; Lynx For Hard-Core Searching; Resource Discovery On The Web; Transferring Files On The Internet; Telenet Remote Login; Archie; Online Library Catalogs; Free-Nets; Integrating Tools Into Traditional Reference Practice; Integrating Internet Tools Into Other Library Services; Virtually Yours For Free; Creating And Editing Multimedia; Multimedia On The Web; E-Mail; Mailing Lists; Usenet News; Publishing On The Web; Implementing Web-Based Search Engines And Databases; Digital Publishers And Digital Libraries.

Have you ever thought about writing for the Internet and were afraid to ask how to go about it? Fret no longer, Moira Anderson Allen has probably written the bible pertaining to writing and the Internet.

Her comprehensive tome entitled Writing.Com: Creative Internet Strategies To Advance Your Writing Career-Revised Edition is an update of a previous book published in 1998. As she mentions in her introduction, "the purpose of the second edition is to take a fresh look at the Internet and answer the question, "What does it mean to writers today?"

A non- fiction book pertaining to a particular subject matter is worth reading, provided it painlessly imparts a great deal of information. This is exactly what Allen has managed to achieve in covering just about all you need to know and more about Internet publishing.

In addition, the book comes with an electronic guide to online resources for writers. This guide offers nearly two thousand listings that are available as a downloadable PDF file. A password and URL site are provided.

Extremely well organized, complete with an alphabetical list of online resources and index, the book divides itself into eighteen chapters and two appendices. The author explores where writers and the internet are today, mechanics of the Internet, online research, writing communities, finding markets online, email queries and submissions, screenwriting and the Internet, electronic rights protection, piracy, scams, promoting your book, web sites, e-zines and newsletters, various kinds of publishing, e-books, and the future. At the end of every chapter, Allen provides Internet resources, where you can further your knowledge on the various topics.

What is interesting about Allen's writing is she never strays from what she is trying to explain. She neatly sums all the queries a novice or a veteran would like to know about Internet publishing. Moreover, Allen's writing is crisp and clear, and she avoids using sophisticated technical terms that would turn off many a reader.

For example, a glance at the chapter dealing with networking online and joining the writing community, the reader is immediately informed that many of the people who contribute to these forms are top-name authors and editors. The reader is then given a list and explanation of all of the possibilities-newsgroups, forums, chat, blogs, advantages, disadvantages, and twenty tips on effective discussion. There is also within the same section an excellent analysis of critique groups, their advantages and disadvantages. All of this is followed by a list of Internet resources.

Another plus is that you don't have to start at the beginning to enjoy this book. Open any section and you will be intrigued by the abundance of interesting information exposed on the chapter's topic. If you are already familiar with copyright, you can move onto the next section without skipping a beat.

The book represents a welcome contribution to a greater understanding of the many opportunities the Internet presents to authors and writers. A must purchase by Internet publishing beginners as well as the more experienced.

This book was first reviewed on the reviewer's own site: BOOKPLEASURES.COM

This is an example of a well-targeted book: a treatise on the Internet for writers. It is a book that writers will identify with. Allen describes where to conduct research, where to find markets, all about electronic rights, promoting your book online and much more. While the book is directed to writers, a great deal of the advice, tips and insight will benefit anyone who wishes to know more about the Internet.

For a detailed description of the book's coverage, click on Table of Contents in the left-hand column of this page. The book also has more than 30 pages of valuable resources and an index.

Moira Allen has been a professional writer of both books and articles for more than 20 years.

As a publisher, author of 113 nonfiction books (including revisions and foreign-language editions) and over 500 magazine articles, I recognize the value of targeting your reading audience. Moira Allen is delivering her vital message to writers in a time of exciting change.

DanPoynter@ParaPublishing.com.

I'm a computer-savvy fiction writer who has used the Internet extensively in connection with my writing. This book has really hit the spot for me, as I'm just beginning to formulate more comprehensive Internet strategies. I actually know a lot of the detailed stuff in the book, but no one has ever encapsulated my potential choices so well. The book is well laid out, well written, and imbued with the voice of experience. A must-have for writers keen to blossom in the age of the Internet

Writing.com should be in every writers book bag! It is easy to read and has great- useful information. Everone needs to be savy on the internet- this book tells you how.

Rick Frishman. Pres- Planned TV Arts (NYC) ... Co- author GUERRILLA MARKETING FOR WRITERS (Writers Digest Books)

Definately worth your time if you are a writer trying to make it. The strategies are great and have given me hope about how I can get published. Of course, there isn't much writing practice in this book, so you should go elsewhere if thats what you need.

unclear search methods. not specific.

This is the third of three basic guides by Facts on Demand press that I am very happy to have in my collection and to recommend to others. This one focuses, as its title suggests, on Public Records Online, going down to the county level, state by state.

It is not a tutorial in how to search public records, but it does includes helpful introductory chapters and the bottom line is that using this book is cheaper than out-sourcing the work, so if you have a need to search public records online, this book is certainly a valuable and cost-effective place to start.

The other two books from the same publisher that I recommend are Find It Online, Fourth Edition: The Complete Guide to Online Research (Find It Online: The Complete Guide to Online Research) by Alan M. Schlein, and Online Competitive Intelligence, 2nd Edition: Increase Your Profits Using Cyber-Intelligence by Helen Burwell, the Grand Dame of global information brokering who for many years published the absolutely top-notch Burwell World Directory of Information Brokers (I have the 1998 edition and it is still useful to me).

See also:
The New Craft of Intelligence: Personal, Public, & Political--Citizen's Action Handbook for Fighting Terrorism, Genocide, Disease, Toxic Bombs, & Corruption
Information Operations: All Information, All Languages, All the Time

This book is designed in the same format that most of the BRB Publisher texts are. Opening chapters are of general interest, moving into state by state phone and online information followed up by several appendixes describing online vendor information companies, government URLs, and privacy information. The State chapter which is 80% of the book, is broken down as: State Agencies County Courts Federal Courts Local Courts and County Record Retrievers This section is very resourceful, giving in detail what is permitted in that location and who can get the information for you. It appears that several of the BRB publications have been combined, and added to, to create this excellent source.

This book is a good overview for non-webmasters who are faced with having to design a website. Although it was created specifically with online exhibits in mind, it includes some good foundation about design itself.

A reference of this book can be found in: "Program : electronic library and information systems", vol. 33, no. 1 (Jan. 1999) p. 81-83 (The rating is an educated guess, as I did not read the book.