The Internet Handbook for Writers, Researchers, and Journalists

by Mary McGuire, Melinda McAdams, Linda Stilborne, et al.

Book Overview

This indispensable guide helps novice and experienced computer users take full advantage of Internet and World Wide Web capabilities. Fully revised and updated, this new edition provides a basic... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1572303328
• ISBN13: 9781572303324
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: Guilford Publications
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.4" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Highly recommended for the novice, packed with info!

Writers will find Internet Handbook For Writers, Researchers, Journalists an invaluable contribution: it helps novice and advanced users alike use the Internet and Web, and has been updated to provide more resources and tools listings. From choosing a service provider and developing online strategies to exploring multimedia and generating leads by posting queries to mailing lists online, readers will find Internet Handbook For Writers, Researchers, Journalists is packed with basic information.

A wealth of practical, informative tips, tricks & techniques

The Internet Handbook For Writers, Researchers, And Journalists: 2000/2001 Edition is an invaluable, "user friendly", indispensable, essential guide to what the Internet has to offer writers, researchers, journalists, and students. Mary McGuire, Linda Stilborne, Melinda McAdams, and Laurel Hyatt collaborate to show how to select an Internet service provider, web browser, and email software right for you; develop online search strategies with the latest generation of Internet tools; use the best online databases, libraries, and government sites; explore multimedia applications such as streaming media, Web conferencing, desktop video conferencing; generate leads and make contacts by posting queries to mailing lists and Internet discussion groups; keep mail and address lists organized; create web pages; and write for an online readership. Whether a novice or experienced Internet user, The Internet Handbook For Writers, Researchers, And Journalists has a wealth of practical, informative graphics, tips, tricks, and techniques that will prove helpful on a daily basis no matter what the nature or subject of your writing project.