Searching and Researching on the Internet and the World Wide Web
by Ernest C. Ackermann and Karen Hartman
Sales Rank: 830613
List Price: $40.00 $40.00 At Amazon
Paperback: 465 pages
Publisher: Franklin Beedle & Associates; 3 Pap/Dis edition September 2002
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1887902716
ISBN-13: 978-1887902717
Product Dimensions:
9.8 x 7.1 x 1.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
Customer Reviews & Comments
This review is from: Searching And Researching On The Internet And The World Wide Web (Hardcover)
OK. Here is the problem. The internet is still rapidly changing. What this means is that a book, no matter how well written, about the Internet is doomed for failure. This book talks about search strategy, websites, tools, software, etc. The problem is by time the book is researched, written, submitted and then published the data is not only useless it is frustrating. I ended up being exposed to this text for a Graduate class on research methods. I work in IT so the class itself wasn't bad for myself but it was sad to watch the frustration on the part of the other students part in trying to translate the text in the book to the internet of then. The issue was the reality was 3 years apart. That just doesn't work for the Internet. A text would be fine for top level studies of the Internet. A paper text is not the best format for a true drill down on Internet usage. Periodicals, Internet Sites and Interactive Media seem the best platform for learning the technical aspects of the Internet.
