Book details of 'Educator's Internet Yellow Pages'

Title	Educator's Internet Yellow Pages
Author(s)	Ron Place, Klaus Dimmler, Thomas Powell
ISBN	0132323567
Language	English
Published	March 1996
Publisher	Prentice Hall

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Reviewer Rob Slade wrote:
Educational endeavors, and educators, require all the help they can get in terms of access guides to the information and resources of the Internet. That niche, however, already has a sizeable population of publications. Both "NetPower" (BKNETPWR.RVW) and "Internet Passport" (BKINTPSP.RVW) target the educational market, and each provides a much better overview of the net and net applications than does this work. Resource guides, catalogues and even "yellow pages" are old hat, starting with the now venerable "Whole Internet User's Guide and Catalog" (BKKROL.RVW), through the collections of Hahn (BKINTYLP.RVW), to Maxwell/Grycz (BKNRYLPG.RVW), and even Jean Polly's collection for kids (BKINKDYP.RVW). What teachers really need is advice on how to search out resources, and there "Finding it on the Internet" (BKFNDINT.RVW) stands alone. This Place/Dimmler/Powell book doesn't even mention the basic resources. The actual listings have very few descriptions aside from "titles" of mailing lists, newsgroups, and Web pages. The organization is difficult to use: listings are ordered by topic, subtopic and then access method, so that even having found the area of interest you have to check seven sets of listings to found out what is available. Within those listings, order may be by title or by address. The list of "computer science" newsgroups runs for fifteen pages without interruption by description or discussion. Yes, there are a wealth of resources compiled here. You could find as much, and more, by accessing the standard online listings, such as the Spafford/Lawrence newsgroup list. You can get a number of books with much better annotation of the resources, so as not to waste time exploring the irrelevant or uninformative. And you could find a lot more, and more closely targeted, material with a visit to Alta Vista. copyright Robert M. Slade, 1996
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