William F Theobald, H E Dunsmore

Internet Resources for Leisure and Tourism

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

'Internet Resources for Leisure and Tourism' is designed to allow students, academics and practitioners within the leisure and tourism fields to get the very most out of the World Wide Web, helping them track down and fully exploit the most useful resources available.

This book includes pointers on how to find and utilise, among other things: the latest economic statistics and demographics, information about government agencies and their programs, the content of universities' websites, up-to-the-minute statistics on visitor arrivals and departures, information on forthcoming meetings and conferences, and details of contents in periodicals.
'Internet Resources for Leisure and Tourism' contains:
details of interesting sites for content, design and / or specific information
notes emphasizing important information about a site
shortcuts and easy-to-use methods for performing functions
a wide variety of Internet topics - from how to find a provider to how to compress and decompress files that you download.
The book is now updated and supported by a new companion website which provides the reader with regular updates about the latest online developments - thus continually keeping them up to speed in what is an exceptionally fast-moving medium.
The only book on the market aimed specifically at guiding readers in this subject to free internet resources
Now supported by a companion website providing regular updates about the latest internet developments

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Oktober 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9780750646444
• ISBN-10: 0750646446
• Artikelnr.: 22315760

Autorenporträt

William Theobald was Professor and Chairman of both the Interdisciplinary Graduate Programme in Travel and Tourism and the Leisure Studies Division at Purdue University, USA H. E. Dunsmore is Associate Professor of Computer Science at Purdue University, USA

Inhaltsangabe

What in the world is the internet?
How to use the internet
Computers and electronic mail
The World-Wide Web
Web browsers
Using the Web effectively
Electronic library resources
University and college resources worldwide
Electronic reference information, texts, journals and other internet resources
Electronic discussion groups
Searching the World-Wide Web: software, computing, citation and troubleshooting
Appendices