Languages 479-1, 579-1           Summer 1996          Syllabus

12. Tuesday August 6, 1996

Review of the books in Reserve
And online sources of review:

Unofficial Internet Book 
List 



Homework


By Thursday you should browse through the reviews of books related to the 
Internet and select a title to be added to the reserve, then notify the 
instructor.

By next Tuesday (in one week) you should turn in a two page review of 
Multimedia Making it Work by Tay Vaughan, in reserve(1).

Here is a sample structure for your review:



"Multimedia on the Internet", Damon A. Dean, 1996, 0-7821-1821-6, U$12.99
Damon A. Dean nomad970@aol.com
2021 Challenger Drive, Alameda, CA   94501
1996
0-7821-1821-6
Sybex Computer Books
U$12.99 510-523-8233 800-227-2346 Fax: 510-523-2373 info@sybex.com
148
"Multimedia on the Internet"

With the rapid growth and development of graphics, sound, and even video
enabled World Wide Web browsers, multimedia and the WWW have become
solidly linked.  And, since many people don't even know that there is more
to the net than simply Netscape, therefore the Internet means multimedia. 
Dean has put together a very brief starting guide for multimedia resources
and use of the net. 

The first part of the book, as with all the "Pocket Tour" series, is a
very brief explanation of net connectivity and use.  In this book it is
extended by more detail on dial-up IP Internet links, and the hardware and
software needed for multimedia use, particularly with Web browsers. 

The remainder of the work, dealing with resources for multimedia and sites
using multimedia, is somewhat disappointing.  Most of the software sites
listed are archives like Simtel.  These are, of course, huge resources,
but the operative word is huge.  There is almost no direction as to the
specifics of what might be found, and dew directions in regard to the
directories where one can find the useful stuff.  The clip media,
interactive, demo, and industry sites are a good selection, but more
interesting than vital. 

copyright Robert M. Slade, 1996

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1.	If you decide you would rather review a different 
item please notify the instructor as soon as possible by e-mail.