Application Software
Microsoft Excel 97: Illustrated Projects by Carol M. Cram, Course Technology: 1997.
Excellent learning tool. Used in UM course CAPP 340.
Access 97 Bible (with CR-ROM), by C. Prague & M.Irwin. IDG Books, 1997.
Part of the very useful IDG "... Bible" collection. Useful presentation for intermediate users and those not new to databases, but new users of Access 97.
Microsoft Office 2000 Bible (with CR-ROM), by E. Willett, D. Crowder, et al. IDG Books, 1999.
Part of the very useful IDG "... Bible" collection.
New Perspectives on Computer Concepts, 3ed. by J. J. Parsons and D. Oja
Cambridge, MA, USA: Course Technology, 1998.
Excellent introduction to Computing. Used in UM course CAPP 100A
Desktop Publishing
Microsoft® Publisher 98 by Design by Luisa Simone
Redmond, WA USA: Microsoft Press, 1998.
Excellent introduction to this Desktop Publishing software. Used in UM course CAPP 310.
The Non-Designer's Design Book by Robin Williams
Berkeley, CA: Peachpit Press, 1994.
Excellent introduction to design for print documents. Used in UM course CAPP 310.
The PC is not a Typewriter by Robin Williams
Berkeley, CA: Peachpit Press, 1992.
Useful look at type by an expert in design. Used in UM course CAPP 310.
A Gift of Fire by Sara Baase, Prentice Hall: 1997.
A truly exceptional presentation of ethical considerations in computing and information systems. Author maintains an informative web site as well. Used in UM course IFSM 304.
Computer Confluence, Business Edition, 2nd ed. by G. Beekman & E. Rathswohl.
Addison-Wesley: 1999.
Very good overview of the field. Used in UM course IFSM 201.
Networking the Enterprise
Jesse Eversole / Published 1996
Management Information Systems: Organization & Technology in the Networked Enterprise, Sixth ed.
Laudon & Laudon. Prentice Hall, 2000. Used in UM course IFSM 300.
Strategic Information Systems : Competition Through Information Technologies
Seev Neumann / Published 1994
The Next Generation of Information Systems : From Data to Knowledge (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)
M.P. Papazpglou, J. Zeleznikow (Editor) / Published 1992
The SAS (R) System: Information Delivery for Manufacturing
Information Technology in Business, 2nd ed., by James A. Senn, Prentice Hall: 1998.
Very good overview of the field. Used in UM course CAPP 340.
New strategic directions in information systems for the 1990s
Robin J. Vinden
Internet
The Internet Strategy Handbook by Mary J. Cronin.
Harvard Business School Press, 320 pages, $29.95 (paperback).
Top firms tell how they use the Internet in a variety of ways: marketing products, research, acquire and deliver information. Most helpful on how a few are making a profit. It isn't easy. Best Business Books
Internet in a Nutshell, by Valerie Quercia. 1997, O'Reilly.
Handbook. Covers in detail modern web browers, searching the Internet, email and news, file handling, helper files and plug-ins, web authoring, Internet Relay Chat. Excellent tables and glossaries. Used in UM course CAPP 385.
Web Page Design
Microsoft FrontPage98 by Barron and Lyskawa, ITP/CTI, 0-7600-5947-0
Used in UM course CAPP 100L.
JavaScript Bible, 3rd Ed. (with CR-ROM), by D. Goodman. IDG Books, 1998.
Part of the very useful IDG "... Bible" collection.
HTML 4.0 CD with JavaScript (with CR-ROM), by Vivian Neou. 1999, Prentice Hall.
Handbook. Chapters are independent. Useful comparison of web browsers, both modern and prior versions, capabilities and limitations. Used in UM course CAPP 385.
HTML 4.0 Bible (with CR-ROM), by B. Pfaffenberger & A.D. Gutzman. IDG Books, 1998.
Part of the very useful IDG "... Bible" collection.
Operating Systems
Sams Teach Yourself MCSE Windows® 95 in 14 Days 2ed. by M. Barton
Sams Publishing, 1998. Used in UM course CAPP 120.
Microsoft Windows 98 Step by Step, Microsoft Press, 1998.
Used in UM course CAPP 120.
Sams Teach Yourself More Windows® 98 in 24 Hours by M. Miller. Sams Publishing, 1998.
Sams Teach Yourself Windows® 98 in 24 Hours by G. Perry. Sams Publishing, 1998.
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