| The Internet Encyclopedia is the first comprehensive examination of the core topics in the Internet field. The Internet Encyclopedia, a three-volume reference work with 205 chapters and more than 2,600 pages, provides comprehensive coverage of the Internet as a business tool, IT platform, and communications and commerce medium. The audience includes the libraries of two-year and four-year colleges and universities with MIS, IT, IS, data processing, computer science, and business departments; public and private libraries; and corporate libraries throughout the world. It is the only comprehensive source for reference material for educators and practitioners in the Internet field.
Education, libraries, health, medical, biotechnology, military, law enforcement, accounting, law, justice, manufacturing, financial services, insurance, communications, transportation, aerospace, energy, and utilities are among the fields and industries expected to become increasingly dependent upon the Internet and Web technologies. Companies in these areas are actively researching the many issues surrounding the design, utilization, and implementation of these technologies.
Based on our research we identified 11 major topic areas for the encyclopedia:
- Foundation;
- Infrastructure;
- Legal, social, organizational, international, and taxation issues;
- Security issues and measures;
- Web design and programming;
- Design, implementation, and management;
- Electronic commerce;
- Marketing and advertising on the Web;
- Supply chain management;
- Wireless Internet and e-commerce; and
- Applications.
The Internet Encyclopedia is a comprehensive summary of the relatively new and very important field of the Internet. This reference work consists of three separate volumes and 205 chapters on various aspects of this field. Each chapter in the encyclopedia provides a comprehensive overview of the selected topic intended to inform a board spectrum of readers ranging from computer professionals and academicians to students to the general business community.
In order that you, the reader, will derive the greatest possible benefit from The Internet Encyclopedia, we have provided this Guide. It explains how the information within the encyclopedia can be located. |
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