Internet Technologies and Information Services, 2nd Edition

Internet Technologies and Information Services: Second Edition is a vital asset to students preparing for careers in library and information science and provides expanded coverage to important new developments while still covering Internet foundations. In addition to networking, the Internet, HTML, web design, web programming, XML, and web searching, this new edition covers additional topics such as cloud computing, content management systems, eBook technologies, mobile technologies and applications, relational database management systems (RDMS), open source software, and virtual private networking. It also provides information on virtualization and related systems, including desktop virtualization systems.

With clear and simple explanations, the book helps students form a solid, basic IT knowledge that prepares them for more advanced studies in technology. It supplies an introductory history of the Internet and an examination of current trends with specific emphasis on how online information access affects the LIS fields. Author Joseph B. Miller, MSLS, explains Internet protocols and current broadband connectivity options; Internet security issues and steps to take to block threats; building the web with markup languages, programming, and content management systems; and elements of information access on the web: content formats, information retrieval, and Internet search.

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Internet Technologies and Information Services, 2nd Edition

Internet Technologies and Information Services: Second Edition is a vital asset to students preparing for careers in library and information science and provides expanded coverage to important new developments while still covering Internet foundations. In addition to networking, the Internet, HTML, web design, web programming, XML, and web searching, this new edition covers additional topics such as cloud computing, content management systems, eBook technologies, mobile technologies and applications, relational database management systems (RDMS), open source software, and virtual private networking. It also provides information on virtualization and related systems, including desktop virtualization systems.

With clear and simple explanations, the book helps students form a solid, basic IT knowledge that prepares them for more advanced studies in technology. It supplies an introductory history of the Internet and an examination of current trends with specific emphasis on how online information access affects the LIS fields. Author Joseph B. Miller, MSLS, explains Internet protocols and current broadband connectivity options; Internet security issues and steps to take to block threats; building the web with markup languages, programming, and content management systems; and elements of information access on the web: content formats, information retrieval, and Internet search.

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Internet Technologies and Information Services, 2nd Edition

Internet Technologies and Information Services, 2nd Edition

by Joseph B. Miller
Internet Technologies and Information Services, 2nd Edition

Internet Technologies and Information Services, 2nd Edition

by Joseph B. Miller

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Internet Technologies and Information Services: Second Edition is a vital asset to students preparing for careers in library and information science and provides expanded coverage to important new developments while still covering Internet foundations. In addition to networking, the Internet, HTML, web design, web programming, XML, and web searching, this new edition covers additional topics such as cloud computing, content management systems, eBook technologies, mobile technologies and applications, relational database management systems (RDMS), open source software, and virtual private networking. It also provides information on virtualization and related systems, including desktop virtualization systems.

With clear and simple explanations, the book helps students form a solid, basic IT knowledge that prepares them for more advanced studies in technology. It supplies an introductory history of the Internet and an examination of current trends with specific emphasis on how online information access affects the LIS fields. Author Joseph B. Miller, MSLS, explains Internet protocols and current broadband connectivity options; Internet security issues and steps to take to block threats; building the web with markup languages, programming, and content management systems; and elements of information access on the web: content formats, information retrieval, and Internet search.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781610698863
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, Incorporated
Publication date: 08/26/2014
Series: Library and Information Science Text Series
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 496
File size: 12 MB
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About the Author

Joseph B. Miller, MSLS, is associate professor emeritus at the University of Kentucky School of Library and Information Science, Lexington, KY.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS

  • Preface

    Acknowledgments

  • PART I: INTERNET TECHNOLOGIES

  • Chapter 1: Introduction

    Chapter 2: The World Wide Web

    Chapter 3: Networks and Connection Technologies

    Chapter 4: Internet Technologies: TCP / IP

    Chapter 5: Higher-Level Internet Protocols: Making the Internet Work

    Chapter 6: Internet-Connected Devices and Security

  • PART II: BUILDING THE WEB

  • Chapter 7: Web Design and Graphics

    Chapter 8: Web Publishing with the Hypertext Markup Language

    Chapter 9: Controlling Presentation with Styles

    Chapter 10: Introduction to Web Programming

    Chapter 11: Web Technologies and Content Management

    Chapter 12: XML Primer

  • PART III: INTERNET CONTENT AND INFORMATION RETRIEVAL

  • Chapter 13: Internet Content

    Chapter 14: Information Retrieval

    Chapter 15: Internet Search

    Chapter 16: Libraries and the Internet: Learning from the Past, Exploring the Future

  • Appendix 1: The Binary Machine

    Appendix 2: Web Hosting Issues

    Glossary

    Bibliography

    Index

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