Computer Book Reviews
Page One of TwoThe Complete Idiot's Guide to Online Health and Fitness by Joan Price and Shannon Entin
Alpha Books, December 1999.Trade Paperback, 294 pages.
ISBN: 0789722089
Ordering information:
Amazon.com.
The Internet offers a vast wealth of
health-related information, services and
shopping. This new guide will help
you find some of the best sites and
learn how to use them effectively.
The book provides resources and
search tips for many health-related
topics, including fitness, workouts,
fitness programs, aerobics, strength training, yoga,
martial arts, recreational activities, health shopping,
health resorts, nutrition, weight loss, dieting,
medical resources, alternative medicine,
kid's health, mental health and medication.
The book also provides a valuable section
about how to research a specific medical condition
and includes examples for researching menopause,
HIV and cancer.
In addition, the book also provides
methods for evaluating online health
and fitness information and ways to
determine if a product or service could
be a scam you should avoid.
Anyone interested in researching health on the Internet will find this reference book a valuable companion. Laced with interesting health factoids and drawings, this is a fun way to introduce yourself to health information -- the Internet way.
HTML: The Definitive Guide by Chuck Musciano and Bill Kennedy
O'Reilly, 1998.Trade Paperback, 587 pages.
ISBN: 1565924924
Ordering information:
Amazon.com.
HTML: The Definitive guide contains
instruction, sample code and quick reference
sections for anyone using HTML.
It also provides instruction and
solutions for designing
webpages with HTML. Some of the
HTML concepts covered in the book include
HTML structure, text basics, images, layout,
multimedia, links, formatted lists, cascading
style sheets, forms, tables, frames, JavaScript
and dynamic documents. Each section contains
instruction, examples, solutions to common
problems, tips and sample code to
help readers quickly grasp each HTML concept.
The guide also includes quick reference sections
covering HTML grammar, HTML tags, cascading style sheet
properties, the HTML 4.0 DTD, character
entities and color names and values.
A quick reference pull-out card is also
included that lists HTML tags.
With HTML: The Definitive Guide programmers will be able to quickly find answers to their HTML questions. The book is also an excellent learning tool for beginners. An authoritative reference that anyone working with HTML should have in their reference library.
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