THE LITTLE MAC BOOK by Robin Williams. With a style both chatty and informative, Williams has crafted a guide blissfully free of heavy-handed techno-garble. Instead, she provides a tour simple enough for the newest Mac owner and complete enough to teach experienced users a thing or two."excellent for the mac novice this is one book Apple should include with new Macs for new users. More than enough to help you thru. ALSO: Beyond the Little Mac Book  and The Little iMac Book

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WINDOWS 98 SOFTWARE

Dan Gookin Teaches Windows 98 (The Best Advice from the Best Authors) Dan Gookin teaches in a non-threatening manner, and keeps up good humor which makes the learning process FUN. I especially like the way he throws in personal comments, as it saves me trial and error to learn the same outcome. Great book, easy to read, easy to use, and well worth the minimal investment."

Learning to Use Windows Applications (Shelly Cashman Series) Great! I recommend it for all levels! This book builds on a foundation and moves you from a beginner level to advance. "I never dreamed that I would actually learn how to write a macro with so much details given." Scheduled for update 2000

Microsoft Windows 98 Resource Kit Paperback - 1750 pages Bk&Cd Rom edition (June 5, 1998). A complete resource for professional-level information on implementing Windows 98. Thirty-one chapters discuss deployment and installation, system configuration, networking and intranets, internet and communication tools, system management, and architecture. The appendixes contain a glossary, reference information, and detailed information on Windows 98 system and INF files. The CD-ROM includes electronic text as well as tools, utilities, and accessory software.

Master Windows 98 by Ruth Maran, Paul Whitehead, Maarten Heilbron. 713 pages Bk&Cd Rom edition (June 5, 1998). Thanks to the award-winning maranGraphics team, you can begin your Windows 98 initiation by reading less and learning more. MASTER Windows® 98 VISUALLY™, the complete Windows 98 visual reference, presents Microsofts dynamic new operating system with easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions and more than 1200 descriptive screenshots. By incorporating integrated text and graphics, MASTER Windows 98 VISUALLY actually shows you what makes Windows 98 tick.
And where MASTER Windows 98 VISUALLY ends, the interactive bonus CD-ROM begins. The CD-ROM partners with the book by allowing users to look up any part of the book on their computers. You'll also find valuable multimedia tools on the CD, such as Cybermedia FirstAid, an upgradable demo of Oil Change, and EarthLink Total Access with Netscape Navigator 4.

Windows 98 Simplified (Idg's 3-D Visual Series) by Ruth Maran . The ultimate Windows bestseller just get better! This package contains the totally updated and improved edition of one of the country's most successful computer books. "Windows 98 Simplified" graphically demonstrates what can be done with this versatile software. Full color throughout .

Advanced Windows 98 CD-ROM Jan 1999. Once you have completed the Beginning and Intermediate Windows 98 courses, you are ready to utilize some the advanced functions and features of this operating system. Upon completion of this course, you will develop the skills to utilize some of the system maintenance tools, to customize your desktop, and to explore system information.

Beginning Windows 98 (Microsoft Windows 98)CD-ROM This course combines the basic concepts of Windows 98 with information about altering the Windows environment, performing more than one task at once and managing your files.

Windows 95 for Dummies (For Dummies)

Easy Windows 98 : See It Done, Do It Yourself (Que's Easy Series)

 
 

GRAPHIC DESIGN

 

3D Modeling in Autocad : Mastering 3Ddesign and Drafting With by John E. Wilson. 400-pgs. DECEMBER 1999. CD-ROM Examples and exercises guide the reader to proficiency in AutoCAD 3D design and drafting. The CD-ROM is packed with utilities and exercises.

3-D Human Modeling and Animation by Peter Ratner. This book is an excellent step-by-step guide for creating digital humans. It covers all aspects of modeling, animation, and lighting. I think it would be very beneficial in a teaching environment where students could follow the entire process and try the exercises at the end of each chapter. -- Jerry Weil, Senior Animator, Metrolight Studios, Hollywood, CA

3D Studio for Beginners by Jim Lammers, Michael Todd Peterson, Steven Elliott, Phillip Miller. Bk and CD-ROM. 3D Studio is a complex program, and this tutorial is designed to get the new 3D Studio user productive quickly. In addition, the book will get the new user off on the right foot by developing good techniques and practices. The book offers many tips and strategies for better results and less wasted time. The CD provides all of the files for the exercises and examples in the book.

3D Studio Max 2 : Effects Magic Sept 1998.by Greg Carbonaro (Editor), Jeffrey Abouaf, Kim Lee. Bk and CD-ROM. Experienced users gain knowledge works about 3D Graphics Studio MAX 2 from this comprehensive special effects resource. This book gets right to the point by providing the basic "recipes" for creating stunning effects. The CD-ROM contains sample models and textures to help build the effects and finished sample effects so readers can see the final result.

Animation and 3d Modeling on the Mac 1995. y Don Foley, Melora Foley. This book guides you through the many aspects of creating animation, such as building 3D models, creating textures, setting up environments, and rendering and editing the whole production. Along the way, you will pick up scores of useful tips. In addition, the book provides numerous real-world examples, showing how some of the most difficult challenges to creating animation on the Macintosh platform have been tackled by professional practitioners.

Animation on the Web Nov 1998. by Sean Wagstaff, Corbin Collins. Provides Web-site creators and managers with an understanding of animation tools, such as Adobe After Effects, Macromedia Flash!, Paceworks' Object Dancer, Meta

AutoCAD 14 Training CD (Complete Support series)

The Autocad Tutor for Engineering Graphics Release 14

AutoCAD 2000 Update, CD-ROM

Advanced Animation and Rendering Techniques : Theory and Practice

 
Kai's Power Tools 3 for Windows : Visual Quickstart Guide (Visual Quickstart Guide) Sandee Cohen. A succinct, yet power-packed introduction to Kai's Power Tools Kai's Power Tools 3: Visual QuickStart Guide focuses on Kai's Power Tools, the bestselling plug-in set that allows users to achieve stunning visual effects in today's top graphics programs. The book is aimed at the millions of users who use KPT with Photoshop, Painter, Illustrator, FreeHand, and other programs that support Photoshop plug-ins. The QuickStart format is ideal for readers familiar with these programs, but who need an easy-access guide to using the plug-ins right away.
 

3D Graphics and Animation : From Starting Up to Standing Out

Digital Effects Animation Using Maya

 
 

Adobe InDesign for Dummies (For Dummies)

Coreldraw 9 for Dummies (--For Dummies)

CorelDRAWÖ 8 For Dummies®

CorelDRAWÖ 7 For Dummies®

Photoshop Studio Secrets, 2nd Edition

Real World Digital Photography

 

 

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING

C For Dummies Dan GookinLoaded with entertaining examples, a hands-on tutorial teaches, without losing its sense of humor, the essentials of C Programming to even the most cautious novice. Original.

C For DUMMIES Vol 2 Dan Gookin uses his unique, entertaining style to teach the essentials of C programming in a book guaranteed to appeal to even the most cautious C novice. Never stuffy, this hands-on tutorial is loaded with easy-to-follow and entertaining guidance to the world of C programming.

C++ For Dummies 3rd Edition. Stephen R. Davis. A beginner's bible to the popular programming language includes everything anyone ever needed to know to master C++++ in an easy-to-follow format. Written for C programmers migrating to C++, this book covers Borland C++, Turbo C++, and Visual C++ and teaches encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism. Plus, all the sample code and programming syntax discussed in the book is included on the book's bonus CD-ROM, so you won't waste hours retyping all the great code examples in the book.

Oracle 8 The Complete Reference Guide by George Koch, Kevin Loney bk and CD-Rom. Any Oracle developer who has used Oracle: The Complete Reference knows that it is an elegant, indispensable guide to the overwhelming world of Oracle database interaction. Its successor--Oracle8: The Complete Reference--is even more comprehensive. Succinct examples are used to document the many functions and SQL nuances available in the Oracle toolbox. The authors provide handholding introductions to more advanced topics such as PL/SQL and object-relational databases.
CD-ROM: This is particularly valuable for readers for two reasons. First, since the book is large, having quick referencing capability on CD will be attractive to end-users. The sizeable reference section is perfect for electronic access. Secondly, the tables in the book will be accessible on the CD, so users will save both time and money.

Programming for Perl (2nd Edition) by Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen, Randal L. Schwartz, Stephen Potter. Many recent books about Perl skimp on the Perl language per se and treat the Perl language as a mere appendage to CGI scripting. That is an egregious error: Perl (Practical Extraction and Report Language) is a fantastic language for processing text, generating reports, and managing files and processes. Written by the perlson who created Perl (Larry Wall), this book covers the essential features of the language extremely well -- even lucidly. Plus, it is filled with Larry Wall's wired sense of humor (tempered, one senses, by Randal Schwartz). If you're a beginning programmer and want to become a real Perl programmer, and not some copy-cat hack, get this book plus a more programmatic treatment, such as Teach Yourself Perl in 21 Days.

The Cgi/Perl Cookbook by Craig Patchett, Matthew Wright. bk and CD-ROM. Designed to teach the basics of CGI programming necessary for highly interactive web sites, this volume offers line-by-line breakdowns of seven CGI programs including a search engine, password protection, advanced form processing, a shopping cart, customized bulk e-mail, and advanced visitor feedback. Also included is a library of 13 sub routines for e-mail support, file encoding, error handling and other purposes. CD-ROM includes code and ready to run CGI programs from the book; the contents of "Matt's Script Archive" Web site; the Perl programming manual; and recent Windows, UNIX, and MacOS versions of Perl.

Cgi How-To : The Definitive Cgi Scripting Problem-Solver 1996. by Stephen Asbury, Jason Mathews, Selena Sol, Kevin Greer, Jason Matthews. Bk and CDrom. This and A-formatted book/CD-ROM package provides some 75 CGI (Common Gateway Interface) scripting situations that give optimal step-by-step solutions in both Perl and C<-->along with warnings, enhancements, and alternate solutions, as well as the code. It shows how to develop Web- based applications that range from simple<-->such as sending e-mail<-- >to advanced<-->creating Web pages based on user input. The CD-ROM contains what's needed for using CGI with Java, along with code, examples, and utilities.

Custom Controls Library Rod Stephens / Paperback - 576 pages Bk& Cd-Rom edition (January 1998) .Activex. Excellent book on ActiveX creation. The controls included cover topics like image processing, data display and manipulation, buttons, text manipulation and much more. Add powerful ActiveX controls to your applications! This book explains how to create ActiveX controls using the Visual Basic 5 Control Creation Edition (CCE). It also includes a brief chapter on Visual Basic fundamentals, and a WORKING COPY of the CCE, so users of C++, Delphi, and other languages can create controls quickly and easily. The book includes 101 ready-to-run ActiveX controls which you can modify to create your own controls. ALSO: includes complete instructions for installing and using the controls with Visual Basic, Visual C++, C++ Builder, Symantec C++, VBScript, JavaScript, Visual J++, Java, and Delphi 2 and 3. The CD-ROM contains compiled controls, source code, and other tools.

Cgi Internet Programming in C, C++, & Perl 1997 Mark Felton. Shows how to program the cgi-bin with C++ and C for more powerful connectivity to the Internet. Key Topics: This book provides methods to link the power of compiled languages into Internet interfaces. CGI programs are the only way to obtain advanced server side capabilities and by using C++ and C, real computer control from the Internet can be achieved. Shows how to link existing C++ and C code to HTML Gui Internet capabilities. Market: For C++ and C programmers working with CGI Internet programming.

Microsoft Visual Basic 6 Professinal Step by Step. 1998. by Michael Halvorson. Bk and CD-Rom. This information-packed Step by Step course is the easiest and fastest way to teach yourself to write 32-bit Windows-based programs using the Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 development system. Work through every lesson to complete the full course, or do individual lessons to learn just the skills you need.

Beginning with Visual Basic by Bob Hendry. June 1, 1999. Bk and Disk. Taken from our five-day basic Visual Basic course, this book provides a hands-on introduction to all aspects of application development with Visual Basic. Each component is covered in the context of using Visual Basic to develop Windows-based, client/server production business applications. The topics are reinforced through a series of hands-on lab exercises in which the reader creates a fully functional Visual Basic application. The lab setup and solution diskette included with the book provides the files required to perform the hands-on labs, and includes a set of solutions to the lab exercises for student review.

Visual Basic 5 Interactive Course 1997CD-ROM by Mark Spenik, Heidi Brumbaugh, Cliff Diamond. A book/CD-ROM tutorial providing an in-depth introduction to Visual Basic for those with no previous knowledge of programming. Offers 132 lessons, plus exercises, quizes with answers, and access to an interactive Web page based on the book's contents, where readers can get advice from live experts. The CD-ROM contains source code, Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.01, and utilities.

 

WORD PROCESSING

 

Mastering WordPerfect 9

Word 2000 For Windows® For Dummies®

 

Corel Wordperfect 8 for Windows for Dummies Margaret Levine Young, et al / Paperback / Published 1997

Wordperfect 7 for

 

NETWORKING & INTERNET

Official VisiBroker for Java Handbook by Michael McCaffery. Topics covered: CORBA architecture, IDL and Java, server and client communication, Common Object Services (COS), GateKeeper, Caffeine compilers, General Inter-ORB Protocol (GIOP), and Internet Inter-Orb Protocol (IIOP).

Java Threads 1999. by Scott Oaks, Henry Wong, Mike Loukid. Newly revised and expanded to cover Java 1.2, "Java Threads" shows readers how to take full advantage of Java's thread facilities: where to use threads to increase efficiency, how to use them effectively, and how to avoid common mistakes. It thoroughly covers the Thread and ThreadGroup classes, the Runnable interface, and the language's synchronized operator.

The Latex Web Companion : Integrating Tex, Html and Xml

Beyond HTML; SGML Publishing on the World Wide Web, with

Elsevier's Dictionary for Computer Science and Mathematics

Effective Videoconferencing: Techniques for Better Business Meetings (50-Minute Series)

Videoconferencing: The Whole Picture

Designing & Implementing Microsoft Proxy Server (Designing and Implementing Series) David Wolfe / Paperback / Published 1997

Cybermeeting : How to Link People and Technology in Your Organization James L. Creighton, James W. R. Adams / Hardcover / Published 1997

A Glance: Ip Telephony

Beginning Java 2

 
 

The Complete Java 2 Certification Study Guide

A Complete Java Database Training Course : The Ultimate Cyber

Concurrency : State Models & Java Programs (Worldwide Series

Designing Interactive Web Sites Gong Szeto (Editor), et al / Paperback / Published 1997

Wavs, MIDIs & RealAudio With CD-ROM

McAfee Anti-Virus for Beginners (Beginners Series)

 
 

OTHER & MISC:
 
 

Cd-Rom Encyclopedia of Electronic Circuits

Securing PCs and Data in Libraries and Schools : A Handbook

Easy Use and Interpretation of Spss 7.5 for Windows : Answering Research Questions With Statistics George A. Morgan, Orlando V. Griego / Paperback / Published 1998

Computerized Accounting With Quickbooks 5.0 Janet Horne / Paperback / Published 1998

Construction & Computers William Feldman, Patti Feldman / Paperback / Published 1996

 
 

The Woodworking Companion (CD-ROM for Windows)

 
 

Sams Teach Yourself Act! 2000 in 10 Minutes

Debugging Embedded Microprocessor Systems Stuart R. Ball / Paperback / Published 1998

Interactive Accounting : The Byzantium Workbook Gregory Wilkinson-Riddle (Editor), et al / Paperback / Published 1997

 
 

The Latex Graphics Companion : Illustrating Documents With Tex and Postscript (Addison-Wesley Series on Tools and Techniques for Computer Typesetting) Michel Goossens, et al / Paperback / Published 1997

 
 

Simon & Schuster Multimedia Handbook for Writers (CD-ROM)

Professional and Business Users, Including Application Software

 

Jbuilder for Dummies

 

The Tozer CD-ROM Library

GUITAR: emedia the Guitar series

Troubleshooting Your PC, with CD-ROM

 

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