Computer Confluence, Introductory and Student CD Package
Author: George Beekman
Available in three separate editions for maximum user flexibility, Computer Confluence combines three information sources—an illustrated book, a multimedia CD-ROM, and an up-to-the-minute Companion Website—to explore the promises and challenges of information technology, its effect on businesses, people, society, and the future. Chapter topics include hardware basics; software basics; basic office applications; graphics, digital media, and multimedia; database applications and implications; networking and telecommunication; and the Internet and the World Wide Web. For educators, theologians, writers, artists, and others for whom technology is an important tool but not a passion.
Table of Contents:Basics.
I. APPROACHING COMPUTERS.1. Computer Currents: From Calculation to Connection.
2. Hardware Basics: Inside the Box.
3. Hardware Basics: Peripherals.
4. Software Basics: The Ghost in the Machine.
II. USING SOFTWARE: ESSENTIAL APPLICATIONS.5. Basic Office Applications.
6. Graphics, Digital Media, and Multimedia.
7. Database Applications and Implications.
III. EXPLORING WITH COMPUTERS.8. Networking and Telecommunication.
9. Inside the Internet and the World Wide Web.
IV. LIVING WITH COMPUTERS: ISSUES AND IMPLICATIONS.10. Computer Security and Privacy.
Appendix: Correlation Guide to the ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct.
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Urban Economics and Real Estate: Theory and Policy
Author: John Mcdonald
Unique in its coverage, Urban Economics and Real Estate allows an instructor to teach separate courses in either urban economics or urban real estate, or a blend of the two topics.
- Provides a comprehensive approach to the economic factors that both define and affect modern urban areas, considering the economics of cities as a whole, rather than separating them into isolated topics
- Analyzes topics such as urban housing, real estate markets, growth, and social and policy issues, and how these affect the economic functioning of a city
- Includes in-depth discussions of real estate markets and policy issues
- Considers the changing role of the city in economic life, and the effects of social problems, such as crime, poverty, and education that often accompany these changes
- Offers a dedicated author-hosted website containing supplemental material, available at uic.edu/~mcmillen.