BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

Working from Home, by Paul and Sarah Edwards. 1990. Jeremy P. Tarcher, Inc. $14.95. ISBN 0-87477-582-5.

REVIEWER NOTE: Paul & Sara Edwards can be reached directly at their Working from Home Forum on CompuServe. Type in "go work" to visit this forum.

Persuasive Business Proposals, by Tom Sant. 1992. American Management Association. $26.95. ISBN 0-8144-5100-4.

Turning Lost Customers into GOLD, by Joan Koob Cannie. 1994. American Management Association. $19.95. ISBN 0-8144-0210-0.

Lifetime Encylopedia of Letters, by Harold E. Meyer. 1992. Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-256801-2.

REVIEWER NOTE: Included with this book is a CD-ROM in which you can import the letters into a word processor.

Vest-Pocket Guide to Business Writing, by Deborah Dumaine. 1997. Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-440348-7.

REVIEWER NOTE: Good compact guide to business and report writing with over 700 pages.

ONLINE INFORMATION RESOURCES

The Prentice Hall Directory of Online Business Information 1997, by Christopher Engholm & Scott Grimes. 1996. Prentice Hall. $34.95. ISBN 0-13-255282-5.

This directory is updated continuely at this web site.

REVIEWER NOTE: Excellent resource for those using online searches to investigate businesses or gather competitive intelligence.

Your Personal Netspy, by Michael Wolff. 1996.
Wolff New Media. $12.95. ISBN 0-679-77029-1.

This book reports to have free updates at this web site.

REVIEWER NOTE: Despite the "nethead" writing style this book is a must have for those using the internet and online services for investigative purposes. Not only will it aid private investigators but it will tell them what the public can retrieve online. The book includes all the basic information to get a running start as an online detective except the application for a PI license.

NetResearch: Finding Information Online, by Daniel J. Barrett. 1997. O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. $24.95. ISBN 1-56592-25-X.

REVIEWER NOTE: For the most part basic information. Does have useful information on how to navigate the World Wide Web.

Naked in Cyberspace, How to Find Personal Information Online, by Carol A. Lane with Foreward by Helen Burwell. Pemberton Press. $29.95. ISBN 0-910965-17-X.

SPECIAL FEATURE: Begining in June 1997 a hyperlinked directory will be available at no charge. The directory will be updated regulary with useful internet sites. The "NAKED IN CYBERSPACE" site is at http://www.onlineinc.com/pempress/naked.

The Publisher has a website at http://www.onlineinc.com/pempress.

REVIEWER NOTE: Disregard the catchy title. This is NOT a nethead book. Very well organized with lots of useful information on internet and commercial online resources for the investigator. It does have outdated information in the chapter on private investigators as well as the list in the appendix for private investigator associations.

COMPUTER CRIME

Computer Crime, A Crimefighter's Handbook, by David Icove, Karl Seger & William VonStorch. 1995. O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. $24.95.
ISBN 1-56592-086-4.

Bandits on the Information Superhighway, by Daniel J. Barrett. 1996.
O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. $17.95. ISBN 1-56592-156-9.

LEGAL ISSUES

Know Your Rights, by Lewis Katz. 1993. Banks-Baldwin Law Publishing Company. $12.95. ISBN 0-8322-0450-1. For more information on this author you can read the transcript of an online conference with him.

The Complete Book of Business & Legal Forms, by Lynne Ann Frasier. 1996.
Sourcebooks, Inc. $18.95. ISBN 1-57071-112-7.

STRESS REDUCTION AND PERSONAL HEALTH

The Computer User's Survival Guide, by Joan Stigliani. 1995. O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. $21.95. ISBN 1-56592-030-9.

REVIEWER'S NOTE: This book is about health risks encountered by computer users from the use of computers.

TIME MANAGEMENT

Manage Your Time, Your Work, Yourself, by Merrill E. Douglass and Donna N. Douglass. 1993. Amacom, American Management Association. $15.95.
ISBN 0-8144-7825-5.

The Working Woman's Guide to Managing Time, by Roberta Roesch. 1996. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ. $14.95. ISBN 0-13-097429-3

Last Updated by Nate Lenow on 5/6/97

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