Nicolas N. Berchenko and Irina B. Berezovskaya Self-Teach Tutorial to Searching the Internet and Catalogue of Resources Kiev. 1999. 480 pages. In Russian. Papercover ISBN 966-552-027-X Published by Irina Publishing and BHV Publishing Group, Kiev, Ukraine

The book prepared by Prof. Nicolas N. Berchenko, the Semiconductor Electronics Department of the "Lviv Polytechnic" State University, and Dr. Irina B. Berezovskaya (Mrs.), the Scientific Library of the Lviv State Medical University, considers practical issues related to the use of the Internet resources that are nowadays of vital necessity for researchers and teachers working in the field of natural, technical and social sciences; humanities, life sciences and education. A brief description is given for the basics of the Internet operation, networking of computers and the optimum information search. The main topic of the book is the unique potentialities provided by information systems of scientific societies for all the people engaged in research and educational activities. These include data concerning electronic journals, scientific conferences and possible partners for the realization of international research projects. Considerable attention is paid to various foundations sponsoring scientific research, and rules of the project development are described too. A special emphasis is given to the Internet resources concerning job, education or training opportunities. The book contains over 1200 addresses of Web-resources, and the most detailed description is given for those that enable researchers in NIS countries to contribute to the solution of important scientific and technical problems within the framework of EU activities. The book is recommended for the wide range of readers including not only those who would like to get a quick start in searching the Internet, but also more skilled users of network resources.

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