How to look it up online : get the information edge with your personal computer

New York : St. Martin's Press, 1987, 1987. Very Good. 1st ed., 1st printing ; xi, 486 p. : ill., port. ; 24 cm. ; ISBN: 0312001320 (pbk.) :; 9780312001322 (pbk.) ; LCCN: 86-27945 ; LC: QA76.55; Dewey: 025.5/24; NLM: QA 76.55 G563h 1987 ; OCLC: 14587580 ; color pictorial paper wrappers ; Contents: Joining the revolution -- Behinds the screens: the flesh blood and bones of an online database -- How information is slod: single-subject databases, database vendors and costs -- What to expect from a database vendor -- How to look it up online : Front-End packages, EasyNet, and Information brokers -- Dialog the knowledge base and Dialog business connection -- BRS Search, BRS Brkthru -- Mead Data Central's NEXIS -- VU/TEXT, Newsnet and Wilsononline -- How to evaluate any database -- Any book, any subject, anywhere in the world -- Facts, figures and full-text articles online -- New media: papers, wire services, radio and television -- Access: directories of people, places and organization -- Investment and competitive intellegence : Industry profiles, Credit reports, and corporate financials -- Sales and marketing: advertising, demographics and opportunities -- Washington watch: publications, periodicals and statistics -- Importing information : how to import downloaded data into Lotus 1-2-3, dBASE, Chart-Master and other programs. ; interesting snapshot of the beginnings of the World Wide Web ; store stamp on flyleaf ; VG