Google Books is and excellent site to use for researching a topic. It gives the user the opportunity to link to several different fields that are associated with your topic. Personal I felt a little overwhelmed and out of my element. I guess I missed that orderly library feel; even though I had more options I felt a little disoriented.
Search Terms: Privacy and Technology
Citation Information: Author: David H. Holtzman
Title: Privacy Lost: How Technology is Endangering Your Privacy
City of Publication: 989 Market Street San Francisco CA. 94108-1741
Publisher: Jossey-Bass A Wiley Imprint
Publication Date: 2006
Web-Site: www.josseybass.com
Subject Headings: Computer Information, Information Technology, Information Technology -Social aspects, Law/Constitutional, Law/Privacy, Political Science/Government/General, Political Science/Political Freedom and Security/General, Privacy.
Book Preview: This book had a limited preview. It contained 54 pages out of 326. I found the information interesting and informative, and I feel that this would be an excellent source for the research topic in its entirety.
Credible Book Clues: I was able to examine the table of contents and read the title of the chapters, I found this very helpful because I was able to determine whether or not the chapters headings would be useful for my research topic. Also being able to read the pages that were posted allowed me to decide if the book would be supportive to the research. I was able to obtain some detailed information about the author, his background, and his expertise. Being able to access other material that is related to this book was also helpful. I was also able to locate information about the hardback copy of the book and where I could get it. .
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