Teaches both students and professionals to navigate and to find resources specific to the social work discipline on the Internet and the World Wide Web.
The text covers the development of the Internet and its growing applicability to the discipline of social work. It discusses various ways to connect to the Internet, how to use electronic mail, and definitions of forms of electronic communication, such as listservs, news groups, and chat groups. Chapter 8 offers a tour of various websites of specific interest to the profession of social work. Chapter 9 provides instructions for authoring personal or professional Web pages. Subsequent chapters teach specific methods for attaching and downloading documents, and how to download specific programs for social work practice. Examples of social work resources, vignettes, and Web summaries are included throughout the book.
- ISBN10 0205297358
- ISBN13 9780205297351
- Publish Date 27 February 2002
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 17 June 2010
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Pearson
- Format Paperback
- Pages 180
- Language English