New Releases by Thomas J. Cashman

This title allows students to do systems analysis and design right from the start. Examples and cases are drawn from actual systems projects that enable students to learn in the context of solving problems, much like the ones they will encounter on the job. A blend of traditional development and current techniques, such as client-server and object-oriented development, graphical user interfaces, and electronic data interchange are provided. The clear writing style makes systems analysis and design easy to understand and the Student Study Tools provides the reinforcement needed.

The Shelly Cashman Series presents a completely revised and updated edition to the best-selling computer concepts book to make learning about computers interesting and interactive. Discovering Computers 2003 is fully integrated with the World Wide Web as a means of offering additional content, unmatched currency, learning games, and more. Discovering Computers 2003 is available in three versions to provide the right depth of coverage for every class. Unparalleled online content, extensive end-of-chapter exercises, and comprehensive instructor''s resources give you all the tools you need to present an outstanding concepts course.

Part of the highly successful Shelly Cashman Series, this text offers a clear step-by-step, screen-by-screen approach to learning Microsoft Windows XP. Three projects provide coverage of Microsoft Windows XP fundamentals.

Part of the highly successful Shelly Cashman Series, this text offers a clear, step-by-step, screen-by-screen approach to learning the basic skills of Microsoft Outlook 2002.

Provides comprehensive coverage of fundamental data communications skills in a clear writing style. Updated to include the newest network technologies such as wireless, BlueTooth and SyncML initiatives. Dedicated companion Web site provides access to the most current industry information. The Internet chapter and NetLinks bring the Internet into your classroom and keep your students up to date. Focus On boxes throughout the book highlight individuals and companies who are shaping the industry today. Chapters end with a spotlight feature on real-world applications of networks and outline expectations for the future.

Netscape Navigator 6 provides the novice as well as the experienced user a window with which to look into the [World Wide] Web and tap an abundance of resources. [This book] is intended for use in a one-credit, three-to-five-week, course or in combination with other books in an introductory computer concepts or applications course. Specific objectives of this book are as follows: to teach students how to use Netscape Navigator 6 ... to expose students to various World Wide Web resources; to acquaint students with the more popular search engines; to show students how to do research using the World Wide Web; [and] to teach students how to communicate with other Internet users. -Pref.

With the latest edition of this classroom success, Shelly and Cashman have successfully blended coverage of cutting-edge technology with core computer concepts to make learning about computers interesting and easy. Discovering Computers 2001: Concepts for a Connected World fosters online course development with its integration of the World Wide Web and enhanced end-of-chapter material supported by WebCT and CyberClass.

Part of the highly successful Shelly Cashman Series, this text offers a clear, step-by-step, screen-by-screen approach to learning the basics of Internet Explorer 5. This text demonstrates how to navigate, search, and explore the Web using Internet Explorer 5.

Part of the Shelly Cashman series, this introductory text leads the user through a clear, step-by-step, screen-by-screen approach to learning the basics of JavaScript. It provides the reader with hands-on practice with integrating JavaScript and HTML, tables, database search functions, and more.

Part of the highly successful Shelly Cashman Series, this text offers a clear screen-by-screen, step-by-step approach to learning Microsoft Windows 98.

This text is designed for a unit of study in an introductory computer concepts course or an applications course, or alone is a one unit study.

This text is designed to be used either as a stand alone text or as a component of a course covering multiple application software packages. It uses practical problems to teach the fundamentals of Windows and Microsoft Visual Basic 5.

Contains exercises covered in text on accompanying disk.

An introduction to Microsoft Access for Windows 95 to be used either as a stand alone text or as a component of a course covering multiple application software packages. Topics include creating a database, querying a database, and maintaining a database.

This text gives readers an overview of how to use the word processor, spreadsheet, and database tools.

Part of the highly successful Shelly Cashman Series, this text offers a clear, step-by-step, screen-by-screen approach to learning Access 7. Readers learn how to create, query, and maintain a database as well as create reports, enhance forms and create an application system.

Microsoft Word 6 for windows - Microsoft Excel 5 - Microsoft Access 2 - Microsoft powerpoint 4.

This Brief Edition, containing the first eight chapters of Using Computers: A Gateway to Information, provides the most current introduction to computers ever published. Numerous photographs and computer-drawn illustrations show how computers work and the use of computers in the real world. With an emphasis on personal computers, this text presents the latest in computer technology, including networks, multimedia, virtual reality, the Internet, and unique In The Lab section at the end of each chapter provides laboratory exercises allowing students to acquire Windows and DOS skills. The Shelly Cashman Series Interactive Labs, developed specifically for this book, are hands-on exercises that use the computer to learn about the computer.

Text emphasizes style, programming design aids, top-down (modular) and structured approaches. The text covers COBOL 85 standards with 89 extensions. The COBOL Reference Guide allows students to quickly review the syntax of COBOL statements.