COMPUTING IN THE INFORMATION AGE Second Edition
	Nancy Stern Hofstra University
	Robert A. Stern Nassau Community College
	ISBN: 0-471-11061-2 512 pp., cloth, 1996

To get students plugged into tomorrow...

An Author Team You Can Rely On!
Nancy and Bob Stern have been in the business of teaching and writing books on computing for nearly twenty-five years--you may have learned from one of their texts yourself! With each new text, each new edition, the Sterns have proven that they are an author team you can rely on for the most practical and effective teaching materials available!

A Practical Philosophy That Works!
Nancy and Bob Stern have a simple philosophy--teaching students to use software tools is important, but teaching them how computers work, how they can enrich our lives, and how computer information systems help people make decisions and solve problems is even more critical. The new Second Edition transcends flat descriptions to give your students the skills and abilities they will need no matter which career each one eventually chooses.

A Lean Presentation Helps Students Connect Computing Topics
The Second Edition is a leaner, more streamlined text than the first edition. The authors have carefully pruned and tightened their presentation to present a tightly-focused overview of computing. They deemphasized some of the more technical aspects (such as binary equations) and removed the DOS appendix (this edition is now nearly 200 pages shorter!).

The result is a text that doesn't bog students down with uneccessary detail or confuse them with digressions from the main subject under discussion. Students find it easy to make the connection among introductory computing topics, and thus arrive at a practical understanding of the material.

The Second Edition Connects Learning And Understanding

• The Second Edition features four new integrative themes that highlight the critical components of computing: --People, Connectivity, Hardware, and Software. Students get a framework for connecting each new piece of information to an overall context.

• Then the classic Stern pedagogy--including learning objectives, self-tests, "in-a-nutshell" summaries, and marginal notes--constantly reinforces the learning process. Each step of the way, your students stay connected to what they've already learned.

• Throughout the authors maintain a critical thinking focus. In-text exercises and cases and questions at the ends of chapters encourage your students to critically examine current computing controversies. Students gain valuable decision-making skills that will serve them well in any career they choose.

Plus, the Second Edition presents current data on all aspects of computing today, including integrated packages, client server systems, the latest chip technology, and so much more.

Connect Concepts With The Application You Want!
If you include a hands-on aspect to your course, Wiley and the Sterns are the connection you need! Wiley will create a custom package for you featuring COMPUTING IN THE INFORMATION AGE bundled with any of our Getting Started Series of interactive applications manuals! You can choose any of the following Getting Started manuals to go with the Stern/Stern text:

Windows 3.1 Packages:

• Windows 3.1 58617-X (3.5 In., Data Disk)
• Word 6.0 12054-5
• Wordperfect 6.0 12068-5
• Wordperfect 6.1 13550-X
• Excel 5.0 12055-3
• Lotus 5.0 12067-7
• Paradox 5.0 12069-3
• Access 2.0 12056-1
• Powerpoint 14059-7
• Microsoft Applications: Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, & Access 5.0 13810-X
• Microsoft Office 4.2: Integrating Microsoft Applications 13553-4
• Discovering Works For Windows 3.0 07654-6 Kronstadt, Sachs, Knowlton

Windows 95 Packages:

• Windows 95 15943-3
• Word for Windows 95 15868-2
• Excel for Windows 95 15871-2
• Access for Windows 95 15869-0
• Powerpoint for Windows 95 15870-4

DOS Packages:

• DOS 6.0 13552-6
• DOS 5.0 58618-8
• Wordperfect 5.1 53378-5 (5.25 In. Data Disk); 54429-9 (3.5 In. Data Disk)
• Wordperfect 4.2/5.0 53376-9 (5.25 In. Data Disk); 54428-0 (3.5 In. Data Disk)
• Lotus 1-2-3, Release 2.3 58609-9 (5.25 In. Data Disk); 58619-6 (3.5 In. Data Disk)
• Lotus 1-2-3, Release 2.2 53381-5 (5.25 In. Data Disk); 54435-3 (3.5 In. Data Disk)
• Dbase IV 58616-1 (with 5.25-In. Data Disk); 58615-3 (with 3.5-In. Data Disk)
• Dbase III Plus 53382-3 (with 5.25 In. Data Disk); 54431-0 (with 3.5 In. Data Disk); 59709-0 (with 5.25 In. Educational Version & Data Disk)
• Discovering Microsoft Works 3.0 30542-1 (with 3.5 In. Data Disk)
• Discovering Microsoft Works 2.0 58895-4 (with 5.25 In. Data Disk); 58894-6 (with 3.5 In. Data Disk) Kronstadt, Sachs
• Software Tools For Business: An Information Systems Approach 54694-1 Hayen
• Exploring DOS, Wordperfect 5.1, Lotus 1-2-3 (Release 2.2), And Dbase III Plus 53384-X (with 5.25 and 3.5 In. Disks)

Other:

• Getting Started With Structured Basic, Second Edition 58709-5
• Getting Started With The Internet 12418-4
• Metamorphosis: A Guide To The World Wide Web And Electronic Commerce 13689-1
• The Thunderbird Guide to International Business Resources on the WWW 16016-4