Tuning Oracle


Book Description

Tuning Oracle is designed to give system administrators the information they need to effectively customize Oracle so it works smarter and more efficiently. Readers will learn strategies and systems to avoid problems, increase database speed, and ensure security as well as tips for using Orcale tools and networking Oracle.




Teach Yourself Visual Basic


Book Description

This book is written so that anyone can learn Visual Basic, including new and experienced programmers. The book uses a "mastery-learning" approach, so that in just 15 minutes a day anyone can learn to program in Visual Basic. Real-world examples include calculating the cost of delaying credit card payments and managing no-load mutual funds.




Visual C++ Handbook


Book Description

For all programmers.




Schildt's Windows 95 Programming in C and C++


Book Description

This book, written by a leading programming authority, will teach all of the basics, such as creating dialog boxes, menus, bitmaps, etc. It will take on all of the key issues for programmers who have Windows experience, but need to learn about topics not covered in Windows 3.1, such as handling multithreaded programs, creating custom controls, and working in a 32-bit environment.




Making Microsoft Office Work


Book Description

The perfect guide to integrating the powerful capabilities of Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Microsoft Mail, and Access to maximize your productivity and impact.







CD-ROM Technology


Book Description

The maturity of cd-rom technology now shows a dramatic change in the way librarians and teachers do their jobs. Among their biggest challenges are deciding on equipment requirements and managing the disk collection. This manual is an understandable step-by-step guide to making the most of cd-rom technology in schools and libraries--from the acquisition of workstations to purchasing and installing disks. Part 1 gives the nuts and bolts on designing your cd-rom system and developing acquisition strategies. Such topics as hardware requirements, furniture, financial planning, selection criteria, compatibility between systems, copyright issues, and licensing are covered here. Part 2 is a practical guide to managing the cd-rom system, including details on installation of the titles, maintaining hardware and software, and troubleshooting the system. Technical information is provided in Part 3, with information on such matters as configuring the workstations and installing cd-rom titles when the vendor-supplied program fails, and solving common problems associated with dos, Windows, and Macintosh systems.




The Educational Technology Handbook


Book Description

Grade level: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, k, p, e, i, s, t.




Global Ecosystems Database, Version 1.0 (on CD-ROM)


Book Description

"The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Environmental Research Laboratory - Corvallis, Oregon (ERL-C), established an Interagency Agreement with the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) in September 1990. This agreement began a five year cooperative effort to develop a geographic database for modeling terrestrial climatebiosphere interactions in support of EPA's Global Climate Research Program. Although performing specific tasks under contract to the US EPA, NGDC independently operates a Global Change Database Program (GCDP) as part of its NOAA mission Considerable synergism therefore exists between the tasks performed for the JPA under the "Global Ecosystems Database Project, '' and other activities supporting NOAA Climate and Global Change Program"--Preface