01832cam a2200229 4500 6819 98022888 0805830200 (cloth : alk. paper) 0805830219 (pbk. : alk. paper) 070.4/3/0285 21 Garrison, Bruce, 1950- Computer-assisted reporting / Bruce Garrison. 2nd ed. Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 1998. xi, 487 p. ; 24 cm. LEA's communication series Includes bibliographical references (p. 465-475) and index. CONTENTS: Preface/Acknowledgments. Part I: Introduction. The Second Wave. Using Personal Computers. Part II: Online News and Information. Online Information. Online and CD-ROM Databases. Using the Internet. Government Databases. Accessing Public Databases. Portable CAR. Part III: Elementary Information Management. News Research. Word Processors and Personal Information Managers. Part IV: Advanced Database Reporting Strategies. Merging Data Analysis With News. Building and Editing Databases. Spreadsheets and Basic Data Analysis. Relational Databases and Mapping. Statistics and Advanced Analysis. Survey Research as CAR. Part V: Goals for Journalists. The Computer-Literate Journalist. Appendices: CAR on the World Wide Web. Government World Wide Web Sites. World Wide Web Search Engines. NICAR Databases List. This revised text introduces the reader to computer- assisted reporting (CAR). It describes methods reporters can use to obtain more from their computers, including data retrieval and analysis, information storage, and the dissemination of that information in both processed and unprocessed forms. Computer-assisted reporting. 5758 5758 0 0 ddc 0 0 MAIN RTCLIB RTCLIB MAIN 2018-11-27 10643 0 070.4 GAR 30010386 2018-11-27 00:00:00 2018-11-27 MAIN