...Both can be very helpful in obtaining information yet one gives me a sense that the information I am looking for is more trustworthy than the other. My first choice is generally doing searches in google.com . It is what I am most familiar with in regards to internet searches. While searching the terms “privacy and security on the Internet” I found many of the sites were businesses trying to sell a product rather than give me information about privacy and security. These companies boast many claims about winning this award or that award. I could spend all day trying to identify what company or organization was issuing these awards and their validity. Also, these website links are to the most current version of their products so the recency is data from 2012 and was usually based on information gathered from the previous year. Since these were generally reputable companies all claiming they are the best, I do understand that the product being sold is most likely quite good. However, the claims they all seem to make about being the best is all relative to where they are basing their information to come up with these conclusions that are sold to the public. A new kind of internet search for me is using an academic database. This type of search seemed to give me more background or history of privacy and security on the Internet. The basic search results yielded articles from academic journals and periodicals. The references were vast and very detailed...
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...Structural Engineer’s Pocket Book This Page Intentionally Left Blank Structural Engineer’s Pocket Book Fiona Cobb AMSTERDAM BOSTON HEIDELBERG LONDON NEW YORK OXFORD PARIS SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO SINGAPORE SYDNEY TOKYO Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP 200 Wheeler Rd, Burlington, MA 01803 First published 2004 Copyright ª 2004, Fiona Cobb. All rights reserved The right of Fiona Cobb to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 No part of this publication may be reproduced in any material form (including photocopying or storing in any medium by electronic means and whether or not transiently or incidentally to some other use of this publication) without the written permission of the copyright holder except in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 or under the terms of a licence issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London, England W1T 4LP. Applications for the copyright holder’s written permission to reproduce any part of this publication should be addressed to the publisher Permissions may be sought directly from Elsevier’s Science and Technology Rights Department in Oxford, UK: phone: (þ44) (0) 1865 843830; fax: (þ44) (0) 1865 853333; e-mail: permissions@elsevier.co.uk. You may also complete your request on-line via the Elsevier homepage (http://www.elsevier.com), by selecting...
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