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This month I look at the dangers of trusting information on the Web, a guidebook to troubleshoot your PC problems, secrets of non-super searchers, and the latest Internet communications mechanism--blogging.

Web of Deception: Misinformation on the Internet

edited by Anne P. Mintz

ISBN: 0-910965-60-9

Published: 2002

Pages: 275 pp.; softcover

Price: $24.95

Available from: CyberAge Books, Information Today, Inc.,

143 Old Marlton Pike, Medford, NJ 08055-8750;

609/654-6266; www.infotodya.com

Sometimes it seems there is more misinformation than reliable information available over the Internet, and the process of determining the validity of found data takes longer than the search itself. This book, edited by Forbes' Anne Mintz, helps by providing examples of different types of misinformation, most of it intentional, and then also providing resources to determine validity or to follow up on a particular type of question.

Each of the 11 chapters is written by a different information industry expert, including such luminaries as Paul Piper on Web hoaxes, Susan Detwiler on medical misinformation, Helene Kassler on corporate misinformation, Stephen Arnold on privacy, Carol Ebbinghouse on charity scams and on legal information, LaJean Humphries on Web site evaluation, Susan Feldman on Web search engine biases, and Liz Liddy on how search engines work. Thus, the quality and style of the writing varies a bit, but most of the chapters are very good.

I particularly like the fact that after giving examples of...

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