An evaluative guide for researchers in various disciplines who use patent literature. Describes available sources of patent information worldwide and reviews the patent systems in Europe, Britain, America, and other industrialized nations. Covers recent patent legislation and other topics as well.

A sex-chat newsgroup on the Internet is disrupted by a killer who murders its participants. The police accuse the owner of the newsgroup, and to clear his name he goes online, posing as a sexy woman to lure the killer into a trap. By the author of Black Cross.

"This updated edition of the renowned library management textbook provides a comprehensive overview of the techniques needed to effectively manage a contemporary library or information center"--

Business professor Scott Galloway asks fundamental questions about Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google. How did those four infiltrate our lives so completely that they're almost impossible to avoid (or boycott)? Why does the stock market forgive them for sins that would destroy other firms? And as they race to become the world's first trillion-dollar company, can anyone challenge them? Galloway deconstructs the strategies of the Four that lurk beneath...