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Zap! : how your computer can hurt you and what you can do about it / by Don Sellers ; edited by Stephen F. Roth..

By: Sellers, Don.
Contributor(s): Roth, Stephen F, 1958-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Seattle, WA : Peachtree Press, 1994Description: xi, 150 p : ill. ; 23 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 1566090210.Subject(s): Human-computer interaction | Human engineeringDDC classification: 613.62
Contents:
Introduction -- Eyestrain -- Glasses and contact lenses -- Headaches -- Lighting -- Monitors -- Radiation -- Pregnancy -- The chair -- The desk -- Keyboards and mice -- The perfect workstation -- Shoulders to hands -- Back and neck pain -- Stress -- Schedules -- Office air -- Health basics -- Stretching and exercise -- Medications -- Kids -- Software -- Getting medical help -- Changing the workplace -- Where else to turn.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 613.62 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00009407
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Non-hysterical guidance intended to inform, not alarm. Discusses conventional wisdom, the research (and lack of it), common and less common complaints, and basic precautionary measures. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

"An Open House book.".

Includes index.

Introduction -- Eyestrain -- Glasses and contact lenses -- Headaches -- Lighting -- Monitors -- Radiation -- Pregnancy -- The chair -- The desk -- Keyboards and mice -- The perfect workstation -- Shoulders to hands -- Back and neck pain -- Stress -- Schedules -- Office air -- Health basics -- Stretching and exercise -- Medications -- Kids -- Software -- Getting medical help -- Changing the workplace -- Where else to turn.

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School Library Journal Review

YA-Every conceivable computer ill is not only addressed-from prevention to management to cure-but also cross-referenced and indexed. Anyone who spends regular time at a terminal needs this information. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

CHOICE Review

Sellers has written a lucid, well-researched handbook for a specific audience: individuals in the work force whose job requires them to spend significant time working on a computer. It is nontechnical in tone, useful, comprehensive, and practical; in many chapters he refers the reader to other appropriate resources. The last chapter, "Where Else to Turn," is worth the price of the book, for it lists names, addresses, and phone numbers of companies that provide what the author calls "safe computing resources." Since the book falls into the practical, how-it-works, what-to-do-about-it category, it appears at first glance to be inappropriate for college/university libraries. However, given the growing utilization of computers by both graduate and undergraduate students, this book should certainly be considered for purchase by academic libraries. All levels. D. J. Douglas; University of Wisconsin-Madison
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