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Books Available For Review
The following books will be sent, free of charge, to ACM SIGSOFT members willing to provide reviews to be published in Software Engineering Notes (SEN).
To request a book, cut and paste the title and author of the book from the table below into an email and send it to the SEN editor. Include your name and address.
All reviews should conform to the template provided below.
Please, only request a book if you intend to review it.
List of Available Books as of 2 January 2012
| Title | Author | Publisher |
| Advanced Database Query Systems: Techniques, Applications and Technologies | edited by Li Yan et al. | IGI Global |
| Agile Analytics: A Value-Driven Approach to Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing | Ken Collier | InformIT |
| Building Enterprise Systems with ODP: An Introduction to Open Distributed Processing | Peter F. Linington, Zoran Milosevic, Akira Tanaka and Antonio Vallecillo | CRC Press |
| Cases on ICT Utilization, Practice and Solutions: Tools for Managing Day-to-Day Issues | edited by Mubarak S. Al-Mutairi et al. | IGI Global |
| Continuous Testing with Ruby, Rails, and JavaScript | Ben Rady and Rod Coffin | Pragmatic Bookshelf |
| Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) Best Practices: A Roadmap for Writing, Editing, and Architecting in DITA | Laura Bellamy, Michelle Carey, Jenifer Schlotfeldt | Pearson/IBM Press |
| Developments in Intelligent Agent Technologies and Multi-Agent Systems: Concepts and Applications | edited by Goran Trajkovski | IGI Global |
| Dynamic Reconfigurable Network-on-Chip Design: Innovations for Computational Processing and Communication | edited by Jih-Sheng Shen et al. | IGI Global |
| Fundamentals of Multicore Software Development | edited by V. Pankratius, A. Adl-Tabtabai, and W. Tichy | CRC Press |
| Handbook of Research on P2P and Grid Systems for Service-Oriented Computing: Models, Methodologies and Applications | edited by Nick Antonopoulos et al. | IGI Global |
| Information Systems Transformation Architecture-Driven Modernization Case Studies | William M. Ulrich and Philip H. Newcomb | Morgan Kaufman |
| Kansei Engineering and Soft Computing | IGI Global | |
| Managing Knowledge Assets and Business Value Creation in Organizations: Measures and Dynamics | edited by Giovanni Schiuma | IGI Global |
| My New Mac, Lion Edition: A Task-Oriented, Hands-On, Practical Guide to Using a Mac | Wallace Wang | No Starch Press |
| Novel Developments in Granular Computing: Applications for Advanced Human Reasoning and Soft Computation | edited by JingTao Yao | IGI Global |
| Physical-Layer Security | Mattieu Block and João Barros | Cambridge |
| Service Design Patterns: Fundamental Design Solutions for SOAP/WSDL and RESTful Web Services | Robert Daigneau | Pearson/Addison-Wesley Professional |
| Software Systems Architecture: Working with Stakeholders Using Viewpoints and Perspectives, 2nd ed. | Nick Rozanski and Eoin Woods | Pearson/Addison-Wesley Professional |
| Software Testing | Yogesh Singh | Cambridge University Press India |
| Space-Based Technologies and Commercialized Development | IGI Global | |
| The Tangled Web - A Guide to Securing Modern Web Applications | Michal Zalewski | No Starch Press |
Review Template
Header:
<The Book Title>
<The Author(s)>
<The book title in italic font> is written by <The Author(s)>, and published by <The Publisher's name>, © <year of publication>, <(paperback) -- if it is>, <ISBN number>, <number of pages> pp., $<cost>.
Fill in the header, using the indicated fonts and styles, and then write the actual review. The length is up to you, but it can vary from ½ a column to over two columns.
The body of the review is subjective, but keep in mind you are providing insight to the reader so that they can decide whether or not to buy the book.
We suggest you answer the following questions as part of your review:
Body:
1. What is the book about?
2. How is the book organized?
3. Who should/shouldn't buy/read this book?
4. Is there anything in particular you liked/found exceptional about the book?
5. Is there anything in particular you didn't like about the book?
6. Did you like the book?
If you answer these questions in your review, the editor will be happy.
Finally, all reviews end with the same trailer:
Trailer:
Reviewed by <your name>, <affiliation and/or location>, <your email address>.
For additional information or questions, contact the SEN Editor.