GoldMine for Dummies by Joel Scott Search Amazon for other books by or about Joel Scott. Rating: Reviewed by: Harold McFarland

This book is of great value or limited value depending on what your needs are. If you have been using GoldMine and have a good understanding of its purpose and function then there are interesting things in here to help you use it better. However, if you are not knowledgeable about GoldMine and your boss drops it on your desk and tells you to learn it then this book has minimal value. Like every other book on GoldMine that I have read, it lacks an integrated approach.

The information in the book is good and accurate, but is all scattered pieces of knowledge without any information as to how all of it works together. Think of it like this, suppose that someone wanted to teach you chess. They described each and every piece and the board. They described the manner in which each piece could move and restrictions on movement. Then they said to go play chess. You would surely lose if you don't know that the goal is to capture the other king nor how all the pieces work together to create an effective defense or offense. This book describes how each piece works but not how to get them to work together.

Unfortunately I can't point anyone to any other book on GoldMine that does not suffer the same problem. They describe all the ingredients and how to prepare the ingredients but not how to bake the cake.