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NetResearch : Finding Information Online

by Daniel J. Barrett, Linda Lamb
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Overview

Whatever your profession or avocation, NetResearch teaches you how to locate the information you need in the constantly changing online world.

Whether you're using the Net to research statistics for a report, to find free software, or to locate an old college roommate, it pays to locate online information rapidly. But the Net is a very big, disorganized place and it can be difficult to locate just the information you want, when you need it. In NetResearch, you'll learn effective search techniques that work with any Internet search programs, present or future, and will build intuition on how to succeed when searches fail. Throughout the book, the author offers quizzes to help you practice your own research skills or to use as a teaching tool to help others.

Covers the Internet, America Online, CompuServe, Microsoft Network, and Prodigy.

"...explains search techniques that can work with any Internet search program and how users can use their intuition to find the information they need from the Net... this title comes recommended by PBS."

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No, this is not yet another book listing supposedly neat sites on the web that have changed completely since the author looked at them. Barrett's approach is to teach the techniques, strategies, and realities of finding information online. Topics covered include basics for beginners; starting points; search techniques and engines; finding places, people, and software; and putting new information online. If you are teaching anyone how to use the net, this is perhaps the best book to coordinate lessons around. An excellent teaching guide and a good work for individualized learning.

Book Details

Published
January 8, 1997
Publisher
O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Pages
200
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781565922457

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