Advanced Internet Research One-Day Course [Spiral-bound]

Curt Robbins (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1999 | Series: One-Day Course

Advanced Internet Research was developed as a follow-up to DDC's Conducting Internet Research. This course explores specialized databases, commercial search engines, meta search engines, multi search engine interfaces, and searching Internet discussion groups.

The focus of this course is the economical and efficient location of precise information via advanced Internet research tools. Dozens of hands-on exercises and more than 160 pages of lecture material reinforce these concepts and principles. A Scavenger Hunt summarizes the course.

Advanced Internet Research focuses on the following topics:
Complex query terms
Requiring and prohibiting operators
Multiple keyword query terms
Search engine discrepancies
Searching mailing lists (listserv)
Searching newsgroups (Usenet)
Multi search engine interfaces
Specialized databases
Commercial (fee-based) search engines
Commercial search engine pricing models
Case sensitivity
Static, dynamic, and sluggish database types

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 224 pages
• Publisher: DDC Publishing (May 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 156243831X
• ISBN-13: 978-1562438319
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,404,657 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Review of Internet Research Nuts & Bolts, July 4, 2000

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Toshi Yamaguchi (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Advanced Internet Research One-Day Course (Spiral-bound)

This book is a wonderful continuation of the "Conducting Internet Research" book. It examines the nuances of Internet research, search engines, subject trees, and specialized databases (such as white pages, yellow pages, mailing list databases, and newgroup databases).

I strongly recommend this book to any employee, executive, student, academic faculty, or even housewife who is tired of "hot lists" and simply wants the bare essentials of Internet research, including how to master commercial search engines, meta search engines, mult search engine interfaces, and more!