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Find It Fast 5th Edition: How to Uncover Expert Information on Any Subject Online or in Print (Find It Fast: How to Uncover Expert Information on Any Subject Online or in Print)

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I am a Reference Librarian and found this extremely useful. I will be teaching a class at a conference on researching speeches and will certainly put this book in the bibliography. It helps to know not just to go to the library, but which type of library for what you are working on.

When I first came across an earlier edition of this book back in 1992, little did I know that it would help shape me as a professional. My editors and other clients repeatedly comment about how thorough I am with my research methodology and findings. "Find It Fast" helped me become a researcher par excellance. I highly recommend this book particularly to researchers, writers, and authors. -- Kimberly Stansell, author, Bootstrapper's Success Secrets: 151 Tactics for Building Your Business on a Shoestring Budget (Career Press)

This is a must have if you've got to do research. I love the fact that the information presented is not exclusive to searching on the internet.

This book is very helpful. I was doing market research for writing business plans and found the information in this book invaluable. I would recommend this book to anyone.

I can't say I've done any professional research, but this book has definitely helped me find information. This book opened my eyes to all the possibilities available in research. It talks of different types of libraries to use, how to use "experts", and talks a bit about "information brokers" (not always called that). There is also some internet links that you might find useful. I figure this book should really have 5 out of 5 stars.

I must not have paid enough attention - this is a 2000 version and thus antiquated. Be certain you pay close attention to details such as these!

Well researched and up to date. Excellent overview of how, and where, to find any information in any medium.

Yes, this book will guide you to web sites that will help you find the information you are looking for and also tell you the idiosynchrosies of the sites, but you can obtain this information by searching through the search sites on the web.

They do save you some time, especially if you are new to the web, because they have done the initial searching for you.