Studying Using the Web: The Student's Guide to Using the Ultimate Information Resource (Routledge Study Guides) [Paperback]

Brian Clegg (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 041540374X | ISBN-13: 978-0415403740 | Publication Date: November 24, 2006 | Edition: 1

Anyone can type a few keywords into a search engine. But that’s only the beginning. With Studying Using the Web you can find the right material, check its authenticity, transform it into your own original work and keep up-to-date on essential topics. The book is about how to find the right information, and making the most of it. It shows you how to:

• know what to look for
• make the best use of search facilities
• gather pictures, sounds and more
• make use of the human side of the internet
• learn how to test information with a trust CSI kit
• collect and structure your information effectively
• make text your own
• keep up to date.

You could stay jogging round the information track. But think how much better you could do with the right technology and skills to harness a leading-edge study machine. Move into the study fast track now.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'This reader-friendly and information book offers good starting points for any school or college students wishing to learn about and make effective use of the web.' - British Journal of Educational Technology

About the Author

Brian Clegg has written a range of business and education books, including The Professional’s Guide to Mining the Internet (Routledge) and Training Plus (Kogan Page) and three popular science books, including Light Years from Piatkus, and a range of business and personal development titles.

His next books, Quantum Entanglement, on the most remarkable phenomenon of the quantum world (St Martins Press), and The Man Who Stopped Time on the motion picture pioneer Eadweard Muybridge (Joseph Henry Press/NAS), due in 2006/7. His most recent title in print, A Brief History of Infinity (Constable & Robinson) was launched with a sell-out lecture at the Royal Institution in London, and has since reached #1 position on Amazon in the general Popular Science category and topped the Amazon popular maths list for over 10 weeks. Along with further appearances at the RI he has spoken at venues from Oxford and Cambridge Universities to Cheltenham Festival of Science, has contributed to radio and TV programmes, and is a popular speaker at schools.

Brian is also editor of the successful www.popularscience.co.uk book review website and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

In 1994 he left BA to set up his own creativity consultancy, running courses on the development of new ideas and products, and the creative solution of business problems. His clients include the BBC, the Met Office, British Airways, GlaxoSmithKline, Sony, The Treasury, Royal Bank of Scotland and many other blue-chips.

Brian has also written regular columns, features and reviews for numerous publications, including The Guardian, PC Week, Computer Weekly, Personal Computer World, Innovative Leader, Professional Manager, BBC History, Good Housekeeping and House Beautiful. His books have been translated into many languages, including German, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Polish, Turkish, Norwegian, Thai and Indonesian.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (November 24, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 041540374X
• ISBN-13: 978-0415403740
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,094,860 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Brian has written a number of popular science books, including Ecologic, The God Effect, on the most remarkable phenomenon of the quantum world and Before the Big Bang. Other titles include A Brief History of Infinity and Inflight Science, which explores the science that's all around you and outside your window when you are on an airplane.

Along with appearances at the Royal Institution in London he has spoken at venues from Oxford and Cambridge Universities to Cheltenham Festival of Science, has contributed to radio and TV programmes, and is a popular speaker at schools. Brian is also editor of the successful www.popularscience.co.uk book review site and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Brian has Masters degrees from Cambridge University in Natural Sciences and from Lancaster University in Operational Research, a discipline originally developed during the Second World War to apply the power of mathematics to warfare. It has since been widely applied to problem solving and decision making in business.

From Lancaster, he joined British Airways, where he ran teams including Emerging Technologies, amongst the most eccentric but talented staff in the company, who researched technologies from fingerprint recognition to electronic cash. This emphasis on innovation led to training with Dr. Edward de Bono, and in 1994 he left BA to set up his own creativity consultancy, running courses on the development of new ideas and products, and the creative solution of business problems. Clients include the BBC, the Met Office, British Airways, GlaxoSmithKline, Sony, The Treasury, Royal Bank of Scotland and many other blue-chips.

Brian has also written regular columns, features and reviews for numerous publications, including Nature, The Guardian, PC Week, Computer Weekly, Personal Computer World, Innovative Leader, Professional Manager, BBC History, Good Housekeeping and House Beautiful. His books have been translated into many languages, including German, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Polish, Turkish, Norwegian, Thai and even Indonesian.