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Find It Online: The Complete Guide to Online Research (4th Edition) Summary:By Alan M. Schlein
Sharpen Your Online Research Skills!Find it Online 4th ed. is your field guide that helps you zoom past "meaningless hits" to find what you’re looking for... quickly and easily. This comprehensive reference details more than 2,000 reliable Web resources, and also provides the strategies and mechanics to move you up to the next level in your online research capabilities. With Find it Online as your desktop companion you’ll be able to:
Since its first publication in 1994, this guide has been an essential tool for journalists, researchers, lawyers, professors, librarians, business executives, and students. The new edition has been updated by award-winning journalist Schlein to include tips and search strategies from 20 information industry experts. In the introduction, Schlein states that he aimed to make the work "considerably more global in focus," and in fact the title does not do it justice. This is more than an annotated list of thousands of web sites—it is a coaching tool that shows readers how to do comprehensive and reliable research in hundreds of disciplines, regardless of information container. Schlein explains when a particular set of data is best found on a free or fee-based web site. When no digital source exists, he refers readers to the "best" container, whether it is a print resource or a person. Unfortunately, this book does not explain where to find information about P2P (peer-to-peer) file-sharing systems such as KaZaA, so information about music research is scarce. Online music resources are better discussed in Chris Sherman and Gary Price's The Invisible Web. Another weakness is the lack of an accurate well-crafted index. Instead, the index functions as a keyword list and not a topic guide (e.g., "separated by adoption" and "minor traffic violations" are main entries and are not cross-referenced under their respective subjects). These faults aside, this work is still well recommended for all libraries because of its comprehensiveness; other similar works, like Reva Basch's now dated Researching Online for Dummies, are targeted to newbies and specific audiences. Contents Foreward Creative Uses of the Internet The Basics – Internet Terminology and Concepts Framing Your Search Strategy General Search Tools – Search Engines and More Specialized Tools Government Resources – U.S. and International Public Records – The Information Trail News Resources Online Business Tools – Business Resources International Research Managing and Filtering Information Evaluating Accuracy, Credibility, and Authority Search Strategies and Sample Searches Privacy & Protection Online Indices – Online Vendors Contributors Glossary – Terms and Definitions Index Summary: review Rating: 5 I like to use [...] to do online research. I'm able to outsource my research for low costs to other individuals and due to its low cost, ease of use, and massive workforce, I can get all my research done, for a pretty cheap price! When I need preliminary research done for a paper these days, forget google! I use [...] ! Summary: Best book so far I read on online researchRating: 5 I have read , Information Trapping by Tara Calishain(read my review), Mastering Online Research by Maura Shaw and now, Find it Online.
In my opinion , Find it Online is the best. I learned so much more about online research from it then the previous 2 books. That not say, that I didnt learn anything for Information Trapping, it is great for information that need constant updating and Online Research, I learned to use advanced searching more effectively.
But Find it now , gave me a plan, even before you begin to search online, that will in the long run save you time. And it convinced me that for real important research, a combination of a fee based service with free online searches are the only way to go. I have and still do have an aversion to paying for anything that could be had for free but Alan Schlein makes a good argument to use it when there is a lot at stake.
Now, for my negatives, although the book indicated that it was revised 2006, a lot of the information is dated and has not be revised. The book still talks about ICQ, and he never talks about You Tube even though that has revolutionized the internet, not one word and this was revised last year? And how about myspace and facebook? Looking for someone in their 20 or so age, that is the first place to look. Not one word, revised last year?
Rating: 5 This book is just Fantastic, it provides in detail all you want to know about Researching. It's very up to date. Summary: unlimitedRating: 5 I explored the guide at a friend's house and was astounded by the number of references available to anyone who wants to know all there is to know. I work at a newspaper, take foreign language classes and am interested in fine arts.... Just to read the titles of websites is fun. Summary: for general purpose online researchRating: 4 Ignore "Complete" in the title. No book can hope to match the breadth of the Web. But Schlein does a commendable job in succinctly describing several hundred websites. The value in this book is in his selection. The websites typically have reliable content and lots of it. In terms of doing online research, it's mostly at a high school or undergraduate level. If you are a grad student or a professional researcher, then the websites covered here are typically too broad for your needs. Schlein also advises the reader on how to guard against various online perils like spam and phishing. Well, ok, for the latter, he really doesn't offer much except warning you to be on guard. Partly a reflection of the lack of a good programmatic defense against phishing. NEWER EBOOKS
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