An essential guide for anyone who conducts research on the internet including librarians, teachers, students, business professionals, and writers this fully revised handbook details what users must know to take full advantage of internet search tools and resources. From the latest online tools to the new and enhanced services offered by standbys such as Google, the major search engines and their myriad of possibilities are thoroughly discussed. This revamped fourth edition also features chapters on fact-checking sites and popular social networking sites as well as a collection of up-to-date screenshots for visual reference. For those with little to moderate searching experience, friendly, easy-to-follow guidelines to the world of Web research are provided, while experienced searchers will discover new perspectives on content and techniques. This fully revised handbook details what users must know to take full advantage of internet search tools and resources. From the latest online tools to the new and enhanced services offered by standbys Google and Yahoo!, this revamped edition also features chapters on popular social networking sites such as Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, and LinkedIn as well as a collection of up-to-date screenshots for visual reference.
Author(s): Randolph Hock, Gary Price
Edition: 4th
Publisher: CyberAge Books
Year: 2013
Language: English
Pages: 345
Tags: Web Search Engines: Guides, Manuals, etc
COVER
......Page 1
COPYRIGHT
......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 8
FOREWORD......Page 12
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 14
INTRODUCTION......Page 16
ABOUT THE EXTREME SEARCHER’S WEB PAGE......Page 22
THE PIECES OF THE INTERNET......Page 24
A VERY BRIEF HISTORY......Page 25
SEARCHING THE INTERNET: WEB “FINDING TOOLS”......Page 31
GENERAL STRATEGIES......Page 36
CONTENT ON THE INTERNET......Page 41
CONTENT—THE DEEP WEB......Page 46
COPYRIGHT......Page 49
CITING INTERNET RESOURCES......Page 50
KEEPING UP-TO-DATE ON INTERNET RESOURCES AND TOOLS......Page 51
Chapter 2: DIRECTORIES AND PORTALS......Page 54
GENERAL WEB DIRECTORIES......Page 55
CLASSIFICATION OF SITES IN GENERAL WEB DIRECTORIES......Page 56
WHEN TO USE A GENERAL WEB DIRECTORY......Page 57
THE MAJOR GENERAL WEB DIRECTORIES......Page 58
OTHER GENERAL WEB DIRECTORIES......Page 63
SPECIALIZED DIRECTORIES......Page 65
HOW TO FIND SPECIALIZED DIRECTORIES......Page 66
SOME PROMINENT EXAMPLES OF SPECIALIZED DIRECTORIES......Page 68
GENERAL WEB PORTALS......Page 77
SUMMARY......Page 82
HOW SEARCH ENGINES ARE PUT TOGETHER......Page 84
HOW SEARCH OPTIONS ARE PRESENTED......Page 86
TYPICAL SEARCH OPTIONS......Page 87
SEARCH ENGINE OVERLAP......Page 92
RESULTS PAGES......Page 93
SPECIALTY SEARCH ENGINES......Page 94
METASEARCH ENGINES......Page 95
KEEPING UP-TO-DATE ON WEB SEARCH ENGINES......Page 96
GOOGLE......Page 98
BING......Page 123
YAHOO!......Page 130
ASK.COM......Page 141
ADDITIONAL GENERAL WEB SEARCH ENGINES......Page 145
VISUALIZATION SEARCH ENGINES......Page 149
SEARCH ENGINE COMPARISON SEARCHES......Page 151
Chapter 5: DISCUSSION GROUPS, FORUMS, NEWSGROUPS, AND THEIR RELATIVES......Page 154
GROUPS OF GROUPS AND INDIVIDUAL GROUPS......Page 156
GROUPS SEARCH ENGINES......Page 158
MAILING LISTS......Page 166
NETIQUETTE POINTS RELATING TO GROUPS AND MAILING LISTS......Page 170
THINKING OF THE INTERNET AS A REFERENCE COLLECTION......Page 172
TRADITIONAL TOOLS ONLINE......Page 173
ENCYCLOPEDIAS......Page 174
DICTIONARIES......Page 176
COMBINED REFERENCE TOOLS AND ALMANACS......Page 178
ADDRESSES AND PHONE NUMBERS......Page 179
QUOTATIONS......Page 180
WEATHER......Page 183
MAPS......Page 184
STOCK QUOTES......Page 185
STATISTICS......Page 186
BOOKS......Page 188
GOVERNMENT AND COUNTRY GUIDES......Page 193
COMPANY INFORMATION......Page 196
ASSOCIATIONS......Page 199
OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT PEOPLE......Page 200
LITERATURE DATABASES......Page 203
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES......Page 205
FACT-CHECKING SITES......Page 206
TRAVEL......Page 207
FILM......Page 208
REFERENCE RESOURCE GUIDES......Page 209
THE COPYRIGHT ISSUE......Page 210
IMAGES......Page 211
AUDIO AND VIDEO......Page 224
TYPES OF NEWS SITES ON THE INTERNET......Page 236
FINDING NEWS—A GENERAL STRATEGY......Page 237
NEWS RESOURCE GUIDES......Page 238
MAJOR NEWS NETWORKS AND NEWSWIRES......Page 241
NEWSPAPERS......Page 244
RADIO AND TV......Page 245
AGGREGATION SITES......Page 246
SPECIALIZED NEWS SERVICES......Page 250
BLOGS......Page 251
RSS......Page 253
ALERT SERVICES......Page 254
CATEGORIES OF SHOPPING SITES ON THE INTERNET......Page 256
COMPANY/PRODUCT CATALOGS......Page 257
SHOPPING MALLS......Page 259
PRICE COMPARISON SITES......Page 261
CLASSIFIEDS......Page 266
PRODUCT AND MERCHANT EVALUATIONS......Page 267
BUYING SAFELY......Page 269
A “PLACE” ON THE WEB......Page 272
WEB-BASED SOFTWARE......Page 273
SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES......Page 274
SHARING SITES......Page 275
MICROBLOGS......Page 276
BLOGS......Page 277
CROWDSOURCING......Page 280
YOUR OWN FULL-FLEDGED WEBSITE......Page 281
WEBSITES......Page 282
CONCLUSION......Page 290
GLOSSARY......Page 292
URL LIST......Page 302
ABOUT THE AUTHOR......Page 320
INDEX......Page 322
