Chris Sherman, coauthor, The Invisible Web
"Ran Hock is the Mario Andretti of Web searching."


Chris Sherman, coauthor, The Invisible Web
"Ran Hock is the Mario Andretti of Web searching."


Library and Information Science Research
"As a high-profile Internet trainer of long experience, with both library and information industry experience, Hock is well qualified."


Book Description
A guide for anyone who makes use of the Internet for research, including librarians, teachers, students, business researchers, and writers, this book details what serious users have to know to fully take advantage of Internet search tools and resources. Newsgroups, image resources, and reference resources are covered, as are the major tools-search engines, directories, and portals-and strategies needed to access these resources. For those with little to moderate searching experience, friendly, easy-to-follow guidelines to the world of Internet research are provided. For experienced searchers, new perspectives on content and techniques are discussed.


About the Author
Randolph Hock is the owner of Online Strategies, a company that trains Internet researchers and creates and presents courses on searching the web for professional associations, government agencies, schools, and businesses. He is the author of The Extreme Searcher's Guide to Web Search Engines, a frequent contributor and columnist for professional publications, including Online and The CyberSkeptic's Guide to Internet Research, and is active in the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST). He has held management and training positions with DIALOG and Knight-Ridder Information Services, has been a reference librarian at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and was the first Data Services Librarian at the University of Pennsylvania. He lives in Vienna, Viginia.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

A guide for anyone who makes use of the Internet for research, including librarians, teachers, students, business researchers, and writers, this book details what serious users have to know to fully take advantage of Internet search tools and resources. Newsgroups, image resources, and reference resources are covered, as are the major tools-search engines, directories, and portals-and strategies needed to access these resources. For those with little to moderate searching experience, friendly, easy-to-follow guidelines to the world of Internet research are provided. For experienced searchers, new perspectives on content and techniques are discussed.

About the Author:Randolph Hock is the owner of Online Strategies, a company that trains Internet researchers and creates and presents courses on searching the web for professional associations, government agencies, schools, and businesses. He is the author of The Extreme Searcher's Guide to Web Search Engines, a frequent contributor and columnist for professional publications, including Online and The CyberSkeptic's Guide to Internet Research, and is active in the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST). He has held management and training positions with DIALOG and Knight-Ridder Information Services, has been a reference librarian at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and was the first Data Services Librarian at the University of Pennsylvania. He lives in Vienna, Viginia.

SYNOPSIS

Hock, a writer and Internet trainer, helps librarians, teachers, students, writers, business users, and others refine their strategies and uncover new tools for finding Internet content. The guide covers Net basics such as history and technology; Web directories and portals; specialized directories; search engines; groups and mailing lists; news resources; images, audio, and video; and other timely topics. The work is geared toward experienced searchers but wouldn't be too advanced for interested beginners. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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