- Paperback: 360 pages
- Publisher: Peachpit Press; 3 edition (3 May 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 020173401X
- ISBN-13: 978-0201734010
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 18 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,072,552 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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For any course in Digital Graphics, Web Design, Web Scripting and Development, Multimedia, Page Layout, Office Tools, and Operating Systems.
These task-based, visual reference guides feature step-by-step instructions and plenty of screen shots to guide students and teachers through the most important tasks. Visual QuickStart Guides are the ideal way to get students up and running quickly, and are used for intermediate and advanced students as a quick reference.
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The book was published Oct.8, 1997 and is now available!
*Search Engines for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickStart Guide* by Alfred and Emily Glossbrenner (gloss@gloss.com)
*Search Engines for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickStart Guide* by Alfred and Emily Glossbrenner (gloss@gloss.com)
This book is part of Peachpit Press's popular Visual QuickStart Guide series, where the emphasis is on quick, step-by-step, easy- to-follow instructions with lots of accompanying screen shots to guide you on your way. As you can see from the Table of Contents, it covers not only the leading search engines, but also 30 *other*, more specialized search engines, like CNet's Shareware.com and the Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition:
Table of Contents
Part 1: Getting Comfortable with Search Basics
Chapter 1 Search Engines and How they Work
Chapter 2 Unique Keywords
Chapter 3 Basic Search Tools
Chapter 4 Tips and Techniques
Part 2: Using the Leading Search Engines
Chapter 5 AltaVista
Chapter 6 Excite
Chapter 7 HotBot
Chapter 8 Infoseek
Chapter 9 Lycos
Chapter 10 Yahoo!
Part 3 Using Specialized Search Engines
Chapter 11 Searching Newsgroups with Deja News
Chapter 12 Searching Mailing Lists with Liszt
Chapter 13 Searching Subject Guides with Argus Clearinghouse
Chapter 14 Searching for People with Four11
Chapter 15 Searching for Businesses with Zip2 Yellow Pages
Chapter 16 Searching for Everything from Authors to ZipCodes
Appendix A Search Engine Quick Reference
Appendix B Internet Domains and Country Codes
Appendix C Usenet Newsgroup Hierarchies
Appendix D The Web Searcher's Toolkit
Index
For more information on other Glossbrenner books, send a blank e- mail message to books@mailback.com, or message us at gloss@gloss.com.
-- Alfred and Emily --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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you will find this book extremely helfpul, even if an experienced user of web search engines . . . glosbrenner delivers--again!!!
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The Internet is a world wide network of people, computers, cables, servers, and repositories of stored information. For many online members the use of the Internet can appear to be a formidable challenge. A considerable amount of information is available at their fingertips. Fortunately they have a number of ways to intelligently access this information for purposes of fun, pleasure, research, and employment. They may use word-of-mouth, printed and online Internet directories, and special online search tools to find the information they need in a timely manner.
Alfred and Emily Glossbrenner have written Search Engines for the World Wide Web to offer members of the online community with valuable insight on how to make more productive use of the most popular and powerful search engines in use today. Search engines have been designed to allow users to enter specific search criteria such as names, dates, places, titles, ISBN numbers, data strings, and so on, to turn up a number of matching entries. The authors provide detailed information about the most commonly used search engines, including AltaVista, Deja News, Excite, Hotbot, Infoseek, Lycos, and Yahoo. They will provide readers with the knowledge they need to select and use the ones that are right for them!
Readers are walked through the use of each search engine in a concise and straightforward manner. Often ignored advanced search features are covered so that readers can appreciate the full potential use of each powerful search tool they have access to. Screenshots of each search engine site and fill-in form are provided to make data entry a relatively easy process. The authors discuss a number of basic search tool methods, tips, and techniques readers will find useful as well. A chapter covering 25 specialized search engines and a fold-out quick reference guide at the back of the book provides quick access to useful online information.
Readers should appreciate the fact that this book deals exclusively with the use of search engines. There is no need for them to thumb through larger books to find the specific information they are looking for. The material in this book has been clearly presented. Readers will have no trouble at all following the instruction provided. The use of this book will result in a more effective and disciplined use of the information superhighway for whatever purpose they have in mind. Brush up on your own search skills. Make use of this book today! Highly recommended!
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Search engine is a must for WEB Surfers as students, professionals, net fanatics. The INTERNET World is really a WIDE WIDE WORLD (WWW) and it's hard to find the sites of your interest. Well the easiest answer, use the search engines. The authors give a detailed and descriptive instructions on how to use the search engine and manipulate every aspect of the items/categories to be search to give the most accurate result. Easy and systematic way of using the search engine is what this book all about using Visual Examples throughout the book. If you are planning to buy Web Browser Guides ... DONT !!! Buy this book first, to get most out of the INTERNET. Dont buy those HARD AND TIRED to READ BOOKS ! Buy books that's easy to SEE (VISUALLY) with all detailed description.
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