Researching Online for Dummies (Paperback)

Find Out How to Use the Web Effectively for All Kinds of Research Projects! Ever been caught in a maze of irrelevant Web links that draw you further and further away from the topic you were trying to research? Researching Online For Dummies^® shows you how to stay focused, find just what you need on the Net, and apply that information to the project you're working on. Valuable Bonus CD Includes:

• Microsoft's popular Web browser
• Netscape's powerful Web browser
• Northern Light: Excerpts of help files from this useful search engine
• Acrobat Reader: For viewing and printing PDF files

Inside, find helpful advice on how to:

• Choose the best search engine for your research project
• Use search tools specialized for your area of interest
• Link up with a virtual guru for guidance on your quest
• Get just what you need from online libraries, archives, and gated information services
• Tackle governmental cyber–bureaucracy like a special agent
• Make the most of the business and investing data on the Web
• Verify your information, deal with copyright issues, and cite online resources properly

Researching Online For Dummies DOES give you hundreds of practical tips on useful sites, search engines, and databases, both on and off the Web. It shows you how to find and use specialized search engines and subject guides, electronic library catalogs and collections, reference books, newsgroups, newspapers and magazines, and high-powered online services such as Dow Jones Interactive, Lexis-Nexis, and Dialog. It also deals with the big issues -- copyright, information quality, and staying current.

ROFD covers just about every subject you might want to research -- marketing, competitive intelligence, investments, politics and current events, government information, health, scientific and engineering topics, patents, and much more. On the CD, you’ll find two bonus chapters -- one on researching practical matters such as finding a job, buying a car, or choosing a college, and another on researching your own hobbies and interests.

The real strength of the book, though, is that it shows you how to think like a researcher -- to set goals, determine your strategy, and discover not only the resources I tell you about, but excellent new ones of your own.

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• Books > Computing & Internet > Networking & Security > Network Topics
• Books > Computing & Internet > New to Computing > Family & Lifestyle > Research
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• Books > Computing & Internet > Web Development > Web Design
• Books > Reference > Library & Information Sciences > Automation of Library Processes
• Books > Society, Politics & Philosophy > Social Sciences > Communication Studies > Information Theory
• Books > Study Books > Undergraduate & Postgraduate > Student Guides > Research

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