Web search savvy strategies and shortcuts for online research

• Main Author: Friedman, Barbara 1963- (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Mahwah, N.J. Lawrence Erlbaum 2004
• Series: LEA's communication series
• Subjects: Internet searching > Data processing; Journalism > Data processing
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• Physical Description: xv, 223 pages illustrations 27 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes
• ISBN: 0805838597; 0805838600

Web Search Savvy: Strategies and Shortcuts for Online Research provides readers of all skill levels with efficient search strategies for locating, retrieving, and evaluating information on the Internet. Utilizing her experience as a reporter working on deadline, author Barbara G. Friedman offers the most effective methods for finding useful and trustworthy data online, and presents these techniques in a straightforward, user-friendly manner. Anyone who uses the Internet for research will find much of value here, including techniques that harness the power of advanced searches to optimize search results, avoid advertising clutter, and locate low- or no-cost databases. Screen captures and diagrams illustrate the steps, rationale, and results to accompany various search strategies. This book emphasizes techniques that make the Web work for individuals rather than for advertisers, such as choosing the most appropriate search engine for the job and tweaking its advanced options to narrow a search and optimize results; identifying cost-free sources of online data; using creative approaches to locate information; evaluating the integrity of online data; and protecting the privacy of the researchers and the researched.