Authors: Harold Davis.
Paperback, 382 pages
Publisher: For Dummies
Publication Date: 2005-04-08
Edition: 1

Reviews :

    Google—a funny name for a fabulous tool. You’ve already used it to look up all sorts of information on the Web almost instantly. Now what if you could use its amazing abilities to turbo-charge your research on a grand scale?

Building Research Tools With Google For Dummies can help you do just that. In plain English, it shows you easy ways to:

• Ask Google exactly what you want to know
• Determine whether what you need can actually be found through Google, and where to look if the answer is “no”
• Improve your research results
• Present your findings in a way that makes sense
• Write your own specialized search applications—if you want to

To get the most from Google, you need to understand Google. Building Research Tools With Google For Dummies explains how Google works and how you can build more effective queries (hint: it’s a lot more than just using the “Advanced Search” techniques!) It even shows you how to think like a researcher and how to package the results of your research so it means something to your audience. You’ll be able to:

• Understand Google research techniques and use the custom search-related syntax
• Recognize Google’s strengths—and limitations
• Target your search by using Google operators
• Use Google to research photos, or even an entire industry
• Improve the effectiveness of your results by understanding Google’s comparative methodology
• Build custom tools using WDSL and Web Services

You don’t have to become a programmer to use Google, but if you know a little about software development and want to explore new, more focused search techniques, Building Research Tools With Google For Dummies has a section just for you. It introduces you to the Google API, shows you how to download a developer key, and leads you through building a C# .Net Google application. On the companion Web site, you’ll find the source code and software discussed in the book as well as links to lots of other resources for researchers. Before you know it, you’ll be Googling your way to research success!...

Authors: Carole A. Lane.
Paperback, 586 pages
Publisher: Information Today, Inc.
Publication Date: 2002-06-01
Edition: Second edition

Reviews :

    ...

    What can you find out online about others? What can anyone find out about you? Quite a lot. Carole Lane shows you both how and why in this encyclopedic book. Naked in Cyberspace reveals the personal records available on the Net and demonstrates both how they are used and how to use them. Lane further examines the issue of Net privacy, noting what information is not available to the average searcher and discussing what safeguards protect you from unwarranted intrusion. This is an important work for anyone who values both privacy and information....

Authors: Cynthia L Shamel.
Hardcover, 464 pages
Publisher: South-Western Educational Pub
Publication Date: 2004-04-16
Edition: 1

Reviews :

    Introduction to Online Market and Industry Research provides workable search strategies and valuable data source information to both inexperienced and experienced industry researchers. Market research strategies offer business managers a precise picture of the environment in which they operate and thus supporting informed decision making. Critical data source reviews lead to cost-effective purchase decisions for research managers. Like all the titles in the Business Research Series, this book is conveniently divided into four sections containing a number of business research applications that can be used for both in-house research training and reference. Internet research can be quick, easy, and abundant - but also challenging. Research sites sometimes come and go, and sources can be questionable. The Business Research Solutions Series provides comprehensive business and financial research reference guides and online training manuals to bridge a major gap in the field of online research methodology. This resourceful and innovative multi-series of reference guides teaches readers how to approach a research problem, how to select the best online sources, and how to effectively use these sources. It also suggests alternate low-cost solutions for many standard questions and problems. A must-have for professionals involved in business research, these invaluable tools provide step-by-step advice on how to analyze, interpret, and present data for informed decision-making....

Authors: Sunny J. Harris.
Hardcover, 368 pages
Publisher: Wiley
Publication Date: 1999-11-10
Edition: 1

Reviews :

    By now, you've probably heard lots of stories about the thousands of individuals worldwide who, armed with little more than their PCs, are making a killing day trading stocks online. Could electronic day trading be your ticket to financial independence? Here's your chance to find out.

Written by Sunny J. Harris, a successful electronic trader and one of today's most respected trading educators, Electronic Day Trading 101 is a complete step-by-step introduction to online day trading--what it is, how it works, and how to get started in business for yourself--and succeed. Requiring no prior stock market or electronic investing experience, it covers all the basics, from stock market fundamentals and essential trading terminology to sophisticated techniques for evaluating your trading performance. With dozens of illustrations and real-life examples, Harris fills you in on what you need to know about trading hardware and software, selecting an online broker or ECN, opening a trading account, developing a trading system that's right for you, trading from home or from a trading salon, performing fundamental and technical analysis, and researching stocks online.

Drawing upon her two decades of experience as head of her own trading firm, Harris provides expert coaching on the all-important business aspects of running a thriving electronic trading practice. She provides invaluable tips on goal setting, maintaining discipline, managing your time, budgeting, good record keeping, and taxes. She also helps you to understand the psychological barriers that often keep people from succeeding as traders, and tells you how to overcome them.

Electronic Day Trading 101 is an indispensable springboard for anyone considering taking the leap into online trading.

A top trading guru tells you everything you need to know about getting started as an online day trader.

"Sunny Harris has created a most comprehensive road map for guiding one into the exciting world of 'Direct Access Electronic Trading.' Very informative, realistic, and helpful. A 'must read'." - Harvey Houtkin, CEO, All-Tech Investment Group Author of Secrets of the SOES Bandit

"If you're going to start trading, start here. And, if you don't know a Level 2 screen from a Short List, then don't go further without reading this book. Sunny Harris has put together a great resource that will save you time and work, and added common sense that could only come from a successful, experienced trader." - Perry Kaufman, author of Trading Systems...

Authors: Ernest W Brewer. Charles Achilles.
Hardcover, 424 pages
Publisher: Corwin Press
Publication Date: 2008-01-04
Edition: 5th

Reviews :

   

"The authors introduce very valuable ideas and strategies with tips and guidelines that can make every grant proposal successful."
-Joen Hendricks-Painter, Educational Consultant

"There are helpful tips throughout the book. The documentation included was very useful, as was the comprehensive listing of sources and Internet sites."
-Sharon Weber, Principal
Punxsutawney Area School District, PA

Find the money you need for research and programs that count!

Grantwriting can be frustrating and exasperating, or it can be a fulfilling part of the school funding process. In this fifth edition of their bestseller, nationally-recognized experts Ernest W. Brewer and Charles M. Achilles put their $150 million in grantwriting experience to work for all educators.

An in-depth resource with an easy-to-understand format, Finding Funding brings the reader up-to-date with 120 newly researched Web sites to help grant seekers be more efficient and effective at writing successful government, foundation, and private grants. The authors focus on four main phases of grantwriting and administration: exploring grants, writing proposals, implementing programs and managing acquired funds, and closing out funded projects. Their winning formula can help you surpass the competition by:

• Finding people and organizations with money
• Targeting proposals effectively
• Meeting the requirements of funding agencies to obtain the funding you need

This comprehensive guide offers educators and administrators proven ideas, resources, and valuable data to use in finding grant money for schools, community agencies, districts, or even classrooms!

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Authors: Gonzalo Navarro. Mathieu Raffinot.
Paperback, 232 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 2007-07-30
Edition: 1

Reviews :

    Recent years have witnessed a dramatic increase of interest in sophisticated string matching problems, especially in information retrieval and computational biology. This book presents a practical approach to string matching problems, focusing on the algorithms and implementations that perform best in practice. It covers searching for simple, multiple and extended strings, as well as regular expressions, and exact and approximate searching. It includes all the most significant new developments in complex pattern searching. The clear explanations, step-by-step examples, algorithm pseudocode, and implementation efficiency maps will enable researchers, professionals and students in bioinformatics, computer science, and software engineering to choose the most appropriate algorithms for their applications....

Authors: Joe Vitale.
Paperback, 192 pages
Publisher: AMACOM
Publication Date: 1996-09-06


Reviews :

    The online world is heavily dependent on good writing--and the more powerful your writing skills, the better chance you have for business success in cyberspace. CyberWriting provides you with exactly what you need to create highly targeted copy that's geared to online conventions, technology, and culture....

    Take a deep breath, and repeat after me:

"The most effective marketing tools on the Internet are not WWW storefronts, Java applets, or the fastest servers. In fact, the most effective marketing tools on the Internet are the right words, used in the right ways."

Building on this simple proposition, Joseph Vitale has written the best book I have yet encountered on Internet marketing. It features an unlikely combination of sensitivity to Internet culture, business savvy, and a genuine love of language.

Although there are a few minor typos in this edition, and a few points with which I would quibble, I cannot recommend this book highly enough. If you are involved in selling anything on the Internet, get a copy for yourself, and copies for anyone who communicates about your products or service to the online world. The Net community -- and your bottom line -- will thank you!...

Authors: Aaron Ben-Ze'ev.
Hardcover, 302 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 2004-01-19


Reviews :

    Computers have changed not just the way we work but the way we love. Falling in and out of love, flirting, cheating, even having sex online have all become part of the modern way of living and loving. Yet we know very little about these new types of relationship. How is an online affair where the two people involved may never see or meet each other different from an affair in the real world? Does online sex still involve cheating on your partner? Why do people tell complete strangers their most intimate secrets? What are the rules of engagement? Will online affairs change the monogamous nature of romantic relationships? These are just some of the questions Professor Aaron Ben Ze'ev, distinguished writer and scholar, addresses in the first full length study of love online. Accessible, shocking, entertaining, enlightening, this book will change the way you look at cyberspace and love forever. Aaron Ben Ze'ev is a Professor at the Univeristy of Haifa in the Philosophy Department and has been the Rector of the University since 2000. He has published articles for many journals such as Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Philosophical Psychology, and Theory & Psychology among others. He has also had numerous books published including The Subtlety of Emotions (MIT Press, 2000) and The Perceptual System: A Philosophical and Psychological Perspective (Peter Lang,1993), both of which have been translated into Hebrew....

Authors: Conor Vibert.
Hardcover, 344 pages
Publisher: South-Western Educational Pub
Publication Date: 2004-07-06
Edition: 1

Reviews :

    Introduction to Online Competitive Intelligence Research gives you the tools you need to stay ahead of your competitor's moves. Numerous research problem scenarios and cases with suggested search strategies are included. Step-by-step methodology takes you through the CI research process, including planning and direction, data collection, analysis and dissemination. One section provides insight into how your firm might protect itself from the unwanted CI efforts of competitors. Like all the titles in the Business Research Series, this book contains a number of business research applications that can be used for both in-house research training and reference. Internet research can be quick, easy, and effective, but also challenging. The Business Research Solutions Series provides business and financial research reference guides and online training manuals to bridge a major gap in the field of online research methodology. These invaluable tools provide step-by-step advice on how to analyze, interpret, and collect data for informed decision-making....

Authors: Carole Levitt. Mark E. Rosch.
Paperback, 712 pages
Publisher: American Bar Association
Publication Date: 2007-02-25
Edition: 3rd

Reviews :

    Written for legal professionals, this comprehensive desk reference lists, categorizes and describes hundreds of free and fee-based Internet sites. You'll find it useful for investigations, depositions, and trial presentations, as well as company and medical research, gathering competitive intelligence, finding expert witnesses, and fact checking of all kinds....