Authors: Brad Hill.
Paperback, 390 pages
Publisher: For Dummies
Publication Date: 2005-08-19


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    Be amazed at all the ways Google's at your service!

Here's how to find your way through all the information Google offers

More than a search engine, Google has become a lifestyle. This book introduces you to the rest of the Google family - valuable tools such as Google Maps, Google Video, Google Earth, Google Scholar, and Gmail. Play Google games, shop with Froogle, or find stuff on your own computer with Google Desktop. The possibilities will make you Google-eyed!

Discover how to
* Refine your results with search operators
* Use Google as an answer engine
* Enjoy one-click searching with Google Toolbar
* Get specific information with Google Labs services
* Simplify e-mail with Gmail...

Authors: Sharron Cohen.
Paperback, 128 pages
Publisher: Upstart Books
Publication Date: 2003-10

Authors: Jack Mauro.
Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Simon Spotlight Entertainment
Publication Date: 2007-04-24


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AND -- FOR BETTER OR WORSE -- THERE'S NO LAST CALL.

Millions of gay men are searching for love. And the vast majority of them are now searching online. But while the Internet helps bring people together, its anonymity, lack of rules, and easy stage for false advertising often result in disappointing matches. But the right guy is out there. Chances are good that every gay man could find exactly what he's looking for online . . . if he only knew where and how to look.

In M4M, Jack Mauro offers candid, witty advice on every aspect of the gay online-dating arena -- how to (and how not to) compose a successful profile, what kind of photo to use ("normal," naked, and everything in between), the art of instant messaging (from the basics to advanced seduction), "straight" men in gay chats, navigating the usual suspects found in seemingly every chat room, taking it offline, and much, much more.

Whether the goal is a quick fling or a lifelong partnership, M4M gives both the frustrated online veteran and the curious newbie everything they need to know to get them away from the keyboard and into a satisfying real-life connection....

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

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    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

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    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....

Authors: Niall O Dochartaigh.
Paperback, 184 pages
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Publication Date: 2007-02-28
Edition: 2nd

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    Internet Research Skills is a clear and concise guide to the effective use of the Internet for students in the social sciences. The open web is becoming central to student research practice, not least because of its accessibility, and this clear text describes search strategies and outlines the critical skills necessary to deal with such diverse and disorganized materials.

Internet Research Skills covers all of the essential aspects of Internet research, with each chapter containing a number of illustrations, inset boxes, and short exercises. The first half of the book deals with publications online, devoting separate chapters to the academic articles, books, official publications and news sources which form the core secondary sources for social science research. The second half of the book deals with the open web, a vast and confusing realm of materials, many of which have no direct print counterpart.
Key Features:

• Inset boxes, including search tips, technical explanations, examples and warning tips on avoiding common pitfalls
• Exercises at the end of each chapter that cover the key skills
• Worked examples throughout the book, drawing on a range of social science disciplines
• Illustration with relevant screengrabs

This concise and accessible introduction to Internet research skills will be a perfect guide for undergraduate students carrying out research projects and for postgraduate students working on theses and dissertations. (20070621)...

Authors: Arlene Fink.
Paperback, 280 pages
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Publication Date: 1998-04-21


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How can an individual identify and make sense of the voluminous amount of currently available information on nearly every important topic in education, health, social welfare, psychology, and business? What criteria can be used to distinguish between good and poor studies? Conducting Research Literature Reviews shows readers how to identify, interpret, and analyze published and unpublished research literature. Through the use of checklists, case examples, and exercises, author Arlene Fink unravels the intricacies of: selecting questions to maximize the efficiency of the review; identifying subject headings and key words for electronic searches; identifying the most appropriate databases; including supplementing computer and Web-based searches; identifying and dealing with unpublished studies; setting inclusion and exclusion criteria; justifying methods for reviewing only the `highest quality' literature; preparing a structured literature abstraction form; ensuring the reliability and validity of the review; synthesizing and reporting results; conducting and evaluating descriptive literature reviews; and, how to understand and evaluate the principles of meta-analysis.

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Authors: Margaret Riley Dikel. Frances E. Roehm.
Paperback, 288 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Publication Date: 2006-03-23
Edition: 1

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“Simply the best thing in print on the subject of using the Internet in your job search.”-Richard N. Bolles, author of What Color Is Your Parachute?

Co-published in association with the world-renowned Public Library Association, the Guide to Internet Job Searching explores the Web's most comprehensive and informative resources, taking you beyond Monster.com and online newspaper ads-while showing you how to best use all the best resources available.

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Authors: Alfred Glossbrenner. Emily Glossbrenner. Diane Poremsky.
Paperback, 376 pages
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Publication Date: 2004-05-21


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Did you know that if rather than using Google (great as it is) to find, say, the current wholesale price of a given used car, you used a specialized search engine instead, you could end up with a few relevant results rather than hundreds of potentially useful ones? Or that simply by choosing the correct keyword, you could improve your search results exponentially? If you're like most people, you probably know you could be searching more effectively; this volume actually shows you how! After providing a thorough grounding in search basics-keyword usage, wildcards, and more-author Diane Poremsky moves on to the biggies, Goggle and Yahoo, showing you how to make the most out of their differing approaches. You'll also learn about Boolean stars Alta Vista and Hot Bot before the authors launch into an extensive discussion of specialized search engines. Step-by-step instructions and loads of visual aids make learning a snap with this essential guide.

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Authors: Icon Health Publications.
Paperback, 100 pages
Publisher: Icon Health Publications
Publication Date: 2003-11


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    In March 2001, the National Institutes of Health issued the following warning: "The number of Web sites offering health-related resources grows every day. Many sites provide valuable information, while others may have information that is unreliable or misleading." Furthermore, because of the rapid increase in Internet-based information, many hours can be wasted searching, selecting, and printing.This book was created for medical professionals, students, and members of the general public who want to conduct medical research using the most advanced tools available and spending the least amount of time doing so....