A veteran online researcher shows you how it's REALLY
done.
Researching Online For Dummies DOESN’T hand you a
line like “you can find anything on the Web;
it’s easy, and it’s free” -- and then send
you out on your own to discover that it just ain’t
so. 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.
