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Learn the secret strategies and planning techniques of the industry’s top searchers in the fields of business, law, finance, communications, and the humanities. Learn how skilled searchers choose databases on professional online services, plan search strategies, cope with too many or too few hits, and know when the search is done.

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Published by Eight Bit Books, 462 Danbury Road, Wilton, CT 06897, (203) 761-1466. Interviews with 23 of the world's best on- line searchers reveal shortcuts, insights, and practical hints and tips. The searchers tell how they manage their search operations, how they know what questions to ask, and how they know when to stop searching. The searchers work in many specialties, including business, chemical, government, journalism, legal, medical, and the social sciences. No index.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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This resource reveals myriad shortcuts and insights that can transform an average online user into a super searcher.
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Table of Contents

Susanne Bjorner: Searching as a partnership — Karen Blakeman: Making a difference — Steve Coffman: Mining for gold — Lucinda Conger: Consummate generalist — Linda Cooper: Client-centered entrepreneur — Carol Ginsburg: Supporting the global dealmakers — Terry Hanson: Managing online resources — Robert F. Jack: Meatball searcher — Roger Karraker: The politics of online — Tom Koch: Searching as empowerment — Nancy Lambert: Patent puzzler — Anne Mintz: Multifaceted specialist — Marydee Ojala: Hooked on online — Ruth Pagell: Online mentor — Nora Paul: News research sybarite — Barbara Quint: Grasshopper searcher — Ellen Reinheimer: Searching as instinct — Lee Sapienza: Turning kids on to online — Bonnie Snow: Online idealist — N. J. Thompson: Exploring intellectual property — Ann Van Camp: Ant searcher and proud of it — Wendy Warr: The joy of structures — Sherry Willhite: Online detective.
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ISBN:
9780910965125
Subtitle:
The Accumulated Wisdom of 23 of the Worlds Top Online Searchers
Author:
Basch, Reva
Author:
Basch
Publisher:
Information Today
Location:
Wilton, CT :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Networking - General
Subject:
Library & Information Science
Subject:
Interviews
Subject:
Electronic information resource searching
Subject:
Information scientists.
Subject:
Information scientists -- United States -- Interviews.
Subject:
Electronic information resource searching -- United States.
Subject:
Online Services - Resource Directories
Subject:
Information scientists -- United States.
Series:
Super Searchers Series
Series Volume:
38
Publication Date:
January 1993
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
238
Dimensions:
8.90x6.96x.52 in. .86 lbs.
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