Synopses & Reviews
Learn the secret strategies and planning techniques of the industrys 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.
Review
“There is little left uncovered.” —Wired magazine
Synopsis
This resource reveals myriad shortcuts and insights that can transform an average online user into a super searcher.
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.