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The Extreme Searcher's Internet Handbook: A Guide for the Serious Searcher
 
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An essential guide for anyone who conducts research on the Internet—including librarians, teachers, students, business professionals, and writers—this fully revised handbook details what users must know to take full advantage of Internet search tools and resources. From emerging search tools Ask.com and Windows Live to standbys Google and Yahoo!, the major search engines and their myriad of services are thoroughly discussed. Recent additions to the Internet realm—RSS feeds, podcasts, alert services, wikis, and blogs—are explained, as well as tried-and-true search tools, including web directories, newsgroups, and image resources. For those with little to moderate searching experience, friendly, easy-to-follow guidelines to the world of Web research are provided, while experienced searchers will discover new perspectives on content and techniques.

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If you search the web, you need this book
 
Review Date: January 30, 2004
Reviewer: Mary E. Bates, Boulder, CO USA
Wow. Ran Hock's done it again. I'm a jaded, long-time web researcher, but I opened up this book and wondered how I'd managed before now. Ran offers detailed descriptions of search engines and their key features, techniques for finding multimedia content, reviews of the major web directories, tips for searching news, and even a nice "Internet reference shelf." This book should be on every web searcher's desk.
A treasure trove of information
 
Review Date: March 6, 2004
Reviewer: Midwest Book Review, Oregon, WI USA
Finding things on the massive database known as the internet can be quite the daunting task. Now in an updated and expanded third edition, "The Extreme Searcher's Internet Handbook: A Guide for the Serious Searcher" serves as a complete and comprehensive guide to using the internet to its fullest extent to help one find what they want the quickest way possible. Google and Yahoo are not the last line for finding things, and Randolph Hock hopes to help readers use more advanced techniques to make for quicker, more efficient searches. "The Extreme Searcher's Internet Handbook" is a treasure trove of information that belongs in any community library technology collection.
Updated web links make this book an essential tool
 
Review Date: February 27, 2006
Reviewer: foraminut, Michigan, USA
This resource should be on every serious searcher's shelf next to Chris Sherman's book(s)and Find It Online. Gary Price updates his website to supplement the chapters in the written book, which is very helpful. Price takes a slightly different approach to Sherman, which helps to find resources which might not be self-apparent from Sherman's books. I can't imagine being without either this tool or those of Price's colleague (Sherman).
Excellent Resource for Precise Internet Searching!!
 
Review Date: February 17, 2007
Reviewer: txmomof2, Texas
I bought this book as a textbook for an Electronic Information Retrieval course at school. I have found that this is an excellent resource for anyone wanting to learn how to get more out of their Internet and Database searches. This is a must have for anyone needing to do research!!
A Must for Searchers
 
Review Date: December 29, 2007
Reviewer: B. O'hare, Putnam Valley, NY United States
I have been using the internet for many years, but this book taught me things that I didn't know. Using the links on the book website enabled me to quickly go to pages and learn as I read. It's really a great tool for students learning to do research papers.

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