Super Searchers Go To The Source

Using an expert interview approach to primary research, this book shares secrets from professional researchers for integrating online skills with interviews, hands-on public records research, and documents and printed materials not available on the Internet. Provided are tips and resources for using online research to locate sources, prepare for interviews, and evaluate information. Topics covered include getting through gatekeepers, obtaining hard-to-find information, and using primary sources to complement online research.

This book asks experts to reveal strategies for finding international business information on the Web. Through a series of interviews, exploration of the challenges of reaching outside a researchers area of knowledge is detailed.

The impact of the Internet on the writing profession is unprecedented, even revolutionary. Wired writers of the 21st century use the Internet to do research, to collaborate, to reach out to readers, and even to publish and sell their work. In this comprehensive reference, gems of wisdom are drawn from 14 leading journalists, book authors, writing instructors, and professional researchers in the literary field. These super-searching scribes share their online tips, techniques, sources, and success stories and offer advice that any working writer can put to immediate use.

Prominent K-12 educators and educator-librarians share their strategies for helping students become effective, life-long information users.

'Searcher' Magazine editor Barbara Quint (bq) is not only one of the world's most famous online searchers, but the most creative and controversial writer, editor and speaker to emerge from the information industry in the last two decades. bq is a guru of librarians and database professionals the world over, and - as her readers, publishers and 'quarry' know - when it comes to barbed wit she is in a class by herself. Whether she chastises database providers about unacceptable fees, interfaces and updates, recouting the ills visited on the world by computer makers, or inspiring her readers to achieve greatness, her voice is consistently original and compelling. In this book, for the first time anywhere, Marylaine Block has gathered hundreds of Barbara Quint's most memorable, insightful, and politically-incorrect quotations for the enjoyment of her many fans.

Revealing their secrets for monitoring competitive forces and keeping on top of the trends, opportunities, and threats within their industries, this book presents 15 leading CI researchers and their hard-earned secrets.

If you want to become a more effective online searcher, and do fast, accurate online research on a wide range of moving-target topics, don't miss Super Searchers In The News--the fifth title in the new Super Searchers series for today's serious information user.

Finding content on the Internet which isn't located through more conventional means, such as search engines.

In this book, medical librarians, clinical researchers, health information specialists, and physicians explain how they combine traditional information sources with the best of the Net to deliver just what the doctor ordered. If you use the Internet and online databases to answer important health and medical questions, this book will help guide you around the perils and pitfalls to the best sites, sources, and techniques.

Bates, who does the same sort of work, interviews 11 researchers who use the Internet and online services to find critical business information. They reveal how they choose sources, evaluate search results, and tackle projects. The collection launches a series treating online research in different subject areas. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.