Book description
Best-selling author and research expert Tara Calishain offers her insider tips and tricks for web searching in this title from Prentice Hall PTR's Garage Series. The book begins with an in-depth look at search engines and other online tools such as browsers. It describes several principles of web searching to help you leverage the scope of the Internet to discover information. The book also covers specific topic areas of Internet searching, both domestically and internationally. Finally, Web Search Garage includes a special technical support section to teach you how to find the support solutions you need on the Internet.
Specific topics covered include
Search engines
Browsers
The principles of web searching
Searching for news, jobs, and local information
Finding images and audio on the web
Searching for people
Genealogy research
Consumer help
Drugs and medical information
Kid-safe searching
Whether you're a newbie or an Internet search guru, Web Search Garage is a valuable resource for using the Internet wisely to find the information you're looking for. Calishain's thorough explanations and examples, combined with her entertaining wit will help you fine-tune your skills and search the Internet to find convenient solutions.
Table of contents
- Copyright
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- INTRODUCTION TO WEB SEARCHING
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PRINCIPLES OF WEB SEARCHING
- THE PRINCIPLE OF UNIQUE LANGUAGE
- THE PRINCIPLE OF THE REINVENTED WHEEL
- THE PRINCIPLE OF ONIONS
- THE PRINCIPLE OF NICKNAMES
- THE PRINCIPLE OF EVERY SCRAP
- THE PRINCIPLE OF MASS SIMILAR
- THE PRINCIPLE OF THE WORLD BEYOND
- THE PRINCIPLE OF THE EXPANDING WEB
- THE PRINCIPLE OF APPLIED POWER
- THE PRINCIPLE OF SALT GRAINS
- SEARCHING THE WEB
- SEARCHING FOR MULTIMEDIA
- SEARCHING FOR PEOPLE
- CONSUMER SEARCHING
- TECHNICAL SUPPORT
- SEARCHING THE WORLD
- Index
Product information
- Title: Web Search Garage
- Author(s):
- Release date: August 2004
- Publisher(s): Pearson
- ISBN: 0131471481
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