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The Extreme Searcher's Internet Handbook : A Guide for the Serious Searcher / Randolph Hock ; foreword by Gary Price.

Hock, Randolph, 1944- (author.).

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  • ISBN: 9781937290023 (pbk.) :
  • ISBN: 1937290026 (pbk.) :
  • Physical Description: xxi, 315 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: 4th Edition.
  • Publisher: Medford, New Jersey : CyberAge Books, [2013]

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Foreword xi
Gary Price
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction xv
About The Extreme Searcher's Web Page xxi
Chapter 1 Basics for the Serious Searcher
1(30)
The Pieces of the Internet
1(1)
A Very Brief History
2(6)
Searching the Internet: Web "Finding Tools"
8(5)
General Strategies
13(5)
Content on the Internet
18(5)
Content-The Deep Web
23(3)
Copyright
26(1)
Citing Internet Resources
27(1)
Keeping Up-to-Date on Internet Resources and Tools
28(3)
Chapter 2 Directories and Portals
31(30)
General Web Directories
32(1)
Classification of Sites in General Web Directories
33(1)
Searchability of General Web Directories
34(1)
When to Use a General Web Directory
34(1)
The Major General Web Directories
35(5)
Other General Web Directories
40(2)
Specialized Directories
42(1)
How to Find Specialized Directories
43(2)
What to Look for in Specialized Directories and How They Differ
45(1)
Some Prominent Examples of Specialized Directories
45(9)
General Web Portals
54(5)
Summary
59(2)
Chapter 3 Search Engines: The Basics
61(14)
How Search Engines Are Put Together
61(2)
How Search Options Are Presented
63(1)
Typical Search Options
64(5)
Search Engine Overlap
69(1)
Results Pages
70(1)
Search Engine Accounts
71(1)
Specialty Search Engines
71(1)
Metasearch Engines
72(1)
Search Engine Shortcuts
73(1)
Keeping Up-to-Date on Web Search Engines
73(2)
Chapter 4 Search Engines: The Specifics
75(56)
Google
75(25)
Bing
100(7)
Yahoo!
107(11)
Ask.com
118(4)
Additional General Web Search Engines
122(4)
Visualization Search Engines
126(2)
Search Engine Comparison Searches
128(3)
Chapter 5 Discussion Groups, Forums, Newsgroups, and Their Relatives
131(18)
Groups of Groups and Individual Groups
133(2)
Groups Search Engines
135(8)
Mailing Lists
143(4)
Instant Messaging
147(1)
Netiquette Points Relating to Groups and Mailing Lists
147(2)
Chapter 6 An Internet Reference Shelf
149(38)
Thinking of the Internet as a Reference Collection
149(1)
Criteria Used for Selecting the Tools Covered
150(1)
Traditional Tools Online
150(1)
Encyclopedias
151(2)
Dictionaries
153(2)
Combined Reference Tools and Almanacs
155(1)
Addresses and Phone Numbers
156(1)
Quotations
157(3)
Foreign Exchange Rates/Currency Converters
160(1)
Weather
160(1)
Maps
161(1)
Gazetteers
162(1)
Zip Codes
162(1)
Stock Quotes
162(1)
Statistics
163(2)
Books
165(5)
Historical Documents
170(1)
Government and Country Guides
170(3)
Company Information
173(3)
Associations
176(1)
Professional Directories
177(1)
Other Information About People
177(3)
Literature Databases
180(2)
Colleges and Universities
182(1)
Fact-Checking Sites
183(1)
Travel
184(1)
Film
185(1)
Reference Resource Guides
186(1)
Chapter 7 Sights and Sounds: Finding Images, Audio, and Video
187(26)
The Copyright Issue
187(1)
Images
188(13)
Audio and Video
201(12)
Chapter 8 News Resources
213(20)
Types of News Sites on the Internet
213(1)
Finding News-A General Strategy
214(1)
News Resource Guides
215(3)
Major News Networks and Newswires
218(3)
Newspapers
221(1)
Radio and TV
222(1)
Aggregation Sites
223(4)
Specialized News Services
227(1)
Blogs
228(2)
RSS
230(1)
Alert Services
231(2)
Chapter 9 Finding Products Online
233(16)
Categories of Shopping Sites on the Internet
233(1)
Looking for Products-A General Strategy
234(1)
Company/Product Catalogs
234(2)
Shopping Malls
236(2)
Price Comparison Sites
238(5)
Auctions
243(1)
Classifieds
243(1)
Product and Merchant Evaluations
244(2)
Buying Safely
246(3)
Chapter 10 Your Own Place on the Web: Participating and Publishing
249(18)
A "Place" on the Web
249(1)
Web-Based Software
250(1)
Social Networking Sites
251(1)
Sharing Sites
252(1)
Microblogs
253(1)
Blogs
254(3)
Podcasts
257(1)
Crowdsourcing
257(1)
Your Own Full-Fledged Website
258(1)
Websites
259(8)
Conclusion 267(2)
Glossary 269(10)
URL List 279(18)
About the Author 297(2)
Index 299

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