The Extreme Searcher's Internet Handbook: A Guide for the Serious Searcher

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Summary: The Extreme Searcher's Internet Handbook: A Guide for the Se
Review: Hock, a writer and Internet trainer, helps librarians, teachers, students, writers, business users, and others refine their strategies and uncover new tools for finding Internet content. The guide covers Net basics such as history and technology; Web directories and portals; specialized directories; search engines; groups and mailing lists; news resources; images, audio, and video; and other timely topics. The work is geared toward experienced searchers but wouldn't be too advanced for interested beginners.

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Summary: An excellent, easy-to-follow guide
Review: Randolph Hock's The Extreme Searcher's Internet Handbook: A Guide For The Serious Searcher is an excellent resource for the twenty-first century, as it covers in depth how to use searches to extract and verify accurate information from the Internet, as well as shop safely, browse efficiently, and above all, minimize the waste of time. From finding pictures to the different types and characteristics of various search engines, to protecting oneself from online fraud and much more, The Extreme Searcher's Internet Handbook is an excellent, easy-to-follow guide confidently recommended for Internet users of all skill and experience levels.

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Summary: Good content but hard to reference
Review: The content is great, but it's not easy to use as a reference book.

The indexing could use work, but most annoying is the interior design. For some bizarre reason, the book designer decided it looked neat to put a black slash through all the page numbers. Consequently, finding a page from the Table of Contents or the Index is only for the sharp-eyed. Or maybe I'm just getting old... :)

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Summary: If you search the web, you need this book
Review: 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.