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Summary: Find it Online: The Complete Guide to Online Research, Third
Review: Schlein's how-to guide packs information punch, alerting readers to available Internet resources and supplying tips and strategies for searching. This edition offers some unique features, including online resources from various countries, tips for finding these resources, and translation tools. It also educates readers about terminology, conducting research, managing and filtering information, and determining the accuracy and validity of information found on the Internet. A table of contents and index allow easy browsing and location of topics. Most chapters end with a list of Web resources in addition to those mentioned in the text. Lists of sites include, e.g., best search engines, best subject directories, best meta-tools, best people finders, genealogy tools, mapping tools, reference tools, government resources, public records, news resources. All users of the Internet, beginners to experts, will benefit from this book. It includes ephemeral material, so that annual revisions are required, but the low cost makes it affordable for any collection
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Summary: The Real COMPLETE Guide to Online Research
Review: Since the first minute I opened this book, I knew this was the book I was looking for - a serious book for online research. FIND IT ONLINE not only gives you hundreds of specialized online sources in a well-organized manner, but it also explains how the web is organized, how to define your search, which tool to use, and how to manage and evaluate the data you find. The book is arranged so you can use it as a reference or read it through. I found FIND IT ONLINE extremely well-written and full of expert knowledge. Thank you, Mr. Schlein!
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Summary: The Perfect Online Research Guide for Beginners
Review: This book deserves more than 5 stars for making the Internet fully accessible to anyone for a minimum of cost in time and money.If you have enough skill to turn on your computer and get onto the Internet, this book will take you where you want to go in the fastest, least frustrating way. Within hours, you will be more efficient and effective than people who have done online research for years, but have not yet read this book. Although Web addresses and sites will change, the best basic methods of how to do research online will shift much less often. You should be able to apply what you learn from this book for some time to come. Some of the many helpful things you will learn include: (1) which search engines work best for which kinds of questions (2) how to get the fewest possible sites from a search with the greatest likelihood that they will be helpful to you (3) which sources of information to go to directly without a search first (4) how to assess the credibility of a source (5) how to get things for free that most people pay for (6) when to spend money to save time (7) how to manage your e-mail to spend less time on it. You will also benefit from three sample search models in chapter 12, one for finding a person, another for doing a business profile, and a third for problem solving. Most of your searches will involve one of these three search types. An area you may not think about now is what people can learn about you while you do your research. The sections on privacy issues and how you can protect yourself are outstanding. About a third of the book is devoted to indexes to make it easier for you to find government public records and the right Web site for your research needs. Even though I have been doing online research for many years, I plan to keep this book next to my computer from now on. If you read many of my reviews, you will notice that that is something I rarely say about a book. After you have finished learning how to do better and faster online research with this wonderful resource, I suggest that you step back and think about new questions that you should be asking now that you have improved access to good and timely information. For example, should you be doing more to check out investments? Or should you be learning more about becoming a better parent? Or spouse? Asking and answering those questions will probably be the biggest payoff you can get from this very helpful guide. Be rich in knowledge and turn it into wisdom!
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Summary: Everything I needed to know about how to find things online
Review: This book is a gem. It opens all the doors of the online world that I didn't even know were there. it makes order out of the internet chaos and is a really valuable reference tool. I think I'll tie it to my computer and get copies for everyone in the office so they don't steal mine. Thank god I'll now be able to just hand this out instead of having to answer everyone's basic questions about how to work the Internet.
Tim, head of MIS, a major computer company * (can't put my real title and name or my bosses would see how easy this will make my job.)
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Summary: A extremely helpful tool
Review: This book is a great reference for all users of the internet . It is very helpful in getting directly to the sites which contain the information you are searching for.
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Summary: Outstanding business & personal reference tool
Review: This book is extremely comprehensive, whether you're investigating companies, people or protecting your own privacy. It caters to both the internet and research novice and the experienced among us with astounding clarity and simplicity. I have used it to conduct client research, research competitors and people and to protect my own privacy.It has become an invaluable corporate reference tool for us and I now refuse to lend my copy to anyone, as I never get it back. Mr Schlein certainly knows his stuff.
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Summary: Eureka! I can do it
Review: When Mr. Schlein spoke at a recent seminar, he asked Internet novices to raise their hands. As one severely computer-challenged I did't put mine up, as I had yet achieve that level. However, as a journalist, I picked up the second edition "Find It Online," came home, and started trying to search sites as he described. Wonder of wonders, it worked. The book is written with clarity, in an understandable way and contains a wealth of information for the neophyte as well as for the expert. It is an invaluable tool and a great ego-booster as well.
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Summary: Excellent Guide Worth Owning
Review: While this book has got good intentions, it somehow fails to live up to the reviews that I have read of it. There are literally thousands of websites listed in the book, with a brief statement of what the website is about. As a Canadian, I found this book lacking. If you are looking for American websites or information on American businesses or people, then this book will suit your needs. The book's format does not lend itself to easy reading. It is basically just listings of sites by category. The pages are packed full and hard to read. The author has been extremely thorough in his listing of websites, but I just didn't find that it helped me out.
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