Finding It on the Internet: The Essential Guide to Archie, Veronica, Gopher, WAIS, WWW (Including Mosaic), and Other Search and Browsing Tools

by Paul Gilster

Book Overview

The first Internet book devoted exclusively to search techniques, this practical reference will show beginning and intermediate users how to conceive, design and execute focused, efficient searches.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471038571
• ISBN13: 9780471038573
• Release Date: August 1994
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.5" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Meet the Internet

What Paul Gilster points out about web surfing works for FINDING IT ON THE INTERNET in general. Like all sites, search terms and tools are created differently so get to know them but be picky and patient: the Internet can have a waiting line. Keep the little black bookmark list of favorites up-to-date. Be as specific as possible with search terms, but be willing to change them regularly. Look over your shoulder when dealing with relevance rankings and title searches. Keep up with the paperwork: organize results into topics. The author's nicely organized and written book surfs well with Phil Bradley's INTERNET POWER SEARCHING, John R Levine's THE INTERNET FOR DUMMIES and MORE INTERNET FOR DUMMIES, Valerie Quercia's INTERNET IN A NUTSHELL, and Roy Tennant's CROSSING THE INTERNET THRESHOLD.