Researching Online for Dummies [With CD-ROM]

by Reva Basch and Mary Ellen Bates

Whether you're beginning a college thesis or searching for a new toaster, Researching Online For Dummies, 2nd Edition, is your key to finding the information you need -- online and anytime. This book... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764505467
• ISBN13: 9780764505461
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: For Dummies
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

The best online reference for new or seasoned researchers

I've been researching online since 1994 and I found something that I didn't know on almost every page of this book. It is informative enough to keep a seasoned researcher entertained but simple to use for a first time web searcher.I may have to have my copy hard bound somewhere to keep it from falling apart through overuse.

A must-have and handy reference for all regardless skill lvl

Readable, entertaining, informative, and valuable. What more can you ask from any book? Unskilled researchers wanting to learn something from the subject will find an excellent overview of the necessary skills, tools, and resources, an online researcher needs. Skilled searchers will find a handy reference containing thought provoking ideas. The only problem with the book is due to the etheral nature of the Internet...several examples in the book no longer work as described. Newbies may become disconcerted when following along and finding invalid sites or differences between what the book shows and says and what is experienced on the "real" (?!) internet. To her credit, the author gives ample warning that this may happen. It is the only book of its type that I keep within arm's reach.

Don't go online without it!

This is a must-have reference guide, even for seasoned on-line researchers. I keep it on my desk all the time.

The Best Guidebook for Online Research

(From The Information Advisor, July, 1998) Editor, Robert Berkman:This superb book, just published this month, is in our opinion currently the guide for effective searching online and the Net for beginners and advanced researchers alike-which is a pretty neat trick unto itself. Although really geared for the novice searcher, Basch has covered everything any searcher would need to know about conducting online research, from creating a research inquiry to choosing a database or Net search engine to evaluating the information. The scope is truly comprehensive, the advice unimpeachable, and the writing crystal clear and accessible and understandable for all. The professional searcher will find it useful because it pulls all of the current wisdom about searching in one place and covers so many online and Internet sources. Researching Online for Dummies is an absolute must for every information professional and researcher.