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

by Randolph Hock

Book Overview

An essential guide for anyone who conducts research on the internet including librarians, teachers, students, business professionals, and writers this fully revised handbook details what users must... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0910965846
• ISBN13: 9780910965842
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Cyberage Books
• Length: 339 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

A Must for Searchers

I have been using the internet for many years, but this book taught me things that I didn't know. Using the links on the book website enabled me to quickly go to pages and learn as I read. It's really a great tool for students learning to do research papers.

An indispensable guide to searching the web

I was looking for the second edition of this book, which is perhaps some indication of how valuable I consider the first edition to be! Yes, the other reviewers have some good points, the page numbers are hard to read, some of the information in the tables is not so clear... but hang on... you do get over 200 pages stacked with information, tips, tools, references and explanations of how things work on the web. I can't vouch for everything's accuracy and I'm sure with developments it will get dated, but mine is well used copy that I read front to back and made notes in the margins, highlighted sites etc. To think that you wouldn't buy a book that is this good, stacked with useful information because you couldnt read the page numbers is a little crazy. Anyone who's ever used a Microsoft product to an advanced level realises that most people only ever use maybe 1-5% of the product's capability, blissfully unaware of it's power and possibilities... likewise, most people think that good research is as simple as hiting a few key words into Google. Understand how Google works (it's not difficult) and you take your searching to a whole new level... even for a novice searcher... The book is loaded with information - want to know where to find an archive of a web page from years back even though it has changed over time...look in the book, want to find a presentation on the internet done by the author of your favourite website... look in the book... want to find the companies that link to your website or your competitors? ... simple... you'll find many more gems in this book. Moreover, the author updates links etc on his website. I've tried some of the other supersearcher books and they dont have the depth of content that this one does. I'd still buy it today for the gems I've gotten out of this one, it has given me far more value than its meagre list price. You may also find vaulable Mary Ellen Bate's book Building and Running a successful Research Business which also has some great search tips and strategies. Highly recommended.

Updated web links make this book an essential tool

This resource should be on every serious searcher's shelf next to Chris Sherman's book(s)and Find It Online. Gary Price updates his website to supplement the chapters in the written book, which is very helpful. Price takes a slightly different approach to Sherman, which helps to find resources which might not be self-apparent from Sherman's books. I can't imagine being without either this tool or those of Price's colleague (Sherman).

An excellent, easy-to-follow guide

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.

If you search the web, you need this book

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.