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Teaching Information Literacy : A Conceptual Approach

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Christy GavinPublication Details
BookScarecrow Press2008Links
Description
This book provides teaching librarians and others who deliver instruction in information literacy, fresh approaches to teaching specific concepts such as, developing a topic and thesis, constructing Boolean strategies, and evaluating the credibility of a source. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) ZA3075 .G38 2008 AVAILABLE
Information Trapping : Real-time Research On The Web

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Tara CalishainPublication Details
BookNew Riders2007Links
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As an alternative to the typical one-time search for information, Tara demonstrates how readers can use RSS feeds, page monitoring tools, and other software to set up information streams of many different data types — from text to multimedia to conversations — for capture and review. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS REFERENCE (MAIN) TK5105.888 .C345 2007 AVAILABLE
Real World Research Skills : An Introduction To Factual, International, Judicial, Legislative, And Regulatory Research

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by Peggy GarvinPublication Details
BookTheCapitol.Net2006Description
This book compiles basic advice, techniques, reference information, and resources to help working professionals find accurate information quickly. The Introduction and first chapter cover practical principles of research and online searching, including the general search engines. This book is not intended to cover academic research resources, nor is it a comprehensive listing of Washington research resources. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS REFERENCE (MAIN) ZA5110 .G37 2006 AVAILABLE
Teaching Web Search Skills : Techniques And Strategies Of Top Trainers

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Greg R. NotessPublication Details
BookInformation Today, Inc2006Links
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Educators, librarians, and others who teach Web searching will welcome this instructor’s guide from Notess, a leading trainer and search guru. In addition to presenting expert training strategies, Teaching Web Search Skills demonstrates a variety of approaches to instructional design and methodology, recommends a range of essential resources, and features dozens of helpful figures, search screens, worksheets, handouts, and sample training materials. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) ZA4230 .N68 2006 AVAILABLE
The Extreme Searcher’s Internet Handbook : A Guide For The Serious Searcher

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Randolph Hock ; foreword by Greg R. NotessPublication Details
Book2nd edCyberAge Books2007Links
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An essential guide for anyone who conducts research on the Internet?including librarians, teachers, students, business professionals, and writers?this fully revised (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS REFERENCE (MAIN) ZA4230 .H63 2007 AVAILABLE
Google’s PageRank And Beyond : The Science Of Search Engine Rankings

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Amy N. Langville and Carl D. MeyerPublication Details
BookPrinceton University Press2006Links
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Why doesn’t your home page appear on the first page of search results, even when you query your own name? The book includes an extensive background chapter designed to help readers learn more about the mathematics of search engines, and it contains several MATLAB codes and links to sample Web data sets. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) TK5105.885.G66 L36 2006 AVAILABLE
The Search : How Google And Its Rivals Rewrote The Rules Of Business And Transformed Our Culture

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John BattellePublication Details
BookPortfolio2005Description
Battelle draws on more than 350 interviews with major players from Silicon Valley to Seattle to Wall Street, including Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin and CEO Eric Schmidt, as well as competitors like Louis Monier, who invented AltaVista, and Neil Moncrief, a soft-spoken Georgian whose business Google built, destroyed, and built again. Battelle lucidly reveals how search technology actually works, explores the amazing power of targeted advertising, and reports on the frenzy of the Google IPO, when the company tried to rewrite the rules of Wall Street and declared “don’t be evil” as its corporate motto. -Seth Godin, author of All Marketers Are Liars and Purple Cow “Nobody, and I mean nobody, has thought longer, harder, or smarter about Google and the search business than John Battelle.” (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) HD9696.8.U64 G663 2005 AVAILABLE
Searching & Researching On The Internet & The World Wide Web

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Karen Hartman, Ernest AckermannPublication Details
Book4th edFranklin, Beedle2005Links
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The focus is on formulating search strategies, understanding how to form search expressions, evaluating information, and citing resources. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) ZA4201 .A25 2005 AVAILABLE
IssueWeb : A Guide And Sourcebook For Researching Controversial Issues On The Web

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Karen R. Diaz, Nancy O’HanlonPublication Details
BookLibraries Unlimited2004Description
Finding reputable sources can be tricky when researching controversial topics, particularly when using the World Wide Web. Each brief includes: Background on the topic An outline of key controversies Suggested search terms for use in search engines and other databases Lists of relevant Web sites divided into five categories: Reference (starting points), Law/legislation, News, Data, and Advocacy Appendices of think-tank and opinion magazine sites provide additional sources for extending research. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS REFERENCE (MAIN) ZA4228 .D53 2004 AVAILABLE
The Extreme Searcher’s Internet Handbook : A Guide For The Serious Searcher

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Randolph Hock ; foreword by Gary PricePublication Details
BookCyberAge Books2004Links
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A guide for anyone who makes use of the Internet for research, including librarians, teachers, students, business researchers, and writers, this book details what serious users have to know to fully take advantage of Internet search tools and resources. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) ZA4230 .H63 2004 AVAILABLE
Web Of Deception : Misinformation On The Internet

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edited by Anne P. MintzPublication Details
BookCyberAge Books2002Description
As the Internet has become flooded with untrustworthy information, some of which is intentionally misleading or erroneous, this book teaches Web surfers how inaccurate data can affect their health, privacy, investments, business decisions, online purchases, and legal affairs. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) ZA4201 .W43 2002 AVAILABLE
Google Guide An Interactive Tutorial On Searching With Google
Google Hacks : [100 Industrial-strength Tips & Tools]

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Tara Calishain and Rael DornfestPublication Details
BookO’Reilly2003Description
If this is you, then you’ll find new inspiration (and valuable tools, too) in Google Hacks from O’Reilly’s new Hacks Series. You’ll learn clever and powerful methods for using the advanced search interface and the new Google API, including how to build and modify scripts that can become custom business applications based on Google. Written by experts for intelligent, advanced users, O’Reilly’s new Hacks Series have begun to reclaim the term “hacking” for the good guys. If you’re a Google power user, you’ll find the technical edge you’re looking for in Google Hacks. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) ZA4251.G66 C3 2003 AVAILABLE
The Associated Press Guide To Internet Research And Reporting

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Frank BassPublication Details
BookPerseus Publishing2001Description
How does a reporter go about researching a story on the Internet and how does one fact check and cite online sources? (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) PN4784.E5 B38 2001 AVAILABLE
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