EXPERTINTERNET

SEARCHING4th edition

What is it?An essential guide to internet search that will give you the tools to find the information that you need more quickly and effectively than ever before. This is the fully-updated 4th edition of the book that was formerly titled The Advanced Internet Searcher’s Handbook.

Who is it for?Anyone searching the internet for information, whether you are taking your first steps or are becoming more expert. Those teaching others how to search the internet efficiently will find suggestions and strategies and an eloquent rebuttal of the claim that “it’s all on Google”

What does it contain?Whether you are a casual or expert searcher, you will find information on a wide variety of search engines that you’ve never tried before and lists of tools and resources that will make you an even better searcher than you already are.

Who was it written by?Phil Bradley, who is a renowned information specialist, internet consultant and conference speaker specialising in search. He has worked with a number of search engine companies to help them improve their products, and has a widely read blog on internet search.

WHAT TO EXPECT

chapter-by-chapter

1. An introduction to the internet

The opening chapter contains a discussion of the internet with the main focus on the way search has infiltrated almost every area of the time we spend on the internet

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2. An introduction to search engines

This chapter provides an overview of the different types of search engine and give information on how they collect their data, how they return it to you and the advantages and disadvantages they have.

3. The Google experience

This chapter explores Google the search engine and the company itself and consider its strengths and weaknesses.

4. Other free-text search engines

This chapter consider some of the other search engines including Bing, Yahoo! Search, Blekko, DuckDuckGo and Polyfetch and looks at their strengths and weaknesses.

5. Directory- and category-based search engines

This chapter looks at both directory based search engines (like Yahoo! Directory) and category-based search engines (like iSeek), investigates why they are useful and shows where you can find them.

6. Multi- and meta-search engines

This chapter looks at the advantages and disadvantages of multi-search engines (which search many other search engines from one page) and meta-search engines (which pass on a query to other search engines and de-duplicate the results).

7. Social media search engines

This chapter looks at social media search engines that provide searchers with information not provided by traditional search engines. Social media search engines investigated include Socialmention, Facebook Graph Search and Lanyrd.

8. Visual searching

This chapter looks at search engines that allow you to see the websites themselves directly in search results (rather than having to click a link) and also investigates image search engines like Google Image Search and Flickr.

9. Finding people

This chapter looks at the different approaches that can be used to try and identify and find specific people on the internet including using standard search engines, people finders and social media tools such as Friends Reunited.

10. People-based resources

This chapter looks at the strengths and weaknesses of searchable resources which have been created and written by individuals including Wikipedia, question-and-answer websites and wikis.

11. Academic and other specialized search enginesThis chapter gives a brief overview of the kinds of search engines you can expect to find out of the thousands of speciality search engines available including Academic, INFOMIME, LexisWeb, Science.gov, BananaSlug, FindHow and MillionShort.

12. News-based search engines

This chapter investigates all the tools that you can use to find newsworthy information on the internet including general search engines, specialized news search engines, traditional media resources and news curation tools.

13. Mutlimedia search engines

This chapter suggest some search engines that you can use to retrieve video on the internet including general search engines, video-specific search engines, educational video search engines and audio search engines.

14. Hints & tips on better searching with sample search examples

This chapter provides “walk throughs” of how actual searches can be solved e.g. You recall a book about the American Civil War but can remember the title or author. You can remember the cover is mauve and has a photograph of a cannon on the front.

15. Search utilities and resources to make life easier

This chapter looks at some of the tools available that make search easier including Boounce, CloudMagic, Greasemonkey, RSS and WebSite-Watchers.

16. The future of search

This chapter looks at the future of search, particularly in relation to an increase in the content that we produce, the greater importance of the role of the individual in search and mobile search becoming increasingly important.

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