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

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• ISBN13: 9780910965682
• ISBN10: 0910965684
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2004-02-28
• Publisher: Cyberage Books

Summary

A guide to effectively searching the Internet covers such topics as search engines, directories, newsgroups, image resources, and reference resources.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations and Tables	xi
Foreword	xv
Gary Price
Acknowledgments	xvii
Introduction	xix
About The Extreme Searcher's Web Page	xxv
Basics for the Serious Searcher	1	(24)
The Pieces of the Internet	1	(1)
A Very Brief History	2	(4)
Searching the Internet: Web ``Finding Tools''	6	(4)
General Strategies	10	(2)
A Basic Collection of Strategies	12	(2)
Content on the Internet	14	(5)
Content--The Invisible Web	19	(3)
Copyright	22	(1)
Citing Internet Resources	23	(1)
Keeping Up-to-Date on Internet Resources and Tools	24	(1)
General Web Directories and Portals	25	(22)
Strengths and Weaknesses of General Web Directories	25	(1)
Selectivity of General Web Directories	26	(1)
Classification of Sites in General Web Directories	26	(1)
Searchability of General Web Directories	27	(1)
Size of Web Directory Databases	27	(1)
Search Functionality in Web Directory Databases	27	(1)
When to Use a General Web Directory	27	(1)
The Major General Web Directories	28	(11)
Other General Directories	39	(1)
General Web Portals	40	(5)
Summary	45	(2)
Specialized Directories	47	(14)
Strengths and Weaknesses vs. Other Kinds of Finding Tools	47	(1)
How to Find Specialized Directories	47	(3)
What to Look for in Specialized Directories and How They Differ	50	(1)
Some Prominent Examples of Specialized Directories	51	(10)
Search Engines	61	(54)
How Search Engines Are Put Together	61	(1)
How Search Options Are Presented	62	(1)
Typical Search Options	63	(6)
Search Engine Overlap	69	(1)
Results Pages	69	(1)
Profiles of Search Engines	70	(1)
AllTheWeb	70	(8)
AltaVista	78	(8)
Google	86	(13)
HotBot	99	(5)
Teoma	104	(4)
Other General Web Search Engines	108	(2)
Specialty Search Engines	110	(1)
Metasearch Engines	110	(1)
Keeping Up-to-Date on Web Search Engines	111	(4)
Groups and Mailing Lists	115	(18)
What They Are and Why They Are Useful	115	(1)
Groups	116	(3)
Using Google to Find Groups and Messages	119	(4)
Yahoo! Groups	123	(4)
Other Sources of Groups	127	(1)
Mailing Lists	128	(3)
One More Category--Online Instant Messaging	131	(1)
Some Netiquette Points Relating to Internet Groups and Mailing Lists	132	(1)
An Internet Reference Shelf	133	(30)
Thinking of the Internet as a Reference Collection	133	(1)
Some Sites All Researchers Should Know About	134	(1)
Encyclopedias	135	(2)
Dictionaries	137	(1)
Almanacs	138	(1)
Addresses and Phone Numbers	139	(1)
Quotations	140	(2)
Foreign Exchange Rates/Currency Converter	142	(1)
Weather	143	(1)
Maps	143	(1)
Gazetteer	143	(1)
ZIP Codes	144	(1)
Stock Quotes	144	(1)
Statistics	144	(2)
Books	146	(5)
Historical Documents	151	(1)
Governments and Country Guides	151	(1)
U.S. Government	152	(1)
U.S. State Information	153	(1)
U.K. Government Information	153	(1)
Basic Resources for Company Information	153	(3)
Associations	156	(1)
Professional Directories	157	(1)
Literature Databases	158	(1)
Colleges and Universities	159	(1)
Travel	159	(2)
Film	161	(1)
Reference Resource Guides	161	(2)
Sights and Sounds: Finding Images, Audio, and Video	163	(18)
The Copyright Issue	163	(1)
Images	164	(11)
Audio and Video	175	(6)
News Resources	181	(18)
Types of News Sites on the Internet	181	(1)
Finding News--A General Strategy	182	(1)
News Resource Guides	183	(2)
Major News Networks and Newswires	185	(2)
Newspapers	187	(1)
Radio and TV	188	(1)
Aggregation Sites	189	(6)
Specialized News Services	195	(1)
Alerting Services	196	(3)
Finding Products Online	199	(12)
Categories of Shopping Sites on the Internet	199	(1)
Looking for Products--A General Strategy	200	(1)
Company Catalogs	200	(2)
Shopping Malls	202	(3)
Price Comparison Sites	205	(1)
Product and Merchant Evaluations	206	(2)
Buying Safely	208	(3)
Becoming Part of the Internet: Publishing	211	(10)
What's Needed	212	(5)
Sites to Help You Build Your Web Sites	217	(2)
Alternatives to Your Own Web Site	219	(2)
Conclusion	221	(2)
Glossary	223	(8)
URL List	231	(18)
About the Author	249	(2)
Index	251