Effective information retrieval from the Internet : an advanced user's guide
- Oxford: Chandos Pub.., 2004
- xiii, 310 p.; : 24 cm.
Effective Information Retrieval from the Internet discusses practical strategies which enable the advanced web user to locate information effectively and to form a precise evaluation of the accuracy of that information. Although the book provides a brief but thorough review of the technologies which are available for these purposes, most of the book concerns practical 'future-proof' techniques which are independent of changes in the tools available. For example, the book covers: how to retrieve salient information quickly; how to remove or compensate for bias; and tuition of novice Internet users
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Information retrieval Internet searching Internet searching Library and information science