Super Searchers on Health & Medicine
Super Searchers on Health & Medicine

Author: Susan M. Detwiler

Publisher: Information Today, Inc.

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9780910965446

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In this book, medical librarians, clinical researchers, health information specialists, and physicians explain how they combine traditional information sources with the best of the Net to deliver just what the doctor ordered. If you use the Internet and online databases to answer important health and medical questions, this book will help guide you around the perils and pitfalls to the best sites, sources, and techniques.

Super Searchers on Wall Street
Super Searchers on Wall Street

Author: Amelia Kassel

Publisher: Information Today, Inc.

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780910965422

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Interviews with expert researchers reveal to day traders and investors the secrets for finding investment-related information online. The best Web sites, online databases, and other electronic resources used by investment professionals to gather and analyze market data are detailed. Experts interviewed include researchers from General Motors Investment Management Corporation, State Street Global Advisors, Oliver Wyman & Company, and other top firms.

Super Searchers Cover the World
Super Searchers Cover the World

Author: Mary Ellen Bates

Publisher: Information Today, Inc.

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9780910965545

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This book asks experts to reveal strategies for finding international business information on the Web. Through a series of interviews, exploration of the challenges of reaching outside a researchers area of knowledge is detailed.

Super Searchers Make it on Their Own
Super Searchers Make it on Their Own

Author: Suzanne Sabroski

Publisher: Information Today, Inc.

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9780910965590

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Offering the advice, insights, experiences, and encouragement would-be Internet entrepreneurs need to establish a successful independent research business, this book provides an insider's view of Internet businesses and their unique services. Eleven entrepreneurial super searchers representing a broad range of topic specialities and business focuses are interviewed. Also discussed are the details for getting started, developing a niche, finding clients, doing the research, networking with peers, and staying well informed about Web resources and technologies.

Naked in Cyberspace
Naked in Cyberspace

Author: Carole A. Lane

Publisher: Information Today, Inc.

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 628

ISBN-13: 9780910965507

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Reveals the personal records available on the Internet; examines Internet privacy; and explores such sources of information as mailing lists, telephone directories, news databases, bank records, and consumer credit records.

The Invisible Web
The Invisible Web

Author: Chris Sherman

Publisher: Information Today, Inc.

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 484

ISBN-13: 9780910965514

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Finding content on the Internet which isn't located through more conventional means, such as search engines.

The Quintessential Searcher
The Quintessential Searcher

Author: Marylaine Block

Publisher: Information Today, Inc.

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 9781573871143

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'Searcher' Magazine editor Barbara Quint (bq) is not only one of the world's most famous online searchers, but the most creative and controversial writer, editor and speaker to emerge from the information industry in the last two decades. bq is a guru of librarians and database professionals the world over, and - as her readers, publishers and 'quarry' know - when it comes to barbed wit she is in a class by herself. Whether she chastises database providers about unacceptable fees, interfaces and updates, recouting the ills visited on the world by computer makers, or inspiring her readers to achieve greatness, her voice is consistently original and compelling. In this book, for the first time anywhere, Marylaine Block has gathered hundreds of Barbara Quint's most memorable, insightful, and politically-incorrect quotations for the enjoyment of her many fans.

Statistical Methods for the Information Professional
Statistical Methods for the Information Professional

Author: Liwen Vaughan

Publisher: Information Today, Inc.

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 9781573871105

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For most of us, "painless" is not the word that comes to mind when we think of statistics, but author and educator Liwen Vaughan wants to change that. In this unique and useful book, Vaughan clearly explains the statistical methods used in information science research, focusing on basic logic rather than mathematical intricacies. Her emphasis is on the meaning of statistics, when and how to apply them, and how to interpret the results of statistical analysis. Through the use of real-world examples, she shows how statistics can be used to improve services, make better decisions, and conduct more effective research. Whether you are doing statistical analysis or simply need to better understand the statistics you encounter in professional literature and the media, this book will be a valuable addition to your personal toolkit. Includes more than 80 helpful figures and tables, 7 appendices, bibliography, index.

Secrets of the Super Searchers
Secrets of the Super Searchers

Author: Reva Basch

Publisher: Information Today, Inc.

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9780910965125

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Using interviews with 23 of the world's best online searchers, shows how they deal with clients, formulate their search strategy and tactics, and deliver the results.