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SECRETS OF THE SUPERNET SEARCHERS
by Reva Basch
Foreword by Howard Rheingold
Edited by Mary Ellen Bates
 
 
Here for the first time is the collected wisdom of 35 of the world's leading Internet hunters and gatherers. Interviewed by top online searcher and cyber-journalist Reva Basch, these experts offer insights, anecdotes, tips, techniques and case histories guaranteed to raise the "Searching IQ" of any serious Internet user.
 

 THE SUPER NET SEARCHERS REVEAL THEIR SECRETS ON:
 Search strategies that really work
 Finding experts and enlisting their help
 Keeping up-to-date on new Internet resources
 Relative strengths of WWW search engines
 Where the Internet excels as a research tool
 Intellectual property rights
 How to avoid "Internet Overload"
 The future of the World Wide Web
 
 
The online researchers interviewed for the book describe their first-hand experiences searching for information on the Internet, reveal their personal search strategies, and offer a wealth of tips, techniques, and pointers to Internet resources available through World Wide Web (WWW) and gopher sites, newsgroups, and more. In addition to the "nuts and bolts" of Internet searching, they discuss the reliability of Net-based information, finding experts online, keeping up-to-date on new information sources, relative strengths of WWW search engines, intellectual property rights in the "Cyber Age," and how to avoid "Internet overload." While the author's questions were designed largely to draw out tested, practical advice for the benefit of anyone interested in using the Internet for research purposes, interviewees were also asked to offer their visions for the future of the Internet and its likely impact on the library and research professions.
 
In interviewing a virtual "Who's Who" of Internet experts, author Reva Basch a highly-respected online searcher herself was able to encourage frank and revealing discussion on a wide range of issues important to current and would-be Internet researchers. She said, "The interview process was a revelation for me, personally. I came to it as a skeptic, and came away convinced of the value of the Net as a serious information resource."
 
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THE ONLINE 100
Online Magazine's Field Guide To
The 100 Most Important Online Databases
by Mick O'Leary
Foreword by Alfred Glossbrenner
 

 MAGAZINE REVIEW QUOTES
 "An evaluative guide to the 100 most important commercially-available databases chosen by consensus of a powerful group of online experts...useful for new intermediaries, experienced searchers, and end-user researchers." --Library Journal
 "A comprehensive and very useful tool for the individual facing an overwhelming amount of information from a variety of sources." --Monica Ertel, Manager, Advanced Technology Group, Apple Computer
 "With its detailed information and sensible organization, THE ONLINE 100 is valuable reference material for anyone or any library involved in online research." --Information Today
 
 
 
IF YOU SEARCH FOR INFORMATION ONLINE, YOU NEED THIS BOOK
 
From ONLINE magazine--the leading professional journal for online users--here is an essential reference for anyone who does (or plans to do) online research.
 
This practical guide identifies and clearly describes the 100 most important online databases spanning all areas of industry, education, science, and the humanities. It evaluates their strengths and weaknesses, and offers tips and advice that will help both expert and beginning online searchers use each resource to its greatest advantage.
 
CONTENTS INCLUDE

Foreword, by Alfred Glossbrenner

Acknowledgments
Advisory Board
Introduction
 
General & Business News
Associated Press
Reuters
NEXIS
Reuter TEXTLINE
DIALOG PAPERS
DataTimes Newspapers
Dow Jones News
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News
PR Newswire
Business Wire
 
Honorable Mentions
Newswire ASAP
NewsGrid
 
Business
PROMT
ABI/INFORM
Dow Jones Text Library
Trade & Industry Database
Globalbase
NewsNet
Newsletter Database
Business Dateline
INVESTEXT
M.A.I.D. Researchline
Global Report
EconBase
Tradeline/Tradeline International
TRADSTAT Plus
 
Honorable Mentions
PTS U.S. Forecasts and Time Series
MarkIntel, MarkIntel Master
MARKETFULL
 
U.S. & International Companies
DISCLOSURE SEC
Standard & Poor's Corporate Descriptions Plus News
Media General/MegaInsight
Company Intelligence
Duns Financial Records Plus
Dun's Market Identifiers
Dun & Bradstreet Reports
TRW Business Credit Profiles
Thomas Register Online
Worldscope
International Dun's Market Identifiers
Kompass Databases
Dun's Global Families Online
Corporate Affiliations
 
Honorable Mentions
Hoover's Handbooks
Extel Cards
U.S. Businesses (American Business Directory)
 
Current Events, Law & Government
Magazine Database
Newspaper & Periodical Abstracts
Burrelle's Broadcast Database
PAIS International
Political Risk Services
LEXIS
WESTLAW
Legal Resource Index
CQ Washington Alert
 
Honorable Mentions
Federal News Service
NCJRS (National Criminal Justice Reference Service)
 
General & Physical Science
General Science Abstracts
SciSearch
Conference Papers Index
CA FILE
INSPEC
MathSci
Beilstein Online
GeoRef
 
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Pollution Abstracts
Honorable Mentions

Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology
PASCAL
 
Life Sciences & Medicine
BIOSIS Previews
CAB Abstracts
AGRICOLA
MEDLINE
EMBASE
Comprehensive Core Medical Library
Health Periodicals Database
 
Honorable Mentions
DIOGENES
IMSWorld Databases
 
Technology & Computing
Compendex*Plus
NTIS
IHS International Standards and Specifications
Computer Database
Datapro Databases
SoftBase: Software Database
 
Honorable Mentions
Microcomputer Software Guide Online
Microcomputer Abstracts
METADEX
RAPRA
 
Intellectual Property
World Patents Index
INPADOC
CLAIMS Databases
U.S. Patents Fulltext
Trademarkscan Databases
U.S. Copyrights
 
Honorable Mentions
European Patents Fulltext
Derwent Patents Citation Index
 
Social Sciences & Humanities
Social SciSearch
PsycINFO
Sociological Abstracts
ERIC
 
Economic Literature Index
America: History & Life
Historical Abstracts
Arts & Humanities Search
Humanities Abstracts
MLA International Bibliography
Art Abstracts
Philosopher's Index
Magill's Survey of Cinema
 
Honorable Mentions
Social Science Abstracts
Roger Ebert's Reviews and Features
 
General Reference/Multidisciplinary
OCLC Union Catalog
Books in Print
Dissertation Abstracts
Academic Index
ArticleFirst/ContentsFirst
A Matter of Fact
Academic American Encyclopedia
Britannica Online
POLL (Public Opinion Location Library)
CENDATA
OAG Electronic Edition Travel Service
FedWorld
 
Honorable Mentions
Bettmann Online
GPO Monthly Catalog, GPO Publications Reference File
LC MARC, PREMARC, REMARC
UnCover
 
Appendix A: Sample Records
Appendix B: Principal Databanks
 

 

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