The Internet Searcher's Handbook: Locating Information, People, & Software (Neal-Schuman NetGuide Series)

Revised and expanded, this 2nd edition is designed to help reference librarians, students and researchers of any kind. The authors provide a step-by-step tutorial for resource discovery on the Internet to help both novice and advanced users conduct comprehensive research and find answers to quick reference queries. The handbook offers in-depth coverage on useful and usable resources, including virtual libraries, digital resources, bots and intelligent agents, metadata, search engines, Web guides, online communities, Internet directories and serch tools. Numerous quick reference charts for all the major search engines and directories will save hours of frustrating search time and help readers streamline the searching process.