| Details | | Publication Date: | 2000-09-01 | | Series: | Harper Resource Book. | | Edition Description: | Illustrated |
| Size | | Length: | 373 pages | | Height: | 8.0 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 10.4 oz |
Publisher's Note
Whatever information you want, Find It Fast will tell you, step by step, how to track it down, whether it's consumer advice, information for your job or project, facts for starting a new business, or answers to questions on obscure topics. Newly revised, the bestselling book gives expert advice on how to locate the best information sources, how to find and utilize the proffesionals behind those sources, and how to combine these techniques to complete an information search on any subject.
Fully revised and updated, this 5th edition includes hundreds of new web addresses-the "Best of the Best" for researchers- and reveals how to evaluate internet sources for reliability. You'll also find expert advice on: How to use search engines for fast facts and precise searches How to avoid "Information Overload," the bane of today's researcher How to tap into the huge storehouse of data available online from the U.S. government and from business sources When and why it's still critical to use your library And much more
Industry Reviews Revised edition of a popular guide to conducting an information search on any subject offers updated source listings, expanded coverage of electronic searches, a new section on typical research problems, and some hundred new sources. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. Langford
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