Christopher C. Brown

Harnessing the Power of Google (eBook, ePUB)

What Every Researcher Should Know

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This informative and practical book teaches how to get better and faster results from Internet searches and methods for maximizing the potential of the world's most popular search engine. Mastering Internet research skills is a must for today's information professionals and LIS students, as well as for educators and all high school and college students. But without specific instruction in how to conduct online research, people are destined to waste time in their Internet queries or to come up emptyhanded when the information they're seeking is, in fact, available. Harnessing the Power of Google: What Every Researcher Should Know offers simple strategies that streamline research and improve anyone's search results. It will specifically benefit information professionals, students, and academic researchers in disciplines like international studies, political science, and statistical research. Illustrated with helpful screen shots, this handbook will be an often-consulted desk reference and can serve as a workshop guide or supplementary reading in courses on online research skills. The book starts with a review of general guidelines for searching that covers topics like the difference between primary and secondary sources, determining authority, citing sources, indexing, and ranking before addressing Google's power-searching features, such as the ability to search by top-level Internet domain or file type. The book describes the history of information access over the past century, culminating in today's digital information archives and how Google now augments-not replaces-what libraries provide. The three Google interfaces that together comprise a powerful toolkit are covered in detail: Google Web for finding primary source materials; Google Scholar for full text searching of scholarly, peer-reviewed material; and Google Books for searching the full text of a very high percentage of books.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 150
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216094579
• Artikelnr.: 68167408

Autorenporträt

Christopher C. Brown, professor, is reference librarian and coordinator of government documents at the University of Denver, Main Library.

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations Introduction Chapter 1: Searching Generally History of
Searching Tension between Controlled Vocabulary and Full Textuality Subject
Headings vs. Subject Descriptors Full-Text Searching: A Different Way of
Thinking Reference Chapter 2: How Google Works Crawling and Indexing
Ranking of Results Beyond Google's Reach General Google Search Tips
Indirect Searching-Hidden Internet Content Reference Chapter 3: Searching
Google Web Basic Search Techniques Power Search Techniques Keyword
Formulation Evaluating Web Content Cached Content Reference Chapter 4:
Power Searching for Primary Sources Using Google Web Site-Specific Google
Searching Site Searching on the International Level Site Searching on the
Foreign Government Level Site Searching on the U.S. National Level Site
Searching on the State Government Level Site Searching on the Local Level
(Counties and Communities) Site Searching for Commercial Content Site
Searching for Nonprofit Content Reference Chapter 5: Google Scholar and
Scholarly Content Depth of Searching in Google Scholar What Content Does
Google Scholar Retrieve? Books-From Google Books Evaluating Google Scholar
Content Right Margin Links Left Sidebar Citation-Specific Links Effective
Searching in Scholar Google Scholar Metrics References Chapter 6: Google
Books Library Project Google Books Partner Program Google Book Views
Searching and Navigating Google Books The "Fulfillment" Part How Complete
Is Google Books? Government Documents in Google Books Magazines in Google
Books Google Books and HathiTrust Google Books and the Internet Archive
Fingers and Hands in Google Books Citing Google Books References Chapter 7:
Google as a Complement to Library Tools What's Wrong with Academic
Libraries The Three Googles What's Right with Academic Libraries The
"Flattening" of Information Sources The "Holy Grail" of Search Results in
the Google Age Reference Chapter 8: Academic Research Hacks No Country
Redirection (NCR) searching Google Books Ngram Viewer Image Searching
Google Translate Legal Cases Searching Patents References Chapter 9: Case
Studies in Academic Research Case Study 1: Resources on Human Trafficking
Case Study 2: Funding for Religious Schools in Tanzania and South Africa
Case Study 3: Paris Tango House Fashion from the 1920s Case Study 4: Data
on Geothermal Heat Pumps Chapter 10: Searching for Statistics Step One:
Determine Who Cares about the Statistics You Are Seeking Step Two: Search
within the Internet Domain of the Entities Likely to Issue Statistics
Keyword Searching and Statistics Statistics Case Study 1: Immigrant
Statistics for the United States Statistics Case Study 2: Subnational Data
for Uganda Conclusion Index