Effective Information Retrieval from the Internet

An Advanced User's Guide
Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-1-84334-077-5
Verlag: Woodhead Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 324 Seiten

Reihe: Chandos Information Professional Series

Effective Information Retrieval from the Internet discusses practical strategies which enable the advanced web user to locate information effectively and to form a precise evaluation of the accuracy of that information. Although the book provides a brief but thorough review of the technologies which are available for these purposes, most of the book concerns practical 'future-proof' techniques which are independent of changes in the tools available. For example, the book covers: how to retrieve salient information quickly; how to remove or compensate for bias; and tuition of novice Internet users.


- Importantly, the book enables readers to develop strategies which will continue to be useful despite the rapidly-evolving state of the Internet and Internet technologies - it is not about technological tricks
- Enables readers to be aware of and compensate for bias and errors which are ubiquitous on the Internet
- Provides contemporary information on the deficiencies in web skills of novice users as well as practical techniques for teaching such users

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stacey, Alison

Stacey, Adrian

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Digital Lifestyle Internet, E-Mail, Social Media
• Interdisziplinäres Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaften Bibliotheks- und Auskunftssdienste

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Fundamentals of information retrieval on the Internet; Query choice: pinpointing information on the Internet; Query reformulation, automation and analysis; Assessing websites for accuracy and bias; Teaching Internet searching skills to novice users.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Alison Stacey works at the Learning Resource Centre, Cambridge Regional College. Dr Adrian Stacey, formerly based at Cambridge University, is a software programmer.