Information Trapping Real-Time Research on the Web |
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| Author:
| Calishain, Tara |
| ISBN: | 978-0-321-49171-8 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2006 |
| Publisher: | Pearson Education
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $39.99 |
Book Description:
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How many times have you run a Google search that resulted in thousands of results? With over 8 billion pages online and more posted every day, the Web more than likely contains the information you're looking for if only you could find it. In Information Trapping: Real-Time Research on the Web, Internet-search-engine expert Tara Calishain makes researching more efficient and rewarding for anyone for whom the Web is an indispensable tool academics, journalists, scientists, and...
More DescriptionHow many times have you run a Google search that resulted in thousands of results? With over 8 billion pages online and more posted every day, the Web more than likely contains the information you're looking for if only you could find it. In Information Trapping: Real-Time Research on the Web, Internet-search-engine expert Tara Calishain makes researching more efficient and rewarding for anyone for whom the Web is an indispensable tool academics, journalists, scientists, and professionals, as well as bloggers, genealogists, and hobbyists. She does so by teaching the latest techniques for building automated information-gathering systems. As an alternative to the typical one-time search for information, Tara demonstrates how readers can use RSS feeds, page monitoring tools, and other software to set up information streams of many different data types from text to multimedia to conversations for capture and review.