Studying using the Web : the student's guide to using the ultimate information resource /

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Author / Creator:Clegg, Brian.
Imprint:London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
Description:ix, 159 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Subject:Internet searching -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Web search engines -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Computer network resources -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Study skills -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Computer network resources.
Internet searching.
Study skills.
Web search engines.
Handbooks and manuals.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6425314
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ISBN:0415403723 (hbk)
9780415403726 (hbk)
041540374X (pbk)
9780415403740 (pbk)
Notes:Includes index.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • The mystery
  • The essay
  • The quick summary
  • The visual guide
  • Simple rules for generating your search queries
  • What to look for - essentials
  • 3. Smart searching
  • Guessing your way
  • Hitting the engines
  • Double blips
  • 1. Venturing out
  • Checking your options
  • Special characters and going Boolean
  • Going to the next level
  • A game of two halves
  • Checking the results
  • Keeping track of results
  • Specific searches - finding book contents
  • Specific searches - finding actual books
  • Specifics - the rest
  • Smart searching - essentials
  • Where did it come from?
  • 4. Amassing media
  • Picture this
  • Get the picture
  • Making music
  • Music without sound
  • Moving pictures
  • Mapping the world
  • Amassing media - essentials
  • 5. Real people
  • Health warning
  • What the web is...and isn't
  • Selling yourself
  • Academics
  • Companies
  • Newsgroups and forums
  • Celebrities
  • It's who you know
  • Getting the question right
  • Hybrid search - the hunt for Caleb Simper
  • Real people - essentials
  • 6. Who do you trust?
  • Engage hyperdrive
  • Whose site is it?
  • Who wrote the text?
  • Is there contact information?
  • What is the presentation like?
  • How's the spelling?
  • Is the page consistent?
  • Are basic facts right?
  • Protecting yourself (multiple sources)
  • Why would they lie?
  • I'm right, you're wrong
  • To get moving, take a step back
  • Who to trust - the essentials
  • 7. Collecting output
  • Collecting in Word
  • One Note to bind them all
  • Giving it structure
  • Mapping your mind
  • Collecting output - the essentials
  • 8. Making text your own
  • Cut and paste
  • Collect and modify
  • 2. What to look for
  • Collate and write
  • Write and refine
  • Editing down
  • Padding up
  • Turning Information into original work
  • Making the Information more readable
  • Presenting the Information a different way
  • Charting troubled waters
  • Pulling together elements of the information that don't otherwise appear together
  • Putting your own opinions alongside the factual content
  • Spot the computer
  • Quoting your sources
  • Proud of what you've done?
  • Making text your own - the essentials
  • 9. Keeping up to date
  • RSS rules
  • Read all about it
  • Where's the stuff?
  • Just a quick letter
  • What's new, what's good?
  • Blog away
  • The big project
  • Online exam preparation
  • So what are you waiting for?
  • Index
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