Find it fast : extracting expert information from social networks, big data, tweets, and more /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Berkman, Robert I., author.
Edition:	6th edition.
Imprint:	Medford, New Jersey : CyberAge Books/Information Today, Inc., [2015]
Description:	1 online resource (xxiv, 312 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Information retrieval. Research. Internet searching. Search engines. Information resources -- Evaluation. Information resources -- Evaluation. Information retrieval. Internet searching. Research. Search engines. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11909246

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ISBN:	9781937290092 1937290093 9781937290139 1937290131 9781937290047 1937290042
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	"Go beyond Google to mine big data and social media. Author Robert Berkman gives expert advice on how to search the internet to locate the best information sources, how to find and utilize the professionals behind those sources, and how to combine these techniques to complete an information search on any subject. This fully updated 6th edition includes how to search beyond Google, leveraging big data in the search process, and how to search the social web. Readers will also find expert advice on how to know if a site is a trusted source; understanding how and why sources differ; using precision search strategies and taming information overload; and finding, evaluating, and identifying experts. Whether it's consumer advice, information for a job or project, facts for starting a new business, or answers to questions on obscure topics, Find It Fast is the perfect resource for learning to hone one's internet searching skills"--
Other form:	Print version: Berkman, Robert I. Find it fast. 6th edition 9781937290047

Table of Contents:

Super sources: the cream of the crop
Libraries: still valuable in the digital age
Search engines, precision search strategies, and taming information
The social search: tapping into your networks
Truth, lies, and influence: determining credibility in a trending social media world
Identifying experts: who they are, where to find them
Making the connection: getting access to an expert
Talking with experts: strategies for getting inside information
Wrapping it up: organizing and writing up your results and the expert review
Troubleshooting: typical questions information seekers ask.

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