information specialist's guide to searching and researching on the Internet and the World Wide Web
By: Ernest Ackermann, Karen Hartman.
Contributors: Hartman, Karen.; Ackermann, Ernest C.
Edition: Library ed.
Publisher: Fitzroy Dearborn
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 444
Subjects: Internet searching; Web search engines; Computer network resources; World Wide Web; Internet (Computer network)
Other titles: Searching & researching on the Internet.; Searching and researching on the Internet.
Notes: Rev. ed. of: Searching and researching on the Internet and the World Wide Web. 1997.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to the World Wide Web; title: Browser and bookmark essentials; title: Using the World Wide Web for research; title: Directories and virtual libraries; title: Search strategies for search engines; title: Using search engines; title: Specialized databases; title: Searching library catalogs; title: FTP: searching archives, downloading files; title: Finding email addresses, phone numbers, and maps; title: Searching email discussion group archives and Usenet newsgroup archives; title: Evaluating information found on the WWW; title: Citing Web and Internet resources; title: Putting it all together: two sample research projects; title: Social issues, legal issues, and security.