Effective Information Retrieval from the Internet

An Advanced User's Guide

Alison Stacey, Adrian Stacey

• Publisher: Chandos Publishing
• Year: 2004
• eBook ISBN: 9781780631769
• Topic: Computer Science
• Subtopic: Computer Science General
• Index: Computer Science

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

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Effective Information Retrieval from the Internet : An Advanced User’s Guide
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• List of figures and tables
• Preface
• About the authors
• Chapter 1. Fundamentals of information retrieval on the Internet
• Chapter 2. Query choice: pinpointing information on the Internet
• Chapter 3. Query reformulation, automation and analysis
• Chapter 4. Assessing websites for accuracy and bias
• Chapter 5. Teaching Internet searching skills to novice users
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• Appendix C
• References
• Index