An Internet Education: A Guide to Doing Research on the Internet

  • Authors:
  • Cheryl Harris

  • Affiliations:
  • -

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  • An Internet Education: A Guide to Doing Research on the Internet
  • Year:
  • 1995

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From the Publisher:True expertise in information management brings with it enormous personal advancement and satisfaction. To gain this important knowledge, you need An Internet Education: A Guide to Doing Research on the Internet. It will introduce you to the powerful techniques for finding and analyzing information through the Internet. An Internet Education demystifies the logic of the Internet resource structure and provides advice on how to match research questions with the most appropriate sources. It shows new users how to use the network to answer real questions in the most effective manner possible. In addition, An Internet Education suggests ways to use the unique immediacy and global reach of the network to solve research problems in new and creative ways. Other highlights: valuable tips are offered on using electronic mail as a tool for "power research"; helpful information on locating and retrieving files, using databases effectively, and taking advantage of shareware and freeware; complete guides for using online libraries, freenets, research and commercial databases, and discussion groups for research; and easy-to-follow instructions on learning the Internet's "netiquette" and ethics.