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100 1 _aMacLeod, Don,
_d1955-
245 1 0 _aHow to find out anything :
_bfrom extreme Google searches to scouring government documents, a guide to uncovering anything about everyone and everything /
_cDon MacLeod.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aNew York, New York :
_bPrentice Hall Press,
_c2012.
300 _ax, 256 pages ;
_c23 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
500 _aIncludes index.
505 0 _aHow to Think Like a Researcher -- Google and the Deep Web: Google -- The Ins and Outs of Google -- Why You Still Need a Library Card -- A Reference Desk to Call Your Own -- Associations -- Finding People -- Company and Business Research -- Researching the Public Record -- Pulling it All Together.
520 _aIn this book the author, a master researcher explains how to find what you are looking for quickly, efficiently, and accurately, and how to avoid the most common mistakes of the Google Age. Not your average research book, it shows how to unveil nearly anything about anyone. From top CEOs' salaries to police records, you will learn little known tricks for discovering the exact information you are looking for. You will learn: How to really tap into the power of Google, and why Google is the best place to start a search, but never the best place to finish it. ; The scoop on vast yet little known online resources that search engines cannot scour, such as refdesk.com, ipl.org, the University of Michigan Documents Center, and Project Gutenberg, among many others ; How to access free government resources (and put your tax dollars to good use) ; How to find experts and other people with special knowledge ; How to dig up seemingly confidential information on people and businesses, from public and private companies to nonprofits and international companies.
650 0 _aResearch
_xMethodology.
650 0 _aInformation resources.
650 0 _aElectronic information resources.
650 0 _aInternet searching.
650 0 _aElectronic information resource searching.
630 0 0 _aGoogle.
650 7 _aREFERENCE / Research.
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