If you thought that Internet searching was just about plugging in a couple of terms into a search engine, think again. Web Search Garage will teach you to search more efficiently -- helping you find what you need faster -- by teaching you eleven principles of Internet searching.

"Regardless of the way you use the web, either for work or play, reading Web Search Garage will introduce new "tools" for enhancing your skills using the Internet."
-- Barbara Thompson, Research Solutions

Principles of Internet Searching

Onions. Salt Grains. Reinvented Wheels. What do they have to do with searching the Internet? The principles of Internet search will give you strategies to do your searching efficiently, no matter what search engine or other search resources you're using.

Web Search Garage will teach you to:

-- Narrow your searches to get a managable number of results, while still finding what you want.
-- Find experts and preexisting research for the topics in which you're interested.
-- Evaluate search resources for credibility.
-- Discover new resources and search engines relevant to the topics in which you're interested.

Information on Topical Searching

In addition to the principles of Internet searching, Web Search Garage also takes a close look at Yahoo and Google, as well as other useful but not as heralded search engines. And the final section of the book covers various common search scenarios for which people use the Internet, including:

-- Genealogy
-- Medical and Drug Information
-- Kid-safe Searching
-- Ready-Reference
-- Local to International Levels of Information

"From the queen of web research, this book give you everything you need to know to actually find what you're looking for on the web. This book is so useful, it's scary. It's the only book I actually keep on my desk, next to my PC."
-- Mary Ellen Bates, Bates Information Services

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"There will doubtless be updates in the world of Internet research, but for now Tara Calishain has written the 'bible.' Moreover, the lucid and jargon-free style of Web Search Garage means that amateur searchers-researchers like me can benefit immensely. This is not theory: I've known Calishain for years, and used her services continuously; she is the Master!"
-- Tom Peters, co-author, In Search of Excellence

About the Author: Tara Calishain is the co-author of the New York Times bestseller Google Hacks. She wrote her first Internet search related book in 1996 (Official Netscape Guide to Internet Research). Since 1998 she's been editor of ResearchBuzz, a weekly newsletter about searching, databases, and online information collections. She's also authored or co-authored other books (including Spidering Hacks and The Lawyer's Guide to Internet Research). She's a regular columnist for SEARCHER magazine and has written for other magazines including PC Magazine, eContent, and Maximum PC.

Are you an editor and need a review copy? Contact Heather.Fox@pearsoned.com . Are you a professor who wants a desk copy? Call toll-free 800-526-0485. Professors, please contact education(at)researchbuzz.com about having Tara Calishain "guest author" in your Internet searching class!