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Find It Fast

Extracting Expert Information from Social Networks, Big Data, Tweets, and More

by Robert Berkman
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Go beyond Google to mine big data and social media Author Robert Berkman gives expert advice on how to search the internet to locate the best information sources, how to find and utilize the professionals behind those sources, and how to combine these techniques to complete an information search on any subject. This fully updated 6th edition includes how to search beyond Google, leveraging big data in the search process, and how to search the social web. Readers will also find expert advice on how to know if a site is a trusted source; understanding how and why sources differ; using precision search strategies and taming information overload; and finding, evaluating, and identifying experts. Whether it's consumer advice, information for a job or project, facts for starting a new business, or answers to questions on obscure topics, Find It Fast is the perfect resource for learning to hone one's internet searching skills.

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    January 26, 2016

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    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781937290139
      • File size: 3465 KB

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      • ISBN: 9781937290139
      • File size: 3465 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      March 1, 2016

      In the newest edition of his latest book, Berkman (media & information studies, The New School; Digital Dilemmas) highlights how to find the most relevant information from nontraditional resources. He starts by devoting an entire chapter to traditional resources such as searchable databases, reference materials, and even librarians, before moving into how researchers locate information in new ways. Berkman refers to this as social searching; using individuals or groups of people to retrieve news and other facts. Considering blogs, Facebook, Twitter, and additional social media, the author provides tips for assessing the credibility of a statement and encourages readers to track down experts in their areas of interest. Berkman even includes sections on how to get in contact with these specialists, ways to approach them, and what questions to use in interviews. He talks about library resources but from a non-library perspective, which is refreshing. VERDICT Berkman does an excellent job of providing an overview of the various kinds of resources available to readers without overemphasizing the library. This practical and hands-on guide would be helpful for researchers in fields such as the social sciences and humanities. For academic libraries.--Jill Morningstar, Michigan State Univ. Libs., East Lansing

      Copyright 2016 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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