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- Online Information Hunting by NAHUM GOLDMANN
- forewords by Dr. Alex Meystel, Drexel University and
- Dr. A. Roger Kaye, Carleton University
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- BLUE RIDGE SUMMIT, PA--The first book on the subject written especially for
- end-users (such as professionals, executives, and scientists) who are not
- familiar or comfortable with the modern electronic methods of online
- information gathering, this volume describes how to assure a competitive
- professional advantage in the computer age by using external information
- sources.
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- Nahum Goldmann provides a set of simple, easy-to-follow rules that readers
- can use to access information from any online service with a modem and a
- PC. Called the "Subject Expert Searching Technique," it's a method of
- sorting through literally thousands of volumes of material on a specific
- topic to find information. Readers will learn how to:
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- ** Customize Goldmann's proven research strategy to
- fit their own special research needs
- ** Obtain printed copies of records accessed from
- online sources
- ** Adapt a search to different online services
- ** Keep research costs to an affordable minimum
- ** Choose between various available online systems
- ** and much more
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- Other topics include pitfalls to avoid when conducting online research, the
- latest types of online services available, and communicating through
- academic E-mail systems. Throughout, readers will find dozens of helpful
- hints, as well as sample subject searches to guide them in their own
- research efforts.
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- About the Author:
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- For a number of years Nahum Goldmann has been employed as a manager,
- scientist, lecturer, and consulting engineer in the leading R&D,
- university, and industrial high-tech organizations. He resides in Ottawa,
- Canada.
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- Windcrest/McGraw-Hill - Online Information Hunting Order No. 3943 - Now
- Available - 256 pp., 147 illus., 7" x 10" Paper $17.95 ISBN 0-8306-3944-6,
- Hard $29 95 ISBN 0-8306-3945-4
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- TAB Books, Blue Ridge Summit, PA 17294-0850
- 1-800-233-1128 -- Fax 717-794-2103
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