Eight Tips for Super Searching

Plain old Web searching doesn’t do the trick anymore: It yields too much random data, or not what you need. Here’s how to get what you want when you want it—sometimes before you ask for it.

Reference BackTalk: Baby, I Can Fix Your Car

Most librarians immediately push patrons needing vehicle repair manuals toward their Chilton and Haynes collections, but reference librarian—and wannabe mechanic—Barb Kundanis says connect them instead to AllData, an online tool sporting car/truck repair data for this year’s model and old klunkers dating back to 1982. » » »

BackTalk: On the Same Screen

Patrons are used to quick and dirty in the Google age, but are librarians doing a disservice by not helping them evaluate the results? » » »

IA and Search in Action

IA & Search in Action is taking place on the 27th of March in Sydney.

This one day intensive course will give you an exclusive and in-depth knowledge of the search and IA strategies of two leading organisations- the NSW Department of Primary Industries and Griffith University.

By attending the event, you will hear how to:

* Unify content with taxonomies and metadata

* Migrate and manage content across multiple sites

* Design content templates & website style designs

* Conduct user research to improve IA

* Make site administration & publishing easy but effective

* See LIVE IA & search demonstrations

* Benefit from lessons learnt and pitfalls to watch out for

Places are limited to ensure a high level of interaction, so register your place today!

For a copy of the full course brochure, email Louise Badcock at louise dot badcock at keyforums dot com dot au, call us on  +61 2 9436 4255  or visit www.keyforums.com.au.

Hakia

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Book Review – Extreme Searcher’s Internet handbook

 

 A Guide for the Serious Searcher

by Randolph Hock

From the reviews

As a high-profile Internet trainer of long experience, with both library and information industry experience, the author is well qualified.  He has put together over 200 pages stacked with information, tips, tools, references and explanations of how things work on the web. Ran offers detailed descriptions of search engines and their key features, techniques for finding multimedia content, reviews of the major web directories, tips for searching news, and even a nice “Internet reference shelf.  

Want to know where to find an archive of a web page from years back even though it has changed over time…look in the book, want to find a presentation on the internet done by the author of your favourite website… look in the book… want to find the companies that link to your website or your competitors? … simple… you’ll find many more gems in this book. Moreover, the author updates links etc on his website.

“A phenomenal resource for both extreme and not-so-extreme researchers. Great tips, clear explanations, and years of expertise distilled into 250 pages of clear, engaging text. This book should be on every searcher’s desk”

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