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Effective Information Retrieval from the Internet discusses practical strategies which enable the advanced web user to locate information effectively and to form a precise evaluation of the accuracy of that information. Although the book provides a brief but thorough review of the technologies which are available for these purposes, most of the book concerns practical ‘future-proof’ techniques which are independent of changes in the tools available. For example, the book covers: how to retrieve salient information quickly; how to remove or compensate for bias; and tuition of novice Internet users.<br><br><ul><li>Importantly, the book enables readers to develop strategies which will continue to be useful despite the rapidly-evolving state of the Internet and Internet technologies - it is not about technological tricks</li><li>Enables readers to be aware of and compensate for bias and errors which are ubiquitous on the Internet</li><li>Provides contemporary information on the deficiencies in web skills of novice users as well as practical techniques for teaching such users</li></ul>
- Author
- Alison Stacey; Adrian Stacey
- Publisher
- Chandos Publishing (Oxford) Ltd
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781780631769
- Subjects
- Computer Science, Reference, Science
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