Find It Fast: Extracting Expert Information from Social Networks, Big Data, Tweets, and More - Softcover

Berkman, Robert

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ISBN 10: 1937290042 ISBN 13: 9781937290047

Verlag: INFORMATION TODAY INC, 2015

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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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Robert Berkman has more than 25 years of experience in the media and information industries. He is the author of several books, including Digital Dilemmas: Ethical Issues for Online Media Professionals and The Skeptical Business Searcher, and is co-editor of Information Advisor's Guide to Internet Research, and editor of the Best of the Business Web E-letter. He serves as a part time Assistant Professor in the School of Media Studies at the New School for Social Engagement in New York City where he teaches courses in social media, big data and other emerging information technologies. He lives in Rochester, New York.

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Find It Fast

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

By Robert I. Berkman

Information Today, Inc.

Copyright © 2015 Robert I. Berkman
All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-1-937290-04-7

Contents

List of Figures, 
Acknowledgments, 
Preface to the Sixth Edition, 
Introduction, 
Getting Started, 
Part I: Sources, 
1. Super Sources: The Cream of the Crop, 
2. Libraries — Still Valuable in the Digital Age, 
Part II: Searching, 
3. Search Engines, Precision Search Strategies, and Taming Information Overload, 
4. The Social Search: Tapping into Your Networks, 
5. Truth, Lies, and Influence: Determining Credibility in a Trending Social Media World, 
Part III: Experts Are Everywhere, 
6. Identifying Experts: Who They Are, Where to Find Them, 
7. Making the Connection: Getting Access to an Expert, 
8. Talking with Experts: Strategies for Getting Inside Information, 
9. Wrapping It Up: Organizing and Writing up Your Results and the Expert Review, 
10. Troubleshooting: Typical Questions Information Seekers Ask, 
Appendix A: Digital Forensic Tools, 
Appendix B: Sources of Further Information, 
About the Author, 
Index, 

CHAPTER 1

Super Sources: The Cream of the Crop

The resources described in this chapter are the cream of the information-source crop. They range from museums to the federal government, from the state business filing registry offices to other storehouses of information, but they all have a few things in common. Each contains information on an enormous scope of subjects. Each can easily be tapped for answers and advice. And each provides answers either free of charge or nearly free.

I've organized these sources into the following broad categories:

• The Best of the Library Sources

• The Best of the U.S. Government Sources

• Business Super Sources

• Statistical Sources

• Scholarly Databases, Theses, and Journals

• Open Access and Public Data Sets

• Other Super Sources

The Best of the Library Sources

In Chapter 2, I examine the continuing value of libraries in the digital age and how to make the best use of libraries when doing research. Here I'll simply list a handful of the very best individual libraries and library-oriented resources that you can turn to in order to find information on virtually any topic you are researching. This section is broken up into two subcategories: "The Best of the Best" and "The Rest of the Best."

The Best of the Best

Source:Library of Congress

The U.S. Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., is the largest library in the world. Its collection includes millions of volumes and pamphlets, technical reports, maps, manuscripts, photographs, negatives, prints, and slides. The library is also known for its collection of rare books and foreign publications.

Using the Library of Congress's vast resources can be tricky — not only because there is so much information available but also because the library's policy discourages extensive reference usage when the same materials are available on a more local level. However, it does assist users in researching topics unique to the library (such as copyright, legislative research, and international law).

There are also certain services and sections of the Library of Congress that are set up specifically to help the public find and use its resources:

• Ask a Librarian. Click on a specific subject area and see a page with the range of the Library of Congress's resources, and have the opportunity to pose your research question to a librarian. You should receive a response within five cases. In some cases, you can even have a live chat.

• Virtual Reference Shelf. A list of sites and resources recommended by the Library of Congress on topics ranging from architecture to statistics.

• Searchable databases. While many of these powerful databases are available only for in-library use at the Library of Congress itself, others are free and available remotely.

There's a lot more — spend time browsing and searching the site and you'll see for yourself!

Source:WorldCat (OCLC)

Do you have need to find the library closest to you that has a copy of a particular book (or music CD or DVD)? Just enter the name of the item and your zip code into WorldCat and you'll get an immediate listing of which libraries nearest you have that item on their shelves. (You can do a lot more on WorldCat too, including finding journal articles and downloading ebooks, but its fundamental purpose is to seamlessly search about 10,000 of the world's library catalogs to help people find the books or other content they seek.)

Note that when you find a book on Google Books, the dropdown menu under "Get this book in print" includes a "Find in a library" link to the WorldCat entry for that title.

Source:The New York Public Library

The New York Public Library (NYPL) is a tremendous source of all kinds of information. The library's mid-Manhattan branch is especially rich in its holdings and regularly answers inquiries from around the country via its ASK NYPL reference service, which accepts phone calls at 917-ASK-NYPL from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Monday through Saturday. Email requests are also accepted. Its collections cover the fields of art, business, education, history, literature and language, and science. In addition, the library contains an extensive image collection.

Specialized research collections of the NYPL include the George Arents Collection on Tobacco; Berg Collection of English and American Literature; Dorot Jewish Division; Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, which focuses on peoples of African descent throughout the world; Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image; Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division; Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science/Industry and Business Library; Spencer Collection of illustrated word and book bindings of all periods and all countries and cultures; and the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive. There is also the Performing Arts Research Center, which answers inquiries regarding music, dance, and theater at no charge.

Here are just a few of the ways you can start learning about the resources of the NYPL:

Research Guides. The NYPL has created detailed step-by-step instructions on how to begin research in the library on many different subject areas, ranging from historical photographs to maps to patents.

Digital Collections: The NYPL has digitized over 800,000 items from its holdings and made them available online. There are digitized photographs, audio, and other formats, on topics ranging from the arts to maps, birds, immigration, and social conditions.

Articles and Databases: All of these are free to use when visiting the NYPL in person; online, there are a mixture of free and fee-based databases.

The Rest of the Best

Source:The Center for Research Libraries (CRL)

The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) is an international consortium of university, college, and independent research libraries headquartered in Chicago and it makes its catalog of holdings available for free searching on the web. Documents themselves are available on loan free to member...

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• Verlag: INFORMATION TODAY INC
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1937290042
• ISBN 13: 9781937290047
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