World Wide Web Searching for Dummies (1st ed)

When it comes to finding the information you need, searching the World Wide Web is like drinking from a fire hose -- you get too much of a good thing. World Wide Web Searching For Dummies tells you how to turn the deluge of results you get from directories and search engines, such as Yahoo!, Excite, AltaVista, and Deja News, into precious drops of the information you need. Champion data sleuth Brad Hill points you toward time-saving special interest databases and shows you how to harness search engine powerhouses like AltaVista by using tools as common as a few humble parentheses and everyday, household conjunctions. Whether you are searching the Web to find your best friend from kindergarten, the price of hog bellies in 1904, or who wrote "Itsy Bitzy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini," World Wide Web Searching For Dummies is one book you'll want to keep by your computer at all times.