Web Search Garage


Web Search Garage

Web Search Garage was published in September 2004 and has gotten great responses!

Web Search Garage

Prentice-Hall, August 2004

ISBN 0131471481, $19.99

Web Search Garage: Table of Contents

Check out a free sample chapter — The Principle of Onions

Freebie! Four Things Yahoo Can Do that Google Can’t (PDF, 300K)

Freebie! Seven Ways to Save Time Searching (PDF, 250K)

If you are having trouble opening the PDFs in your browser, try saving them to your hard drive and then opening them. (Right click, “Save As…”)

Thanks, Reviewers, for Your Kind Words!

– “Every now and then a book comes along that’s a must-read for every serious searcher, and Tara Calishain’s Web Search Garage falls squarely into that category.” — Search Engine Watch

– “This is an excellent, clearly-written guide to web searching which steers clear of jargon and even throws in a few jokes along the way. Highly recommended.” — Mantex

– “Add this book to your arsenal of tools to increase your skills for one of the core competencies of digital literacy.” — AuditNet

— “Aimed at the computer user who wants to seriously improve their web searching abilities, the book is a thorough and well-researched look at how to maximise search efficiency.” – TechBookReport

— “This is probably the best book on web searching available today.” — Pandia Post

If you thought that Internet searching was just about plugging in a couple of terms into a search engine, think again. Web Search Garage will teach you to search more efficiently — helping you find what you need faster — by teaching you eleven principles of Internet searching.

“Regardless of the way you use the web, either for work or play, reading Web Search Garage will introduce new “tools” for enhancing your skills using the Internet.”– Barbara Thompson, Research Solutions
“From the queen of web research, this book give you everything you need to know to actually find what you’re looking for on the web. This book is so useful, it’s scary. It’s the only book I actually keep on my desk, next to my PC.”– Mary Ellen Bates, Bates Information Services
“There will doubtless be updates in the world of
Internet research, but for now Tara Calishain has
written the ‘bible.’ Moreover, the lucid and
jargon-free style of Web Search Garage means that
amateur searchers-researchers like me can benefit
immensely. This is not theory: I’ve known
Calishain for years, and used her services
continuously; she is the Master!”– Tom Peters, co-author, In Search of Excellence

About the Author: Tara Calishain is the co-author of the New York Times bestseller Google Hacks. She wrote her first Internet search related book in 1996 (Official Netscape Guide to Internet Research). Since 1998 she’s been editor of ResearchBuzz, a weekly newsletter about searching, databases, and online information collections. She’s also authored or co-authored other books (including Spidering Hacks and The Lawyer’s Guide to Internet Research). She’s a regular columnist for SEARCHER magazine and has written for other magazines including PC Magazine, eContent, and Maximum PC.

Are you an editor and need a review copy? Contact Heather.Fox@pearsoned.com . Are you a professor who wants a desk copy? Call toll-free 800-526-0485.

Professors, please contact education(at)researchbuzz.com about having Tara Calishain “guest author” in your Internet searching class!

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