Find It Fast: Extracting Expert Information from Social Networks, Big Data, Tweets, and More, 6th Edition

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.

Table of Contents

Part I: Sources
Chapter 1. Super Sources: The Cream Of The Crop
Chapter 2. Libraries—Still Valuable In The Digital Age

Part II: Searching
Chapter 3. Search Engines, Precision Search Strategies, And Taming Information Overload
Chapter 4. The Social Search: Tapping Into Your Networks
Chapter 5. Truth, Lies, And Influence: Determining Credibility In A Trending Social Media World

Part III: Experts Are Everywhere
Chapter 6. Identifying Experts: Who They Are, Where To Find Them
Chapter 7. Making The Connection: Getting Access To An Expert
Chapter 8. Talking With Experts: Strategies For Getting Inside Information
Chapter 9. Wrapping It Up: Organizing And Writing Up Your Results And The Expert Review
Chapter 10. Troubleshooting: Typical Questions Information Seekers Ask

Appendix A: Digital Forensic Tools
Appendix B: Sources of Further Information