Information Research FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions about the art of Information Research.
This FAQ about Information Research was compiled and written by David Novak david@spireproject.com with numerous contributions by others.
Acknowledgements: I would like to thank my wife Fiona, whom I love and
cherish dearly. The Spire Project is a great effort several years in
the making. I trust you enjoyed the results.
David Novak - david@spireproject.com - SpireProject.com and
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01 Prelude (Information Research)- Many of us unwittingly digest great amounts of information in ...
- 02 Searching is Simple (Information Research)
- Searching is simple. It starts with a question. It ends with an answer....
- 03 Searching is Complex (Information Research)
- Your value as a searcher is directly related to the number of ...
- 04 Step One: Properly Frame the Question (Effective Information Searching)
- The preparation of your question is critical. There is a galaxy ...
- 05 Step Two: Know the Technology, Know Where to Look (Effective Information Searching)
- Research rests on understanding the technology and an awareness of ...
- 06 Step Three: Know You Can Ask (Effective Information Searching)
- There is very little mystery about professional research. Lots ...
- 07 The Internet Format (Information Research) part 1
- As Shakh became more proficient with writing, father wrote ...
- 08 The Internet Format (Information Research) part 2
- If you wish to search past news, you must still reach for ...
- 09 The Internet Format (Information Research) part 3
- Information ...
- 10 The Internet Format (Information Research) part 4
- Information ...
- 11 Searching Specific Formats (Information Research)
- On the second year of his training, Shakh began to piece together ...
- 12 Books - Searching Specific Formats (Information Research)
- Links and forms at http://spireproject.com/books....
- 13 The Article - Searching Specific Formats (Information Research)
- links and more at http://spireproject.com/article....
- 14 Webpages - Searching Specific Formats part 1 (Information Research)
- Links and forms at http://spireproject.com/webpage....
- 17 News - Searching Specific Formats part 1 (Information Research)
- links and more at http://spireproject.com/newswire....
- 19 Theses and Dissertations - Searching Specific Formats (Information Research)
- links and more at http://spireproject.com/discuss....
- 20 Patents - Searching Specific Formats (Information Research)
- links and more at http://spireproject.com/discuss....
- 21 Statistics - Searching Specific Formats part 1 (Information Research)
- links and more at http://spireproject.com/stats....
- 22 Statistics - Searching Specific Formats part 2 (Information Research)
- Let's move on to specific fields of statistics....
- 23 Information Venues (Information Research)
- At the successful completion of his work in Nubia, Shakh was invited ...
- 24 United Nations Information - Information Venues (Information Research)
- links and more at http://spireproject.com/un....
- 25 Government Information - Information Venues (Information Research)
- links and more at http://spireproject.com/gov....
- 26 Commercial Databases - Information Venues part 1 (Information Research)
- links and more at http://spireproject.com/database....
- 27 Commercial Databases - Information Venues part 2 (Information Research)
- A list of database retailers follow....
- 28 Discussion Groups - Information Venues (Information Research)
- links and more at http://spireproject.com/discuss....
- 29 The Library - Information Venues (Information Research)
- links and more at http://spireproject.com/library....
- 30 Zines, Magazines & Journals - Information Venues (Information Research)
- links and more at http://spireproject.com/period....
- 31 Country Profiles - Information by Field (Information Research)
- links and more at http://spireproject.com/country....
- 34 Company Information - Information by Field (Information Research)
- links and more at http://spireproject.com/company....
- 35 Industry Information - Information by Field part 1 (Information Research)
- links and more at http://spireproject.com/industry....
- 36 Industry Information - Information by Field part 2 (Information Research)
- Business Magazines and Trade ...
- 37 Personal Information - Information by Field (Information Research)
- links and more at http://spireproject.com/people....
- 38 Trademarks - Information by Field (Information Research)
- links and more at http://spireproject.com/t_mark....
- 39 Search Tactics (Information Research)
- The Pharaoh called on Shakh to negotiate the annual royal donation ...
- 40 Straight Word Searching - Search Tactics (Information Research)
- All search situations allow you to ask for the presence of words in ...
- 41 Text Fragments - Search Tactics (Information Research)
- The simplest refinement to straight searching involves searching ...
- 42 Truncation - Search Tactics (Information Research)
- Some search engines don't allow searches for text fragments, and ...
- 43 Thesaurus - Search Tactics (Information Research)
- An improvement on truncation is the opportunity to look directly at ...
- 44 Boolean operators - Search Tactics (Information Research)
- Changing tack, searching for multiple words calls for and, or, ...
- 45 Proximity operators - Search Tactics (Information Research)
- The next dramatic improvement fixes the position of words relative ...
- 46 Fields - Search Tactics (Information Research)
- By separating information into different fields, we can ...
- 47 Date Fields - Search Tactics (Information Research)
- Are you really interested in information more than 15 years old?...
- 48 Further Enhancements - Search Tactics (Information Research)
- Ranking and the ability to search multiple databases are some of ...
- 49 Classificatio - Search Tactics (Information Research)
- There are several search techniques associated with library catalogues....
- 50 Dewey Searchin - Search Tactics (Information Research)
- The Dewey decimal system is similar in many ways to the ...
- 51 Subject Searchin - Search Tactics (Information Research)
- We can do better than searching the subject index of a ...
- 52 Patent Classificatio - Search Tactics (Information Research)
- All patents are given a special number. Unfortunately, each country ...
- 53 Trademark - Search Tactics (Information Research)
- Trademark law is designed to protect consumers from confusion. The ...
- 54 Industry Classification - Search Tactics (Information Research)
- Lastly, we have not yet researched the categorization of ...
- 55 Quality (Information Research)
- Information has value. It also has other qualities that will assist ...
- 56 Searching as Industry (Information Research)
- Of interest to you now, the internet offers you a very good look at ...
- 60 Information Theory (Information Research)
- The Information Service ...
- 61 Trends in the Information Sphere - Information Theory (Information Research)
- For the past few years, individual database owners/maintainers ...
- 62 Are We Developing an Informative Internet? - Information Theory (Information Research)
- Several serious glitches have delayed the further improvement of ...
- 63 A Look at Information Congestion - Information Theory (Information Research)
- Finding information on the internet is a skill. Finding information ...
- 64 The Multiplication of Information Effect. - Information Theory (Information Research)
- Just as the internet permits a multitude of voices and perspectives, ...
- 65 Getting the Best from the Internet (Information Research)
- A search for information on the internet is not essentially ...
- 66 Know Where to Look - Getting the Best from the Internet (Information Research)
- Let's look at information itself. Information passes from producer, ...
- 67 Multiple Windows - Getting the Best from the Internet (Information Research)
- Make your browser work for you. All browsers allow you to open ...
- 68 Launch Pages - Getting the Best from the Internet (Information Research)
- Bookmarks are a fine tool for beginners to build. It is not, however,...
- 69 Searching is Art part 1 (Information Research)
- Pharaoh: There is mutiny afoot. I must kill these insolent heretics....
- 70 Searching is Art part 2 (Information Research)
- A couple of side ...
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