The Creative Guide to Research : How to Find What You Need-- Online or Offline

A perfect guide to online and offline research perfect for writers, journalists, Web page creators, television producers, artists, students, and anyone else who needs information in a hurry. The book is eminently practical, but also conveys a sense that research is an adventure, and that there has never been a better time than the present to find things out. The Creative Guide to Research is unlike any book on the market today. Traditional research books just touch on the computer and the Internet. Internet research books ignore valuable printed sources and techniques. The Creative Guide to Research combines both and sets the pace for research in the new millennium. It will teach readers: - How to focus a project and map out a search strategy. - The best places to research, online and offline. - Tips for informal and formal interviews. - How to get the best out of the Web. The Creative Guide to Research combines both traditional research methods that include both the computer and the Internet while not overlooking other valuable research sources and techniques. By using this book, one will learn how to focus a project and map out a strategy, discover the best place to conduct the research whether it be online, offline or both, how to work with library, archive and government bureaucracy and how to get the best out of the ever-changing search engines available on the web. A resourceful tool for those seeking information in a hurry as well as for anyone seeking to perform extensive research. THE CREATIVE GUIDE TO RESEARCH is perfect for writers, journalists, Web page creators, television producers, students, and anyone else who needs information in a hurry. The book is eminently practical, but also conveys a sense that research is an adventure, and that there has never been a better time than the present to find things out