Find It Fast 5th Edition: How to Uncover Expert Information on Any Subject Online or in Print

Whatever information you want, Find It Fast will tell you, step by step, how to track it down, whether it's consumer advice, information for your job or project, facts for starting a new business, or answers to questions on obscure topics.  Newly revised, the bestselling book gives expert advice on how to locate the best information sources, how to find and utilize the proffesionals behind those sources, and how to combine these techniques to complete an information search on any subject.

Fully revised and updated, this 5th edition includes hundreds of new web addresses-the "Best of the Best" for researchers- and reveals how to evaluate internet sources for reliability.  You'll also find expert advice on:

How to use search engines for fast facts and precise searches

How to avoid "Information Overload," the bane of today's researcher

How to tap into the huge storehouse of data available online from the U.S. government and from business sources

When and why it's still critical to use your library

And much more

Robert I. Berkman is founder and editor of the Information Advisory Newsletter. He has also taught "How to Be an Instant Expert" course at New York City's Learning Annex for several years. He is currently teaching a course for The New School on computer-based research and lives in Washington, D.C.