WD Editors

Mastering Online Research: A Comprehensive Guide to Effective and Efficient Search Strategies
by Maura Shaw
ISBN: 978-1-58297-458-3
$19.99, 400p, 50 b&w photos
Available July 2007

• Up-to-date and comprehensive-competing guides on this topic are more than five years out of date or are simply annotated lists of Web sites and contain no how-to instruction
• Written for general audience—easy to understand without a technical background or advance knowledge of online research
• Special chapter dedicated to informing writers of specific ways to research their fiction or nonfiction pieces

This book will help researchers and writers master the Internet. It provides detailed, practical techniques that the novice or experienced Internet user can immediately put to use. Clear explanations and screen shots help readers locate the Web sites and interpret information on the credibility of the site’s information. Techniques such as “drilling down” through layers of site and creating efficient search strings for databases will allow readers to find specific information with confidence and ease.

About the Author
Maura Shaw has worked as an editor in scholarly and academic publishing for thirty years (in both print and online publishing) and taught various courses on creative writing and historical research. She is a published writer of both fiction and nonfiction, has worked in publishing as an editor for many years, and was instrumental in producing and refining the Encyclopedia Americana Online, including its hyperlinks and search tools.