The AccountingWEB guide to online research

Posted by AccountingWEB PM | on Fri, 24/06/2005 - 11:25  7738  1 comment

The advent and growing diversity of the Web has given rise to a multitude of myths about information retrieval. Among these is the idea that information is now free, quick and easy to find. The reality is not quite as rosy, explains Liz Loxton in this exclusive AccountingWEB guide.

The guide is segmented into different parts to meet the needs of different readers. If you would like some general tips and pointers, this introductory article will help get you started.

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Or use search software

AnonymousUser | Thu, 26/06/2003 - 08:04 | Permalink

I normally do my searches using Copernic, a search program which searches many search engines simultaneously, and produces results in a form which is easier to use: generally a smaller number of highly relevant results. I use the basic version of the program, which is free from their web site www.copernic.com, or there are chargeable versions with more features. Try it, and you won't want to use Google or Yahoo again.

Regarding the exclusion of US info (which dominates the internet), I find it is often easy to do that by using a uniquely British word or spelling or term (e.g. 'stakeholder pension' will give only British results even though the spelling would be the same in the US)

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