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Rightfully, the authors of The Internet Searcher’s Handbook Subject guides, which also provide full-text query options are compare online searching to having an unorganized reference very popular with users. desk. Users expect to find the information they seek online, In Chapter Four, Louis Rosenfeld describes the valuable somewhere; yet, there are few traditional desk references to role of Listservers and Usenets. There are some conventions in consult. Although online search tools improve rapidly, it may application of these tools, online etiquette, and optimal newsbe years before we see a plateau in query and reporting innovagroup use strategies. Their popularity is premised on recogniztions. Our general lack of familiarity with online search strateing humans as the best information filters. People with common gies confound us, when we need to use them most. Best results interests can greatly improve the chances of finding information. can be achieved by acknowledging and optimizing the Internet’s One entire chapter is devoted to detailed reviews of several multiplicity. virtual libraries. A sample of each site page is provided with The Internet is a dynamic and distributed environment. Ondescriptions. Quality and maintenance of each library vary and line resources and information do not always have a printed are subject to financial constraints. From a developer’s perspecanalogue. Therefore, users must think creatively and practice tive, Fredrick Zimmerman describes the challenges of establishapplying the existing online services; define the question and ing such an online collection. He concedes it is an enormous seek answers using more than one strategy. For example: Use and expensive task to sift through millions of sites for valuable keywords, synonyms, authors, publishers, organizations, couninformation and to distill it for broad consumption. try indices, and hotlinks posted by individuals having similar Internet directories, such as Yahoo, are distinguished from interests; check for site reviews, provided by interest groups libraries as organizational tools. Each directory has a focus, and commercial sources, to shorten the browsing time required. decided on by its manager. Of course, the directory manager Virtual university libraries and government document catalogs sets the conformities. Generally, anyone is allowed to publish are plentiful online, and generally easy to use; consider the their site in these directories. Some directories automatically currency of the topic, and seek relevant journals and organizasearch and retrieve site addresses for the information coffers. One tions for new materials. directory developer, Stephanie Walker, describes Galaxy’s method Joseph Janes, Director of the Internet Public Library and of indexing by type of information in the directory, i.e., articles, Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan, explains the events, product descriptions. She admits that scarcity of profesbasics of search strategies using Boolean, adjacency, truncation, sional librarians in the development of most commercial directories and inverted indexing. He recommends users learn the built-in is slowing the maturity of Internet sites classifications. strategies applied by popular online search engines such as Tim Howes discusses the impact of information models on Yahoo, Excite, and Alta Vista. Experienced reference librarians the successful application of a search tool in Chapter Seven. will confront old habits, and will need to learn new skills in He promotes a highly-structured model that is not only compreapplying query controls. Agent and client-server software are hensive in site detail, but is also flexible. A user-friendly search becoming more popular, as they are designed to reduce guessaims to provide enough, yet not too much information. Detailed work by users and programming protocols. attention is given to several popular and lesser known search Sarah Ryan, Reference Center Coordinator of the Internet engines, in hopes of optimal user application. Public Library, and author of Chapter Two, provides some useIn summary, The Internet Searcher’s Handbook has a current ful suggestions for employing online dictionaries. She empaplace on the ‘‘ready reference’’ shelf. Surely, new online services thizes with those individuals accustomed to using the librarian’s will appear, but the detailed reviews in this book will hold their ‘‘ready reference collection’’ and reminds the reader of the value. This collection of works by multiple authors reflects the abridged character of online dictionaries. Some Internet sources multiplicity of the electronic media. The various perspectives give provide users with interesting and pertinent links to information the reader ideas on how to think about searching for information sought. Be aware of the variability in site quality, as many online, as well as providing a catalog of notable sites. The next information providers operate on a volunteer basis. Ms. Ryan best introduction to the subject would be an online version of the recommends that users build their own custom electronic referbook’s contents with the list of sites shown in hypertext. ence lists for repeated use.

The Internet Searcher's Handbook: Locating Information, People, and Software, edited by Peter Morville, Louis Rosenfeld, and Joseph Janes