News search, blogs and feeds a toolkit /
News Search, Blogs and Feeds addresses both the needs of professionals, with a strategic need of monitoring the surrounding world, and users, with a need to find the best news sources, monitoring services and news search strategies. This practical handbook provides an analysis of readily available t...
| Main Author: | Våge, Lars. |
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| Other Authors: | Iselid, Lars., ScienceDirect (Online service) |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Witney :
Chandos Publishing (Oxford) Ltd,
2010.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (1 ebook (258 pages)). |
| Series: |
Chandos information professional series.
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| Summary: |
News Search, Blogs and Feeds addresses both the needs of professionals, with a strategic need of monitoring the surrounding world, and users, with a need to find the best news sources, monitoring services and news search strategies. This practical handbook provides an analysis of readily available tools including the use of social networks for news discovery and commercial news search databases. It is an essential reference for information professionals in this field as well as librarians and library and IT managers. |
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| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction: the nature of news search -- Free news search -- Professional news search services -- News monitoring services -- Evaluating news search tools -- Keeping track of the blogosphere -- The power of RSS -- News discovery via social networking tools -- Concluding remarks. News Search, Blogs and Feeds addresses both the needs of professionals, with a strategic need of monitoring the surrounding world, and users, with a need to find the best news sources, monitoring services and news search strategies. This practical handbook provides an analysis of readily available tools including the use of social networks for news discovery and commercial news search databases. It is an essential reference for information professionals in this field as well as librarians and library and IT managers. Elsevier ScienceDirect All Books. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (1 ebook (258 pages)). |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781780631813 1780631812 1843346028 9781843346029 |