Presents overviews of three relatively new sites that have much in common with the directory "Yahoo!"-Snap (http://www.snap.com), LookSmart (http://www.looksmart.com), and eBLAST (http://www.eBLAST.com). Describes findings of sample searches to help users compare and contrast the type of results that can be expected from each directory.…

Provides reviews of online bookstores and publisher sites on the World Wide Web that offer detailed databases of book information. Searching techniques, current awareness services, ordering, subject-specific stores, and other book-related sites are included. (LRW)

Examines guidelines for conducting quality Internet searches, highlighting subject catalogs, annotated directories, annotated directories with ratings or reviews, subject directories with ratings, subject guides, and information gateways. Discusses variable quality; evaluation criteria: metainformation, credibility, timeliness; quality assurance;…

Advanced online search facilities and information retrieval techniques have increased the potential of bibliometric research. Discusses three case studies carried out by the Centre for Informetric Studies at the Royal School of Library Science (Denmark) on the internationality of international journals, informetric analyses on the World Wide Web,…

The World Wide Web can provide direct market research data inexpensively or can target the appropriate professional online database and narrow the search. This article discusses the Web presence of research and investment firms, financial pages, trade associations, and electronic publications containing market research data. It lists Uniform…

Describes push technology, which supplies automatic newsfeeds to users from a select group of Internet and intranet news, information, and software resources. Highlights include similarities to selective dissemination of information, intranet management, and addresses of some push technology sites on the World Wide Web. (LRW)