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Beyond the Internet is an enlightening exposé of the myth that the Internet is a complete reference tool. The issue is not what you cannot find on the Internet, but what you miss if you only consult the Internet. The author uses case studies culled from her own work to illustrate this. These anecdotes lend a personal element to the highly practical advice contained in the tips and techniques at the end of each chapter. Recommendations are provided for future researchers. This updated edition includes a number of new case studies, as well as a chapter on the problems posed by artificial intelligence.

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Previous edition praise: [A] critically important instructional reference book for aspiring authors, as well as anyone else engaged in a research project of any kind. . . . Thoroughly 'user friendly' itself, Beyond The Internet should be considered essential reading for all aspiring authors and is a core addition to any professional, academic, and community library research reference collection. -- ""Midwest Book Review"" Previous edition praise: Chernow builds a philosophical argument for using library resources for research, rather than relying exclusively on the Internet. . . . This readable volume is much less a how-to guide for conducting effective research than a well-thought-out exploration of the philosophical problem of conducting research in the information age. -- ""Choice Reviews"" Previous edition praise: What a delight young researchers are missing if they don't take their fill from the granaries of libraries--books, manuscripts, journals, archives, collections, correspondence, photographs. By comparison, the Internet is as intellectually scant as People magazine. Read Beyond the Internet and learn how to make the knowledge of the Internet yours! --Charles J. Shields, Biographer

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Barbara A. Chernow, PhD, a graduate of Columbia University, was associate editor of The Papers of Alexander Hamilton and then project editor of reference books at Macmillan. Her credits include the biographical supplement to the International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, the Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects, and the fifth edition of the Columbia Encyclopedia. She is the author of Robert Morris: Land Speculator, biographical articles in the Encyclopedia of New York City, and contributions to Cure magazine. As founder of Chernow Editorial Services, Inc., she produced more than 1200 books for professional publishers. She has taught editing at New York University and business writing and communication at the New School. She has given two presentations on the history of the Hamilton Papers project: one at the Museum of American Finance, and another at Fraunces Tavern.

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