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Summary: 2/10/2009
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Chapter 3: Searching for Guinea Pig B:
Case Study in Online Research
Getting Started with Online Research
· Curiosity-driven research
Begins with a name or word
Too little information to begin an informed search with a search
engine
· Searching for information on R. Buckminster Fuller
Google search on Buckminster AND Fuller
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Google search on Buckminster AND Fuller
· Returns at least 1,010,000 hits
Limiting to Buckminster AND Fuller AND biography
· Reduces hit count to 123,000 -- still too many
Need to gather identifying information (possibly from another
source) for a more effective, focused search
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