INFORMATION UPDATE

       May, 2004                              Number 50

        A Publication of Shamel Information Services
                     http://shamelinfo.com

   Welcome to INFORMATION UPDATE, the free monthly newsletter
                   for people who need to know.

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       IN THIS ISSUE
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     => Do It Yourself - Yahoo Shortcut Searching
     => Did You Know? - Business Research Books Now Available
     => Notes, News and Announcements
     => Subscribe/Unsubscribe Information

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       DO IT YOURSELF - Yahoo Shortcut Searching
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First, I want to put in a plug for an excellent daily news-
letter focused on Web searching.  It is called SearchDay.
To learn more about subscribing to SearchDay, go to:
http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/index.php

A recent SearchDay newsletter pointed out the Yahoo search
option called Yahoo Shortcut Searching.  To use a Yahoo
shortcut, you simply add a term to your keyword.  So, for
instance, to find hotels in Nashville, search the phrase
Nashville hotels.  To find sports scores, search the team
name followed by the word "scores" example: storm scores.

These shortcuts are pretty nifty and include shortcuts to
encyclopedia articles, flight information, news, package
tracking, weather, maps, dictionary definitions and more.

For a complete list of Yahoo shortcuts, go to:
http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/ysearch/tips/tips-01.html

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       DID YOU KNOW? - Business Research Books Now Available
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Written for business researchers at all levels of experience,
the first volumes in the Business Research Solutions Series
are now available.  "Introduction to Online Company Research"
and "Introduction to Online Market and Industry Research"
were recently produced by South-Western Publishing, a
division of Thomson Learning.

These books serve to guide the researcher toward the best
source of information and a workable strategy to access the
content of that source.  The Market and Industry Research
volume, edited by Cynthia L. Shamel (editor of this news-
letter) includes background on basic search techniques, a
fully developed case study, numerous problems and solution
examples, and a full evaluation of the sources generally
required for market and industry research.

Sample problems and solutions include statistical research,
researching market trends, estimating market size, creating
an industry overview, product research, market share pro-
jections, and competitive intelligence.

The book is available from
    Barnes & Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/
    Amazon http://www.amazon.com
    South-Western http://e-catalog.thomsonlearning.com/

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         Notes, News, and Announcements
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Now Available - "Introduction to Online Market and Industry
Research," edited by Cynthia L. Shamel.  South-Western, 2004.
This 450 page volume offers detailed information on how to
conduct cost effective online market and industry research.
It has been adopted as a required text for graduate level
online searching classes and recommended by professional
business researchers.  You may contact the editor/author at
mailto:cshamel@shamelinfo.com

Subscribe to ResourceShelf for excellent research source
suggestions:  http://www.resourceshelf.com/

Join a global community of web researchers.  Subscribe to
Free Pint:  http://www.freepint.com/

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Cynthia L. Shamel, editor
Shamel Information Services
Telephone: 858-673-4673

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