The Joy of Search

A Google Insider's Guide to Going Beyond the Basics

Daniel M. Russell

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English

MIT Press
11 July 2023

Reference; Digital lifestyle

How to be a great online searcher, demonstrated with step-by-step searches for answers to a series of intriguing questions (for example, ""Is that plant poisonous?"").

We all know how to look up something online by typing words into a search engine. We do this so often that we have made the most famous search engine a verb- we Google it-""Japan population"" or ""Nobel Peace Prize"" or ""poison ivy"" or whatever we want to know. But knowing how to Google something doesn't make us search experts; there's much more we can do to access the massive collective knowledge available online. In The Joy of Search, Daniel Russell shows us how to be great online researchers. We don't have to be computer geeks or a scholar searching out obscure facts; we just need to know some basic methods. Russell demonstrates these methods with step-by-step searches for answers to a series of intriguing questions-from ""what is the wrong side of a towel?"" to ""what is the most likely way you will die?"" Along the way, readers will discover essential tools for effective online searches-and learn some fascinating facts and interesting stories.

Russell explains how to frame search queries so they will yield information and describes the best ways to use such resources as Google Earth, Google Scholar, Wikipedia, and Wikimedia. He shows when to put search terms in double quotes, how to use the operator (
*), why metadata is important, and how to triangulate information from multiple sources. By the end of this engaging journey of discovering, readers will have the definitive answer to why the best online searches involve more than typing a few words into Google.

By: Daniel M. Russell
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9780262546072
ISBN 10: 0262546078
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 11 July 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Daniel M. Russell is Senior Research Scientist for Search Quality and User Happiness at Google. He has taught many classes on search methods, and more than four million students have taken his online power searching course.

Reviews for The Joy of Search: A Google Insider's Guide to Going Beyond the Basics

The Joy of Search does offer a lively means of helping users to develop the thinking skills needed in strategically approaching available tools for solving an information problem.--Scholarly Kitchen-- Illuminating and gloriously wide ranging, the book leverages Russell's expertise to create a practical resource for power searchers and rookie Googlers alike that's also a pleasure to read. --Booklist-- Russell's tutorials are on a much higher plane but turn on the same basic principle of learning to treat the search engine as a tool that can at best assist the brain to address questions rather than effortlessly delivering an answer to your screen. --Inside Higher Ed--