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Advanced Online Research Skills Series
Seven Courses
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Advanced Online Research Skills, 7 Capitol Learning Audio Courses

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Real World Research Skills, Second Edition: An Introduction to Factual, International, Judicial, Legislative, and Regulatory Research, by Peggy Garvin

With Peggy Garvin

Are your online research skills up to par? Are you spending too much time searching OR not finding the right results? This seven-part series of courses teaches anyone who is responsible for researching how to conduct advanced searches. These seven courses focus on preparing for your search, online search techniques, federal legislative, executive branch, judicial branch, state and international online research, and personal contacts and public and private information sources.

Buy all seven (7) Capitol Learning Audio Courses on one (1) audio CD and save more than $50.  Total run time: 559 minutes. MP3 format. Includes course materials. PLUS, receive a FREE copy of "Real World Research Skills, Second Edition" by Peggy Garvin (regularly $15.95) plus FREE shipping in the US. $297
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ISBN: 1587331144  
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Course 1:
What to Do Before You Start Your Research
What to Do *Before* You Start Your Research, Audio Course on CD

 
 
  • What to ask before you start
  • Deadlines, costs, and other parameters
  • Choosing a strategy for search success
  • Preparing to document your research


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Course 1 Recorded 2008   ISBN 10: 1587331136   Total run time: 86 minutes    1136
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Course 1 Audio CD
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Course 2:
Online Search Techniques: Faster Searching, Better Results
Online Search Techniques: Faster Searching, Better Results, Audio Course on CD

 
  • Search Engines: What they can and can't do
  • Planning and conducting an online search
  • Constructing a search with Boolean operators
  • Filtering and limiting when you get too much
  • Evaluating information and web sites

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Course 2 Recorded 2008   ISBN 10: 1587331128   Total run time: 82 minutes    1128
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Course 2 Audio CD
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   CD_1587331128

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Course 3:
U.S. Legislative Branch Research
 U.S. Legislative Branch Research, Audio Course on CD

 
 
  • Primary sources: THOMAS and GPO Access
  • Appropriations legislation
  • Alert services for tracking and monitoring legislation
  • Additional legislative branch sources


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Course 3 Recorded 2008   ISBN 10: 158733111X   Total run time: 77 minutes    111X
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Course 3 Audio CD
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   CD_158733111X

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Audio Course on CD: $47.  Plus shipping and handling (10% of order, $10 minimum)
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Course 4:
U.S. Judicial Branch Research
U.S. Judicial Branch Research, Audio Course on CD

 
 
  • Federal court system structure and web sites
  • Legal research versus retrieving legal documents
  • Best free legal web sites
  • Law blogs (blawgs) and email alert services

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Course 4 Recorded 2008   ISBN 10: 1587331101   Total run time: 70 minutes    1101
This Audio Course is sold with a Limited License.

Course 4 Audio CD
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Course 5:
U.S. Executive Branch Research
U.S. Executive Branch Research, Audio Course on CD

 
 
  • USA.gov and USASearch.gov
  • Presidential and other White House documents
  • Federal regulations
  • Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)


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Course 5 Recorded 2008   ISBN 10: 1587331098   Total run time: 85 minutes    1098
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Course 5 Audio CD
and Print Materials


   CD_1587331098

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Course 6:
State-Level and International Research
State-Level and International Research, Audio Course on CD

 
 
  • Centralized sources for state government information
  • International research: search engines and news



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Course 6 Recorded 2008   ISBN 10: 158733108X   Total run time: 70 minutes    108X
This Audio Course is sold with a Limited License.

Course 6 Audio CD
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   CD_158733108X

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Audio Course on CD: $47.  Plus shipping and handling (10% of order, $10 minimum)
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Course 7:
Offline: People Resources
Offline: People Resources, Audio Course on CD

 
 
  • Finding experts
  • Preparing to make an information-gathering telephone call
  • Making the call
  • Washington contacts




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Course 7 Recorded 2008   ISBN 10: 1587331071   Total run time: 80 minutes    1071
This Audio Course is sold with a Limited License.

Course 7 Audio CD
and Print Materials


   CD_1587331071

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Audio Course on CD: $47.  Plus shipping and handling (10% of order, $10 minimum)
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