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Advanced Online Research Skills Series
Seven Courses

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.

• Course 1: What to Do Before You Start Your Research

• Course 2: Online Search Techniques: Faster Searching, Better Results

• Course 3: U.S. Legislative Branch Research

• Course 4: U.S. Judicial Branch Research

• Course 5: U.S. Executive Branch Research

• Course 6: State-Level and International Research

• Course 7: Offline: People Resources

Buy all 7 courses together on CD and SAVE more than $50 Plus FREE Shipping Plus FREE copy of Peggy Garvin's book

 

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
This Audio Course is sold with a Limited License.


ISBN: 1587331144  
This Audio Course Series is sold with a Limited License.
This Special Offer applies only to the CD version of this audio course.

You can also buy each of the seven courses individually:

Course 1: What to Do Before You Start Your Research
	What to ask before you start Deadlines, costs, and other parameters Choosing a strategy for search success Preparing to document your research back to top for Special Offer
Course 1 Recorded 2008   ISBN 10: 1587331136 Total run time: 86 minutes    1136 This Audio Course is sold with a Limited License.
Course 1 Audio CD and Print Materials    CD_1587331136 MP3 format plays in all CD/DVD drives and many CD players. Includes course materials.  Audio Course on CD: $47.  Plus shipping and handling (10% of order, $10 minimum)	Course 1 Download Now MP3 and PDF   1136_DL Download this course: 20.8 MB ZIP file.  Downloaded file is in compressed ZIP format, and includes the audio in MP3 format and the course materials in Adobe PDF . Includes course materials.  Download this Audio Course now: $47. at FastSpring   FAQ on Downloads >     Test Download Format >
Course 2: Online Search Techniques: Faster Searching, Better Results
	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 back to top for Special Offer
Course 2 Recorded 2008   ISBN 10: 1587331128 Total run time: 82 minutes    1128 This Audio Course is sold with a Limited License.
Course 2 Audio CD and Print Materials    CD_1587331128 MP3 format plays in all CD/DVD drives and many CD players. Includes course materials.  Audio Course on CD: $47.  Plus shipping and handling (10% of order, $10 minimum)	Course 2 Download Now MP3 and PDF   1128_DL Download this course: 20.4 MB ZIP file.  Downloaded file is in compressed ZIP format, and includes the audio in MP3 format and the course materials in Adobe PDF . Includes course materials.  Download this Audio Course now: $47. at FastSpring   FAQ on Downloads >     Test Download Format >
Course 3: U.S. Legislative Branch Research
	Primary sources: THOMAS and GPO Access Appropriations legislation Alert services for tracking and monitoring legislation Additional legislative branch sources back to top for Special Offer
Course 3 Recorded 2008   ISBN 10: 158733111X Total run time: 77 minutes    111X This Audio Course is sold with a Limited License.
Course 3 Audio CD and Print Materials    CD_158733111X MP3 format plays in all CD/DVD drives and many CD players. Includes course materials.  Audio Course on CD: $47.  Plus shipping and handling (10% of order, $10 minimum)	Course 3 Download Now MP3 and PDF   111X_DL Download this course: 19.6 MB ZIP file.  Downloaded file is in compressed ZIP format, and includes the audio in MP3 format and the course materials in Adobe PDF . Includes course materials.  Download this Audio Course now: $47. at FastSpring   FAQ on Downloads >     Test Download Format >
Course 4: U.S. Judicial Branch Research
	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 back to top for Special Offer
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 and Print Materials    CD_1587331101 MP3 format plays in all CD/DVD drives and many CD players. Includes course materials.  Audio Course on CD: $47.  Plus shipping and handling (10% of order, $10 minimum)	Course 4 Download Now MP3 and PDF   1101_DL Download this course: 17.5 MB ZIP file.  Downloaded file is in compressed ZIP format, and includes the audio in MP3 format and the course materials in Adobe PDF . Includes course materials.  Download this Audio Course now: $47. at FastSpring   FAQ on Downloads >     Test Download Format >
Course 5: U.S. Executive Branch Research
	USA.gov and USASearch.gov Presidential and other White House documents Federal regulations Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) back to top for Special Offer
Course 5 Recorded 2008   ISBN 10: 1587331098 Total run time: 85 minutes    1098 This Audio Course is sold with a Limited License.
Course 5 Audio CD and Print Materials    CD_1587331098 MP3 format plays in all CD/DVD drives and many CD players. Includes course materials.  Audio Course on CD: $47.  Plus shipping and handling (10% of order, $10 minimum)	Course 5 Download Now MP3 and PDF   1098_DL Download this course: 21.5 MB ZIP file.  Downloaded file is in compressed ZIP format, and includes the audio in MP3 format and the course materials in Adobe PDF . Includes course materials.  Download this Audio Course now: $47. at FastSpring   (opens in new window) FAQ on Downloads >     Test Download Format >
Course 6: State-Level and International Research
	Centralized sources for state government information International research: search engines and news back to top for Special Offer
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 and Print Materials    CD_158733108X MP3 format plays in all CD/DVD drives and many CD players. Includes course materials.  Audio Course on CD: $47.  Plus shipping and handling (10% of order, $10 minimum)	Course 6 Download Now MP3 and PDF   108X_DL Download this course: 17.6 MB ZIP file.  Downloaded file is in compressed ZIP format, and includes the audio in MP3 format and the course materials in Adobe PDF . Includes course materials.  Download this Audio Course now: $47. at FastSpring   FAQ on Downloads >     Test Download Format >
Course 7: Offline: People Resources
	Finding experts Preparing to make an information-gathering telephone call Making the call Washington contacts back to top for Special Offer
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 MP3 format plays in all CD/DVD drives and many CD players. Includes course materials.  Audio Course on CD: $47.  Plus shipping and handling (10% of order, $10 minimum)	Course 7 Download Now MP3 and PDF   1071_DL Download this course: 19.7 MB ZIP file.  Downloaded file is in compressed ZIP format, and includes the audio in MP3 format and the course materials in Adobe PDF . Includes course materials.  Download this Audio Course now: $47. at FastSpring   FAQ on Downloads >     Test Download Format >

Other Resources

Courses 

• Research Skills for the Real World: Going Beyond Google 

• Tracking and Monitoring Legislation: How to Find and Use Congressional Documents

• How to Research and Compile Legislative Histories

Publications 

• Real World Research Skills

Related Audio Courses 

• Legislative Histories: Bills, Resolutions, Committee Hearings, and Committee Reports

• Legislative Histories: Statutory and Code Research

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