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Free Webcast: Secrets Behind Using Google for Research

Take your research to the next level by discovering Google's full capabilities

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Free Webcast: Secrets Behind Using Google for Research

WHEN Tuesday, November 20, 2-3 pm EDT (11 am-12 pm PDT)

WEBCAST INFORMATION: The webcast is free. After you are enrolled, you will be emailed instructions for logging in.

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In this abridged version of our popular How to Find Out Anything seminar, research expert Don MacLeod shows you how to use Google's complete list of features and search capabilities.

You will discover how to unearth critical data on people, companies, industries, and specific subjects, as well how to access Google's specialized databases of scholarly articles, financial research, and blog posts to turn yourself into a formidable fact-finder.

In this webcast, you'll learn:

  • How to leverage what you do know to find out what you don't know
  • How to search government databases
  • How to use Google to find bits of information hidden to the untrained searcher
Join us for a free one-hour webcast with dynamic, experienced instructor Don MacLeod. You'll learn valuable tips for conducting research. The last part of the class will be devoted to student questions, so get yours ready.

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Instructor Bio

Don MacLeod
Don MacLeod is a law librarian with more than 15 years of reference experience researching companies, individuals, legislation and specific subjects for the major New York firms of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, Chadbourne & Parke, LLP and Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. For five years, he developed intranets and taught web research as manager of web applications for Cravath and Chadbourne before returning to research work. He is the author of two editions of the Internet Guide for the Legal Researcher and serves as editor-in-chief of the Glasser LegalWorks publications Internet Law Researcher and Internet Connection. He is a regular contributor, both of articles and photographs, to The New York Press and has written for Database magazine and the New York Law Journal. He also speaks regularly at law seminars about the use of the Internet for legal and factual research.

Don MacLeod's Courses
How to Find Out Anything – New York (Seminar on January 20)

Testimonials

Don made the vast world of research understandable and accessible and conveyed it in a really engaging way. He had so many useful tips. I came away with my brain buzzing, completely inspired. -- Maggie Dubris

"I drove up from NYC to the seminar with Don in Boston, because I had missed the one in New York. I think it was well worth the car rental and ten hours on the road." -- Martin Downs, editor, The Alicubi Journal

"As I walked out of the class, I wanted to tell everyone I know -- magazine writers, book authors -- to take the class. But then I thought -- let them find out about it themselves!" -- Maria Ricapito

"I can't wait to put all this new information to good use! It's unbelievable how much free information is out there. I would definitely recommend this seminar to everyone because it can be so useful in our everyday lives. Thanks for the knowledge." -- Helen Baldwin

"Don was fantastic! He was so well-informed, well-prepared, and generally personable that I'd go back for more. I give him an A++." -- Elizabeth Ungar

"Don's seminar was excellent. The evening whizzed by, and after 3 hours, I was still thoroughly engaged. Don's enthusiasm for sleuthing is genuine and contagious! I would definitely recommend the seminar to a colleague." -- Linda Crowley

"Less than 10 minutes into the class, my mind was already blown. The skills I learned during this course will save me considerable leg work in the future and give me a significant edge." -- Daniel Schulman

"I'm always skeptical when reading glowing tributes on someone's seminars. There was no exaggeration in the reviews of Don. He passed along lots of great information in a very digestible form, and in an encouraging, engaging, and energizing presentation. I'd recommend his seminar without any reservations." -- Susan Stauber

"Don was extremely knowledgeable and well prepared. He presented the material in an organized fashion and willingly answered all questions." -- Monica Epstein

"Don presented an in-depth study on finding practically any fact-based information through the Internet and beyond. I would attend any class with which he was affiliated." -- Thomas Mortimer

"Don is an engaging, informative teacher with much to share. I highly recommend this course. As an archival researcher, I gained much from attending." -- Rosemary Rotondi

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