O'Reilly Released "Google: The Missing Manual."

Most of the time, when you run a Google search, it simply works. You type in The Simpsons, press Enter, and you've got all the character bios, episode guides, and Bart hood ornaments you could ever want. That's the beauty of Google.

But what about when you want to find something trickier? Say you're a journalist writing a story on deadline for tomorrow, and you need a quote from an expert in negotiations. You have two potential sources but neither of them is returning your calls. A friend, however, recently raved about a negotiations trainer his company brought in from a place called something like Watershed Consultants. So you run a search for Watershed Consultants ...and Google gives you 120,000 results--all about saving ecosystems and revitalizing rivers. Your friend is on vacation, and your story can't wait.

What do you do? Naturally, you pick up a copy of "Google: The Missing Manual" (O'Reilly, US $19.95) by Sarah Milstein and Rael Dornfest, and almost instantly, you find what you're looking for. From search tricks and efficiency tools to little-known corners of Google, the book includes everything you need to find high-quality information in a hurry.