The IRE Resource Center is a major research library containing more than 23,250 investigative stories — both print and broadcast. Add to that more than 3,000 tipsheets from our national conferences on how to cover specific beats or do specific stories and you have a resource that no reporter or editor should be without. These stories and tipsheets are searchable online or by contacting the Resource Center directly (573-882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org) where a researcher can help you pinpoint what you need. Browse or search the tipsheet section of our library below. Logged-in members can view the tipsheets free online:
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Muse: A tool for working with email archives
Hangal goes through MUSE, the research tool from Stanford Computer Science for browsing large-scale email archives that is being adapted for reporters and researchers.
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PIECES OF THE PAST Building your stories from archives and historical documents
If you're covering any topic that touches government, business, or influential people, you may be missing out on a piece of the story if you aren't using archives and historical documents. Neff provides useful tips on how to utilize these.
Tags: archives; history; public records; Worldcat
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Using Archives and Historical Records for Environmental and Land Use Investigations
Young explains how to use historical records when conduction environmental and land use investigations.
Tags: historical archives; records
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The Web as an Investigative Tool
Dowdell outlines how to make the most of the internet as an investigative tool - from creating a search strategy to taking full advantage of the search abilities of the search engine you use. She references public record portals; government information portals; useful social media tools; and other useful tips. She also touches on searching the dead web for archived/cached materials
Tags: deep web; search engines; public records; backgrounding; government information; social media; Boolean logic; RSS feeds
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Unsung Documents
The authors begin their tipsheet with five pieces of advice for looking at documents, such as "always view documents over time" and "make copies before you start marking them up." The authors then list a variety of useful, but little-known, documents for investigative reporting. Some examples they list are flight logs for nonprofit aircraft and lists of documents filed with the state archives.
Tags: documents; sources; open records; federal government; state government
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Backgrounding People on the Internet
This extensive guide to researching people online contains a long list of useful sources including news archives, people/business finders, city data, county data, criminal histories and occupational licenses. The tipsheet also includes Guckian's own suggestions about how to get the most out of search engines and public records.
Tags: internet; backgrounding; sources; web sites; people finder; social networking sites
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Web sites and search techniques for reporters
Edds lists online search tools that reporters may find helpful. She breaks the list down into sections: Google, telephone directories; newspaper archives; libraries; sites to find sources; public records and tipsheets.
Tags: internet; sources; online resources; web
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Internet indexes, search engines and searching tips
Edds lists online resources to help reporters research stories. She breaks the list of resources into sections: newspaper archives; libraries; public records; federal government; Texas; IRE indexes; search engines; and search methods.
Tags: internet; resources; sources; public records; news research
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Data for Criminal Justice Stories
Roberts discusses where to find data for every stage of the criminal justice system. She begins with sources for incident-level and arrest data, such as jail bookings and blood-alcohol test results. Roberts then discusses where to find data about courts and sentencing; she includes sources like PACER, state criminal justice statistics centers and the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data. The tipsheet ends with sources for data about imprisonment and probation, such as the National Corrections Reporting Program.
Tags: state government; court data; justice statistics; online research; state and national statistics; crime; criminals
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The basics of business investigations
Wethe lists various records to search when investigating businesses, as well as reports and archives to consult. The tipsheet organizes public records by type, such as real estate, police, court, etc.
Tags: open records; public records; business; legal records; financial records; audits; government; finance