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:
Search results for "invisible web" ...
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Infect the CMS
We web developers strive for rugged independence. The luckiest of us have total control over our web stacks and the design of our projects, unlike those poor sods forced to labor within the Content Management System (CMS). Therein lies the problem; being apart means being invisible unless you spread your content to the CMS and beyond. This tipsheet will discuss some strategies and experiences for getting your app content to find readers where they are. http://harrisj.github.io/infect-the-cms/
Tags: app; CMS; content management system
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Beyond Google: From better searches to the invisible Web
William's tipsheet provides a vast list of very useful websites for searching the web, broken down into different categories. Categories include: search engines & subject searches; documents; data & statistics; databases; public records; disclosure reports; flight tracking
Tags: invisible web; Google; data; statistics; public records; documents; disclosure reports; flight tracking; internet
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Using the Internet Effectively
Wilson discusses various ways that the internet can be useful in reporting. His tips include advice about advanced searching in google, how to background people, and various other useful websites.
Tags: internet resources; invisible web; backgrounding; Reporter\'s Desktop; Google; search engines
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Backgrounding People on the Internet
Williams lists websites that are helpful for finding public records online, such as a military locator and searchsystems.net. She also discusses how to find out who owns different web addresses using WHOIS.
Tags: internet research; news research; backgrounding; sourcing; invisible web
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The Web for Journalists
The author lists three pages of websites that are helpful when doing research for a story. The websites are listed in four categories: reference sites, federal government sites, sites for backgrounding individuals and organizations, and subscription sites.
Tags: internet research; backgrounding; search engines; news research; invisible web
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CAR Can Drive the Business Beat
This tipsheet is made up of the slides from the authors' power point presentation about incorporating CAR into the business beat. It includes information about important websites to get you started, as well as websites with specific databases for more advanced investigations.
Tags: invisible web; computer-assisted reporting; story ideas; web resources; internet; beat reporting
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Latest in scraping from Denmark
Mulvad explains how DICAR goes about "scraping the web" for information. He explains how certain software can be very helpful for collecting data off the internet so that reporters can analyze it later, and gives examples of data DICAR collects and analyzes. Mulvad also discusses the legal ramifications of web scraping.
Tags: internet research; clipping service; invisible web; data analysis; computer-assisted reporting; Robosuite
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Advanced Internet: Google Tricks, Deep Web, and Resurrecting the Dead
This tipsheet is essentially a long list of very useful websites, broken down into different categories. Some of the categories include searching for public records, mapping, searching for statistics and searching for documents.
Tags: internet; invisible web; news research; internet research; search engine
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Advanced Internet: Google Tricks, Deep Web, and Resurrecting the Dead
This tipsheet is a good guide to getting the most out of internet searches. The author discusses various sorts of Google searches, as well as tricks for the Google advanced search. Finally, the tipsheet reviews the other services offered by google, such as a calculator and a lyric finder.
Tags: search engines; deep web; invisible web; research
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Internet 101: Better Search Techniques for the Web
Lyles lists helpful but little known resources for reporters doing internet research. She includes advice about how to run the most effective searches, using news search engines, finding information from blogs, and using subscription services. Lyles also includes a list of resources for "quick facts" such as the CIA World Factbook for facts about different countries and the FAA Aircraft Registry for facts about aircraft legislation.
Tags: internet; invisible web; search engines; google; news research