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Backgrounding People
The author lists websites that are useful for backgrounding people. The sites span a wide range of information, from inmate registrations to airplane ownership records. Some of the suggested resources are fee-based and others are free of charge.
Tags: backgrounding; internet research; public records; people-finder; courts; Florida records
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Using Alexa: For Fast Researching on the Internet
Reddick describes the useful research capabilities of the Alexa Web utility function and explains how reporters can obtain the program for their own use. Among its many functions, the Alexa program can provide real-time site ownership, link listings of similar sites, give Web traffic rankings and give readers one-click access to Wayback Machine.
Tags: Alexa Web; investigative techniques; research methods; finding information online; Internet
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Evaluating Net Information
This tipsheet is a chapter from the Third Edition of The Online Journalist; Using the Internet and Other Electronic Resources. In particular, it discusses the MIDIS system to weigh the integrity of data found on the Internet.
Tags: production; site ownership; spelling errors; domain name; WHOIS database; trust meter; credibility; protocols: WAIS; Telnet; Gopher; FTP servers