Investigative Resources
The truth is out there. This page is just a small collection of some of the most useful internet investigative resources.
Phone Directories: You can access phone records nationwide using these databases.
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Switchboard: You must enter "Last Name". Other fields are optional.
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WhoWhere : You must enter "Last Name". Other fields are optional.
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Reverse Directory - Search by Phone Number:
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AnyWho
http://www.anywho.com
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Other Phone Directories
General Investigations
There are hundreds of databases on The Web that you can access for your investigation. The following three sites have large collections of links to such databases:
Law Research
Legislative
More Helpful Sites
Information on Drugs
Search Engines and Directories
Alta Vista: Lets you search for exact matches on phrases by putting them in quotes.(i.e., "fixing broken windows")
Lycos: This one is also very good. Not as big and fast as Alta Vista, but very good at pulling in lots of relevant hits.
Excite NetSearch: Just as big as Lycos, almost as good, and searches Usenet newsgroups, too.
Google: Fast and up to date, this search engine has become one of the most popular in the nation.
Google Groups: Searches Usenet Newsgroups. This is an outstanding resource for finding real people out there who have knowledge of a countless variety of topics.
Yahoo: This is actually a Directory, not a search engine. It does have a searchable database though, so it works in a similar fashion.
Internet Public Library for Subject-Oriented Internet Resource Guide. This is actually a directory of topic specific directories.
How to find anything on the WWW
Once you get good at using the search engines and directories listed above, nothing on the internet will escape you. Here are some tips for using these resources more effectively:
Use more than one search engine. It's very common that you'll find web sites with one search engine that are totally different from the sites you found on another.
Read the instructions. These sites all have Help pages you can access to make sure you're doing it right. They each have slightly different rules for how you can search. If you're only going to use one word for your search criteria, you don't have to worry about it, but if you want to really refine your search, you should learn when to use "AND", "OR", "NEAR" and "NOT", if appropriate, with multiple word searches.
Use synonyms. If your looking for drug sites try searching by narcotics, contraband and paraphernalia as well.
Watch your spelling, and try variations of spellings like Neonazi, neo-Nazi, and neo Nazi.
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