The Cybersleuth’s Guide to the Internet: Conducting Effective Free Investigative & Legal Research on the Web (14th Edition, Revised)

Summary of Contents

1. Introduction to the Internet and Web Browsers
2. Reliability and Admissibility of Information from the Internet
3. Who’s Behind a Domain?
4. How to Search the Web: Search Engines and Directories
5. Search Engines: Google
6. Other Favorite Search Engines and Meta-Search Sites
7. Finding Older Versions of Web Pages that Have Been Deleted or Revised
8. Introduction to Investigative Research
9. Using a General Search Engine or a People Meta-Search Site to Find or Investigate People
10. How to Quickly Find Public Records and Publicly Available Information Sites
11. Search Usenet (Discussion) Groups, Forums, Message Boards, and Blogs, to Find and Investigate People
12. Use Your Public Library Card for Remote Access to Expensive Pay Databases for Free
13. Court Dockets as Investigative Research Tools
14. Liabilities: Bankruptcies, UCCs, Judgments, and Liens
15. Locating Assets
16. Vital Records
17. Telephone/Address Directory Web Sites
18. Criminal Records
19. Finding Experts and Verifying Their Credentials
20. Searching Social Networking Sites
21. Locating Images of People, Concepts, Products, or Places
22. Finding Military Personnel
23. Verifying Occupations Licenses of Tradespeople and Professionals
24. Locating and Backgrounding Attorneys, Judges, and Other Legal Professionals
25. Locating Information Via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request
26. Political Campaign Contributions
27. Using Case Law Databases to Gather Background Information about People, Companies, Etc.
28. Pay Investigative Research Databases

Index