Google
http://www.google.com
Google--Advanced Search
http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en
Google--Search for e-mail addresses
Google Groups
http://groups.google.com/
Google
Groups--Advanced Search
http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search?hl=en
Google--Advanced Search--Exact
phrase
http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en
Google--Advanced Search--Domain
Restriction
http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en
Google--Advanced Search--Without
this word or words
http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en
Google--Advanced Search--With
this word and this exact phrase
http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en
Google--Advanced Search--Search
by filetype
http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en
Google--Advanced Search--Search
by filetype using syntax rather than drop down menu
(Access is not an option in the drop down menu but can add mdb to syntax to
search by that filetype)
http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en
Google--Search Results--Bad Link
http://www.google.com
Google--Cached Link
http://www.google.com
Google--Compendium Search ("property
records" California Maine Iowa Florida)
(leads you to a site that list online property record searches for the entire
country, if available)
http://www.google.com
Bad links--alternative search---Wayback Machine
http://www.archive.org
Telephone Directories
Switchboard--show using the Whats
Nearby feature
http://www.switchboard.com
Infospace
http://www.infospace.com
Infospace--Reverse
Lookup by phone number
kevdb.infospace.com/_1_2IN4TYO0EWGJHP__home/wp/reverse.htm
Infospace--Reverse
Lookup by address
kevdb.infospace.com/_1_2IN4TYO0EWGJHP__home/wp/reverse.htm
FoneFinder--locating Area
Codes or Exchanges (is this number a cell phone?)
http://www.primeris.com/fonefind/
Newspaper Archives
Special
Libraries Association News Division Newspaper Archives page
http://www.ibiblio.org/slanews/internet/archives.html
Yahoo Newspaper
Directory
http://dir.yahoo.com/News_and_Media/Newspapers/
Internet Public Library Newspaper
list
http://ipl.si.umich.edu/div/news/
Public Libraries
USA Public
Libraries on the Web
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Libweb/Public_main.html
Finding Sources
Kitty
Bennett's Sources and Experts Page
http://www.ibiblio.org/slanews/internet/experts.html
Profnet
http://www3.profnet.com/
IRE Beat
Pages
http://www.ire.org/resourcecenter/initial-search-beat.html
Census Web Site
American FactFinder
http://factfinder.census.gov/
State and County Quick Facts
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/
Public Records
NICAR 'Net Tour Public Records
http://www.ire.org/training/nettour/tour.html#public
Search Systems
http://www.searchsystems.net
BRB Publications list of
Public Records on the Web
http://www.brbpub.com/pubrecsites.asp
Finding an official Web site of a government agency using Yahoo
http://www.yahoo.com
Florida--Statewide
Official Records search
https://www.myfloridacounty.com/serv/MyFloridaCounty/ORI/Order?thisPage=MyFloridaCounty.ORI.Order.state.Start
Florida--Clerks of
Court
http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/fgils/coclerks.html
Florida--Clerks of Court
http://www.flclerks.com
USGS
Geographic Names Information System
http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form
This presentation developed by Carolyn Edds, IRE Research Director, for the annual IRE conference held from June 5-8, 2003. This presentation was held on Thursday, June 6 and was a hands-on class.