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Searching November 18, 2014
Google alerts
How Google Alerts work
“You can get email notifications any time that Google finds new results on a topic you’re interested in. For example, you could get updates about
a product you like, find out when people post content about you on the web, or keep up with news stories.”
filetype:docx, pdf, xls, ppt, pptx
filetype: docx, pdf, xls, ppt, pptx Typing filetype: xls in a search will show only spreadsheets. It’s incredibly useful for finding public data. i.e. filetype:ppt “the affordable care act” Google will search for only PowerPoint files and affordable care act content
site:
“affordable care act” statistics
site: whitehouse.gov
ebola statistics site: cdc.gov
numerical ranges..operator
Search within numerical ranges using the .. operator. Olympics 1950..1960 new york city mayor election results
1950..1960 -wikipedia [Results]
Reverse Google image
● “You can use a picture as your search to find related images from around
the web. For example, if you search using a picture of your favorite band,
you can find similar images, websites about the band, and even sites that
include the same picture.”
● “Search by image works best when the image is likely to show up in other
places on the web. So you’ll get more results for famous landmarks than
you will for personal images like your latest family photo.”
upload an image
archive.org
TThe Wayback Machine
About the Internet Archive The Internet Archive is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that was founded to build an Internet library. Its purposes include offering permanent access for
researchers, historians, scholars, people with disabilities, and the general public to historical collections that exist in digital format.
Founded in 1996 and located in San Francisco, the Archive has been receiving data donations from Alexa Internet and others. In late 1999, the
organization started to grow to include more well-rounded collections. Now the Internet Archive includes: texts, audio, moving images, and
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Who owns the building?
Remember…..NYC Map
http://maps.nyc.gov/doitt/nycitymap/
ACRIS
http://a836-acris.nyc.gov/CP/
What is the “deep web?”
Anything behind a pay wall that requires
registration or a query search in NOT indexed
by Google.
Guidestar.org
501(c)(3) orgs: Form 990
OpenSecrets.org
Deleted tweets from
politicians http://politwoops.sunlightfoundation.com/
Who is John Doe?
General Backgrounding
Who Is John Doe?
Investigative Reporters & Editors checklist for
finding biographical, legal, business, criminal,
etc. info on a person
Bellingcat
Bellingcat -- a company that uses citizen journalists and social media for investigative reporting. They were able to figure out the Russian government was lying about the missile launcher apparently used to take down Malaysian Airlines Flight 17.
https://wikileaks.org/
governmentattic.org
Look for professional licenses. Find
“jennifer” nurse in north carolina
Any other cool web tricks?