Option 1: Students learn on their own by watching the video and doing the exercises
Video Link: https://youtu.be/_9hElheg0i0Option 2: Students learn with the professor in class
Use these links below for either option:
Quick Tricks for Searching
- phrase search = put quotes around name
- filter to a certain website
- formula: “name name” site: domain
- for example: “Kent Syverud” site:syr.edu
- “Derrick Coleman” site:twitter.com
Phone Books
- search by name and city for phone and address
- reverse a phone number to get an address
- reverse an address to get a phone number
For businesses only:
- put phone number into a search engine to find the name
- update: no longer can you put phone number into Mapquest or Google Maps to find directions
International: Infobel or Numberway
Directories
- Experts
- Journalism Toolbox: Sources
- How to find academic experts using Google Scholar or Microsoft Academic Search from Journalists Resource
- Government
- US government agencies update: no longer a phone directory by agency
- NY State government employees
- WebMD Doctor Search update: AMA webpage mentioned in video is not available
- Lawyers: Martindale Hubbell or Findlaw
- Research
Public Records
- Persons licensed by state such as beautician, athletic trainer, pest exterminator, and others (link is to New York State)
- Property Records look by county; not all are online ( this links to Onondaga County )
- Campaign finance records: Open Secrets.org or FEC
- Business records (publicly-traded companies: SEC records at Edgar
Social Media
- Foursquare and Swarm
- Banjo: check with your professor about whether this is available
- Example of use by Boston Fox affiliate for Red Sox parade a few years back
