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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

software as well as archived web pages in our collections, and provides specialized services for adaptive reading and information access for the

blind and other persons with disabilities.

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?