| Working with the Internet |
As you come to the Internet for information, decide first of all what you are trying to accomplish.
The answers to these questions will weigh heavily on the strategies and the Internet tools you use to find just what you need.
To find someone specific
WhoWhere helps locate phone numbers,
physical, e-mail addresses of people for whom you have a name.
Four11 will give you the addresses
and phone numbers of people you name
Switchboard will give you phone
numbers.
Internet Address Finder will give you
e-mail address.
PC411, a reverse directory, will tell
you who belongs to an e-mail address.
World Directories World
Pages phone books (people & business) for more than 100 nations
Nexor's CUSI people
finding utilities
Opinions, expert and otherwise, on any topic
Profnet expert's
database, mostly U.S.
CVCP'S Expert Net offers
acccess to university experts in the UK.
FACSNET Sources Online. You must
register here, then bookmark your page. The sources database is available
only to registered journalists who come into the site through the "front
door."
Kitty Bennet's Sources
and Experts resources pages
CCSO Phonebook Gateway
resource for locating specific professors by college. Has UK filter.
Pitsco's Ask an Expert
is searchable by keywords, browsable by categories, and responsive to direct
e-mail queries. Specializes in offbeat expertise.
The Oxbridge Media Finder
for locating magazines, newsletters, other publications on a topic.
Dejanews for locating ordinary people
(who may have experience with a product or event.
To discover documents
Annual Report Gallery
for corporate annual reports
CCTA Government Information Service
documents and contact points for UK government
Nexor CUSI documents
finder
U.S. Library of Congress top page includes
access to research tools for locating documents
AltaVista's
Advanced Search dialog will find almost anything on the World Wide
Web. Take time to study the help file for the advanced search.
Finding facts and statistics
CIA World Fact
Book and other publications and statistical abstracts
My Virtual Reference Desk
from Bob Drudge, gives pointers to almanacs, fact books, and more
Calculators
On-Line permit calculations and conversions of all kinds (money, distance,
clothing sizes)
International Statistical
Agencies alphabetized by nation, listing from theU.S.Census Bureau
Statistical Abstract
of the United States
Finding background material and tutorials
Reporting Tools
from FACSNET. You will have better access if you are registered.
FAQ Finder for news group FAQs,
organized by subject. Also searchable
IRE Resource Center
large archive "of stories, handouts and guides" prepared by journalists
to help others advance their careers. Abstracts of more than 12,000 investigative
stories.