SECTION I - PERSONAL RECORDS IN CYBERSPACE
Chapter 1: Welcome to Cyberspace (Check Your Clothes at the Door)
Chapter 2: Database Searching
Chapter 3: The Internet, Bulletin Board Systems, and Personal Information
Chapter 4: A Few Sample Searches
Chapter 5: A Word About Privacy
SECTION II - HOW PERSONAL RECORDS ARE USED
Chapter 6: Locating People
Chapter 7: Pre-Employment Screening
Chapter 8: Recruitment and Job Searching
Chapter 9: Tenant Screening
Chapter 10: Asset Searching
Chapter 11: Competitive Intelligence
Chapter 12: Identifying an Expert
Chapter 13: Prospect Research (Fundraising)
Chapter 14: Private Investigation
SECTION III - TYPES OF PERSONAL RECORDS
Chapter 15: Biographies
Chapter 16: General Indices
Chapter 17: Telephone Directories
Chapter 18: Staff, Professional, and Other Directories
Chapter 19: Mailing Lists
Chapter 20: News
Chapter 21: Photographic Images
Chapter 22: Quotations
Chapter 23: Bank Records
Chapter 24: Business Credit and Company Financial Records
Chapter 25: Consumer Credit Records
Chapter 26: Criminal Justice Records
Chapter 27: Department of Motor Vehicles Records
Chapter 28: Death Records
Chapter 29: Tax Records
Chapter 30: Medical and Insurance Records
Chapter 31: Public Records
Chapter 32: Adoption Records
Chapter 33: Celebrity Records
Chapter 34: Genealogical Records
Chapter 35: Political Records
Chapter 36: We the People
SECTION IV - WHERE CAN I FIND MORE INFORMATION?
BOOKS
PERIODICALS
ORGANIZATIONS
APPENDICES
Appendix A: Databases That Include Biographies
Appendix B: Book Directory Databases
Appendix C: Business Credit and Company Financial Databases Including Personal Information
Appendix D: Professional and Staff Directory Databases
Appendix E: Other Directory Databases Containing Employee Information
Appendix F: General Encyclopedia Databases
Appendix G: Magazine, Newsletter, Newspaper, and Periodical Directory Databases
Appendix H: Databases That Include Photographs
Appendix I: Quotations, Speech, and Transcript Databases
Appendix J: Telephone Directories
Appendix K: Adoption Registries
Appendix L: Major Bulletin Board Vendors
Appendix M: Public Records Producers and Vendors
Appendix N: Other Database Vendors
Appendix O: Companies and Associations That Can Help To Remove Your Name from Mailing
Lists
Appendix P: Have I Missed Anything?
INDEX
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Tuesday, September 17, 2002
Directory
Naked in Cyberspace II:
Directory of Internet Resources and Links to Sites
ABOUT THE DIRECTORY
This Directory of Internet Resources is provided at no charge to readers of Naked In Cyberspace (2nd edition). The Directory is intended as a starting place for Internet-based research into individuals and groups, and to keep readers of the book updated on the latest sites and databases, as well as trends and developments occurring since publication (September, 2002). Wherever possible, links to the Internet resources listed have been activated to allow point and click access.
Important:
Before using this resource, please read the Disclaimer that follows the section on "How To Use The Directory."
We need your help! If you know of a site that offers resources for researching public records or personal information online, please forward the URL and a brief description to calane@cox.net. If we find it of value to Naked in Cyberspace readers, and it meets our criteria for inclusion, we will feature it in the Directory.
HOW TO USE THE DIRECTORY
In order to take full advantage of the Directory, a copy of the book is required. If you do not have a copy of Naked In Cyberspace ($29.95 plus shipping/handling), you can order it online through Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or your favorite online bookstore.
The Directory is set up to reflect the organization of the book, and page numbers are included for easy cross-reference. Refer to the book's Table of Contents and to specific chapters in order to navigate the information contained in the Directory.
Only those excerpts of the book's (587 page) text considered essential to using the Directory have been included, and these portions of text have been edited specifically for this purpose. All sites in the book are listed in this online directory. Note also that new sites are added frequently, and several online supplement sections have been included in the online directory, so not all sites listed in the Directory appear in the book.
DISCLAIMER (please read carefully)
Neither publisher nor author make any claim as to the results that may be obtained through the use of any resources or Internet sites referenced and/or linked in this Directory. Neither publisher nor author will be held liable for any results, or lack thereof, obtained by the use of the Directory or its links, for any third party charges, or for any hardware, software or other problems that may occur. The Directory is subject to change or discontinuation without notice at the discretion of the publisher.
ERRORS AND OMISSIONS
Information appearing in the book and in this Directory has been obtained by the author and the publisher from sources believed to be reliable. However, because of the possibility of human or mechanical error, neither the author nor the publisher guarantee the accuracy, adequacy, or completeness of any information and is not responsible for any errors or omissions or the results obtained from the use of such information.
TRADEMARKS
Trademarks and service names have been used throughout the book and in this Directory. The names are used with capitalization in the style used by the name claimant. Rather than insert a trademark notation at each occurrence of the name, the publisher states that all such trademarks are used in an editorial manner without any intent to infringe upon the trademark.
PUBLISHER'S CLOSING NOTE
Not everything you need is likely to be on the Internet, and not all the information you will find on the Internet is dependable. If you intend to do exhaustive research, be sure to consider the hundreds of other online sources covered in the book.
If we have missed any important Internet sources here, we hope you will bring them to our attention by forwarding a brief description and URL to us by email to calane@cox.net.
Thank you!
Thank you for using the Naked In Cyberspace II Directory of Internet Resources. Since this is a constantly evolving list, we hope you will come back again soon!.
Directory of Internet Resources and Links to Sites
ABOUT THE DIRECTORY
This Directory of Internet Resources is provided at no charge to readers of Naked In Cyberspace (2nd edition). The Directory is intended as a starting place for Internet-based research into individuals and groups, and to keep readers of the book updated on the latest sites and databases, as well as trends and developments occurring since publication (September, 2002). Wherever possible, links to the Internet resources listed have been activated to allow point and click access.
Important:
Before using this resource, please read the Disclaimer that follows the section on "How To Use The Directory."
We need your help! If you know of a site that offers resources for researching public records or personal information online, please forward the URL and a brief description to calane@cox.net. If we find it of value to Naked in Cyberspace readers, and it meets our criteria for inclusion, we will feature it in the Directory.
HOW TO USE THE DIRECTORY
In order to take full advantage of the Directory, a copy of the book is required. If you do not have a copy of Naked In Cyberspace ($29.95 plus shipping/handling), you can order it online through Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or your favorite online bookstore.
The Directory is set up to reflect the organization of the book, and page numbers are included for easy cross-reference. Refer to the book's Table of Contents and to specific chapters in order to navigate the information contained in the Directory.
Only those excerpts of the book's (587 page) text considered essential to using the Directory have been included, and these portions of text have been edited specifically for this purpose. All sites in the book are listed in this online directory. Note also that new sites are added frequently, and several online supplement sections have been included in the online directory, so not all sites listed in the Directory appear in the book.
DISCLAIMER (please read carefully)
Neither publisher nor author make any claim as to the results that may be obtained through the use of any resources or Internet sites referenced and/or linked in this Directory. Neither publisher nor author will be held liable for any results, or lack thereof, obtained by the use of the Directory or its links, for any third party charges, or for any hardware, software or other problems that may occur. The Directory is subject to change or discontinuation without notice at the discretion of the publisher.
ERRORS AND OMISSIONS
Information appearing in the book and in this Directory has been obtained by the author and the publisher from sources believed to be reliable. However, because of the possibility of human or mechanical error, neither the author nor the publisher guarantee the accuracy, adequacy, or completeness of any information and is not responsible for any errors or omissions or the results obtained from the use of such information.
TRADEMARKS
Trademarks and service names have been used throughout the book and in this Directory. The names are used with capitalization in the style used by the name claimant. Rather than insert a trademark notation at each occurrence of the name, the publisher states that all such trademarks are used in an editorial manner without any intent to infringe upon the trademark.
PUBLISHER'S CLOSING NOTE
Not everything you need is likely to be on the Internet, and not all the information you will find on the Internet is dependable. If you intend to do exhaustive research, be sure to consider the hundreds of other online sources covered in the book.
If we have missed any important Internet sources here, we hope you will bring them to our attention by forwarding a brief description and URL to us by email to calane@cox.net.
Thank you!
Thank you for using the Naked In Cyberspace II Directory of Internet Resources. Since this is a constantly evolving list, we hope you will come back again soon!.
Tuesday, September 10, 2002
Naked in Cyberspace v2
NAKED IN CYBERSPACEHow To Find Personal Information Online, Second edition
by Carole A. Lane
Edited by Owen B. Davies,
with a Foreword by Beth Givens, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
613 PAGES * 7 x 9 1/4 * PAPER$29.95 * ISBN 0-910965-50-1
AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 2002
ANNOUNCING NAKED IN CYBERSPACE II! Named as "Most Insightful Book" of the year by Competia, the world's premier community for professionals in Competitive Intelligence and Strategic Planning.
The second edition of this award-winning "gold standard" on personal information is now in bookstores!
In this fully revised and updated second edition of her bestselling guide, author Carole A. Lane surveys the types of personal records that are available on the Internet and online services. Lane explains how researchers find and use personal data, identifies the most useful sources of information about people, and offers advice for readers with privacy concerns. You’ll learn how to use online tools and databases to gain competitive intelligence, locate and investigate people, access public records, identify experts, find new customers, recruit employees, search for assets, uncover criminal records, conduct genealogical research, and much more. Naked in Cyberspace is the ultimate handbook for anyone who needs information about people. A companion Web directory provides links to more than 1,000 important reader resources.
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USE ONLINE TECHNOLOGY TO RESEARCH ANYBODY
Now that most personal records are searchable online, the bureaucratic red tape that used to protect our secrets from prying eyes has been stripped away. . .and we're all naked in cyberspace.
Without taking sides on the right or wrong of using online ingredients to compile a detailed dossier on anybody, this book is a veritable cookbook for electronic researchers.
LEARN HOW TO USE ONLINE & CD-ROM TECHNOLOGY TO:
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- Recruit employees
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- Use adoption registries
- Conduct prospect research (fundraising)
- Perform asset searches
- Screen potential suitors, partners, tenants, etc.
- Find genealogical information
- Identify prospective customers and investors
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