Introduction to the internet and web browsers -- Reliability and admissibility of information from the internet --Who's behind a domain? - How to search the web: search engines and directories -- Sesarch enginees: Google -- Other favorite search engines and meta-search sites -- Finding older versions of web pages that have been deleted or revised -- Introduction to investigative research -- Using a general search engine or a people meta-search site to find or investigate people -- How to quickly find public records and publicly available information sites -- Searching usenet (Discussion) Groups, forums, message boards and blogs to find and investigate people -- Use your public library card for remote access to expensive pay databases for free -- Court dockets as investigative research tools -- Liabilities: bankruptcies, UCCs, judgments and leins -- Locating assests - Vital records - Telephone/address directory web sites - Criminal records -- Finding experts and verifying their credientials -- Dockets -- Searching social networking sites - Locating images of people, concepts, products or places - Finding military personnel - Verifying occupational licenses of professionals - Locating and backgrounding attorneys, judges and other legal professionals -- Locating information via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request - Political campaign contributions - Using case law databases to gather background information about people, companies, etc. - Pay investigative research databases - Pennsylvania Bar Association formal opinion 2014-300 ethical obligations for attorneys using social media.
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