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1 JO807: Advanced Journalism Research JO807: Week 12 Tapping the Public Records Web

2 2 JO807 - Week XII © J.T.Johnson 2000 _____________________________Fall 2000 Familiar Search Engines Lack Horsepower  Records may exist not as web pages  FTP sites  SQL or similar databases  PDF files  Pre-web file formats: Gopher, Archie, Lynx

3 3 JO807 - Week XII © J.T.Johnson 2000 _____________________________Fall 2000 Search engines shortcomings  At best, can find data, but not manipulate it  Lacking a frontend to tease out and massage data

4 4 JO807 - Week XII © J.T.Johnson 2000 _____________________________Fall 2000 Profile-building sites  Merlin Information Services http://www.merlindata.com/ Merlin Information Services  Collecting an extensive list of web sites and internet resources geared toward the investigative & collections industry.  See “Product Info” and its buttons  See “Industry Links”  Scroll down to “International” and checkout the resources

5 5 JO807 - Week XII © J.T.Johnson 2000 _____________________________Fall 2000 Tripod’s Index of Public Records  Tripod - Public Records By State http://proagency.tripod.com/statesearchindex.h tml http://proagency.tripod.com/statesearchindex.h tml  Massachusetts records http://proagency.tripod.com/ma-pr.html http://proagency.tripod.com/ma-pr.html

6 6 JO807 - Week XII © J.T.Johnson 2000 _____________________________Fall 2000 LOIS: Licensed Occupation Information System  LOIS: http://www.lois.noicc.govhttp://www.lois.noicc.gov  Commonly Used Occupational Titles  State Agencies That License Occupations  How are Occupations Regulated by States  Types of Information on a Licensed Occupation

7 7 JO807 - Week XII © J.T.Johnson 2000 _____________________________Fall 2000 Reverse look-ups  Blackbook Online http://www.crimetime.com/online.htm http://www.crimetime.com/online.htm  Checkout various buttons, esp. “Reverse Lookup” and “Skip Trace Resources”

8 8 JO807 - Week XII © J.T.Johnson 2000 _____________________________Fall 2000 Public Record Research Library (PRRL)  300+ state, county, city and federal (court) URL's where you can access public record information for free. http://www.brbpub.com/pubrecsites.asp http://www.brbpub.com/pubrecsites.asp

9 9 JO807 - Week XII © J.T.Johnson 2000 _____________________________Fall 2000 Pacific Information Resources, Inc.  Search Systems http://www.pac-info.com/index.shtml http://www.pac-info.com/index.shtml  2312 Free Searchable Public Record Database  U.S. and Canada  Growing international links

10 10 JO807 - Week XII © J.T.Johnson 2000 _____________________________Fall 2000 Researching in Boston  City of Boston Assessor’s Office http://www.ci.boston.ma.us/assessing/search.asp http://www.ci.boston.ma.us/assessing/search.asp  University of Virginia: Property Assessments Online http://www.people.virginia.edu/~dev-pros/Realestate.htmlProperty Assessments Online

11 11 JO807 - Week XII © J.T.Johnson 2000 _____________________________Fall 2000 States Open Records/ FOIAs  Marion Brechner Citizen Access Project (MB- CAP) http://www.jou.ufl.edu/brechner/state-access.htm Attempts to provide links to official state sites. http://www.jou.ufl.edu/brechner/state-access.htm

12 12 JO807 - Week XII © J.T.Johnson 2000 _____________________________Fall 2000 Massachusetts Public Records  Commonly Asked Questions About [Mass.] Public Records http://www.state.ma.us/sec/pre/prquest.htm http://www.state.ma.us/sec/pre/prquest.htm  A Guide to the Massachusetts Public Records Law http://www.magnet.state.ma.us/sec/pre/prela w/lawidx.htm http://www.magnet.state.ma.us/sec/pre/prela w/lawidx.htm

13 13 JO807 - Week XII © J.T.Johnson 2000 _____________________________Fall 2000 Massachusetts Public Records  Massachusetts Vital Records Information - birth or death certificate, divorce records, marriage license, etc http://www.vitalrec.com/ma.html Massachusetts Vital Records Information - birth or death certificate, divorce records, marriage license, etc

14 14 JO807 - Week XII © J.T.Johnson 2000 _____________________________Fall 2000 Massachusetts Public Records  Contents of Massachusetts Vital Records http://www.mass- doc.com/massachusetts_vital_records_co ntent.htm Contents of Massachusetts Vital Records  P age explains the detailed information contained in Massachusetts birth, marriage and death certificates.  Rule of thumb, the older the record, the less information contained.

15 15 JO807 - Week XII © J.T.Johnson 2000 _____________________________Fall 2000 Separate Agency Policies  Mass. Division of Health Care Finance and Policy http://www.state.ma.us/dhcfp/pages/dhcfp_21. htm http://www.state.ma.us/dhcfp/pages/dhcfp_21. htm

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