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